police arrested someone for that bone-chilling massacre at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody you've already heard from. the white house says the president will talk to kids about staying in school. but some parents say he won't be talking to their kids about anything. the tailgate colleges across the country. today is the real start of the college football season. hey, good morning to you. you found hln on this labor day weekend. i'm natascha curry. thanks for joining us. a new development in the brutal massacre in a georgia mobile

home. police believe the guy who callcall 911 to report the killings was involved in them. guy heinz jr. charged with eight counts of first degree murder. both physical evidence and testimony link to him. >> very late this afternoon, two pieces of information came forward to us. we took the two pieces of information, compared it to the whole of all of the evidence collected all week long. we were satisfied that that led us to believe that guy hinds jr. is a responsible person for the murders. >> seven of the eight people killed are going to be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that hipz gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wild fire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set and it killed

two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire trucks fell off of a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without neglect. several persons tell cnn the president is ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house, they said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hopes for health care in a higher power. catholic, baptists,

episcopalians, muslims prayed here for health care. health care crosses religious lines. hundreds brought cars. claire mccaskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there. but the cards were presented to her staff. the white house says president obama's upcoming speech to students will encourage them to study hard and stay in school. but some parents think he wants to push his political agenda on their children. tom foreman has the latest on this classroom controversy. >> reporter: call it a fast lesson in public pushback. the president's plan to speak to school kids on tuesday has some conservative parents saying he's trying to brainwash the kids to buying his politics. >> speaking about my kids in school? having to listen to that? it really upsets me. >> politics is up to the family. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep him home.

>> reporter: across the country, many school districts are encouraging students to watch. in new orleans, it will be required. but that's an exception. in virtually every state, at least some schools have decided to either not show the speech, review it first, or make viewing optional. some sites schedule conflicts and technical difficulties. but this is not what the white house expected. the president's speech will focus on keeping kids in school, a subject he's promoted before. >> nearly 30% of u.s. high school students aren't making it to graduation. >> reporter: but the core complaint seems to be with supplementary teaching materials from the department of education. originally they called for students to write, quote, what they can do to help the president. the white house has changed that. suggesting children write about their own educational goals. further more, the president's speech will be put on line

monday. so any teacher, parent, or politician can preview what's going to be said. plenty seem fine with that, including the national president of the pta. >> we have an opportunity here in the united states for parents, teachers, and students to take part in a tremendous civic lesson. >> still, just like the crowd that all those town hall meetings, others are far from satisfied. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to my chirp. >> and they clearly resent the notion that they are unfairly questioning the president's motives. >> education matters. and what you do today and what you don't do can change your future. >> reporter: after all, they point out, when the first president bush spoke to school kids on tv in 1991, top democrats called that just political advertising on the taxpayers' dime.

tom foreman, cnn, washington. it is now confirmed that one of five sharks spotted up the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off of cape cod. they're urging swimmers to be careful. for now, it's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised. but i don't go in the water so -- >> especially now. >> especially now. >> yeah. they may be great whites. >> no kidding. that would be a little disturbing if i was a good swimmer. but we've been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. it's not enough to close beaches in the busy holiday weekend. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors. all are regional. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a

group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down the two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the the towers were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating what other groups besids the elf were involved. the towers were taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment which was already at the site. all right, i'm working. maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up, reynolds? good for much of the country. much of the east coast. west coast, not so much of a good spot. scattered showers across parts of the west coast in san francisco northward to seattle and portland, back across the mountains. splash the showers in to the four corners. california still dry. high for the firefighters. look for a chance of scattered showers in places like parts of

the mid mississippi valley and to florida. dry for you in parts of the northeast. if you're in the northeast, heading out to the beach. water temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s for places like provincetown. temperatures in the 70s. same story from southampton over to cape may. showers and thunderstorms in daytona. highs in the 80s. cape hatteras, back to hilton head. back to south beach with a chance of thunderstorms. water temperatures in the 80s. dropping to the 70s across cape hatteras. that's a look at the forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. you've seen the video. a college football player throws a punch here after the game is over. now, that punch -- right there, has brought a high price.

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climber. che check it out. it was put up in the main intersection in the town of silk. >> who would climb a rock naked. that will get you hurt. >> first we heard from the people who liked it. now the people who do like it are contacting. >> thought it would be fun to take a picture of it. >> it's not just part of the sculpture, it shows colorado wild life. the board's town members approved it before it was installed. check out the twisted metal from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside of a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger department. somebody was saying, we're not going to be able to get that kid out. i said to myself, there's no way we're not going to get that kid

out. we just go -- not going to stand here with a car on fire and the kid in it and leave the kid in there. we'll figure out a way to do it. >> the doctor and the other man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. i'm larry smith. if you don't have soda and munchies in your house. you have time to get them. everywhere i go, everybody is talking about the college football season which kicks off in earnest today. in pasadena and the bcs title game four months from now. the new season began thursday night with a black eye. mcgarrett blount suspended for the season after the sucker punch on byron house who began the incident by taunting. house was not suspended but has a sore jaw. he cried when he heard the news but understands his actions were unacceptable. do they add up to a breakthrough season for a dallas cowboys

two-time pro bowl quarterback tony romo. ben ryder offers this. >> didn't seem to do much for the career of nick le'shai braking up with simpson. not good for romo. romo gets a bad rap. he came in to the nfl, undrafted as a rookie, a third string quarterback now a pro bowl caliber guy. he'll be in position this year to lead the cowboys to the glory they've long awaited. >> out of east illinois university. what a guy. 10,000 people showing up to honor chula vista, california little league championship team. they enjoyed their celebrity. thursday night on conan o'brien and next week batting practice on the field prior to the padres-rockies game. how cool is that? that's sports. people who claim they were wrongly held by the government after 9/11 can take legal action.

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hero's homecoming in alabama. look at the tearful reunions. members of the 46th engine battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. happy to be home. now they're going to get some rest and catch up on what they've been missing. >> being able to spend time with him, the first time she sat up and said mama. maybe she'll sada da ty dada to. >> so great. >> every soldier deployed on the mission in june of last year made it back home. okay, tell me this -- can you spend hours on an airline flight in a plane without a bathroom? some cargo pilots say they spend hours in the cockpit of planes that don't have facilities. gene meserve reports they're saying they had enough. >> striking at cargo pilots are

raising a stink over working conditions, specifically the lack of bathrooms on the boeing 727s they fly. they offer a show and tell in the youtube video. >> this is what you use to go for number one -- and a much bigger bag for number two, which we don't want to show you. >> pilots say there's no private place to use the bags. and once they're full, they pose a sanitary challenge. >> put in back of the cockpit -- it's filled up, put in the bag and we return back to miami to dispose of it. >> the pilots claim the planes were delivered with bathrooms but amerijet took them out to reduce weight. >> they didn't provide anything. the bags we showed you, they didn't provide those. they realized there was corrosion issues when crew members would have to go to the cargo hold to use the bathroom. that's when they started to provide bee bags and bags for number two.

>> reporter: amerijet refused to comment on the issue. pilots say they have similar setups and the federal aviation administration says there's no requirement that any aircraft have a bathroom, including passenger jets the public flies. that's not an aviation safety issue, it's a passenger or crew member comfort issue. but the business travel coalition said it is a safety issue. pilots should not be distracted when making critical, split second conditions. >> these are working conditions something you would expect from the sweatshops of the 1930s. you cannot have these kinds of conditions and have them compatible with safety margins. it just doesn't work that way. >> we also spoke to the occupational safety and health administration, or ocea. it's not within its jurisdictions. if and when the striking pilots start flying again, they may well be left holding the bag.

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police arrested someone for that bone-chilling massacre at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody you've already heard from. the white house says the president will talk to kids about staying in school. but some parents say he won't be talking to their kids about anything. the tailgate parties abound at college campuses across the country. sure, some games have already been played. today is the real start of the college football season. hey, good morning to you. you found hln on this labor day weekend. i'm natascha curry. thanks for joining us. we begin first with a a new development in the brutal massacre in a georgia mobile home. police believe the guy who call 911 to report the killings was involved in them.

guy heinze jr. charged with eight counts of first degree murder. both physical evidence and testimony point to him. >> very late this afternoon, two pieces of information came forward to us. we took the two pieces of information, compared it to the whole of all of the evidence collected all week long. we were satisfied that that led us to believe that guy hinds jr. is a responsible person for the murders. >> seven of the eight people killed are going to be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wild fire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set and it killed two firefighters.

there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire trucks fell off of a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several persons tell cnn the president is ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house, they said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their

hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholic, baptists, episcopalians, muslims prayed here for health care. health care crosses religious lines. hundreds brought cards. senator claire mccaskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there. but the cards were presented to her staff. the white house says president obama's upcoming speech to students will encourage them to study hard and stay in school. but some parents think he wants to push his political agenda on their children. tom foreman has the latest on this classroom controversy. >> reporter: call it a fast lesson in public pushback. the president's plan to speak to school kids on tuesday has some conservative parents saying he's trying to brainwash the kids to buying his politics. >> speaking about my kids in school? having to listen to that? it really upsets me. >> politics is up to the family. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep him home. >> reporter: across the country, many school districts are

encouraging students to watch. in new orleans, it will be required. but that's an exception. in virtually every state, at least some schools have decided to either not show the speech, review it first, or make viewing optional. some sites schedule conflicts and technical difficulties. but this is not what the white house expected. the president's speech will focus on keeping kids in school, a subject he's promoted before. >> nearly 30% of u.s. high school students aren't making it to graduation. >> reporter: but the core complaint seems to be with supplementary teaching materials from the department of education. originally they called for students to write, quote, what they can do to help the president. the white house has since changed that. suggesting children write about their own educational goals. furthermore, the president's speech will be put on line

monday. so any teacher, parent, or politician can preview what's going to be said. plenty seem fine with that, including the national president of the pta. >> we have an opportunity here in the united states for parents, teachers, and students to take part in a tremendous civic lesson. >> reporter: still, just like the crowds at all those town hall meetings, others are far from satisfied. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to my chirp. >> and they clearly resent the notion that they are unfairly questioning the president's motives. >> education matters. and what you do today and what you don't do can change your future. >> reporter: after all, they point out, when the first president bush spoke to school kids on tv in 1991, top democrats called that just political advertising on the taxpayers' dime. tom foreman, cnn, washington.

it is now confirmed that one of five sharks spotted up the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off of cape cod. they're urging swimmers to be careful. for now, it's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised. but i don't go in the water so -- >> especially now. >> especially now. >> yeah. they may be great whites. >> no kidding. that would be a little disturbing if i was a good swimmer. but we've been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. it's not enough to close beaches in the busy holiday weekend. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors. all of the failed banks are regional. two are in illinois, the others are in missouri, illinois, and iowa.

