have nab add psycho killer. how a trail of nine murdered women over two decades led to this arrest. it's the speech that caused and uproar before it was ever delivered. right now schoolkids across the country are about to hear it live from president obama. and it was all fun and then the fun stopped. a flying contraption turns an ohio festival into chaos. i'm richelle carey. welcome to "hln news and views." thanks for your time. a lot of news to get to. the search for a serial killer known as the northside strangler, it may finally be over. milwaukee police say this man,

49-year-old walter ellis will be in court today in connection with the killings of nine women. going back to 1986. police say his dna was found on the bodies of all nine victims, most of them were prostitutes. ellis has been charged with the deaths of two, but prosecutors say more charges may be coming. he ras arrested over the weekend a few days after police took a dna sample from his toothbrush. >> a search warrant was conducted for dna evidence on august 29th at his residence. and that dna was submitted to the wisconsin state crime lab. on september 4th, we issued a warrant for his arrest after the state crime lab returned a result that linked ellis' dna to nine homicides. his name is walter ellis. age 49. we're requesting that you not use his photograph, as we still have to do possible witness identifications.

>> obviously they used the photograph. ellis pleaded no contest in 1998 to reduced charge of second-degree reckless injury. he served three years in jail for that. a fire truck in los angeles isn't going anywhere any time soon. look that. it almost looks like a toy but it is the real thing. the crew was commented out to check a water main break. it couldn't support the weight of the truck. it got swaul eed up in a huge sinkhole. firefighters weren't hurt but they can't get the trk out because a big tow truck might go through the asphalt as well. the water has been shut out and they're figures what to do next. once they figure it out we'll let you know. two brothers charged with killing two massachusetts teenagers at an apparent fight over where their car was parked. they are being formally charged with murder today. the wooster district attorney says the fight broke out about 4:30 in the morning sunday when

the teens asked them to move their car from blocking a driveway. he said 18-year-old nelson geraldino was stabbed and 17 yerd shot to death. his 18-year-old brother is in the hospital with gunshot wounds. he's been charged with assault and attempted murder. again, all over where a car was parked. a brother remains suspected of killing eight people doesn't think he did it. guy heinze jr. responsible for deaths of his mother, father, uncle, aunt and cousin's boyfriend found in a home in georgia. seven held over the weekend. heinse's brother and grandfather don't believe he's responsible. >> i want something that's real convincing pap motive. what did my brother gain from this? nothing. he gained losing his, almost his whole family, and who would want to da that? >> we want to know what

happened. the police may think, but we want to know the truth and it couldn't be one person doing all that. >> the eighth victim hasn't been buried yet and a 3-year-old boy who's survived is still in the hospital. live pictures here. cars and trucks across the bay bridge a day ahead of schedule. san francisco and oakland started driving over about 6:40 local time after crews worked through the night to repair a significant crack in a beam. >> overnight the crews worked nonstop almost 70 hours and were able to complete repair work on the damaged i-bar beam found over the weekend. the bridge has been inspected, and is safer than it was when we closed it on friday. >> that's what those people want 20 hear. safer now than before. the crack found on east span of the bridge during a planned closure to do seismic upgrades on the 73-year-old bridge.

the transportation officials say about 280,000 vehicles cross it every day. passengers had to evacuate a southwest flight after it made an emergency landing. we have pictures of this. you see passengers sliding down the chutes yesterday. a southwest spokesperson says flight 1245 flying from orlando to denver when the light indicated possible smoke in the cabin. conflicting reports whether there was really smoke. >> it was quick. it was good. the pilot came around after we were all down on the ground, check and us made sure we were all okay. really good. >> some of the flight crew actually panicked a couple times and it made me feel uncomfortable. you're panicking and we're the passengers. >> 129 people onboard. airport officials say the fact of a couple burchs and bruises no one badly hurt here. and headed back to earth today, the space shuttle.

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broadcast. he's in wakefield high in arlington, virginia. let's go ahead and listen for a little bit. >> -- one of you has something that you're good at. every single one of you has something to offer, and you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. that's the opportunity an education can provide. maybe you could be a great writer. maybe even good enough to write a book, or articles in a newspaper, but you might not know it until you write that english paper. that english class paper that's assign to you. maybe you could be an innovator or inventor. maybe even good enough to come up with the next iphone or the new medicine or vaccine. but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. maybe you could be a mayor. or a senator. or a supreme court justice. but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.

and no matter what you want to do with your life -- >> you've been listening to some of what the president said. again, the white house released some of the speech and said it was basically going to be a pep talk to kids. urging people to pull kids from class, some parents, rather than hear the president's message. it's not clear how many actually did. supporters say kids needed to hear encouragement to stay in school, get good grades. a video of the president's spleech remain on the website, white house website. the former first lady laura bush had a few comments about the uproar over the president's speech. she's a schoolteacher herself. 's in an interview she said she supports the president's message. >> president obama is giving a back-to-school speech, and there's so much controversy over that. do you think it's a good idea? >> i think that there is a place for the president of the united states to talk to schoolchildren and encourage schoolchildren, and i think there are a lot of

people that should do the same, and that is encourage their own children to stay in school and to study hard and to try to achieve the dreams that they have. >> the issue that's been raised is by many conservatives that are critical of this. they say that this is a dangerous socialist plot indoctrinating schoolchildren. some parents say, no, our kids are staying home and not going to listen to the president talk about education and schools. >> well, that's their right. you know, that certainly is the right of parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school, but i think really what people were unhappy about were the guidelines that went out with the -- with the, before the speech went out and i think those have been changed. and i think it's also really important for everyone to respect the president of the united states. >> laura bush is in paris helping promote global literacy. and president obama is not the first president to speak directly to schoolkids.

former president reagan and george h.w. bush both talked to students. president ronald reagan's remarks were made available to students nationwide in 1988. he called taxes, "such a penalty on people that there's no incentive for them to prosper." president george h.w. bush gave a nationally televised sneetch 1991 encouraging kids to stay away from drugs, work hard and asked for a letter. >> write me a letter. i'm serious about this one. write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals. i think you know the address. >> at the time top democrats attacked his speech as political advertising on the tax payers' time. we want to know, want to hear from you. what do you think of the controversy surrounding the president's speech? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or

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many school systems have opted out of allowing our students to be addressed by their president. i just viewed it myself, and i have to say that i was very much moved by his comments. as an educator, you deal with a lot of students and have a lot of challenges, and we have a lot of young people who do not have anyone in their life to give them positive -- positive encouragement to achieve high thing, to obtain higher scholastic opportunities and take advantage of these things and here you have a president who's come from a background that is not ideal as far as success explains or designs, and he wants to address our children to tell them, you can be anything you want to be. you take advantage of every opportunity. you expose yourself to every opportunity that's possible and if anyone doesn't believe you, believe in yourself.

i think that people have allowed their political motives to get in the way of understanding that the children that we teach right now are going to determine the future of this country. and they need to know that these things can be obtained. >> thank you very much for your phone call. while were you talking we kept up the live pictures of the president meeting and greeting with children after he gave his address. calling from albuquerque. there's been a lot of upset parents about this speech. the speech has happened. what do you think about what this uproar has been? your take on it? >> i think the white house shouldn't be surprised about the president's address to schoolchildren. given the bailouts that don't paeb tore working, the stimulus package. attempted to ram a health bill through congress and makes it look like he's still campaigning from the oval office i believe many americans don't trust his motives or methods. >> eve afternoon they saw the

speech and other presidents had done the same thing? >> caller: the problem is i think he's lost people's trust. the intrusion goo sboft made many of us uneasy. they're in damage control again. >> peter, thank you for your phone call. karen calling from miami, florida. we're about out of time but want to let you get. your take on this? >> caller: my take is that this president was so contentious and it became so personal and i think was a lot of hate that emanated from that and i think basically the right has taken this out on president obama. i think they were perceive anything they says to children as being subversive. it's a sad state we're in when a president wants to speak to our children anden courage them to do well that it can be turned into a hittnerler-type speech. it's sad we've come to this. >> you must have worked in tv. you got time. flasht. we want to continue to hear from xyou. what do you think about the controversy surrounding the president's speech? e

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just a few minutes ago the president of the united states delivered the speech some conservatives were dreading. he spoke at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia, for a live internet broadcast to schoolkids across the country. some conservative commentators urged people to pull their kids from class rather than let them hear the president's message. want to really know how many parents actually did that. supporters say kids needed to hear thepx encouragement to sta inpx school, get good grades an that was what the president told them. here what he said. >> can you not drop out of school and drop into a good job. you've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it. and this isn't just important

for your own life and your own future. what you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. the future of america depends on you. what you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future. >> a video of the president's speech will be on the white house website. requesting times for people to download and watch at their convenience. and students in a chartered school were among those who did watch the president's speech. susan hendricks joins us from the ron clark academy to tell us what the kids' reaction is, and susan, we know these kids are really plugged in. they understand politics and world leaders in a way some adults don't. so what was your reaction? >> reporter: i found that out, richelle a short time ago. certainly articulate kids and it wrapped up a few moments ago, awe r as you nope these kids were watching very, very intently. let's take you over here and

i'll introduce to you a few of the very articulate kids. we start with willie, you may recognize he performed at inauguration events. i know they're being taught here. i'm going to interrupt them two minutes. well willie, tell us what you thought about the speech and talking about fair and being in charge of your own success? >> overall i this whole speech is great and it's unfortunate some kids incounties didn't get to see it. overall he's saying when you work hard and stay in school, that will make you have so much success in life, and even it doesn't matter what kind of back ground you have. you can always still achieve great things. you can become the next president. you can create the next iphone, the next vaccine, like he said in the speech. it doesn't matter what background you come from, because success comes from anywhere and at any time and anyone. >> obama was saying, look i didn't have the most ideal situation. my father left when i was 2, but you can't let that hold you back. >> yes, ma'am, because as i said, your background it doesn't matter what background you have, because you can use that

background and you can use it as a motivation, because you know that you don't want anyone else to have to deal with what you have. you can use that, motivate yourself and keep going to reach higher points that you never thought you could have reached. >> reporter: do you have any idea, you're a young guy, what you may want to do in the future? >> at first an entrepreneur, now that i'm in his academy i feel i want to become a politician and learn more about the world and about global studies, because i feel that one day the schools' mission is for us to become global leaders and now i want to become a politician and make an impact in the world. >> reporter: he wants to be a global leader knop doubt. willie shgs thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: we take you over whoer to a female student. kennedy, who also watched the speech. kennedy what did you think of it? >> i loved the speech. it was a really good personal speech that let's kids know they can work hard no matter where they come from, be somebody and if they use their education that they have now, they can really

become something great, and in discovering new cancers that they can help prevent or held building. it's sad that a lot of kids who really needed to hear the speech this year, that they can do something in life thshgs e weren't able to hear it. so -- but every kid should have been able to hear this speech. everybody. >> reporter: kennedy, thank you so much. and richelle, again, can you tell. they are versed on this. they know what they're talking about. they know what they want to do with their lives at this young age and, again, in the obama speech he also mentioned don't be afraid to fail, which i thought was haven't power yant saying, michael jordan was cut from his high school team. j.k. rowlings transcript rejected 12 times. some kids who weren't allowed to watch the speech should have been because it wasn't political. it was about goals. >> i know willie is very plugged in. i do remember him from seeing

him on tv several time. i've heard him talk about john mccain's platform when he was president, he knows everybody's platform. so he's probably inspired by john mccain as well. that's the kind of kid he is. >> reporter: yes. >> and they were talking how they thought other kids should have been able to see this. can you talk about how other schools in the state georgia handled this? >> reporter: sure. i know that foresooith county, one of the counties here in georgia, is not showing it at all. some of the other counties are leaving it up to each separate school saying, look, can you show it if you'd like and those schools are deciding sending parents home maybe notes, the speech was available as you know on the white house website yesterday. so they were sending that home as well saying, would you mind if we showed this to your kids? it's up to each school. some kids didn't get the chance to see it. willie was right. we may see him in the white house one day. >> no doubt. susan, thank you. appreciate it. >> reporter: thanks. president obama is not the first president 20 speak directly to schoolkids. former presidents reagan and

george h.w. bush spoke, talked to students. president ronald rangen's remarks made available to students back in 19 8 he called taxes "such a penalty on people there's no incentive for them to prosper" and president h.w. bush gave a nationally televised speech in 1991 encouraging them to say no to drugs, work hard and also asked for a letter. >> write me a letter and i'm serious about this one. write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goal. i think you know the address. >> top democrats attacked bush's speech as political advertising all on the tax payers' dime. processing a lot. the speech has happened. what do you think of the controversy surrounding the president's speech? call us, 1-877-835-5456. comment on the facebook page, richelle carey hln in facebook.

