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the throttle, and you do it indirectly by means of going through the engine control system. you're no longer in control. what you're doing is sending a request for the engine control mputer and the engine control computer decides what it will do. >> they say car electronics are susceptible to electro magnety interference. toyota told dealers it will provide replacement accelerators to owners that are dissatisfied. the community organizing group a.c.o.r.n. is shutting down. this comes six months after this video surfaced showing a.c.o.r.n. workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and a prostitute. the field offices will close by april 1st. a carrier jet to severe begin galactic space tourism
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rocketed into space. it reached an altitude of 45,000 feet and lasted just under three hours. the flight test program will run througnext year before commercial operations start. more than 300 people have made deposits on the $200,000 tickets. sandra bullock has pulled out of another premier for "the blind side." people.com reporting the entire event in the entire event germany was canceled. bullock's marriage problems. just after she won an oscar for best actress, here is what donald trump told hln's joy har. >> she had her biggest day a week ago with th academy awards and she was much more effusive toward her husband than most women are, most of the women that win. >> which leads you to think s didn't have a clue. >> she certainly didn't seem to have a clue then. >> catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on
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hln. tonight's guest, dwayne "dog" chapman and his wife death. dancing with the stars has kicked off a new season. check out the debut of kate gosselin. ♪ >> what do you think? gosselin answered kritic who is questioned her decision to go on the show in the first place. >> i have eight kids to raise. essentially, you know, by myself and the fact is i have got to do whatounts, and i could go back to work as a nurse but i wouldn't see my kids anymore than i do now. i feel like it's unfair and regardless of the criticism i know what i have to do and i know why i'm doing it. it's for my kids. >> good luck to all of them there. you may think those funny status updates you post on facebook are for your friends' eyes only. maybe not. >> do you think an employer or a person of power has the right to come after their employee for
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what they post on their facebook pages? >> we're going to hear how some of you answered that question just ahead.
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today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america.
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dr. murray was giving cpr to michael jackson. he halted it so he could collect vials of propofol. i have been involved in an accident. they could fix these problems easily but it would cost them about $500 a car nationwide. it's hard to tell the truth when the numbers are at the bottom of the truth. i think if you're doing facebook stuff, it's like being friends, like socializing. brand new stuff right here this hour, this day on hln "news and views." hi, i'm chuck roberts. welcome. we'll get to that in a minute. first, a story out of central florida. a disney bus crashed with another bus at epcot center and now the florida highway patrol confirms five people have been injured. one of the buses rear ended the bus at the entrance of the parking lot. there are reports a helicopter has been dispatched to the scene to assist with patient transports such as it's needed. michael jackson's doctor is accused of stopping cpr so he
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could hide drug vials in the late singer's bedroom. it was a chaotic scene on the day michael jackson died. the stunning allegation is contained in documents obtained by the associates press. jackson's jlogistics director said dr. murray insisted on leaving the hospital, going back to the mansion and getting cream so, quote, the world wouldn't find out about it. murray's attorney rejects the allegations out of hand and says prosecutors leaked this to force the defense to reveal their strategy. a spokesman for the d.a. said prosecutors didn't release the documents. dr. murray said he gave nothing to jackson that should have killed him. we talked to alan duke about the latest developments in the conrad murray case. >> hi, chuck. the report came out yesterday afternoon. it was really a leaked investigative document, something that was compiled as the defense says in order to show guilt. they say don't be surprised if it suggests that dr. murray is
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guilty, but the defense team says they're ready to cross-examine in court the testimony that's included in this death investigation report. the defense team says it was leaked by the prosecution. the prosecution says, no rti, w didn't give it to anybody. we have been able to confirm pretty much what is in the report, and one thing that it says is while dr. conrad murray was performing resuscitation efforts on jackson that day on june 25th, that he paused and paused in order to collect vials of propofol that were laying around in the room and putting them in a bag and then hiding them in a closet. that's according to a security guard, alberto alvarez, who was interviewed by police two months after the death. the defense says that's not what he told police two days after the death and so they're saying it won't stand up in court. the defense team says this just shows that this is a desperate ploy by the prosecution. in fact, miranda, the spokeswoman for the defense
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lawyer, ed chernoff, told us, and i have a quote here, these ridiculous tactics by the d.a.'s office have no other purpose but to take a peek at our defense because they aren't secure enough in their own case to con district dr. murray so they have to pull these little tricks to try to get to him. there's a court hearing nine days away but you won't hear anything there. it will be months, maybe months and months, before we have the preliminary hearing and all the evidence is laid out against dr. conrad murray. >> and obviously we'll follow every proceeding and so will nancy grace. what does all this mean for the involuntary manslaughter case against conrad murray and the embattled jackson estate. will they file a wrongful death civil suit? nancy grace investigates 8:00 and 10:00 eastern tonight right here on hln. florida officials have released more than 900 new documents in the casey anthony murder case. she's the florida mom charged with killing her daughter caylee. among the hundreds of pages of documents are an interview with
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equusearch volunteers. they were involved in the early stage of the desperate search for little caylee. one voluntary said tim miller, the head of the texas equusearch agency claims casey anthony was very close to putting an "x" on a map showing where her daughter's body was. here is part of the volunteer's interview with a police officer recounting the discussion with miller. quoting here, he was very angry and the words he said to me was, i almost had her, i had talked to casey and i had a map in the bedroom with her and i had her convinced to put an "x" on the map on the location of the body. i left the room to give her a chance to think about it. her father came out. 30 minutes later and said she's ready to put the "x" on the paper. i believe it was her mother who stood up at that time, no, get the hell out of my house, i don't want to ever see you again. hln has called attorneys for the defense. no comment yet on the allegation. if we get one, we'll show it to you as soon as we get it. caylee's remains were found in december 2008 in woods just a few blocks from her family's
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estate, actually her family's home in orlando, florida. former university of alabama professor amy bishop said shea went there, it wasn't her at her preliminary hearing today. an investigator testified bishop denied being at the meeting with ended with six faculty members shot dead-bishop arrived today in handcuffs and in a red jail jumpsuit. it was her first court appearance. the judge ordered her to stay in jail without bond and sent the case to a grand jury. she's charged with capital murder plus three counts of attempted murder. prosecutors have not decided whether to pursue the death penalty if she's convicted. her attorney says he will argue that she's insane. facebook is more popular than ever with users venting about their political beliefs, love lives or rough times at work. should employers be able to use questionable status updates against you? joe carter took to the streets to get "your views." >> i'm joe carter and we're taking it out of the newsroom and onto the street.