that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down the two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating what one agent says it hasn't found that any other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment which was already at the site. all right, i'm working. maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up, reynolds? good for much of the country. much of the east coast. west coast, not so much of a good spot. scattered showers across parts of the west coast in san francisco northward to seattle and portland, back across the mountains. splash the showers in to the four corners. california still dry. high for the firefighters. look for a chance of scattered showers in places like parts of

the mid mississippi valley and to florida. dry for you in parts of the northeast. if you're in the northeast, heading out to the beach. here's what you can expect -- water temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s for places like provincetown. temperatures in the 70s. same story from southampton over to cape may. head further to the south, look for a chance of showers and thunderstorms in daytona. highs in the 80s. cape hatteras, back to hilton head. even to south beach with a chance of thunderstorms. water temperatures in the 80s. dropping to the 70s across cape hatteras. that's a look at the forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. before you spend a lot of money on a car alarm system, you might want to make sure that your car is really a target for thieves. j jennifer westhoven looking out for you here and something may surprise you. hope you're enjoying your weekend. this story might surprise you.

thieves are going to pass by a new car. they're more likely to steal older versions of the popular cars. the new systems have anti-theft systems and it's parts that's worth so much. the most stole n car in america 1994 honda accord. the popular models. the civic, the camry, the ford f-150 and the dodge ram pickup. this is from the crime bureau. if you own one of the cars, you may want to put on an alarm or something like smart keys, kill switches or cutoffs. the number of cars stolen has been shrinking for five years now and is now at a 20-year low. i'm jennifer westhoven looking out for you. get great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express with robin meade" from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m." you've seen the video.

a college football player throws a punch here after the game is over. now, that punch -- right there, has brought a high price.

a new sculpture in one colorado town is a little too -- natural for some people. it shows a bare-bottomed rock climber. check it out. it was put up in the main intersection in the town of silk. >> who would climb a rock naked. that will get you hurt. >> first we heard from the people who liked it.

then it got rumored around. now the people who do like it are contacting. >> thought it would be fun to take a picture of it. >> it's not just part of the sculpture, it shows colorado wild life. the board's town members approved it before it was installed. check out the twisted metal from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside of a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger department. somebody was saying, we're not going to be able to get that kid out. i said to myself, there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. we just go -- not going to stand here with a car on fire and the kid in it and leave the kid in

there. we'll figure out a way to do it. >> the doctor and the other man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. i'm larry smith. blount's career is over, but he's suspended for the season. the state player he hit, byron house, was not punished even though his taunting started the whole thing. the new season started with a bang. it kicked off the day with the first big weekend. three games matching a pair of top 25 teams. the bcs title game is four mo h months away at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. the loquacious yet ini go mattic receiver tried to show his true side. but it will be the same old same old t.o. with the bills? >> i was up at the bills' training camp in rochester in

early august. they're in the honeymoon period up there with this guy. the fans are going wild for him. the teammates love him. the front office loves hip. i spoke with trent edwards, the quarterback of the bills, i asked him, are you worried things will turn sour? he said the one way to make sure that that does not happen is to win football games. so we'll see how that turns out. but for now, everything is great up there. >> yeah, but give it, oh, about a year. brett favre comes out of retirement and gets $10,000 away from him. he punished that crack back block on monday night's exhibition game. he said i'll be 40 in october. i was weed eating 13 days ago. wasn't thinking about throwing blocks. that's sports. everyone wants to save more and spend less. the guy to help you out. join clark howard at noon eastern. he's going to show you ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. it's the clark howard show, noon eastern here on hln.

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former attorney general john ashcroft may soon find himself fighting a lawsuit. a federal appeals court ruled that a man who claims he was illegally detained after september 11 can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. citizen, was held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued that his involvement was as a prosecutor, which would make him immune from lawsuits. ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn they're reviewing the court's decision. oil company bp announced it's tapped into a giant pool of

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made it back home. okay, tell me this -- can you spend hours on an airline flight in a plane without a bathroom? they use to haul it away in the garbage trucks. now they're using it to fuel them. we look at how orange beach, alabama is using old grease as the ecosolution. >> my tractor smells like french fries. that's a fact. y'all say it does, doesn't it? the exhaust smells reich fren t smells like french fries. >> the operators put on 20 pounds due to the smelling of french fries when operating equipment. >> the biodiesel used to power city trucks and equipment is made from recycled cooking oil and grease. >> yeah, it's time for a snack.

>> orange beach will save thousands of dollars a year in fuel costs by converting grease to fuel. some of the by-product will be used to make hand sanitizer and soap for the shop workers. >> you add a little water. it lathers like regular soap. it cleans really well. >> the city has three recycling dropoff location, but a lot of the cooking oil is now coming from foley. >> we don't have a facility that's made by biodiesel. a effort right now. >> foley has three grease recycling dropoff locations. the goal -- keep pipe-clogging grease out of the sewer system and convert it to money-saving and eco-friendly biofuel. >> for more on creative ways to cut waste and other environmental news, go to our website, cnn..com/ecosolutions. good fences make good neighbors, a huge stone wall

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free if man who bombed pan am 103. those were the topics of the big negotiations who started in 2007. gordon brown argued, no oil deals factored in to the bomber's release last month. hugo chavez marched in cities all over the world yesterday. the largest crowds were in venezuela, colombia, and honduras. marches called chavez a dictator and human rights violator. i'm natascha curry, you're watching hln. fire investigators near l.a. have a tough job ahead. they have a huge wild fire. there's no accident. but now, they've got to prove it. brian todd is explaining how the csi of fire crime solving wors.s >> reporter: the remains of a fallen firefighter are driven past his saluting colleagues. his death and that of another firefighter means the biggest

fire in los angeles history is now a homicide case. that's because investigators are calling this arson. the incident commander adds another phrase. >> for any act of arson, that's domestic terrorism. that's my personal opinion. other folks have said that. it affects communities, citizens, firefighters, law enforcement officers, what else could it be? >> this could be ground zero. mile marker 29 in the angeles national forest roped off with red flags placed. federal investigators tell us they likely have the point of origin. officials here are not commenting on a "los angeles times" report that ain't se incendiary material was found here. this fire chief who investigated wild fires all over the u.s., it could be a range of things. >> they found the match that was left there, the lighter that was left there. the incendiary device that was

left there. the road flair used to start this fire. >> he takes us through the csi of fire investigations. clues are everywhere. >> paper on the ground like this becomes good indicators. >> he says these are good indicators of what direction the fire burned in at the point of origin. >> it can be burned rocks, soil that's been damaged. while they reveal clues -- a key question. >> in a territory the size of a major city, burned acreage as far as the eye can see, finding that origin and determining it's arson quickly in a few days, how do they get to that point in a few days? >> each fire is a little bit different. but the things that we use are

early-on ariel photographs, sometimes satellite photographs, witness statements. the firefighters that first arrived. they will know what the area involved was at the time they arrived. >> with those methods he said he can narrow down the point of origin to an acre or less, a man-made object like the burned out bottle. they combed through the area and then, of course, they look for witnesses. brian todd, cnn, california. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tells cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his open version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with one of the most liberal members of the house. they said they will not vote for a bill that does not have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected official -- >> these folks are putting their

hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholics, baptists, episcopalians, muslims, prayed for health care reform here in st. louis yesterday. one clergy member says the need for health care crosses religious lines. hundreds of parishioners brought cards and senator claire mccaskill called for health canner to be changed. she wasn't there, but the cards were presented to her staff. it is now confirmed that one of five sharks spotted off of the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off of cape cod this weekend. the great white was spotted by a shark expert a mile from the beach. for now, it's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised. but i don't go in the water so -- >> especially now? >> especially now. yeah. >> they may be great whites? >> no kidding. that would be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. we've been looking at the seals.

>> a little disturbing. public safety officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches in this busy holiday weekend. five more u.s.ba banks were forced to shut their doors, all of the failed banks are regional. two are in illinois, the others are in missouri, arizona, and iowa. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says the tower in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating. one agent said it hasn't found any evidence that other groups besides the elf were involved. the towers were taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment that was already at the site. here's a look ahead at some of the events we're watching for you for the rest of the day today. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, burial services are planned for seven family members killed in a mobile home in georgia last

week. and 4:49, astronauts on the shuttle "discovery" will complete the third and final space walk of their mission. they're hoping to complete work on the international space station. . all right, i'm working. maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up, reynolds. >> a good part of the country for much of the east coast. west coast, not so much of a few spots. scattered showers across parts of the west coast. san francisco north ward to seattle and portland, back across the mountains. california still dry. and very high for the firefighters. and look for the chances of scattered showers in places like parts of the mid mississippi valley and perhaps to florida. still relatively dry for you in parts of the northeast. if you happen to be in the northeast, you're heading to the beach, here's what you can expect. water temperatures in the 60s and 70s. temperatures in the 70s. same story from south hampton to

cape may. look for a chance of thunderstorms in daytona. highs in the 8 0z. same temperatures to cape hatteras, hilton head, south beach with a chance of thunderstorms. water temperatures to the 80s. dropping to the 70s towards cape hatteras. that's a look at the forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. before you spend a lot of money on a car alarm system, you may want to make sure your car is a target for thieves. jennifer westhoven looking out for you on this and has a story that's surprising. this story may surprise you. these are going to pass by a new car, they're far more likely to steal a popular version of an older car. it's the parts on the old cars that are worth so much. the most stolen car in america -- the 1994 honda accord.

if you take a look at this list, a lot of cars from the '90s, one of them from the '80s. popular models near the civic, the camry, the ford. this is all according to the national insurance crime bureau. if you own one of the cars on that list, put in an alarm or some kind of theft deterrent like smart keys, fuel switch, or fuel cutoffs. the number of cars stolen has been shrinking for five years in a row and it's now at a 20-year low, that's according to early numbers from the fbi. i'm jennifer westhoven looking out for you. >> thanks, jenn. you can get more money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express with robin meade" from 6:00 to 10:00 eastern. you've seen the video. a clemg football player throws a punch here after the game is over. that punch, right there, brought a high price.

a new sculpture in one colorado town is a little too

natural for some people. it shows a bare-bottomed rock climber. check it out. it was put up in the main intersection here in the town of silt. >> who would climb a rock naked? you could get hurt. >> we heard from the people who don't like it. it got rumored around. now people who do like it are contacting us. >> fun to take a picture of it. >> it's not the only part of the sculpture. it shows colorado wild life. the town's board members appr e approved it before it was installed. >> >> check out the twisted metal from a nasty chain-reaction crash that trapped two kids inside of a burning car here. a doctor happened to be in traffic and saw the accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming. some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger department.

some was saying, we're not going to be able to get the kid out. i said to myself, there's no way we're not getting that kid out. i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave the kid in there. we'll figure out a way to do it. >> the doctor and the other man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. i'm larry smith. if you don't have soda and money chis in your house, you have time to get them. everywhere i go, everyone is talking about the college football season which kicks off in earnest today. the nation's pasadena and bcs title game four months from now. garrett blount suspended for the season after the sucker punch that takes byron house out. house was not suspended but probably has a sore jaw. oregon coach chip kelley once cried when he heard the news, but, quote, he understands that the actions are unacceptable. no t.o. yapping in his ear, no

jessica simpson out side of the locker room. do they add up to a good season for tony romo? ben rider offers this. >> didn't seem to do much for the career of nick leshay breaking up with jessica simpson. so i'm not sure how much it will do for tony romo. he comes to the nfl, undrafted as a rookie, a third string quarterback. he's a pro bowl caliber guy. uh think he will be in the position this year to lead the cowboys to the glory they've long awaited. >> out of eastern illinois university. what a guy. 10,000 people showing up to honor chula vista, california's little league championship team. they were on with conan o'brien and next week they'll take batting practice on the field with the rockies game. how cool is that?

