something hit my windshield on the driver's side in front of my face, caved the windshield in, glass everywhere. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. >> how could this happen and how did it happen? you just don't know what to think. >> his car is by itself. he's now on the hood while the car is still moving. >> financial meltdown in greece spills into the streets as you see there. we'll show you more of this. thank you so much for sharing your time with us.

i'm christi paul. welcome to hln "news and views." always good to see you. the man accused of opening fire at a colorado middle school is making his first appearance before a judge today. the 32-year-old is appearing over a video hookup between the jail and courthouse. prosecutors are preparing attempted murder charges against him but police say the gunman opened fire in a parking lot of deer creek middle school in littleton, colorado. classes had just let out for the day. now, two students went to the hospital. one's in critical condition. the gunman might have hit more students except for the actions of david benke, the math teacher on monitor duty in the parking lot. he saw the man with the rifle and he jumped him. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. and i knew that after he got a shot off i would be able to grab him before he would be able to work the action again. i had always told my students since columbine that if anything

happened in a school that i would hope that i would be able, you know, to do something. not, you know, for anything other than i would just hope that i would have the courage. >> oh, and did he ever. columbine high school of course the scene of the horrific shooting in 1999 is just three miles away. in fact, deer creek middle school is on west columbine drive. wow. okay. want to share this video with you of the 24-year-old man authorities want to question in the murder of 7-year-old summer thompson. jared herrell appeared over closed circuit tv in a florida courtroom this morning on 29 counts of child pornography. remember summer thompson disappeared in october while walking home from school. her body was found in a landfill in folkston, georgia, about 55 miles north of her florida hometown, two days after she disappeared. harrell was arrested in mississippi by federal agents

earlier this month and extradited to florida this week. he is still in jail on a $1 million bond. live pictures coming to you as a public apology is expected today from akio toyoda when he testifies before congress. obviously that wasn't him but the house oversight and government reform committee is investigating toyota's massive recall and the flaws that sparked it. in a statement prepared for toyoda the grandson of the carmaker's founder and current ceo said the company grew too fast and did not keep up with safety controls. now, toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars worldwide for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals. at first the company said floor mats that got jammed and accelerateors were the problem but later toyota said accelerators on some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. officials say many new models are getting a brake override control.

boy, i don't know if you caught it but in vancouver last night it was one of the most emotional moments of the winter games this figure skater had to perform just two days after her mother died. i read a sentence in an article today and it started out saying the motherless young woman is every canadian's daughter right now. i mean, the picture, the image of everybody just embracing this woman. i thought it was so well written. >> and beyond, christi. that's the other thing. this woman's plight, let me tell you something. there was not a dry eye in the house when the 24-year-old skater from canada finished her short routine just 72 hours after her mom died from a massive heart attack but rochette's courageous performance put her in third place. after she was done just look at her kind of break down in tears. oh, man. sobbing on the ice and people in the stands were sobbing. she went and fell into the arms of her long-time coach.

tomorrow she will go again in the free skate with a medal on the line. so, christi, yeah. >> and the free skate, is it the free skate or the long form that is -- that's her forte, is it not? >> exactly. she's got a very -- she is in a very, very good position to medal. >> okay. >> and a lot of people are going to be pulling for her. >> what about bode miller? >> well, he was in a good position as well but, see, here's the thing. he is known for taking risks in races and it worked great for him so far in vancouver but it did not pay off in his first run in the giant slalom. miller went for it but lost control. he hit a gate hard and skid offcourse so did not qualify for a chance at a medal and left without talking to reporters. he has another shot on saturday in the slalom event. three medals in vancouver, one more and he'll become the first man to win four alpine medals at a single winter games. and another big story, dutch speed skater sven kramer called

the michael phelps of the netherlands dominating the 10,000 meters. his coach thought he had not changed lanes, signaled him to change lanes. well, he had switched, but he followed his coach's orders anyway and was disqualified after finishing first. he was furious and he and his coach, you can see them going back and forth and kramer was inconsolable. i would be surprised if he would be his coach after that. that was not his coach. >> some of the more angry looks there obviously. >> and this afternoon, christi, the u.s. men's hockey team takes on switzerland at 3:00 eastern in the quarterfinals. it is win or go home. so all of that big, huge win over canada could be for naught if they cannot win today against switzerland. >> a lot of people watching that one. thank you so much. always good to see you. have you heard about this one? shock jock howard stern says he's hosting a beauty pageant.

the contestants? tiger woods' alleged mistresses. at least that's what tmz is reporting. now, yesterday apparently stern announced four of the women have already signed up for the $100,000 competition. he hasn't said which of the women are competing but the first woman named is an alleged mistress, rachel uchitel, reportedly cannot participate because of her settlement with woods. so tmz says a friend of uchitel wants to give stern a cardboard cutout of her in various dress to battle it out. seriously? okay. it is now a world famous cell phone message, the one where tiger woods appears to ask his alleged mistress jaimee grubbs to change her recorded greeting. >> hey, it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone? my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> now check out the intro to a

new ng by rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is luda, okay? look. i need you to do me a huge favor. um, can you please take your name off of your phone? my -- my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> now, the name of the song is "sexting" and as you might guess from the title serves as a warning for anyone who might worry their girl might go through their cell phone. ♪ >> you can kind of hear it in the background there. the pentagon is considering a major policy change when it comes to the u.s. navy. women may be allowed to serve on submarines. is it about time or is this a disaster in the making? your views, next.

u.s. navy submarines may be going coed.

the pentagon wants to lift the ban that kept women off subs as part of a broader push really to re-evaluate women's combat rules. the navy plan would phase in women officers on larger subs first. living quarters are apparently easier to change on those suction. congress has 30 days to comment on the idea and cadets who graduate from the naval academy this year could be among the first women to take submarine posts. so are you onboard with this idea or do you see potential problems with it? richelle carey is here with your views. what i found interesting, richelle, was on my facebook page a lot of people support this. you know, they want to see the ban gone but there are two people in particular who say they have been in the military. they are very familiar with submarine life. and they say no. >> really. we're getting also a perspective from military people as well, christi, but in particular one defense department official says he hasn't heard of any navy leaders who oppose putting women on subs and their opinion certainly matters but there are some critics who say having men and women together in such close quarters for long periods is a

recipe for disaster. we're taking your views as well. we have a call from louisiana. nellie, you'd sign off if you had the power, right? >> caller: yes. >> okay. go ahead. >> caller: my opinion is that women should absolutely be allowed on submarines. with all the homosexuals already in the military what is to say there isn't sexual tension between men and men on submarines? >> okay. all right. nellie, short and to the point. thank you for your point of view. let me share an e-mail. diane is from hawaii and she says that her husband served 30 years in the navy's submarine force and she disagrees with nellie. okay. let me get to her e-mail. says the amount of alterations needed to accommodate women on submarines would compromise their primary purpose. the potential social problems this will create will also gum up the mission. don't mess with success. okay. jim's been holding listening in calling from columbus, ohio. jim, you're open to it a little

bit but not completely, right? >> caller: yes. >> okay. let's talk. >> caller: i can see women officers -- it'll be an officer and, yes, it'll take away one compartment. she will fill the space of two men. so i'm a little leery there. >> say that again. what now? >> caller: in a compartment you have two officers in a compartment. if a woman goes onboard, one of those officers -- you're losing a space for two men. >> i would assume the navy has worked out all the particulars so let's not get too down into the nuts and bolts, just the idea in general. let's talk about the -- in general. are you okay with the idea of women, of a coed submarine? let's just talk in generalities. i think the navy can figure out how to execute it. >> caller: yes, on the boomers. no on fast attacks. >> okay. jim, thank you for the phone call.

liz is calling from arizona. what do you think? >> caller: hi. my suggestion to the navy regarding the women on submarines is to have an all female crew. that choice would totally eliminate any additional funding to recon figure the sleeping space for the entire fleet because if one sub has it the other ones have to, as well. and that would ultimately result in one less expense dumped on the backs of tax-weary americans. >> okay. liz. in lieu of that, that's actually i think the first i've heard or read of that today as christi and i have been reading our pages. in lieu of that, though, are you open to the idea of a coed sub? do you have any reservations? >> caller: absolutely i am. i think women are as capable as the men in many different categories and i think that a good choice would be to let them do and pick what they would like

to do for their career in the military. >> okay. >> caller: and i think it's a great idea. >> liz, thank you for your phone call. we appreciate it. >> caller: thank you. >> we want your views on this. do you think putting women on submarines is a positive step or could it create distracting sexual tension within the ranks? this is how you can call. 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/hln. send a text to hln tv or add a comment to our facebook pages. my page is richelle carey hln and christi paul hln or chuck roberts hln. this is going to be a good discussion, christi. >> it is and i have to tell you brendan on my page brought up the same thing liz did. how about an all female crew? why not? brendan might want to be on that sub. >> i think maybe. maybe. >> thank you, richelle. >> sure. >> all right. the parents of a missing '80s sitcom actor are in vancouver right now as the search for their son is ramping up.

what they say about andrew koenig's state of mind just before he disappeared.

well, the parents of missing growing pains actor andrew koenig are now in vancouver to try to find their son. andrew hasn't been seen since valentine's day. his father, walter koenig, who played check off on "star trek" said andrew was despondent before he vanished. he was in vancouver visiting friends. two days after the 41-year-old was last seen his cell phone was active near the city's stanley park. in an interview on nbc's today show his parents said they are worried he might have hurt himself. >> it's very tough. he was very depressed. >> about what? about his life. i don't want to think that way. i'm trying very hard not to think that way. >> he is much loved and beloved in this world. and i just hope he gets that

feeling. >> vancouver police say they are receiving tips including one koenig was seen at an olympic venue but so far nothing is solidified. every teacher at a rhode island high school, gone, fired. the school board voted on this last night. now, the superintendent says something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are so bad. the superintendent offered another option, for teachers to provide extra tutoring, but they refused because it didn't come with extra pay. >> we know it's a very important job. we come in well prepared every day. the teachers come in well prepared every day. >> this is not about blaming teachers. this is about changing a culture in a high school and assuring that only the very, very best are part of that team because that's what these children need and what they deserve. >> the turn-around plan also includes finding a new principal. some teachers could be hired back apparently. what do you think of this,

firing all the teachers? is it too drastic? is it a great resolution? we want to know your thoughts. call us at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us hln tv. standard rates apply. give us your views and we'll air some of your responses in about 20 minutes. facebook us as well. you may have to do more legwork to get a good deal online. hln money expert clark howard tells you why it's harder to track down a bargain now. >> do you do online shopping? i do a lot of it. and something that's been annoying the daylights out of me lately is trying to figure out what something is going to cost. you go to a website and they'll say, load this in your shopping cart and then will tell you the price. i'm even seeing in newspaper ads where they'll say, special price and you have to go in to see what it is. do you know what all this results from? a decision by the u.s. supreme

court three years ago which gave manufacturers new power over the pricing that things that they make and sell to a retailer but then in turn the retailer can charge the public for the item. especially in the online shopping world where it used to be so neat to go to those websites and compare prices over multiple stores, now you're going to have to do more legwork to find the bargains. you have to go website by website and look at what the price is once you get to checkout. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to stretch that buck, go to cnn.com/clark howard. >> get more great consumer advice every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln "news and views." clark will help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. we all know bull fights can be dangerous. this borders on outrageous. why some spectators jumped into the arena only to be charged and

attacked by the bull.

the man accused of opening fire at a colorado middle school is making his first appearance before a judge. 32-year-old bruko eastwood is appearing over a video hookup between the jail and courthouse. prosecutors are preparing attempted murder charges against him but police say the gunman opened fire in the parking lot of deer creek middle school in littleton, colorado. classes had just let out for the day. two students went to the hospital. we know one is in critical condition. the gunman might have hit more students had it not been for the actions of david benke, the math teacher who was on monitor duty in the parking lot.

