we are going to get this done! we are going to make history. >> we've madclear it's time to scrap this bill. >> >> it just came out of no swr where. she needs to be arrested. holy father offers very stern words, you betrayed the trust that was placed in you. hi head is in my mind.

i bend dn to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took f and ran. hey, welcome to hln news and views this third saturday in march. i'm natasha curry. it is crunch time in washington this weekend. president obama is going to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon and making another personal appeal to get house democrats to vote for the health care bill. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access for all americans to affordable quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep skyrocketing, benefits will keep getting splash inting sla. and wh you get will cost us much, much more and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to go unchecked. >> the president is trying right now to win over two main groups, the 37 democrats who voted

against the bill the first time around and the 40 house democrats who voted for the measure only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to the bill. in this version, those restrictions have been modified. the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to round up the 216 votes needed to pass the bill. cnn's latest count says that 29 democrats plan to vote against the legislation, 38 democratic no votes are needed to kill the bill. multiple democratic leadership sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes votes, 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet, and 15 have not responded. republicans have ved to do anything they can to kill the health care bill. they say nothing, not even the newest mates on how much the bill will cut the deficit, will change their opinion on it. >> this is all built and premised upon some assumptions that just don't bear out. and that now is indicative of

why they're having so many difficulties in lining up you the votes. the votes still aren't there, and this notion that we're going to see the text in the morning to incorporate yet even more changes when we make amendments to the rules committee reflects the fact they're having to go cut more deals. just outside capitol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered there. it's all part of a broad coalition of tea party organizations launching their final push before a possible vote by the house. the code red tea party rallies are being coordinated across the u.s. and call for the termination of the current legislation. protesters plan a candle light vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he is truly sorry for the sexual abuse victims suffered at the hands of catholic priests in hireland. the pope's 18-page letter is made public today and is expected to be read in churches across ireland morrow.

the country has been shaken by a government-backed report that shows the arch diocese and other authorities covered up child abuse you by priestsfrom 1975 to 2004. a spokesman says that the pope wants priests who abused children to face the consequences of their actions. >> the pope has also very strong words for the priests who have abused children, and he say that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also the justice of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countries, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s, the munich ash much diocese ignored warnings to keep a molesting priest away

from children according to the doctor who alleged that. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. they're not sure if their flights are going to take off. the airlines crews went on strike last night. the younion opposes a new plan. the strike will go on through monday and pick up against next weekend. the airline says it will use replacement workers to get about two-thirds of passengers to their destinations. the race is on to save some mes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still filling in and stacking sandbags as a protective barrier. the waters of the red river are expected to rise another foot this weekend before cresting by tomorrow. construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> so you have a joint every six

feet. those joints we believe started failing, and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of ground zero right out of our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36 1/2 feet this morning. to put that in perspective, it was at flood stage at just 18 feet. it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minnesota. local med report a bridge leading into downtown dell aknow has been closed to foot and car traffic r safety reasons. officials are worried the current could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall in some parts of the state. just yesterday it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today the snow is causing problems at will rogers world airport. several flights have been delayed by anour or more, and

continental airlines canceled all departures for the day along with some arrivals. best advice? call ahead before heading to that airport. well, health care is at the top of the legislative agend in washington this weekend. president obama does not want congress to forget about another of his top priorities financial reform rmt. in his weekly address, he wants congress to act quickly to set rules for financial markets. >> no one denies that reform is needed so the question we have to answer is very simple -- will we learn from this crisis, or will we condemn ourselves to repeat it? that's what's at stake. i urge those in the senate who support these reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure from those who would preserve the status quo. to stand for their constituents and our country. i promise to use every tool at my disposal to see these reforms enacted, to ensure that the bill i sign into law reflects not the

special interests of wall street but the best interests of the american people. tomorrow's vote on health care reform will come over the loud objections of republicans as democrats try to find votes to pass it, the gop is standing united in its opposition. in his party's weekly address, john boehner spelled out why republicans will do everything they can to defeat the bill. >> the democrats' bill, which runs more than 2300 pages, actually raises premiums and ubers in a massive expansion of government with roughly 160 new boards, bureaus and commissions. instead of finding a responsible way to pay for all of this, democrats impose more than 5$50 billion in medicare cuts and tax hikes. in fact, this bill requires ten years of tax increases and ten years of medicare cuts just to pay for six years of supposed benefits, many of which don't even go into effect until 2014. that's not reform.

>> check out this video here. a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okay. but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

> a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv, caught on tape. here's the video from the dash cam of a police cruiser near atlanta. now, we want to assure you this woman is okay. as you c see there, she was crossing the street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. now, what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident. yeah. a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crossed, and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up. my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be arrested. >> by the way, the driver did

get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back into her suv and left. police are now looking for her. are you thinking about having a nice juicy hamburger today? well, hold on a minute. michigan's governor has declared th a meatout date in her state. it encourages folks to avoid meat. the meat industry is not thrilled with governor jennifer dpran home's declaration. many called it a slap in the face. in response to the flap, the governor is now calli today an all-inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some say that's not good enough. one grp has declared today and other day measure misch meat-eaters day. interviewers are weighing in on this story. let's look at your feedback. christy says, oh, boy, i'm a meat eater and i need it on a

daily basis. so do my kids. i live in an agg community and even have the occasional cow wander through my backyard. stock growers are what keeps my part of the world going. it's impossible for everyone to go veggie because certain blood types thrive on red meat. bruce says the fact that the gov has encouraged people to avoid meat suggests it's wrong to eat meat. it's hard to stay away from high-fructose corn syrup. not sure about it being a proper thing for a governor to proclaim since i'm astonished by what governors do. it will have no impact on the meat industry, but i do think if just you one new recipe was liked enough to be added to the meals it may be worth it to make more people think more. and laura had this to say -- the worry that it will hurt the meat industry if we start eating healthier is right up there about worrying about up fair it

is to the cigarette industries if we stop dying on them. thanks for the responses. keep them coming. what do you think, is this an appropriate proclamation from a vernor? would going veggie one day seriously affect the meat industry? send us an e-mail. we could air your comments later this afternoon. anyone could be forgiven for stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. but the man who stole the cash from girl scouts selling cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. prod rick smith is charged with gunning down anthony beavers wednesday night. police say beavers refused to turn over his new cell phone to smith. he said the two struggled and smith shot beavers t. happened at a city train station. officials say it is the worst

ins department at a station in four years. the man suspected of making a racial comment over the intercom at a walmart is behind bars. last sunday a man's voice came over the pa system and calmly announced, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store now. a manager athe new jersey store quickly apologized but many customers in the sore complained about what happened. walmart has said it thinks the announcement was made by a customer. police in washington state are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster. check out this guy. a sueillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout selling cookies for a fund-raiser. as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> really shaky. i dn't really sleep last night. his head is in my mind. i can picture him. i started to pack up my cookies. i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran.

i'm still going to sell cookies because that's what i do. i raise money for the girl scouts. >> the clook made off with $465 in cash. after learning what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop which sends cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. here on hln news and views, we bring you the news throughout the weekend, but we want your views as well. we send out our own joe cter on the street to find out what you think about religion. >> reporter: i'm joe carter. we're on the street to find out what's on your mind. are you religious? >> i'm a spiritual person. i don't know if i call myself deeply religious. >> i'd like to think so somewhat. >> no. >> i am. >> i don't go to church every sunday, but i have my own relationship with god. >> we're too busy to be as rjsz as we could be. >> i feel i have a better idea of what god is than a lot of christians do. >> i don't want to consider myself religious but spiritual.