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police arrested someone for that bone-chilling massacre at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody you've already heard from. the white house says the president will talk to kids about staying in school. but some parents say he won't be talking to their kids about anything. the tailgate colleges across the country. today is the real start of the college football season. hey, good morning to you. you found hln on this labor day weekend. i'm natascha curry. thanks for joining us. a new development in the brutal massacre in a georgia mobile home. police believe the guy who call 911 to report the killings was involved in them.

guy heinze jr. charged with eight counts of first degree murder. both physical evidence and testimony point to him. >> very late this afternoon, two pieces of information came forward to us. we took the two pieces of information, compared it to the whole of all of the evidence collected all week long. we were satisfied that that led us to believe that guy hinds jr. is a responsible person for the murders. >> seven of the eight people killed are going to be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wild fire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set and it killed two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for

information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire trucks fell off of a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several persons tell cnn the president is ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house, they said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholic, baptists,

episcopalians, muslims prayed here for health care. health care crosses religious lines. hundreds brought cards. senator claire mccaskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there. but the cards were presented to her staff. the white house says president obama's upcoming speech to students will encourage them to study hard and stay in school. but some parents think he wants to push his political agenda on their children. tom foreman has the latest on this classroom controversy. >> reporter: call it a fast lesson in public pushback. the president's plan to speak to school kids on tuesday has some conservative parents saying he's trying to brainwash the kids to buying his politics. >> speaking about my kids in school? having to listen to that? it really upsets me. >> politics is up to the family. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep him home. >> reporter: across the country,

many school districts are encouraging students to watch. in new orleans, it will be required. but that's an exception. in virtually every state, at least some schools have decided to either not show the speech, review it first, or make viewing optional. some sites schedule conflicts and technical difficulties. but this is not what the white house expected. the president's speech will focus on keeping kids in school, a subject he's promoted before. >> nearly 30% of u.s. high school students aren't making it to graduation. >> reporter: but the core complaint seems to be with supplementary teaching materials from the department of education. originally they called for students to write, quote, what they can do to help the president. the white house has since changed that. suggesting children write about their own educational goals. furthermore, the president's speech will be put on line monday. so any teacher, parent, or

politician can preview what's going to be said. plenty seem fine with that, including the national president of the pta. >> we have an opportunity here in the united states for parents, teachers, and students to take part in a tremendous civic lesson. >> still, just like the crowd that all those town hall meetings, others are far from satisfied. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to my chirp. >> and they clearly resent the notion that they are unfairly questioning the president's motives. >> education matters. and what you do today and what you don't do can change your future. >> reporter: after all, they point out, when the first president bush spoke to school kids on tv in 1991, top democrats called that just political advertising on the taxpayers' dime. tom foreman, cnn, washington. it is now confirmed that one of five sharks spotted up the massachusetts coast was a great

white. police will be on boat patrol off of cape cod. they're urging swimmers to be careful. for now, it's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised. but i don't go in the water so -- >> especially now. >> especially now. >> yeah. they may be great whites. >> no kidding. that would be a little disturbing if i was a good swimmer. but we've been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. it's not enough to close beaches in the busy holiday weekend. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors. all are regional. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down the two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the the towers were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating what other groups besids the elf were involved. the towers were taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment which was already at

the site. all right, i'm working. maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up, reynolds? good for much of the country. much of the east coast. west coast, not so much of a good spot. scattered showers across parts of the west coast in san francisco northward to seattle and portland, back across the mountains. splash the showers in to the four corners. california still dry. high for the firefighters. i'm working. maybe you're not. check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up? going to see some scattered showers in the mountain, may see some showers in the four corners. california is dry, very high for the firefighters. look for chance of scattered showers in places like parts of the mid mississippi valley and

perhaps to florida. relatively dry for you in parts of the northeast. heading out to the beach, here's what you can expect. water temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s. provincetown. same story in southampton over to cape may. head furtherer to the south, look for a chance of thunderstorms in daytona. highs in the 80s. same temperatures up to cape hatteras, hilton head, and southeast there's a chance of thunderstorms. water temperatures in the 80s. that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. you've seen the video. a college football player throws a punch here after the game is over. now, that punch -- right there, has brought a high price.

a new sculpture in one colorado town is a little too natural for some people. it shows a bare-bottomed rock climber. check it out. it was put up in the main intersection in the town of silk. >> who would climb a rock naked. that will get you hurt. >> first we heard from the people who liked it. now the people who do like it are contacting. >> thought it would be fun to take a picture of it. >> it's not just part of the sculpture, it shows colorado wild life. the board's town members approved it before it was installed. check out the twisted metal from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids

inside of a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger department. somebody was saying, we're not going to be able to get that kid out. i said to myself, there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. we just go -- not going to stand here with a car on fire and the kid in it and leave the kid in there. we'll figure out a way to do it. >> the doctor and the other man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. his career is over, but considering he's out on friday night, a future in martial arts seems bright. house, the boy he hit was not

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illegally detained after september 11 can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. sid zhen is held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued his involvement was as a prosecutor which would make him immune from lawsuits. ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn they're reviewing the court' decision. oil company bp tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be one of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent that could include natural gas. that's a year's worth of demand. bp doesn't know how much it can extract, in spite of the size. it won't reduce independence on foreign oil. labor day weekend of hugs and kiss for 128 soldiers who

got a hero's homecoming in alabama here. look at the tearful reunions. members spent the last 16 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. they're happy to be home. now they're going to get rest and catch up on what they've been missing. >> not being able to spend time with him. the first time he sat up and the first time she said mama. maybe she'll say dada soon. >> great. 15 months so long away from your family and loved ones. >> oh -- every soldier deployed on the mission in june of last year made it back home. okay, tell me this -- could you spend hours on an airline flight in a plane without a bathroom? some say they spent hours in the cockpit of planes that don't have facilities. gene meserve reports they're saying they had enough. >> reporter: cargo pilots are raising a stink over working

conditions, specifically, the lack of bathrooms on the boeing 727s they fly. they offer a show and tell in a youtube video. >> this is what you use to go for number one. and this is -- i'm a much bigger bag number two, which we don't want to show you. >> reporter: pilots say there's no private place to use the bags and once they're full, they pose a sanitary challenge. >> it's put in the back of the cockpit. it's sealed up, put in a bag until we return back to miami to dispose of it. >> reporter: they claim the planes were delivered with bathrooms but they took them out to reduce weight. >> initially they didn't provide anything. the bags that you'd given up, they didn't provide those. eventually they realized there would be corrosion issues when the cargo would have to use the bathroom. that's when they started to provide pee bags.

>> reporter: pilots for other small cargo airlines say they have similar set-ups and the federal aviation administration says there is no requirement that any aircraft have a bathroom, including passenger jets that public flies. that is not an aviation safety issue, it's a passenger or crew member comfort issue. but the business travel coalition says it is the safety issue because pilots should not be distracted when making critical split second decisions. >> while these are working conditions that are something you would expect from the sweat shops of the 1930s and you cannot have these kinds of conditions and have them compatible with safety margins. it just doesn't work that way. >> we also spoke to the occupational safety and health administration, or osha, it says aircraft are not within its jurisdiction. so if and when the striking pilots begin flying again, they may well be left holding the bag. jeanne meserve, cnn, washington.

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we have made an arrest in the murder of the eight victims. in addition, charges have been filed for attempted murder against a 3-year-old child in that home. >> the person who called 911 to report the brutal killings of his relatives is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. guy heinze jr. is accused of tampering with evidence and making false statements to police. his father was among the victims. trade and oil concerns playing a role in the decision to release the man who bombed

pan am flight 103. those topics were a big part of negotiations that started in 2007, but britain's prime minister gordon brown argues no oil deals factored into the bomber's release last month. critics of venezuela's president marched in cities all over yesterday. the largest crowds were in venezuela, colombia, and honduras. marchers called chavez a dictator and human rights viola violator. and that's a quick check of your saturday headlinesment welcome back, i'm natasha curry, you're watching hln. fire investigators near l.a. have a tough job there. they say the huge wildfire there is no accident. but now they've got to prove it. brian todd's explaining how the csi of fire crime solving works. >> the remains of a fallen firefighter are driven past his saluting colleagues. his death and that of another firefighter mean the biggest wildfire in los angeles county history is now a homicide case.

that's because investigators are now calling this arson. the incident commander adds another phrase. >> any act of arson in the wild is domestic terrorism. that's my personal opinion. i believe other folks have said that. because it affects communities, citizens, firefighters, law enforcement officers and what else could it be? >> this could be ground zero. mile marker 29 on the angeles crest highway in the angeles national forest, roped off. veteran investigators believe this is the point of origin. officials here are not commenting on a los angeles times report that incendiary material was found here. the source for that information didn't specify what material that is. a former pomona fire chief who has investigated thousands of wildfires all over the u.s. says it could be a range of things. >> probably they either found the match that was left there, the lighter that was left there, the incendiary device that was left there, the road flare that

was used to start this fire. >> reporter: he takes us through the csi of wildfire investigations. clues he says are everywhere. >> paper on the ground like this. also becomes good indicators. >> these, he says are indicators of the direction the fire burned in at the point of origin. an investigator on scene elaborates. >> indicators can be things such as burned rocks, it can be soil that's been damaged. >> reporter: fee says while these clues reveal the direction, arson is revealed from anything found on the ground to a confession. but another key question. in the territory that is the size of a major city burned acreage for as far as the eye can see. not only finding that point of origin, but determining it's arson fairly quickly in a matter of a few days. how do they get to that point in a few days? >> well, each fire's a little bit different. but the things that we use are early on aerial photographs,

sometimes satellite photographs, witness statements. the firefighters that first arrived. they will know what the area involved was at the time they arrived. >> and with those methods, he says they can narrow down the point of origin to an acre or less, maybe a manmade object like this burned out bottle. he said they combed through the area with everything from sifters to dogs and then of course, they look for witnesses. cnn, tujunga canyon, california. congress has been looking on a bill without much luck. the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials. >> these folks are putting their

hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholics, baptists, muslims pray for health care reform in st. louis yesterday. one clergyman says it crosses religious lines. hundreds of parishioners brought cards directed to claire mcc mccatskill. it is now confirmed that at least one of five sharks spotted off the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off cape cod this weekend. they are urging swimmers to be extra careful. the great white was spotted by a shark expert a mile from the closest beach. and for now, that's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised, but i don't go in the water. >> especially now? >> especially now. >> they may be great whites. >> no kidding, that'd be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. we've been looking at the seals.