he saw the man with the rifle and he jumped him. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. i knew after he got a shot off i would be able to grab him before he would be able to work the action again. i had always told my students since columbine that if anything happened in a school that i would hope that i would be able to do something. not, you know, for the -- for anything other than i would just hope i would have the courage. >> well, his hope came true and he certainly did. columbine high school, remember the scene of that horrific shooting in 1999, is just three miles away. deer creek middle school is on west columbine drive, in fact. and a man wanted for questioning about the murder of 7-year-old somer thompson appeared in a florida courtroom today over closed circuit tv. steve douglas of our florida

affiliate wjxt has been following the thompson investigation. thank you so much for being with us. what happened in court today? >> well, christi, it was a long process for jarred harrell to come here to clay county to face charges of child pornography. he is a person of interest in the somer thompson case. he was extradited from mississippi yesterday and in a 12-hour drive here just south of jacksonville he arrived around 1:45 in the morning and made first appearance around 8:00 in front of a judge after all of the other first appearance inmates were gone. they emptied out the courthouse and brought him in via closed circuit television all by himself. the room empties out. and in walks jarred harrell for the first time in a florida court to answer to child porn charges. the case has attracted quite a bit of attention. in court today the justice coalition here on behalf of dina thompson, harrell is a person of

interest in her daughter somer's murder. and even outside court this group of bikers rallying on the side of highway 17 for justice for somer. >> they're waiting on answers for a baby that was not only brutally murdered but also thrown in the trash, thrown in a dumpster like she was a piece of trash. >> we just want justice. you know? we want justice for somer. we want justice for other children. >> this community really has mobilized not only in the days after somer's murder but still now about five months later you still see stickers like this, justice for somer. banners, ribbons with purple, her favorite color, all over town trying to keep her name and her memory in their minds until someone is formally charged in her murder. reporting live in clay county, steve douglas. >> steve, let me ask you quickly, what do we know about harrell's background? is there a criminal history there? >> very, very limited, christi. in the clay county records, just

a few traffic infractions, really, it seems like he steered clear of the law before the child porn charges. he is facing 29 counts of possession of child pornography. that's what brought him back to florida. he was actually living in mississippi when arrested. didn't face any charges there. wasn't arrested for anything in mississippi. was extradited back here and so far they've only called him a person of interest in somer thompson's case. >> okay. steve douglas live for us in jacksonville. thanks so much for the update. we appreciate it. well, nancy kerrigan's brother we have learned is out of jail. mark kerrigan was charged with assaulting their father at home shortly before he died. kerrigan was released on $10,000 bail. 72-year-old daniel kerrigan died last month after a fight with his son. the kerrigan family issued a statement saying they're delighted to have mark back home. >> we are treating it extremely seriously. >> a public apology is what you can expect from akio toyoda when he testifies before congress

today. the house oversight and government reform committee is investigating toyota's massive recall and the flaws that sparked it. in a statement prepared for today, toyoda, grandson of the company founder and current ceo, says the company grew too fast and didn't keep up with safety controls. toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars worldwide for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals. now, at first the company said floor mats got jammed into accelerat accelerators were the problem but later said accelerators on some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. many officials say new models or some are getting a brake override control. shock jock howard stern says he's hosting a beauty pageant. the contestants are tiger woods' alleged mistresses. at least that's what tmz is reporting. yesterday stern announced four of the women have signed up for the $100,000 competition.

now, he hasn't said which of the women are competing. but the first woman named as an alleged mistress, rachel uchitel, reportedly cannot participate because of her settlement with woods. so tmz is saying a friend of uchitel wants to give stern a cardboard cutout of her in various states of dress so she can compete. a world famous cell phone message, the one where tiger woods appears to ask his alleged mistress jaimee grubbs to change her recorded greeting. here it is. >> hey, it's tiger. i'll need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone? my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> now check out the intro to a new song by rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is luda, okay? look, i need you to do me a huge

favor. um, can -- can you please take your name off of your phone? my -- my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. ♪ >> the name of that song is "sexting" and as you might guess from the title it serves as a warning for anyone who might worry that their girl might go through the cell phone. trouble walking is one of the biggest challenges for people with multiple sclerosis. the fda recently approved a new medication that should help patients improve their walking speed. susan hendricks has more in today's "health minute." >> reporter: connie kirby had always been a woman on the go. married, five children. >> been a busy lady. had a lot of responsibilities. >> but 15 years ago multiple sclerosis slowed her down. the chronic disease affects electrical signals that travel down nerve fibers. >> multiple sclerosis attacks the insulation of those nerve fibers and makes communication to and from the body less

efficient. >> reporter: for the past six years connie has been part of trials of a new drug designed to help ms sufferers walk faster. it's called ampyra and the fda has approved it to help people with all forms of ms improve walking speed. >> if you look at a typical group of people with ms about 90% will report some difficulty with walking and that might mean slowness of walking, it might mean something like using a cane or a walker. >> but the drug won't work for everyone and it's expensive. a thousand dollars a month wholesale. it has not been tested on people who have lost their ability to walk. for connie ampyra has worked wonders. >> i'm able to move better and do what i have to do. >> reporter: leaving her time to spend with her family. for today's "health minute" i'm susan hendricks. actor charlie sheen is on a break from his hit tv show "two and a half men" and the break could be extended. we'll tell you where the actor

is right now.

actor charlie sheen is in rehab. we don't know what for. but his publicist says it's a preventative measure. he is taking time off from his hit show. his wife brooke mueller is in rehab for substance abuse we know. this week it was confirmed she switched clinics for what her lawyer called a major breach of privacy. >> she's upset because she went into the canyon rehabilitation

facility with the full confidence that her issues would be taken care of and she would be treated medically and they violated the privacy any patient would have when they go in for medical help. one of the employees there actually took her admission notes and tried to sell them to various media outlets. >> we haven't heard from that rehab center yet but sheen is accused of assault for an alleged domestic dispute on christmas and he denies those charges. so u.s. navy submarines may be going coed. the pentagon wants to lift the ban that kept women off subs. it's part of a broader push to re-evaluate women's combat rules. the navy's plan would phase in women officers on larger subs first. living quarters are apparently easier to change on those subs. now, congress has 30 days to comment on the idea. cadets who graduate from the naval academy this year could be among the first women to take submarine posts but what are your views on that? do you think putting women on subs is a positive step or could

it create distracting sexual tension within the ranks? call us at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln. text us, hln tv, or go to our facebook pages. mine is christi paul, hln. i'd love to hear from you. richelle and chuck have pages as well. we'll be talking about this in a bit. meanwhile, a rhode island high school where half the students never graduate is cleaning house. why the school board is telling every teacher on the faculty, you're fired.

the parents of missing "growing pains" actor andrew koenig are in vancouver trying to find their son. andrew hasn't been seen since valentine's day. his father, walter, says andrew was despondent in the days before he vanished. he was apparently visiting friends in vancouver. two days after the 41-year-old was last seen his cell phone was active near the city stanley park. in an interview on nbc's "today" show his parents said they are worried that he might have hurt himself. >> it's very tough. he was very depressed. >> about what? >> about his life.

i don't want to think that way. i am trying very hard not to think that way. >> he is much loved and beloved in this world and i just hope he gets that feeling. >> vancouver police say they're receiving tips including one that koenig was seen at an olympic venue but so far nothing solidified. listen to this one. every teacher, every teacher at a rhode island high school fired. the school board voted on this last night. here's the thing. the superintendent says something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are so bad. the superintendent offered another option for teachers to provide extra tutoring but they refused apparently because it didn't come with extra pay. >> we know it's a very important job. we come in well prepared every day. the teachers come in well prepared every day.

>> this is not about blaming pictures. this is about changing a culture in a high school and ensuring that only the very, very best are part of that team because that's what these children need and what they deserve. >> now, the turn-around plan also includes finding a new principal. some teachers could be hired back here but is firing all the teachers too drastic or do you think it's the right solution? we want to know what you think. we should point out, richelle, this school graduates what, just a little less than half of its students? >> the numbers are very, very bad, christi, which is why the story is getting a lot of attention which is why there were so many drastic views and always politics involved, as well. >> of course. >> when you're talking about things like this. there are a lot of issues to muddy it. the questions are really simple. do you think a move like this is too drastic or maybe you think it's exactly the right move. we're trying to boil it down to something really simple and take a lot of the local politics out of it. let me read some comments from my facebook page. richelle carey, hln. you all jumped on this topic immediately.

okay? parents should be held accountable also but if the staff aren't doing their job, bye-bye. and anyway, they are finishing out the school year and about 50% can reapply. so i agree with the school district. that's davina. keirre says this. ug, i hate when teachers get blamed for kids not succeeding. teachers need to be social workers, friends, educators, security guards and parents away from home all while trying to help these sad children progress. let's just finally say it. it stinks to be a teacher in this day and age. these students are just hopeless. to all teachers, go back to school and become nurses or something. at least you'll be appreciated more. >> terry is calling us from rhode island. all right. how do you see this? >> caller: well, if i don't do my job, i don't get a pay raise. in fact, if i don't do my job i probably lose my job. teachers in rhode island, specifically central falls but also other parts of rhode island like coventry where i'm from,

teachers are too much involved in being disciplinarians and security guards like the previous caller said. that's not what they're there for. they are there to teach our kids and if they can't do their job they shouldn't have a job. >> let me let you finish your point. >> caller: if they don't come in prepared to teach our kids and do their best job that they can do for our children, our future, then they don't deserve to be there. i'm sure there is someone else with a teaching degree who's more than willing to step in for a little less pay than what these teachers get because their pay is outrageous. and someone else can step in and do the job. >> some would say what do you mean teachers' pay is outrageous? a lot of the teachers we're talking about did make a lot more than what most teachers make. >> caller: our teachers are some of the highest paid in the country anywhere from 40 to $90,000 a year. >> let me ask you something, a point that you made. i understand with jobs needing to be results oriented. that's fair. but you did list a lot of things there that some would say shouldn't be part of a teacher's job anymore and maybe that's why

they can't get the results that they need. what do you think about that? >> caller: absolutely. we have police officers in our school in coventry. i don't know whether the school or the police department is paying them but we're paying police officers to sit around in an office in school, yet the teachers want to be disciplinarians all day and they spend half their day chasing kids around. skipping classes or whatever. >> it does make it tough for some of these teachers to do their jobs. terry, thank you for the information, thanks for calling from the affected state. we appreciate it. howard is calling us from right here in atlanta. howard, you're one of these people that sees some of the difficult challenges that teachers have to deal with. >> caller: first of all, i think it's not the teachers' problem. i know a lot of teachers who go out and buy extra books, pencils, supplies, even toilet paper for these kids. i personally think that what we should do is we should make the parents responsible for their kids not being able to pass the

tests and give them a dummy surcharge, okay. if you can't pass the test, then you just need to pay more money to go to school. when i was a kid, my father and my mother took responsibility for me learning. the teachers were great, but we had some kids in there whose parents didn't take responsibility, didn't make sure that they did their homework and that happens today around the country. detroit, atlanta, everywhere. these kids are outrageous. >> true, the parents deafenly have to step up as well, but the teaching is a significant part of that, is it not? >> caller: what was that again? >> i said the parents do need to step up. i'm getting a lot of comments to that effect. but the teaching is a significant part of it, is it not? >> caller: yeah. these teachers have to deal like they said with discipline. these kids come in with cell phones and the parents -- the teachers can't even do anything about it. i mean it's a real joke. >> it's tough out there, howard. thank you. we're just getting started. you can tell all the passion that we're going to be dealing with today, firing all these

teachers. is that too drastic, what happened in rhode island? call us at 1-877-tell-hln or go to our facebook pages. we want to know what do you think about this. we realize you'll be talking about your own districts as well too. back to you. >> thank you so much. we've got a police chase for you that's got some elements you probably have not seen before. $

something hit my windshield on the driver's side in front of my face. caved the windshield in. glass everywhere. i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. how could this happen and why did it happen? you just don't know what to think. >> his car is by itself. he's on the hood while the car is still moving. a financial meltdown in fwre greece spills into the streets. welcome, thanks for joining us. i'm chuck roberts with hln "news

and views." the man accused of opening fire at a colorado middle school in littleton, colorado, is making his first court appearance right now. 32-year-old bruco strongeagle eastwood is appearing over a video hookup between the jail and the court house. prosecutors are preparing attempted murder charges against him. police say the gunman opened fire in the parking lot of deer creek middle school in littleton. classes had just let out for the day, about 3:00 mountain time. two students went to the hospital. one is in critical condition. the gunman might have hit more students save for the actions of a math teacher, david benke, who was on monitor duty in the parking lot and saw the man with the rifle and jumped him. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle, and i knew that after he got a shot off, i would be able to grab him before he would be able to work the action again. i had always told my students since columbine that if anything

happened in a school, that i would hope that i would be able, you know, to do something, not, you know, for anything other than i would just hope that i would have the courage. >> some of the brave people who stopped the shooting suspect at deer creek middle school are making a statement right now, including david benke, from whom you just heard. let's listen in. a news conference under way in golden, colorado. >> these are our jeff co employees and they are symbolic of 12,000 other employees and they are representing their school today with great honor. so i will turn it over to rob. david? becky? i think they're coming up here together. >> a united front. >> i want to first say that there's a member of the deer creek staff who is not here, norm hanni.

and norm was the guy on top while i was on the bottom of what my wife calls the bad guy sandwich. and then when the sheriff's guys came and took care of the person, norm went back and was with his kids, and, you know, helped them evacuate afterwards. okay. yeah. betsy thompson told me that basically we have kind of a moral obligation to try and make sure that we kind of use this to talk about what works, what doesn't work, things like that, and so that's the reason why we're here. >> teamwork.

teamwork works. all together we did this. >> we go through many times during the year we go through a variety of emergency drills, and one of the things that we learn is no matter what scenario presents itself, it's not usually the one that's going to actually happen some day. so, you know, one of the things that i can say is the principal of the building is very, very proud of the staff and the way they handled the situation. you get thrown a lot of curve balls in an emergency situation and we got them all. and we got the kids out of the building and to safety. we got them back to their parents. we've got two students who were injured. one of them is doing well, the other one is still at the hospital and we hear that he is progressing well, but we're still waiting to find out how things are going with him too. so obviously our prayers and our thoughts are with those families right now too.