see what's going on on the page now. also text us. text the word views, text comments to hln tv standard text rates apply. we'll be talking about it. amazing pictures to show you. a fire truck in los angeles. look that. not going anywhere anytime soon. live pictures. it's been there a while. the crew called out to check a water main break and didn't realize how weak the street was, couldn't support the weight of the fire engine. swallowed up in a huge sinkhole. it is still sinking. yeah. it's deeper than it was the last time we checked. the firefighters weren't hurt. the problem, can't get it out because the tow truck might go through the road as well. the longer they wait, the deeper it goes. once they fig are thousand handle this, we'll let you know. more than 40 years, the search for a serial killer noern at the northside strangler may finally be over. the milwaukee police say this guy, 49-year-old walter ellis, will be in court today in connection with the killings of

nine women. from back in 1986. police say his dna was found on the bodies of all nine victims. most were prostitutes. ellis has been charged with the deaths of two and prosecutors say more charges are probably coming. arrested over the weekend a few days after police took a dna sample from his toothbrush. >> a search warrant was conducted for dna evidence on august 29th at his residence. and that dna was submitted to the wisconsin state crime lab. on september 4th, we issued a warrant for his arrest after the state crime lab returned a result that linked ellis' dna to nine homicides. >> ellis pleaded no contest in 1998 for a reduced karg of second-degree reckless injuries and served three years in jail. casey anthony's attorneys are in court. saying anthony ruined her reputation when she told police she left her daughter caylee

with the nanny. investigators believe anthony was lying when they told that story. she's charged with first-degree murder in her daughter's death. a father says his son was brutally beaten because he was dating a black woman. the attacked happened three weeks ago in buffalo. brian mulligan suffered a three doctor iran gash on his head. his family wants hem to treat this attack as a hate crime. >> i think that it's a hate crime, because why would you approach somebody and you're not connected to our neighborhood. >> i do believe it should be investigated by the fbi. that's our right as american citizens. for justice. >> mrs. haven't reach add conclusion on the motive. they're investigation is tough, because milligan's injuries left him with no memory of this beating. cars and trucks streaming across the bay bridge again today. this is a day ahead of schedule.

commuters between san francisco and oakland started driver over at about 6:40 local time. crews worked through the night to repair a significant crack in a beam. >> through the night the crews have worked nonstop for almost 70 hours and were able to complete the repairwork on the damaged i-bar beam found over the weekend. the bridge has been inspected, and is safer than it was when we closed it on friday. >> the crack was found saturday on the east span of the bridge during a planned closure to do some seismic upgrading on the bridge. it's 73 years old. live pictures four. things seem to be just fine. transportation officials say 280,000 vehicles cross that bridge every day. two paraglider pilots tried to entertain the crowd at an outdoor festival. as you can see here, coming -- something went terribly, terribly wrong.

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violence in both countries. health care reform will pretty much consume congress when members return from the month-long recess. they'll be coming back this afternoon and a bipartisan group of six senators planned to meet this afternoon about their proposal. a source tells cnn a compromise would drop a public option creating nonprofit co-opes to cover the uninsured and with tax expenses health insurance plan. tomorrow night president obama will tell lawmakers what he wants from health care reform. his aides say he'll be forceful in his address to a joint session of congress and then more specific about what he wants included in this bill, but he refuse to speculate whether he'd be willing to drop a government-run plan to get a deal on legislation. this winter many homeowners will notice a change in their energy bill. clark howard tells us how much it will cost to warm up with natural gas. >> do i have absolutely

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go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> more great consumer advice from clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon 4:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln news and views. you know what he does. helps you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. passengers had to evacuate a southwest flight after it made an emergency landing in tampa. pictures of the passengers having to use the chutes they tell you about that you hope new every have to. a southwest spokesperson says flight 1245 was flying from orlando to denver when a light indicated smoke in the cabin. there's conflicting reports about whether there really was spoke. an airport official says other than bumps and bruises, no one was badly hurt. honda is planning to sell an all electric car in the u.s. the car should be on display at next month's auto show in tokyo. honda executives want to roll out the vehicle in the next few

years and limited availability to a certain u.s. region. executives say honda is expecting the united states to acquire more fuel efficient cars. the parents of a young boy killed in a car crash celebrate his life by granting one final wish. finally got his wish.

he wasn't able to see this happen. they exchanged vows as their child was being laid to rest. wkbw in buffalo, new york, takes us to an unusual event. >> the crowd rises to their feet celebrating a life cut too short by a fiery car crash. the family of 7-year-old asa hill is amazed by the turnout. some 700 people pack a church that only seats 400. >> i cannot really express how much this means to me. i cannot. in words i cannot describe how much this means to me. >> it is because of your love

and your support that i still stand. i'm standing. >> reporter: relatives take turns sharing memories of the bright, talented young boy. >> to share his wonderful smile and laugh especially when he would crack up uncontrollably. his unique personality, warm hugs, loving kisses. >> he hugged me and he said, grandma, every time i hug you, you always smell good. >> asa had apparently been asking his parents to get married and to the surprise of nearly everyone -- >> to unite this man and this woman in holy matrimony. >> what could they do but answer yes to their son when he asked them over and over again. >> reporter: it's unusual but a wedding in the middle of the

funeral seems to fit this celebration of life and love. ♪ asa you're beautiful to me >> as a headline it does sound odd but when you see it, it makes all kinds of sense. thanks to wkbw for that report. several of asa's organs were donated by his parents immediately after the crash. an idaho family with special needs has a brand new home. they have muscular dystrophy. the new home gives them enough room to get around with crutches and wheelchairs. brad just lost his job and his wife is recovering from cancer.d for more than 20 years there

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the president of united states has officially delivered his speech. mr. obama speaking at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia, just this afternoon. for a live internet broadcast to school kids across the country. conservatives urged to yank their kids out of class rather than hear the president's message. it's not clear how many did that. supporters say kids need to heax encouragement to stay in school and get good grades and that's what the president did today. >> important to discuss. i'm here because i want to talk to you about your education and what's expected of all of you in

this new school year. i've given a lot of speeches about education and i've talked about responsibility a lot. i've talked about teacher responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track and you get your homework done and don't spend every waking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox. i have a talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards and supporting teachers and princip principals and turning around schools that aren't working and students aren't getting the opportunity they deserve. at the end of the day we can have the most dedicated teachers, most supportive parents, the best schools in the world and none of it will make a difference. none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your

responsibilities. >> president speaking within the hour. in case you missed his speech, video of the address will remain on the white house website. that's whitehouse.gov. president obama not the first president to speak with kids at school. former presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. bush both spoke to students. president regan's remarks were made available in 1988 and george h.w. bush gave a speech in 1991 encouraging them to say no to drugs and he also asked for a letter. >> write me a letter. write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals. i think you know the address. >> top democrats attacked

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prosecutors say it's possible more charges are imminent. he was arrested over the weekend just a few days after police took a dna sample from his toothbrush. ellis pleaded no contest in 1998 to a reduced charge of second-degree reckless injury. i want to delve deeper into this story and go to milwaukee police chief edward flynn who joins us live from milwaukee. chief flynn, first of all, congratulations. i listened to your speech at the news conference yesterday. i know your teams and several teams sifted through years of dna evidence, hundreds of names, sex offender cases and you said that the search was about shoe leather and science. what do you mean by that? >> well, we needed two things. we needed the hard sometimes mind numbing work of good detection which is wading through as you indicated thousands of names, thousands of pieces of evidence,

reinterviewing witnesses and re-examining case files. it has to cover every single base. we also had to count on continued improvements in dna technology. this evidence that came back to us this year, which cemented in our minds the fact that we did have a sear killer at work is relatively recent in terms of its sophistication. dna evidence we submitted in prior years had not been sufficient to reveal to us the linkages that were proved by the new technology. so certainly continued improvements in the science were essential in determining that we had a pattern but finding that individual was the hard work of policing because this individual was not in the data base. >> i want to get to that point in a second. to elaborate, i'm no v investigator. you got a search warrant. went to ellis' apartment, scraped dna off his toothbrush to charge him with two of the

homicides, talk about how vital this dna collection is in solving cases like this. >> dna puts someone at the scene of a crime and certainly in the case of a prostitute does so in an undeniable fashion. our challenge is to begin to develop suspects particularly when we have a suspect who is not in a current dna data base. certainly it was essential that we first discern the pattern with evidence we previously collected and then it was essential we get someone to match that evidence up against. when walter ellis' name turned up in more than one of our data searches looking for linkages to crime scenes and to discovered victims, when we coupled that with the fact that he was out of jail during the time that these offenses occurred, it led us to get the search warrant and once we were able to get his dna, then we knew we had a case that

would be provable. >> you talked about this that is frustrating and show how important the dna evidence is in 2000 in wisconsin the dna collection was mandated for all incarcerated felons. i know ellis has a criminal history who was in and out of jail out in 2001 and so perhaps they just had not gotten his dna evidence when they started that mandate? perhaps some of these homicides had they had his dna wouldn't have happened. >> it's speculative. plausible speculation that if his dna had been collected in 2001 that certainly the pattern would have been determined more quickly and we would have identified a suspect more quickly. it was a new then. i wasn't here at that time. i'm sure like most new laws it took time before it became effective. >> the arrest certainly huge but not a conclusion in the case. he's connected to two of the

homicides but possible throughout this week he'll be kicked to additional homicides here? >> there are a number of possibilities. keep in mind that we have cleared three unrelated homicides in the course of this cold case investigation. we have found three other suspects currently serving prison terms for murder connected to the murders of three other prostitutes. so certainly there is a chance that walter ellis will be linked to more homicides and certainly a chance we'll solve other homicides unconnected to him as we continue to reexamine old evidence. >> milwaukee police chief edward flynn, you got your work cut out for you. thank you. >> thank you. let's look at some amazing pictures here coming out of l.a. that's a fire truck. it's not going anywhere any time soon. the crew called out to check out a water main break but little did they know the weakened street couldn't support the weight of the fire engine and it went nose in swallowed by this massive sinkhole.

the firefighters weren't hurt but get this. they can't get the truck out because the big tow truck might go through the asphalt, too. water was shot off and officials are trying to figure out how to get it out of the sinkhole. > passengers evacuated a plane after an emergency landing in tampa. you see the passengers coming down on chutes. it was reality for those folks there in tampa today what we hope never happens. flight 1245 was flying from orlando to denver when a light indicated possible smoke in the cabin. still conflicting reports as to whether or not there was actually smoke. >> it was quick. it was good. the pilot came around after we were all down on the ground and checked on all of us made sure we were all okay. he was really good. >> some of the flight attendants actually panicked a couple times and it made me just feel a little uncomfortable. you're panicking and we're the passengers. >> total of 129 people were on board that flight.

airport official says besides a couple bumps and bruises, no one was too badly hurt. some people were hurt here. a paraglider crashed into a crowd. winds picked this up during a festival in utah. take a look at the video. talk about frightening. the mote yore powered glider dropped from 50 feet and injured six people on the ground including three kids. the injuries are not considered life threatening. the gliders two pilots are okay. it happened while the glider was dropping candy. cries from kids on the ground. tears turned to smiles at a

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>> every school or teacher had the choice to decide whether to have your students view the president's speech or not. any student not wanting to hear it could be excused for class for that particular period. what a potential loss opportunity. this president has the background and authority to express to our kids that no excuses should be allowed to affect your education aspirations or youtcome. >> we need to respect our president. people can go back and forth about the lesson plans but as far as i'm concerned, i would want to help the president on an agenda such as this. >> that speech getting a lot of people talking. we want to thank our i-reporters for submitting their views.