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find out what's on your mind. do you facebook? >> i do. >> do you guys facebook at work? >> no. >> do you think an employer or a person of power has the right to come after their employee for what they post on their facebook pages? >> if you're dumb enough to put stuff in writing that are going to be controversial or get you in trouble, then, yeah, absolutely. >> if you're behaving inappropriately and destructively out there, it could be a reflection on your company. >> i don't think that's right. i think if you're doing facebook stuff it's like being friends. it's like socializing. >> once you go to facebook isn't itreally public at that point? >> young adults, teenagers and everybody in between should realize that it's an open forum for knowledge and can be used against you. >> it's kind of dumb on their part to give everybody their information. >> i would try to be smart about who i facebooked with. if i thought my bass was that kind of person, i wouldn't facebook her because i wouldn't
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want her to know my business. >> if they put something on a public domain that is inappropriate or disrespectful to the people that are actually providing you with money and you provide them with service, ty should be accountable for their behavior. >> he's final judge and jury. it's not a democracy. if you don't like it, then go work somewhere else. >> i'm joe carter with hln and i'm see you "on the street." late they are week joe hits the streets to find out how people feel about legalizing medical marijuana. the false sense of privacy u might have on social networking sites can have serious legal consequences. as we told you last week the fbi sets out to friend suspects on facebook so agents can monitor status updates for criminal activity. now we have two examples that serve as a remind they're twitter posts are public. the u.s. secret service is questioning two twitter users who advocated the assassination of president obama.
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the threats are explicit. one person said america would survive aullet to obama's head. and anyone who gets a clear shot should take it. another user posted a message to the prident saying, you should be assassinated and if i lived in d.c., i'd shoot him myself. federal law states anybody convicted of making written threats against th president to be sentenced to as many as five years in prison. the u.s. code mentions letters, documents, and print. law enforcement has made it clear it believes social media falls into that category as well. >> vice president joe biden is known for blunder where he dropped the "f" bomb today.
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president obama's fulfilled one of his biggest campaign pledges signing into law a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. >> the bill, the bill i'm signing will set in motion reforms that generations of americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see.
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it will take four years to implement fully many of these reforms because we need to implement them responsibly. we need to get this right. but a host of desperately needed reforms will take effect right away. >> within a few months insurance companies will be barred from denying coverage to kids with pre-existing conditions. new tax credits for small businesses will kick in. medicare patients will get more help to pay for prescriptions. the full reform plan takes full effect in four years time. repuicans meanwhile are vowing to keep up the unit opposition to health care plans like this. house republicans are renewing their warnings that the health care plan has written will ruin the economy. >> everyone agreed that we needed health care reform, but this is the wrong bill at the wrong time. you look at the fact there are 15 million americans out of work today and this bill is only going to add more taxes, more requirements on our small
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businesses. premiums are continuing to escalate and cbo estimates that under this -- the bill that just passed premiums will increase between 10% and 13%. >> attorneys general of 13 states are suing the feds over the health care program claiming its unconstitutional. vice president joe biden is sometimes known as saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. it happened again today. it was caught on mike. the microphone picking up the ce president dropping the "f" bomb after delivering a rousing introduction to the president, biden turned to embrace his boss and that's when he said it. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. this is a big [ bleep ] deal. >> thank you, everybody. >> the president didn't react to biden's comments as you could probably see there. shortly after the ceremony the white house press secretary robert gibbs used his twitter feet to try to defuse the
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controversy. gibbs treated, and, yes, mr. vice president, you're right. a memo surface that is could be damaging to toyota. some people call it the smoking gun. it seems to show the company knew about its gas pedal problems but kept them hushed.
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attorneys suing toyota are calling it a smoking gun that proves the automaker knew well ahead of time about a sudden acceleration problem, in fact years earlier than first
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acknowledged. this momentow could be damaging for toyota. it seems like an about-face on why some toyotas are out of control. toyota has insisted what's sending the cars into overdrive is a mechanical issue, pedals, floor mats, but the document from almost eight years ago showed toyota had warned its dealers there was a problem and it was electronic. drew griffin got his handsn the memo. it's from lawyers who want to mount a class action suit against toyota. >> they could fix these problems easily, but it would cost them $500 a car nationwide. it's hard to actually tell the truth when those numbers are at the bottom of that truth. >> here is toyota's response. toyota strongly disputesthese completely baseless allegations being driven by plaintiff's attorneys like mr. howard, tim howard. toyota said in a statement it intends to fight against these unfounded claims vigorously. toyota said the government looked into the problem and, quote, found no evidence of a trend regarding safety issues.
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a panel of experts meanwhile this day talked about what they believe are the real acceleration problems with toyota and they also expose what they call myths that toyota is using to cover up the truth. electrical engineers, auto safety experts, and a survivor of a toyota sudden acceleration incident were on the panel. one expert explained why the black boxes in cars don't always catch problems. >> what about fault codes and black box recorders? the automakers claim these prove their electronics are working correctly. in fact, the fault codes and black box recorders in cars rely on the very electronics that they're supposed to be monitoring. so you can't rely on them. if electronics mall tucfunctiona certain way, you can't rely on the fault codes. >> the panel says car electronics are susceptible to electromagnetic interference
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like cell phones. toyota told dealers today it will provide any replacement accelerator pedals to an owner who is unsatisfied with their repair. a seemingly routine traffic op took an up expected twist for an officer in texas. you can see the cop is in hot pursuit of the speeder and another car pulls out in front of his cruiser. the officer swerves, jumps the curb, and crashes into the wooded area. have financial questions you need answered? well, our very own poppy harlow is at the help desk toake it on. here is poppy. >> all right, time now for the help desk. we are here to get you answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, greg mcbride, a senior financial analyst and beth kobler. dave said i have been unemployed for over a year and have a small
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retirement pension and unemployment coming in. i owe about $75,000 in credit card and other debt which i haven't been able to pay. i consulted an attorney about filing bankruptcy. his fee though is $1,100. it includes the filing and court fee. he wants to know is there any way that he ca getelp from an agency and not have to pay for it? >> well, over 1 million people filed bankruptcy last year. that's up 40% from the year before. so it's a big prblem, and you absolutely need a lawyer and the price he's getting is about average. however, if he's really desperate, he can try a local bar association or bankruptcy court clerk or legal aid society. also, for that fee thatou have for processing a bankruptcy, he may be able to pay it in installments. so that can help a little bit. >> paying it out over time. good answers. and also roger wrote in and he said, how do i choose a credit consolidation group to work with. there are so many advertisements on tv and online. what kinds of questions should i ask them? can i exct them to negotiate my total debt interest, and are
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there hidden costs? what do you think, greg? >> you have to be wary of the debt settlement companies. a lot of them may charge high front end fees and may not do anything you can't otrwise do for yourself. >> don't get ripped off. >> you want to go and look for a reputable nonprofit credit counseling agency in your area. go to nfcc.org. that's the foundation for credit counseling. we charge a nominal fee just to cover their costs but they help you with budgeting and debt management and things like that. i'm on the advisory council for the local nonprofit counseling agency in my area. >> can people call you directly and get yo help? >> his cell phone number is -- >> we're not going to give that one out. thank you, beth. thank you, greg. the help desk all about getting you answers. send me an e-mail to within cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. you can pick up the latest issue
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of "money" magazine. it's on newsstands right now. 