>> i know you've answered this question, but i want to ask it again. can you tell us what went through your mind if you had time to think as this happens. and secondly, what prior training may have played in your reaction? >> well, i noticed that he was working a bolt action rifle. i noticed that and realized that i had time to get him before he could chamber another round. and basically i -- whenever we had had these drills and whenever we had worked with students, i said basically if something happens and there's something that i can do about it, i want to try and do something about it, right.

and i said i hope that i'm capable of doing something about it. and so what was going through my mind was that i promised. >> and what is it like today, knowing that you faced this and that you were capable? >> it bothers me that i was a little bit late. it bothers me that he got the second shot off. i only heard -- i only heard one and then saw another one and it bothers me that he got the second shot off and that was the one that hit matt. >> dr. benke, can you talk a little bit about your relationship with matt? you taught him a year ago. >> yeah. he was a really cool kid. if i remember correctly, he was in regular seventh grade math

and he was doing really, really well with it. basically i said, okay, matt, what we're going to do is we're going to do a couple of things and try to get you skipped up to algebra i next year instead of our prealgebra. he was a really great kid. earlier, i don't remember whether it was last week or earlier this week that i was in mrs. bathrick's class just talking to her and matt said hey, dr. benke, high five. and i said, you know, matt, i'm getting old. i can only see students when they're in their chair with their hand raised, right. and so then we got the high five after he sat back down. but, you know, he was -- he is a great kid. we're hoping to be able to see him later this afternoon. we really -- becky and rob were kind of on their way to see him this morning and then they kind

of got corralled. >> have you had any conversations with the parents yet and how have those conversations gone? >> which parents? >> matt's. >> matt's, no. >> there have been reports that the suspect was inside the school, had a visitor's badge. what can you tell us about all of that? >> actually becky can probably tell you more. >> actually he came at about noon. >> and what did he say and what did he do? what was his demeanor? he got a visitor's badge? >> well, normally any time someone comes in the building, we have him sign in at the main office, so we know he did that much. but then we know he left. and then that was all we knew at that point in time. >> right. >> dr. benke, did you see him prior to the bolt action on the gun? >> no. >> was that your first sighting of him? >> yes. >> and was there any particular part of the training that you

went through and the teachers have had since columbine that really helped you yesterday? >> all of it. >> yeah. >> all of it. >> i mean really. i mean, you know, you just are doing what you can do to try to protect your kids. >> yep. >> the kids did what they were supposed to do. that was they scattered and went, you know, got out of there. and then we did what we were supposed to do, which was basically try to protect them. >> but just being there, was that part of it? >> well, you know, the fact that we were even out on duty and things like that is something that we try to make certain of. i mean, you know, teachers gripe about after school duty. we would much rather be working with students. but we were out there. >> i believe that the drills that we go through, which we do

go through. we have a fire drill once a month and we have our emergency drills several times a year, and i believe those drills prepared us for what happened yesterday in many, many ways. >> how many teachers are on duty after -- you said you were on duty and teachers gripe about it. is there a number you have? >> there is. we have four teachers. we have one paraprofessional and rob and i are out there often. >> you were on duty? >> mm-hmm. >> there were reports that the suspect went to the middle school in the early '90s. >> i don't know if he did or didn't. i've been there five years, so i'm not certain of that. >> becky, tell me about your role. i understand it was the first contact. >> absolutely was. i was in the office and on my way out to duty and heard the pop. and walked out -- not walked actually, i pretty much ran out

and saw dr. benke coming from the parking lot, sprinting actually. i saw the suspect with the gun and when i saw dr. benke and the look on his face, i knew that we needed to help. so i saw david, went out, tried to help him. david tackled him. when david -- when they tackled, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought was i need to get that gun away from anywhere that he can get to it again. so i grabbed the gun by the leather strap and got it out of there. i went into the building and told them to lock down very quickly and ran back out to help david. at that time norm hanni was already there and two of our very wonderful bus drivers were helping and so i saw that they had him under control and went and checked on to see who was out there. >> and norm was getting kids around the corner. >> yeah.

i didn't know where he came from. >> most people when they hear a gunshot would run the other direction. >> those are heroes indeed. that is the assistant principal, becky brown, who grabbed the rifle and the man on the far right is dr. david benke, a seventh grade math teacher, who actually disabled the shooter yesterday at the middle school, deer creek middle school in littleton, colorado. a shooter a appeared on campus with a bolt action rifle, opened fire and as you just heard dr. benke say, that it bothers me i was a little late. that he did grab the shooter, he did disable the shooter, but not before he got off a second shot. and seriously injured matt, one of the two students injured yesterday. only a couple of miles from columbine high school, the scene of the massacre in 1999. nobody was killed yesterday, two injured in the shooting. we'll be right back.

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kerrigan's brother is out of jail. he is charged with assaulting their father shortly before he died. he was released on $10,000 bail this morning. a judge released him to his mother's care and he'll live with her in the home where his father died. mark kerrigan has been fitted with a gps tracking device and isn't allowed to leave home without permission. 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died after getting into a fight with his son. the family issued a statement saying they're delighted to have mark back home and they want their privacy. shock jock howard stern says he's hosting a beauty pageant and the contestants, tiger woods' alleged mistresses. at least that's what the website tmz is reporting. yesterday howard stern announced four of the women already signed up for the $100,000 competition. he hasn't said which of the women are competing, but the first woman named as alleged mistress, rachel uchitel, reportedly can't participate because of his settlement deal with woods so tmz says a friend of uchitel, and that's not uchitel, by the way, wants to give stern a cardboard cutout of

her in various states of dress to battle it out. it's now a world famous cell phone clip, the one where tiger appears to be asking his alleged mistress, jaimee grubbs, to change her recorded greeting. >> hey, it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone. my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> now check out the intro to a new song by rapper ludicris. >> hey, this is luda, okay. look, i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone? my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> the name of the song is "sexting" and he is obviously poking fun at woods and anybody

else who might worry their girl might go through air cell phone account. charlie sheen's off-air life doesn't read like a script. his wife is in rehab and now he is too.

riot police fired tear gas at people protesting the salary freezes and tax increases and the other hardships they have been enduring in athens, greece. they're angry with the government for cutbacks the government says will save the economy. union workers are on strike which has grounded flights and shut down public schools and public services too numerous to mention. the parents of andrew conic are now in vancouver to try to find their son. koenig has not been seen since valentine's day. his dad played on" star trek" and said andrew was despondent in the days before he vanished.

two days after the 41-year-old was last seen his cell phone was active near stanley park, a huge park right at the tip of the peninsula from forms most of downtown vancouver. his parents said they're worried that he might have hurt himself. >> it's very tough. he was very depressed. >> about what? >> about his life. i don't want to think that way. i'm trying very hard not to think that way. >> he is much loved and beloved in this world, and i just hope he gets that feeling. >> vancouver police say they're receiving a lot of tips, including one that he was seen at an olympic venue, but nothing solid yet. every teacher at a rhode island high school just north of providence, every one, including the principal and all the staff, assistant principals, they're all fired, pink slipped. the school board voted this last night. the superintendent said something had to be done because

test scores and graduation rates are so pathetic. the superintendent offered another option for teachers to provide extra tutoring, but they all refused because it didn't come with extra pay. >> we know it's a very important job. we come in well prepared every day. the teachers come in well prepared every day. >> this is not about blaming teachers, this is about changing a culture in a high school, ensuring that only the very, very best are a part of that team because that's what these children need and what they deserve. >> the turn-around plan includes finding a new principal. some teachers could be hired back. firing all teachers, is it too drastic or is it a great resolution and where do you go from there? what's the plan b? we'd love to know your thoughts. call us 1-877-tell-hln, e-mail at cnn.com/hln, text hlntv. standard text rates apply. the olympics aren't only about world class competition, they're also about a lot of heart. a canadian figure skater has heart to spare and she showed it

last night. her mom died unexpectedly over the weekend and yet she took to the ice anyway. we'll tell you how she did.

the man accused of opening fire at a colorado middle school in littleton, colorado, is making his first court appearance. 32-year-old bruco strongeagle eastwood is appear buying video hookup between the jail and the court house. prosecutors are preparing attempted murder charges against him. police say the gunman opened fire in the parking lot of deer creek middle school yesterday. classes had just let out for the day of it was about 3:00 in the afternoon. two students are in the hospital, one in critical condition. the gunman might have hit more students save for the actions of a math teacher, david benke, who was on monitor duty after class

in the parking lot. saw a man with a rifle and jumped him. >> it bothers me that i was a little bit late. it bothers me that he got the second shot off. i only heard -- i only heard one, and then saw another one and it bothers me that he got the second shot off, and that was the one that hit matt. >> matt thieu is the student and he's a very popular student, according to david benke. columbine high school, the scene of the horrific shooting in 1999 is only three miles away. in fact deer creek middle school is on west columbine drive. the columbine killings, of course, radically changed the way all public schools view campus security. law enforcement analyst mike brooks joins us. mike, they train a lot, don't they, not just in jefferson county but all over the country. >> all over the country, but especially jefferson county. jefferson county sheriff's office took some criticism after

this was over they didn't act fast enough but they did what they thought they had to do to save lives at that time, chuck. now there's active shooter programs. every police department in the country. you go to schools and sometimes now you see numbers on different doors of schools and that's part of the preplanning for incidents like this. we heard their press conference that they have drills all the time at this particular school and other schools and that's what probably saved a lot of these kids' lives. >> 32-year-old brew kuko eastwo who is he? >> his father describes him as basically a drifter who's had mental problems all along. he doesn't really have any money to get any help for that. one thing that bothers me, chuck. they said they press conference today that he apparently went to the school about noon and signed in. then he left. what was he there for? you know, if i'm at a principal's office and i'm signing somebody in, where are you going, who are you seeing, what business do you have here and how long are you going to

be? if somebody comes -- you stay there until somebody comes to meet you. otherwise you wait outside the school or leave the school grounds completely. >> plus he had a rap sheet. >> the colorado bureau of investigation said he's been arrested at least nine times. assault, menacing with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct, dui, he had a fugitive warrant one time and numerous traffic offenses. apparently just a 32-year-old drifter. he lived seven and a half miles from this school. something that's also ironic, chuck, is apparently the school back in 1982 had another incident where one student shot another student in a bicycle storage area, shot and killed him, but that was back in 1982. >> 28 years ago. >> there's been some questions, did this guy go to this school one time. they really don't know. they're looking into that right now. >> he was muttering. >> he was muttering something incoherently. they really don't know what his motive was. but dr. benke, who was that teacher, along with the assistant principal, they are the true heroes in this story.

>> what can a 3006 weapon do? >> you have to open the bolt and close it back down for another one to feed in. i don't know if this one had a magazine or if he was putting them manually into the chamber. >> let's listen to the assistant principal. this was just a few minutes ago. she's one of the heroes mike just talked about. here she is. >> i pretty much ran out and saw dr. benke coming from the parking lot, sprinting actually. i saw the suspect with the gun and when i saw dr. benke and the look on his face, i knew that we needed to help. so i saw david, went out, tried to help him. david tackled him. when david -- when they tackled, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought was i need to get that gun away from anywhere that he can get to it again. so i grabbed the gun by the leather strap and got it out of

there. went into the building and told them to lock down very quickly and ran back out. >> wow, becky brown talking about dr. benke. by the way, there's a facebook page up for dr. benke is a hero with like nine exclamation marks. 15,000 people. >> by the end of the day it will probably be tripled. on the deer creek middle school website, there's notice that deer creek middle will be closed today, wednesday, february 24th. counselors will be available for students beginning at 7:30 a.m. at stony creek elementary, so they're doing what they can for the students. this affects everybody, not just the students there at that school. other schools too. you know who are in fear sometimes to go to school. but this area, it takes a bad rap, you know. littleton, colorado, it is gorgeous out there. i was just out there not too long ago. a former fbi buddy of mine lives out there, but it is gorgeous. these are isolated incidents. >> mike, you add so much. thank you, appreciate the update. >> thank you, chuck. a public apology, that's

what you can expect from akio toyoda when he testifies today before congress. the house oversight and government reform committee investigating toyota's massive recall and the flaws that sparked it and the delays in getting all this to the public, that's ray lahood, the transportation secretary. in a statement prepared for today toyoda, the chairman and the grandson of the car maker's founder, said the company just grew too fast and didn't keep up with safety controls. toyota has recalled eight and a half million cars worldwide for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals. at first the company said floor mats that got jammed in accelerators were the problem and later that accelerators on some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. officials say many new models are getting a brake override control. you hit the brake, it disables the accelerator. getting a lot of e-mails from viewers who say that we're misspelling the ceo's name. well, we checked and we are spelling it correctly. it is a d-a, not t-a. that's how akio spells his last

name. his family changed the name of the company. toyota sounds better in japanese. toyota, again with a t, is made with eight pen strokes. that's considered lucky. finally toyoda, with a d, means, quote, fertile rice paddies in japanese. changing the name helped the company not sound so old-fashioned. and there you have it. a rhode island high school where half the students never graduate is cleaning house. why the school board is telling every teacher on staff you're fired. we're getting your views on whether that's too drastic.