>> reporter: there's a new study out saying people bween 18 and 29 are considerably less religious than older americans. why do you think that is? >> because their parents didn't take them to church and sunday school. >> it's almost looked negatively on if you go to church. you're looked down upon. it's not the cool thing to do. >> many people that age including my own son, church is cool. >> 18 to 29-year-olds areore into themselves. when they're older, they'll come to religion. >> they don't like not being allowed to question. a lot of times in church it's, leak, this is it, just do wha we say. >> there's so many other distractions, so some other things to focus on. >> there's a lot of media, the internet. >> reporter: is church still relevant? >> yes, i think it's a huge factor in many people's lives. >> i think faith of any kind is good. >> if you're raising a family and you have children, i think it's good for the structure. ihink you should set a good

example. >> doesn't seem as relevant as it was. >> it's just talk, obsolete dogma. >> it's not relevant. i wouldn't do out of my way to do it at this point in my life. >> reporter: your children are all very active in church. >> yes. >> reporter: what do they do to attract people their age to come to church? >> just invite them and have a friendly experience. >> it's about people our age taking people under their wing. >> for some kidsinding jesus really does do something for them. >> reporter: i'm joe carter with hln. i'll see you on the street. check out this daredevil in florida. okay, he walked across a wire nearly 400 feet in the air. there he goes. he walked between two 34-story towers in ft. myers yesterday with no net underneath we're talking. he is already in the guinness book of records but thiss the highest skywalk he's ever performed. get this, though. he said he decided last minute to include his mother. yeah, she's also a wire walker,

but she hasn't performed in years. his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon. i hope not on a high wire. he comes from a long line of sky walkers, started by his great-grandfather. it's going to be a few more days before a south african sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. their easter bunny is, get this, 12 feet 5 inches tall and wghs more than 3 tons. it took three days to complete this. the slpture will be on display until march 27th. then it wille broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages just in time for easter. for a few weeks now, trainers at seaworld in orlando haven't been in the water where orcas are performing. coming up, more changes that were made after a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.

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he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. hey, welcome to hln news and views this third saturday in march. i'm natasha curry. it is crunch time in washington this weekend. president obama is going to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon and making another personal appeal to get house democrats to vote for the health care bill. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access for all americans to affordable quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep skyskyrocketing, benefits l keep getting slashed and what you get will cost you much, much more, and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to go unchecked. the president is trying right now to win over two main groups, the 37 democrats who voted against the bill the first

time around, and the 40 house democrats who voted for the mease only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to the bill. in this version, those restrictions have been modified the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to round up the 216 votes need to pass the bill. our sister network cnn's latest count says that 29 democrats plan to vote against the legislation, 38 democratic no votes are needed to kill the bill. multiple democratic leadership sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes vote 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet, and 15 have not responded. republicans have vowed to do everything they can to kill the health care bill. they say nothing, not even the newest mats on how much the bill will cut the deficit, will change their opinion of it. >> this is all built and premised upon some assumions that just don't bear out. and that now is indicative of

why they're having so many difficulties in lining up the votes. the votes still aren't there, and, you know, this notion that we're going to see the text in the morning to incorporate yet even more changes when we make amendments to the rules committee reflects the fact they're having to go cut more deals. just outside capitol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered there. it's all part of a broad coalition of tea party organizations launching their final push before a possible vote by the house. the code red tea party rallies are being coordinated and call for a termination of the legislation. a candlelight vigil is planned for the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he is truly sorry for the sexual abuse victims suffered at the hands of catholic priests in hireland. the pope's 18-page letter was made public today and is expected to be read in churches across ireland tomorrow. the country has been shaken by a

recent government-backed report that found the archdiocese of dublin and other authorities in ireland covered up child abuse by priests from 1975 to 2004. a vatican spokesman says the pope wants priests who abuse children to face the consequences of their actions. >> the popeas also very strong words for the priests who have abused children, and he say that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also the justice of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countri, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s, the mun archdiocese ignored warnings 0 to keep a molesting priest away

from children. more than 300 cases of alleged abuse have emerged in germany, mostly since january. but no others have surfaced that could implicate the pope. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. they're not sure if their flights are going to take off. the airlines cab and crews went on strike last night after talks with management failed. the union opposes a new plan that would change how the cabin crews operate. the strike will go on through monday and pick again next weekend. itill use replacement workers to get about two-thirds of passgers to their destinations. the race is on to save some homes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still feel filling and stacking sandbags as a barrier. the waters of the red river are expected to rise another ft this weekend before cresting by tomorrow. construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> so you have joint every six

feet. those joints we believe started failing and so we started getting war onhe dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of at ground zero right out of our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36 1/2 feet this morning. to put that into perspective, it reached flood stage at just 18 feet. it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minnesota. local media report a bridge leading into downtown delano has been closed to foot and car traffic for safety reasons. officials are worried the strong currents could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall isome parts of the state, just yesterday it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city but today the snow is causing problems at will rogers world airport. several flights have been delayed by an hour or more.

and continental airlines canceled all departures for the day along with some arrivals. best advice? call ahead before heading to that airport. check out this video here. a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okay, as you're watching this, but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv and it was caught on tape. re is the video from a dash cam of a police cruiser near atlanta. we want to assure you this woman is okay.