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welcome back. stunning new allegations against michael jackson's doctor came out in court documents. the report includes a witness statement that says as jackson lay dying, dr. conrad murray
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stopped cpr so he could hide drug vials in the bedroom. according to this report, alberto alvarez also told investigators dr. murray told him to remove an iv bag from a stand and put it in a canvas being. murray's attorney accuses the prosecution of leaking this report to force them to reveal theirs strategy. a spokesman for the d.a. says prosecutors did not release the documents. dr. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he said nothing he gave michael jackson should have killed him. nancy grace producer joins us now. this was an ap story that has now sort of metastasized, right? >> that's right, chuck. what we're heari are reports that there was a filing made and here is the thing, none of us can get our hands on the filing, but the ap along with "the los angeles times" claim they have a legal document in preparation of the april 5th appearance of dr. murray in court. that's his next court hearing.
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that states there's a witness, and this witness is mr. alberto alvarez who is michael jackson's bodyguard who was there in the room. dr. murray called him when michael jackson was having his episode and collapsed, and witnessed dr. murray doing cpr, but now alvarez claims that murray asked him to hide some medicine vials that may have contained propofol along with the iv bag that had been attached to michael. >> may have or he saw him do it? we don't know. >> he claims he saw him do it. yeah, and he claims that dr. murray asked him, alvarez, to actually collect the vials of the medications. >> did dr. murray reveals to the ets, the arriving paramedics, that propofol was administered? >> this is the other issue. paramedic reports, and we have
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not seen these reports, chuck, and murray's defense camp also says that they are looking for these so-called paramedic reports, but the paramedic reports claim paramedics were not informed when initially they were called on site that dr. murray had administered propofol. he only claims that -- apparently the reports say he claims he gave another sedative which is not propofol. >> all right. has anybody in the jackson family filed a wrongful death suit or indicated there might be such a duty? >> right. we're hearing brian oxman who represents michael jackson's fathers pparing a civil lawsuit, wrongful death suit, against dr. murray and other parties. >> all right. appreciate it. rupa from the nancy grace show. thank you so much. what will this involuntary manslaughter case -- how will it change against dr. murray? nancy is all over it nigh a disney bus crashed with a
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second boss at epcot center. seven passengers have been taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries though the driver of the disney bus was taken to orlando regionaln serious condition. epcot remains open but visitors can't ach the parking lot because of the crash investigation. president obama's fulfilled one of his biggest campaign pledges today, signing into law a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. >> the big, the bill i'm signing will set in motion reforms that generations of americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see. it will take four years to implement fuy many of these reforms because we need to implement them responsibly. we need toet this right. but a host of desperately needed reforms will take effect right away. >> within a few months insurance
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companies will be barred from denying coverage to kids with pre-existing conditions. new tax credits for small businesses will kick in. medicare patients will get more help in paying for prescriptions. the full reform plan takes full effect in four years. eanwhile, republicans will keep up their you nighted opposition to the health care plan. house republicans are renewing their warnings it will ruin the economy. attorneys general of 13 states are suing the feds over the health care program claiming it's unconstitutional. in a news conference today the florida attorney general said congress should not be allowed to pass a law that forces people to buy health care policy or pay a penalty. and would you want your state to do that? fight the law's constitutionality or should it be given some time to see if it works? it's our "your views" question today. what is everybody saying? >> they have a lot to say about this. coming from facebook right now, we hope that you'll join the
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conversation, christi paul hln or chuck roberts hln is where you can find us. nikki wrote, the vote is over. they lost. that's how democracy works so deal with it and move on so we can get back to the business of healing this nation's many other ills. angie wrote, forcing me to pay for a service is completely unconstitutional. just another way for the government to take away another american freedom. and then ron said, wow, if it is proven to be unconstitutional and based on the tenth amendment it may very well be, then it needs to be struck down. the idea that people would want to sell out the u.s. constitution in order to get anything for free from the government is quite troubling to me. lee is calling us from north carolina, and here is the thing about lee. i understand, lee, that you have read a pretty huge chunk of this bill, 1,000 pages of the 2,700 pages, is that right? >> caller: yes, ma'am, and it is very, very interesting. >> well, okay, so what stands out to you?
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>> caller: well, i think what people don't understand is there's all kinds of committee that is are in this bill. there's the health care advisory committee. it's got nine people on it. then nine other people and eight people appointed by the president. then the health choice administration with the commissioner that's going to do audits and collect data. there's so many committees and so many added things and then there's the numbers when it comes to medicaid and the medicare by the state, and you start looking at the numbers and you start thinking who is going to pay for this? >> so you have looked at this and i'm wondering, what side of the fence do you sit on? do you support this or no? >> caller: i want -- i'd like to see a new health care system, but i do not support the bill the way it's written, no. >> okay. so you want to see a new health care system. what about the bill based on what you have read thus far disturbs you most? >> caller: i think the fact if you make between $22,000 and $88,000 you're going to get a credit your health care interest if you take it.
