how's it going, guys? we are going to get this done. welcome to "hln news and views." you saw president obama arriving for a pep talk with house democrats late this afternoon. a vote is expecd tomorrow. the president, he needs every vote he can get. >> don't do it for me. don't do it for the democratic party. do it for the american people. they're the ones who are looking for action right now.

>> earlier today democratic leaders decided to abandon the controversial plan that would help the house avoid a direct vote. instead of using deem and pass, democratic sources tell cnn there would be an up-and-down vote on the $875 billion reform measure. the president is trying to win over two main groups -- the 37 democrats who voted against the bill theirst time around, and the 40 house democrats who voted for the measure only after strict restrictions on the abortion were added to the bill. those restrictions have been modified. the house will debate the bill tomorrow and then take a vote. democratic leader are still trying to round up the 216 votes for pass the bill. cnn's latest count says 31 democrats plan to vote against the legislation, 38 democratic "no" votes are needed to kill the bill. 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. th say that not even the new estimates on how much the bill will cut the deficit will change their opinion of it. today, house gop leaders say they're working to convince those democrats still on the fence to vote against the bill. >> house republicans remain committed do everything we possibly can to defeat this health care bill. le will work hard 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 americans that have come here to join us in thisfight. the fight is nearing an end, but if we continue to work hard and listen to the american people, wean 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 tea party organizations launching their final push. 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 candlelight vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xiv says he's currently sorry for the sexual abuse that was suffered. the pope's 18-page letter was made public today and is expected to be raid in churches across ireland tomoow. the country has been shaken by a recent government-backed reports that found the archdiocese of dublin and other authorities covered up child abuse by priests. 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 and the religious who have abused the children. and he says 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 ws archbishop in the '80s. the munich diocese ignored warnin from a doctor. more than 300 cases have emerged, mostly since january, but no others have surfaced that could implicate the pope. thousands of british airways passengers are in limbo today. the airlines' cabin crews went on strike last night after union talks with management failed.

the union proposes a new plan that would change how the cabin crews operate. the strike will pick up again next weekend. the airline says it would use replacement workers to get about two thirds of their 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. the waters 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 levee system. >> we're kind of ground zero right out our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been tacked. to put that into perspective. it 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. the authorities are worried the strongful waters could wash out the bridge. a storm warning issued for the first day of spring. up to six inches of snow could fall. just yesterday it was 70 degrees in oklahoma city, but today the snow is causing problem at will rodgers world airport. several flights have been delayed by an hour or more, and continental airlines canceled all the 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, but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a woman crossing a street was hit by an suv, caut on a dash cam. we want to assure you, this woman is okay. as you can see tre, she was crossing the street in a crosswalk. what the video does not sw 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 saw a police car waiting, and i 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 dver got back in her suv and left. police are now looking for her.

another florida teenager has been arrested in a brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl. broward county deputies called her an accessor to the beating of jessie rattly. police say a 15-year-old boy not ratley knocked her down, then kicked her in the head with steel-toed boots. >> she's battered. she's controlled by machines. she can't respond to us. she's in a coma. >> authorities say her and the suspt had never met before the attack. they said instead a text messaging dispute may have been triggered the fight. a teenager has been connected in connection with a racial comments made over the intercom at a new jersey walmart. last sunday a voice came over the p.a. sim and announced

attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store. a manager quickly apologized. police say the 16-year-old boy they arrested yesterday is facing charges of harassment and bias intimidation. police say he's been released and handed over to his parents. >> africanized bees killed a dog. george williams was trimming trees in south florida, and got too close to the colony. his 70-pound dog socks took the brunt of the attack. >> one dog was covered bees. the other iot loose. it was all i could take to get out of there. i wound up naked running from the bees. those bees were trying to go into your eyes, ears, everywhere. >> there were more than 70,000 bees in that colony. a bee expert was called in to kill the hive.

are you thinking of a nice, juicy hamburger today? the proclamation encourages folks to avoid meat and try recipes rich with vegetables, fruits and grains. the meat industry is not thrilled. in response 209 flap, the governor is call the day an all-inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some say it's not good enough. one group has declared every day michigan meat eaters' day. let's look at some of your feedback. raymond says. i love meat, gu if she wants to go veggie, let her. tracy weighed in -- how about focusing on creating jobs and worry about getting the economy thriving, then worry about what

people are eating. sammy says, what a bold and great idea. ahead, thanks for your responses. just keep them coming. what do you think? is this an appropriate proclamation from the governor? will gog veggie one day seriously impact the meat industry? do you have a beef with meetout day? or do you like the idea? we could air your comments later this afternoon. anyone can be forgiven for stealing a cookie, but the man who stole cash from girl scouts may not be forgiven so easily.