as you can see there, she was crossing the street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. now, what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident. yeah, a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crossed. and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up. my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be aested. >> by the way, the driver did get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back into her suv and left. police are now looking for her. another florida teenager has been arrested in the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl. broward county deputies called the 13-year-old girl an accessory to the beating of josie rattly. she was beaten wednesday at a school bus stop. police say a 15-year-old boy

knocked rattly down, then kked her in the head with his steel-toed boots. he's now facing attempted murder charges and ratly is in a medically-induced coma. she battered. >> hooked up to machines. >> swollen. she's controlled by maines. she cannot respond to us. she's in a coma. authorities say rattly and the suspect had never met before the attack. instead, they say that a text messaging dispute may have triggered the fight. africanized bees killed a dog and sent its owner running right out of his clothes. george williams was trimming trees in florida and got too close to the bee colony. his 70-pound dog took the brunt of the attack. >> one was covered in bees. the other i got loose. it was all i could take to get out of there. and i wound upou naked in my front yard running from the bees. >> i just took my clothes off. i was fighting them and they

trying to get -- those bees try to go in your eyes, ears, everywhere, your mouth. >> gosh, glad he's okay. more than 70,000 beesn that colony, a bee expert was called in to kill the hive. are you thinking of having a nice juicy hamburger today in hold on a mine. michigan's governor has declared this a meat-out day in her state. they are encouraged to avoid meat. the meat industry is is not thrilled with the governor's proclamation. they called it a slap in the face to livestock farmers and some people say that's not good enough. one group has declared today and every other day michigan meat-eaters day. our viewers are weighing in on

this story. let's look at your feedback. christy says, oh, bo i'm a meat eater and i need it on a daily basis. so do my kids. i live in an ag community and have the occasional cow baurnd through my yard. i know catholic ranchers that don't eat meat on fridays but enjoy a good roast on saturday. besides,it's impossible for everyone to go veggie because certain blood types thrive on red meat. and bruce says, the fact that the gov has encouraged people to avoid meat suggests thatt is wrong to eat meat. it's almost impossible to stay away from high fructose corn syrup. that should be enough for everyone. this response from tina, not sure it's proper for a governor to proclaim since i'm astonished on a regular basis by what they do. it will have no impact on the meat industry but i think if one new recipe was liked enough to be added to mes it may be worth it to make people think. laura said this, to worry that we'll hurt the meat industry if

we startating healthier is right up there with worrying about how unfair it is to the cigarette industry if we stop dying on them. hey, thanks for your responses. just keep them coming. what do you think? is this an appropriate proclamation from a governor? will going veggie for one day seriously impact the meat industry? do you have a beef with meat out day or do you like the idea? send us an e-mail to cnn.com/hln and we could air your comments later this afternoon. well, health care is at the top of the legislative agenda in washington this weekend. president obama does not want congress to forget about another of his top priorities, financial will reform. in his weekly address, the president says he wants congress to act quickly to set common sense rules for financial markets. >> no one denies that reform is needed. so the question we have to answer is very simple -- will we learn from this crisis, or will we condemn ourselves to repeat it? that's what's at stake. i urge those i the senate who

support the reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure from those who would preserve the status quo, to stand upor their stwepts and our country. and i promise to use every tool at my disposal to see these reforms enacted, to ensure that the bill i sign into law reflects not the specia interests of wall street but the best interests of the american people. >> tomorrow's vote on health care reform will come over the loud objections of republicans. as democrats try to find votes to pass it, the gop is standing united in its opposition. in his party's weekly address, minority leader john boehner spelled out why republicans will do everything they can to defeat the bill. >> the democrats' bill which runs more than 2300 pages actually raises premiums and ushers in a massive expansion of government with roughly 160 new boards, bureaus and commissions instead of finding a responsible way to pay for all of this, democrats impose more than half

a trillion dollars in medicare cuts and more than a half a trillion dollars in tax hikes. in fact, this bill requires ten years of tax increases and ten years of medicare cuts just to pay for six years of supposed benef benefits, many of which don't even go into effect until 2014. that's not reform. anyone can be forgiven for stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. but the man who stole the cash from girl scouts selling cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. broderick smith is charged with gunning down 19-year-old anthony

beavers wednesday night. police say beavers refused to turn over his cell phone to smith. they said the two strug eld and smith shot beavers. it happened at a city train station. officials say it is the worst incident at a train station in more than four years. the man suspected of making a racial comment over the air at a walmart is behind bars. a man's voice came over the pa system and anouned, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store now. a manager at the store quickly apologized but many in the store complained about what happened. walmart has said it thinks the announcement was made by a customer. police in washington state are on the lookout for a real-life cookie mster. check out this guy. a surveillance camera actually caught him swiping money from a girl scout who was selling cookies for a fund-raiser. yeah. as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> really shaky. i didn't really sleep last night.

his head is in my mind. i can picture him, and i started to pack up my cookies and i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cookies because that's what i do, and i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465 in cash. but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop, which sends girl scout cookies to u.s. you troops serving overseas. check out this daredevil in florida. okay, he walked across a wire nearly 400 feet in the air. there he goes. he walked between two34-story towers in ft. myers yesterday with no net uerneh we're talking. nick is already in the guinness book of records but this is the highest skywalk he's ever performed. get this, though. he says he decided lt minute

to include his mother. yeah, she's also a wire walker but e hasn't performed in years. his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon. i hope not on a highwire. that's freaky. nick comes from a long line of skywalkers started by his great-grandfather. it's going to be a few more days before a south african sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. yeah, their easter bunny is, get this, 12 feet 5 inches tall and weighs more than three tons. it took three days to complete this. the sculpture will be on display until march 27th. th it will be broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages just in time for easter. for a few weeks now, trainers at seaworld in orlando haven't been in the water where orcas are performing. an update on some of the other changes the amusement park has made since a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.

we are going to get this done. we are gog to make history. we've made clear it's time to scrap this bill. and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up you. my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. holy fatherffers very stern words, you betrayed the trust that was placed in you.

his head is in my mind. i bent down to grab a box, and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. welcome to hln news and views. i'm natasha curry. it is crunch time in washington this weekend. president obama is going to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon, and he's making another personal appeal to get house democrats to vote for the health care bill. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access for all americans to affordable, quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep skyrocketing, benefits will keep getting slashed, and what you get wiwill cost you much, mh more and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to grow unchecked. >> the president is trying right

now to win over two main groups, the 37 democrats who voted against the bill the first time around and the 40 house democrats who voted for the measure only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to the bill. in this version, those restrictions have been modified. the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to round up the 216 votes needed to pass the bill. our sister network cnn's latest count says 31 democratslan to vote against the legislation. 38 democratic no votes are needed to kill the bill. now, multiple democratic leadership sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes votes, 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet, and 15 haven't responded. republicans have vowed to do everything they can to kill the health care bill. they say nothing, not even the new estimates on how much the bill will cut the deficit, will change their opinion of it. >> this is all built and premised upon some assumptions

that just don't bear out. and that now is indicative of why they're having so many difficulties in lining up the votes. the votes still aren't there, and this notion that we're going to see the text in the morning to incorporate yet even more changes when we make amendments to the rules committee reflects the fact they're having to go cut more deals. just outside capitol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered. it's all part of a broad coalition of tea party organizations launching their final push before a possible vote by the house. the code red tea party rallies are being coordinated across the u.s. you and call for the termination of the current legislation. proteste plan a candlelight vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he is truly sorry for the sexual abuse victims suffered at the hands of catholic priests in ireland. the pope's 18-page letter was made public today and is expected to be read in churches