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but what happens to those people that still don't want to take it and can't afford it. it's $750 per individual. you know, you're going to get fined that and the irs is going to have this task force that's supposed to come and pull that out of you, that you're actually going to be -- i think that's the most disturbing, that they're going to fine you money for not taking health insurance. >> lee, we just want to reiterate to people that you have read this bill but this is your take on it, this is how you're perceiving it to be. >> caller: well it states it will be a $750, you know, it's a fine. it's called a fine. >> but again real quickly you do or do not support this bill? >> caller: i do not support the bill the way it's written. >> thank you. lee, thank you so much for calling. interesting to talk to somebody who has taken that much time to read 1,0 pages of this bill. dennis e-mailed us and i want to share with you what he says. he says, i believe states should file a lawsuit against the health care bill and our state attorney general had the spine to do just that.
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now we just need courtudges to keep this bill from being active until it's constitutionality has been determined. dave says, this health care bill is the downfall of our nation. i hope i'm around to see the democratic party have to pay for what they've done to us. olivia e-mailed us this thought, the founding fathers of this country are dead. our founding fathers did not use refrigerators or stop signs. but as of 2010 refrigerators and stop signs are good for our country. so et us now add health care reform to our country, too. health care reform will probably be great for alliving americans. two of our fans had this to say to our hln views cam. listen to this. >> i would much rather the states be able to determine whether they want to accept the new health care legislation. personally i rather it be blocked here in the state of georgia but that's just my own personal opinion. >> i wouldn't mind my state keeping the benefits from insurance that the government just passed based on the law because we do need it. i mean, there's no reason for them to do away with it.
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nothing but politics and i think this has more to do with politics and racism than it has to do with health care. i think they should keep it here, especially in georgia. >> okay. so you've heard your fellow viewers. won't you chime in, too. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us the word views and your comment to hlntv. what you say matters to us. >> and we learn a lot, too, from these people. >> i do. >> i love the refraigerators an stop signs. a memo surface that is might be damaging for toyota. it seems to show the company knew about its gas pedal problems but kept them hushed.
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the false sense of privacy many of us have on social networking site can have legal consequences. the fbi does set out to friend suspects on facebook so the agents can monitor status and criminal activity. now we have examples, two of them that serve as a reminder that twitter posts are public. the u.s. secret service is questioning two twitter urs who advocated the assassination of president obama. these threats are graphic, explicit, explosive. one person says america would survive a pullet to obama's head and anybody who gets a clear shot should take it. another user posts a message to the president saying you should be assassinated. if i lived in d.c., i'd shoot him myself. anybody convicted of making written threats against the president of the united states could be sentenced to as many as five years in prison. the u.s. code mentions letters, documents, and print, and law enforcement make it is clear social media encompasses at
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category too. amy bishop said it wasn't her. at her preliminary hearing a federal investigators said she denied being at the meeting that ended with three faculty members being dead. the case is being sent to the grand jury but they won't hear it until august. the former biology professor is charged with capital murder plus three counts of attempted murder. prosecutorsaven't decided whether to pursue the death penalty. bish's attorney will argue that she's insane. florida officials have now released more than 900 new documents in the casey anthony case. she's the florida mom charged with killing her daughter, caylee. among the hundreds of pages of documents just released, an interview with equusearch volunteers. they were involved early on in the desperate search for caylee. one volunteer says tim miller, the head of texas equusearch, claims casey anthony was very close to putting an "x" on a map
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to show where her daughter's body was. here is part of the volunteer's interview with police recounting this discussion with miller. quote, he was very angry, and the words he said to me was i almost had her. i had talked to casey and i had a map in the bedroom with her and i had her convinced to put an "x" on the map of the location of the body. i left the room to give her a chance to think about it. her father came out about 30 minutes later and said, she's ready to put the "x" on the paper. i believe it was her mother who stood up at that time and said, no, get the hell out of my house. i don't want to ever see you again. hln has called anthony's defense team for a comment. we'll share any response we get. caylee's remains were found december 2008 in the woods a few blocks away from her family's east orange county home. casey anthony goes on trial next may, may of 2011. an nfl star is heading for a different kind of huddle. why the quarterback of the steelers will be going
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one-on-one with the head of the nfl.
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attorneys suing toyota are calling it the smoking gun that
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proves the automaker knew about a sudden acceleration problem years earlier than ever imagined. it's a memo that could be damaging for toyota. it seems like an about face on why some toyotas are out of control. toyota having insisted that what's sending the cars to overdrive is a mechanical issue as in pedal or floor mat. but the document from almost eight years ago indicates toyota was warning dealers there was a problem and it was electronic. cnn's drew griffin got the memo. it's from lawyers who want to mount a major class action lawsuit against toyota. >> they could fix these problems easily but it would cost them about $500 a car nationwide. if you have 6 million to 7 million cars, it's close to $4 billion to $5 billion. it's hard to tell the truth when those numbers are at the bottom of that truth. >> toyota strongly disputes these completely baseless allegations being driven by plrpl plaintiff's attorneys. they intent to fight against
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these unfounded claims vigorously. the government looked into the problem and found, quote no, evidence of a trend regarding safety issues. a panel of experts met today to talk about what they think are the real acceleration problems. they also expose what they call toyota myths that the company is using to cover up the truth. electrical engineers, auto safety experts, and a survivor of a sudden acceleration incident were on hand. one electronics expert explained why the electronic throttle in cars can pose problems. >> translator: biggest factor is, of course, the introduction of the electronic throttle because the electronic throttle, what effectively happens is that you disassociate the driver's foot from pressing through a cable directly onto the throttle and you do it indirectly by means of going through the engine control system. so you're no longern control. what you're doing, in fact, is sending a request to the engine control computer and then the engine control computer decides what it's going to do.
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>> the panel said car electronics are very susceptible to electromagnetic interference. dealers will provide replacement pedals to the owners dissatisfied with their repairs. vice president joe dooid is known for sometimes saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. it happened at the white house health care signing event. a mike picked up biden dropping the "f" bomb after delivering a rousingf-bomb after delivering a rougs introduction to the president, he turned to embrace his boss, and that's when he said it. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] [ bleep ]. >> thank you. >> didn't react to biden's comment as you can clearly see. shortly after the ceremony robert gibbs used his twitter feed to try to diffuse. this is how he tweeted it. and yes, mr. vice president, you're right.