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

anthony beavers wednesday night. he refused to turn over his touch-screen phone. it happenedat a city train station. officials say it's the worst incident at one of the stations in four years. actresses demi moore and nia vardolas are credited with saving a li. they responded with a young man threatening to hang himself in a front yard in florida. two other people also reported the threat on twitter, and they called florida authorities. >> i saw it on demi moore's page, because i follow her. it's not that complicated bt it sounds like it is. she responds and says, are you serious? and he says yes. >> we're very grateful that the people followe on twitter picked up the phone. in this case it very well could have saved his life. >> the teen's mther told police

her son has an obsessive-compulsive disorder. he's now in protective custody. and this morning, vardalos yes, am a little shaken. just wantto say thank you twitter for carries about a stranger in flala last night. police are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster. a surveillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout. yeah, as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> shaky, i didn't really sleep last night. his head is in my mind. i started to pack up my cookies, i bent down to grab a box. he pushed past my mom, grabbed the money.

i still am going to sell cookies. that's what i do. >> 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 cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. we bring you the news throughout the eeke, but we want your views as well. we sent out our own joe carter on the street to find out what you think about religion. >> i'm joe carter. we're on the street. find out what's on your mind. are you ligis? >> i'm spiritual. i don't call myself deeply religio religious. >> i would like to think so. >> i am. >> i don't run to church every sunday, but i have a relationship with god. >> i feel like i have a bdea of what god is than a lot of christians do. >> i wouldn't consider myself religious, but spiritual. >> a new study says people

between ages 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 negative, if you go to church or synagogue or mosque, you're looked down upon. >> know many include my own son, church is cool. >> 18 to 29-year-olds are more into themselves. when they're older, they'll then come t religion. >> they don't like not being allowed to question. a lot of times in church, this is it, just do what we say. >> there's so many other distractions, so many other things to kind of foc 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 doesn't seem as relevant as one time.

>> it's just talk, obsolete dogma. >> it's not something i would go out of my way to do at this point. >> your children are all very active in church. what do they do to attract people their own age to go to church as well. >> invite them and have a friendly experience. >> it's all about like people our age, taking people under their wing. >> for some kids, finding jesus 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. he walked between two 34-story towers in ft. myers. this is the highest skywalk nick valenda has every performed. the last minute he decided to including his mother. she hasn't performed in years.

his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon. nik wallenda comes from a long line of skywalkers. okay it's going to be a few more days before a south after kaj sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit. their easter bunny is 12'5" tall and weighs more than three tons. it took three days to complete this. the sculpture will be on display until march 27th, then 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. an update on some of the other changes the amusement park has made since a killer whale killed a trainer after a show.

how's it going, guys? >> welcome to hln news and views. you just saw president obama arriving for a pep talk with house democrats late this afternoon. a vote on health care reform is expected tomorrow, and the president neither every vote he can get. >> don't do it for me, don't do it for the democratic party. do it for the american people. they're the ones who are looking for action right now.

reform measure. as the vote gets down to e wire, the president is trying to win over two main groups -- the 37 democrats who voted against the bill and the 40 house democrats who voted for the measure only after strict restrictions on abortion were added to that bill. in this version, the the restrictions have been modified. democratic leader are still trying to round up the 216 votes for pass the bill. cnn's latest count says 31 democrats plan to vote against the legislation, 38 democratic "no" votes are needed to kill

the bill. 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 that not even the new estimates on how much the bill will cut the deficit will change theiopinion of it. today, house gop leaders say they're working to convince those democrats stl 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 hard 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 americans 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 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 candlelight vigil around the capitol tonight. pope benedict xiv says he's truly sorry for the sexual abuse that 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 government-backed reports that found the archdiocese of dublin and other authorities 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 and the religious who have abused the

children. and he says 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, 6 the munich diocese ignored warning to keep a molesting priest away from children. that's according to a doctor who issued those warnings. more than 300 cases 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 airline's cabin crews went on strike last night after union talks with managent failed. the union proposes a new plan that would change how the cabin

crews operate. the strike will go on through monday and pick up against next weekend. the airline says it would use replacement workers to get about two thirds of their 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 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 levee system. >> we're kind of ground zero right out our back windows. >> more than a milon sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36.5 feet this morning. to put that into perspective, it 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 currents could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. a storm warning issued for for parts of okaying on 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 oblems at will rodgers world airport. several flights have been delayed by an hour or more, and continental airlines canceled all the 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, but wait until you hear what the driver did afterwards.

a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv andt was caught on tape. 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. what the video does not show is the driver leavinghe scene of the accident. a police officer saw the accident, and stopped to help the woman. >> i just remember crossing the street and saw a police car waiting, and i 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 in her suv and left.