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impoverished rhode island high school is fired, gone. the school board voted this last night. the superintendent said something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are so pathetic. the superintendent offered another option for teachers to provide extra tutoring, but they refused because it didn't come with extra pay. the turn-around plan includes finding a new principal. some teachers could be hired back. is firing all of them too drastic or a pretty good resolution. we'd love to know what you think and richelle carey is providing comments. many of them arrived like moments after we posted this on our facebook page. >> because it is that drastic of a move. we thought we had one topic picked and we switched gears because it grabs your attention. you're like they did what? yeah, they fired every teacher. we posted the topic and you started weighing in right away so let's jump right in. we got an e-mail from jim in north carolina who likes the idea. he says thank god for the rhode island school board that fired all the teachers that are in the

school with the lowest scores in the state. if more school boards did this, our education level in public schools wouldn't be so terrible. education is a precious thing and the poor teachers hide behind the teachers unions that protect the weak and hinder the good teachers from getting ahead. jim kind of threw down the ga t gauntlet there. lynn is calling from kentucky. i understand that your husband is a middle school teacher. >> caller: yes, he is. >> so who do you blame for these terrible scores, for children not graduating? let's talk about this. >> caller: parents. it's the parents' problem. well, you know, kids, you know, they come home from school 90%, and i tell you they go, they play, they don't do their homework. you know, teachers and parents need to work as a team for it to work. teachers don't get paid enough, you know, enough money to be

miracle workers. >> well, these teachers in particular, and i realize that a lot of people that will be calling will be talking from their own perspective and their own school district, these teachers in particular did have an exceptionally high salary and there's a lot of local politics involved there. but in general, yes, most people agree teachers don't get paid enough. but can we talk about that there always seems to be so much blame back and forth. teachers blaming parents, parents blaming teachers, blaming administrators. how to we get ahead and stop all the finger pointing. >> number one, they need to get rid of test scores. number two is, like i said -- >> that's an interesting concept, actually. we may have to toss that around a little more and see what people think about that. lynn, thank you for your ideas an your perspective, we appreciate it very much. madeline is calling us from san diego. madeline, you're also someone who says that you think the parents need to step up as well, but i want you to talk about that but also talk about what do you think about this idea that

this school district said bye to all of these teachers? >> caller: well, i think that the teachers are doing their job, because quite frankly i don't think the students are interested in learning. they're not interested in learning because their parents aren't making them get interested in learning. and these teachers are being used as a very expensive baby-sitter. >> is that always the case, madeline? sure, there are parents that are not stepping up, sure, there are students that don't care. can it also be said that in some situations, some, i don't know specifically about this case in rhode island, i'm talking generalities, are there not some cases where some teachers need to be held accountable as well? some? >> caller: there might be some and i've got a solution for that. >> go ahead. >> caller: you reported earlier that the school administrator suggested after-school tutoring be given. well, if they want to find out if these teachers at the coventry school are at fault,

why don't they get tutors from some of the better schools to donate their time with these students. >> interesting. >> caller: to see if they can bring their scores up. >> you aren't kidding when you said you had an interesting solution to toss out there. thanks for the conversation, we appreciate it. what about this? they fired all the teachers, all the teachers at this one school. is that drastic? maybe you like drastic moves like this because you want to see a change. maybe you think that's the wrong way to go and you don't like all this finger pointing. call us at 1-877-tell-hln. the e-mail address is cnn.com/hln. also send us a text to hlntv. our last callers threw out some interesting ideas. you never know. what do you think about this? chuck, how about that? >> i think it's an interesting concept. i had teachers that made a difference in my life. i'd hate to think they'd lose their job because overall the school wasn't doing well. >> that's a great point. you don't want to get a few

people lumped in with everybody. >> thanks. charlie sheen stars in the hit show on cbs but his off-air life doesn't read like a script. his wife is in rehab and now he is too.

shock jock howard stern said he's hosting a beauty pageant and the contestants would all be tiger woods' alleged mistresses. it's a big story on the website tmz right now. yesterday howard stern announced four of the women have already signed up in the $100,000 competition. he's not said which women are competing. but the first woman named, alleged mistress rachel uchitel, that's not her, by the way right there, can't participate because of a settlement with woods so tmz said a friend of uchitel wants to give howard stern a cardboard cutout of her in various states of dress to battle it out apparently. it's a now famous world famous cell phone message, the one where tiger appears to ask his alleged mistress, jaimee grubbs, to change her recorded greeting. >> hey, it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone. my wife went through my phone

and may be calling you. >> now check out the intro to a new song just out from rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is luda, okay. look, i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone. my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> the name of the song is "sexting" and he is obviously poking fun at woods and maybe anybody else that might worry their girl would go through their cell phone account. all right. the parents of missing "growing pains" actor andrew koenig are in vancouver trying to find their son. he has not been seen since valentine's day. his father is walter who played on "star trek." he said andrew was despondent in recent days, the days before he vanished. two days after the 41-year-old was last seen, his cell phone was active near stanley park, which is in the heart of

vancouver. in an interview on the "today" show his parents are worried he might have hurt himself. >> it's very tough. he was very depressed. >> about what? >> about his life. i don't want to think that way. i'm trying very hard not to think that way. >> he is much loved and beloved in this world, and i just hope he gets that feeling. >> police in vancouver said they're receiving tips, including one that he was last seen at an olympic venue. actor charlie sheen is in rehab, we don't know what for. his publicist calls it a preentive measure. he's taking time off from his hit show "two and a half men." his wife, brooke, is in rehab for substance abuse. this week it was confirmed she switched clinics for what her lawyer calls a major breach of privacy. no word from that rehab center. charlie sheen is accused of assault for an alleged domestic

dispute on christmas. congress is grilling toyota executives, but who's answering to you when your car is in trouble? personal finance editor gerri willis has strategies on how you can have your complaint heard. >> toyota taking the heat on capitol hill. lawmakers are probing the car giant over recalls and allegations of slow response time. how get your complaint about car trouble heard? you can file a complaint with the national highway transportation safety administration. in the case of toyota, filing complaints helped initiate recalls. this agency does have limitations. it is not obligated to investigate your complaint. as few as five complaints have triggered an investigation that led to a recall. other investigations that led to recalls haven't started until 1,500 complaints accumulated. once an investigation is launched it takes 262 days to conclude. as a consumer you have little

choice. nhtsa is your only outlet. file a complaint at nhtsa.gov or call 88-327-4236. you may be contacted by the agency to see if your are part of a safety defect trend. some info you need to complete online such as the model of the car and vehicle idcation number. events leading up to the failure, how often failures occur and what the consequences were, any repairs, replacements you've done. you want to describe the conditions of the road and what you were doing at the time. the pentagon considers a major policy change when it comes to the u.s. navy. women at sea may be allowed to serve on submarines. they have been on surface vessels for many years.

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something hit my windshield on the driver's side in front of my face, caved the windshield in, glass everywhere. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. >> how could this happen and why did it happen? you don't know what to think. >> his car is by itself. he is on the hood while the car is still moving. >> you are looking at a financial meltdown in greece that is spilling into the streets. thank you so much for being with us. i'm christi paul.

i hope you are making some good memories today. i want to talk to you about a colorado middle school student who is in critical condition. the man who is accused of opening fire went before a judge today. police say they don't know what set off the shooting. the gunman shot two students. one was not seriously hurt. the other is hospitalized in critical condition. a math teacher tackled the gunman before he could fire again. >> i noted that he was working a bolt-sax rifle. i noticed that and realized that i had time to get him before he could chamber another round. and basically, i -- whenever we had had these drills and whenever we had worked with students i said, basically, if

something happens and there's something i can do about it, i want to try and do something about it. what was going through my mind was that i promised. >> i was in the office and on my way out to duty and heard the pop. and walked out, not walked, actually, i pretty much ran out and saw dr. benke coming from the parking lot, sprinting, actually. saw the suspect with the gun and when i saw dr. benke and the look on his face i knew that we needed to help so saw david, went out, tried to help him. david tackled him. when they tackled, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought was i need to get that gun away from anywhere he could get to it again. i grabbed the gun by the leather strap and got it out of there. those kids are my kids and it's

important and my teachers. we're like family so it was very, very important that i be able to help both the children, the community, the parents were out there and it's my school. and david was out there and he's my colleague and i saw him and when i saw him and saw what he was doing i knew i had to help. >> obviously very emotional. the man accused of the shootings made his first court appearance. the judge ordered bruco strong eagle eastwood held on $1 million bond. his father says he doesn't know why his son would open fire on the school. >> he had bills and couldn't pay them. hadn't had a job for years. couldn't hold a job that is his ways, not really knowing what he's doing half the time.

>> eastwood faces two counts of attempted murder. a public apology. that's what you can expect from toyoda before he testifies today. the congress is investigating toyota's recall. toyoda grandson of the car maker's founder and current ceo said the company grew too fast and didn't keep up with safety controls. toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars worldwide for problems related to acceleration and unresponsive brake problems. at first the company said floor mats were the problem and later accelerators on some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. the parents of missing "growing pains" actor andrew koenig are in vancouver to try

to find their son. his father who was in "star trek" says andrew was despondent before he disappeared. his cell phone was active near stanley park. his parents said on the "today" show they are worried he might hurt himself. >> it was very tough. he was very depressed. >> about what? >> about his life. i don't want to think that way. i'm trying very hard not to think that way. >> he is much loved and beloved and -- in this world. and i just hope he gets that feeling. >> vancouver police say they're receiving tips including one that koenig was seen at an olympic venue. former vice president dick cheney has been released from the hospital. doctors say he suffered a mild

heart attack. the 65-year-old cheney has a history of heart attacks. cheney's office says the former vice president is feeling well and will resume his normal schedule soon. the senate overwhelmingly passed a jobs bill today. if it becomes law it would kpempbt businesses from paying social security payroll taxes for new hires who were unemployed through next december. it gives the businesses a $1,000 tax credit for each worker they keep a year. it extends highway and mass transit programs through the end of the year and now it goes back to the house. the jefferson county sheriff's office holding a news conversation on the shooting in littleton, colorado. >> in hudson for about five years. the suspect is currently unemployed, aside from working as a kind of a ranch hand for room and board with his father. he's been attending community

college at ames community college in an effort to get his ged. the suspect was cooperative with our investigators last evening but i can't share the content of that interview with you. due to the suspect's housing arrangements, he is in custody but not in a position to do interviews with anyone in the media at this time. he had his first court appearance at 10:00 this morning. the high-powered rifle that was recovered from the scene does belong to his father. we also found several live and spent rounds, different locations around this property. today investigators will be conducting interviews with staff using a map and that's so that staff can show where they were and what they had a view of, what they observed, what they might have seen or heard. there will be lots of those interviews today. in the days that follow, we're going to be reaching out to as

many people as possible, people who know the suspect, obviously the kids and staff at the school. lots of interviews to be done to piece together the order that things occurred at this school. we don't have that today. the 911 tapes are not available yet either. our investigators have not had a chance to listen to those. those may come -- or be released in the m ccoming days. i know there are statements regarding the mental health of our suspect. that is such a critical piece of information for our investigation. it is not a lot we are going to be able to share with you. that is what i have. i would like to open it up for some questions. >> tell us about the rounds. >> i simply don't know. i know there are shell casings at the scene there are some live rounds that are scattered about outside of the school.

>> are there more casings than from two shots. >> i'm not certain how many there are. >> you said the suspect has been cooperative during interviews. has he given any indication at all as to what this is about? >> because i can't share the content of the conversation we had with our suspect it is difficult to answer that question for you. his interview is extremely important to us, extremely important to the prosecution of the case. it's information we wouldn't put out prior to the court case being before the court. so it's -- he was cooperative. he did answer questions. but the extent of how he answered those questions or what we learned we are not going to be able to release today. >> did you guys go to the shooter's father's house at all? what was done there? >> we did go to the home where the suspect lives, that is with his father in hudson. we executed a search warrant there. i know a number of items were

recovered. >> what type of items? >> i can't be specific. i really don't know. they didn't tell the pio. they collected quite a bit of evidence that will be helpful for us in the investigation and obviously in the prosecution of the case. >> has anybody talked about writings at all, comments on that? >> we are hearing the same thing you are from some of the family members he was a bit of a writer. certainly those are things we looked for when we were in the home to see if that is going to shed some light for us on why, why this occurred. you know, how much of a plan there was. so, you know, if there were writings, it would be something we would have collected and something will be probably pretty critical to this investigation. >> the public information officer of the jefferson county sheriff's office talking about the man they have in custody, bruco strong eagle eastwood for the alleged shootings of two

students in a middle school in littleton, colorado. he is unemployed. he is going to school and he has been cooperative with authorities in terms of answering questions. we will keep you posted. want to share this video of the 24-year-old man authorities want to question in the murder of summer thompson. jar red harrell appeared in court. thompson's body was found in a landfill 55 miles north of her florida hometown two days after she disappeared. harrell was arrested in mississippi and extradited to mississippi. he is in jail on a $1 million bond. you knew it was a matter of time before we got a musical version of tiger woods' troubles. what one rapper is saying about woods and his alleged cell phone

message to a mistress.