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a seemingly routine traffic stop took an unexpected twist for an officer with the duncanville, texas police department. you can see the officer in pursuit of an alleged speeder and boom, hits another car that pulls out in front of his cruiser. to try to avoid direct hitting it, the officer swerves, jumps the curb and crashes into a wooded area. nobody seriously hurt when this happened about three weeks ago. here it is. amtrak video. there. firefighters and police were on the tracks dealing with a car crash. the train had about 69 people on board. and investigators want to know why the fire truck was parked there. you may think those funny status updatious post on facebook are for your eyes and iendonly. well, maybe not. >> you think an employer or person of powers that right to come after their employee for what they post on their facebook pages? >> we're goingo hear how some of you answered that question, just ahead.
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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com today, after all the votes have been tallied, health reform
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becomes part of the law of the united states of america. dr. murray was giving cpr to michael jackson. he halted it so that he could collect vials of propofol. involved in an accident. >> they could fix these problems easily, but it would cost check about $500 a car nationwide. it's hard to tell the truth when those numbers are at the bottom of that truth. i think when you're doing facebook stuff, it's like being friends. it's like socializing. how you enjoying your tuesday? thank you so much for keeping me company here. a quick look at a few of the stories we're going to be covering here in a moment. i'm christi paul in today for rochelle carey. i do want to talk about a disney bus crash. it apparently crashed into an empty toll bus at a toll plaza. the highway patrol is confirming seven passengers aboard the disney bus have been taken to a nearby hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. but the driver of the disney bus was taken to orlando regional medical center in serious
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condition. the driver of the charter bus was not on board when the crash occurred. epcot center remains open, but visitors cannot reach the parking lot because of the crash investigation. so instead, visitors can get into the park by using disney's monorail. well, president obama has fulfilled one of his biggest campaign promises. he signed a sweeping over haul of the health system into law today. >> the bill, the bill i'm signing will set in motion reforms that generations of americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see. it will take four years to implement fully many of these reforms. because we need to implement them responsibly. we need to get this right. but a host of desperately needed reforms will take effect right away. >> within a few months, insurance companies will be barred from denying coverage to kids with preexisting
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conditions, new tax creditses for small businesses kick in, and medicare patients will get more help to pay for prescriptions. the full reform plan, though, takes effect over a four-year period. i don't know if you saw this little tidbit about it, but joe biden, well, he has done it again. the vice president made some famous blunders during his speeches. today at the white house health care signing ceremony, he dropped the f-mb. he said it after delivering a rousing introduction of the president. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] [ bleep ]. >> thank you. >> oh, goodness. the president didn't react to biden's comment there. but shortly after the ceremony, white house ess secretary robert gibbs used his twitter feed to try and diffuse any controversy. he tweeted, quote, and yes, mr. vice president, you're right.
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republicans, meanwhile, are vowing to keep their united opposition to the health care plan here. house republicans renewing their warnings that the health care plan will ruin the economy. >> everyone agreed that we needed health care reform. but this is the wrong bill at the wrong time. you look at the fact that there are 15 million americans out of work today, and this bill is only going to add more taxes, more requirements on our small businesses. premiumsre continuing to escalate, and cbo estimates that under this, the bill that just passed, premiums will increase between 10 and 13%. >> now attorneys general of 13 states are suing the federal government over the health care program, claiming it's unconstitutional. in fact, sheer florida's bill mccollum. >> it's about constitutionality. it's about forcing people to buy health insurance when there is no provision in the constitution that allows for anybody to be rced to do something, where there is no commerce, no action, you're just sitting there. it's a living tax. and it's about the question of forcing the state of florida and
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the other states against the sovereignty that is guaranteed under our constitution to our states to do things that are practically impossible to do as a practical matter, and forcing us to do it witho giving any resources or money to do it with. >> a 14th state, virginia filed a separate lawsuithallenging the government's overhaul of the health care system now. you know, we have a new account, new eyewitness accounts of the moments before michael jackson died. it's not going to help apparently his doctor's defense here. the pop star's logistics director told investigators dr. conrad murray was scrambling around the room, collecting drug vials rather than giving jackson cpr. the stunning allegation is in documents obtained by the associated press. now alvarez says heound the singer lying in his bed with his arms outstretched, his eyes and mouth open. he says the doctor gave him vials with rubber stoppers and told him to put them in a bag. murray's attorney rejects the allegations and accuses alvarez
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of giving conflicting statements. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he has said that nothing he gave jackson should have killed him. what is this going to mean, though, for the involuntary manslaughter case against the doctor, and for the embattled jackson estate altogether? nancy grace investigates tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. all right. get off your computers here. facebook, we know, more popular than ever right now with users venting about their political beliefs, their love lives, maybe rough times at work. should employers be able to use a questionable status update against you? joe carter took to the streets to get your views. >> reporter: i'm joe carter. we're taking it out of the newsroom and onto to the street to find out what's on your mind. do you facebook? >> i do >> reporter: do you facebook at work? >> no. >> reporter: do you think an employer has the right to come after their employee on the
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facebook pages? fireworks you're dumb enough to put stuff in writing that are controversial, absolutely. >> you're representing the company. if you're behaving inappropriately and destructively, it could be a reflection on your company. >> i don't think that's right. i think if you're doing facebook stuff, it's like being friends, you know, it's like socializing. >> once you go to facebook, they're public at that point. >> young adults, teenagers and everybody in between should realize it's a open forum for knowledge. and kit be used against you. >> kind of dumb on their part to give everybody their information. >> i would try to be smart about who i facebooked with. if i thought my boss was that kind of person, then i wouldn't facebook that person because i wouldn't want her to know my business. >> if they put something on a public domain that is inappropriate or disrespectful to the people that are actually providing you with money and you provide them a service, they should be accountable for their behavior. >> final judge and jury. it'sot a democracy. if you don't like it, then go
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work somewhere else. >> reporter: i'm joe carter with hln, and i'll see you on "the street." >> you know, the false sense of privacy you might have on social networking sites like this can have some serious legal consequences. listen to this development. as we told you last week, the fbi sets out to friend suspects on facebook so agents can pretty much monitor for criminal activity. now we have two examples that serve as a remind they're twitter posts are public, and they're subject to criminal investigations. the secret service is questioning two twitter users who advocated the assassination of president obama. the threats are very graphic. the wording is explicit, and it's explosive. so please be forewarned here. one person's tweets said "america would survive a bullet to obama's head, and anyone who gets a clear shot should take it." another user posted a message to the president saying you should be assassinated, and if i lived in d.c., i'd shoot him myself.