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>> reporter: you can make out animals in most of the pictures. >> there's a rabbit. there's a raccoon. >> reporter: except for this one. >> 55 yards from the camera to where the object was. >> reporter: a big black figure in the distance of one of his photos. >> i'm 5'11". you can see that it's about this tall and looks like it is this wide. i didn't expect to catch big foot on a camera. >> reporter: do you think he's a vegetarian? >> i hope so. >> reporter: what else could it be? some guessed a bear or an ape. have you heard of either in jefferson county? maybe a trash bag blowing in the wind. >> every once in a while i think something is impossible and they catch a prehistoric fish every once in a while. i don't want to rule anything out. i say it's a real long shot for

big foot to be in the backyard. there's some ugly men around here that might pass for big foot. in the world of weather, talking about tropical storm fred. fred is intensifying in the eastern atlantic. there he is spinning around. forecasters say he could become a hurricane by tomorrow. meteorologist chad myers joining us in the severe weather center with the latest. how is fred looking? >> it's still very, very far away. we have to realize thousands of miles literally. here's africa. the atlantic ocean just the beginning of the atlantic ocean. he can't even find the u.s. on this map. there are cape verde islands. you have to look on a globe to find this thing. it's forecast to get to be hurricane strength and this is where big storms can come from. they can roll across. they're called cape verde storms.

they come from this area and they roll all of the way across the atlantic gaining momentum before they can strike either the caribbean or the u.s. this one not forecast to do that because of the way the high pressure is set up here forecast to come around this side of the high and is forecast to get pushed up or pulled up into the middle part of the atlantic ocean. as we take a look and look over here for the u.s. or even the islands, you can't find them at all. it is just going to be what we call so far at least a fish storm because that's all that sees it are the fish. if you have some kind of boating thing or going across here you probably could get big waves and be affected but so far no affect on the u.s. or islands at all. >> not like we often talk about potential hurricanes off africa. they're normally swirling around cuba. appreciate you pointing that out. >> they can come from here if they go straight west. this one not forecast to do that. >> knock on wood. thank you.

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>> caller: my thoughts were the speech was real good but when it come down to it he said he is going to do what he can do help the kids out but with his health care plan it's going to tax each state and states will have to make cutbacks on the education. >> what about the speech itself? did you have any favorite parts? he didn't talk health care specifically. >> caller: when a question was asked at one point it is what the parents had a problem with him addressing health care. >> did you have any problem with the speech? >> caller: not really. >> erica, thank you for calling. elaine calling in from huntsville, alabama. did you have a favorite part? >> caller: i guess the part he mentioned about the students that there will be failures in

their life but they need to continue to try and recognize that and to always try to do their best. >> elaine, do you have kids? >> caller: i do. >> were they in school? did they hear it? >> caller: my children are adults. if they were in school, they would have heard it but even though they are adults, they would benefit from hearing it. it's embarrassing to me to realize how much bigotry is engrained in america. >> do you think the president should address schoolchildren with all of the hubub associated with it perhaps? >> caller: never before have objections occurred. presidents reagan and bush spoke to children. where was the public outcry and objection then? >> there was some criticism. you make a fair point. we got this text. look here.

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the president of the united states has delivered the speech some conservatives were really dreading. mr. obama spoke there in arlington, virginia, at wakefield high school for a live internet broadcast to talk to school kids across the country. some conservative commentators urging parents to yank their kids out of class instead of letting them hear the president's message. it's not clear how many parents actually did that. supporters say kids need to hear encouragement to stay in schoolx and get good grades and look for the future. that was what the president told them today. >> important to discuss because i want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this

new school year. i've given a lot of speeches about education and i talked about responsibility a lot. i talked about teacher responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track and you get your homework done and don't spent every waking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox. i talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards and supporting teachers and principals and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve. at the end of the day we can have the most dedicated teachers and most supportive parents and best schools in the world and none of it will make a difference. none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. >> the president spoke around

noon eastern time. in case you missed it, a video of the president's speech will remain on the white house website for people to download. you can watch it at your own convenience. there's some students at an atlanta charter school among those who watched president obama's speech today and susan hendricks joins us from the ron clark academy getting feedback on the president's address. i see they're all pumped up behind you. it's important for people to realize these kids are very plugged in when it comes to politics so i'm sure they had some reactions when watching the president's speech. >> reporter: they really are. they're not applausing for me. i want to say that. we're interrupting a school day here but we did get permission from ron clark himself at the ron clark academy. during president obama's speech you could hear a pin drop in here. the kids were listening very intently. we're talking about seventh and eighth graders here who can be easily distracted. they were not. what he was saying was truly captivating. i want to introduce you to some of the kids captivated by the

speech. let's head over here. we apologize with this. thanks for talking to us. what did you think of this speech about what obama had to say? >> i thought it was an awesome speech. it's unfortunate that some kids in the country are not able to see it. as kids, teens and preteens, you know, we tend to listen to opinions of our parents on political aspects and this could have been a chance for kids to formulate their opinion on obama and see what they thought of him instead of following the positive or not so positive opinions of their parents. >> reporter: what did you think about obama's connection to students. he said i didn't have an ideal situation. my father left when i was 2 years old. >> you rarely see that. it was very -- it really helped him -- me connect with him because he told us some of the stuff that happened in his life.

>> reporter: thank you. you can get back to studying now. thanks for talking to us and interrupting your day. what did you think about barack obama? were you surprised at how he connected with kids your age? >> i really was surprised because i see him as this high role model that one day i aspire to equal his greatness and when you hear him talking about the pit falls he had during his lifetime, it's like he can relate to us. he's interested in what we have to say. that's why i felt that he would keep the students' interest in what he had to say. >> reporter: he did say during his speech, have things to fall back on. don't just look to basketball or maybe entertainment reality star, do you have any idea of what you may want to do? >> i have already planned this out. when i graduate high school i have plans to go on scholarship to the university of georgia and study law and one day hope to be

the first african-american female supreme court justice so i can make a difference like obama did. >> all right. i have no doubt that that could be your future. that's not something rare that we've heard here. all of these kids are really planning out their future. president obama really giving a good example saying, look, you're not born good at something. you become good at something. don't be afraid to fail. obviously some of the schools decided not to show the speech and it seemed to resonate with the kids here. >> i love how there was no hesitation. i got a plan. this, this and this. i know when you spoke earlier not everyone across the country got to see the speech. some of the schools did not show the video including other schools in georgia, correct? >> reporter: yes. forsyth county decided to not air it. some schools decided to show it.

some sent a note home saying would you allow us to show it to your kids. parents have different views. you have been getting calls on different views on what the president had to say but it seemed to resonate here at the ron clark academy. >> susan hendricks for us today in atlanta. thank you. >> thanks. former first lady laura bush also weighing in on this speech with a couple comments about this really uproar over the president's speech today. she was once a school teacher herself. did you realize? in an interview with our sister network zain verjee, she says she supports the president's message. >> president obama is giving a back-to-school speech that there is so much controversy over that. do you think it's a good idea? >> i think there's a place for the president of the united states to talk to schoolchildren and encourage schoolchildren and i think there are a lot of people that should do the same and that is encourage their own children to stay in school and

study hard and to try to achieve the dreams that they have. >> the issue that's been raised is by many conservatives critical of this saying that this is a dangerous socialist plot and indoctrinating schoolchildren and some parents say our kids are staying home and will not listen to the president talk about education in schools. >> that's their right. that certainly is the right of parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school. i think really what people were unhappy about were the guidelines that went out with the -- before the speech went out. i think those have been changed. i think it's also really important for everyone to respect the president of the united states. >> and zain was speaking to laura bush in paris. she's there helping promote global literacy. a suspected serial killer who eluded police for two

decades is arrested. walter ellis will be in court today in connection with the killings of nine women dating back to as far back as 1986. his dna was found on bodies of all nine victims. most were prostitutes. ellis charged with the deaths of two women but prosecutors say more charges are coming. ellis was arrested this past weekend. a few days after police took a dna sampling from his toothbrush. we talked to milwaukee's police chief a couple minutes ago about how they tracked down ellis and bottom line it was good old fashioned detective work combined with modern science. >> we needed hard and mind numbing work of good detection which is wading through as you indicated thousands of names, thousands of pieces of evidence, re-intro viewing witnesses. we had to count on continued

improvements in dna technology. this evidence that came back to us this year, which cemented in our minds the fact that we did have a serial killer at work is relatively recent in terms of its sophistication. dna evidence that we had submitted in prior years had not been sufficient to reveal to us the linkages that were proved by the new technology. certainly continued improvement in the science were essential in determining that we had a pattern of finding that individual was the hard work of policing because this individual was not in the data base. >> the suspect, 49-year-old walter ellis, pleaded no contest in 1998 to a reduced charge of second-degree reckless injury. he did serve three years in jail. two paraglider pilots tried to entertain the crowd at an outdoor festival. something went terribly wrong. we'll show you what happened coming up next.

we know how bad the unemployment rate is right now. if you're looking for work, it may be wise to polish up the resume and maybe get a facelift. the economic collapse has led to a boom for plastic surgeons. virginia cha is here with more. i heard this story happening in the u.s. people wanted to look more attractive to get employed. now it is translating in china. >> absolutely. a brutal job market there as well. people are looking for every advantage they can get even if that means shelling out big bucks for a new nose or more angular jaw line. one plastic surgeon clinic says

business is up 40%. half of the patients say the procedure they're having is job related and get this, despite anti-discrimination laws you'll find ads all over the place seeking specifically and openly people who are "good looking" or "aligned bright teeth." on one website 2,000 listings containing requirements for height, weight or certain facial features. did you know college students are among the nation's most zealous plastic surgery patients? some have multiple surgeries before even graduating. more than 70% of the patients at one hospital are students. they're even offering student discounts at certain clinics. now, the students are willing to go under the knife but there's a lot of frustration. one says that he believes that it is ridiculous. what will he do? if you want more detail, go to cnn.com/video. >> student discounts on plastic surgery? >> can you believe it? >> i can't.

switching gears, another story. i feel bad for this woman. it's love on the rocks literally. tell me the story. >> okay. talk about a memorable proposal but not for a good reason. the bride to be apparently after saying yes fell off a cliff. i want to say she did survive. she's going to be okay. talk about scary. we'll try to show you the rescue video now. the two were hiking in the scenic overlook when her man proposed. what a great place to do it. a rocky trail outside of d.c. in maryland. there you go. you see the helicopter rescue effort there. she slipped after she said yes while they were continuing their journey. the couple told authorities she fell on a large jagged rock suffering some serious but nonlife threatening injuries to her head and to her chest. u.s. park police had to be called in with helicopter because they were in an area hard to reach by foot and obviously by vehicles. so now i'm happy to say she's been treated and released.

you can find out what her fiance did to try to comfort here before she was loaded on that helicopter by going to cnn.com/us. >> i can't imagine that's a proposal she'll never forget. >> hopefully everything is fine and they'll move forward. makes for a great story. >> she said yes. it's all about a good story. virginia cha, thank you. let's look at other crazy video here. you can see a fire truck in l.a. it is stuck thanks to this massive sinkhole and getting it out, yeah, as you can imagine taking a lot longer than d expected. we'll tell you why coming up.lo so she can watch me cook. you just love the aromas of beef tenderloin... and, ooh, rotisserie chicken. yes, you do. [ barks ] yeah. you're so special, you deserve a very special dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. the deliciously different way to serve up your love at mealtime.

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firefighters normally respond to an emergency not always for fires. a fire truck nose down in a sinkhole. the weakened street couldn't support the weight of the fire engine and was swallowed by this massive sinkhole. they can't get the truck out

because a tow truck might go through the asphalt, too. water has been shut off and officials now just trying to figure out how to get it out of there. passengers had to evacuate a southwest flight after making an emergency landing in tampa. watch closely. you can see different slides. you can see passengers sliding down the chutes yesterday. southwest spokesman says flight 1245 was flying from orlando to denver when some kind of light in the cabin indicated possible smoke there. there are conflicting reports as to whether there really was smoke. >> it was quick and good. the pilot came around and checked on all of us and made sure we were all okay. it was really good. >> some of the flight attendants panic a couples time. it made me feel uncomfortable. >> besides a couple bumps and bruises, thank goodness no one was badly hurt.

some injuries in this next story here. can you imagine a paraglider trying to drop candy to kids on the ground. crashes into the crowd in utah. take a look. >> you're okay. lay down. you're okay. >> a local sheriff says the motor powered glider dropped from 50 feet and injured six people on the ground including three children. injuries not life threatening and the gliders two pilots are okay. it happened while the gliders dropped prizes to the kids on the ground. space shuttle "discovery" headed back to work today ending a visit that landed just over a week. the shuttle will dock in two hour's time. they'll take pictures and video of the station.

mission specialist is returning with the "discovery" astronauts who has been in orbit since mid july. nicole scott will take his place as crew member onboard the space station. two space station. police in california caught two bank robbery suspects after a standoff. but unfortunately when it was all said and done, a duplex for the suspect was severely damaged. the two families living there nearly lost everything. the community donating tons of money and items to help them back on their feet. >> it's amazing to see what the community's done for us in a time of need. i didn't think humanity was this great. it's amazing. >> i'm totally overwhelmed at the community anze everything that they have done. i'm going to cry. it's exciting. >> the families now looking for new places to live. got a story here just in to hln, there are reports one person has been injured in a fire at a home in charlotte,