shock jock howard stern says he is hosting a beauty pageant and the contestants are tiger woods' alleged mistresses. big story on tmz. stern announced four of the women have signed up for the $100,000 competition. the first woman named as an alleged mistress rachel uchitel can't participate because of her settlement with woods. a friend wants to give a cardboard cutout to battle it out. the cell phone message where tiger woods asked jaimee grubbs to change her recorded greeting. >> hey, it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name

off your phone. my wife wept through my phone and may be calling you. >> now, check out the intro to a new song by rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is luda, okay. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone. my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> the name of the song is "sexting." ludacris poking fun at tiger and anyone else worried their girl might go through their cell phone. your hair can be a big part of somebody's image. one woman is changing lives one wig at a time. she is a "leader with heart." >> mikha hill is helping women who have lost their hair feel beautiful again. >> it is extremely important for a woman to feel like a woman,

not only look, but feel like a woman. >> through her personal battle with hair loss, mikha started pink barrette, offering free custom wigs to women with cancer, alopecia and other conditions. >> my hair started thinning. i bought a wig and wasn't happy with my wig and wanted to learn how to make wigs. it snowballed for me wanting to help other women. >> since 2007 mika has donated 140 wigs. >> society put such a strong opinion of what a woman should be. >> theresa started losing her hair when she was 13. now she has a new look and a new attitude. >> oh, wow. i do need glamour shots. and that is why mika makes the wigs.

we've been reporting on the troubles for charlie sheen. he checked himself into rehab. brooke anderson is in hollywood now. i'm sure people are wondering what this means for the show "2 1/2 men." >> it means a lot. there are going to be changes. sheen has taken ahiatus to go to rehab. production has been temporarily shut down. the set is dark. cbs reportedly ordered 24 episodes for this season, but 18 have already been filmed. a handful left. depending how much time he spends in rehab, production could resume on this season or it is going to have to be a shorter season. cbs may have to utilize reruns or put another show in its place. cbs and warner brothers are

publicly supporting sheen as he gets help. he is 44 years old. he entered rehab as a preventive measure. no other specifics were disclosed. his wife brooke mueller switched rehabs. she left a rehab called the canyon because there was a breach of confidentially. a staffer leaked details. which is abhorrent if that is true. he lawyer is planning a lawsuit. the canyon has not immediately returned cnn's calls for comments. christi, my immediate question in all this drama, what about their children? they have nearly 1-year-old twin boys bob and max. the word is they are being cared for by a well-respected and experienced nanny. i'm sure that family is helping out and her lawyer, brooke's lawyer says she can see the kids any time she wants and working on becoming the best mother she can be. >> one of the things we were

talking about in our meeting is sheen's character on the show mirrors what is happening in real life. >> not kind of, it really does. the character's name is also charlie, by the way. the character is described as an irresistib irresistible, casanova, womanizer, free-wheeling, lets have fun kind of guy. that is how charlie sheen is perceived. if charlie is in rehab or goes to jail in connection with the domestic violence charges against him, it is going to be difficult for the show. this is the highest rated comedy on television. they can't replace him with another actor because charlie sheen has to play this character. they would have to go in a totally different direction with the storyline. cbs and everybody is sweating that he gets better and returns to the set very soon. we will have more on "showbiz tonight" including how will charlie stay in rehab affect the

domestic violence case against him. 11:00 p.m. eastern. see you then. >> brooke, thank you so much. the pentagon is considering a major policy change when it comes to the u.s. navy. women may be allowed to serve on submarines. is it about time or a disaster in the making?

>> the temperatures may be frigid, but the atmosphere here is red hot. welcome to comcast on the red carpet. i'm at the 14th annual maryland state police polar bear plunge, maryland's premier winter event. >> this is my kind of weather. >> perfect day for a plunge. >> you got to get in. >> this is a huge event. it's amazing. we started back in '96 and it was probably like hundreds of people, and now it's just thousands. it's turned into a major standout event for the state of maryland. >> this is the it first time

we've had a snow like this and it really does tell who this is all about. it's raising money for a special group of people and they're coming no matter what the weather is. >> how do you do this? >> why? because i love the energy. >> the show must go on. the polar bear plunge, great benefit for special olympics, one of the great charities in maryland, and a ton of people out here. everybody is warm and in the spirit of giving, so it will be a great day. >> for one of the rookie soup sr plunger, this was an item on his life to do list. >> i've never done it. you've heard of the movie the bucket list. this was on my bucket list of things to do. i've accomplished it and can check it off my list. it was a great, great opportunity. >> this is the most amazing group of people i've ever worked with. for those of you who have not been here before, you'll leave here with life long friends. >> as a first time plunger, it's not what you expect.

i never expected to cry, but i did yesterday and today because the super plungers were so much. to hear the stories are heart-felt. >> i was a first time super plunger in freezing cold water. >> what's the water temperature? >> cold. >> my first time, i could never do it. this this year, i was like, alright, i'm here, i'm going to do it. we're in little costumes. it's cold out there. nothing compares to how cold it is out here. >> it's rewarding because of the smiles you put on the athletes faces and the camaraderie you get to be with the parents, then the family atmosphere that keeps drawing everybody back. >> are you ready? are you ready? >> it gets better every time. >> this is serious business. >> every year i challenge all of the delegates and the house delegates to come out and plunge f they are not going to plunge,

they should give us money for the special olympics. >> it's a wonderful cause, special people, and an important segment of our society, and we have to step up and be there for them. >> for law enforcement, it's a special, unique connection with the spec olympics. police officers love to be out there among the crowd, and they love to be around everyone, the young and the old. >> the 2010 marked the inaugural year, a special plunge on friday for maryland's elementary and high school students. >> we had about 2,000 students out here yesterday. the energy was amazing. these kids embraced the concept. for them to do something bigger than themselves and be active, it's awesome. >> it's for the special olympians. we live for, go for, die for, is to give them an opportunity to participate if the games. >> our athletes are children and adults. we have athletes in their 70's.

they can choose from 28 different sports all year long. we're not a one-time a year attraction event. everyday of the year an athlete is benefits from the funds raise. >> with over $3 million raised from the efforts this year, some may wonder where the money goes? >> it goes straight to the athletes like myself and show that athletes with disabilities can do anything that they put their minds to. >> think about it t you can sit there as a child and see kids playing tennis, basketball, football, running track. now as a kid because somebody looked at you as having some type of disability, you don't have a disability. this allows you to go out there and do everything that everybody else can do. you're just like everybody else. >> the bay may be chilly, but you see the steam off of me. that's the warm from our hearts. >> this is what you call freezing for a reason. to learn how you can contribute

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the ceo of toyota is who you see there. the grandson of the company's founder, okeo toyoda apologizing. this is as he is appearing before the house oversight and government reform committee. >> i, myself, as well as toyota am not perfect. at times we do find defects, but in such situations we always stop, strive to understand the problem and make changes to improve further.

in the name of the company its long stranding tradition and pride we never run away from our problems or pretend we don't notice them. >> in a prepared statement toyoda says the company grew too fast and didn't keep up with safety measures. toyota recalled 8.5 million cars worldwide. now at first the company said floor mats that got jammed in accelerators were the problem but later said accelerators were getting stuck causing accidents. many new models are getting a brake override control. a colorado middle school student is in serious condition. the man accused of opening fire on campus is before a judge. police say they don't know what set off the shooting. but the gunman opened fire in a parking lot and shot two students.

one was not seriously hurt. the other is in serious condition at the hospital. a math teacher tackled the gunman before he could fire again. >> it bothers me i was a little bit late. it bothers me he got the second shot off. i only heard one and then saw another one. it bothers me he got the second shot off and that was the one that hit matt. >> i pretty much ran out and saw dr. benke coming from the parking lot, running, sprinting, actually. saw the suspect with the gun and when i saw dr. benke and the look on his face i knew that we needed to help. so saw david, went out, tried to help him. david tackled him. when david tackled him, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought is i need to get that gun away from

anywhere he could get to it again. so i grabbed the gun by the leather strap and got it out of there and went into the building and told them to lockdown very quickly and ran back out. >> meanwhile, the man accused of the shootings made a court appearance. the judge ordered 32-year-old bruco strong eagle eastwood held on $1 million cash bond. his father says he does not know why his son would open fire. >> he just had bills and couldn't pay them and hadn't had a job for years. been trying, you know, to hold a job. that is his way, not really knowing what he's doing half the time. >> eastwood faces two counts of attempted murder. i want to share this video of the man authorities want to question in the murder of 7-year-old summer thompson. jared harrell who appeared on 29 counts of child pornography.

tho thompson disappeared and her body was found 55 miles knot of her home in landfill. harrell was arrested in mississippi by federal agents and extradited to florida and jailed on a $1 million bond. former vice president dick cheney has been released from the hospital. he suffered a mild heart attack. the 69-year-old cheney has a history of heart problems. he had five heart attacks now that started when he was 37. the former vice president is feeling well and will resume his normal schedule soon. the military contractor formerly known as blackwater is being accused of dangerous behavior. company officials testified and a congressional investigation found that employees took 500 ak-47s set aside for afghan forces without authorization.

in one case eric cartman signed for them. the name of ah "south park" character. no one by that name worked for the company. the company says it returned all the rifles. a rhode island high school where half the students never graduate is cleaning house. why the school board is telling every teacher, you are fired.

every teacher, every one at a rhode island high school out of there. they are fired. the school board voted on it. the superintendent said something had to be done because

test scores and graduation rates are so bad. the teachers refused extra tutoring because it doesn't come with more pay. the turn around includes a new principal. is firing all the teachers too drastic? or is this is rest resolution? we want to know what you think. richelle, what are the comments so far? >> they are kind of mixed. there is a lot of finger pointing. teachers, parents, some are blaming the kids. it is drastic. some are saying we need something drastic. i'm going to pull some comments from my facebook page. lisa says i think it is the parents, students and teachers. i have home-schooled my son for the past several years. the school system is not exempt from makie ing mistakes but the make it look like the students' fault and the parents. adalberto says i believe it is

the parents fault. education starts at home. when they don't get the education they blame it on the educational system. the student is a kid and teachers can only do so much with all those kids. mark is calling from wisconsin. all right, mark, they fired all the teachers. some can reapply. but they fired all the teachers. i hear you like this idea? >> caller: yeah. it gets their attention. something's got to be done. i said it for a while. they have to get their attention because too many kids are getting an easy grade and passed through and not learning what they should learn. >> you sound like you think a lot of that responsibility lies with the teachers. you think it is the teachers' fault some of the kids are not learn something. >> caller: yeah. i know firsthand from my son. i went in for a teacher's conference. his grades have gotten better. he has a slight learning disability.

i was checking his math and he didn't know division. he should have learned that the year before. the math teacher says he is doing good. i said he doesn't know division. this is something he should have known. they pass it by. >> it sounds like what i got from what you just said is you are going to these conferences, checking in, you know what your child is and isn't learning. a lot of kids don't have that part of the equation. but you are a big part of the equation. >> caller: i didn't get all that. >> i talk fast. i'm going to move on. what i got from what you said is you are in tune with what your child is and isn't learning. a lot of kids don't have that. a facebook comment from jan. i guess they need to run schools like a business or sports team. if they don't perform they are traded or fired. a lot of teachers have the degree but don't know how to

teach children in a way that children receive and hold what they are learning. christi, what is on your page? >> oh, lots of good stuff. tara wrote, i can't believe they let the graduation rate fall below 50% before there was a problem. duh. john says teaching begins in the home. where are the parents? a lot of people echoing that. >> that one caller said i'm going to these conferences and i saw my child isn't learning what he is supposed to be learning. they fired all the teachers at this one school. it is drastic. maybe you think necessarily so. maybe you think that is the right resolution. maybe you don't think it is. they are directing their attention in the wrong places. call us at 1-877-tell-hln. our e-mail address is cnn.com/hln. send a text to hln tv. we want your views on this. if you are teachers call us as

well. back to you, christi. >> as a kid you were told drink your milk to build strong bones. today we go "beyond the surface" to show you other ways to do that. >> milk has been promoted as doing a body good this is because it is high in calcium. the best way to get your nutrients is always through food. it is not only calcium that is important. you have to have vitamin d in your diet. you can't absorb the calcium without it. certain food sources that are terrific include dark, leafy greens, such as brus sell sprouts, kale, kol lard greens. any fruit or vegetable is going to be helpful for your bones. you need an exercise component to build bone. building bone stems from

weight-bearing exercise and the mechanical stress you put on your bones to help fortify them.