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federal law states anyone convicted of making a threat against the president could be convicted as many as five years in prison. it mentions letters, documents, and print and law enforcement made it clear social media does fall into that category as well. so be careful what you're talking about there. let's talk about health care a little more, though. should state goss to court to try to block health care reform? should everyone be covered? sharing your views, next.
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i want to share something with you that we have just learned. a federal judge will not force a school district to hold prom. remember the school dropped the dance for everyone because a lesbian teen wanted to takeher girlfriend and wear a tux. the aclu has been trying to force that issue. the school superintendent teified yesterday that officials hadn't discussed -- or had discussed not sponsoring the prom even before the request because of concerns over alcohol and drugs. u.s. district judge glenn davidson says he'll still hold a
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trial on the issue, but he did not set a date for that. all righty. so let's talk about health care again here. do you want your state to fight a law in the courts that challenges the health care reform? we want to read some of the texts we have been getting from our viewers. thank you so much for participating here. josh texted us saying this federal authority supersedes that of the states. like it or not, the supreme court will rule in favor of the federal government because that's the law. gary says he is from georgia, and he says i hope every state fights this bill. a piece of our freedom has died today. and if we allow this to happen, then what's next? steve writes saying i want to leave the ball alone. all i want are some adjustments over time. tweak it. and vanessa texted saying i don't remember anything in the constitution about health care. we heard from bob in hawaii too. i believe he is on the phone with us. bob? >> yes. >> hi. thanks for calling all the way from hawaii.
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what do you think of this? >> caller: well, i hope our state fights it. number one, you've got a bunch of politicians who have really no medical experience have passed a law that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. and if, you know, since it's now passed, now we're going to have to compromise to try to make it better, and it will never be whathould it be. >> do you believe in health care? do you think there should be a health care overhaul of some kind? >> caller: oh, i don't believe there is any question about that. but we need people with medical experience making those decisions. i don't want a politician making decision on health care on my behalf. >> in terms of making some of these decisions. bob, thank you so much. carol in florida, i hopyou weigh in on this. do you support the idea of this health care and the states challenging it? >> caller: i support the idea of the health care bill. i think it's one of the best things that has ever happened in this country.
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and i absolutely oppose my state suing the federal government to this bill. people go to the emergency room just to die because they can't afford to go to doctors most of the time. >> do you understand some of the people's arguments about this health care? >> caller: and for those people who are worried about their social security, tell them to get their representatives to take the cap off t fica tax. right now nobody pays more than tax on $150,000 a year. have trump pay his share. >> carol, i got you. thank you so much. carol there calling. bobby e-mailed us too. he says "i think we should leave the health bill as is. how can we expect to save the world or help them when our own congress is always at war? we have much bigger problems than health care. i've worked in health care for the past ten years. we already pay for the people
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who do not have insurance. when people do not have insurance, they go to the emergency room," he says. here is some of what you're saying on my facebook page. i'd love to hear from you. i hope you join the conversation there. christi paul@hln. kenneth says my state is fighting it and i'm glad that we are. a penalty for not having insurance seems to be blatantly unconstitutional. what happened to our freedom of choice? nothing scarier than my government making me do what they feel is best for me. and brenda said i think our state of florida is nearly broke already. how are theyoing to pay to fight this federal lawsuit and pay for casey anthony's legal fees? the state needs to give president obama a chance to show how this reform will work. we all need to stand behind the president and support him. it's awful how the republicans are behaving over this reform bill. so i want to thank all of you so much for weighing in. and i want to invite you to do so if you haven't done so yet. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln, or
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facebook us too. an nfl star is heading for a different kind of huddle. why the quarterback of the pittsburgh steelers will be going one-on-one with the head of the league.
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>> former university of alabama professor amy bishop says she was not there, that it was not her. at her preliminary hearing today, an investigator testified bishop denied being at the meeting that ended with six faculty members shot and three killed. bishop arrived today in handcuffs and dressed in a red
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jail jumpsuit. it was her first court appearance since last month's shooting on the huntsville campus. the judge ordered her to stay in jail without bond. she is charged with capital murder plus three counts of attempted murder. prosecutors haven't decided whether to purchase stew death penalty if she is convicted, but bishop's attorney says he'll argue that she is insane. tiger woods was seen practicing at augusta national yesterday, the site of course of the masters where he is going to make his return to golf. woods has been off the tournament circuit since the car crash in november and of course the sex scandal that followed. golfers who played with him recently says woods looks to be at the top of his game. one in fact described his fm as vintage. woods says his familiarity with the course in augusta makes the masters a great tournament to mount a comeback. you know i'll be watching. nfl commissioner roger goodell is planning to meet with a star quarterback who has been accused of sexual assault twice now. goodell hasn't disclosed when he is talking to ben rthlisberger
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of the pittsburgh steelers. the commissioner says he has already talked to the team's owner, however, about the allegations. police in milledgeville, georgia are investigating allegations that roethlisberger assaulted a 20-year-old college student earlier this month, and he is also fighting a legal battle against a woman who accused him of rape in lake tahoe two years ago. >> the most important thing is we take the issue very seriously. we are concerned that ben continues to put himself in this position. ha i spoken to the steelers. i have spoken to art rooney directly about it. and at the appropriate time, i'll be meeting with with ben. >> the quarterback's georgia lawyer says roethlisberger did nothing wrong. new housing report helped the w post another round of gains today, making it ten wins the last seven session. felicia taylor is in new york. i know you've been watching this, felicia, so anyone who has a 401(k), go ahead and look at it today if you need a little lift. >> a little boost, exactly.
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stocks did finish the day higher, thank goodness. all of the major averages hitting 18-month highs following the better than expected front on the housing report. a pretty nice rally, ending at 10, 8888. the nasdaq and the s&p added three quarters of 1%. existing home sales did fall 6/10 of 1% in february. its the third straight month of decline, however, the dip is much smaller than predicted and a lot better than the 7% drop in january. ken feinberg set executive compensation for insurance giant aig as well as gm and chrysler and her respective financial units. total pay for those firms will decline by 15%, more of the compensation coming in the form of stock. feinberg also announced a review of compensation from all companies that received federal funding from october 2008 to february 2009. the federal reserve issued its final rules today restricting fees and expiration dates on those gift cards you
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might have received. the goal is to protect consurs from unexpected costs when those gift cards are unused or forgotten in your top drawer. the rules will go into effect in august. christi? i know i do this all the time. forget it's even there. >> thanks for the reminder. back in a moment.