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i'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to meet them. >> that's the message to america's school kids from president obama. why were some parents so concerned about his back-to-school address? milwaukee police say they may have caught a serial killer, how a trail of nine murdered women over two decades led to the arrest. a teenager from georgia is shaking up the draw at the u.s. open. why melanie oudin could be the next best thing in american tennis. hln news and view, i'm richelle carey. hope your day is going well. got a lot of news to get to.

a suspected serial killer who eluded police for two decades is expected to make his first court appearance this afternoon. milwaukee police say this guy, 49-year-old walter ellis, was arrested in connection with the killings of nine women going back to 1986. police say his dna was found on the bodies of all nine victims. most of the women were prostitutes. ellis has been charged in the deaths of two. prosecutors say more charges are coming. so he was arrested over the weekend. a few days after police took a dna sample from his toothbrush. milwaukee's police chief said they tracked ellis down with good, old-fashioned police work and also with the help of science. >> keep in mind that we have cleared three unrelated homicides in the course of that cold case investigation. we have found three other suspects currently serving prison terms for murder who were connected to the murders of three other prostitutes. so certainly there is a chance

that walter ellis will be linked to more homicides and there's certainly a chance that we will solve other homicides unconnected to him as we continue to re-examine old evidence. >> ellis pleaded no contest in 1998 to a reduced charge of second degree reckless injury. he served three years in jail for that. the president of the united states has delivered the speech some conservatives were dreading. the president spoke at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia, with a live internet broadcast to kids all across the country. people who pulled their kids from class, we don't know the number yet. supporters say the kids needed to hear encouragement to stay in school and get some good grades and that was what the president told them. so listen to a little bit of it. >> you can't let your failures define you. you have to let your failures teach you. you have to let them show you what to do differently the next

time. so if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean your a troublemaker. it means you need to try harder to act right. if you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid. it just means you need to spend more time studying. no one's born being good at all things. you become good at things through hard work. >> a little bit of act right there, if you know what i mean. those were students from short ridge magnet high school in indianapolis that you saw there watching president obama's address this afternoon. a video of the president's speech will remain on the white house website for people to download and watch at their convenience. president obama's not the first president to speak directly to school kids. former presidents reagan and george h.w. bush both talked to students. president reagan's remarks were made available to students nationwide back in 1988. he called taxes such a penalty on people that there's no

incentive for them to prosper. and president bush gave a nationally televised speech in 1991 encouraging them to say no to drugs and to work hard and he also asked for a letter. >> write me a letter. and i'm serious about this one. write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals. i think you know the address. >> well, at the time, top democrats attacked bush's speech as political advertising on the taxpayer's dime. so this has got folks riled up. what did you think of president obama's speech and the controversy surrounding it? call us. e-mail us if you prefer that, cnn.com/hln. you can also comment on my facebook page. dive right into the debate. you can also text us. text the word "views" and your comments and name. go to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll continue to air your

responses on this throughout the day. health care reform will pretty much consume congress when members return from a month-long recess. a bipartisan group of six senators plan to meet this afternoon about a proposal that they want to review. this is a proposal by max baucus. sources telling cnn his plan does not include a government-run insurance program. it would allow the creation of nonprofit insurance co-ops designed to cover the uninsured. and then tomorrow night, president obama will tell lawmakers what he wants from health care reform. his aides say he's going to be very forceful, that's a quote there. in his address to a joint session of congress and that he will be more specific about what he wants included in the bill. but they refuse to speculate on whether he would be willing to drop a government-run plan to

get a deal on the legislation. got some pictures for you of something we didn't think was going to happen until tomorrow. cars and trucks are streaming across the bay bridge again a day ahead of schedule. commuters between san francisco and oakland started driving over it at 6:40 local time after crews worked through the night to repair a significant crack in a beam. >> through the night t crews have worked nonstop for almost 70 hours and were able to complete the repair work on the damaged i-bar beam found over the weekend. the bridge has been inspected and it's safer than it was when we closed it on friday. >> the crack was found saturday on the east span of the bridge during a planned closure because they were doing seismic upgrades on the bridge. it is 73 years old. state transportation officials say about 280,000 vehicles cross that bridge every day. live pictures of a 21-ton

fire truck partially swallowed by a sinkhole in los angeles. we don't have live pictures right now. this is tape from earlier. we'll probably get you some live pictures in a little while. the crew was called out to check a water main break. they didn't realize how weak the street was, that it couldn't support the weight of their truck. the asphalt gave way, plunging the front end right into the muddy water. it's been creeping before our eyes for a few hours now. the firefighters weren't hurt. it's not clear how to get it out because the big tow truck would probably fall through the street as well. officials say the truck's $500,000 computer, electronic system, a complete loss. passengers had to evacuate a southwest flight after it made an emergency landing in tampa. watch as the passengers got to slide down those chutes yesterday. a southwest spokesperson says flight 1245 was flying from orlando to denver when a light indicated possible smoke in the cabin.

not really clear if there was smoke in the cabin. conflicting reports about that. >> it was quick. it was good. the pilot came around after we were all down on the ground. he came around and checked on all of us, made sure we were all okay. >> some of the flight attendants panicked a couple of times and it made me feel a little uncomfortable. i was like, you're panicking and we're the passengers. >> 129 people were on board. airport officials said besides a couple of bumps and bruise, no one was badly hurt in the drama. a paraglider crashed into a crowd during a labor day festival in utah. got some video of it. look at this. it's terrifying. the local sheriff says the motor-powered glider dropped from about 50 feet and injured six people on the ground including three children. injuries not life-threatening. that is good. the glider's two pilots were

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melanie oudin, sounds like the average american teenager. she does not play like anything average at all. she's a rock star in tennis. the 17-year-old from marietta, georgia, is making a name for herself at the u.s. open. she first knocked out the number four seed. then just basically mowed down the former champian, maria sharapova. then yesterday, she beat nadya petrova in a come-from-behind win. now she's in the quarterfinals whether that hasn't been an american player this young since serena williams did it ten years ago. oudin says this incredible run is a dream come true. >> this has been my dream forever. i've worked so hard for this and it's finally happening. i'm in my first quarterfinal of a grand slam. this is amazing. i'm finally achieving my goal. >> forever, all 17 years. i love her.

in tomorrow's quarterfinal match, she faces the ninth seed, carolina woznuwski of denmark. something else happening right now. ceremonies under way in washington for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. she's already an official member of the high court. the court's first latina is taking the judicial oath of office today. president obama and vice president joe biden were among the attendees. she's the court's 11th justice. there he is with justice john roberts. . listen up. buffet is betting on electric cars now.

poppy lharlow joins us from new york. >> he loves electric cars. we'll show you some pictures of him in a moment. but buffet's berkshire hathaway owns a chinese electric car and battery maker. he bought it for $230 million. there you see him with the car posing there. that's a "fortune" magazine shoot back in march. now there's talk he might increase his stake in the chinese automaker. the chairman suggested just that last week and that sent shares of that chinese company just soaring. we called warren buffet this morning. i asked him and he told me, i can't say either way whether i'm going to increase my stake or not. he said, i'll leave that to the head of byd to speak to that. we just note that warren buffet wanted to buy 25% stake in that automaker last year, but they weren't willing to sell that

much. they would just give up 10%. we'll see what happens with that. >> poppy, tell us a little bit more about byd. >> it stands for build your dreams. it's a really great name and it was one of the largest cell phone battery makers in the world. and then they bought a bankrupt chinese car company so they could transfer their battery technology to cars. they already sell a gas-electric hybrid in china. it's about $22,000. it goes about 62 miles on a single charge, which is actually pretty good. and next year, they want to launch and say they're going to, an all-electric car here in the united states that they claim it can go 249 miles on a single charge. and warren buffet told me it's going to be pretty impressive. he says going about 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. this is going to hit the market just about when chevy volt hits the market as well and other electrics from nissan and chrysler. there will be some competition. >> i did notice you said that you called warren buffet. all of us can't do that.

>> well, we -- >> what's the next best thing. >> we called him ahead of -- i'm interviewing him next week in california at a fortune summit. i talked to him about that. and we want you to submit your questions for him. you can do that, fortune.com/buffet or cnnmoney.com/buffet. let us know what you want us to ask him. >> thank you, poppy. . "jon & kate's" jon gosselin taking outfit gloves with kate. he lashes out with strong wordsi for his soon-to-be ex-wife.t. a.j. hammer looks at gosselin's new media assault. ♪ saw their ads on my tv ♪ thought about going but was too lazy ♪ ♪ now instead of looking fly and rollin' phat ♪ ♪ my legs are sticking to the vinyl ♪ ♪ and my posse's getting laughed at. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free- credit report dot com, baby. ♪

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jon gosselin from "jon & kate plus 8" is raising the stakes in a new interview. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer joins us from new york. a.j., this is one of your stories on "showbiz tonight." and some of the crew here were kind of getting me up to speed. they're a little appalled.

is jon really claiming abuse by kate? >> well, do you remember, richelle, when this marriage was first falling apart, everybody would say, no wonder it's falling apart, look at how kate treats jon. on the show, you would often see her putting him down. he says she did in fact verbally abuse him and in his words beat him down during the course of his marriage. he gave a new interview to "good morning america" and when it comes to how he currently feels about kate, he minces no words. take a look at this. >> she has her crew and i have my crew. i can't sit on the sofa with that woman. i can't sit with someone i despise. >> despise? >> she's not speaking from the heart. please, the stuff you tell me in private should be the stuff you tell me on tv. >> there you go. he despises her. so now we know. fortunately it's not all kate-bashing going on here. we actually see a human side to jon as he tells chris that this

whole marriage break-up has had a major impact on him. take a look. >> i cried at my dad's funeral. that's it. i've cried more now in the last eight months than my whole entire life. >> why? >> because you get frustrated and pinned up. i have no voice in the media. now i do. i want to let the world now that i'm a real person with feelings. >> there you go. he's a real person with feelings. i have to tell you, though, i had high hopes that all the public airing of dirty laundry would go away, that the name-calling would stop. obviously it hasn't, at least on jon's part. this is on national tv, after all. >> he has no voice in the media? how about you step away from the camera and -- stop me, a.j. >> this is what i've been saying all along. >> what does kate have to say about all this? >> kate's reacting saying she's taking the high road --

>> now, kate, to me, has had a very varying standard on what she will stay private about and not for the sake of the kids. i think quite frankly it all just kind of needs to stop. continue to do the show, if you must. i don't even want that to happen. but apparently she thinks she absolutely has to. coming up tonight on "showbiz tonight," we'll have so much to talk about with these claims of abuse by jon gosselin. in fact, i was at the premiere of "the view" today. the ladies, fired up about it. they told me on the side after the show exactly how they feel about what jon has to say. you'll hear those explosive words tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> and there are children -- oh. if we had more time. thanks, a.j. >> you got it. the space shuttle "discovery" is heading back to earth today. they've been up there for about a week. the crew will undock from the international space station in about an hour. they'll do a flyaround. they have to take pictures and video of the station. tim copra is returning with the

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that he wouldn't be discussing any political issues. there were two things that i particularly wanted to see if he mentioned. one, whether or not he would tell the students that -- what needs to be reiterated, john kennedy's message, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. so i was glad that he pointed that out to them. and number two, i was glad that he said something about the peer pressure that surrounds a lot of these students, whether they have the right clothing. there's a lot of peer pressure and i really liked that he said, listen, you set your own goals and don't worry about what other people have in mind for you or whatever they say or whatever.

you set your own goals and you fulfill your goals. i felt he was eloquent and down to earth as usual. and i thought it was a wonderful speech. >> all right, thank you very much for your phone call. joe is calling us from evansville, indiana. joe, were you concerned about the speech? did you have any problem with people who were concerned about it? what did you think? >> well, as far as -- i had no concerns. but i really thought that people were concerned about it. it was ridiculous. i've never seen a president -- we're talking about the president of the united states. he's always talking about dreaming. and it seems like the opposition is always talking about a nightmare. he wants us to dream. the opposition wants you to have a nightmare. it's always something before it even happens. it doesn't matter what it is, it's always going to be bad. but we see that it wasn't bad. it was very good. as a matter of fact, i would even go as far as to say this

was not just for our children but this was for every american, this was like a war on terror and the terror is that we're falling behind in education. >> okay. joe, thank you for your phone call. and byron is calling us from illinois. byron, what do you think about all this controversy? >> caller: well, i think, to me, it's basically being blown a little bit out of proportion when you get parents on tv crying because he wants to give a speech to their children. but in the same breath, i ask the question, are these the same parents that are crying when their kids are watching movies on tv when crimes are being committed. here it is, the president of the united states who's delivering a positive message but yet you still have people that wants to make it out to be this big deal because he wants to talk to the children. i don't understand that. >> byron, thank you for your phone call. i think we have time for one