i don't know if you have heard but actor charlie sheen is

in rehab. we don't know what for. his publicist says it is a preventive measure. he is taking time off from his hit show "2 1/2 men." his wife brooke mueller is in rehab for substance abuse. she switched clinics this week for what her lawyer called a major breach of privacy. >> she's upset because she went into the canyon rehabilitation facility with the full confidence her issues would be taken care of and she would be treated medically and they violated the privacy that any patient would have when they go in for medical help. one of the employees there actually took her admission notes and tried to sell them to various media outlets. >> we haven't heard from that rehab center yet, but sheen is accused of assault for an alleged domestic dispute on christmas and denies those charges. former olympian nancy

kerrigan's brother is out of jail. released on $10,000 bail to his mother's care. he will live with her in the home where his father died. mark kerrigan has been fits with a gps tracking device. 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died after getting in a fight with their son. the kerrigan family issued a statement saying they are delighted to have mark home and they want their privacy. you cannot deny in vancouver last night one of the most emotional moments of the winter olympics. a figure skater had to perform two days after her mother died. there was not a dry eye when 23-year-old joannie rochette finished her routine. 72 hours after her mom died unexpectedly from a massive heart attack, rochette's

performance put her in third place. tomorrow she will go again in the free skate with a medal on the line there. best of luck to her. she is fascinating to watch. today usa skiing star lindsey vonn crashed on the first run of the giant slalom race and had a rough landing. yesterday bode miller lost control on the giant slalom. he hit a gate hard and did not qualify for a medal. he left without talking to reporters. he will try again saturday. he won three medals in vancouver. one more and he will become the first man to win four alpine medals at a single winter games. dutch speedskater skren kramer was dominating. his coach thought he hadn't changed lanes yet. he had switched. he followed his coach and was

disqualified after finishing first. kramer was furious. he was inconsolable as was his coach. at the top of the hour, the u.s. men's hockey team takes on switzerland in the quarterfinals as they continue their quest for the gold as well. some u.s. navy submarines they be going coed. the pentagon wants to lift the ban that kept women off subs. the navy's plan would phase in women officers on larger subs first because living quarters are easier to change on those subs. congress has 30 days to comment on the idea. cadets who graduate from the naval academy could be the first to take submarine posts. what do you think? do you think putting women on submarines is a positive step or could it create distracting

sexual distractions? call us 1-877-tell-hln or go to cnn.com/hln or go to our facebook pages. bring up the page, we will talk. richelle and chuck have pages as well. >> i'm jane velez-mitchell and here is myish. it is one of the worst cases of pedophilia in u.s. history. a pediatrician is accused of preying on his young patients, sexually abusing more than 100 children. another horrifying case of a predator who could have been stopped. authorities seemed blinded by his white coat. in 2005 the sicko was accused of excessive kissing of a 3-year-old girl and three years later, three sets of parents complained their daughters got inappropriate vaginal exams. no one seemed to care. a judge refused to authorize a search warrant. if he had cops would have found hours and hours of videotape

showing this guy raping an terrorizing poor innocent children. wake up. don't be fooled by the letters m.d. predators come in all shapes, sizes and professions. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> now what else jane has on her mind, watch "issues with jane velez-mitchell" at 7:00 eastern every night on hln. it it is a gnaw famous cell phone message. here it is. >> hey, it's tiger. i need you to do more a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone? my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> now check out an intro to a new song. >> hey, this is luda.

i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone. my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> the name of the song is sexting. what you're looking at here is riot police using tear gas. this is in athens greece. some frightening moments at a bullfight in colo m bi. it attacks two others who had jumped into the arena. i know you think it's crazy. an amateur event let's people

participate. those injured are in stable condition and should recover. wow. a boston man thought he had been shot when his car's windshield shattered. wait until you hear what actually happened.

>> something hit my windshield on the drivers side in front of my face. caved the windshield in. glass everywhere. >> i noticed that it was a bolt action rifle. >> how could this happen and why? you don't know what to think. >> he is now on the hood while the car is still moving. >> that's the end result of a

financial melt down. great stories we're covering today. a colorado middle school in jefferson county. a student in serious condition. a 32-year-old man accused of opening fire yesterday around 3:00 mountain time. this suspect a before a judge already. police don't know what set off the shooting as the classes ended for the day. the gunman opened fire in the parking lot and shot two students one not seriously hurt. and a math teacher tackled the gunman before he could fire. >> it bothers me that i was a little late. i only heard -- i only heard one and then saw another one and it bothers me that he got the second shot off and that was the one that hit matt.

>> a judge ordered 32-year-old suspect held on a million dollar cash bond. here is video of the 24-year-old man authorities want to question in the murder of summer thompson. jarred harrell appeared on counts of child pornography. somer's body was found two days after she went missing. harrell was arrested by federal agents this month, extri dieted to florida and remains in jail. nancy kerrigan's brother was released on $10,000 bail. he will live with his mother in

the home where his father died. mark has been fitted with a gps tracking device. he can't leave home without permission. the 70-year-old father died last month after getting in a fight with his son. happening right now, toyota's ceo is under oath and before congress he said he is committed to fixing past safety problems. the grandson of the company's founder is testifying. he said his company has never run away from problems. >> i, myself, as well as toyota, am not perfect. we do find defect but we always stop, try to understand the problem, and make changes to improve farther. in the name of the company, its

long standing tradition and pride, we never run away from our problems or pretend we don't notice them. >> toyoda says he is taking full responsibility. he said the car maker has grown too fast and the priority of safety first may have suffered because of it. they have recalled 8.5 million cars. at first the company said the floor mats were jamming in the accelerators. then they said the accelerators on some models were getting stuck. many new models are getting a brake override control so when you hit the brake the accelerator is disingauged. and a big story on the website t m z. yesterday howard stern announced that four of the women have already signed up.

the first woman named is the alleged mistress rachel ukitel. she can't participate because of a settlement. so a friend wants to give a card board cutout of her in various stages of undress to battle it out. women may be allowed to serve on submarines. is it about time or is this a disaster in the making? we are getting your views.

some u.s. navy submarines may be going co--ed. they have been serving on surface ships for almost 20 years. part of a broader push to re-evaluate combat roles.

skon gress has 30 days to comment on the idea. cadets who graduate this year could be among those who participate. are you on board with this? i didn't realize it was offices only. >> they will do it in phases. >> it's an interesting discussion. some said there will be too much sex. others say that is insulting. we can control ourselves. i am summarizing some of the comments. one official says he hasn't heard of any leaders who have a problem with this but some think that folks are playing with fire. alex you're open to this idea? >> they have done well in other confined situations in space or

in antarctica. >> what do you think about some of the concerns that are actually going be coming up? some people who say they don't like the idea of having the opposite sex in confined spaces like this just playing with fire? >> i'm not buying it. a female can do just fine in a confined situation. she would realize she is going into a male dominated space. they will probably like the fact there is a female on board. >> nick says this, the military is to defend freedom at all costs. anything to distract that is in essence weakening their ability. an all woman sub is great but mixing men and women?

not good. and we got this early this morning as soon as we posted the topic. katie says it's about time. it is unsulting to men to assume they'd have no control over themselves when in close quarters and it is highly diskrim tory. roger you served in a sub for 28 years. you got concerns? >> i sure do. i am against it. i have seen experiments of it. and it's not, you know, horry fieing it. politically correct

requirements, you have got be kidding me if the admirals really agree with that. they are being forced to be politically correct. let me give you a brief illustration of distraction. >> brief. i want to hear you. >> i am sitting in the house and my wife has a pan in her hand ready to hit me over the head. we went out on a cruise. we went out. i was 40 years old and had just been brought back on active duty. everybody is wondering what the old chief's wife looks like. her and her daughter sat down at the fire control station, navigating out of the harbor. my helmsman is missing orders. the chief and everyone is looking over at my wife and daughter. i said get them girls down, hide them. because the men were looking at my wife. an engineer was running up saying my god chief miller's wife has got --

>> i catch your drift. roger, i catch your drift. you seem to think that if the men are with the women they will not be able to stop looking. i appreciate your service and thanks for making us laugh. we are just about out of time. i think i may have time probably not for another phone call. do i have time for one more comment? i do. i do not. glenn and i'm not talking to myself, i am talking to a producer. you will have to mod fie a submarine at a huge cost because men share showers and toilets and bunk one on top of another. women will require separate facilities which is not feasible. what are your views about putting women on subs with men. is this a step in the right direction? maybe you have experiences like roger there and you think perhaps not. call us right now at

877-tell-hln. send us a text. standard text rates apply. and what a discussion it has been. we have a story just in from tl florida. orlando. sea world apparently one person is dead. one of the trainers was pulled into the sha m u tand and was killed. following the incident we are just getting this in. apparently the trainer was with a park guest and a female trainer who was much more experienced was also there at the scene. how this happened to be determined. but we will bring you the late information as we get it. a road island high school where half the students never

graduated is cleaning house. why every teacher on faculty is fired.

we've been reporting on the growing troubles for charlie sheen. brooke, what's this going mean for "two and a half men?" >> it really remains to be seen but you know that cbs and warner brothers are sweating bullets. production has been shut down. the set is dark. cbs reportedly ordered 24 new episodes and 18 are already in the can so that only leaves a handful let to be produced. there are a couple of options that will most likely happen. if he comes back quickly they will resume production, finish the season. charlie sheen is being supported

pubically. they are fully supporting him as he gets help. he is 44. he entered rehab as a preventative measure. this is really interesting because it came on the same day that we got news that his wife had switched rehabs. he left rehab because of a breach in patient confidentiality. her lawyer says they are planning a lawsuit. they are planning to make them pay. now the canyon did not immediately return our calls for comment. my initial reaction to the whole thing, they are both away at rehab and great for them if they are getting the help that they need but what about their twins? they have nearly 1-year-old twin boys, bob and max. the word is they are being properly cared for by an experienced and well respected

nanny. i am sure the family is also helping out. brooke's lawyer says she can see her children any time she wants and she is working on being the best parent she can be. >> that's amazing. sheen's character really mirrors his real life. will this cause concern for the shows? >> absolutely. sheen is integral to the success of two and a half men. it is the most popular comedy on television. recent episodes have gotten 18 million viewers. yes, the character's name is also charlie. the character is a womanizer, irry cystable casa nova. there are concerns. if he's gone for an extended period of time. if he goes to jail, then cbs has a real problem on their hands. not just any actor can play this

character. we will have more on this tonight. >> i know you will. >> you'll koecover it so well. "showbiz tonight," charlie sheen on the brink. every teacher is fired at a high school. the board voted on this. the supt said something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are so pathetic. too many refused because it didn't come with extra pay. the turn around includes finding a new principal. is that the right course? is it too drastic or a great resolution? where did they go from there? we would love to know what you think. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us, standard text rates apply. congress is grilling toyota executives but who is answering

to you when your car has trouble? we have strategies on how you can have your complaint heard. >> toyota taking the heat on capital hill. recalls and allegations of slow response im but how do you get your splant heard? you can file a complaint. in the case of toyota filing complaints did help initiate recalls but this does have limitations. it's not op ligated to investigate your complaint and there is no consistency in how they deal with them. other investigations that led to recalls haven't started until 1500 complaints accumulated. once an investigation is launched it takes about 262 kays to conclude and result in a recall. as a consumer you have little choice. this is really your only outlet. if your brakes are foremaning

unpredictably and your mechanic has not been able to fix the problem, report a vehicle defect. you may be contacted by the agency and your issues will be investigated to see if it's part of a safety defect trend there is some information you would have to complete online including the model of the car. you will be prompted to fill out the following information, how often the failures occur, and consequen consequences. you will want to describe the conditions of the road and what you were doing at the time. >> thank you. the only things are not only about world class competition but also about heart and a canadian figure skater sure has heart to spare. her mom died over the weekend and yet she took to the ice anyway. we'll tell you how she did. %%%

braking news from orlando at sea world today. a death of a trainer at the tank. a witness who saw the attack at the killer whale tank, the sha m u tank says the trainer was explaining different things about another whale. when the trainer began to walk away from the window and then the whale took off, came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and began thrashing her around. it was too late. this is obviously video from a killer whale show a couple of

years ago. there have been 22 incidents since the early 70s involving whales at sea world parks. part of the park is now closed. we are following this story. a death today at sea world in florida. a colorado middle school, a student is in serious condition and the man accused of opening fire is before a judge. police say they don't know what set off the shooting as classes ended for the day. a gunman opened fire in a parking lot and shot two students. one of them not hurt seriously and another still in the hospital. a math teacher tackled the gunman before he could fire again. >> it bothers me that he got the second shot off. i only heard -- i only heard one and then saw another one and it bothers me that he got the second shot off and that was the one that hit matt. >> the man accused of the

shooti shootings. east woot faces two counts oi attempted murder. the suspect's father tells denver affiliate that he was shocked to learn that his son was arrested in connection with the shooting. >> i don't have no idea why he would do something. i didn't know. go there. why he would be that far away from home. i don't know. but i think he's probably been, like i said he hears voices and he get up and thinking that these voices are coming from maybe the middle school. i have no idea. >> police are trying to determine whether he was at the school apparently he had been on campus for a couple of hours. he signed the visitor's log three hours before the shooting.

kerrigan was released to his mother's care this morning. he will live with her in the home where his father died. former vice president dick cheney suffered a mild heart attack early this week. he has a history of heart problems. he has had five heart attacks beginning at age 37. the former vp is felling well and will resume a normal schedule soon. happening right now. toyota's ceo is still before congress. he is committed to fixing past safety problems and committed to prohibiting more in the future. in a prepared statement he said his company has never run away from problems. he is taking full responsibility for the safety problems linked to some toyota models. problems related to sudden

acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals. floor mats were blamd for jamming against the floor. accelerators were getting stuck. many new models are being fitted with a brake override feature. if you hit the brake the accelerator is automatically disengaged. we have been getting a lot of e-mails. a ceo of toyota does spell his name da. the car has always been called toyota with a t. his family changed the name better. with a t sounds better in japanese. toyota with a pen stroke? japanese and that apparently is good luck. a 77-year-old florida hedge fund manager accused of milking

investors pleaded government to security's fraud today. prosecutors say he told his investors they were making big profits when they were losing money. the senate overwhelmingly passed a jobs bill today. it would exempt businesses for paying payroll taxes who are hired. and it gives those businesses a 1,000 tax credit for each worker they keep for a year. a rhode island high school where half the students never graduate are cleaning house. every teacher on faculty is fired.

the widow of the irs worker killed in the plane crash is suing. authori authorities -- the sult says stack's wife knew her husband was a threat and didn't warn anybody. she knew enough to take her daughter and leave the home. every teacher, every single teacher at a rhode island high school is out of work. test scores and graduation rates are so pathetic.

they refused because it didn't have extra pay. the turn around includes finding a new principal. some teachers could be fired back. was firing all the teachers at once a good idea or too drastic? we'll start with an e-mail. he likes the idea. he says thank god for the rhode island school board that fired all the teachers. if more school boards did this, education wouldn't be so terrible. the teachers hide behind the teachers unions that protect the weak. but laura disagrees. whatever parents to parental responsibilities? as a mother it's my responsibility to ensure my child's home work is not only completed each night but understood. teachers can only do so much and without parental support they cannot be expected to effectively do their jobs.

we got some callers lined up and ready to speak. kim is on the line. what do you think? >> i say way to go board of education. these teachers were hired to teach our children. how can we compete with china and all these other countries if the teachers aren't doing their job? the teachers make $70,000 a year in that community and i think it's a disgrace that the teachers are doing this. >> do teachers make $70,000 in kentucky? >> yes. >> do they? >> if they have their masters and phd, yes. i am a substitute so i have a little bit of background in this area and i see a lot of teachers who do great and good but there are other teachers who have their tenure in and they tend to take advantage of that.