police are now looking for her. another florida teenager has been arrested in a brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl. broward coty deputies called the 13-year-old girl an accessory to the beating of jessie ratley. she was beaten wednesday at a school bus stop. police say a 15-year-old boy not ratley knocked her down, then kicked her in the head with he steel-toed boots. he's facing attempted murder charges, and ratley is in a medically induced coma. >> she's battered. she's controlled by machines. she can't respond to us. she's in a coma. >> authority say ratley and the suspect had never met before the attack. they said instead a text messaging dispute may have been triggered the fight. a teenager has been arrested in context with a racial comments made over the intercom at a new jersey walmart. last sunday a voice came over

the p.a. system and calmly anoungsed, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store. a manager quickly apologized. police say the 16-year-old boy they arrested yesterday is facing charges of harassment and bias intimidation. police say he's been released and handed over to his parents. >> africanized bees killed a dog and set its owner running right out of his clothes. george williams was trimming trees in his backyard in south florida, and got too close to the colony. his 70-pound dog socks took the brunt of the attack. >> one dog was covered in bees. the other dog, i got him loose. it was all could take to get out of there. i wound up naked in my front yard running from the bees. i just took my clothes off, and i was fighting. those bees were trying to go into your eyes, ears, everywhere. >> gosh, glad he's okay. there were more than 70,000

bees in that colony. a bee expert was called in to kill the hive. are you thinking of a nice, juicy hamburger today? well, hold on a minute. michigan's governor has delayed this a meatout day in her state. the proclamation encourages folks to avoid meat and try recipes rich with vegetables, fruitsnd grains. the meat industry is not thrilled. governor granholm's proclamation, calling it a slap in the face. in response to the flap, the governor is calling the day an all-inclusive agriculture day in michigan. some say it's not good enough. one group has declared every day michigan meat eaters' day. our viewers are weighing in. let's look at some of your feedback. andina has this to say. how about no mcdonald's day is it or no walmart day?

if the carbon footprint is an issue, how about support your local farmers. katie weighs in -- i doubt it will impact the meat industry, because people will just put their defrosted meat they already bought back in the fridge until the next day. if they think it will encourage people to eat more recipes with veggies, good for them. michelle says, eat more veggies, i like it. it would save a lot of animals' lives. ahead, thanks for your responses. just keep them coming. what do you think? is this an appropriate proclamation from the governor? send us an e-mail and we could air your comments later this afternoon. >> anyone can be forgiven for stealing a cookie, but the man who stole cash from girl scouts sellingcookies, may not be forgiven so easily.

police in atlanta have arrested a 20 years old man who may have killed a teenager for his cell phone. broderick smith is charged with gunning down 19 years old anthony beavers wednesday ght. he refused to turn over his touch-screen phone. they say the two struggled and smith shot beavers. it hapned at a city train station. officials say it's the worst incident at one of the stations in fouyears. actresses demi moore and nia vardolas are credited with using their twitter accounts to help save the life of a suicidal teenager. moore and vardolas responded to messages to a young man threatening to hang himself in a front yard in florida.

two other people also reported the threat on twitter, and they called florida authorities. >> i saw it on demi moore's page, because i follow her. it's not that complicated, but it sounds like it is. she responds and says, are you serious? and he says yes. >> we're very grateful that the people followed on twitter picked up the phone. in this case it very well could have saved his life. >> the teen's mother told police her son has an obsessive-compulsive disorder. he was at his computer desk crying when he admitted he posted the tweet. he's now in protective custody. when it was over, moore sent this tweet, thank you for supporting someone in pain last night. and this morning, vardalos yes, am a little shaken. just want to say thank you twitter for caring about a stranger in florida last night. police in washiton state are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster.

a surveillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout. yeah, as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> 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, i bent down to grab a box. he pushed past my mom, grabbed the money. i still am going to sell cookies. that's what i do. i raise money for girl scouts. >> the crook made off with $465 in ch, but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $100 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. okay. it's going to be a few more days before a south after kaj sculpting team finds out if it created the world's largest chocolate rabbit.

the kaupt tur will be on display until march 27th, then broken up into chocolate bits and distributed to local orphanages just in time for easter. p.m. yesterday the president made good on a bet and gave the prime minister a case of moulsen beer. the two heads of state had a friely bet on the outcome of the us/canada olympic hockey game. canada. and mr. obama threw in a case of the president's favorite beer on the left. check out this daredevil in florida. okay. he walked across a wire.

400 feet in the air. he walked between two 34-story towers in ft. myers. nik wallenda is already in the guinness book of reports, but this is the highest skywalk nick he has ever performed. at the last minute he decided to including his mother. she hasn't performed in years. his next goal is to walk across the grand canyon. i hope notn a high wire. that's freaky. he comes from the wallenda family. a woman crossing the street was hit by an suv and it was caught on tape. here's the video. now, okay, we want to assure you, this woman is okay. ok. as you can see there, she was crossing the street in a crosswalk when she was hit by another woman driving an suv. what the video does not show is the drivereaving the scene of the accident. a police officer saw the accident and stopped to help the woman.

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. tonight on "showbiz tonight" this weekend, not out of the woods? explose revelations put the heat back on tiger woods. the racy new revelations from one of woods' alleged mistresses spark a new firestorm 689 the latest tonight on tv's most provocative show at 11:00 p.m. and pacific. for a few weeks trainers haven't been in the wear. an update on some of the other changes the amusement park has made since a kler ale killed a trainer after a show. ddddd