talking to the aclu. we don't have an ongoing conversation at this time. as we go forward to proceed, then we will look at our options there but we haven't made any decisions. >> okay. pastor dottie from cross roads methodist church, scott crozier. hopefully you heard both sides of this and we can continue to talk about this today. thank you both for your time. >> that was a great exchange and it really kind of helped explain more of what's going on. some of the underlying problems. thank you so much. a great interview there. >>> you probably already know that americans are fatter than ever. one woman is hoping to motivate others by making her own struggle against obesity very public here. ruby gettinger is this morning's breakthrough woman. >>> i've been overweight since i was 13. at one point in my life, i weighed as much as 716 pounds and everything started going downhill. then the doctor said i would die. start doing something about it. >> she chose to fight for her life by eating healthy and getting

dena says the aclu may think it is our right to view these photos. but it gives those terrorists who are not in prison just one more reason to target our military and our country. our country should be taking all necessary steps to protect our citizens' rights and ensure their safety before all others. a comment from my facebook page. ros lynn wrote this. i, too, feel releasing these photos could be debtmental to troops' safety abroad. perhaps if we did release them we could show transparency and how we're a country on the up and up on human rights and is even when we're interrogating our possible enemies. she sees both sides. thank you for your comments on this very important topic today. >>> space shuttle "atlantis" is now streaking toward the international space station. that's what it looked like just a few seconds after it got ready to launch. look at that. the crew is headed -- we'll tell you where the crew is headed and what they plan to do when they get there. >>> "prime news" is coming up in a few minutes. let's get right to mike galanos. he

the girls and aclu will sue the school. joining us to talk about it, ashleigh banfield, the host of open court and also lisa bloom, legal analyst for our sister network, cnn and attorney as well. they were originally banned from sports for a year suspensions reduced, will miss a quarter of the volleyball season in exchange for an apology and counseling. i think they got it right, hopefully they got the message and learned something and won't do it again. >> i certainly hope they learned something from this. the school is only one step in their journey of life. these digital records last forever and anyone who wants to hire them will look at these on their facebook pages there. is a legal argument different than your gut reaction. the issue is this is a public school. if this was a private school, no-brainer, the school could have done anything they wanted regardless of the time of year being summer vacation. plic school, a little more tricky, the aclu may have something. >> i look at the statement. playing sports is a privi

they and the aclu sue the school. the teens say it is not fair. they took the photos in summer vacation. does it make a difference to you? it doesn't to me. call in 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/prime news or text hlntv. it is your chance to be heard. this is "prime news." grieving families are joining cops outside a convicted rapist's home in cleveland, ohio. police say they could smell death 15 feet from the door. six bodies scattered all over the house. neighbors say his clothes stunk so strong that it made their eyes water and not one person reported this? at least eight women in this area are missing. >> six families are going to get horrible news. if we had a missing persons department and had it active, ongoing investigation in all these cases as much as possible maybe none of this would have happened. >> more to the story. cops routinely checked in on the sex offender, even that day of the latest reported rape. we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln. joining us to talk about it, michelle sagona, ann bremner and michelle golland, clinical p

the aclu is trying to help this church. church has been told you have to stop feeding the homeless. because that's the judge said this church was violating a city ordinance by serving meals to the homeless. it's not saying all churches have to stop, but specifically because of the location in this church. neighbors are upset. they say these people who are bused in sometimes stay, sometimes cause trouble. what do you think about this? is this pushing the rule of law too far? or what if this were your neighborhood? maybe you understand where the neighbors are coming from. they're not necessarily heartless, they may have a point. but helping the less fortunately, though, to supersede the law, maybe you have to do the right thing regardless of what the law says. the older you get, you realize there's a lot of gray areas. >> and i've never heard of this before. because it's a residential area, they cannot feed. >> and there may be other situations that are like this but the residents have said anything yet. i'm sure there are pl

the aclu sued to have them released and lower courts supported that but gates says the release wouldu.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier "gerald r. ford" got its kickoff yesterday. that carrier is named for the former president, of course. and is the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter susan ford bails declared the keel truly and fairly laid. >>> senators may start debating a new health care bill this week. down the street from capitol hill you can see how the issue is really affecting people. elaine quijano talked to a worker taking a chance with her health and a boss who is trying to help her. >>> you're thinking about 8 by 10. >> reporter: 58-year-old cary never imagined struggling like this. >> been working all the time, not making a lot of money, and don't have health insurance. >> reporter: for 39 years she worked and paid into an employer-sponsored health insurance plan t. economic downturn suddenly left her without a job and without health insurance. at first, she tried paying for health care herself, but w

the aclu sued to have them released and lower courts supported that.ut gates says the release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier gerald r. ford got its official kickoff yesterday. that carrier is named for the former president, of course, and is the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter susan ford-beals was at the ceremony and declared it truly and fairly laid. it's scheduled for delivery to the navy in 2015. >>> just down the street from capitol hill, you can see how the issue of health care is affecting people. elaine kquijano talked to one taking a risk with her health and a boss trying to help her. >> reporter: this 58-year-old woman never imagine struggling like this. >> i'm working all the time, not making a whole lot of money, and don't have any health insurance. >> reporter: for 39 years, she worked and paid into an employer-sponsored health insurance plan. but the economic downturn suddenly left caldwell without a job and without health insurance. at first, she tri