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>> i'm here because i want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. i've given a lot of speeches about education. and i talked about responsibility a lot. i've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track and you get your homework done and don't spend every waking hour in front of the tv or with the x-box. i've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards and supporting teachers and principals and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve. but at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world and none of it will make a

difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. >> so a video of the president's speech will be on the white house website for people to download and watch at their convenience. and students in atlanta's charter school watched the president's speech today. susan hendricks is there. she watched it with them. these are the kids at the ron clark academy. she's getting their feedback on how they processed the president's speech. susan, what are the kids saying? >> they're way beyond their years, richelle, as you know. i have to say the speech, as you know, was very captivating, no matter what side you were on in terms of the political undertones, if you thought there were any at all. it was very captivating and the kids here really made sure of that in terms of their comments to ron clark, who's teaching behind me and was nice enough to let me do this. here's some of the things they

said -- if you mess up, keep trying. president obama was saying, it's okay no mat ter obstacles, keep striving, you're responsible for yourself. i want to introduce you to an eighth-grader, this is travis. travis, thanks for talking to me again. what did you think of obama and what he said to students your age? >> i think it was a great speech. i loved it. he really related to the kids' situations and i liked his thoughts on failure and how if you fail, keep trying and if you try hard enough, you can succeed at anything. >> and do you have any idea, although you're only in eight grade, of what you may want to do? >> i would like to be a doctor when i grow up. >> travis, we wish you the best of luck. we know you can do it. we want to take you over to dasha. how did you feel? were you inspired? >> yes, ma'am, i was. i like the fact that he took the time out to speak to us, first

of all. and how he really didn't relate his whole speech on one type of student. he talked to everybody. and again, like travis said, the failure, it really motivated me to actually keep going when i fail. >> thank you so much. dasha and travis. and we notice ron clark in the background standing on the desk teaching in ron clark fashion. again, we're hearing from these articulate students. >> you can't help but pay attention when your teacher or principal is standing on the table. but it's effective, clearly. very effective. susan, thank you so much. great kids. we want to hear from you. what are you thinking about all this? what do you think about the speech, what do you think about the controversy surrounding it? keep calling. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln.

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and technology science. >> we have found three other suspects currently serving prison terms for murder who were connected to the murders of three other prostitutes. so certainly there is a chance that walter ellis will be linked to more homicides and there's certainly a chance that we will solve other homicides unconnected to him as we continue to re-examine old evidence. >> back in 1988, ellis pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second degree reckless injury and spent three years in jail for that. got some pictures of a fire truck, what you can see of it, it's partially swallowed by a sinkhole in los angeles. the crew went in to check on a water main break. the water main break was causing some problems. it weakened the street. it couldn't support the weight of the truck. the asphalt gave way. the firefighters weren't hurt. it's not clear what in the world they're going to do now. a tow truck would probably fall through the street as well. the truck's $500,000 computer

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>> we have to save it for later. >> okay. another story that's very particular right now is love on the rock, literally, reggie. >> yeah. i feel so bad for this couple. their ole wedding scrapbook is going to be filled with articles about them. here's what happened. a man wanted to propose to his wife outside of washington, d.c. at a very picturesque place. who can blame him, right? he definitely proposes to her and a moment later, she actually falls down a cliff. the good thing is she survived that accident. you are looking at rescue video right now as they're trying to get her into the helicopter and get her immediately to a hospital. we understand that before she was lifted up to the rescue workers there, her fiance gave her a kiss. the helicopter was able to take her luckily in time to the hospital, and she should be fine is what we're told. but that is going to be some scrapbook, right? >> some scrapbook, a story she

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whole life. he knows the people, knows the land -- >> you can see deer track no problem -- >> reporter: and certainly the animals. which makes it odd his garden wasn't growing the way it was supposed to. >> i planted 14 rows of green beans. they wiped them out. no detailed tracks. something i wouldn't know. >> reporter: kenny was determined to catch the culprit. >> i set the cameras up to tell me what wildlife is in the area and what time they come through and everything. >> reporter: you can clearly make out the animals in post of the pictures. >> there's a rabbit right there. a raccoon. >> reporter: except for this one. >> roughly 50, 55 yards to the camera to where the object was. >> a big black figure in the distance of one of his photos.

>> i'm 5'11". i'm thinking this is probably five foot tall. you can see it's about big tall and about this wide. i didn't expect to catch big foot on a camera. >> do you think big foot is a vegetarian? >> i hope so. >> reporter: but what else could it be? some guessed a bear or ape. have you ever heard of either in jefferson county? maybe a trash bag blowing in the wind, or perhaps there's some truth to the tall tales after all. >> every once in a while i think something is impossible. then they catch a prehistoric fish. i would say it's a real long shot to for big foot to be living in my backyard. >> there's an ugly man around here. . >> great music. that's for sure. where you live might be adding

to your stressful -- how stressful you are. forbes.com says chicago, l.a., new york, cleveland and providence with the most stressful cities in america. crowding, poor air quality, high unemployment and a housing market. they also considered how many sunny days a city gets. a long legal fight is over between fast food giant mcdonald's and a tiny restaurant you've probably never heard of. they lost in a trademark battle. they argued the name breached a trademark. they say mcdonald's should not have the exclusive rights. mccurry can continue to use it. they serve indian food, not burgers and fries. a mcdonald's spokesperson says the company will abide by the court's ruling. casey anthony's parents are set to face more tough questions in court. prime news has all the latest on the case. don't miss it. @ @úh@; 8twxepg0ep%p'pk@,l3uñ]

big news in wisconsin. milwaukee police say they may have caught a serial killer. crediting good old fashion police work and a little bit of modern science for a breakthrough in the case that spanned more than two decades and left nine people dead. study hard, stay in school, learn from your mistakes. that's precisely what president barack obama told america's school kids today, but not all students heard the president's message. was that a mistake? and check the clocks. within about a half hour here the space shuttle "discovery" will undock and begin its long journey back to earth. hln news and views this monday. thanks for joining me.

i'm brooke baldwin. story out of milwaukee where police say a toothbrush and good police work led them to a suspected serial killer. at the end there was a huge break in the case. here's the man -- here's the suspect behind bars. police arrested 49-year-old walter ellis in connection with the killings of nine women dt dating back to 1986. ellis expected to be in court this afternoon. police say his dna was found on every body of the nine victims. most of the women were prostitutes. ellis has been charged with the deaths of two, but prosecutors say more charges are coming. he was arrested over the past weekend a few days after police went to his apartment. they took dna from his toothbrush. the police chief says the investigation has produced breaks in other unsolved cases. >> keep in mind that we have

cleared three unrelated homicides in the course of this cold case investigation. we have found three other suspects currently serving prison terms for murder who are connected to the murders of three other prostitutes. certainly there's a chance that walter ellis will be linked to more homicides. there's certainly a chance we can solve other homicides unconnected to him as we continue to re-examine old evidence. >> ellis does have a criminal history. he pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second degree reckless injury and then served three years behind bars. we are just getting word here that a bomb may have been found at a british air base near london. this just in. the royal air force receives the bodies of british troops killed in action. a military explosive device team on the site to examine this possible bomb. it's not clear where the device was found or how it was found.

police know they have closed the area. we'll keep an eye on the situation developing out of london. we'll bring it to you as soon as we get more information there. after all the talk, concern, and anticipation about the speech, the president finally has given the address some conservatives were really dreading. president obama spoke in arlington, virginia, at wakefield high school around noon eastern time. it was a live internet broadcast that kids across the counted in school and the president told px them to set goals, to work hard, and to stay in school. you cannot drop out of school and drop into a good job. you have to train for it and work for it and learn for it. this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. what you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. the future of america depends on you. what you're learning in school

today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future. >> reporter: in the days leading up to today's address conservative commentators are urging parents to pull their kids out of class instead of letting them sit there and watch the president, hear the president's message. still not clear how many parents did that. supporters meantime say kids need to hear encouragement. some kids who did listen say those students who didn't hear this, they missed out. >> i thought it was an awesome speech. and it's just so unfortunate that some kids around the country are not able to see it. as kids, teens and preteens, you know, we tend to listen to the opinions of our parents on political aspects. this could have been a chance for kids to form late their opinion on obama and see what they thought of him instead of following the positive or not so positive opinions of their participan

parents. >> i felt he was interested in what children my age had to say. >> in case you missed the speech a video of the president's address will remain on the white house website at whitehouse.gov for you to down load at your own convenience. we still want to hear from you about the address. what do you think of the controversy surrounding the president's speech today?÷ give us a call or send us an e-mail. the address is cnn.com/hln. or you can text us. grab your cell phone. text the word views plus your comments. don't forget your name. standard text rates do apply. well, today everybody is talking about the president and the speech in arlington, virginia. tomorrow we'll be talking health care and health care reform. pretty much will consume congress now that the members are returning to capitol hill after a month long recess. a bipartisan group of six senators, they call them the gang of six. they plan to meet this afternoon about the proposal, and a source is telling cnn, they're

compromise would drop a public option but create nonprofit co-ops to cover the uninsured and with tax insurance health plans. so president obama will be addressing a joint session of congress on his plans to overhaul health care. and he has work cut out for him certainly. paul steinhauser familiar with all this going on an capitol hill. joining us from washington with details. how specific will the president be that night? >> reporter: the white house says the president will be very specific tomorrow night. he'll tell the country what he wants and what he doesn't want in a health care bill when he goes in front of congress right behind me there tomorrow at 8:00 eastern. this will be the second time he'll address a joint session of congress since he took over the white house back in january. the big question is public option. will it be there? will it not be in there? what will the president say? yesterday he was talking at a

union picnic. he was talking in favor of the public option. he was very positive about it. concerns by republicans and those opposed is the public option is a government health insurance plan that would compete with private insurances and basically drive private insurance under because they couldn't compete. take a listen to robert gibbs. he was just talking about the public option a few minutes ago. >> for the vast majority of americans to get their insurance primarily through their employer or if they're on medicare, medicaid or receive health care through the v.a., the public option is not going to impact your health care. the public option will provide an additional choice in competition for people, primarily those in the private individual insurance market and the small group or small business insurance market.

>> reporter: one thing, brooke, right now at the white house, the senate majority leader harry reid and nancy pelosi the top two democrats in congress meeting with the president about health care. >> democrats meeting with the president. we also have to get some gop support. what are the chances of a bipartisan bill? >> you were just talking about that gang of six. they're meeting this afternoon as well. one of the top republicans on the committee, part of the gang of six, is senator chuck grassley of iowa. and he was asked about the likelihood of the bipartisan bill and about what the president said yesterday when he was touting the public option. >> i've been working the the last three or four b months with senator baucus one on one and then later with a group of six to come up with a bipartisan plan. it seems to me the bipartisan approach is the best. if you look at the president during his campaign, he wanted

to be post partisan. it seems to me like those statements yesterday were very partisan contrary to what he promised in the last campaign. >> you've got the gang of six working today into tomorrow on this bipartisan bill. will the republicans sign on? that's a big question mark. tomorrow night what will the republicans say about the public option? >> we'll be watching 8:00 tomorrow night on capitol hill. paul steinhauser, thank you very much. a 6-year-old illinois boy found hidden behind a wall at his grandmother's home. he will now stay in state custody at least for now. ricky disappeared with his mother two years ago during a custody battle with his father. since he was found hiding behind the wall, he has been a ward of the state. he's been staying with a relative of the father. the next custody hearing is set for november. the judge made it clear his ultimate goal is to reunite the boy with his father. but the judge here also denied visitation to the mother, whose charged with felon child abduction.

shannon insists she has done nothing wrong. but she has raised allegations about the nature of her ex-husband's relationship with their son. meantime the boy's grandmother is accused of aiding and abetting. a florida judge postponed deciding whether to dismiss a deaf nation lawsuit against casey anthony. the judge also delayed a decision as to whether to postpone the suit until after anthony's criminal trial on charges she murdered her daughter caylee. she says anthony ruined her reputation when she told police she left caylee with a nanny with her name. investigators believe casey was lying when she told them that story. a an 18-year-old from buffalo was jumped by several attackers, beaten with a brick, kicked in the face. why his father believes he was the victim of a hate crime.

