tragedy of poland. >> i tried to swerve. if you don't pay attention to traffic, this could happen to anybody. i was just surprised that anybody would be able to take a child, put it on the airplane and send it somewhere. >> you're watching hln news and views. i'm natasha curry.

we begin in west virginia where the search for those four missing miners has come to a tragic ends. the families got the news they had been dreading early this morning. rescuers actually passed right by the bodies earlier during tripped into the mine but conditions inside that shaft were just so bad that they couldn't even see the miners' bodies until last night. families were hoping the miners were waiting for rescue in one of the underground safety chambers. they have food, water and air to get miners through an emergency. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. and none of our miners suffered. so this journey -- this journey has ended. and now the healing will start. >> now, this means 29 miners were killed in monday's explosion at the upper big

branch mine. that's the worst u.s. mining incident in 40 years. officials say they will now focus on recovering 22 bodies that are still in the mine. then they will start investigating. >> after this recovery of the bodies has been completed, there will be a state and msha will conduct a joint investigation, the company will be participating, and i can assure you that no stone will be left unturned, and we'll find out the cause of this explosion, and quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> strictlin said the investigation could take up to a year. some officials believe high levels of methane gas may have played a role in the explosion. major shrines are springing up across poland today but this is no celebration.

the country is in mourning after its president was killed in a jet crash along with other people. the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog at an airport in russia. officials say it looked like the plane may have hit some trees at the end of the runway, crashed, then caught fire. here's the result, you're looking at it. russian officials say 132 people were on board and none of them survived. aside from the president, lech kaczynski, his wife, and including heads of national security died. the polish parliament speaker now becomes acting president, and now he has to hold elects within 60 days. kaczynski was elected president in 2005. he was 60 years old. a tennessee woman set off an international controversy for sending her adopted grandson all alone, all the way back to russia on a plane. his adopted grandmother claims the 7-year-old is violent, even

has a hit list of people he wants to kill. the family claims a lawyer told them the adoption could be reversed, so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to moscow. a note in his backpack stated he was a troubled child, but the adoption agency was not notified and he showed up unannounced at russia's child protection ministry. officials in both countries are outraged about this, and russian officials say there is no evidence to back up the woman's claim that the boy is violent. >> i can't imagine why she wouldn't go to the adoption agency. >> translator: all examinations show the boy to be completely healthy, nobody withheld anything from her. it's a lie. when i asked how the mother treated him, he burst into tears and said she used to pull his hair. >> future adoptions by americans have been banned until an agreement is signed to regulate them.

hospital officials in thailand say at least five people, including a journalist are now dead after these clashes between anti-government protesters and soldiers and police. nearly 500 more are said to be wounded. the arm had vowed to clear protesters in bangkok and associated press photographer says that move set off street fighting. that's what you see here. after two hours of these clashes, soldiers pulled back and asked the protesters to do the same. the so-called red shirt protesters are demanding the thai prime minister dissolve parliament and call new elections. they claim he came to power illegitimately in december of 2008. a new jersey teacher's union is under fire for a letter that appears to ask god to make governor chris christie die. it sounded like it was asking

for his death. t they say the line was a joke but admit it was in poor taste. >> when have you the leadership so out of touch that they're praying for the death of an elected official, i think they need to re-evaluate who they are and what they're doing. i don't feel threatened, i don't think they're coming out to try to kill me, i think they're just praying for me to die. >> they are in battle over funding for the state's school system. he has proposed severe cuts to address the $11 billion budget deficit. republicans have fired the first shot in what is likely to be a political war over justice john paul stevens' replacement. he plans to retire this summer. now almost as soon as he made that announcement, speculation began about who president obama would name to fill stevens' spot on the court. today republicans promised a

whale of a fight in november's congressional elections if the president picks a nominee who is too liberal. but so far the president isn't really tipping his hand, other than to say he wants a candidate who is a lot like justice stevens. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court nominee as among my most serious responsibilities as president. more than half the world's population now lives in cities. and while we cannot replace that number is rising. justice stevens' experience or in fact, in 20 years, 6 out of wisdom, i will seek someone in every 10 people will be city the coming weeks with similar dwell dwellers. qualities. but is the rapid pace of an independent mind, a record of urbanization compromising the excellence and integrity, a quality of life and health? we're going to explore what's fierce dedication to the rule of being done to create better law, and a keen understanding of cities and better lives for the how the law affects the daily people who live in them, lives of the american people. including innovative solutions to urban transit issues and >> government sources tell our sister network cnn that the finding fresh food where fast white house has been preparing food dominates. for weeks in anticipation of a it's all part of our urban planner. vacancy on the court. a senior administration official says the white house has a list of about ten potential replacements for stevens, but that none of them will be interviewed soon, and definitely not this weekend. so this will be the second

supreme court appointment for president obama. hello and welcome. shocking developments in an i'm dr. sanjay gupta. amazing piece of detective work in the disappearance of a life in the city is something the world health organization is missing florida woman. you heard it all unfold on hln's taking seriously. in fact, it calls urbanization "issues" this week. one of the greatest health this past monday, a coral springs man made an emotional challenges of the 21st century. plea for the return of his missing wife. so the who is campaigning to improve factors that have a >> please come back home. direct bearing on people's we miss you. health, active green space, we love you. fresh food and water and the ease of transportation. in big cities, crippling traffic can leave commuters exhausted, your children miss you. please come home. stressed. subways are packed, roads dangerous and congested. what is a commuter to do? a look first at sao paulo, one >> she was last seen after of the most populated cities in dropping her children off at the world. then we're off to tokyo, school. her husband reported her missing a day later. projected to top the list of the biggest cities in ten years. police were suspicious. they told "issues" host jane valez-mitchell, they were convinced toha wasn't just a like a soldier about to go into grieving husband. >> when he came forward to us, battle, anderson silva is we came full advantage of it, getting ready for a new day and obviously. that's a good investigative another fight.

tool, during the press but for him it's on the conference he began to weep almost to the point where he roadways. silva works as a motorcycle wanted to walk away from the podium but he was able to regain messenger in sao paulo, brazil, a sprawling metropolis and a his composure quickly. traffic nightmare. he never once said he misses so say that he risks his life doing his job every day is not her, he loves letter and wants an exaggeration. her back home, all he said is he zips between cars stuck in the children miss and you want traffic, through spaces just big you back home. >> investigators say they found enough for him and his there was a lake behind toha's motorcycle, at high rates of speed. people here call motorcycle messengers mad dogs. office. jane velez-mitchell describes what it recorded. >> here is a play by play of the shocking surveillance tape. >> translator: i'm a little now, take a look very carefully. afraid. a little. i have already suffered the suspect drives the wife's accidents. one of them was serious. car right up to the lake. >> this is one of the most the husband was very familiar dangerous jobs in sao paulo. with this lake, because it's right behind his office. in fact, one or two motorcycle just imagine, her body was right there next to him the whole messengers die every day. but in a city with serious time. now, he gets out of the car and traffic problems, their services calmly pulls a bicycle out of are always in high demand. around 20 million people live in the trunk. police say that's how he got sao paulo's metropolitan area home. he biked home. then he drove the car right to and some 6 million vehicles the water's edge. compete for space on the roads

watch as he walks around to the every day. traffic jams happen well beyond back of the car and tries to push it in the water after a couple of unsuccessful tries, rush hour. there he goes. he gets into the driver's seat traffic is also an underground and then he rolls the car right problem. every day an estimated 6 million into the water. okay? people crowd a subway system so there -- then -- okay. apparently will designed for a there he was pushing it much smaller city. >> all day it's like this, unsuccessfully. there you see him getting into the car and he rolls it right into the water. crowded. very crowded. >> reporter: sao paulo is making >> now, that was all the significant investments when it evidence police needed to arrest comes to public transportation. the subway system, which is toha. police say his wife's body was currently 62 kilometers long, found in the car with a plastic will be extended to 80 bag over her head and she had kilometers by the end of the blunt force head injuries. toha is now charged with murder year. here's another solution to the and is being held without bond. traffic problem, but that solution is only available to those who can afford it. no word on if he has a lawyer or not. georgia owns a company that the third round at the provides helicopter services for masters is now underway and everyone wants to know how the busy executives. heck is tiger woods doing? he's invited us to fly over sao here's rafer weigel with the latest from augusta. pau >> reporter: it's shaping up to paulo. >> translator: today is busier be a beautiful day here at than normal. we have 18 flights and at the augusta and a very dramatic day, moment we have 7 aircraft as tiger woods has, frankly,