across ireland tomorrow. the country has been shaken by a recent report that found the archdiocese of dublin and other catholic church authorities in ireland covered up child abuse by priests from 1975 to 2004. a vatican spokesman says the pope wants priests who abuse children to face the consequences of their actions. >> the pope has also very strong words for the priests who have abused children, and he say that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also the justice of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countries, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s, the munich archdiocese ignored warnings to

keep a mow pest lefting priest away from children according to the doctor who issued the warnings. more than 300 cases of alleged abuse have emerged in germany, mostly since january. but no others have surfaced that could implicate the pope. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. they're not sure if their flights are going to take off the airlines cabin crews wtn strike last night. the union opposes a new plan that would change how the cabin crews operate. the strike will go on thrgh monday and pick up again next weekend. the airline says it will use replacement workers to get about two-thirds of passengers to their destinations. the race is on to save some homes from floodwater in north dakota. folks in fargo are still filling and stacking sandbags as a protective barrier. the waters of the red river are expected to rise another foot this weekend before cresting by tomorrow. construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few

problems. >> so you have a joint every six feet. those joints we believe started failg, and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of at ground zero right out of our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36 1/2 feet this morning. to put that into perspective, it reached flood stage at just 18 feet. it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minneta. local media report a bridge leading into downtown delano has been closed to foot and car traffic for safety reasons. officials are worried the strong currents could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall in some parts of the state. just yesterday it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today the snow is causing problems at will

rogers world airpor several flights have been delayed by an hour or more. and continental airlines ncel all departures for the day along with some arrivals. best advice? call ahead before heading to that airport. check out this ved yoe here. a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okays as you're watching this. but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv and it was

caught on taep. here's the video from the dash cam of a police cruiser near atlanta. we want to assure you this woman okay. as you can see there, she was crossing the street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. now, what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident. yeah, a police officer saw you the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> iust remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crossed. and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up. my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be arrested. >> and by the way the driver did get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back into her suv and left. police are now looking for her. are yo thinking about having a nice juicy hamburger today? well, hold on a minute. michigan's governor has declared this a meat out day in her

state. the proclamation encourages folks to avoid meat and try recipes rich with vegetables, fruit and grains. the meat industry is not thrilled with the governor's proclamation. the michigan farm bure called it slap in the face to livestock farmers and meat eating residents. in response, the governor is now calling today an all-inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some people say that's not good enough. one group has declared today and every other day michigan meat eaters day. our viewers are weighing in. let's look at your feedback. steve says, the way that farm animals are treated in this country in 2010 is truly disgusting. i'm a vegetarian and if people would actually try it for a week, they would never go back to eating meat. bruce has this to say -- as far as the health issues go, my grandfather died three weeks short of 102 yes of age. every supper was a meat and potatoes meal, every breakfast had ham or bacon. cholesterol was never a problem.

he likely would have a strike in an all-veggie meal. why don't we take the meat we skip for a meal and donate it to a food bank. i have to agree, i love my bacon, should be its own food group. finally, let's check in with anna marie who says, wow, i think it's great to have a meat out day. my family stopped eating red meat. i've got to tell you, once you stop eating it, there is a difference when you have it again. sometimes i will still have a bite or two of steak at family gettogethers a it's very rich and upsets my stomach. but that's after a long run of not having it. there's nothing wrong with encouraging healthy eating. this is about their worry of losing money, not the overall health of their customers. it says a lot that they are so worried over just one day. i say thumb ysthumbs-up to gove granholm. thanks for your responses. keep them coming. what do you think? is this an appropriate proclamation from a governor? will going veggie for one day seriously impact the meat industry? do you have a beef with meat out

day or do you like the idea? send us an e-mail to cnn.com/hln and we could air your comments later this afternoon. a tour guide decided she had seen enough and it was time to get involved. patty webster brings medical care to people in the amazon jungle. she's this week's cnn hero. >> for someone who goes to the amazon on a vacation, you see the beauty it's easy to overlook the realities of what people are living there. i was a guide leading adventure tourists around. as time went on, i just saw real suffering going on. people were very sick. people would actually sit around my mosquito net waiting for me to wake up so that i could help them with a sick child. it was frightening to me because if they're depending on me for their health care, we're all gointo die because i certainly had no medical training at all. i had to involve myself more.

it was either stay and do something or leave. my name is patty webster, and i bring down medical teams into the amazon jungle. we work in so many diverse areas where the ministry of health doesn't get to so we often take extreme measures to get out to places. some of these areas, many of them would never see a doctor. we work morning to night. we have so many people. you want to make sure everybody gets treated. this is our 17th year. we are seeing more patients, providing more services. anything i can offer them that is going to help them is just a real gift. it certainly wasn't what i had planned for my life, but you can't go against these forces of nature. >> to learn more about patty webster's work or nominate someone who you think is changing the world, go to

cnn.com/heroes. anyone can be forgiven for stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. but the man who stole the cash from girl scouts selling cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. broderick smith is charged with gunning down 19-year-old anthony beavers wednesday night. police say he refused to turn over his new cell phone to smith. the two struggled and smith shot baefers, they say. it happened at a city train station, the worst incident at one of the stations in four

years. the man suspected of making a racial comment over the intercom at a walmart is behind bars. last sunday a man's voice came over the p.a. system and calmly announced, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store now. a manager at the new jersey store quickly apologized but many customers in the store complained about what happened. walmart has said it thinks the announcementas made by a customer. police in wasngto state are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster. check out this guy. a surveillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout selling cookies. as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> really shaky. i didn't really sleep last night. his head is in my mind. i can picture him. i started to pack up my cookies, and i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cookies

because you that's what i do. and i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465 in cash. but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more tha$1,000 to make up for the stolen money. and she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop, which sends girl scout cookies to u.s. troops servin overseas. it's going to be a few more days before a south african sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. the bunny is, get this, 12 feet 5 inches tall and weighs more than three tons. it took three days to complete this. the sculpture will be on display until march 27th. i could just take a bite out of it. then it will be broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages just in time for easter. many people are concerned about american businesses moving jobs overseas, butn one state thousands of jobs are actually going the other way, to the u.s.

tom foreman looks at how it's building up america. >> reporter: just south of montgomery at the gleaming new hyundai plant, almost every minute another new car rolls off the line. and just about as often you can find someone like yolanda well ya williams singing the company's praises. >> i love what i do. >> reporter: winng this massive economic prize over other states that wanted it had local leaders scrambling at one point making sure hyundai knew how most of allthe local community could and would meet all their needs. >> they made sure that you had everytng. >> everything. >> reporter: the land, the communication, the transportation. >> yes. utilities. >> reporter: and it seems like it's working. >> it is working. it's working for them, working for us. >> reporter: last year, hyundai was one of just three car companies to increase sales in america, the success for the community? so you're just looking to see if there's anything wrong with this

piece. good jobs. >> means the world to me, and i know a lot of other people feel the same way. >> reporter: hyundai doesn't make everything it needs so that means that lots of suppliers have sprung up all throughout this region to make bumpers and sun roofs and boards. and that has created many more jobs. in all, local officials estimate more than 20,000 jobs have rippled out from the hyundai deal. for a few weeks now, trainers at seaworld in orlando haven't been in the water whe orcas are performing. an update on some of the other changes the amusement park has made since a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.