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emergency landing in tampa. you see the passengers sliding down the chutes. at southwest spokesman says he was flying from orlando to denver when a light indicated possible smoke inside the cabin. there's still conflicting reports as to whether or not there was smoke. >> it was quick. it was good. the pilot came around after we were all down on the ground. he came around and checked on all of us and made sure we were all okay. >> some of the flight attendants actually panicked a couple of times. it made me feel uncomfortable. i was like you're panicking and we're the passengers. >> well, 129 people were on board that flight and an airport official says besides a couple of bumps and bruises, no one was badly hurt. a father says his son was brutally beaten because he is white and dating an african-american. here's what happened. the twam took place three weeks ago in buffalo, new york. he suffered a three-inch gash on head and a broken jaw.

police have not made any arrests. here are pictures from ryan after the attack. his family wants police to treat the attack as a hate crime. >> i think that it is a hate crime. why would you approach somebody and yell out don't come back to our neighborhood, don't date our women? >> i do believe it should be investigated by the fbi. that's our right as american citizens. for justice. >> as far as motive for the attack, police have not released conclusion there. but they do say their investigation is tough because his injuries left him with no memory of the beating. two brothers charged with killing two massachusetts teenagers in an apparent fight over where their car was parked. orval and jose are being formally charged with murder today. the district attorney says the fight broke out around 4:30 in the morning when the teens asked them to move their car from blocking a driveway. 18-year-old nelson was stabbed

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president obama encouraged kids to stay in school and get an education. some parents complained it would disrupt a hectic first day of school. some believed it was politically motivated. we're continuing the conversation here. what did you think of the president's speech? did you watch it? what do you think of the controversy surrounding it? is there anything wrong with the president addressing school children? let's go to the phones and take a caller. we have leigh calling in from georgia. what did you think? >> caller: thanks for having me.

i am a parent. i would like to say that after hearing the speech, i'm extremely proud to know that my child was present to hear such a positive message along with his classmates. >> was there ever a hesitation for you as to whether or not you wanted your kids to listen? >> caller: there was really no hesitation. our school system here allowed the school children to see it. i had no hesitation because i feel like a parent's personal views -- people can talk with them a lot. it won't sway them one way or another. it's about how they're raised. >> thank you. we have a caller on the line from north carolina. sylvia, did you watch the speech? >> caller: yes. >> what did you think? >> caller: i thought it was good, but i thought that it's time for us to make the children proud by making sure that the schools they attend are equip d

equipped. some school districts do not have what the same schools in the same district have. we need to make them proud to welcome them to the school. there's a big problem with funding for higher income neighborhoods versus lower. >> bigger message with schools and funding. another phone call from california. correne, what were your thoughts on the speech today? >> caller: i thought it was great. i am a grandmother. i live with my son. he has his little 4-year-old. i thought it was a question of disrespect. i think if kids don't learn to respect the president how are they going to learn to respect their principals, teachers, police officers? i think it's a matter of respect

watching the president speak to school kids. >> all about respect. thank you for calling. we thank everyone for calling in. we'll get more e-mails and texts here. still to come, we want to show you space shuttle "discovery."

muddy water. the firefighters were not hurt. it's still not clear how to get the thing out. a big tow truck might go through the asphalt in an effort to get it out. the truck's half million dollar computer electronic communications are a complete loss. a photographer could lose the copyright to her entire life work if she does not pay back a $24 million loan due today. art capital group sued her in july claiming she breached an agreement that authorized her to act as an agent. she got the loan last year. for collateral, she put up homes and property and the copyright to every picture she's taken or will take in the future.

space shuttle "discovery" undocking from the international space station right now. live pictures from space. it's amazing technology, isn't it? ending a visit that lasted just more than a week. we're waiting for this thing to all clear. the astronauts will do a fly around before heading back to work to take pictures and video of the station. imagine the pictures they can take. we're hearing the separation will take place in about 30 seconds from now. so bare with me here. mission specialist is returning with the "discovery" astronauts. he's been in orbit since mid-july. i'm sure he's ready to come home. another flight engineer will take his place as a crew member aboard the space station. there it goes. undocking officially.

headed back home after being at the international space station for quite a while. late monday, the 13 astronauts accomplished one last major job before partying company. a moving van. like a u-haul holding a ton of trash and discarded equipment was moved back aboard discovery with the use of a hefty robotic arm. then was delivered by the shuttle fully loaded with supplies, moved onto the international space station about a week ago. seven on the shuttle, six on the station hugged. they shook hands saying have a safe trip. have a safe landing. all right. more response to the president's speech to the school children.

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after all the talk, the anticipation, the worry. it's over. the president finally gave the speech some conservatives were dreading. president obama spoke at wakefield high school this afternoon in arlington, virginia with a live internet hookup. he was there in person. all the kids across the country got to watch this thing on px video. he told them in his message to set goals to work hard, and to stay in school. >> you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. you've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it. what you make of your education will decide nothing less than

the future of this country. the future of america depends on you. what you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future. >> the days leading up to today's address conservative commentators were urging parents to pull their kids out of class. it's not clear how many did that, but the supporters of the president say kids need to see encouragement. we heard from some kids who did listen. they said that those students who didn't get to hear this message, see the video, that they really missed out. >> i thought it was an awesome speech. and it's just so unfortunate that some kids in the country are not able to see it because as kids, teens and preteens, you know, we tepid to listen to the opinions of our parents on political aspects. this could have been a chance for kids to form late their

opinion on obama and see what they thought of him instead of following the positive or not so positive opinions of their parents. >> i felt that he was interested in what children of my age have to say. >> in case you missed it, the video will remain at whitehouse.gov for people to watch at your own convenience. what did you think? what did you think of the controversy in the days leading up to today's speech? call us. 1-877-tell-hln. or send us an e-mail at cnn.com/hln. or text the words views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates do apply. big news out of milwaukee for police there today. police say a toothbrush and good old fashioned police work led them to a suspected serial killer. took them more than 20 years to get a break in the case. this is a big break.

police arrested this man, 49-year-old walter ellis in connection with the killings of nine women. these homicides go back to 1986. ellis is expected to be in court this afternoon. police say this is all thanks to dna found on the bodies of all nine victims. most of the women were prostitutes. ellis was arrested over the past weekend just a few days after police took a dna sampling from his toothbrush. that's how they connected this whole thing. a police chief today was asked if some lives would have been saved if a dna check would have been done years prior. >> it certainly speculative. a plausible speculation that if his dna had been collected in 2001 that certainly the pattern would have been determined more quickly and we would have identified a suspect more quickly. but it was a new law then. i wasn't hear at that time. like most new laws, i'm sure it took time before it became

effective. ellis has been charged with the death of two victims but more charges are coming. a 6-year-old boy in illinois found hidden behind a wall at his grandmother's home will stay in state custody at least for now. he disappeared with his mom two years ago accident occurring a custody battle with his father. he was found hiding behind this tiny wall. he's staying with a relative of his father now. the next custody hearing is set for november. the judge's ultimate goal is to reunite the boy with his father. the mother insists she's done nothing wrong. she in fact has raised allegations about the nature of her ex-husband's relationship with the son. meantime, the boy's grandmother is accused of aiding and abetting.

the judge delayed a decision on whether or not to postpone the suit after the the criminal charges that she killed her little daughter caylee. zenaida gonzalez said she ruined her reputation when she told them she dropped off caylee with a nanny with the same name. cars, trucks, motorcycles streaming across the bay bridge today, one day ahead of schedule. a lot of folks in the area worried they would not be able to cross the bridge because there was a massive crack in the bridge, significant crack, to an i beam. it was during a planned closure to upgrade the bridge. about 280,000 vehicles cross it every day. crews in los angeles wrenching a 21-ton fire truck out of the sink hole.

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nearly 251 square miles in the past two weeks. no homes are threatened right now because the fire is burning deeper into the angeles national forest. crews planned to back burn areas to create a buffer zone, but the weather is forcing them. the space shuttle "discov y "discovery" just undocked from the international space station. ending a visit that lasted more than a week. the astronauts will fly back down to earth. a mission specialist is returning with the "discovery" astronauts. he's been in space since mid-july. a flight engineer will take his place as a crew member aboard the space station. the president's back to school speech generated a lot of heated discussion. now what are people saying about it? rogaine?

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you just as miserable. ragweed begins in late summer. 3/4 of those who suffer spring allergies are also allergic to ragweed. other culprits are mold spores, airborne this time of year, live primarily in wet areas like dead leaves. stay indoors and keep windows closed between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. when rogweed and pollen at the peak. have your air ducts clean. mold and aler gins live in these vents. use an air filter in your heating system. if you rake leaves, wear a mask to avoid inhaling mold spores. when president obama spoke to school students he wasn't necessarily breaking new ground here. previous presidents have done the same thing. ronald reagan and george h.w.

bush spoke directly to kids in schools. reagan's remarks were in 1988. he called taxes such a penalty on people that there's no incentive for them to prosper. a few years later president george h.w. bush gave a televised speech in 1981. he also, like president obama, asked for a letter. >> write me a letter. and i'm serious about this one. write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals. i think you know the address. >> some democratic leaders attacked then president bush's speech and political advertising. former first lady laura bush had a few comments about the uproar over president obama's speech today. she was once a schoolteacher herself. in an interview with zain verjee on our sister network cnn she

says she supports the president's message of encouragement. >> president obama is giving a back to school speech, and there's so much controversy over that. do you think it's a good idea? >> i think that there is a place for the president of the united states to talk to school children and encourage school children and i think a lot of people should do the same. that's encourage their own children to stay in school and to study hard and try to achieve the dreams they have. >> the issue that's been raised is by many conservatives that are critical of this. they say it's a dangerous socialist plot indoctrinating school children. some parents are saying our kids are staying home and not going to listen to the president talk about education in schools. >> that's their right. that's certainly the right of parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school.

i think people were unhappy with the guidelines before the speech went out. i think those were changed. i think it's important for everyone to respect the president of the united states. >> former first lady speaking to zain in paris. she's helping to promote global literacy there. we're hearing from people about the address today. we're hearing from you, from the i-reporters who have been diligently sending in your reaction. first a woman from georgia and maggie from hartford, connecticut. here's what they had to say. >> the president just finished wrapping up his speech today in virginia. the kids probably loved the discussion that happened afterwards. my kids weren't allowed to watch the speech in school. they'll be seeing it when they

come home. one thing they'll notice is he's echoing quite a few statements they hear around the house today. >> after just hearing president obama speak to the children of our nation, i think it just makes one thing glaringly obviously, which is the gop's absolute alarmist attitude and nuttiness that they continue to display. our children, at least as far as i'm concerned, have not left school today feeling like little communists. i think we're all going to be oka okay. >> we want to continue the kwfrgs here. continue to push forward. want to hear what you thought of the speech. go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. you can find complete instructions on how to submit your own i-report.

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a father says his son was brutally beaten because he's white and dating an african-american. the attack happened three weeks ago. brian suffer ad three inch gash on his head and a broken jaw. police have not made any arrests. his family wants the authorities to treat the attack as a hate crime. >> i think it is a hate crime, why would you approach somebody and yell out don't come to our neighborhood, don't date our women. >> i do believe it should be investigated by the fbi. that's our right as american sit citizens, for justice. >> as far as a motive goes, police have not reached a conclusion but say their investigation is difficult because his injuries were so horrific they left him with no memory of the beating. take a look at some video showing a major brawl outside of a dance club that's in texas right after a teen night.

a religious group is there preaching to people leaving the bar. one witness told afill adequate kfda 80 to 100 teens pushing and shoving there. police said alcohol definitely helped the confrontation along. warren buffett called the orocal for a reason. he's betting on electric cars. poppy harlow is joining us from new york. you've interviewed warren buffett, have you not? >> we spoke with him this morning trying to get extra info. he wouldn't give us much. his company already owns 10% of byd, a chinese electric car and battery maker. they bought the stake last year about $230 million. there's warren buffett standing next to an electric car.

now there's more talk he might increase his stake in the company. the chairman of byd suggested that just last week that sent shares soaring on the speculation. on the buffett said he can't comment either way, but we should keep an eye on this one because you know what, brooke, when he took the 10% stake in bib he wanted to get 25% of the carmaker sew, but they weren't willing to sell that much of it at the time. >> i'm sure you were pushing him trying to get more out of him. >> i was. >> i haven't heard him and i'm not money hip, i know you are. have you heard of byb? >> it stands for build your dreams and it's a chinese car company, but it was one of the largest cell phone battery makers in the world. they ended up buying out of bankrupt car companies to increase the battery technology to the cars. next year they'll bring an all-electric car to the united states, they claim it can go 249 miles on a single charge and the

timing of this hitting the u.s. market is significant because it would be really just about the same time that gm releases its chevy volt. also we will see electric cars from nissan and chrysler. so more competition coming from, where else? china, right? >> of course. i know you have to test drive those cars. 249 miles on a single charge. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. quickly, brooke, before i go i want to mention we'll interview him next week and we want folks to let us know their questions and we'll let him know your questions instead of our questions at cnnmoney.com/buffett or cnn.com. good to see you. a paraglider crashed into a crowd during a labor day festival in utah. watch this. >> oh, my god! >> police say the motor power glider dropped from about 50 feet and injured six people on the ground and you heard the yelling including three children. the injuries are not considered