flying. shocked a lot of people, >> reporter: he started his company 11 years ago with a seemingly being able to take his personal problems and put them small one-passenger helicopter and now owns 12 aircraft and out of his head and play incredibly well. employs 40 people, including 18 he's only two shots behind the leader. in other words, there's only two people ahead of him right now, which means he is lurking and pilots. the company offers about 50 trips every day to government people trying to get a firsthand officials and executives, and he glimpse of tiger, the ticket says business is good. prices are pretty high. right now a one-day ticket price is $800 to $1,000. this tv executive doesn't just ride in helicopters. if you want a two-day pass for he has his own aircraft. two people, that's anywhere from sao paulo boasts the second $3,000 to $5,000. largest private helicopter fleet but nevertheless, regardless of in the world. >> it's a necessity. the prices, people are packing it in here. here in sao paulo, if you don't the crowds have been massive and have it, if you don't use supportive, and even at times adoring. at one time on the 18th green, helicopter, then you don't go to people in the sitting area stood the same number of business. up and applauded. the most telling moment for me, >> reporter: but on the ground when i was watching him, a mom it's business as usual for the tapped me on the shoulder and city's commuters. asked if her young daughter could stand in front of me to in a basement of a downtown get a glimpse of tiger woods. office building, anner son silva that to me sums it up on how is returning from another day of these people feel about woods dangerous work and preparing to hit the road again tomorrow. and his sex scandal. he will tee off today at 2:35

eastern. tv coverage will start at 3:30 cnn, sao paulo, brazil. eastern. but we will be here all weekend long, so keep it right here for all your masters coverage on it's morning time here in hln. tokyo, japan, and i'm on my way come on. to the office. but not by subway or car. admit it. ever had a crush on your by bike. i do this every single morning, teacher? some undergrad students better not for exercise, but to get to end it right there. the office. you can see i have a lot of what do you think about schools company. banning teacher/student this is the bicycle parking relationships. garage of my building, and hundreds of bikes are here, many used by commuters. let's go. it's a common sight to see, people in business attire on bicycles heading into the office. it's faster than the car or the subway. about 15% of japanese people use their bicycles to commute to work. compare that to the u.s. about half of 1% in new york city use their bikes to get to work. getting around by bike in tokyo is also very convenient because there's a lot of public parking for bikes both above ground and below. this is a cycle tree. think of it as a giant bicycle

role adex. the machine files the bike deep underground in just ten seconds. a tag stuck on the bike then allows you to retrieve it, again in just seconds. back above ground to the waiting bike commuter. >> translator: we're making the best use of our space. and jam-packed tokyo keeping bikes organized helps reduce the city's blight. >> despite the high number of people who do commute by bike, there aren't a lot of bike paths here in tokyo so you have to do a combination of street riding, sidewalk riding, and dodging some traffic. which can be a little bit hazardous. this is what tokyo subways are like every morning. it is packed.

you feel like a sardine. but this is safer, say some, and hitting the road on your bike. it's dangerous, says this woman, dedicated subway rider. but for this man, his bike is the best deal in the world's most expensive city. i don't own a car because the cost of parking is expensive he says. i think bikes are more convenient. many parents also feel that way and use bikes to cart around children. by biking to work, i cut my commute time by about 30 minutes, giving me more time in this urban jungle to live. the health hazards of city police in northern life go beyond the complexities california say they have closed of navigating that sprawl. a cold case with the help of the it's about a lack of easy access killer's son. to fresh food, fresh water. efforts to find nutrition in a 27-year-old sandra marie turpen disappeared in 1988. fast food world when "urban planet" returns. here's her picture. earnest sander christi iii said he was just 16 when his father killed turpen. he told police he was forced to help dump turpen's body in a ditch, cover it with tires, douse it with gasoline and set it on fire. he also told police about a hulled out redwood tree stump

when another woman was held prisoner. she escaped but did not report the attack. a man accused of repeatedly striking a toddler's head against the floor until she was left brain dead was in tears in a court appearance. police say he may have been set off because the 22 month old girl soiled herself. he said he was having, quote, a bad day. yeah. the girl was taken off life support after attempts to revive her failed. he faces second degree murder charges and is held on $500,000 bond. authorities say he dated the girl's mother for three months and had baby sat the little girl several times before. this video we're about to show you it disturbing. it shows a guy being hit by a car as he leaves a bus in florida. it happened in jacksonville, florida. look here. right there. hard to believe. sean mills survived after that car clipped him and sent him

flying right into the air. the driver of the car says it shook him up. there he goes trying to check on him. he also says it was not his fault. >> i don't want to say it was his fault, but it is. i mean, if you don't pay attention to traffic, then this could happen to anybody. i saw him a split second before he hit the car, so i tried to swerve. all you can do is pray for him. >> hicks wants to see him but he can't because lawyers are now involved. mills told the nbc today show that he didn't remember the accident. doctors put him in a medically induced coma for five days. he faces months of physical therapy. teachers and students at yale university can still get i'm really concerned about the fat and the sugar that together. people are eating. just not too close. i think it makes people have, that's because sex between professors and undergrads has just been banned. like, bad moods and depression. it causes a whole host of problems that could be solved, yale used to only outlaw but people aren't recognizing it relationships where teachers on their own.

held a position of power over so it's good the government is the student, you know, like helping us. >> i think it's silly. having them in their class, but i think it -- people need to be now all romantic relationships adults, make their own are banned. decisions. even if the student isn't in the doing all this is just another teacher's class. the school said it made those tax. it's unnecessary, you know. changes to protect the students. people don't need -- let people by the way, the new rule does be adults, make their own not apply to graduate students. decisions. all right. so what do you think about it? >> welcome back to "urban does yale's policy go too far in planet." you just heard very different all this? or do students need to be reactions to new york city's effort to enforce healthier protected? food. the city recently require chain tina louise post this had on facebook. i don't think this is anyone's business. eateries to post calorie counts what consenting adults do is between the adults involved and on the menus now there's a no one else. no one has the right to tell possibility to tax soda, one anyone else who they can and can't love unless it's illegal, they have absolutely no right to thing is indisputable. get involved. access to healthy food can be a challenge. as rosemary church can tell us, in densely populated cities you're more likely to encounter another fab fast food than produce. >> reporter: atlanta, georgia, is known for many things, its another disagreed. there are so many young people southern hospitality, its warm, that are not mature enough to know what the older person, the southern climate, and it's

faculty member is doing. full of fantasy and fairy tales. not-so-healthy southern cooking that can make staying healthy a particular challenge here. does this go too far? >> the southeastern part of the e-mail us, cnn.com/hln and give united states is generally among the most unhealthiest in terms us your view. a family wanted to have a of population, the highest viewing for their dead grandmother but did not want to see her in their living room for cardiovascular disease rates, the next two days. you've got to hear why a funeral home refused to bury her. the highest obesity. >> reporter: this doctor is the district health director for the dekalb county health sent. it's part of her job to help 775,000 people make healthier choices. >> there's a package store, convenience stores, it's a lot easier to make the bad choices, particularly if you are a young working mom and you're rushing and on your way home and you see five fast food places on the way. if i just do this drive-through, it's a lot faster. so that's the real challenge, in an urban community, still trying to make the right choices. >> reporter: so in an area where it's easy to find this, how do you encourage people to look for

this? >> look for the 100% whole in front of the word grain or wheat. >> reporter: county nutritionists help explain to members of the urban community how to make healthy choices for themselves and their children. in this diverse urban area, it's not just the southern culture that presents challenges. it's multiple cultures. more than 130 languages are spoken in decal be county and there are more ethnic groups here than in any other county in the region. >> we understand that there are different foods that different ethnicities like to seat. we understand that you eat this, but maybe we'll take a little bit of that salt out or that fat out. you tell us how this fits into your paradigm with your community, your culture, your religion, your background. >> make sure you have a little bit of calcium every day. >> reporter: creating a healthier community by giving everyone the tools and knowledge

to take care of themselves and their children. that can put a smile on everybody's face. rosemary church, cnn, atlanta. that's our look at "urban planet," an effort around the globe to make our cities more livable, all with the health and wellness of people who live there in mind. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for watching. we're here in the englewood section of chicago. one of chicago's roughest neighborhoods. this is the urban prep having its first graduating class. they're going to send 70 african-american men to college. i'm excited. mr. king, i know you say when you send 100% of your kids to college, a lot of people don't believe it. >> right. right. >> so sometimes, for their purposes, introduce them to the wall. >> you need to see proof, right? >> this is a lot of proof.