>> a little disturbing. public safety officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches during this busy holiday weekend. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors on friday. all of the failed banks are regional. two in illinois, the others are in missouri, arizona, and iowa. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating. one agent says it hasn't found any evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. it was taken down with heavy construction equipment already at the site. here's a look ahead at the events we're watching for you for the rest of the day today. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, burial services are planned for seven family members killed in their mobile home in georgia last

week. and then at 4:49, astronauts on the space shuttle discovery will complete the third and final space walk of their mission. they're hoping to complete work on the international space station. i'm working, maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. >> looks like it's going to be pretty good for a good part of the country for much of the east coast, west coast not so much. let's show you the national perspective, scattered showers across parts of the west coast. san francisco northward through seattle and portland. back across the mountains, slash of showers into the four corners. california still dry and very hot for those firefighters. and look for a chance of scattered showers in places like parts of the mid mississippi valley and into florida, but still relatively dry for you in parts of the northeast. if you happen to be in the northeast, heading out to the beach, water temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s. for places like province town, temperatures in the 70s. same story in south hampton, you head farther to the south, look

for a chance of thunderstorms highs in the 80s. same temperatures up in cape hatteras, hilton head, and even into south beach. dropping into the 70s up towards cape hatteras, that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. before you spend a lot of money on a car alarm system, you just might want to make sure that your car's really a target for thieves. jennifer westhoven's looking out for you on this and has information you might want to find surprising. >> hey, i hope you're enjoying your labor day weekend. this story may surprise you. thieves are probably going to pass by a new car, they're far more likely to steal older versions of popular cars. the new cars have the anti-theft systems and it's the parts on the old cars that are worth so much. the most stolen car in america, the 1994 honda accord, and if

you take a look at the list, a lot of the cars from the '90s, one of them from the '80s. the civic, camry, and the dodge ram pickup. so if you own one of the cars on that list, you may want to put in an alarm or some other kind of theft deterrent. here's the good news, though, the number of cars stolen, that has been shrinking for five years in a row and it's now at a 20-year low, according to early numbers from the fbi. i'm jennifer westhoven, looking out for you. >> thanks, jen. and you can get great money advice each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. a college football player throws a punch here after the game is over. now that punch right there has brought a high price.d 1 a pers. one breakfast a week saves a family of four over $800 a year. save money. live better. walmart.

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a new sculpture in one colorado town is a little too natural for some people. it shows a bare bottomed rock climber. check it out. yeah, it was recently put up at the main intersection here in the town of silt. >> so we climb a rock naked, that could get you hurt. >> first you hear from the people who don't like it and then it got rumored around and now the people who do like it are contacting. >> thought it would be fun to take a picture of it. >> the naked rock climber, though, isn't the only part of this sculpture. it also shows colorado wildlife. the town board members approved it before it was installed. check out the twisted metal from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still

wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. somebody was saying we're not going to be able to get that kid out and i said to myself, there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave the kid in there. we'll figure out a way of doing it. >> good for him. they managed to pull a 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. i'm larry smith. if you don't have soda and munchies in your house, you still have time to get them. everybody's talking about the college football season, which kicks off in earnest today. destination pasadena and the bcs title game four months from now. the new season began thursday night with a black eye. blunt suspended for the season after the sucker punch, house was not suspended, but probably

still has a sore jaw. oregon coach kelly says blount cried when he heard the news, but understands his actions are unacceptable. no t.o. yapping in his ear, no jessica simpson outside the locker room, do they equal a winning season for romo? >> it didn't seem to do much for the career of nick lachey breaking up with jessica simpson. i think that romo gets a bad wrap. he came to the nfl undrafted as a rookie, a third string quarterback, and now he's a pro bowl caliber guy. and i think he will be in position this year to lead the cowboys, you know, to the glory they've long awaited. >> out of eastern illinois university. what a guy. 10,000 people showing up to honor the little league championship team. they've really enjoyed their celebrity. thursday night they were on the

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former attorney general john ashcroft may soon find himself fighting a lawsuit. a federal appeals court ruled that a man who claims he was illegally detained after september 11th can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. citizen was held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued that his involvement was as a prosecutor which would make him immune from lawsuits. ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn they're reviewing the court's decision. oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico.

it could be some of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels of oil, an equivalent which includes natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. bp does not yet know how much it can extract. in spite of its size, experts say it won't reduce the u.s. dependence on foreign oil. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama. but look at these tearful reunions. so happy to see their loved ones. members of the 46th engineering battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges and now going to get rest to catch up on what they've been missing. >> not being able to spend time with him and him missing all of the first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll a dadda soon. >> away from your family and

loved ones. >> by the way, every soldier who deployed on their mission in june of last year here made it back home safely. okay. tell me this. could you spend hours on an airline flight in a plane without a bathroom? some cargo pilots actually say they spent hours in the cockpit of planes that don't even have facilities. jeanne meserve reports now they're saying they've had enough. >> reporter: striking cargo pilots are raising a stink over working conditions, specifically the lack of bathrooms on the boeing 727s they fly. they offer a show and tell in the youtube video. >> this is where you use to go number one. and a much bigger bag for a number two, which we don't want to show you. >> reporter: pilots say there's no private place to use the bags and once they're full, they pose a sanitary challenge. >> it's put in the back of the cockpit. it's sealed up, put in a bag

until we return back to miami to dispose of it. >> reporter: the pilots claim the planes were delivered with bathrooms, but amerijet took them out to reduce weight. >> initially they didn't provide anything, the bags that they've given us they didn't even provide those. eventually they realized there was some corrosion issues when crew members would have to go into the cargo hold to use the bathroom. so that's when they'd start to provide pee bags and bags for going number two. >> reporter: amerijet refused to comment on the issue. other airlines say they have similar set-ups and the federal aviation administration says there's no requirement that any aircraft have a bathroom, including passenger jet the public flies. that's not an aviation safety issue, it's a passenger or crew member comfort issue. but the business travel coalition says it is the safety issue because pilots should not be distracted when making critical split second decisions. >> while these are working

conditions that are something you would expect from the sweat shops of the 1930s and you cannot have these kinds of conditions and have them compatible with safety margins. it doesn't work that way. >> we also spoke to the occupational safety and health administration, or o'sha, which polices workplace safety. it says aircraft are not within its jurisdiction. if and when the striking pilots begin flying again, they may be left holding the bag. jeanne meserve, cnn, washington. millions of people in the u.s. have iphones, they have all sorts of really cool features. sometimes the phone part is the problem. and the reason's pretty simple. what's being done about it is a little more involved, though. hi there, i'm robin meade, we salute the troops every weekday on "morning express" with robin meade. our salute today is to kenneth

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police arrested someone for that bone chilling massacre at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody that you've already heard from. the white house says the president will talk to kids about staying in school, but some parents say that he won't be talking to their kids about anything. tailgate parties abound at college campuses across the country. sure some games have been played, but today is the real start of the college football season. hey, good morning to you. you found hln on this labor day weekend. i'm natasha curry, thanks for joining us. we begin first with a new development in that brutal massacre at a georgia mobile home. police believe that the guy who called 911 to report the

killings was actually involved in them. guy heinze jr. is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. police say both physical evidence and testimonies point to him. >> very late this afternoon, two pieces of information came forward to us. we took those two pieces of information, compared it to the whole of all of the evidence collected all week long. we were satisfied that that led us to believe that guy heinze jr. is the responsible person for the murders. >> seven of the eight people killed are going to be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wildfire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set. and it killed two firefighters.

there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the wildfire. two firefighters were killed trying to escape the flames and before they died, they saved about 16 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said that they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholics, baptists,

episcopalia episcopalians, muslims -- one member says the need for health care crosses religious lines. hundreds of parishioners brought cards calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there, but those cards were presented to her staff. the white house says president obama's upcoming speech to students will encourage them to study hard and stay in school. but some parents think he just wants to push his political agenda on their children. tom foreman has the latest on this classroom controversy. >> reporter: call it a fast lesson in public pushback. the president's plan to speak to school kids on tuesday has some conservative parents saying he's trying to brainwash their kids into buying his politics. >> thinking about my kids -- sorry -- in school, having to listen to that. it just really upsets me. >> politics is totally up to the family. >> will i send my child? i don't know, right now i say

no, i'll keep them home. >> reporter: across the country, many school districts are encouraging students to watch in new orleans, it will be required, but that's an exception. in virtually every state, at least some schools have decided to either not show the speech, review it first, or make viewing optional. some cite schedule conflicts and technical difficulties, but this is not what the white house expected. it will focus on keeping kids in school, a subject he's promoted before. >> unfortunately, nearly 30% of ugs high school students aren't makes it to graduation. >> reporter: but the core complaint seems to be from materials from the department of education. they called for students to quote, what they can do to help the president. the white house has since changed that, suggesting the children now write about their own educational goals. further more, the text of the president's speech will now be put online monday so any

teacher, parent, or politician can preview what's going to be said. plenty seemed fine with that, including the national president of the pta. >> we have an opportunity here in the united states for parents, teachers, and students to take part in a tremendous civics lesson. >> still, just like the crowds at all those town hall meetings, others are far from satisfied. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so that this president can speak to my children. >> reporter: and they leerily resent the notion that they are unfairly questioning the president's motives. >> education matters. and what you do today and what you don't do can change your future. >> after all they point out, when the first president bush spoke to school kids on tv in 1991, top democrats called that just political advertising on the taxpayer's dime.

tom foreman, cnn, washington. it is now confirmed that at least one of five sharks spotted off the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off cape cod this weekend. they are urging swimmers to be extra careful. the great white was spotted by a shark expert a mile from the closest beach. and for now, that's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised, but i don't go in the water. >> especially now? >> especially now. >> yeah. >> they may be great whites. >> no kidding? that'll be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. we've just been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. public safety officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches during this busy holiday weekend. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors on friday. all of the failed banks are regional. two in illinois, the others are in missouri, arizona, and iowa. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth

liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating. one agent says it hasn't found any evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were apparently taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment that was already at the site. all right. i'm working, maybe you're not. hopefully you can enjoy the holiday weekend. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the forecast. what's up, reynolds? >> looks like pretty good for a good part of the country, much of the east coast. west coast, not so much in a few spots. let's show you the national perspective. going to see scattered showers across the west coast. from san francisco northward through seattle and portland, back across the mountains, splash into the four corners, california still dry and very hot for the firefighters. and look for a chance for scattered showers in parts of

the mid mississippi valley. still relatively dry in the northeast. here's what you can expect. water temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s. for places like province town, same story in south hampton, you head farther to the south, look for a chance of showers and thunderstorms in daytona. and south beach with a chance of thunderstorms. water temperatures into the 80s. dropping into the 70s when you get up towards cape hatteras, that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >> you've seen the video by now. a college football player throws a punch here after the game is over. now that punch right there has brought a high price.