>> they just go through the motions. >> exactly. >> good call. linda, how you doing? >> fine. >> what do you think about this? >> i toent agree. that's not the way to handle the problem. we need to get discipline back in our schools and that means that parents and teachers and everybody working together. it takes a whole community to raise a child. it doesn't just take teachers or parents. if you don't have discipline you have one or two kids that are just totally disrupting. they can take 50% of the teacher's time. there needs to be some kind of rules that the kids know we're going work. >> those kids can suck the energy out of the class. i appreciate it. got to run. january writes i find it very difficult to believe that everyone at that school was not doing his or her job.

sounds more like a leadership problem. taking a close look at school management. charl says teachers are human. apathy can set in when they try and try and never get anywhere with administration or students to the point of what's the use? if this is the case, then yes the poor performing teachers should be fired. some students seem to have an attitude of entitlement knowing if they fail it's not their fault, it's the teacher's fall. >> that seems like the lazy way to fix a problem. how about reviewing the policies on how they teach? i highly doubt every teacher and principal is in need or are in need of firing. too drastic or a good resolution? where do they go from there? there's the website address.

know you it was only a matter of time. what a rapper is saying about tiger and an alleged cell phone message to a mistress.

let's bring you the latest on the tragedy at sea world. we are joined by phone with the latest from florida. what have you learned? >> yes, a trainer was killed this afternoon by a killer whale. we know that it occurred not during a pub lib performance but the exact details we are not exactly sure yet. we are waiting for a final word from sea world. we have learned a statement will be read to the media at 4:15 when more information will be released. >> another half an hour from now. it was not during a performance? some said it was during a performance. are you confident of that?

>> the person i discussed with earlier i asked the question was it during a live performance and the answer was no. but we have learned also through the county fire department that the trainer did not receive any type of life. >> was the trainer in the tank or on the platform? >> there was a lot of speculation on how and how it happened. definitively no, we don't know exactly the details of the since dent. >> appreciate the update. more information coming as he said. news conference and briefing about 4:15. >> and remember this? >> hey. it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge

favor. can you please take your name off your phone? my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> check out the intro to a brand new song. >> hey, this is luda. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone? my girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you. >> well, the name of the song is sexting. and ludacris is obviously poking fun at woods. actor charlie sheen is in rehab. he is taking time off from his hit show two and a half men. this week it was confirmed she has switched clinics for what her lawyer called major breach

of privacy. >> she's upset because she went into the canyon rehabilitation facility with the full confidence that her issues would be taken care of and she would be treated medically and they violated the privacy that any patient would have when they go in for help and one of the employees took her admission notes and tried to sell them to various media outlet's. >> we have not yet heard from the he hab center. don't forget sheen is accused of assault. a california couple says its new fuel cell could power your home or business. instead its bloombox fuel cell would generate a chemical reaction that generates electricity. skeptics say the technology may not work and the units will cost

too much. sales of new homes plummeted in january. new home sales fell 11.2% last month. it represents the fewest houses ever shoeld in a single mobt according to records dating to 1963. median home prices fell to $203,000. the toyota hearings have a lot of people asking just how safe is my car? we will break it down. how does toyota compare to other car makers? >> reporter: that is something we have been digging through the numbers to look at that. specifically the problem of the unintended acceleration is getting all the focus. let's look at this data. when you dig through it, we will pull it up here for you. from 2005 to 2010 and i promise we will get the charts for you. here is what we saw.

when you look at all of the complaints of unintended acceleration there is 1,133 as of this monday. compare to tha to a lot of competitors and it is far lower. ford comes in at 387 and the list comes down from there. o be fair, after any re there are always more complaints. that's what happens. let's look broader. let's look at overall car safety complaints and here is a difference. what you toyota fares better than its competitors. out of 20 of the different car companies looked at for those complaints to ntsa, toyota had came in at 17th. you see ford here at 10, chrysler here at 7. that's something you want to keep in mind when you look at the safety there. >> how does this recall stack up against others in that respect? >> that's a great question. because we all remember the notorious ford firestone issue,

the recall there. let's take a look at the time line here for that. the first complaints of this came in 1996. it took four years for ntsa to open an investigation. and after that, the months following that, 2000, 2001, that's when the recall happened. a four-year spread there. let's compare that to toyota. the first reports of this unintended acceleration for toyota came in in 2003. ntsa conducted seven investigations, but really no major recalls until last fall, the end of 2009. we're talking more than six years here. so that's how it all stacks up. what we did see because of the ford firestone recall, there were congressional hearings just like the toyota ones going on today. they changed the law about reporting safety issues. eel see if that comes out of these hearings on toyota. >> appreciate it. quick look at markets and where they are before the close. the dow is up 88 points. it had been down at the opening today. the looks like it's going to go

home a winner. eight minutes in the trading day. trading roughly 90 points. the pentagon considers a major policy change. women allowed on submarines, is it about time, or is it a problem in the making?

we have some pictures to bring you from just over sea world where there's breaking news to tell you about. a female trainer was killed this afternoon. a witness who saw this attack from a viewing area -- so the trainer was explaining different things about a whale named telly. clearly this is a whale. we're not certain this is telly. apparently according to this witness, when the trainer walked away from the window, the whale took off, came back, shot up in the air and grabbed the trainer by the waist.

inkwluding today's tragedy for some background, there have been 22 incidents since the early '70s involving whales at sea world parks. part of the park is closed right now. >> something hit my windshield on the driver's side, in front of my can face, caved the windshield in. glass everywhere. >> i noticed that it was a rifle. >> how could this happen and why did it happen? >> you just don't know what to think. >> his car is by itself. he's now on the hood while the car is still moving. >> i'm deeply sorry for any accident that toyota drivers have experienced. >> a fantastic look at a few of the stories we're following right now. a colorado middle school student is in serious condition and the man accused of hoping fire on campus goes before a judge. police say they don't know what

set off the shooting. it happened just as classes were ending for the day. the gunman open fired in a parking lot and shot two students. one of them was not seriously hurt. the other who is in serious condition is still in the hospital. a math teacher tackled gunman before he could fire again. >> i noticed that it was a bold action rifle. i knew after he got a shot off, i could grab him before he could work the action again. i always told my students since columbine if anything happened in a school that i would hope that i would be able, you know, to do something. and not, you know, for anything other than i would just hope that i would have have the courage. >> clearly, he did. the man accused of the shootings made his first court appearance today. a judge ordered the 32-year-old

held on $1 million cash bond. his father tells our denver affiliate, he doesn't know why his son would open fire at that school. >> he just had bills and he hadn't had a job for years. been trying, you know, can't hold a job just because that's his ways and not really, you know, knowing what he's doing half the time. >> he now faces two counts of attempted murder. former olympian nancy kerrigan's brother is now out of jail. kerrigan was released on $10,000 bail this morning. a judge released him to his mother's care, so he is going to live with her in the home where his father died. mark kerrigan has been fitted with a gps tracking device and is not allowed to leave his home without permission. 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died last month after getting in a fight with his son. the family says they're delighted to have mark back home

and they want their privacy. >> the parents of missing actor andrew koenig are now in vancouver looking for their son. his father said andrew was despondent in the days before he disappeared. he was in vancouver visiting friends. two days after the 41-year-old was last seen, his cell phone was active near the city's stanley park. vancouver police say they're getting lots of tips that koenig was seen at an olympic venue, but nothing solid yet. usa skiing star lindsey vonn crashed on the first run of the giant slalom race. she had a pretty rough landing. she hurt her right pinkie finger. those roumt rults will determine if she'll race in her last event of these winter games. that will be the slalom on friday. ? vancouver last night, one of the most emotional moments of the winter games. a figure skater had to perform just days after her mother died.

there wasn't a dry eye when 24-year-old joannie rochette from canada finished her short routine in women's figure state scathing. her mother suffered a heart attack and passed away early sunday. her courageous performance put her in third place. afterwards she broke down in tears, sobbing into the arms of her long-time coach. tomorrow, she'll go again in the free skate with a medal on the line. >> everyone was expecting this today. toyota's ceo toughed. he says he's committed to fixing past safety problems and prev t preventing more in the future. these are live pictures from the hearings on the hill. there he is, a take from earlier. he's the grandson of the company's founder. in a prepared statement, he said his company has never run away from problems. >> i myself as well as toyota am

not perfect. at times, we do find defects, but in such situations, we always stop, strive to understand the problem, and make changes to improve. in the name of the company, its long standing tradition and pride, we never run away from our problems or pretend we don't notice them. >> t toyoda said he's taking responsibility for some safety problems. he also said the carmaker has grown to fast and may have suffered because of that. toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars. at first, the company said floor mats that got jammed in accelerators were the problem. then later, toyota said ax accelerators in some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. many new models are getting a

brake override control. the pentagon is considering a major policy change when it comes to the u.s. navy. women may be allowed to serve on submarines. is it about time? do you think this is a disaster in the making? we'll get your views.

some u.s. submarines may be going coed. the pentagon wants to lift the ban that kept women off spuns it's part of a broader push to re-evaluate women's combat roles. the navy's plan would phase in females on larger subs first. cadets who graduate from the naval academy this year could be among the first women to take submarine posts. now, a defense department official says he hasn't heard of any navy leaders who oppose.

but there are some critics who say putting men and women together in close quarters for such a long period of time is a recipe for disaster. scott, you are retired navy. you have served on ships. what have you seen happen that you can tell us on tv in the middle of the day? >> i served on one ship during my career that had women on it, and i saw rampant sexual ax tifty between men and women, even though we spent a total of eight days at sea out of an 18-month period. >> on that one ship that was co-ed in just that short period of time? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay. if that was an issue during that short period of time, might that happen anywhere if it weren't on a sub. >> oh, absolutely.

especially on a submarine where quarters are so tight. it's bound to happen. no military baring whatsoever. it would be horrendous. it would be a huge mistake. >> so you think it's a bad idea. it's a little concerning to me that people can't keep their hands to themselves, but i appreciate your perspective. robert offered a solution if people can't seem to keep their hands to themselves. he say, if they're worried about sexual tensions, then give the women their own subs. other people say that. clearly that's probably not feasible. we wanted to share that comment because robert isn't the only person who said that. lionel is calling us on the phone from louisiana. what do you think about this? >> i think it's a good idea. you know, i think it should be equal amount of men and women on the ship. and that movie "2012" i think the sub is going to be the best way to survive a disaster like that. i would rather be in a sub in some hole in the ground during a

giant earthquake. >> okay, i'll talk to nicole. nicole is calling us from silverdale, washington. what do you think about this idea of men and women on a sub together? >> well, i'm a mariner's spouse. my husband is on a sub, and just the way the guys act on the boat, that is their guy time. they work. it's almost like brotherhood or a fraternity that they have. and personally, i don't think our government is going to want to have all these sexual harassment claims because the women can't hack the jokes. >> let me ask you something because i really appreciate your perspective. hasn't that argument been used in a lot of situations to keep women from even becoming police officers. hasn't that argument been used a lot, this is a boy's club and women won't be able to hack it. hasn't that been said a lot? >> it does, but the thing is men are used to being out to sea

together. they are away from their families and they need to concentrate on what they're doing, especially when they're on a nuclear sub. i'm for women's rielt rights but you know what, this is not the place for women. i'm a proud navy wife, i'm a proud navy brat. my father retired years ago. this is just not the place for women. and you know what? they just -- >> i appreciate your perspective very much. clearly have the credibility to have your point of view on this. i appreciate it. women plus men plus close quarters, equals sex. okay, thanks, tyler. do people really believe our servicemen and women can't control themselves. it's not an underwater bar. it's a u.s. navy submarine. there are clearly a lot of points of view on this. is it a positive step or really

you're just asking for trouble. go to my facebook page to leave your comment there and we just might read it on air. he's grammy award -winner singer and song writer. now wyclef jean is being awarded the prestigious vanguard award at the 41st annual naacp image award. it honors people whose ground breaking work increase kreecres awareness. the music crosses genre, but hi's more well known recently for honoring his haitian roots. in 2005, he founded yele haiti, a nonprofit and the group has been instrumental in helping the

victims of that horrible earthquake. he will be honored with the most prestigious medal at the annual culture rhythms award ceremony. "what matters" segment is a chance to look at some of the stories in the african-american community that affect all of us.