tell me about this. >> every time a student is admitted to college, we take their admission letter, copy it and put it up on the wall on the school. >> people see your results and they're going to say, 100% of your seniors going on to college? you must pick the kids you can't be in public school. >> people tell us you're a selective enrollment school, that's a private school, but we're not. we're a public school. we're a charter school. we're publicly funded. we don't select our students based on any criteria. >> this is urban prep. and urban prep is an oasis. an opportunity for children to believe in themselves and dream beyond their circumstances. create an opportunity where there didn't seem to be one and go on to a four-year college.

we begin in west virginia where the search for those four missing miners has come to a tragic end. the families got the news that they had been dreading early this morning. a federal mine safety official says that rescuers actually passed right by the bodies earlier during trips into the mine but conditions inside that shaft were with just so bad that they couldn't even see the miners' bodies until last night. families were hoping that the miners were waiting for rescue in one of the underground safety chambers.

they have food, water and air to get miners through an emergency. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. and none of our miners suffered. so this journey has evened. and now the healing will start. >> now, this means 29 miners were killed in monday's explosion at the upper big branch mine. that's the worst u.s. mining incident in 40 years. officials say they will now focus on recovering 22 bodies that are still in the mine, then they will start investigating. >> after this recovery of the bodies has been completed, the state and emsa will conduct a joint investigation. the company will be participating. and i can assure you that no stone will be left unturned and we'll find out the cause of this

explosion and, quite frankly, the only good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place, if needed, to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> stricklin also said that the investigation could take up to a year. some mining officials believe high levels of methane gas may have played a role in the explosion. republicans have fired the first shot in what is likely to be a political war with over supreme court justice john paul stevens' replacement. the 89-year-old announced yesterday that he plans to retire this summer. now, almost as soon as he made that announcement, speculation began about who president obama would name to fill stevens' spot on the court. today republicans promised a whale of a fight in november's congressional elections if the president picks a nominee who is too liberal. but so far the president isn't really tipping his hand other than to say he wants a candidate that is a lot like justice stevens. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court

nominee as among my most serious responsibilities as president. and while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities, an independent mind, a record of excellence and integri integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. >> government sources tell our sister network cnn that the white house has been preparing for weeks in anticipation of a vacancy on the court. a senior official says that the white house has a list of about ten potential replacements for steechbdz but none of them will be interviewed soon and definitely not this weekend. so this will be the second supreme court appointment for president obama. a tennessee woman set off an international controversy for sending her adopted grandson all alone all the way back to russia on a plane. now, his adopted grandmother claims the 7-year-old is violent

and has hey hit list of people he wants to kill. a family claims a lawyer told them that the adoption could be reversed so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to moscow. a note in his backpack stated that he was a troubled child but the adoption agency was not notified and he showed up unannounced at russia's child protection minministry. authorities in both countries are outraged and russian officials say there is no evidence to back up the woman's claim that the boy is violent. >> i can't imagine why she wouldn't have sent him back to washington, to that adoption agency. >> translator: all the examinations show the boy to be completely healthily plly and mentally. so nobody withheld anything from her. it's a lie. when i asked how the mother treated him, he burst into tears and said she used to pull his hair. >> the foreign minute certify says future adoptions by americans have been banned until an agreement is signed to

regulate them. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. this is your forecast. we'll get an idea what's happening around the nation. the southeast looks good where high pressure is the big feature. plenty is going to be your feature. when you make your way across parts of the central plains, a few more clouds and then into the rockies, light snowfall possible into the central rockies and then back into wasatch range. for the west coast, windy conditions from santa barbara, san lois owe bis bow to half moon bay where winds may exceed 30, 40 miles per hour. showers possible for the oregon coastline. then the area of the great lakes could bring a few showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. we don't anticipate anything severe for today. high temperatures, 73 in atlanta, 62 in denver, 88 in phoenix. 64 in los angeles. san francisco warming up to 56 degrees, and 64 in minneapolis. that is a wrap on your forecast.

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none of our miners suffered. this journey has ended. and now the healing will start. i just froze. and i'm totally shocked, you know? it's beyond a shadow of a doubt the biggest tragedy in poland of the past 20 years. i saw him a split second before he hit the car so i tried to swerve. if you don't pay attention to traffic, then this could happen to anybody. i was just surprised that anybody would be able to take a child, put it on the airplane and send it somewhere. i'm natasha curry.

we begin in west virginia where the search for the four missing miners has customered to a tragic end. the families got the news they had been dreading early this morning. a federal mine safety official says rescuers actually passed right by the bodies earlier during tripped into the mine, but conditions inside that shaft were just so bad that they couldn't even see the miners' bodies until last night. families were hoping that the minors were waiting for rescuers in an underground safety chambers. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. and none of our miners suffered. so this journey has ended. and now the healing will start. >> this means 29 miners were killed in the explosion at the

upper big branch mine, the worst u.s. mining incident in 40 years. officials say they will now focus on recovering 22 bodies that are still in the mine. then they will start investigating. >> after this recovery of the bodies has been completed, the state and msha will conduct a joint investigation, the company will be participating, and i can assure you that no stone will be left unturned, and we'll find out the cause of this explosion and quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> striklin said the investigation could take up to a year. some officials believe high levels of methane gas could have played a role in the explosion. make shift shrines filled with flowers and candles are springing up across poland today, but this is no

celebration. the country is in mourning after its president was killed in a jet crash along with more than 100 other people. here's what we know about the crash. the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog at an airport in russia. polish officials say it looks like the plane may have hit trees at the end of the runway, crashed and then caught fire. russian officials say 132 people were on board and none of them survived. aside for president lech kaczynski, a number of polish officials including the head of national security, died. the polish parliament speaker now becomes acting president, and now he has to hold new elections within 60 days. kaczynski was elected president in 2005. he was 60 years old. a tennessee woman set off an international controversy for sending her adopted grandson all alone all the way back to russia on a plane. his adopted grandmother claims the 7-year-old is violent and even has a hit list of people he

wants to kill. the family claims a lawyer told them the adoption could be reversed, so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to. a note in his backpack stated he was a troubled child, but the adopon agey was not notified and he showed up unannounced at russia's child protection ministry. authorities in both countries are outraged about this, and russian officials say there is no evidence to back up the woman's claim that the boy is violent. >> i can't imagine why she wouldn't talk to the the boy to physically and mentally. nobody withheld anything from her. it's a lie. when i asked how the woman treated him, he burst into tears and said she used to pull his hair. >> future adoptions by americans have been banned until an agreement is signed to regulate them. a new jersey teachers union

is under fire for a letter that appears to ask god to make governor chris christie die. a mocking prayer part of a memo that leaked sounded like it was asking for his death. the association's president said the line about christie was a joke but admits it was in poor taste. he had strong words about that letter. >> when have you the leadership of thie sac out of touch that they're praying for the death of an elected official, you know, i think they need to re-evaluate who they are and what they're doing. i don't feel threatened, i don't think they're coming out to try to kill me, i think they're just praying for me to die. >> he and the new jersey association are in a battle over funding for the state's school system. he has proposed severe education cuts in an attempt to address an $11 billion budget deficit. republicans fired the first shot in what is likely to be a political war over justice john paul stevens' replacement.