the aclu sued to have them released and a lower court supported that, but gates says the release wouldut u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier "gerald r. ford" got its official kickoff yesterday with a keel-laying ceremony. that plane is named for the former president and is the first in the new ford class of characters. ford's daughter was at the ceremony. the carrier is scheduled to delivery to the navy in 2015. >>> iran is creating a new cyberpolice unit to crack down on internet crimes. iranian newspapers report the new force will monitor websites, looking for what one official calls fraud, insults, and the spreading of lies. this is seen as an opposition movement against iran. authorities the banned most websites linked to the opposition, but often new sites spring up just within days. iran hasn't said how the cyberpolice will carry out the internet surveillance. >>> it seems a suspected vandal who's been plastering los angeles for months with hundreds of stickers is no juvenile delinquent. he's 73 years old. authorities say the olde

they don't think this is a safe thing to doxt aclu says no, the public has a right to see these pictures the pentagon and defense secretary filed an appeal not really an appeal but papers with the supreme court to stop the release of the pictures. people are thinking of the abu ghraib pictures but thigese are not the pictures. >> gitmo? we don't know. >> is it important the public see these alleged abuse pictures or do you agree with secretary gates that the publication of these photo is a danger to u.s. troops abroad? e-mail us at cnn.come/hln or text us at hlntv or you can jump in the conversation, my facebook page. richelle carey hln. this is important stuff. >> you're going to get a lot of good views starting in an hour and 15 minutes. thanks. >>> is the united states turning soci socialist? some people think so. u.s. troops are springing up like weeds in the springtime but are they parlts or extremists? >>> deep in the woods of michigan and across the country there are men and women wearing camouflage firing guns and since the election of president obama, their numbers have surged.

the aclu says the girls' free speech rights were violated and they were humiliated by being forced to apologize to a group of all male coaches. >>> starting today an independent health group will be watching how the h1n1 vaccine is working. they want to reassure people and dispel fears. one pregnant woman with four kids says she's not taking the risk. >> the side effects, potential down the line. you put something new into your body. people react very differently to different things they put into their body. one person it may be fine. another person it may not. >> right now five drug companies are trying to crank out the vaccine. the supply may meet demand soon. that's a good thing. backups very terrible. >> you can't protect yourself from everything out there. to a certain degree that it protects you from the worst of the worst. >> so far no reports of problems with the vaccine except for sore arms and fever. that's pretty much routine. >>> this is not the typical story of a man and his dog. there are some brutal details in the saga of a mutt named nubs and the marine who rescued him

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the aclu sued to have them released and lower courts supported that, but gates says the release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier gerald r. ford got its official kickoff. that carrier is named for the former president, of course. is the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter was at the ceremony and declared it. >>> senators may start debating a new health care bill this coming week, but just down the street from capitol hill, you can see how the issue is really affecting people. elaine quijano is talking to one worker who is taking a chance with one worker and a boss who is trying to help her. >> you're thinking about 8 by 10. >> reporter: 58-year-old carrie coldwell -- >> don't have any health insurance. >> reporter: she worked and payed into an employer-sponsored health care plan but the economic downturn suddenly left coldwell without a job and health insurance. at first she tried paying for health care herself, but without her employer picking up half the cost, she found insurance out of reach. >> that

the aclu says there's evidence that some fusion centers have targeted muslim groups and peace activistlance. >> collecting information about people that has no relevance to whether or not they're breaking the law. >> we're in the center of the analysis element -- >> the director of new jersey's fusion center says law enforcement works hard to balance national security with individual privacy. >> we in law enforcement and certainly in fusion centers are very attuned to the bill of rights. we are not in the business of investigating first amendment or constitutionally protected rights. >> but kryeski thinks police in his town crossed the line. >> the police did not determine the difference between who is dangerous and who was merelily expressing constitutionally protected viewpoints. >> you don't have to be a political activist to be watched these days, whether you're a blogger or just a member of a social network. everyone from law enforcement to your employer could be searching the web for information on you. danielle citron is a professor of law at the university of maryland. and liz

i think eric holder and the aclu are absolutely on target. >> thank you, andy.incredibly passionate people with about this, as you can understand why they would be. here are comments from my facebook page. ryan says, they don't deserve a jury of their peers because they're not u.s. citizens. i think a military court would be the correct place. let's not forget that they don't have the same rights as us on our soil nor should they. those are just some of the comments that we've been getting today on this. you can tell the passion in both callers' voices. >> isn't that the truth? there's a gentleman michael on my facebook page that says, is it a correct decision but a tough one for americans to swallow. due process is one of the cornerstone principles of our republic and must be honored in the most heinous of circumstances. >> this is where when it's tested. >> exactly. because it's so emotional for so many of us. thank you so much. happy friday, by the way. >> you, too. >>> evangelist tony olamo was sentenced to 125 years in prison, convicted of taking young girl

well, the girls and the aclu are going to sue the school. taking your calls on this. 1-877-tell-hln. joining us to talk about it ashleigh banfield the host of "open court" and also with us lisa bloom legal analyst for our sister network cnn and an attorney as well. let me lay out the punishment, ladies. they were originally banned from sports for a year. the suspensions were reduced. i think they'll miss a quarter of the volleyball season. in exchange for participating in counseling and a public apology to the school's athletic board. ashleigh, i think they got it right. you send a message. hopefully the girls learn something and won't do it again. your thoughts? >> well, i certainly think they should learn something from this because the school is only one step in their journey of life. these digital records last forever. anybody who wants to hire them is going to look at some of these things on their facebook pages. there is a whole legal argument that's different than your gut reaction, though, and the issue here is that this is a public