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bbbb --bcaptions by vitacb-- bbb www.vitac.com look at this. a fire truck finally free of a giant sink hole in los angeles. this is a 21-ton truck. it was stuck for hours before a tow truck finally got it out. they used some cables there. firefighters were called out to check a water main break and apparently weakened the truck so much it couldn't support the weight of the truck. the asphalt gave way and we obviously sped up the video there. it actually took a long time to make that happen. the asphalt gave way and that's expected. the truck got stuck. firefighters were not hurt in this mess, but this is what was hurt. a half million dollars worth of computer and communications and

electronics equipment, just a mess, but the truck itself is salvageable. that is the good news, that they were finally able to pull that thing out of just that disgusting mess. the space shuttle discovery has just undocked from the international space station ending a visit that ended in just over a week. they'll do a flyover before heading back to earth before they can take pictures of the station. mission specialists is returning to the discovery astronauts. he's been in orbit since mid-july and might be ready to come home. flight engineer nicole stott will take his place aboard the space station. now to the much talked about presidential speech that was scrutinized, analyzed and criticized even before president obama said a word. today the president finally delivered his message to american schoolchildren. he spoke at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia. some schools decided not to show the speech and commentators

urged people to pull their kids from class. we don't know how many parents actually followed through on that. supporters were saying the kids needed to hear the encouragement to stay in school, to get good grades and that's basically what the president said to the kids once he finally made the speech. so listen. >> it's important to discuss with you. i'm here with you because i want to talk to you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. i've given a lot of speeches about education, and i've talked about responsibility a lot. i've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track and you get your homework done and don't spend every waking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox. i've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards and

supporting teachers and principles and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve, but at the end of day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. >> some video of the president's speech will remain on the white house website for people to download and watch when they have time. we want to hear what you think about this, about the president's speech, about the controversy surrounding it. this is the way you can get in touch with us.÷ you can call us at 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us as well, cnn.com/hln. you can also comment on my facebook page. just search risch elle carey hln and dive into the debate.

text the word views to hlntv. standard rates apply. we'll have those coming up in just a few minutes. listen to this. police in milwaukee say a g toothbrush and good, old-fashioned police work led them to the northside strangler. it took more than 20 years, but at the end a huge break. police arrested this man 49-year-old waltereles in connection with the killings of nine women going back to 1986. ellis is expected in court this afternoon. police say his dna was found on the bodies of all nine victims. most of the women were prostitutes. ellis was arrested over the weekend. a few days after police took a dna sample from his toothbrush. the city's police chief today was asked that some lives would have been saved if the dna check on ellis had been done years ago. >> it's certainly speculative, but a plausible speculation that if his dna had been collected in

2001 that certainly the pattern would have been deserted more quickly and certainly, we would have identified a suspect more quickly, but it was a new law then. i wasn't here at that time, but it was a new law and like most new laws, i'm sure it took time before it became effective. >> ellis has been charged with two of the deaths. prosecutors say more charges are coming. the brother of a man suspected of killing eight people doesn't think he did it. guy heinzie, jr., is suspected in the death of his mother, uncle, cousin and cousin's boyfriend. funerals for sen of them were held over the weekend. heinz father and grandfather say they don't believe he's responsible. >> i want something that's real convincing. i want a motive. my brother didn't gain nothing from this. he gained losing almost his own family. who would want to do that? >> we want to know what really happened. the police may think they know

what happened, but we want to know what really is the truth and it couldn't be one person doing all that. >> the eighth victim hasn't been buried yet and a 3-year-old boy who survived all this, that boy is still in the hospital. passengers had to evacuate a southwest flight after it made an emergency landing in tampa. the folks are getting off the plane and had to use those chutes there and the southwest spokesperson said flight 12:45 was flying from orlando to denver when a light indicated possible smoke in the cabben and it is not clear if there ever was smoke, there are some conflicting reports about that. >> it was quick. it was good. the pilot came around after we were all down on the ground and checked on all of us and made sure we were all okay. he was really good. >> some of the passengers panicked a couple of times and it made me feel uncomfortable and i thought you're pannishing and we're the passengers.

>> they suffer a couple of bumps and bruises and no one was badly hurt in all of that. a paraglider crashed into a crowd of a labor day festival in utah. we have video of what happened. watch this. >> oh, my god! are you okay? are you okay? lay down. you're okay. you're okay? >> it's terrifying. police say the motor-powered glider dropped from about 50 feet and injured six people on the ground including three children. their injuries are not considered life-threatening. the glider's two pilots are also okay. it happened while the glider was dropping prizes for the kids. the president of the united states gives a pep talk to school kids and not everybody thinks that's a good thing. >> i had no idea whether it was fair. i thought it was fair when president bush was criticized? not really.

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former first lady laura bush had a few comments about this uproar over president obama's speech to school kids. she was once a teacher herself and in an interview with cnn's zain verjee she says she supports the president's message. >> president obama is giving a back-to-school speech. there's so much controversy over that. do you think it's a good idea? >> i think there is a place for the president of the united states to talk to schoolchildren and encourage schoolchildren. i think there are a lot of people that should do the same and that is encourage their own children to stay in school and to study hard and to try to achieve the dreams that they have. >> the issue that's been raised

by many conservatives that are critical of this, they say that this is a dangerous, socialist plot indoctrinating schoolchildren. some parents say no, our kids are staying home and not going to listen to the president talk about education in schools. >> well, that's their right. that certainly is the right for parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school, but i think really what people weren't happy about were the guidelines that went out with the -- with the -- before the speech went out and i think those have been changed, and i think it's also really important for everyone to respect the president of the united states. >> laura bush is helping to promote global literacy. we want to know what you think. i posted this question on my facebook page and got lots of comments. probably one of the more popular topics i've ever posted. chris wrote this. certain people are hiding their

racial prejudices behind political views. since when is a presidential address to schoolchildren a device for political propaganda? dean has read the speech and he was not impressed at all. this is what he said, i've read the text of the speech and honestly, in my opinion, there's nothing ground breaking in any of it. it seems a rehash offence prashl stories and reminding the doing homework and nor does it merit anyone missing class time. lynn says this, it saddens me that so many parents are teaching children they shouldn't trust the leaders of our country. the parents, not the president, are turning it into a political issue. folks have been waiting on the phone to tell us what they think. scott is calling us from anadarko, oklahoma. all right, scott, did you hear any of the speech or did you even want to? >> yes, i watched it. >> tell us if you're concerned with the speech or concerned with the reaction to the speech. go for it. >> caller: i have no concern with the speech. i actually think it was a very

good speech. i would like to commend byron from illinois earlier. some parents do allow their children to watch movies and shows about murder, mayhem, death, betrayal and all of that, what i find disturbing is the groups of right-wing extremists look for any opening to make mockery of barack obama. george bush, senior and jr., gave the speeches on good morals and pursuing dreams. i can recall when their programs were active and during this time d.a.r.e. officers would throw out the slogan, be cool, stay in school. now what's the difference between the president of the united states of america and the former d.a.r.e. officers' message. >> i want to interrupt you because we have to move on. you support any president regardless of political persuasion. you support any president speaking to kids. >> exactly. they're the leader of our country. they should have the choice to do that. >> okay. scott, thank you for your phone call. jackson is waiting to talk to us from north dakota.

jack, speak on what you want to speak on. >> caller: i'm not upset that barack obama addressed our schoolchildren today, however i would be upset if he continues to speak to them like he continues to speak us to via television. >> i beg your pardon? okay. >> let me explain it this way, he uses the camera every opportunity he has to come into our homes and he's done this like no other president has done except maybe for fdr on his fireside chats on the radio during the great depression, but dictators around the world use this ploy, too. i can't even turn cnn on for five, ten minutes to get the news without seeing barack obama's face. what i'm saying is we don't need repetitive media tactics used on our impressionable kids by either democrats or republicans. so a one-time address is one thing, but if it becomes every two week, or every month then i've got a problem.

>> i don't think weave gotten any hint from the white house that he plans to speaking to the kids on a regular basis, but thanks, jack. >> we have e-mails for you as well. this came from albuquerque. it says the nature of the objections to the president's speech convince me that mccarthyism is still alive and well in the u.s. this from janna, i am shocked that any person would encourage our children to not listen to the president. what will it hurt for our children to hear the words work hard and stay in school. thanks for your e-mails and phone calls. how about this? "prime news" starts at the top of the hour and lots of topics there. check them out at cnn.com/primenews. big foot -- i said big foot, eating his way through jefferson county, ken tucky? a long:resident thinks he may have caught the legendary beast on camera reading to feast on his vegetable garden. our affiliate wav gives us a closer look. >> there's a lot of wildlife

around here. >> reporter: kenny mahoney has lived in southern jefferson countes his whole life. he knows the people, knows the land. >> you can see the track, no problem. >> and certainly the animals which makes it odd his garden wasn't growing the way it was supposed to. >> i planted 14 rows of green beans and they just wiped them out. >> the stuff was smashed over, but no detailed tracks or something i would know. >> reporter: kenny was determined to catch the culprit. >> i set the cameras up and they tell me what wild life's in the area and what time they come through. >> you can clearly make out the animals in most of the pictures. >> that's a raccoon. >> except for this one. >> that's roughly 50, 55 yards from the camera to the -- to where the object was. a big, black figure in the distance of one of its photos. >> about 5'11", i'm thinking, probably 5 feet tall. i say when you look at the picture later you can see that

the thing is about this tall and about this wide and i didn't expect to catch big foot on the camera. >> do you think big foot is a vegetarian? >> i hope so. >> reporter: what else could it be? some have guessed a bear or an ape, but have you heard of either in jefferson county? maybe a trash bag blowing in the wind or perhaps there's truth to those tall tales after all. >> every once in a while something is impossible and they catch a prehistoric fish once in a while or something. i don't ever want to rule anything out, but it's a long shot for big foot to be living in my backyard. >> elizabeth donatelli. news. i feel like big foot would, like show up at krispy kreme or something. i don't know. you may not have to stress about turning up the thermostat. if you heat with electricity we have good news for you, even in this bad economy. 90s slacker hip-hop. ♪ singer: buckle up, everybody 'cause pu're taking a ride ♪

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most financial markets in the u.s. were closed monday because of labor day. investors back at it today. stephanie e lamb joins us from our business desk in new york with a look at the closing numbers for us. hello, stephanie. >> hello there, richelle. i'm thinking investors must have had a nice, long weekend as it pushed stocks high tore start out the week. trading volume was solid after relatively light volume throughout august. the dow closed to 9497 and the nasdaq gained just less than 1% each. a rally in some key commodity prices helped to fuel a rally. gold prices rushed past $1,000 an ounce to the highest level since march of last year. gold has been rising for months as the safe haven investment during these tough economic times and gold was not alone. they had the company with oil. oil prices followed suit, surging 5% on the day and closing above $71 a barrel. the move comes as the dollar continued to lose value against other currencies, richelle.