he announced yesterday he plans to retire this summer. almost as soon as he made that announcement, speculation began about who president obama would name to fill stevens' spot on the court. today republicans promised a whale of a fight in november's congressional elections if the president picks a nominee who is too liberal. but so far, the president isn't really tipping his hand other than to say he wants a candidate who is a lot like justice stevens. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court nominee as among my most serious responsibilities as president. and while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities. an independent mind, a record of excellence, and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law, and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. >> government sources tell our sister network cnn that the white house has been preparing for weeks in anticipation of a

vacancy on the court. none of our miners suffered. a senior administration official this journey has ended. says that the white house has a list of about ten potential now the healing will start. replacements for stevens, but i just froze. that none of them will be and i'm totally shocked, you interviewed soon, and definitely know? not this weekend. it's beyond a shadow of a doubt so this will be the second the biggest tragedy in poland of supreme court appointment for president obama. the past 20 years. i saw him a split second before he hit the car so i tried to swerve. if you don't pay attention to the third round at the traffic, then this could happen masters is now underway and to anybody. everyone wants to know how the i was just surprised anybody heck is tiger woods doing. would be able to take a child, put it on an airplane and send here's rafer weigel with the it somewhere. it is saturday, i'm natasha curry. latest from augusta. >> reporter: it's shaping out to be a beautiful day in augusta and a very dramatic day, as we begin in west virginia where the search for those four tiger woods has, frankly, missing miners has come to a shocked a lot of people, tragic end. seemingly being able to take his personal problems and put them the families got the news they'd out of his head and play been dreading early this morning. a federal mine official safety incredibly well. he's only two shots behind the says rescuers passed right by leader. in other words, there's only two the bodies earlier into trips in people ahead of him right now, which means he is lurking, and the mine. people trying to get a firsthand but conditions inside were so bad they couldn't even see the glimpse of tiger, well, the miners' bodies until last night. ticket prices are pretty high. the families hoped they were right now a one-day ticket price waiting for rescue in one of the underground safety chambers with

is $800 to $1,000. if you want a two-day pass for food, water and air to get miners through an emergency. two people, that's anywhere from >> none of the chambers had been $3,000 to $5,000. deployed. but nevertheless, regardless of those prices, people are packing it in here. the crowds have been massive and supportive and even at times and none of our miners suffered. adoring. at one point on the 18th green, people in the sitting area stood up and applauded. but the most telling moment came for me personally when i was so this journey -- this journey standing there watching him and has ended. a mom tamed me on the shoulder and now the healing will start. and asked if her young daughter could stand in front of me to get a glimpse of tiger woods. >> now this means 29 miners were killed in monday's explosion at the upper big branch mine. that to me sums it up on how it's the worst u.s. mining people feel about woods and his incident in 40 years. officials say they will now focus on recovering 22 bodies scandal. that are still in the mine. tv coverage starts at 3:30 then they will start eastern, but we will be here all weekend long. keep it here for all your investigating. >> after this recovery of the masters coverage on hln. bodies has been completed, the come on. admit it. ever had a crutch on your state and msha will conduct a teacher? joint investigation, the company undergrad students at one will be participating, and i can university better end it right assure you that no stone will be there. what do you think about the left unturned, and we'll find school banning teacher/student out the cause of this explosion,

relationships. and, quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> he also said the investigation could take up to a year. some mining officials believe high levels of methane gas may have played a role in the explosion. a tennessee woman set off an international controversy for sending her adopted grandson all alone all the way back to russia on a plane. his adopted grandmother claims the 7-year-old is violent and even has a hit list of people he wants to kill. a family claims a lawyer told them that the adoption could be reversed, so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to moscow. a note in his backpack stated he was a troubled child but the adoption agency was not notified, and he showed up unannounced at russia's child

protection ministry. authorities in both countries are outraged about this, and russian officials say there is no evidence to back up the woman's claim that the boy is violent. >> i can't imagine why she wouldn't sent back to the -- the adoption agency. >> translator: all the examinations show the boy to be completely healthy, physically and healthy. so nobody withheld anything from her. it's a lie. when i asked how the mother treated him, he burst into tears saying she used to pull his hair. >> future adoptions by americans have been banned until an agreement is signed to regulate them. hospital officials in thailand say at least eight people, including a journalist, are dead following these clashes between anti-government protesters and soldiers and police. nearly 500 more are said to be wounded right now. the army had vowed to clear protesters out of one of their bases in bangkok. a photographer says that move

set off this street fighting. after more than two hours, soldiers pulled back and asked protesters to do the same p. t they are demanding for new elections. they claim the prime minister came into power illegitimately in 2008. a new teacher's union is police in northern california say they have closed a cold case with the help of a under fire for a letter that appears to ask god to have killer's son. 27-year-old sandra turpen governor chris christie die. disappeared in 1988. part of the memo leaked, sounded earnest samuel christi the iii like they were asking for his recently told police he was just 16 years old when his father death. they say it was a joke but admit killed turpen. it was in poor taste. he gave police a map to the area, told police he was forced >> when you have the leadership to help dump her body in a of this place so out of touch ditch, cover it with tires, that they're praying for the death of an elected official, douse it with gasoline and set you know, i think they need to it on fire. re-evaluate who they are and he told police about a hulled what they're doing. out redwood tree stump where his i don't feel threatened, i don't think they're coming out to try father held another woman and kill me, i think they're just praying for me to die. prisoner. the suspect's father died in 2006. >> christie and the association a man accused of repeatedly

are in battle for the state's striking a toddler's head against the floor until she was left brain dead was near tears school system. he has proposed severe education in a court appearance. cuts in an attempt to address an authorities say andrew roberts may have been set off because $11 billion deficit. the 22 month old girl soiled republicans have fired the herself. he said he told them he was first shot in a likely political having, quote, a bad day. war over the replacement of yeah. the girl was taken off life support after attempts to revive justice john paul stevens. he will retire this summer. her failed. roberts facing second-degree now, almost as soon as he made murder charges and is being held that announcement, speculation on $500,000 bond. began about who president obama authorities say he had been would name to fill stevens' spot dating the girl's mother for three months and baby sat the on the court. today republicans promised a little girl several times whale of a fight in november's congressional elections if the before. this video is pretty disturbing, president picks a nominee who is it shows a guy being hit by a too liberal. but so far, the president isn't car as he leaves a bus in really tipping his hand other florida. the accident happened a few than to say he wants a candidate weeks ago in jacksonville, who is a lot like justice stevens. florida. it was captured on the bus's >> i view the process of surveillance camera. hard to believe. sean mills there survived after selecting a supreme court that car clipped him and sent nominee as among my most serious him flying right into the air. responsibilities as president. the car's driver says the while we cannot replace justice accident shook him up. there he goes trying to check on stevens' experience or wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming him there. brett hicks also says it was not weeks with similar qualities.

his fault. >> i don't want to say it was his fault, but it is. an independent mind, a record of i mean, if you don't pay excellence and integrity, a attention to traffic, then this could happen to anybody. fierce dedication to the rule of i saw him a split second before law, and a keen understanding of he hit the car so i tried to how the law affects the daily swerve. he was alive. he was unresponsive but he was lives of the american people. breathing on the scene, so all >> government sources tell cnn you can do is pray for him. that the white house has been preparing for weeks in hicks says he wants to go see anticipation of a vacancy on the mills but he can't because court. a senior administration official lawyers are now involved. says that the white house has a mills told the today show he list of about ten potential doesn't remember the accident. his injuries were so severe replacements for stevens, but doctors put him in a medically that none of them will be induced coma for five days. interviewed soon, and definitely he's still in a wheelchair and not this weekend. so this will be the second faces months of physical supreme court appointment for therapy. president obama. the third round of the masters is underway and everyone teachers and students at yale wants to know how the heck is can still get together, just not tiger woods doing? too close. here's rafer weigel with the that's because sex between latest from augusta. professors and undergrads has just been banned. yale used to only outlaw relationships where teachers held a position of power over >> reporter: it is the most the student. like having them in their class. presteenlgs tournament in all of golf and also the site where but now all romantic tiger woods is turning the relationships are banned. even if the student isn't in the