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all right. stunning new allegations against michael jackson's doctor, and what he did in the moments before the singer died. a police report includes a witness statement that contends
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as jackson lay dying, dr. conrad murray stopped cpr so he could hide drug vials that were apparently in the late singer's bedroom. nancy grace and producer netisha lance joining us. that paints quite a picture. >> here's what we're hearing. this was apparently leaked to a reporter yesterday. what this report says, there are interviews in there with different witnesses, specifically alberto alvarez, who was michael jackson's logistics director. and what he says is dr. conrad murray was administering cpr to michael jackson, but in that process he stopped, and he stopped in order to collect all these different vials of propofol. what the defense is saying is alvarez gave the statement two months after michael jackson's death, and it' inconsistent with the statement he gave the day after michael jackson's death. so they welcome the opportunity to be able to cross-examination this statement. they don't think it holds in water, and they're also saying
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that dr. conrad murray in his interviews with investigators, he told investigators where they could find these vials of propofol that were in a closet in michael jackson's bedroom. so if he put them there, why would he have anything to hide at this point? there is a hearing in nine days related to this. however, it will probably be quite some time before we get to the end of it and get all these questions answered as to what actually happened that day that michael jackson passed away. >> are we getting a reaction from his attorney? >> what his attorney is saying at this point is exactly what i said, that the testimony was given two months ago, and that it's inconsistent with the other statement, yeah. >> so that's it. all right. the defense would caution against putting too much emphasis on statements here leaked by law enforcement or the district attorney's office. these leaks are provided piecemeal and are timed for effect. and you have to wonder if any more leaks are on the way, my goodness, with the way this case is taking a toll. let's talk about casey anthony, because there have been more than 900 pages of evidence i guess that they -- do they say
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evidence? >> they don't say evidence. 900 pages of new documents under the discovery that is coming out. >> okay. >> and some of the interviews that are in here are from tim miller who is the head of texas equusearch and some people who work with him. but the most significant thing we're finding so far is this. apparently george miller had a convsation with casey anthony and said casey anthony was going to mark an x on a match to mark where they could start searching for caylee. cindy became very upset and asked them to leave the home in a not very nice way. here are some of the statements here. we have them in full screens. he was very angry and the words he said to me was i almost had her. i had talked to casey and i had a map in the bedroom with her. i had convinced her to put an x on the map of the location of the body. i left the room to give her a chance to think about it. her father came out approximately 30 minutes later and said she's ready to put the
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x on the paper. i believe it was her mother who stood up at that time and said no, get the hell out of my house, i don't ever want to see you again. now christi, this is on the heels last week that there was this woman who came out talking about having this alleged affair with george anthony. now what is significant about that is she claims george anthony told her that he said caylee's death was an accident, and that he knew casey anthony had something to do with her death, but he didn't want to bury another child. so what is forming here is that possibly george and cindy anthony knew what happened to caylee, even though in the public they were saying please look for our granddaughter, we need help, we don't know where she is. if that's true, it could be a g deal for the prosecution. >> wow. all righty. we'll keep watching. and watch nancy grace tonight, of course. natisha, all your hard work there. at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. another big story we are watching today, president obama. he has fulfilled one of his
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biggest campaign promise and signed sweeping overhaul of the health care system into law. >> the bill, the bill i'm signing will set in motion reforms that generations of americans have fought for,nd marched for, and hungered to see. it will take four years to implement fully many of these reforms. because we need to implement them responsibly. we need to get this right. but a host of desperately needed reforms will take effect right away. >> so as such, within a few months, insurance companies will be barred from denying coverage to kids with preexisting conditions. new tax credits for small businesses are going to kick in, and medicare patients will get more help to pay for prescriptions. the pull reform plan takes effectver the next four years. republicans, though, vow to keep up their united opposition to the health care plan. claiming it will ruin the
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economy. >> everyone agreed tha we needed health care reform. but this is the wrong bill at the wrong time. you look at the fact that there are 15 million americans out of work today, and this bill is only going to add more taxes, more requirements on our small businesses. emiums are continuing to escalate, and cbo estimates that under this, the bill that just passed, premiums will increase between 10 and 13%. >> now attorney generals in 14 states are suing in 14 states claiming it's unconstitutional. in a news conference today, bill mccollum said congress should not be allowed to pa a law that forces people to buy a health care policy or pay a penalty if they don't. >> it's about constitutionality. it's about forcing people to buy health insurance when there is no provision in the constitution that allows for anybody to be forced to do something, where there is no commerce, no action, you're just sitting there, it's a living tax. and it's about the question of forcing the state of florida and the other states against the
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sovereignty that is guaranteed under our constitution to our states to do things that are practically impossible to do as a practical matter, and forcing us to do it without giving any resources or money to do it with. . this has been a very popular "your views" question today. thank you all so much for chiming in. do you support the law or would you like your state's attorney general to appeal it? here is what some are posting on my facebook page. cody says m state, idaho has already joined this sue-happy rally, he calls it. so i guess not everyone in the state get assay. for years the government has been making us pay for auto insurance to help e american people in the event of an auto accident. i don't see much of a difference in what is going on here. health tragedies strike on a daily if not hourly basis. as americans, we should be fighting f help, not fighting to stop the help. david wrote to us saying i think
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this is the most ignorant bill to ever pass. i want every state to fight this bill off. i'd rather risk pick my own insurance than have the government control yet another thing. i thought america let us have our own rights. so let us decide. thank you all so much for your comments. as you can see, they are across the board, and that's what makes us a great nation, isn't it? we can all voice our own thoughts here. and so can vice president biden, although, you know, he is known sometimes for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. and it did happen again today at the white house during the health care signg event, no less. a microphone picked up biden dropping the f-bomb after delivering a rousing introduction of the president, biden turned to embrace his boss, and that's when he said it. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] [ bleep ]. >> thank you.
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>> the president didn't react to biden's comment. shortly after the ceremony, though, white house press secretary robert gibbs used his twitter feed to try and diffuse any controversy, tweeting, quote, and yes, mr. vice president, you're right. a high-speed chase, that's dangerous in itself. but wait until you see what happens to a texas cop as he pursues the car and another one comes right after him.