back to the breaking news from sea world in orlando where a female trainer was killed this afternoon. she was a veteran trainer. she had worked at that park since 1992. someone who saw what happened, who saw this attack from a viewing area said the trainer was explaining different things

about a whale named telly. this is amateur video of telly. here's what the witness told our affiliate, wkmg. >> we walked out. there was a lot of people standing there. there was a trainer talking about the whale. people asked questions, how much does he weigh. then the whale floated upside down. she said he likes his belly rubbed. and the trainer down stairs called to the trainer upstairs. then telly took off just really fast and came back around to the glass, jumped up and grabbed the trainer by the waist and started shaking her violently. last thing i saw was her shoe

floating and then the heard sirens. the people around the glass area needed us to get out. i have never seen so many sea world employees come out of the woodwork. they were just yetting us that we needed ed ted to get out. >> wow. part of the park is now reportedly closed. we're still trying to get more information on what in the world happened. all right, let's shift gears a little bit. i don't know how to describe this. shock jock howard stern says he's hosting a beauty pageant. the contestants, the alleged mistresses of tiger woods. yesterday he announced four of the women have actually signed up for this thing. all right? it's $100,000 competition. he hasn't said who is competing, but the first woman named is an alleged mistress, rachel uchitel cannot participate because of her settlement of woods.

so a friend wants to give him a cardboard cutout of various stages of dress or undress to battle it out. now the world famous cell phone message where tiger woods appears to ask his alleged mistress jaime grubbs to change her greeting. >> hey. it's tiger. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off your phone. my wife went through my phone and may be calling you. >> now, check out the intro to a new song by the rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is ludo. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off you're phone? my girl went through my cell

phone and she may be calling you. >> just shameful. the name of the song is "sexting." he's perhaps making fun of tiger woods and anyone else who's worried their girl might go through their cell phone. every teacher at one school is fired. the superintendent says something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are atrocious. the superintendent provided another option for teachers who provide extra tutors but they refused because it doesn't come with extra pay. some teachers that were fired could be hired back. actor charlie sheen is in rehab but we don't know what for. he's taking time off from his hit show "two and a half men." his wife mueller is in rehab. she switched clinics for what her lawyer called a major breach of privacy.

sheenccused of assault on christmas day. we'll talk to the host of "issues" and andrew koenig's good friend about that case.

if you're just joining us, horrible news out of orlando sea world. a female trainer was killed this afternoon. she was a veteran trainer who worked at that park since 1992. someone who saw this attack from a viewing area said that apparently what happened, the trainer was explaining different things about a whale named telly. this is amateur video of video. we're going to listen now to what this witness told our affiliate wkmg. >> we walked down.

there were a lot only people there. there was a trainer talking about the whale and people were asking questions, how much does he weigh, things like that. and then the whale floated upsaid down and the trainer down stairs said he really likes belly rubs. the trainer down stairs then called out to the trainer upstairs okay, so and so, we're ready. and then he just took off really fast and then came back around to the glass, jumped up and grabbed the trainer by the waist and started shaking her viole violently. the last thing i saw was her shoe floating. sirens immediately started and not the train e, but the other people that stand around the glass area started telling us we needed to get out, the sirens were going off. people were running out. i had never seen so many sea world employees come out of the

woodworks. people in suits, people in dress clothes. they were just yelling at us that we needed to get out. >> all right. part of the park is closed now as a result of this and we're waiting for a news conference from sea world and also the orange county's sheriff's department. since the 1970s, there have been 22 incidents at sea world parks. from what you've been able to put together, what possibly could have gone wrong? and this is an experienced trainer. we want to remind people, this woman worked here since 1992. >> these are big animals, really big animals. and when you see a big animal playing with a person, it can seem a little more dramatic than it should be. tragically in this case it was a lot more play than this trainer planned on.

>> when we say 22 incidents, what type of incidents happen or can go wrong when you're dealing with an animal like this. >> sea world will list any sort of contact occurs even if it's a killer whale bumping into someone as an incident. some can be more extreme like this case. >> can you think of any other incidents top of mind whereby something went this wrong s? >> a trainer was grabbed and pulled under water. he was able to live through that experience. and there was a gentleman who fell into the pool in the evening who was not authorized to be there. from all evidence, he died of hypotherm hypothermia. but the killer whale thought he was something to play with. that's pretty horrific to watch. >> the woman we were listening to, she said she had never seen so many people converge on an area. describe what protocol is.

>> nobody does it better than sea world. alarms go off and employees from all over arrive. there's training that goes on with the animals for what we call a recall. the animal is called back to a different pool and they put all these protocols in place and act very, very quickly. at some point in time in w an animal that large in a pool that cold, things can go wrong. >> it's not necessarily natural for an animal that big to be in a park. >> you see animals doing so many behaviors in the wild that are just so horrific. you're not seeing a behavior displayed because they're in the park. watching them hunt and socialize can be pretty gruesome to watch when you see them kill other animals. >> hope you can stick around a little bit. i know that the information is going to be new, but hopefully

there's going to be something they can tell us. we appreciate it. i'm moving on with some of the day's news. a 1-year-old middle school student is in serious condition at a colorado hospital. he's one of two students shot on the campus of their middle school. in littleton, colorado, yesterday. a judge set a $1 million bond for the suspected shooter. police are just now piecing together his background. >> what we now know is that this suspect who is in custody was a student at deer creek middle school in the early '90s, which helps explain at least a little bit why this school. although it certainly doesn't answer why at all that this this occurred. we know the suspect has been living with his father in hudson for about five years. the suspect is currently unemployed. aside from working as a kind of a ranch hand for room and board for his father.

he's been attending community college at aims community college in an effort to get his ged. the suspect was cooperative with our investigators last evening during our interview, but i can't share the content of this interwith ywith you. the. >> he open fired in a parking lot. a math teacher tackled him before he could fire again. students are calling that teacher a hero. listen to him. >> it bothered me that i was a little bit late. it bothered me that he got the second shot off. i only heard one and then saw another one, and it bothers me that he got the second shot off. and that was the one that hit matt. >> i pretty much ran out and saw dr. bencke coming from the parking lot, sprinting actually.

saw the suspect with the gun and when i saw dr. bencke and the look on his face, i knew that we needed to help. so saw david, went out, tried to help him. david tackled him, when david -- when they tackled, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought was i need to get that gun away from anywhere that he can get to it again. so i grabbed the gun by the leather strap and got it out of there. and went into the building and told them to lock down very quickly and ran back out. >> we're going to take you to orlando to find out what went wrong at that park at sea world. >> we're homicide investigators and we're conducting a death investigation. >> can you tell if it was an accident or if this was an attack? >> well, what you all need to know at this point is there's no sense of foul play. right now this appears to be an accident. as far as the details -- >> the accident that she fell in or did the whale accidentally -- >> we haven't gotten that far.

that's why we have homicide investigators on the scene. >> did this female trainer work with this whale on a regular basis? >> the information i gave you is all i have. we have great concerns for this young lady. she's 40 years old and she's one of the trainers. so what i would like to do is give you mr. brown -- >> how will the sheriff's department proceed? >> i'm down brown, president of the orlando parks. i have a short statement to read. with me is chuck tompkins and kelly clark. the short statement, we won't take any questions, as soon as we know more information, we'll certainly get back to you. it's with great sadness that i report that one of our most experienced animal trainers drown in an incident with one of our killer whales this afternoon. we've initiated an investigation to determine to the extent possible what occurred. there are no other details to share at this point, but we will

make our findings known in due course. i must emphasize this is an extraordinarily difficult time for the sea world parks and our team members. nothing is more important than the safety of our employee, guests and the animals entrusted to our care. we have never experienced an incident like this and all of our standard operating procedures will come under review as part of this investigation. we extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the trainer and we'll do everything possible to assist them in this difficult time. so as soon as we know more about it, we'll get back to you. thank you. >> we want to learn more about these trainers. >> it's still early. please bear with us, we just lost a member of our family. we'll get back to you when we have more information. >> let me leave you this. this is typical, the sheriff's office conducts a death investigation. right now, this appears to be an

accidental death. it's a tragic death. we have the appropriate folks on the scene who will conduct the investigation. but right now that's all i have for you. i've basically given you everything i have. what we will have for you is we will be able to provide you with the identity of the victim. we'll get you information as it becomes available. >> do you think if this was during a show at all? >> that's all i nope thank you. >> we've been hearing from a couple of people around the death of the trainers. one described them as the most experienced trainers at orlando. she was 40 years old, had worked at the park since 1992. we heard from someone at the sheriff's department who said this is going to be described basically as a death investigation, but has made it clear that from what they can tell it seems to be an accident. we also heard from dan brown from the sea world parks in florida who seem the really to be trying to keep his emotions in check. he described this as a death in the family. said they've never had anything like this happen.

we did say there have been 22 incidents. he said they've never had anything like this happen. they're having a pretty tough time and once they have more information from their investigation, they will get that to us. but a 40-year-old worker killed today by a whale at the park. sea world there in orlando. >> toyota ceo says he's committed to fixing past safety problems and preventing more in the future. he's right back there, testifying before congress this afternoon. this is the grandson of the founder. in a prepared statement, he said his company has never run away from problems. he's taking full responsibilities for safety problems linked to some models. he also said the carmaker has grown too fast. toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars all around the world for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake problems. at first, the company said the

problem were floor mats getting jammed under the accelerators and that was the problem. later, toyota said accelerators on some models were getting stuck and causing accidents. officials say many new toyotas are getting brake override control. macy's in new york had to be evacuated today. the fire department says an underground transformer burst into flame, forcing everyone out of the building. it's the big mycy's that the thanksgiving parade passes in front of every year. you know, the big one. the fire never spread to the retail part of the store and no one was hurt. you knew it was only a matter of time before we got a muds call version of tiger woods' troubles. what one rapper is saying about tiger woods and his alleged cell phone message to a mistress. >> can you please take your name off of your phone? my girl went through my cell phone .

listen to the sbre of a new song by the rapper ludacris. >> hey, this is ludo. i need you to do me a huge favor. can you please take your name off of your phone? any girl went through my cell phone and she may be calling you.

>> shameful. the name of the song is "sexting" and he's obviously poking fun at woods and perhaps anyone else who might worry that their girl might go through their cell phone. >> meg stapleton is resigning, according to two sources close to the former governor who spoke to our sister network cnn. stapleton has worked as palin's spokeswoman since 2006, but many have questioned if she was capable of handling palin's national role since being closen the republican vice presidential candidate and now serving as a contributor to fox news. a rhode island high school where half the students never graduate is cleaning house big time. why the school board is telling every teacher on the faculty, you're fired. also get your views on whether this move is too drastic.

we continue to follow the breaking news from sea world orlando where a female trainer was killed this afternoon. her identity has not been released but sea world describes her as a 0-year-old veteran trainer. she's worked there for years.

a witness who saw this attack said the trainer was explaining different things about a while named telly, and we have amateur video of telly in the tank. the orange county sheriff's department spoke to the media just a short time ago. >> what apparently happened is a female trainer back in the whale holding area. she apparently slipped or fell into the tank and was fatality injured by one of the whales. we're an scene along with forensics. our homicide investigators are conducting a death investigation. >> could you tell us if it was an accident or if this was an attack? >> well, what you all need to know at this point is there's no sense of foul play. right now, this appears to be an accident. as far as the details -- >> the accident that she fell in or did the whale accidentally -- >> we haven't gotten that far. that's why we have homicide investigators on the scene. >> and part of the park is apparently closed right now. every teacher at a rhode island high school, every one is

fired. the school board voted on this last night. the superintendent says something had to be done because test scores and graduation rates are so bad. the superintendent offered another option for the teachers to provide extra tutors. but they refused because it didn't come with extra pay. this turnaround plan also includes finding a new principle. now, some of the teachers could be hired back. >> i absolutely agree. >> it's going to be a huge story. is this too the he questions of the day. two different jesses are weighing in on my facebook page. my first wrote this i am a 17-year-old and think firing all the teachers isn't right. for the most part, i believe it isn't their fault. it's basically the lack of discipline in the homes of the students. the other jesse, though, says this, i'm a future teacher and i think this is great. when someone isn't doing the job they are hired to do, they should be fired. i also think that the board

needs to be fired, as well. let's shake the system up to better our children's education. and daniel sent an e-mail to cnn.com/hln and wrote i support the firing, no child left behind hinders children but tenure can also hinder school administrators. this should be a message to all teachers that their jobs are not a privilege. interesting discussion all day. lots of different poifnts of view. we appreciate it. a major part of the economy isn't out of the woods just yet. sales of new homes plummeted in january. new home sales dropped 11.27% last month representing the fewest homes sold in a single month according to records dating back to 1963. median home prices also fell last month from $221,000 to

$203,000. police in vancouver say they have received a substantial number of tips in their search for missing actor jason koenig. next we'll talk to jane velez-mitchell about this case.