>> 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 to special olympics maryland, check out smoddot organize. go to on demand and click get local for what's going on in your community. for comcast red carpet,

we are going to get this done. we are going to make history. we've made clear it's time to scrap this bill. it just came out of nowhere. i can't get up. my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. the holy father offers very stern words, you betrayed the trust that was placed in you. his head is in my mind. i bent down to grab a box and he

just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money, and took off and ran. welcome to hln news and views. i'm natasha curry. it is crunch time in washington this weekend. president obama is going to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon, and he's making another personal appeal to get house democrats to vote for the health care bill. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access for all americans to affordable, quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep skyrocketing, benefits will keep getting slashed, and what you get ll cost you much, much more, and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to grow unyou checked. >> the president is trying right now to win over two main groups, the 37 democrats who voted against the bill the first time

around and the 40 house democrats who voted forthe measure only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to the bill. in this version, those restctions have been modified. the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to round up the 216 votes needed to pass the bill. our sister network cnn's latest count says 31 democrats plan to vote against the legislation, 38 democratic no votes are needed to kill the bill. multiple democratic leadership sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes votes. 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet and 15 haven't responded. republicans have vowed to do everything they can to kill the health care bill. they say nothing, not even the new estimates on how much the bill will cut the deficit will change their opinion of it >> this is all built and premised upon so assumptions that just don't bear out. and that now is indicative of why they're having so many

difficulties in lining up the votes. the votes still aren't there, and, you know, this notion that we're going to see the text in the morning to incorporate yet even more changes when we make amendments to the rules committee reflects the fact they're having to go cut more deals. just outside catol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered there. it's all part of a broad coalition of tea party organizations launching their final push before a ssible vote by the house. the code red tea party rallies are being coordinated across the u.s. you and call for the termination of the current legislation. protesters plan a candlelight vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he is truly sorry for the sexual abuse victims suffered at the hands of catholic priests in ireland. the pope's 18-page letter was made public today anis expected to be read in churches across ireland tomorrow. the country has been shaken by a recent government-backed rort

that found the archdiocese of dublin and other catholic church authorities in ireland covered up child abuse by priests from 1975 to 2004. a vatican spokesm says that the pope wants priests who abuse children to faes the consequences of their actions. >> the pope has also very strong words for theriests who have abused children, and he say that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also the justice of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countries, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s. the mich archdiocese ignored warnings to keep a molesting priest away from children, according to the doctor who issued those warnings.

more than 300 cases of alleged abuse have emerged in germany, mostly since january. but no others have surfaced that could implicate the pope. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. they're not sure if their flights are going to take off. the airlines cabin crews went on strike last night after union talks with management faid. the union opposes a new plan that would change how the cab increws operate. the strike will go on through monday and pick up again next weekend. the airline says it will use replacement workers to get about two-thirds of passengers to their dedestinations. the race is on to save some homes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still filling and stacking sanld bags as protective barrier. the waters are expectedto rise of the red river before cresting tomorrow. construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> so you have a joint every six feet. those joints, we believe,

started failing and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of ground zero right out of our back wind doze. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36 1/2 feet this morning. it reached flood stage at just 18 feet. it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minnesota. local media report a bridge leading into downtown delano has been closed to foot and car traffic for safety reasons. officials are worried the strong currents could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall in some parts of the state, just yesterday it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today the snow is causing problems at will rogers world airport. several flights have been delayed by an hour or more. and continental airlines

canceled all departures for the day along with some arrivals. best advice? call ahead before heading to that airport. check out this video here. a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okay, as you're watching this here. but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

we want to assure you this woman is okay. she was crossing the street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. now, what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident.

yeah. a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crossed. and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up. my knee is swlen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be arrested. >> and by the way, the driver did get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back to her suv and left. police are now looking for her. another florida teenagers has been arrested in the brutal be beating of a 15-year-old girl. the 13-year-old girl is being called an accessory to the beating. the eighth grade student was beating wednesday at a school bus stop. police say a 15-year-old boy knked her down, then kicked her in the head with his steel-toed boots. he's now facing attempted murder you charges. and the girl is in a medically-induced coma.

>> just battered. >> hooked up to machines. >> swollen. she's controlled by machines. she cannot respond to us. she's in a coma. >> authorities say the girl and thsuspect had never met before the attack. instead, they say that a text messaging dispute may have triggered the fight. a teenager has been arrested in connection with a racial comment made over the intercom at a new jersey walmart. last sunday a voice came over the p.a. system and calmly announced, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store now. a manager at the new jersey store quickly apologized. police say the 16-year-old boy they arrested sterday is facing charges of harassment and bias intimidation. police say he's been released and handed over to his parents. are you thinking about having a nice juicy hamburg today? well, hold on a minute. michigan's governors has declared thisa meat out day in

her state. the proclamation encourages folks to avoid meat and try recipes rich with vegetables, fruit and grains. the meat industry is not thrilled with governor jennifer granholm's proclamation. the michigan farm bureau called it a slap in the face to farmers and meat eating residents. in response to the flak, the governor is now calling today an all-inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some people say that's not good enough. one you group has declared today and every other day michigan meat eaters day. our viewers are weighing in. let's look at your feedback. dina has this to say, don't know that it's appropriate for the governor to aspouse cutting off anyone's product. how about no mcdonald's day and no walmart day? if the carbon foot sprint her issue, how about support your local farmers. katie says this, i doubt everyone won't eat meat on that

day. i also doubt it will impact the meat industry. if you think it will encourage people eating more recipes with veggies, good for them. michelle says, eat more veggies. i like it. it would save a lot of animals' lives. hey, thanks for your responses. keep them coming what do you think? is this an appropriate proclamation from a governor? will going veggie for one day seriously impact the meat industry? do you have a beef with meat out day, or do you like the ea? send us an e-mail to cnnom/hln and we could air your comments later this afrnoo do you spend most of your day at a desk? sit up and pay attention. we're going beyond the surface and finding out w good posture can straighten up your health. posture is soimportant. when we slouch, it actually compresses the spine. when we do that, we start to feel those aches and pains. the muscles get really tight. it can also start to feel a lot of tightness in the hips. over time, you know, the spine gets used to sitting in a