a new sculpture in one colorado town is a little too natural for some people. it shows a bare bottomed rock climber. check it out. yeah, it was recently put up at the main intersection here in the town of silt. >> who would climb a rock naked? that could get you hurt. >> first heard from the people who don't like it, and then it got rumored around and now the people who do like it are contacting. >> thought it would be fun to take a picture of it. >> the naked rock climber isn't the only part of this sculpture. it also shows colorado wildlife. the town board members approved it before it was installed. check out the twisted metal here from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened

to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. somebody was saying, we're not going to be able to get that kid out. and i said to myself, there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. you go, i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave the kid in there. so we're going to -- we'll figure out a way of doing it. >> good for him. the doctor and another man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. i'm larry smith, blount's college football career is over, but a future in mixed martial arts seems bright. he's suspended for the season, the boise state player he hit, house was not punished. the new season started with a

bang, if you will, but it really kicks off today with the first big weekend. the national champion florida hosts charleston southern and there are three games matching a pair of top 25 teams. the bcs game is four months away at the rose bowl. t.o. tried to show his true side in a summer tv reality show. but will it be the same old t.o. with the bills? >> i was up at the bills' training camp in rochester in early august. and let me tell you, they're still in the honeymoon period with this guy. fans are going wild for him. his teammates love him. the front office loves him. i spoke with trent edwards, the quarterback of the bills, i asked him, are you worried things will turn sour? he says the one way to make sure that does not happen is to win football games. for now everything's great up there. >> yeah, but give it oh about a year. brett favre comes out of

retirement and gets $10,000 taken away from him. favre said hey, i'll be 40 years old in october, and i was weed eating 14 days ago, i wasn't thinking about throwing blocks. that's sports. you can't pay those credit card bills just yet, don't give up. clark howard says negotiation can be the key to climbing your way out of debt. >> do you know there are millions of americans who for any of a number of reasons are having trouble making their credit card payments right now? well, i have some great news for you. if you can't pay the bill and really there's no chance you ever feel you'll be able to pay them, do you know that now more than ever you can negotiate? i've seen several published reports recently about the great success people are having who have fallen behind on credit card debt negotiating a deal directly with the credit card

company. you don't need to hire somebody to do it, you can do it yourself. it's not a game, it's not a gimmick, the credit card company looks at you at having no chance of paying off your debt once you've hit six months that you're overdue. if you are in a position to come up with some kind of effort to a credit card company, make it. what's the worst they can say? is no. by the way, if you do work out a deal, make sure you have it in writing before you pay a penny. i'm clark howard for more money-saving tips, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. and get much more advice from clark today at noon eastern. clark will help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. imagine this, a huge commercial airplane without a restroom. some pilots are actually flying planes like that on long flights around the world and there are concerns that could be a safety hazard.

former attorney general john ashcroft may soon find himself fighting a lawsuit. a federal appeals court ruled that a man who claims he was

illegally detained after september 11th can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. citizen, was held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued that his involvement was as a prosecutor, which would make him immune from lawsuits. ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn that they're reviewing the court's decision. oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be one of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels worth of oil. equivalent, which includes natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. bp does not yet know how much it can extract. and in spite of its size, experts say the well won't reduce foreign dependence on oil. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama.

but look at these tearful reunions. so happy to see their loved ones. members of the 46th engineering battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. now they're going to get rest to catch up on what they've been missing. >> not being able to spend time with him and him missing all of the, you know, first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll say dadda soon. >> it's great. with my family and loved ones. >> by the way, every soldier who deployed in june of last year here made it home back safely. can you spend hours on an airline flight in a plane without a bathroom? some cargo pilots actually say they spend hours in the cockpit of planes that don't even have facilities. jeanne meserve reports now they're saying they've had enough. >> striking pilots are raising a

stink over working conditions, specifically the lack of bathrooms on the boeing 727s they fly. they offer a show and tell in a youtube video. >> this is where you use to go for number one. and a much bigger bag for number two, which we don't want to show you. >> reporter: pilots say there's no private place to use the bags. and once they're full, they pose a sanitary challenge. >> it's put in back of the cockpit. it's sealed up, put in a bag until we return back to miami to dispose of it. >> the pilots claim the planes were delivered with bathrooms but they were taken out. >> initially they didn't provide anything. the bags that they've given us they didn't even provide those. eventually they realized there was some corrosion issues when crew members would have to go into the cargo hold to use the bathroom. that's when they started to provide pee bags and bags for going number two.

>> reporter: amerijet refused to comment on the lavatory issue. pilots for other airlines say they have similar set-ups and the federal aviation administration says there is no requirement that any aircraft have a bathroom, including passenger jets the public flies. that is not an aviation safety issue, it's a passenger or crew member comfort issue. but the business travel coalition says it is a safety issue because pilots should not be distracted when making critical split second decisions. >> while these are working conditions that are something you would expect from the sweat shops of the 1930s, and you cannot have these kinds of conditions and have them compatible with safety margins. it just doesn't work that way. >> reporter: we spoke to osha, which polices workplace safety. it says aircraft are not within its jurisdiction. if and when the striking pilots begin flying again, they may well be left holding the bag.

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police have arrested someone for the killing spree in georgia, and the suspect is somebody you've probably heard from already. the white house insists that president obama will encourage students to keep working hard when he speaks to them next week, but some parents say the president just wants to brainwash their children. and we're hearing from a former classmate of jaycee dugard, that missing girl found alive after 18 years. and she says her childhood friend's kidnapping was a real life nightmare. hey, good morning, thanks for watching hln this labor day weekend, i'm natasha curry. we begin with a new development at the brutal

massacre in a georgia mobile home. police believe the man who reported the killings was actually involved in them. guy heinze jr. is charged with eight counts of murder. >> the most heinous crime we've ever had in the community. i think we all know that. i think that speaks for itself. >> we will do everything we can to ensure we get the right person. and that time has arrived. it is here now. and i can only assure the community we have the best team there is, and i can assure you that this person is responsible. >> seven of the eight people killed will be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of a wildfire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was

intentionally set and it killed two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire truck fell off a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. and before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholics, baptists,

episcopalia episcopalians, and muslims prayed yesterday. the need for health care crosses religious lines. hundreds of parishioners brought cards directed to missouri senator claire mccatskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there, but those cards were presented to her staff. the u.s. embassy in afghanistan has fired 14 private security guards accused of wrong doing there. that's from u.s. ambassador, one in kabul. an independent watchdog group says armor group north america allowed mistreatment and intimidation of guards by their bosses. the company reportedly also allowed inappropriate sexual activity. the u.s. embassy also says the armor's group entire senior management will be replaced. the embassy and the state department are investigating the allegations. a massachusetts congressman is considering getting into the race to succeed the late senator kennedy. steven lynch picked up the

paperwork he's going to need to run for the seat. lynch says he's going to make a financial decision over the next week or so. the primary is set for december 8th, and the special election will be held january 19th. massachusetts attorney general martha cokely was the first to officially announce her candidacy. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating. one agent says it hasn't found nif evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were apparently taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment cha was already at the site. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors on friday. all the failed banks are regional. two are in illinois, the others are in missouri, arizona, and iowa. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89.

i'm reynolds wolf with hln for a look at your forecast. today should be fairly nice for most of the nation. in the southeast and the northern plains. when you get into the southern half of the mississippi valley, could see scattered showers in se parts of texas. some of these have been fairly strong in the early part of the day, not expecting anything severe as we go into the afternoon hours. north of little rock, scattered showers, flash flooding might be a possibility in low lying areas , in spots we have poor drainage. a lot of sunshine in most spots, but back into florida, you have a chance of storms into the afternoon, possibly a few showers in cape hatteras, but nothing severe, and hilton head looks good with a mix of sunshine and clouds. in parts of the northeast, high temperatures in the 70s, same story in south hampton, should

be nice there, and high temperatures in the 70s, water temperatures in the 60s and 70s, up and down the mid-atlantic states up to the maine coast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. it is now confirmed that at least one of five sharks spotted off the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off cape cod this weekend. they are urging swimmers to be extra careful. the great white was spotded a mile from the closest beach. and right now it's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised but i don't go in the waters. >> especially now? >> especially now. >> yeah. they may be great whites. >> no kidding? that'll be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. but we've just been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. public safety officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches during this busy holiday weekend. okay, it's shocking enough that some students would actually rather cheat than fail.

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college students who would rather cheat than fail a class are getting help online now. essay mills that turn up term papers at $15 or more a page are popping up on the internet. and a lot of them are being written overseas like places like pakistan and india. listen to this man who says he's written dozens of papers for american students on internet essay sites. >> i come from a third world country. it's good pay, temptation is really great. >> of course that's contributing to making other societies dumber quote unquote because they're not learning how to do the work themselves and how to communicate. >> cheating has gotten so bad the university of california san

diego has a mandatory seminar for students who cheat. 600 students took part last year. wildlife agents believe that a wild cougar is probably on the loose near downtown seattle, not talking about a woman here. they closed the city's largest park where the animal is believed to be hiding. they say at least four people reported seeing the cougar in the area recently. one man said that he saw the cougar in his driveway yesterday morning. wildlife agents have set up two traps in the park and say that they're getting closer to catching it. i'm larry smith. if you don't have soda and munchies in your house, you still have time to get them. everywhere i go, everyone's talking about the college football season, which kicks off in earnest today. destination pasadena and the bcs title game four months from now. the new season began thursday night with the black eye, oregon senior running back legarrette blount suspended for the season after the sucker punch on house. house was not suspended but

probably still has a really sore jaw. oregon coach chip kelly says blount cried when he heard the news but understands his actions are unacceptable. no t.o. yapping in his ear, no jessica simpson outside the locker room, do they add to a winning season for romo? >> it didn't seem to do much for the career of nick lachey breaking up with jessica simpson, so i'm not sure how much it'll do for tony romo. here's a guy who came to the nfl undrafted as a rookie, third string quarterback, now all of a sudden he's a pro bowl caliber guy. and i think that he will be in position this year to lead the cowboys, you know, to the glory they've long awaited. >> out of eastern illinois university. what a guy. 10,000 people showing up to honor california's little league championship team. thursday night they were on the

"tonight show" with conan o'brien and next week they'll take batting practice prior to the padres rockies game. that's sports. before you spend a lot of money on a car alarm system, you just might want to make sure your car's really a target for thieves. jennifer westhoven's looking out for you on this and has information you might find surprising. >> hey, i hope you're enjoying your labor day weekend. this story may surprise you. thieves are probably going to pass by a new car, they're far more likely to steal older versions of popular cars. the new cars have the anti-theft systems and it's the parts on the old cars that are worth so much. the most stolen car in america, the 1994 honda accord, and if you take a look at the list, a lot of the cars from the '90s, one of them from the '80s. the civic, camry, and the dodge ram pickup.

this is all according to the national crimes bureau. so if you own one of the cars on that list, you may want to put in an alarm or some other kind of theft deterrent. like smart keys, switches, or fuel cutoff. here's the good news, though, the number of cars stolen, that has been shrinking for five years in a row and it's now at a 20-year low, according to early numbers from the fbi. i'm jennifer westhoven, looking out for you. >> thanks, jen. and you can get great money advice each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. people who claim they were wrongly held by the government after 9/11 can now take legal action. and they've been given the green light to sue a former bush administration official. show and tell

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continue. ( strokes violin ) ♪ do you need anybody! friendly service. real value from your friends at hampton. former attorney general john ashcroft may soon find himself fighting a lawsuit. a federal appeals court ruled that a man who claims he was illegally detained after september 11th can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. citizen was held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued that his involvement was as a prosecutor which would make him immune from lawsuits.

ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn they're reviewing the court's decision. talk radio fans the flames and it took off like a wildfire. and school districts are caught right in the middle. president obama's back to school speech on tuesday. as dan lothian reports, school officials, even the white house are trying to calm fears and get back to the real message. >> education matters. >> reporter: past presidents have spoken to school children before, but it was the homework that the obama administration gave to students ahead of a back to school address that sparked the revolt. >> he might be introducing some of his agenda, which as a conservative parent, i don't agree with. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to the children. >> reporter: students be assigned to "write letters to themselves about what they plan to do to help the president."

he plans to encourage them to stay in school. but some say he's pushing propaganda on school children. jim greer the head of florida's republican party even accused the president of turning to kids to spread his liberal lies. >> i think the president has enough to do focusing on economy and finding jobs on americans than writing lesson plans out of the oval office. >> reporter: school officials across the country scrambled to address the problem. the district advised teachers to notify parents if they planned on airing the address to class and allowing students to opt out. similar steps in minnesota, colorado, kentucky, and georgia. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep them hope. >> reporter: reacting to the uproar robert gibbs said i think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the united states can't tell the kids in school to study hard and stay in school. >> i think any time someone

talks about education and kids being in school, there's no other motivation for that. >> and that was dan lothian reporting. the president of the parent-teacher association called the uproar over president obama's speech sad. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama. look at these tearful reunions. so happy to see their loved ones. the members of the battalion spent 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. now they're going to get rest to catch up on what they've been missing. >> being able to spend time with him and him missing like all the, you know, first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll say dadda soon. >> missing your family and loved ones. >> by the way, every soldier who deployed on their mission of june in last year here made it back home safely.

hi there, i'm robin meade, we salute the troops every weekday on morning express with robin meade and we're doing it on the weekends now too. our salute today is to sergeant kenneth rivera, his girlfriend tells us he's on his third deployment, saying that she and his family cannot wait for him to come home. maybe you have somebody in the service. great pictures, huh? go to cnn.com/robin and watch for those salutes on morning express with robin meade from 6:00 a.m. till 10:00 a.m. eastern. check out the nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. well, somebody was saying we're

not enjoying to be able to get that kid out and i said there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave the kid in there. you know, we'll figure out a way of doing it. >> good for him. the doctor and another man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be some of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels of oil, an equivalent which includes natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. bp does not yet know how much it can extract. in spite of its size, experts say it won't reduce the u.s. dependence on foreign oil. expect to pay big if you want to sit down to eat with former governor sarah palin and her family. the ex-vp candidate is offering the dinner as part of a charity

auction benefitting a program for wounded veterans. the opening bid to dine with five of the palins is $25,000. the ten-day auction starts tuesday morning. here's a look ahead at some of the events we're watching for you for the rest of the day today. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, burial services for seven family members killed in their mobile home in georgia last week. then at 4:49 astronauts on the space shuttle discovery will complete the third and final space walk of their mission. they're hoping to complete work on the international space station. the government is now taking steps to make it easier for you to save for your retirement. in his weekly radio address this morning, president obama said that the recession has taken a toll on extra income and on savings accounts. one initiative by the obama administration will allow people to have their federal tax refunds sent as savings bonds. another option will require workers to take action to stay out of their employer's

retirement plan instead of taking action to join it. we're hearing from more people who knew jaycee dugard in the years before she disappeared. including a woman who grew up with dugard and said if she had her own run-in with possible kidnappers. ú8ú

police have arrested someone for that killing spree at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody that you probably have heard from already. the white house insists that president obama will encourage students to keep working hard when he speaks to them next week. but some parents say the president just wants to brainwash their children. and we're hearing from a former classmate of jaycee dugard. and she says her childhood friend's kidnapping was a real life nightmare. hey, good morning, thanks for watching hln this labor day weekend, i'm natasha curry. we begin with a new development at a georgia mobile

home. police believe the man who called 911 to report the killings was actually involved in them. guy heinze jr. is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. police say physical testimonies and evidence points to him. >> the most heinous crime we've ever had in the community. i think we all know that. i think that speaks for itself. >> i've always started from the outset, we will do everything we can to ensure we get the right person. that time has arrived. it is here now. i can only assure the community we have the best team there is. and i can assure you this person is responsible. >> seven of the eight people killed will be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wildfires near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was

intentionally set. and it killed two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire trucks fell off a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. and before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. the u.s. embassy in afghanistan has fired 14 private security guards accused of wrong doing there. that's from u.s. ambassador, the one in kabul. an independent watchdog group said armor group north america allowed mistreatment and

intimidation of guards by their bosses. the company reportedly also allowed inappropriate sexual activity. the u.s. embassy also said the armor group's entire senior management will be replaced. the embassy and a state department are investigating the allegations. a massachusetts congressman is considering getting into the race to succeed the late senator ted kennedy. yesterday, democratic representative stephen lynch picked up the paperwork he's going to need to run for the seat. lynch says he's going to make a final decision over the next week or so. the primary is set for december 8th and a special election will be held january 19th. massachusetts attorney general cokely was the first to official announce her candidacy. an e-mail claims that the group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns.

the fbi is investigating. one agent says it hasn't found any evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were apparently taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment, which was already at the site. talk radio fanned the flames and took off like a wildfire, and now some parents are angry and school districts are caught right in the middle. we're talking about president obama's back to school speech on tuesday. as dan lothian reports, school officials, even the white house are trying to calm fears and get back to the real message. >> education matters. >> reporter: past presidents have spoken to school children before, but it was the homework that the obama administration gave to the students ahead of the back to school address that sparked the revolt. >> he might be introducing some of his agenda, which as a conservative parent, i don't agree with. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to my children. >> reporter: students were

assigned to quote write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. he in turn plans to encourage them to stay in school. but some conservatives say mr. obama is pushing propaganda son school children. the head of the republican party even accused the president of turning to kids to spread his liberal lies. >> i think the president has enough to do focusing on the economy and finding jobs for americans than writing lesson plans out of the oval office. >> school officials across the country scrambled to address the problem. salt lake city district advised teachers to notify parents if they planned on airing the address in class and allowed students to opt out. similar moves in states like colorado, florida, minnesota, kentucky, and virginia. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep them home. >> reporter: white house spokesman robert gibbs said i think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the united states can't tell kids in school to study hard and stay in school.

some people agree seeing the address as inspiring, not political. >> i think any time that someone talks about education and kids staying in school, there's no other motivation for that. >> and that was dan lothian reporting. the president of the parent-teacher association called the uproar over president obama's speech sad. i'm reynolds wolf for hln with a look at your holiday forecast. and today should be fairly nice for as much of the nation. sunshine in the southeast and central plains state. central plains look good, but the southern half of the mississippi valley, could see some scattered showers in say parts of missouri, also into texas. in terms of the storms we may see in parts of missouri, some of these have been fairly strong in the early part of the day, not expecting anything severe as we go into the afternoon hours. north of conway and little rock, scattered showers, flash flooding might be a possibility in low lying areas in spots we have poor drainage. if we happen to go out to the

coast, that's not going to be an issue. a lot of sunshine in most spots, but back into florida, daytona beach, you have a chance of storms into the afternoon, possibly a few showers in cape hatteras, but nothing severe, and hilton head looks pretty good with a mix of sun and clouds. parts of the northeast, high temperatures in the 70s. same story in the hamptons, should be nice there, and high temperatures in the 70s, 60s and 70s up and down the mid-atlantic states up to the main coast. that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. it is now confirmed that at least one of five sharks spotted off the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off cape cod this weekend. they are urging swimmers to be extra careful. the great white was spotted by a shark expert a mile from the closest beach. and for now, that's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised, but i don't go in the water. >> especially now? >> especially now. >> yeah.

>> they may be great whites. >> no kidding? that'd be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. we've just been looking at the seals. >> a little disturbing. public officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches during this holiday weekend. it's shocking enough that some students would actually rather cheat than fail, but how they're doing it may come as an even bigger surprise.

college students who would rather cheat than fail a class are getting help online. essay mills that turn up term paraphernal papers at $15 a page, a lot of them are being written overseas like places like pakistan and india. this man says he's written dozens of papers for american students on internet essay sites. >> caller: you know, i come from a third world country. it's good pay, temptation is

really great. >> of course that's contributing to making america and other societies dumber quote unquote because they're not learning how to do the work themselves and how to communicate. >> cheating has gotten so bad the university of california san diego has a mandatory seminar for students who cheat. 600 students took part last year. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hope for health care in the hands of a higher power, they pray for health care reform in st. louis here yesterday. one clergy member says the need for health care crosses religious lines. hundreds of parishioners brought cards directed to missouri senator claire mccatskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there, but those cards were presented to her staff. wildlife agents believe that a wild cougar is probably on the

loose near downtown seattle. not talking about a woman here. they closed the city's largest park where the animal is believed to be hiding. they say at least four people reported seeing the cougar in the area recently. one man said that he saw the cougar in his driveway yesterday morning. wildlife agents have set up two traps in the park and say they're getting closer to catching it. i'm larry smith, school is back in, which made me start thinking, did we ever play kick ball outside of school activities or even after sixth grade? if you've ever yearned to play again, the time is now. >> reporter: if you follow the bouncing ball, you might think this is recess at an elementary school, but this is no group of children. they are just one of an estimated 3,000 teams playing organized kick ball across 30 states in the world adult kickball association.

>> most people are usually like isn't that a grade school game? but the truth is when you're all adults, everyone plays it pretty competitively but also to have fun. it's a good mix. >> when was the last time you'd played kickball? >> fourth or fifth grade and i was really small then, i could never kick a home run. >> wilson chow has played kickball from san francisco to the park. >> obviously i just turned 30, so -- >> on this day he is tucked discreetly beneath the bridge with trams overhead oblivious to the action below. >> who would think in new york city you're going to have fields to play kickball? >> reporter: the idea crazy yet simple came in 1998 at the dawn of the internet age and spread quickly. >> it was instant, are you

kidding? and then it's, i haven't played since fifth grade. and so the memories are right there. and that's one of the bigs where we knew we were on to something. >> reporter: johnnie was one of three friends sitting in a washington, d.c. bar when the league was born. it was an appropriate birthplace since the other half of its appeal seems to be the post game party. >> there are as many women as there are men in the league. and sometimes i call it 45 minutes of kickball and three hours of socializing. >> they might be looking for their future, you know, boyfriend, husband, it's possible. >> we can definitely boast kickball marriages and kickball babies out of this. it seems if you're willing to be a little bit silly and play kickball you happen to be a fun person to hang out with. >> it must be true because recess never ended in a bar. i once lost this tooth in kick

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former attorney general john ashcroft may soon find himself fighting a lawsuit. federal appeals court ruled that a man who claims he was illegally detained after september 11th can sue ashcroft. the man, a u.s. citizen was held and interrogated for 16 days in 2003 according to court documents. ashcroft had argued that his involvement was as a prosecutor, which would make him immune from lawsuits. ashcroft's spokesperson told cnn that they're reviewing the court's decision. oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be one of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels worth of oil, equivalent, which

will include natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. now bp does not yet know how much it can extract. in spite of its size, experts say the well won't reduce u.s. dependence on foreign oil. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama. but look at these tearful reunions so happy to see their loved ones. members of the 46 engineer battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. now they're going to get some rest and catch up on what they've been missing. >> being able to spend time with him and him missing all of the first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll say dadda soon. >> away from your family and loved ones. >> by the way every soldier who deployed in june of last year here made it home back safely.