>> thanks, stephanie. good to see you. let's talk about some good news even in this bad economy, it actually happens. your electric bill could go down this year. that doesn't happen very often, but we're seeing a historic drop in energy usage. electricity and the use of electricity is down for two years in a row. that hasn't happened since 1949 because of the recession, said it enough, i should know how to say it, americans aren't buying as many gadgets. the weather is another reason why electricity rates could fall. some forecasters think winter will be relatively warm. most likely you will pay less if you live in the northeast, texas or out west. people who get liposuction could end up helping someone else who is seriously sick. scientists at stanford university says are say that fat removed in line owe can make stem cells up until now, scientists have had the most

success getting stem cells from embryos and human skin. the war of words continue between san diego's chargers player shawne merriman. now she says she's allergic to alcohol and we'll sort it all out with jane velez-mitchell. se

victim, katie hall and taking her to a storage warehouse which was essentially converted to a bondage parlor complete with a projector, pornographic magazines and stage-like, what a horrifying scene there and then phillip garrido's own words, admitting that he was sexually aroused by pictures of women in handcuffs and chain and telling detectives that he could only achieve sexual arousal by forcible sex, i.e., rape, why this guy was released 40 years early. tonight on "issues" we'll examine the whole psychology of bondage and where it crosses the line into violence and how the system failed and now there are calls for the parole system to be completely revamped in the wake of this travesty. >> that's exactly where your

mind goes, jane. the more and more you find out about him and the first place your mind goes is why in the world when they had them locked up didn't they keep them longer. a lot to talk about there. also something else, people are talking about the assault allegations, this back and forth between nfl player shawne p merriman and his girlfriend, tila tech ila the reality tv star. he said, she said, charges were filed, charges were not filed. >> it's back and forth as an escalating he said/she said as you said, richelle. he was saying he simply tried to stop her from leaving his home because she was drunk. she says no way because i'm allergic to alcohol. that's why i named myself tila tequila because it was such an ironic name given the fact that i can't drink and some other people are questioning that and saying she doesn't necessarily

have an addiction to alcohol as far as we can see. so it's a whole big can of worms. we'll get all sides of the story and dive deep into it because it skirts two issues that we've been focusing on "issues." issues like domestic violence as well as addiction and we don't know if either of those two were involved, but it certainly is skirting those two big issues that involve so many big cases these days. >> absolute lie. in case people are wondering, jane, her legal name is tila nguyen. >> she changed it to tila tequila. >> thank you very much. you can catch issues at 7 closhg p.m. eastern time on hln news and views. hln expert clark howard is here to help you. logon to cnn.com/clark and you could be selected to get valuable advice from america's money coach. for more than 20 years, no suspects, no arrests in the killings of nine women he

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free consultation, information kit, video and test drive certificate. the president of the united states has now delivered the speech that some conservatives were dreading. they didn't want it to happen. just some. the president spoke at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia. this is a live internet broadcast across the country for all of the kids to see. conservative commentators were urging people to keep their kids out of class so they wouldn't hear the president's speech. we don't know how many parents did that. supporters said they needed to hear the speech to be encouraged to stay if school and get good grades. let's hear what he had to say to all of the kids. >> i am here to talk to you about your education and what's

expected of all of you in this new school year. i've given a lot of speeches about education, and i talked about responsibility a lot. i've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track and get your homework done and don't spend every waking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox. i talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards and supporting teachers and principles and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve, but at the end of day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world and none of it will make a difference. none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your

responsibilities. >> a video of the president's speech will remain on the white house website for people to download and watch when they have time, when it's convenient for them. miami schoolchildren, listened to the president's speech today and here's what some of them had to say about it. >> i felt really thankful when he was doing for us because when he said i'm working really hard to get you guys the equipment and you also have to do your part, and also i felt like really pleasant that he said that. >> i think that he's trying to tell us we should work hard to get somewhere. we should make our own future and not let somebody else make our future for us and failing -- learn from your failing to get you somewhere. >> well, sounds like they listened. kid his similar responses in schools throughout the country. we've been asking you all day what do you think about the speech and the controversy surrounding it. den art is calling us from cam ben, sashinga, has been waiting

patiently on the phone. denart, you have the floor. what do you think? >> caller: well, i think that the speech was very inspiring, but what upsets me is that the gop is getting to be so sickening that no matter what the president is doing, trying to do something positive that they're going to put a negative spin on it and i'm just really upset with the way that anything that he says that that's what's happening with our country. i think our president deserves the respect from everyone, not just -- >> are you saying specifically for barack obama or do you think the office of the presidency always deserves that kind of -- i'm not trying to put words in your mouth. i just want to make sure i understand what you're saying. >> caller: i believe in general the president should get respect from the country, but in this situation, in this case him speaking to kids which all of the presidents have done, i don't think that was going to be a problem with that and for those that are pulling their

kids out of school, it's not so much political, but it's a racial kind of -- it's racially biased. >> dennard, we wanted to hear what people were thinking. thank you for your phone call. i posted this question on my facebook page and knot an overwhelming response and this is what anna wrote. now that obama is changing things and doing things differently people are enraged and maybe parents need to step back and ask what they're doing for their kids to encourage on making the right choices and read more and stay in school. parents who won't see them won't allow them to see it at home. robert, watched the speech and wrote this. he said nothing controversial and nothing that would offend people. his stay in school speech was more of an encouragement more than anything. there was controversy surrounding the president of the united states making a speech to our schoolchildren. he is just one more voice appealing for our children to work hard and be successful.

heather sent this, you would think people would be happy about our president taking the time to encourage our children to stay in school and be responsible for their future. nothing in the president's speech could be worse than what kids watch in tv and movies these days. >> thank you all for your responses. >> check out some video, set it up for a thousand times in regular speed. this is it. it took firefighters all day to free the fire truck from a giant sink hole in los angeles. the 21-ton truck was stuck for hours before a tow truck finally got there. how did it get there? the firefighters were called out to the water many break that apparently made the street so weak it couldn't support the truck. firefighters weren't hurt, but the half million dollars worth of development on the truck, that, that's a total loss. the vehicle itself, though, that is salvageable. the space shuttle discovery is undocked from the interspace

station, ending a visit that lasted more than three weeks and they're doing a fly around before heading back to the space station to take pictures of the heat shield to make sure things are ready for re-entry. he's been in orbit since mid-july. flight engineer nicole stott took his place aboard the space station. tomorrow night president obama will be telling lawmakers what he wants from health care reform. his aides say he's going to be very forceful in his address to the joint session of congress and he will be more specific about what he wants included in this bill, but they refuse to speculate on whether he'll be willing to drop a government-run plan to help deal -- to get a deal, rather, on this legislation and earlier today, we'll show you some video we had. we saw a formal welcome ceremony in washington for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. she's already an official member of the high court. the court's first latina to take the judicial oath known as the investity you are that happened

today. president obama and vice president joe biden was among the guests and sotomayor was officially sworn in last month as the court's 111th justice. police in milwaukee say a toothbrush and good old-fashioned police work led them to a suspected serial killer. we're talking about the northside track ler. it took more than 20 years, but in the end they got a pretty big break. a huge break. police arrested this man, 49-year-old walter ellis in connection to the killing of nine women going back to 1986. police say the dna was found on the bodies of all nine women. they were all prostitutes. they took a dna sachl frel his toothbrush. the police chief was asked if some lives might have been saved if a dna check on ellis might have been done years ago. >> it's speculative, but a plausible speculation that if his dna had been collected in 2001 that certainly the pattern would have been discerned more quickly and certainly we would have identified a suspect more

quickly, but it was a new law then. i wasn't here at that time, but it was a new law and like most new laws i'm sure it took time before it became effective. >> ellis has been charged with the deaths of two, but prosecutors say more charges are coming in this investigation. the brother of a man suspected of killing eight people doesn't think he did it. guy heinz, jr., is charged in the murders of his brother, aunt, cousins, and funerals for seven of them were held over the weekend. heinz' brother and grandfather say they don't believe he's responsible. >> want something that's real convincing. my brother didn't gain nothing from this. he gained losing almost his whole family. who would want to do that? >> we want to know what really happened? the police may know what happened, but we want to know really the truth and it couldn't be one person doing all of that.

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melanie oudin, know the name, remember it. she sounds like the average american teenager. the girl is not average. the 17-year-old from murr eta georgia, making a name for herself at the u.s. open. first she knocked out the number four seed. then maria share poef a she just pushed her right out of the way and yesterday she beat the 13-seed nadia pet rova in a come from behind win. next up, the quarterfinals, there hasn't been an american player there this young since ten years ago when serena williams did it. oudin said this is an incredible run for her. it's really a dream come true. listen to this little -- okay, not little girl. listen to this teenager. >> this has been my dream forever. i've worked so hard for this and it's finally happening, and i'm in my first final of a grand slam. it's amazing.

this is what i wanted forever and i'm finally achieving my knoll. >> good for her. okay, and tomorrow's quarterfinal she faces the ninth seed caroline wozniacki of denmark. folks looking for work could be wise to polish up on that resume, check the job sites. that's the usual, maybe get a facelift -- yes, facelift. the economic collapse has led for a boom for plastic surgeons. some of the stories grabbing clicks right now at cnn.com. nicole lapin is here to explain this one. i actually posted this question on the face pook page to see what people would say, would you get plastic surgery to get a job? they had choice words for me. in other words, no. >> feel free to jump in at any time because this is one of the most popular stories out of china now. it's a brutal job market out there, so people are looking to

a little nip, tuck, a little nose job or angular face action to get ahead. it's survival of the fittest, i suppose to an extreme. these are some of the pictures that are on display at one very prominent clinic that our correspondent went to. about half of their patients say that the procedure is job-related. these businesses have seen a 40% increase as of late because i have to tell you that there are ads out there specifically seeking good-looking people or people with things like aligned, bright, white teeth. you think word proficiency, right? or other things like that, but they're getting downright specific, richelle. i call these ads, they ask for a specific height, a specific weight, specific facial features and there are even student discounts.

a lot of grad students who can't afford much of anything, i mean, i was living off ramen, i couldn't have afforded any of that. they're trying to lure them in with discounts and some grad students said look, i think it's ridiculous, but i want a job. they feel like they have to coit. >> exactly. they'll cowhatever it takes. >> wow! i've heard astro fizzisists explain don't judge me because i'm in a field where my looks matter. i get that, this seems broughtal, but what does a tummy tuck have to do with whether or not i can speak five languages? it doesn't, right? >> in china they're not doing the breast jobs and liposuctions and tummy tucks. they're focusing on the facial features to try to be more physically attractive when they're getting that one to one interview. it's a fascinating story. >> go to dot com. also on cnn.com check out the

story about love on the rocks. tell us about that, nicole. >> this guy proposed to his would-be bride on this scenic area outside of d.c. he picks, like this, perfect spot, but it was on a cliff, richelle, so he said will you marry me and she said yes and she fell down the cliff. seriously. this is a shot of her rescue. rescue personnel picked her up and thankfully she's okay. you know what? they're going to have quite a story to tell the grandkids. >> they will. check it out, cnn.com, nicole, thank you. >> you're welcome. all animals get hungry. even big foot. see why a kentucky man thinks the legendary creech sur devouring his garden. úpxx

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just hang with me here, big foot, maybe he's eaten his way through jefferson county, kentucky. a longtime resident thinks he's focusing on his vegetable garden. you have camera, proof maybe? our affiliate gives us a closer look. >> a lot of wildlife and territory around here. >> reporter: kenny mahoney has lived here his whole life and knows the people, knows the land -- >> you see, no problem. >> reporter: certainly the animals, which makes it odd his garden wasn't growing the way it was supposed to. >> i planted 14 rows of green beans and they just wiped them out. so smashed over but no detailed tracks, something i would know. >> reporter: kenny was determined to catch the culprit. >> i set the cameras up and they tell me what wildlife's in the area and what time they come through and everything. >> reporter: you can clearly make out the animals in most of the pictures. >> a rabbit right here. see? >> oh, yeah.

>> reporter: except for this one. >> that's roughly 50, 55 yards from the camera to the -- where the object was. >> reporter: a big, black figure in the distance of one of his photos. >> 5'11", i'm thinking this is probably 5 foot tall and we look at the picture, you can see the thing is about this tall, looks like it's about this wide, didn't expect to catch bigfoot on our camera. >> reporter: do you think big foot is a vegetarian? >> i hope so. >> reporter: but what else could it be? some have guess ad bear or ape but have you heard of either in jefferson county, maybe a trash bag in the wind or perhaps truth to tall tales after all. >> every once in a while, you know, i think something's impossible and they catch a fish or something once in a while. i never don't ever rule anything out but say it's a big longshot for bigfoot to be in our backyard.

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whole life. he whoas the people, knows the land. >> you know, you can see deer tracks, no problem. >> reporter: certainly the animals which makes it odd his garden wasn't growing the way it was supposed to. >> i planted 14 rows of green beans and they just wiped them out. smashed over but no detailed tracks and something i would know. >> reporter: kennedy was determined to catch the culprit. >> i set the cameras up and they tell me what wildlife's in the area and what time they come through and everything. >> reporter: you can clearly make out the animals in most of the pictures. >> a rabbit right here, see. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: except for this one. >> that's roughly 50, 55 yards from the camera to the -- where the object was. >> reporter: a big black figure in the distance of one of his photos. >> 5'11", i'm thinking this

is -- probably 5 foot tall. and they say you look at the picture later you can see the thing is about this tall, looks like it's about this wide. i didn't expect to catch bigfoot on our camera. >> reporter: do you think bigfoot's a vegetarian? >> i hope so. >> reporter: but what else could it be? some have guessed a bear or an ape, but have you ever heard of either in jefferson county? maybe a trash bag blowing in the wind or, perhaps, there's some truth to those tall tales after all. >> every once in a while, you know, i think something's impossible and they catch a prehistoric fish every once in a while or something. i don't ever rule anything out but i'd say it's a real long shot for bigfoot to be living in our backyard. there are some ugly men around here that might pass for bigfoot -- great music. that's for sure. all right. where you live might be adding

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