certain place. the best thing to do is just to have an awareness of what your body is doing already. notice if you tend to be someone that rolls the shoulders back too far or rolls the shoulders forward. breathing actually helps with posture. naturally, when you breathe, you're able to sit up tall. there's absolutely some easy stretches to improve your posture. just take five minutes, and you're set. anyone can b forgiven from stealing a cookie from a cookie jar. but the man who stole cash from girl scouts selling cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police inatlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. broderick smith is charged with gunning down 19-year-old anthony beavers wednesday night. police say beavers refus to turn over his new touch-screen cell phone to smith. they say the two struggled and smith shot beavers. it happened at a city train station, one of the worst incidents at a train station in four years. actresses demi moore and knee area march valz are credited to help saving the lifetime of a suical teenager. he was threatening to hang himself in his front yard in florida. two other people, one in california and one from british columbia, also reported the threat on twitter and called florida authorities. >> i saw it on demi moore's page because i follow her.

it's not that complicated, and she responds and says, are are you serious? and he says, yes. >> we're very grateful that the people that follow on twitr picked up the phone. in this case, it absolutely, veryell uld have saved his life. >> the teen's mother told police her son has obsessive-compulsive disorder. he was at his computer desk cryi when he told police he admitted posting the tweet. he's now in protective custody. when it was over, moore sent this tweet. thank you for your support of helping someone in pain last night. this morning vardalis answered, yes i am a little shaken. just wanted to say thank you twitter for caring about a stranger in florida last night. police in wash state are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster. a surveillance camera caught this man swiping money from a girl scout selling cookies for a fund-raiser. yeah. as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> really shaky. i didn't really sleep last

night. his head is in my mind. i can picture him. i started to pack up the cookies. he jt pushed past my mom and grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cookies because that's what i do and i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465 in cash. but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. she has decided to puthe money toward operation cookie drop, which sends girl scout cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. okay it's going to be a few more days before a uth african sculpting team finds out if i created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. yeah, their easter bunny is, get this, 12 feet 5 inches tall and weighs more than three tons. it took thre days to complete this. the sculpture will be on display until march 27th, then it's

going to be broken up into bits and distributed to localena or n orphana orphanages. people who need wheelchairs have a hard time getting around on bumpy side wakes. an m.i.t. student's invention is changing that, on "the edge of discovery." >> my name is amos winter and i'm the inventor as the free chair. in the developing world, most people with disabilities have to rely on their own power to go from point a to point b. using a conventional wheelchair is pretty much impossible so. what's required is something that you can travel long distances on rgh terrain efficiently by just using your arms. so you have two levers, so if

you're going through mud or sand, you put your hands higher and you have more leverage. you can take an lfc to a rural village, and if there's a guy who knows how to fix bicycles, he knows how to fix the lf we took this next version o the lfc to guatemala. we'll be testing them for a year, after that year, wll get the feedback from the users and then'll ha we'll have a model t can distribute to any workshop and they can make them anywhere in the world. trainers at sea world in orlando have not been in the water with any of the animals their changing. !d!d!d!d!d!d!d!dd

we are going to get this done, we are going to make history. >> we have made it clear that it's time to scrap this bill. and it just same out of nowhere. she needs to be arrested. i have very stern words, you betrayed the trust that was placed in you. >> his head is in my mind. i bent down to grab a box and he

just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. hey, welcome to hln news and views this third weekend in march. president obama is going to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon and he's making another personal appeal to get house democrats to vote for the health care bill. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access to all americans to affordable, quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep skyrocketing, benefits wil you get will cost much, much more and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to go unchecked. >> the president is trying to

win over two main groups, the senate democrats, and the 40 use democrats who voted for the measure only after strict restrictions on abortions were added to the bill. the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to r ing ting to drum up needed to pass the legislation. 29 democrats say they will vote no to the legislation. democrats have re than 200 yes votes. 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet and 15 haven't responded. republicans have had to do everything they can to kill the health care bill. they say nothing will change their opinion on it. this is all premised upon some asumpbations that just

won't hear o. and that is indicative of why they don't have the votes. this notion that we're going to see the tt in the morning to incorporate even more changes, reflects the fact that they're having to go cut more deals. just outside capitol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered there. it's all part of tea party rallies before a vote by the house. they call for the termination of the current legislation. protesters plan a cand light vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he's truly sorry for the sexual abuse that victims suffered at the hands of the cathic church in ireland. the country's been shaken by a

recent government backed report that found the archdiocese of dublin and other church authorities in ireland covered up child abuse by priests from 1957 to 2004. the pope wants the accusers to face the consequences of their actions. >> the pope has some very strong words for the priests and the leaders who have abused children and he says that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also they the just of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countries, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s. the archdiocese ignored warning

to keep the priests away from children. more than 300 cases of alleged abuse have emerged in germany mostly since january. but no others have surfaced that implicate the pope. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. they're not sure if their flights are going to take off. the airlines cabin crews went on strike last week after union talks with management failed. the union opposes a new plan that would change how the cabin crews operate. the strike would go on through monday and pick up again this weekend. the airline says it will use replacement workers to get about 2,000 passengers to their destinations. the race is on to save some homes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still building and stacking sandbags as a protective barrier. the waters are expected to rise another foot this weekend before cresting by tomorrow. construction of a cla dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> so you have a joint every six

feet. those joints we believe started failing and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're at kind of ground zero right out of our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36.5 feet this morning. they reached flood stage at just 18 feet. and it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of miesota. local media reports a bridge in downtown delano has been closed to car traffic for safety reasons. officials are worried the strong currents could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall on some parts of the state. just yesterday, it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today, the snow is causing problems at will rogers world airport. some flights have been delayed by an hour or more.

and continental airlines canceled all departures for the day along with some arrivals. bested advice, call ahead befor heading to that airport. a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okay, but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a william woman crossing a reet was hit by an suv and it was caught on tape. this is the dash cam of a police officer in downtown atlanta. this woman is okay. as you can see, she was crossing a street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another driver driving an suv. what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident. a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crosse and it just came out of nowhere.