conversation away from his sex teacher's class. the school says it made those changes to protect the students. scandal into what made him the by the way, the new rule does richest athlete in the world, his golf game. not apply to graduate students. you can see the fans, some of whom have paid as much as $1200 all right. so what do you think? to be here. that's how much scalpers are does yale's policy go too far? or do students need to be asking for tickets just for today. yesterday they were asking for protected? here's what you're saying. amy posted this, i think there around $800. it's been an evolution of sorts. are plenty of bigger issues that some fans told me they weren't need to be dealt with on a sure how they would react to college campus. tiger woods. as long as the student isn't in as time went on they've become more vocal, they've become larger, more supportive, and he the class of the professor has fed off of it and been much they're dating, why not? more interactive and came out but casey says different classes or not, college is not a meat here and shocked everybody market, it's a job for the posting the best score he's ever professor. want to pick up chicks? posted on the first day of this go to a bar where the students tournament in 16 years, and now heading into the third round finds himself in a position that don't fraternize. many, quote, unquote, experts does the policy go too far? did not expect him to be in. or do students need to be and that is a position to win -- protected? e-mail us, cnn.com/hln and give in a position to win this tournament after being away from us your view. court documents show a the game for five months. 15-year-old massachusetts girl who killed herself in january >> come on. lived her last days in fear of admit it. ever had a crush on your

being beaten up. now six of her classmates are teacher? undergrad students at one facing felony charges in connection to her death, and our university better end it right chuck roberts recently spoke to there. what you think about schools ryan smith about the legal banning student/teacher implications of bullying. relationships in our your views segment. ryan's a host for "in session" on truetv. >> reporter: the suicide that followed, how hard is this to prosecute? >> it could be a difficult case to prosecutor. some of the charges, there's one charge that's a violation of civil rights charge, which could be extremely difficult to prove. and there's also harassment charges, assault charges. the statutory rape claim against a few of the teenagers is a bit easier for prosecutors. if it happened, then they're liable and they could go to prison for that. the other charges, not so simple. >> reporter: how about the liability of the school? >> right now the school is not on trial. right now the school is saying this is what happened and i doubt they could bring any kind of criminal charges against the school. maybe civil later, but that's doubtful. in terms of right now, just the

students. >> reporter: the school did conduct an investigation. will that find its way into the trial? >> that will be interesting. if these kids have said thinking things in the context of that investigation, that can be contradicted by those reports you could possibly see those reports coming in. it could be a tough stretch. the prosecutor will try to use it, but without something to bring it into eye relevant scenario in this case, it could be tough. >> a lot of civil suits will follow? >> they may. they may. it depends on how the school is treated. if the school is treated as an exempt entity, still, i think you'll see the parents of this girl try to do something. >> reporter: this will be a legal ground breaker. >> i think it will. >> reporter: thank you. a family wanted to have a viewing for their dead grandmother, but they did not want to see her in their living room for the next two days. you've got to hear why a funeral home refused to bury her.

police in northern california say they have closed a cold case with the help of a killer's son. 27-year-old lasandra marie turpen disappeared in 1988. earnest samuel christie iii recently told police he was just 16 years old when his father killed turpen. christie gave police a map to the area and told police he was forced to help dump her body in a ditch, and then set it on fire. he also told police about a hulled out redwood tree stump where his father held another woman prisoner. the suspect, christie's father, died in 2006. a man accused of repeatedly striking a toddler's head against the floor until she was left brain dead was near tears in a court appearance.

authorities say andrew roberts may have been set off because the 22-month-old girl soiled herself. he said he told them he was having, quote, a bad day. yeah. the girl was taken off life support after attempts to revive her failed. he faces second-degree murder charges and is being held on $500,000 bond. he davted the girl's mother for three months and had baby sat the girl several times before. this next video is pretty disturbing. it shows a guy being hit by a car as he leaves a bus in florida. the accident happened a few weeks ago in jacksonville, florida. it was captured on the bus's surveillance camera. hard to believe sean mills survived after that car clipped him and sent him flying right into the air. the car's driver said the accident shook him up. there he goes, trying to check on him there. brent hicks also says it was not his fault. >> i don't want to say it was his fault, but it is. if you don't pay attention to traffic then this could happen

to anybody. i saw him a split second before he hit the car so i tried to swerve. he was unresponsive but he was breathing on the scene. so all you can do is pray for him. >> hicks says he wants to go see mills but he can't because lawyers are now involved. mills told "the today show" he doesn't remember the accident. his injuries were so severe doctors put him in a medically induced coma for five days. look at this, this is all he's still in a wheelchair and that remains of a new jersey faces months of physical therapy. home after an explosion and fire. just a mess. police say amazingly no one was all right, teachers and hurt, and somehow none of the students at yale university can neighboring houses here were still get together, just not too damaged. not clear, though, what caused close. that's because sex between the explosion, but a natural gas professors and undergrads has leak is suspected. just been banned. the driver of this tractor yale usaed to only outlaw trailer says that he owes his relationships where teachers held a position of power over escape from this fiery accident to frozen chicken. the student, like having them in yeah. their class. he says a dump truck turned into but now all romantic his lane and hit him, sheering relationships are banned. even if the student isn't in the off his fuel tank and causing this explosion. teacher's class. the school says it made those this happened thursday in texas. changes to protect the students. by the way, though, the new rule the truck was left dangling over does not apply to graduate

the side of an overpass. students. the truck driver says that the 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken so what do you think about it? does yale's policy go too far? he was hauling was heavy enough to keep his truck from going or do students need to be over the edge until he could get out. no word on whether the dump protected? here's what you're saying. truck driver will be cited. even if it's consenting adults, an arizona family sent two a teacher remits the university, days with their dead grandmother therefore should not be getting in their living room all because romantic with anyone. of red tape. students are there to learn, not have dates and sex or look for a 62-year-old francis ka viewing, mate. but rebecca doesn't see a problem with the relationship, she writes, who's to say that a young professor couldn't meet an older freshman and fall madly in love? as long as the student doesn't tried to return her body to the funeral home for burial, but take that particular professor's class, i don't see the big deal, they were told it couldn't take place because her doctor hadn't and i really don't see this signed a death certificate prohibition catching much steam. before going on vacation. what do you think about it? does yale's policy go too far or >> she's getting decomposed and do students need to be we need to keep her as cool as protected? go to cnn.com/hln and give us possible. >> he took off on vacation. it was more important to take off on vacation than to sign the your view. a 15-year-old massachusetts girl who killed herself in death certificate. there's no excuse. january lived her last days in >> the family says it finally got the doctor's signature and fear of being beaten up. was able to bury their now six of her classmates are

facing felony charges in grandmother. you might see a playground connection to her death. here, but some parents in new chuck roberts recently spoke to ryan smith about the legal york see a safety hazard, implications of bullying. especially on sunny days. ryan is a host for "in session" this playground in new york recently opened and parents say on trutv. that the steel domes that kids are supposed to climb on are the teen bullying case, the suicide that followed, how hard sometimes too hot for the kids to touch. is this to prosecute? this week the temperature of one >> it could be a very difficult of them was measured at 127 case to prosecute. one charge is a violation of degrees. civil rights charge, which could park officials have posted wash be extremely difficult to prove. warning signs and trees in the park are expected to provide there's also harassment charges, assault charges. shade to keep them cool in the the statutory rape claim against future. but some parents say that the a few of the teenagers is a only will smart thing to do is little bit easier for to remove the domes. prosecutors to wrap their head it's been a week now since around. if it happened, then they're people started picking up ipads. liable and they can go to prison for that. the other charges, not so you can bet they're being pretty simple. >> how about the liability of careful with those pricey toys. the school itself? >> right now the school is not on trial. right now the school is saying this is what happened, and i why one guy saved months saving doubt they could bring criminal charges against the school. for an ipad and suddenly decided maybe civil charges later. to smash it?  they're a state entity, but in terms of now, you're looking at just the students. >> the school did conduct an

investigation. will that find its way into the trial? >> that is going to be interesting. if these kids have said things in the context of that investigation that can be counter digited by what's in those reports, you could possibly see those reports getting in. the prosecutor will try to use it probably, but without that, without something that really bring it into a scenario, could be tough. >> a lot of civil suits may follow? >> they may. they may. it depends on how the school is treated in this case. if the school is treated as exempt, it would be hard to file a civil suit against the school. still, i think you'll see the parents of this girl try to do something. >> this will be a legal ground breaker. >> i think it will. >> thank you. a family wanted to have a viewing for their dead grandmother, but they did not want to see her in their living room for the next two days. you've got to hear why a funeral home refused to bury her.