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you know, the false sense of privacy you might have on social networking sites can have really serious legal consequences. listen to this development. as we told you last week, the fbi sets out to friend suspects on facebooks so agent ksz
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monitor status updates for criminal activity. and now we have two examples that serve as a reminder that twitter posts are subject to criminal investigation here too. the secret service is questioning two twitter users who advocated the assassination of president obama. now the threats are very graphic. the wording is explicit, and it's explosive here. one person's tweets said "america would survive a bullet to obama's head, and anyone who gets a clear shot should take it." and another user posted a message to the president saying "you should be assassinated." and said, "if i lived in d.c., i would shoot him myself." federal states anyone convicted of making a federal threat against the president could be sentenced to five years in prison. law enforcement has made it clear it believes social media falls into that category as well. so just be careful what you're putting out there. doctor says that they're really feeling good about the 15-year-old girl who suffered a brutal beating at her middle school in deerfield beach,
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florida last week. but the thing is, josie lou ratley is still in critical condition, and still in a medically-induced coma. she has already had two surgeries to relieve pressure on her brain. a 15-year-old boy is accused of punching and stomping ratley with steel-toed boots. he is being held on a juvenile detention center. this morning the broward county sheriff stressed that authority figures need to be proactive in children's' lives. >> we can't arrest our way out of the problem. law enforcement, you know, we're reactive. something happens, we react to it. like mr. treacy. he is in custody, but that doesn't help josie. it's what can we do before these problems occur, whether it's at home, school, churches. that's where we need to focus our efforts. again, by the time law enforcement gets involved, it's usually too late. we can't arrest our way out of the problem. we need to start early. >> ratley's mother insists her daughter did not know the
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suspect, and says she doesn't know if thing can ever go back to normal. a 13-year-old girl has also been charged as an accessory in at attack, by the way. a disney bus crashed into an empty charter bus at a toll plaza. what you're looking at here is epcot center in orlando. seven passengers aboard the disney bus were treated at the hospital for minor injuries, but the driver of the disney bus was taken to orlando regional medical center in serious condition. the driver of the charter s wasn't on board when the crash occurred. but epcot center, by theway, is still open. a seem leg routine traffic stop took an unexpected twist for an officer with the duncanville police department in texas. you're seeing it from his vanity passage point here. in pursuit of a speeder, another car pulls out and to avoid a direct hit, the officer's car swerves, jumps the curb and crashes into a wooded area there. well, you know, tiger woods was seen practicing at augusta national yesterday, the site of the masters, where of course he
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is going to make his big return to golf. golfers who have played with him recently said he looks to be in top form, and they expect him to win the tournament. well, a memo surfaces that could be really damaging for toyota. some people actually calling it the smoking gun. it seems to show that the company knew about its gas pedal problems, but kept them hushed.
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attorneys suing toyota are calling it the smong gun that proves the automaker knew about a sudden acceleration problem years ago. now this memo could be very damaging for toyota as it seems to contradict toyota's reason for the acceleration problems in some of its vehicles. the company has insisted that what is sending the cars into overdrive is mechanical. it's pedals or floor mats. but we've got the document from nearly eight years ago in which toyota warned its dealers that there was a problem and that it was electronic. cnn's drew griffin got the memo. it's from lawyers who want to mount a major class action lawsuit against toyota. >> they could fix these problems easily, but it would cost them about $500 a car nationwide.
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if you have six to seven million cars, you add the number it's close to 4 to $5 billion. it's hard to actually tell the truth when those numbers are at the bottom of the truth. >> now here is toyota's response. quote, toyota strongly disputes these completely baseless allegations being driven by plaintiff's attorneys like mr. howard. toyota goes on to say in a statement that it intends to fight against these unfounded claims vigorously, and said the government looked into the problem and found, quote, no evidence of a trend regarding safety issues, unquote. a panel of experts, though, met to talk about what they believe are the real acceleration problems with toyota. they met today. and they exposed what they call myths that toyota is using to cover up the truth. we're talking electrical engineers, auto safety experts, and a survivor of an alleged toyota sudden acceleration accident were on the panel here. one electronics expert explained why the electronic throttle in cars can pose problems. the panel says car electronics are very susceptible to
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electromagnetic interference, including cell phones. toyota told dealers today it will provide accelerator replacement pedals to owners who are not satisfied with their repairs. we learned late today a federal judge will not force a school district to hold prom i know you remember the mississippi school dropped the dance for everyone because a lesbian teen wanted to take her girlfriend and wear a tux. well, the aclu has been trying to force t issue. school officials said they decided to call off the prom at the school because the challenge to the rules had caused disrupons. the parents of the students are going to now be hosting the event. u.s. district judge glen davidson says he'll still hold a trial on this issue, but he did not yet set a date on that. all righty. let's talk about what is happening with prime news. the one and only mike galanos. what have you got coming up here? >> quite an alert. this is in hemet, california. threats against four police officers. their cars have been booby-trapped. four threats. you want to know who is responsibl for this?
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they believe it's gang-related there is a very strong gang presence, the vagos outlaw motorcycle game. they believe they tried to pump gas into the building where some police officers were, it could have exploded the building. that didn't happen. we have a booby-trapped device rigged to one police car. that was found out. a gun was rigged to a fence. when the gate was open, the gun went off. thankfully nobody has been injured. >> that's what i was going to ask. >> but quite an alert for the folks down there in cafornia. what is going on there? how are they going to catch these people?california. a sad story, 17-year-old was bullied, parents say relentlessly from the fifth grade until he was 17 and ended up take can his life. the family is suing the school because basically they didn't provide a safe environment to learn. the family says from fifth grade to 17 years solid roughly six years of bullying and the family claims the school stopped showing up to meetings to get
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help and the details are brutal what he went through before taking his life. we'll update that. does the family have a good case and also casey anthony we'll update that, 900 new pages, as always on "pme news" we sift through them for you, quite a claim from someone who worked with texas equusearch she was about to put an "x" on a map until cindy anthony said everybody out of here before that took place. we'll update thamplsts thank you so much. appreciate it. the community organizing group a.c.o.r.n. shutting down come six months after this video surfaced showing workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute. their finances plummeted after the footage came out. a carry jet took a rocket into flight for the first time yesterday, there it is, virgin galactic says the flight reached an altitude over 45,000 feet,
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lasted just under three hours. the flight test program will run through next year before commercial operations start then more than 300 people have paid deposits on the $200,000 ticket already. stay close. ddddddddddd
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