i just can't get up, my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be arrested. >> and by the way, the driver did get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back in her suv and left. police are now looking for her. another florida teenager has been arrested in the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl. broward deputies called her acc/big ten challenge sessionry in the beating of 15-year-old ratley. he's now facing attempted murder charges and ratley is in a medically induced coma. >> hooked up to machines. >> she's controlled by machines, she can not respond to us, she's in a coma. >> authorities say ratley and

the victim had never met before e attack. instead a text messaging disbutte may have trig tered the fight. a teenager has been arrested for a racial comment that came over the p.a. system in walmart. a voice came on the p.a. and said "all black customers please leave the store now." police say he's been released and been handed over to his parents. africanized bees sent a man right out of his clothes. he was trimming ees in south florida and got too close to the killer bees colony. his dog took the brunt of the attack. >> it s all i could take to get out of there. and i wind up naked in my front

yard running from the bees. i just took my clhes off, i was fighting and they were trying to go in your eyes, your nose, everywhere. >> there were more than 70,000 bees in that colony. a bee expert was called in to kill the hive. are you thinking about having a nice, juicy hamburger today? ld on a mcinnichigan's governor has called this a meat out day in her state. the meat street is not thrilled with governor jennifer reynolds' problem lamination. response to the flack, the governor is now calling today an all inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some people say that's not good enough. many of you are weighing in

on this story. let's take a look at what some of you are saying now. david says this, would someone please explain to me how thousands upon thousands of vegetarians live long lives and die at a ripe old age if failing to get meat is so unhealth any? i think some of the comments here are based on myths that we've all been brained washed. and josh says i think it's all bull, cookout on e state capitol lawn on saturday. i brenda says that if it was a vegetable day out, and you were to eat meet all day, i see nothing wrong with it. and megan says, sorry, i love my bacon. what do you think? is this an proclamatiblem lam -

mags-problmags -- seven more banks have shut down, three of them are in georgia. the others were in ohio, alabama and minnesota. the fdic was able to find other financial especially tugss to buy all the troubled banks except the one in utah. 37 banks have failed so far this year. >> anyone can be forgiven from stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, but the man who stole the cash from girl scout cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for

his cell phone, broderick smith is charged with gunning down 19-year-old anthony beavers. police say beavers refused to turn over his cell phone to smith. it happened at a city train station. officials say it's the worst incident at one of the stations in four years. police in washington state are on the ookout for a real life cookie monster. check out this guy. a surveillance camera actually caught him swiping money from a girl scout who was selling girl scout cookies. >> i didn't really sleep last night because his head is in my mind. i started to pack up my cookies and i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cooks because that's what i do, and i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465

in cash. but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. and she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop that sends girl scout cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. we bring you the news, but we want your views as well. so we sent out our own joe carter on the street to find out what you think about religion. >> reporter: i'm joe carter and we're on the street to find out what's on your mind. are you religious >> a spiritual person. i don't know if i would call myself deeply religious. >> i don't go to church every sunday, but i still have a relationship with god. >> i feel like i have a better idea of what god is than a lot of christians do. >> i don't want toconsider myself religious but spiritual. >> there's a new study out that says people between the ages of 18 and 29 are considerably less

religious than older americans. why do you think that is? >> because their parents didn't take them to church or sunday school. >> if you go to church, you go to mosque or synagogue, then you're looked down on. >> 18 to 29-year-old are more into themselves. when they're older, they'll then come to religion. >> they don't like not being allowed to question. a lot of times in church, it's like this is it, just do what we say. >> there's so many other distractions to focus on. >> there's a lot of media, the internet. >> reporter: is church still relevant? >> yes, i think it's a huge factor in many people's lives. >> i think faith of any kind is good. >> if you're raising a family and you have children, i think it's good, for the structure, i think you should set a good example. >> it's just talk, it's sleet doing ma. >> it's not relevant, it's not

something i would go out of my way to do at this point in my life. >> your children are al very active at church, what do ey do to attract people their own age to go to church as well? >> it's like taking other people under their wing. >> for some people finding jesus really does do something for them. check out this daredevil in florida. okay, he walked across a wire at nearly 400 feet in the air. there he goes. he walked between two 34-story towers in ft. meyers yesteay with no net underneath. nick wolenda is already in the "guinness book of world records," but this is the highest sky walk he has ever performed. but he decided at the last minute to include his mother. his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon, i hope not on the high wire, that's freaky.

nick wallenda comes from a long line of sky walkers, the flying wallendas. it's going to be a few more days if a south african sculpting team sculpted the largest chocolate rabbit. the sculpture will be on display until march 27, then it' going to be broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages just in time for easter. for a few weeks now, trainers at sea world in orlando haven't been in the water where orcas are performing. an update on some of the other changes the park has made since a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.

we are going to get this done, we are going to make history. >> we have made it clear that it's time to scrap this bill. it jt came out of nowhere, i just can't get up, my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. the pope used very strong words, you betrayed the trust in you. i bent down to grab a box

and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. welcome to hln "news and views" this 20th of march. a key decision on the health care vote is expected sometime tomorrow. democratic leaders have decided to abandon a controversial plan that would allow the house to avoid a direct vote on it's health care bill. democratic sources tell cnn there will be three independent votes including a direct vote on the health care reform bill passed by the senate. as the vote gets down to the wire, president obama heads to the other end of pennsylvania avenue this afternoon for a pep talk with house democrats. >> we are on the verge of taking a decisive step to provide access for all americans to affordab affordable, quality health care. health insurance today is failing our families and our businesses. if we do nothing, the system will go bankrupt, premiums will keep sky rocketing, benefits

will keep getting slashed and what you get will cost you much, much more and our country's expenditures on health care will continue to grow unchecked. >> the president is trying right now to win over two main groups t 37 democrat who is voted gechs the bill the first time around, and the 40 house decrats who voted for the measure, only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to the bill. in this version, those restrictions have been modified. the house plans to vote on the bill tomorrow. democratic leaders are still trying to drum up the 216 votes that are needed to pass the bill. 31 democrats plan to vote against the legislation. 38 democratic no votes are needed to kill the bill. democratic leadership sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes votes, 29 have not decided how they'll vote yet and 15 haven't responded. republicans are bound to do everything they can to kill the

health care bill. they say nothing, not even the new estimates on how much the bill will cut the deficit will change their opinion of it. and today house gop leaders who are working to convince those democrats still on the fence to vote against the bill. >> house republicans remain committed to do everything we possibly can to defeat this health care bill. we will work for it every hour until this vote is taken to ensure that we can produce 38 no votes on the other side of the aisle. i thank all the arica that have come here to join us in this fight. the fight is nearing an end, but if we continue to work hard and listen to the american people, we can defeat this bill. just outside capitol hill, large crowds of protesters upset with the health care bill have gathered there, it's all part of a broad coalition of t party organizations launching their final push before a possible vote by the house.