look at this. this is all that remains of a new jersey home after an explosion and fire. just a mess.

police say amazingly, no one was hurt, and somehow none of the neighboring houses here were damaged. not clear, though, what caused the explosion, but a natural gas leak is suspected. the driver of this tractor trailer says that he owes his escape from this fiery accident to frozen chicken. he says a dump truck turned into his lane and hit him, sheering off his fuel tank and causing this explosion that you just saw there. this happened thursday in ft. worth texas. the truck driver says the 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken he was hauling was heavy enough to keep his truck from going over the edge until he could get out. no word yet on whether the dump truck driver will be cited. an arizona family spent two days with their dead grandmother in their living room all because of red tape. she died last friday. her family wanted to hold the viewing for her in their home. she was embalmed and even had

her casket transferred to their house. after the viewing they tried to return the body to the funeral home for burial but they were told the burial couldn't take place because her doctor hadn't signed a death certificate before going on vacation. >> she's getting decomposed and we need to keep her as cool as possible. >> he took off on vacation. it was more important to take off on vacation than to sign the death certificate. there's no excuse. >> the doctor says it finally got the doctor's signature and was able to bury their grandmother. you might see a playground here, but some parents in new york see a safety hazard. especially on sunny days here. this playground in new york's brooklyn bridge park recently opened and parents say the steel domes kids are supposed to climb on are sometimes too hot for kids to touch. the temperature of one measured this weekend was 127 degrees. trees in the park are expected to provide enough shade to keep

them cool in the future, but some parents say the only smart thing to do is to remove the domes. i'm reynolds wolf for hln, this is your forecast. we'll get an idea what's going on around the nation. it looks pretty good, especially in parts of the southeast. plenty of sunshine through the carolinas, and florida. when you make your way across parts of the central plains, a few more scattered clouds with that area of low pressure, in the rockies, light snowfall possible, then back into wasatch range. for the west coast, windy conditions can be exspktded from santa barbara, northward to even spots like half moon bay where the winds may see 30 to 40 miles per hour. scattered showers possible for the oregon coastline. the great lakes, maybe a few scattered showers and a rumble of thunlder. we don't anticipate anything severe for today. highs, 73 in atlanta, 62 in

denver, 88 in phoenix. 64 in los angeles. that is a wrap on your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. it's been a week since people started picking up ipads and you can bet they're being pretty careful with those pricey toys. most folks, anyway. why one guy here spent months saving money for the ipad and suddenly decided to smash it.

none of our miners suffered. this journey has ended. now the healing must start. i just froze. it's beyond a doubt the biggest tragedy in poland of the past 20 years. >> i saw him a split second before he hit the car so i swerved. this could happen to anybody. i was just surprised that anybody would be able to take a child and put it on the airplane and send it somewhere. you're watching hln news and views here. it's saturday.

i'm natashaor the miners has come to a tragic end. the families got the news. the conditions in the shaft were so bad they couldn't see the miners' bodies until last night. families were hoping that the miners were waiting for rescue in one of the underground safety chambers with food, water and air to get miners through an emergency. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. none of our miners suffered. so this journey has ended and now the healing will start. >> now, this means 29 miners were killed in monday's explosion at the upper big braj

mine, that's the worst mining incident in 40 years. they will now focus on recovering 22 bodies still in the mine, then will will start investigation. >> after this recovery of the bodies has been completed, the state and emsa will contact an investigation. i assure you no stein will be left unturned and we'll find out the cause of this explosion and, quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> striklynn also said the investigation could stake up to a year. some mining officials believe high levels of methane gas could have played a role in the explosion. makeshift shrines with flowers and candles are springing up across poland today, but this is no

celebration. the country is in mourning after its president was killed in a jet crash along with more than 100 other people. here's what we know about the crash. the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog in russia. polish officials say it looked like the plane may have hit trees at the end of the runway, crashed, then caught fire. here's the result you're looking at. russian officials say 132 people were with on board, and none of them survived. aside from the president and his wife, a number of polish officials including the country's head of national security died. the polish parliament speaker now becomes acting president and now he has to hold new elections within 60 days. the president elected in 2005, he was 60 years old. a tennessee woman set off an international controversy for sending her adopted grandson all alone all the way back to russia on a plane. as the grandmother claims, the 7-year-old is violent and has a

hit list of people he wants to kill. a family claims a lawyer told them that the adoption could be reversed. so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to moscow. a note in his backpack stated that he was a troubled child, but the adoption agency was not notified and he showed up unannounced at russia's child protection ministry. authorities in both countries are outraged about this and russian officials say there is no evidence to back up the woman's claim that the boy is violent. >> i can't imagine why she wouldn't have sent him back to the adoption agency. >> translator: all the examinations show the boy to be completely healthy, physically and mentally. so nobody wreld anything from her. it's a lie. when i asked how the mother treated him, he burst into tears and said, she used to pull his hair. >> hush sha's foreign minister says future adoptions by americans have been banned until an agreement is signed to regulate them.

an associated press photographer says that move set off street fighting. that's what you see here, after more than two hours of these fierce clashes soldiers pulled back and asked the protesters to do the same. the so-called red shirt protesters are demanding that the thai prime minister dissolve parliament and cal new electrics. they claim he came to power illegitimately in december 2008. a new jersey teachers union is under fire for a letter that appears to ask god to make governor chris christy die. a mocking prayer that was part of a memo that leaked sounded like it was asking for

christie's death. the president said the line about kristy was meant as a joke but admits it was in poor kaist. christie had strong words about that letter. >> when you have the leadership so out of touch that they're praying for the death of an elected official, i think they need to reevaluate who they are and what they're doing. i don't feel threatened. i don't think they're coming out to try to kill me. they're just praying for me to die. >> christie and the new jersey education association are in a battle over funding for state's school system. he has proposed severe cuts in an attempt to address a budget deficit. the third wound round of the masters is under way and everyone wants to know how the heck is tiger woods doing? here's rafer weigel with the latest from augusta. >> reporter: it's shaping up to be a beautiful day here at augusta and a very dramatic day as tiger woods has frankly shocked a lot of people,

seemingly being able to take his none of our miners suffered. personal problems and put them this journey has ended. out of his head and play and now the healing will start. incredibly well. he's only two shots behind the >> i just froze, and i'm totally leader, in other words, there's shocked, you know? only two people ahead of him right now, which means he is it's beyond a shadow of a doubt lurking and people trying to get a firsthand glimpse of tiger the biggest tragedy in poland of while the ticket prices are going pretty high. the past 20 years. i saw him a split second right now a one-day ticket price to get in for a day is $800 to before he hit the car so i tried to swerve. i was just surprised that $1,000. if you want a two-day pass for anybody would be able to take a two people, anywhere from 3,000s child and put it on the airplane and send it somewhere. to $5,000. >> you're watching hln news and nevertheless, regardless of views here. it's saturday. prices, people are packing it i'm natasha curry. in. the crowds have been massive and we begin in west virginia where supportive and even at times the search for those four ado missing miners has come to a adoring. at one point in the 18th green, people in the sitting area stood tragic end. up an applauding. the families got the news they the most telling moment came for had been dreading early this me personally when i was morning. a federal mine safety official standing him and a mom tapped me says rescuers actually passed right by the bodies earlier on her shoulder and ask if her during trips into the mine, but young daughter could stand in conditions inside that shaft front of me to get a glimpse of were just so bad that they tiger woods. that sums it up to me on how couldn't even see the miners' these people feel about woods bodies until last night. and his sex scandal. families were hoping the miners he will tee off today at 2:35 were waiting for rescue in one eastern, tv coverage starts at of the underground safety