turns out o.j. simpson will stay in prison while his lawyers appeal his kidnapping and robbery conviction. the nevada supreme court refused his bond request saying that simpson didn't prove that he wouldn't be a flight risk. the ruling was made public yesterday. simpson's attorney says his trial was fundamentally unfair. among other things, they say that the judge allowed hearsay evidence and didn't let attorneys fully cross-examine the witnesses. simpson got up to 33 years in prison for a violent confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. check out the twisted metal here from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. well, somebody was saying we're

not going to with able to get that kid out and i said there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. you just go, i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave a kid in there. we're going to figure out a way of doing it. >> the doctor and another man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. expect to pay big if you want to sit down to eat with former governor sarah palin and her family. the ex-vp candidate is offering the dinner as part of an ebay charity auction. the opening bid to dine with five of the palins is $25,000. the auction starts tuesday morning. before you spend a lot of money on a car alarm system, you just might want to make sure that your car's really a target for thieves. jennifer westhoven's looking out for you on this and has some

information you might find surprising. >> hey, hope you're enjoying your labor day weekend. thieves are probably going to pass by a new car, they're far more likely to steal older versions of popular cars. that's because the new cars have the anti-theft systems and it's the parts on the old cars that are worth so much. the most stolen car i the 1994 honda accord. and if you take a look at this list, a lot of the cars from the '90s, one of them even from the '80s. popular models, the civic, camry, f-150, the dodge pickup, this is all according to the crime bureau. if you own one of those cars, you may want an alarm or some other theft deterrent. here's the good news, though, the number of cars stolen that's been shrinking for five years in a row and it's now at a 20-year low. according to early numbers from the fbi. i'm jennifer westhoven looking out for you. >> thanks, jen. and you can get more great money

advice each weekday on morning express with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. we're hearing from more people who say they knew jaycee dugard before she disappeared. including a woman who grew up with dugard and said she had her own run-in with possible kidnappers.

police have arrested someone for the killing spree in georgia, and the suspect is somebody you've probably heard from already. the white house insists that president obama will encourage students to keep working hard when he speaks to them next week, but some parents say the president just wants to brainwash their children. and we're hearing from a former classmate of jaycee dugard, that missing girl found alive after 18 years. and she says her childhood friend's kidnapping was a real life nightmare. hey, good morning, thanks for watching hln this labor day weekend, i'm natasha curry. we begin with a new development in the brutal massacre in a georgia mobile

home. police believe the man who reported the killings was actually involved in them. guy heinze jr. is charged with eight counts of murder. police say both physical evidence and testimony point to him. >> the most heinous crime we've ever had in the community. i think we all know that. i think that speaks for itself. >> we will do everything we can to ensure we get the right person. and that time has arrived. it is here now. and i can only assure the community we have the best team there is, and i can assure you that this person is responsible. >> seven of the eight people killed will be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of a wildfire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set and it killed two firefighters.

there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire truck fell off a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. and before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. the u.s. embassy in afghanistan has fired 14 private security guards accused of wrong doing there. that's from u.s. ambassador, the one in kabul. an independent watchdog group said armor group north america allowed mistreatment and

intimidation of guards by their bosses. the company reportedly also allowed inappropriate sexual activity. the u.s. embassy also says the armor group's entire senior management will be replaced. the embassy and the state department are investigating the allegations. a massachusetts congressman is considering getting into the race to succeed the late senator ted kennedy. lynch says he'll make a financial decision over the next week or so. the primary is set for december 8th and the special election will be held january 19th. massachusetts attorney general martha cokely was the first to officially announce her candidacy. an e-mail claims that a group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating.

one agent says it hasn't found any evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were apparently taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment which was already at the site. talk radio fanned the flames and took off like a wildfire. and now some parents are angry and school districts are caught right in the middle, we're talking about president obama's back to school speech on tuesday. as dan lothian reports, school officials, even the white house are trying to calm fears and get back to the real message. >> education matters. >> reporter: past presidents have spoken to school children before, but it was the homework that the obama administration gave to students ahead of a back to school address that sparked the revolt. >> he might be introducing some of his agenda, which as a conservative parent, i don't agree with. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to the children. >> reporter: the department of education suggested that students be assigned to "write

letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." he in turn plans to encourage them to stay in school. but some say he's pushing propaganda on school children. jim greer the head of florida's republican party even accused the president of turning to kids to spread his liberal lies. >> i think the president has enough to do focusing on economy and finding jobs on americans than writing lesson plans out of the oval office. >> reporter: school officials across the country scrambled to address the problem. the district advised teachers to notify parents if they planned on airing the address to class and allowing students to opt out. similar moves in states like colorado, minnesota, kentucky, and virginia. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep them hope. >> reporter: reacting to the uproar robert gibbs said i think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the united states can't tell the kids in school to study hard and stay in school.

some people agree, seeing the address as inspiring, not political. >> i think any time someone talks about education and kids being in school, there's no other motivation for that. >> and that was dan lothian reporting. the president of the parent-teacher association called the uproar over president obama's speech sad. i'm reynolds wolf with hln with a look at your holiday forecast. today should be fairly nice for much of the nation. sunshine in the southeast and part of the plain states. when you get into the southern half of the mississippi valley, could see some scattered showers in say parts of missouri, in new orleans, and also into texas. in terms of the storms we may see in parts of missouri, some of these have been fairly strong in the early part of the day. not expecting anything severe as we go into the afternoon hours. we've seen scattered showers, flash flooding might be a possibility in low lying areas in spots where you have poor drainage. but we happen to go maybe out to

the coast, that's not going to be an issue. when you get into florida, seeing daytona beach and south beach, a chance of storms into the afternoon, possibly a few showers in cape hatteras, but nothing severe and hilton head looks pretty good with a mix of sunshine and clouds. now, in parts of the northeast from province town, high temperatures in the 70s. same story in south hampton, should be fairly nice and water temperatures in the 60s and 70s up and down the mid-atlantic states all the way up to the main coast. that is a look at your forecast across the nation, i'm reynolds wolf for hln. it is now confirmed that at least one of five sharks spotted off the massachusetts coast was a great white. police will be on boat patrol off cape cod this weekend. they are urging swimmers to be extra careful. the great white will be spotted by a shark expert a mile from the closest beach, and for now that's not causing much of an alarm. >> i'm surprised, but i don't go in the waters. >> especially now? >> especially now.

>> they may be great whites. >> no kidding. >> that will be a little disturbing if i was a big swimmer. we've just been looking at the seals. >> little disturbing. public safety officials say the concern is not enough to close beaches during this busy holiday weekend. it's shocking enough that some students would rather cheat than fail. but how they're doing it may come as an even bigger surprisec but is there a faster way to find relief? try new and improved elations. this delicious, once-a-day joint supplement drink is clinically proven to improve joint comfort in as little as six days. elations contains effective levels of glucosamine and chondroitin and it's more absorbable than supplement pills. in fact, some reported improved flexibility in as little as three days. improve your joint comfort with a fast alternative. try elations today. brand power. helping you buy better. your hair mixes with pollen and dust. i get congested. but now with zyrtec-d®, i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec®, plus a powerful decongestant.

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college students who would rather cheat than fail a class are getting help online. essay mills that turn up term papers at $15 a page, a lot of them are being written overseas like places like pakistan and india. this man says he's written dozens of papers for american students on internet essay sites. >> caller: you know, i come from a third world country. it's good pay, temptation is

really great. >> of course that's contributing to making america and other societies dumber quote unquote because they're not learning how to do the work themselves and how to communicate. >> cheating has gotten so bad the university of california san diego has a mandatory seminar for students who cheat. 600 students took part last year. five more u.s. banks were forced to shut their doors on friday. all the a failed banks are regional. two in illinois, the others are in missouri, arizona, and iowa. that pushes the number of bank failures so far this year to 89. >> these folks are putting their hopes for health care in the hands of a higher power. catholics, baptists, episcopalians, and muslims prayed yesterday. one clergy member says the need for health care crosses religious lines.

hundreds of parishioners brought cards directed to missouri senator claire mccatskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there, but those cards were presented to her staff. wildlife agents believe that a wild cougar is probably on the loose near downtown seattle. not talking about a woman here. they closed the city's largest park where the animal is believed to be hiding. they say at least four people reported seeing the cougar in the area recently. one man said that he saw the cougar in his driveway yesterday morning. wildlife agents have set up two traps in the park and say they're getting closer to catching it. if you don't have soda and munchies in your house, you still have time to get them. everywhere i go, everyone's talking about the college football season which kicks off in earnest today. destination pasadena and the bcs title game four months from now. the new season began thursday night with a black eye. legarrette blount suspended for the season.

oh, after the sucker punch on byron house who began the incident by taunting. house was not suspended but probably still has a really sore jaw. chip kelly says blount cried when he heard the news but understands his actions are unacceptable, end quote. no t.o. yapping in his ear, no jessica simpson outside the locker room. do they add to a breakthrough season for the dallas cowboys two time pro bowl quarterback tony romo? sports writer offers this. >> it didn't seem to do much for the career of nick lachey breaking up with jessica simpson, so not sure how much it'll do for tony romo. i think that romo gets a bad wrap. here's a guy who came to the nfl undrafted as a rookie, a third string quarterback now all of a sudden he's a pro bowl caliber guy. and i think that he will be in position this year to lead the cowbo cowboys, you know, to the glory they've long awaited. >> out of eastern illinois university. what a guy. 10,000 people showing up to honor chula vista, california's

little league championship team. they were on the "tonight show" with conan o'brien and next week they'll take batting practice prior to the padres' game. that's sports. if you can't pay those credit card bills just yet, don't give up. clark howard says negotiation can be the key to climbing your way out of debt. >> do you know there are millions of americans who for any of a number of reasons are having trouble making their credit card payments right now? well, i have some great news for you. if you can't pay the bill and really there's no chance you ever feel you'll be able to pay them, do you know that now more than ever you can negotiate? i've seen several published reports recently about the great success people are having who have fallen behind on credit card debt negotiating a deal directly with the credit card company. you don't need to hire somebody

to do it, you can do it yourself. it's not a game, it's not a gimmick, the credit card company looks at you at having no chance of paying off your debt once you've hit six months that you're overdue. if you are in a position to come up with some kind of effort to a credit card company, make it. what's the worst they can say? is no. by the way, if you do work out a deal, make sure you have it in writing before you pay a penny. i'm clark howard for more money-saving tips, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. and get much more advice from clark today at noon eastern. clark will help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. people who claim they were wrongly held by the government after 9/11 can now take legal action. and they've been given the green light to sue a former bush administration official. ( revving, siren blares )

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that they're reviewing the court's decision. oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be one of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels worth of oil, equivalent, which will include natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. now bp does not yet know how much it can extract. in spite of its size, experts say the well won't reduce u.s. dependence on foreign oil. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama. but look at these tearful reunions so happy to see their loved ones. members of the 46 engineer battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. now they're going to get some rest and catch up on what they've been missing. >> being able to spend time with

him and him missing all of the first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll say dadda soon. >> away from your family and loved ones. >> by the way every soldier who deployed in june of last year here made it home back safely. turns out o.j. simpson will stay in prison while his lawyers appeal his kidnapping and robbery conviction. the nevada supreme court refused his bond request saying that simpson didn't prove that he wouldn't be a flight risk. the ruling was made public yesterday. simpson's attorney says his trial was fundamentally unfair. among other things, they say that the judge allowed hearsay evidence and didn't let attorneys fully cross-examine the witnesses. simpson got up to 33 years in prison for a violent confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. check out the twisted metal here from a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids

inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. well, somebody was saying we're not going to with able to get that kid out and i said there's no way we're not going to get that kid out. you just go, i'm not going to stand here with a car on fire and a kid in it and leave a kid in there. we're going to figure out a way of doing it. >> the doctor and another man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. we're hearing from more people who knew jaycee dugard in the years before she disappeared. including a woman who grew up with dugard and said she had her own run-in with possible kidnappers.