the code red tea party rallies are being held across the u.s. protesters plan a candle light vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xvi says he is truly soy for the sexual abuse victims suffered at the hands of catholic priests in ireland. the pope's 18-page letter was made public today and is expected to be read in churches across ireland tomorrow. the country has been shaken by a government report that found the archdiocese of bdublin and othe church officials coffered up child abuse from 1975 to 2004. the pope said he wants priests to face the consequences of their anations. >> the pope has very strong words for the priests and the leaders who have abus children. and he say that they have to

respond to god and to the courts and al the justice of the state. >> allegations of abuse in the catholic church have been made in six countries, including the pope's native germany. when the pope was archbishop in the early 1980s. the munich archdiocese ignored warnings to keep priethe allege priests away from children. more than 300 cases have emerged since january but no other cases that could implicate the pope. thousands of british aways passengers are in limbo today, they're not sure if their flights are going to take off. the cabin crews went on strike last night. the union posesa new plan which will change how the cabin crews operate. the airline says it will use replacement workers to get

about 2/3 of passengers to their destinations. the race is on to save some homes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still filling and stacking sandbags as a protective barrier. the waters are expected to rise another foot this weekend before cresting tomorrow. the construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> you have a joint every six feet. those joints we believe started failing and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of at ground zero right out of our back window. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the rivers, waters reached 36.5 feet this morning. and to put that into perspective, they reached flood stage at just 18 feet. and it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minnesota. local media report a bridge

leading into downtown delano has been closed to foot and car traffic for safety reasons. officials are worried the strong current could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for parts of oklahoma on the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall on parts of the state. just yesterday, it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today the snow is causing problems at will rogers world airport. several flights have been delayed by an hourr more. and continental airlines canceled all departus for the day along with some arrivals. best advise, call ahead before heading to that airport. check out this video, a shocking pedestrian accident caught on tape. the woman is okay as you're watching this here. but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv and it was caught on tape. here's the video from the dash cam of a police cruiser in atlanta. we want to tell you this woman is okay. as you can see there, she was crossing the streetn a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. what the video does not show is the driver leaving the scene of the accident. yeah, a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and i saw a police car waiting for the light as i crossed. and it just came out of nowhere. i just can't get up, my knee is swollen so bad. she needs to be arrested. she really needs to be arrested. >> and by the way, the driver did get out of her vehicle, but once the officer began helping the victim, the driver got back into her suv and left.

police are now looking for her. another florida teenager has been arrested in the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl. broward county deputies called the 15-year-old girl an accessory to the beating of josie ratley. police say a 15-year-old boy knocked ratley down and kicked her in the head with his steel towed boots. he's facing attempted murder charges and ratley is in a medically induced coma. >> she's controlled by machines, she cannot respond to us. she's in a coma. >> authorities say ratley and the suspect had never met fore the attack, instead a text messaging dispute may have triggered the fight. a teenager has been arrested in connection with a racial comment made over the intercom in a new jersey walmart. last sunday a voice came over the p. avrmt system and calmly

announced, attention walmart customers all black people leave the store now. a manager at the new jersey store quickly apologized. police say the 16-year-old boy they arrested yesterday is facing charges of harassment and bias intimidation. police say he has been released and handeded over to his parents. africanized bees sent a man running and out of his clothes. a man was cutting trees and got too close to the bes colony. his 70-pound dog took the bruchbt of the attack. >> it was all i could take to get out of there. and i wound up naked in my front yard running from the bees. i took my clothes off and i was fighting and they were trying to get in my eyes, my ears and everywhere. >> the were more than 70,000 bees in that colony. a bee expert was called in to kill the hive.

are you thinking about having a nice juicy hamburg you a are -- hamburger today? hold on a minute, the michigan governor has declared this a me meat out day. the michigan farm bureau called it a slap in the face to livestock farmers and meat eating residents. in response to the flap, the governor is now calling today an all inclusive agriculture day in chigan. some people say there's not good enough. one group has declared today and every other day michigan meat eater's day. many of you are weighing in on this sty. let's take a look at some of your feedback. raymond says i love mea but if she wants to go vggie let her, just don't force your beliefs on me.

and tracey says how about focusing on creating jobs and worrying about getting -- it's a shame. thanks for your reonses, just keep them coming, would you? what do you think? is this an appropriate proclation from the governor? do you have a beef with meatout day or do you like the idea? send your mments to hln.com and we may air your comments this afternoon. several banks were shut down in georgia, ohio, alabama and minnesota. federal regulators moved in yesterday and took them over. the fdic was able to find other financial institutis to buy all the troubled banks. except the one in utah. everyone can be forgiven from stealing a cookie from the coolie jar. but a man who stole the money

from the sale of girl scout cookies may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20-year-old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. roderick smith is charged with gunning down 19-year-old anthony beavers wednesday night. police say beavers refused to turn over his new touch screen cell phone toith. the two struggled and smith shot beavers. it happened at a train station, officials say this is the worst incident at one of the train stations in four years. actresses demi moore and nia very doll lows may have helped

to save a boy vie yes their twitter accounts. two other people also reported the threat on twitter and called authorities. >> i saw it on demi moore's page because i follow her. it's kind of complicated, and she responded to him and said are you serious and he said yes. >> we're very grateful to the people who followed on twitter and picked up the phone. >> the teen's mother told us that he had obsessive compulsive disorder. a surveillance camera caught this man swiping ney from a girl scout who was selling cookies for a fund-raiser. as you can imagine, the poor

girl was terrified. >> i was shaky, i didn't reay sleep last night because his head is in my mind, i can picture him and i started to pack up my cookies and i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cookies because that's what i do and i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465 in cash. but after hearing what happened, several good samarins donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. and she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop which sends girl scout cookies to u.s. troops overseas. it will be a few days if a south african sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. the rabbit is 12'5" and weighs more than three tons. it took three days to complete this.

the sculpture will be on display until march 27. then it's going to be broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages, just in time for easter. president obama has one word for canadian prime minister. the two heads of state had a friendly bet on the outcome of the u.s. the outcome of the u.s.-canada olympic hockey game. mr. obama also threw in a case of ying ling, the president's favorite beer on the left. check out this dare devil in florida. okay. he walked across a wire nearly 400 feet in the air. there he goes. he walked between two 34-story towers in miami yesterday. he's already in the guinness book of world records. this is the highest sky wk

he's ever performed. get this, though. he said he decided to include his mother. she hasn't performed in years. his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon. i hope not on a high wire. that's freaky. he comes from a long line of sky walkers called the flying wallendas. tonight on "showbiz tonight," not out of the woods? explosive revelations put the heat back on tiger woods. the racy revelations from one of woods's alleged mistresses. the latest in the tiger woods drama tonight on "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 p.m. eastern. for a few weeks tiners at seaworld in orlando haven't been in the water where orcas are performing. an update on some of the other changes the amusement park has made since a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.