chambers. they have food, water and air to 3:30 eastern. get miners through an emergency. we will be here all weekend long >> none of the chambers had been so keep it right here for all your masters coverage on hln. deployed. >> come on, admit it. ever had a crush on your teacher? undergrad students at one university better end it right and none of our miners suffered. there. what you think about schools banning student/teacher relationships in our "your so this journey, this journey views" segment. has ended. and now the healing will start. >> now, this means 29 miners were killed at the upper big branch mine, the worst mining incident in 40 years. th they will start investigating. >> after this recovery of the bodies has been completed, there will be a state and msha joint investigation. the company will be participating. and i can assure you that no stone will be left unturned. and we'll find out the cause of

this explosion. and quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> he also said the investigation could take up to a year. some mining officials believe high levels of methane gas may have played a role in the explosion. make shift shrines filled with flowers and candles are springing up right now across poland today. but this is no celebration. the country is in mourning after its president was killed in a jet crash along with more than 100 other people. here is what we know right now about the crash. the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog at an airport in russia. polish officials say it looked like the plane may have hit some trees at the end of the runway, crashed and then caught fire. russian officials say that 97 people were on board, and no one survived. aside from president lech kaczynski and his wife, a number

of polish officials, including national security, are dead. the parliament speaker becomes acting president as a result of this and he has to hold new elections within 60 days. kaczynski was elected president of poland in 2005. he was 60 years old. a tennessee woman set off a controversy for sending her adopted grandson by himself all alone on a plane. she claims is he violent and even has a hit list of people he wants to kill. the family claims a lawyer told them the adoption could be reversed, so she sent the boy back to russia. the 7-year-old flew unaccompanied from d.c. back to moscow. a note in his backpack stated he was a troubled child but the adoption agency was not notified police in northern and he showed up unannounced at california say they have closed a cold case with the help of a russia's child protection killer's son. ministry. authorities in both countries 27-year-old la sandra marie are outraged about this, and russian officials say there is turnen disappeared in 1988. no evidence to back up the here's her picture. woman's claim that the boy is violent.

earnest daniel christie iii said >> i can't imagine why she sent he was just 16 years old when his father killed turnen. christie gave them a map, told him back to the adoption agency. police he was forced to help >> translator: all examinations dump her body in a ditch, cover showed the boy to be completely it with tires, douse it with healthy, physically and gasoline and set it on fire. mentally. it's a lie. he also told about a tree stump he burst into tears and said she where his father held another woman prisoner. used to pull his hair. she escaped but did not report the attack. >> future adoptions by americans the suspect, christie's father, have been banned until an died in 2006. agreement is signed to regulate a man accused of repeatedly them. republicans have fired the striking a toddler's head first shot in what is likely to against the floor until she was be a political war about supreme left brain-dead was near tears court justice john paul stevens' in a court appearance. authorities say andrew roberts replacement. the 89-year-old announced yesterday he plans to retire may have been set off because the 22-month-old girl soiled this summer. now, almost as soon as he made herself. that announcement, speculation he told them he was having "a bad day." began about who president obama the girl was taken off life would name to fill stevens' spot support after attempts to revive on the court. her failed. he is facing second-degree today, republicans promised a whale of a fight in november's murder charges and is being held congressional elections if the on $500,000 bond. president picks a nominee who is the authorities say he had been too liberal. dating the girl's mother for but so far, the president isn't really tipping his hand, other three months and had babysat the

than to say he wants a candidate girl before. who is a lot like justice this video we're about to show you, it's pretty stevens. >> i view the process of disturbing. it shows a guy being hit by a selecting a supreme court car as he leaves a bus in nominee as among my most serious florida. it happened a few weeks ago. responsibilities as president. and while we cannot replace it was captured on the bus' justice stevens' experience or surveillance camera. hard to believe, sean mills wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar survived after that car clipped him and sent him flying into the air. the car's driver said that the qualities. an independent mind, a record of accident shook him up. excellence and integrity, a brett hicks also says it was not fierce dedication to the rule of law, and a keen understanding of his fault. how the law affects the daily >> i don't want to say it was lives of the american people. his fault, but it is. i mean, if you don't pay >> government sources tell our attention to traffic, then this sister network cnn that the could happen to anybody. white house has been preparing i saw him a split second before for weeks in anticipation of a he hit the car so i tried to vacancy on the court. swerve. he was alive. he was unresponsive, but he was a senior administration official says that the white house has a breathing on the scene. all you can do is pray for him. list of about ten potential >> hicks says he wants to go see replacements for stevens, but that none of them will be mills but he can't because interviewed soon, and definitely not this weekend. lawyers are involved. so this will be the second mills says he doesn't remember supreme court appointment for the accident. his injuries were with so severe president obama. that doctors put him in a medically induced coma for five the third round of the

days. he faces months of physical masters is now underway and therapy and is in a wheelchair. everyone wants to know how the heck is tiger woods doing? teachers and students at well, here's rafer weigel with the latest from augusta. yale university can still get rafer? together. just not too close. >> reporter: it is the most that's because sex between prestigious tournament in all of professors and undergrads has just been banned. golf, and also the site where yale used to only outlaw tiger woods is turning the conversation away from his sex relationships where teachers held a position of power over scandal and back to what made him the richest, most the student, you know, like recognizable athlete in the having them in their class. worrell, that would be his golf but now all romantic game. and they are loving him here at relationships are banned, even if the student isn't in the augusta. some fans have paid as much as teacher's class. the school says it made those $1200 to be here. changes to protect the students. that's how much scalpers are by the way, the new rule does asking for for tickets just for today. yesterday they were asking for not apply to grad watt students. around $800. but it's been an evolution of so what do you think? sorts between tiger and the fans this week. when the week started, some fans does yale's policy go too far, or do students need to be told me they weren't sure how protected? they'd react to tiger woods. here's what you're saying. as time went on, they've become if it is true love, friendship more vocal, larger, more should endure until the student is finished with school. supporti then you can see where it goes. supportive, and he has fed off of it and been much more but i see snog wrong with some interactive, came out here and shocked everybody, posting the rules within the university best score he's ever posted on the first day of this tournament

prevent the lines from being in 16 years. and now heading into the third blurred. we are so sick. round, finds himself in a why would we need a policy like position that many, without this? oh, i forgot, common sense is dead. unquote experts, did not expect what do you think about this? does yale's policy go too far, him to be in. that is to be in position to win or do students need to be this tournament after being away from the game for five months. protected. e-mail us and give us your view. come on. admit it. ever had a crush on your 16-year-old mckenzie barrel teacher? undergrad students better end it lives with an agonizing and right there, what you think about the school banning incuring disease but she spends her time easing the pain for teacher/student relationships. other children by easing her pain. reading. that makes her this week's cnn hero. >> i was in fifth grade when i hurt my knee. >> ready? >> yeah, i'm ready. the doctor diagnosed me with reflex synthetic dystrophy. when something touches it, it it's like a bomb off in my knee. even though i've tried many treatments, the only thing able to get me mind off the pain was

reading. you guys like to read? my pediatrician told me about a home for abused children. any child being in horrible thing like this, they need something. and something that i knew that helped me was books. okay. this is called screaming millie. but the people in these shelters are just like you and me. they need things to get their mind off of whatever they're going through. i put flyers in mailboxes, and i set up a web site. thank you so much for donating. my original goal was to get 300 books. before i knew it, i had 3,000 books. my total right now is 38,000 books, and i've delivered books to libraries and reading rooms and 27 different shelters in 6 states. take as many books as you want. if one child finds a love of reading through books that i've given them, then that will help

them in school and just turn their life around entirely. i really think that reading can do that for someone. >> now, so far mckenzie has donated nearly 40,000 books to shelters in six states. to see her pain treatment or nominate someone who you think is changing the world, go to cnn.com/heroes. police in northern california say they have closed a cold case of the help of a killer's son.