on facebook, you friend your old high school friends, your college chums, what about friending your doctor? in this week's empowered patient, we talk about whether or not you should friend your doctor on facebook and whether or not your doctor will friend you back. we introduce you to dr. william cooper who has more than 700 friends on facebook and many of them his patients and other people's patients and he says he answers their questions right there on facebook. including questions from his patient jordan. he says he likes having the accessibility to his doctor, he gets to communicate with his doctor directly. so in this week's column, we talk about how you can dry to facebook with your doctor if that's something you want to do. not all doctors are open to it. so you may have to use a few strategies. plus, we talk about how to communicate in general electronically with your doctor, not all doctors are enthusiastic about the idea. but for more ideas on communicating electronically with your doctor, go to

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police have arrested someone for that killing spree at this mobile home in georgia. and the suspect is somebody that you probably have heard from already. the white house insists that president obama will encourage students to keep working hard when he speaks to them next week. but some parents say the president just wants to brainwash their children. and we're hearing from a former classmate of jaycee dugard. that missing girl found alive after 18 years. and she says her childhood friend's kidnapping was a real life nightmare. hey, good morning, thanks for watching hln this labor day weekend, i'm natasha curry. we begin with a new development at a georgia mobile home. police believe the man who called 911 to report the

killings was actually involved in them. guy heinze jr. is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. police say physical testimonies and evidence points to him. >> the most heinous crime we've ever had in the community. i think we all know that. i think that speaks for itself. >> i've always started from the outset, we will do everything we can to ensure we get the right person. that time has arrived. it is here now. i can only assure the community we have the best team there is. and i can assure you this person is responsible. >> seven of the eight people killed will be buried today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. the ashes of the wildfires near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set.

and it killed two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire trucks fell off a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. and before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they will not vote for a bill that doesn't have a government-run insurance plan. the u.s. embassy in afghanistan has fired 14 private security guards accused of wrong doing there. that's from u.s. ambassador, the one in kabul. an independent watchdog group said armor group north america allowed mistreatment and intimidation of guards by their bosses.

the company reportedly also allowed inappropriate sexual activity. the u.s. embassy also said the armor group's entire senior management will be replaced. the embassy and a state department are investigating the allegations. an e-mail claims that the group called the earth liberation front is responsible for knocking down these two radio station towers yesterday. check it out. the e-mail says that the towers in the seattle area were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. the fbi is investigating. one agent says they haven't found any evidence that other groups besides the e.l.f. were involved. the towers were taken down with a piece of heavy construction equipment that was already at the site. talk radio fanned the flames and it took off like a wildfire and now some parents are angry and school districts are caught in the middle. we're talking about president obama's back to school speech on tuesday. as dan lothian reports, school

officials, even the white house are trying to calm fears and get back to the real message. >> education matters. >> reporter: past presidents have spoken to school children before, but it was the homework that the obama administration gave to students ahead of a back to school address sparked a revolt. >> he might be introducing some of his agenda which as a conservative parent, i don't agree with. >> my rights as a parent are being circumvented so this president can speak to my children. >> reporter: the department of education has suggested that students be assigned to write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. he plans to encourage them to stay in school. but some conservatives say mr. obama is pushing propaganda on school children. jim greer, the head of florida's republican party even accused the president of turning to kids to spread his liberal lies. >> i think the president has enough to do focusing on the economy and finding jobs for americans than writing lesson plans out of the oval office. >> school officials across the country scrambled to address the problem.

salt lake city district advised teachers to notify parents if they planned on airing the address in class and allowed students to opt out. similar moves in states like colorado, florida, minnesota, kentucky, and virginia. >> will i send my child? i don't know. right now i would say no. i'll keep them home. >> reporter: white house spokesman robert gibbs said i think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the united states can't tell kids in school to study hard and stay in school. some people agree seeing the address as inspiring, not political. >> i think any time that someone talks about education and kids staying in school, there's no other motivation for that. >> and that was dan lothian reporting. the president of the parent-teacher association called the uproar over president obama's speech sad. i'm reynolds wolf for hln with a look at your holiday forecast. and today should be fairly nice for as much of the nation. sunshine in the southeast and

central plains state. central plains look good, but the southern half of the mississippi valley, could see some scattered showers in say parts of missouri, also into texas. in terms of the storms we may see in parts of missouri, some of these have been fairly strong in the early part of the day, not expecting anything severe as we go into the afternoon hours. north of conway and little rock, scattered showers, flash flooding might be a possibility in low lying areas in spots we have poor drainage. if we happen to go out to the coast, that's not going to be an issue. a lot of sunshine in most spots, but back into florida, daytona beach, you have a chance of storms into the afternoon, possibly a few showers in cape hatteras, but nothing severe, and hilton head looks pretty good with a mix of sun and clouds. parts of the northeast, high temperatures in the 70s. same story in the hamptons, should be nice there, and high temperatures in the 70s, 60s and 70s up and down the mid-atlantic states up to the main coast.

that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. it's shocking enough that some students would rather cheat than fail. but how they're doing it may come as an even bigger surprise. severe weather. medical emergencies, getting lost, travelers need to be prepared for anything. >> there are many unexpected things that can happen when you're traveling. in particular in regards to the weather. travel insurance will help reimburse you for your expenses and help to bring you home. >> reporter: you should take extra care when traveling overseas. >> many people worry about losing their passport when they're traveling. a great tip is to make a color copy of your passport and leave it in your hotel safe. this way if you lose your passport, you'll be able to prove your citizenship at the

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college students who would rather cheat than fail a class are getting help online. essay mills that turn up term papers at $15 a page, a lot of them are being written overseas like places like pakistan and india. this man says he's written

dozens of papers for american students on internet essay sites. >> caller: you know, i come from a third world country. it's good pay, temptation is really great. >> of course that's contributing to making america and other societies dumber quote unquote because they're not learning how to do the work themselves and how to communicate. >> cheating has gotten so bad the university of california san diego has a mandatory seminar for students who cheat. 600 students took part last year. >> help them to constantly remind our elected officials -- >> these folks are putting their hope for health care in the hands of a higher power, they pray for health care reform in st. louis here yesterday. one clergy member says the need for health care crosses religious lines.

hundreds of parishioners brought cards directed to missouri senator claire mccatskill calling for health care to be changed. she wasn't there, but those cards were presented to her staff. wildlife agents believe that a wild cougar is probably on the loose near downtown seattle. not talking about a woman here. they closed the city's largest park where the animal is believed to be hiding. they say at least four people reported seeing the cougar in the area recently. one man said that he saw the cougar in his driveway yesterday morning. wildlife agents have set up two traps in the park and say they're getting closer to catching it. i'm larry smith, school is back in, which made me start thinking, did we ever play kick ball outside of school activities or even after sixth grade? if you've ever yearned to play again, the time is now. >> reporter: if you follow the bouncing ball, you might think this is recess at an elementary school, but this is no group of children.

they are just one of an estimated 3,000 teams playing organized kick ball across 30 states in the world adult kickball association. >> most people are usually like isn't that a grade school game? but the truth is when you're all adults, everyone plays it pretty competitively but also to have fun. it's a good mix. >> when was the last time you'd played kickball? >> fourth or fifth grade and i was really small then, i could never kick a home run. >> wilson chow has played kickball from san francisco to the park. >> i told myself i would stop when i turned 30, but obviously i haven't stopped. so -- >> on this day he is tucked discreetly beneath the bridge with trams overhead oblivious to the action below.

>> who would think in new york city you're going to have fields to play kickball? i tell my friends and they're like, this is crazy. >> reporter: the idea crazy yet simple came in 1998 at the dawn of the internet age and spread quickly. >> it was instant, are you kidding? and then it's, i haven't played since fifth grade. and so the memories are right there. and that's one of the bigs where we knew we were on to something. >> reporter: johnnie was one of three friends sitting in a washington, d.c. bar when the league was born. it was an appropriate birthplace since the other half of its appeal seems to be the post game party. >> there are as many women as there are men in the league. and sometimes i call it 45 minutes of kickball and three hours of socializing. >> they might be looking for their future, you know, boyfriend, husband, it's possible. >> we can definitely boast kickball marriages and kickball babies out of this. it seems if you're willing to be

a little bit silly and play kickball you happen to be a fun person to hang out with. >> it must be true because recess never ended in a bar. i once lost this tooth in kick ball right here. so i'm going to stick to bowling. that's sports. people who claim they were wrongly held by the government after 9/11 can now take legal action. and they've been given the green light to sue a former bush administration official. (announcer) time brings new wisdom

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oil company bp announced this week it's tapped into a giant pool of crude oil seven miles below the gulf of mexico. it could be one of the largest petroleum discoveries in the u.s. the deposit holds between 4 billion and 6 billion barrels worth of oil, equivalent, which will include natural gas, that's about a year's worth of u.s. demand. now bp does not yet know how much it can extract. in spite of its size, experts say the well won't reduce u.s. dependence on foreign oil. it's going to be a labor day weekend full of hugs and kisses for 128 soldiers who got a hero's welcome home in alabama. but look at these tearful reunions so happy to see their loved ones. members of the 46 engineer battalion spent the last 15 months in baghdad rebuilding schools and bridges. now they're going to get some rest and catch up on what they've been missing. >> being able to spend time with him and him missing all of the

first time she sat up and the first time she said momma and maybe she'll say dadda soon. >> away from your family and loved ones. >> by the way every soldier who deployed in june of last year here made it home back safely. turns out o.j. simpson will a nasty chain reaction crash that trapped two kids inside a burning car here. a doctor, though, just happened to be in traffic and saw this accident in buffalo, new york. he bashed in windows to free a 5-year-old girl. but a little boy was still wedged in the back. >> the engine was flaming and some of the smoke was starting to get in the passenger compartment. well, somebody was saying we're not going to be able to get that kid out and i said there's no way we're not going to be able to get that kid out. i said i'm not going to stand here with car on fire and a kid in it and leave the kid in there.

we'll figure out a way of doing it. >> good for him. the doctor and another man managed to pull the 7-year-old boy out. that boy is in critical condition. > they used to haul it away in their garbage truck as he now they are using it to fuel them. wkrg looks at orange, california, using eco as the solution. >> that's a fact. ya'll said it does, right? the exhaust smells like french fries. >> stomachs are growling in -- >> i've put on 20 pounds due to the smelling of french fries when you're operating equipment. >> the bio diesel fuel is made

by cooking greece. they save thousands of dollars in fuel costs. some of the byproduct will also be used to use hand sanitizer and smoke for the shop workers. it lathers just like regular smoke and it cleans really well. >> the city has three recycling dropoff locations. a lot of the cooking oil is now coming from foley. they have three grease cycling dropoff locations. the goal is to keep grease out of the sewer system and convert it to money saving and eco-friendly biofuel. >> for more on creative ways to cut waste, go to our website at cnn.com/ecosolutions. >> we're hearing more from people who grew up with dugard and said that she had her own

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