27-year-old lasandra marie turpen disappeared in 1988. earnest samuel christie iii told police he was 16 years old when his father killed turpen. christie gave police a map to the area, told police he was forced to help dump her body in a ditch, cover it with tires, douse it with gasoline and then set it on fire. he also told police about a hulled out redwood tree where he kept another woman. she escaped but did not report the attack. the father died in 2006. a man accused of repeatedly striking a toddler's head against the floor until she was left brain dead was near tears in a court appearance. authorities say he may have been set off because the 22-month-old girl soiled herself. he said he was, quote, having a bad day. yeah. the girl was taken off life support after attempts to revive her failed. he faces second degree murder charges and is held on $500,000

bond. authorities say he'd been dating the girl's mother for three months and baby sat the little girl several times before. this next video is disturbing, it shows a guy being hit by a car as he leaves a bus in florida. it happened a few weeks ago in jacksonville, florida. it was captured on the bus's surveillance camera. look here. hard to believe. sean mills survived after the car clipped him and sent him into the air. the car's driver says the accident shook him up. there he goes, trying to check on him there. brett hicks also says it was not his fault. >> i don't want to say it was his fault, but it is. i mean, if you don't pay look at this. attention to traffic then this could happen to anybody. this is all that remains of a i saw him a split second before new jersey home after an he hit the car so i tried to explosion and fire. swerve. he was alive, he was just a mess. police say amazingly no one was unresponsive but he was breathing on the scene. hurt and somehow none of the so all you can do is pray for neighboring houses here were him. >> hicks says he wants to go see damaged. it's not clear what caused the mills but he can't because lawyers are now involved. explosion, but a natural gas leak is suspected. mills told "the today show" he doesn't remember the accident.

a dog had to paddle for his injuries were so severe he about an hour before was put in a medically induced firefighters could rescue her from a 35-foot well. coma for five days. he faces months of physical rescuers didn't know how long therapy. little lucy was stranded before they arrived. the owners followed the sound of her barking to the well. she was exhausted as you can imagine from spending all that time in 55-degree water, but she teachers and students can still is doing better now. get together at yale, but not too close. you might see a playground sex between professors and here, but some parents in new undergrads has just been banned. york see a safety hazard. yale used to only outlaw especially on sunny days. relationships where teachers held a position of power over this playground in new york's the student, you know, like brooklyn bridge park recently having them in their class. but now all romantic opened and the parents say that the steel domes that kids are relationships are banned. even if the student isn't in the supposed to climb on are sometimes too hot for the kids teacher's class. the school says it made those to touch. this week the temperature of one changes to protect the students. was measured at 127 degrees. the new rule does not apply to park officials have posted graduate students. warning signs and also trees in the park are expected to provide enough shade to keep them cool so what do you think about in the future. it? does yale's policy go too far or but some parents say that the do students need to be only smart thing to do is to protected? here's what you're saying. remove the domes. steven posted this on facebook. tight budgets these days are even if it's consenting adults, making it tough for a lot of a teacher remits the university, fire departments to get the therefore should not be getting latest, cutting-edge equipment. romantic with anyone.

students are there to learn, not a couple of brothers, both have dates and sex or look for a ex-firefighters, saw that need and found a way to help out. david mattingly looks at how mate. but rebecca doesn't see a problem with the relationship. their work is building up she writes, who's to say that a america and saving lives. young professor couldn't meet an >> reporter: it came from out of older freshman and fall madly in nowhere. one second, francisco tut elle love? as long as the student doesn't was feeling fine. >> it was a typical day, have to take that particular professor's class, i don't see morning. the big deal, and i really don't had a busy schedule that day. see this prohibition catching and -- >> reporter: this is where it much steam. what do you think about it? happened. >> right here. does yale's policy go too far or exactly. >> reporter: but in an instant he was on the floor, the victim do students need to be of a sudden heart attack. he would have died without a protected? log on to cnn.com/hln and give critical act of philanthropy. us your view. >> believe me, everybody needs court documents show a something. there's no department that 15-year-old massachusetts girl doesn't need some kind of gear. who killed herself in january lived her last days in fear of >> reporter: brothers chris and robin sorensen are former being beaten up. now six of her classmates are firefighters who founded a facing felony charges in national chain of sandwich shops connection to her death. called firehouse subs. chuck roberts recently spoke to since 2005 they have donated ryan smith about the legal more than $2 million of implications of bullying. equipment to fire stations in 13 ryan's a host for "in session" states. a lot of that money comes from on trutv. selling pickle ducts empty by their shops. >> we sell 5,000 to 10,000 >> reporter: in the teen bullying case, and the suicide pickle buckets a month.

at $2 apiece. that followed, how hard is this >> reporter: that money helped to prosecute? pay for this device called the auto pulse, donated to the >> there's one charge that's a violation of civil rights mt. pleasant, south carolina, charge, which could be extremely difficult to prove. there's also harassment charges, fire department. the precision, nonstop assault charges. the statutory rape claim against compressions brought francisco tuttle back from the brink and a few of the teenagers is a today i'm bringing him to meet little bit easier for prosecutors to wrap their head the guys who made it possible. around. if it happened, then they're liable and they can go to prison >> guythis is francisco tuttle. for that. the other charges, not so simple. >> reporter: how about the >> what's up, brother? liability of the school itself? >> reporter: this the first time >> right now the school is not the sorensens had ever met on trial. the school is saying, this is what happened. someone saved by their acts of i doubt they could bring criminal charges against the school. maybe civil charges later, charity. david mattingly, cnn, that's doubtful because they're mt. pleasant, south carolina. a state entity. in terms of now, you're looking at just the students. >> reporter: the school did conduct an investigation. will that find its way few the trial? >> that is going to be interesting. if these kids have said things in the context of that investigation, that can be contradicted by what's in those reports, you could possibly see those reports coming in. but it could be a tough stretch. the prosecutor will try to use it, probably, but without

something to bring it into a relevant scenario in this case, it could be tough. >> reporter: a lot of civil suits will follow? >> they may. they may. it depends on how the school was treated in this case. if the school is treated as an exempt entity, it will be hard to file against the school. but i think you'll see the parents of this girl try to do something. >> reporter: this will be a leem ground breaker. >> i think it will. >> thank you. a family wanted to have a viewing for their dead grandmother but did not want to see her in their living room for the next few days. why a funeral home refused to bury her.

look at this. this is all that remains of a new jersey home after an explosion and fire. just a mess. police say amazingly no one was hurt, and somehow none of the neighboring houses here were damaged. not clear, though, what caused the explosion, but a natural gas leak is suspected. the driver of this tractor trailer says that he owes his escape from this fiery accident to frozen chicken. yeah. he says a dump truck turned into his lane and hit him, sheering off his fuel tank and causing this explosion you saw there. this happened thursday in texas. the truck was left dangling over the side of an overpass. the truck driver says the 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken he was hauling was heavy enough to keep his truck from going over the edge until he could get out. no word on whether the dump truck driver will be cited. you might see a playground here, but some parents in new york see a safety hazard, especially on sunny days here. this playground in new york's

brooklyn bridge park recently opened and parents say that the steel domes that kids are supposed to climb on are sometimes too hot for the kids to touch. this week the temperature of one of them was measured at 127 degrees. park officials have posted warning signs and also trees in the park are expected to provide enough shade to keep them cool in the future. but some parents say that the only smart thing to do is to remove the domes. a dog had to paddle for an hour before firefighters could rescue her from a 35-foot well. they followed the sound of her barking. she was exhausted from all her time in the 55-degree water but is doing better now. steve perry is on a mission to find unusual approaches to learning. he found that in a charter school that's become an urban oasis amongst chicago's youth violence.

>> reporter: we're here in the englewood section of chicago. one of chicago's roughest neighborhoods. this is urban prep. having its first graduating class and they're going to send 70 african-american young men to college. it's the holy grail in academia. i'm excited. mr. king, i know when you say that you send 100% of your kids to college, a lot of people don't believe it. >> right. right. >> reporter: so sometimes for their purposes. >> yeah. >> reporter: you've got don't deuce them to the wall. >> you need to see some proof, right? >> reporter: this is a lot of proof here. tell me what we're looking at. >> every time a student's admitted to college, what we do is take their admission letter, copy if and put it up on the wall on the school. >> reporter: people see your results and they're going to say, 100% of your seniors going on to college? you must pick the kids. you can't be a public school. >> people tell us that all the time. you're a selective school, a private school, but we're not. we're a charter school, but we're publicly funded and we don't select our students based

on any criteria. >> reporter: this is urban prep. and urban prep is an oasis. an opportunity for children to believe in themselves and dream beyond their circumstances. create an opportunity where there didn't seem to be one and go on to a four-year college at a rate of 100%. we know how to run successful schools. the question now is, will we.