at the columbus historical society's art of the circus exhibit. that's your eastern event of the day. dan? >> thank you very much, sir. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this morning, at least two former friends are dying to get back together. lisa kudrow is lobbying to guest on courtney cox's new show. she thinks the show about older women chasing younger lovers will be a hit. she said i saw the pilot and courtney is fantastic. >>> in a stranger casting call, jennifer aniston will be singing in her next movie about a 1940s prison country group. >>> producers of guy ritchie's new sherlock homes film have been furiously denying brad pitt has been hired to rescue the film. british table likewise say the film is a dud. perez hilton reporting that people are in talks with robert downey jr. to replace tom cruise as le stat in interview with a vampire. >>> robert wright penn said she and sean penn are no longer seeking official separation but the couple will not get back together. working out differences. he took tim

it does look like a circus because it is a circus.ns more engaged, why doesn't he tell nancy pelosi to bring republicans? in? they have been shut out of the house. chuck ghastly has been brought in and -- chuck grassley and a couple of others have been brought in to negotiate. if you want to attract republican votes, why doesn't p president obama offer a compromise, like he told that faux conservative on the radio today that he's willing to compromise. well, what is he offering? there are two things and you could get a ton of republican votes in the house and senate if he said, look, no public plan. conrad is correct, it can't pass the senate anyway, and nancy pelosi says she can't pass a bill in the house unless it does have a public plan. that's nonsense. of course she can pass it. government run health insurance is the public option. of course she could pass the bill without t the second thing is lawsuit abuse reform. the so-called tort reform, which would be the one thing that would cut medical costs a lot and eliminate so much de

environment. >> well, the difference between a circus and us a. half of the time the horses are free on stage. we have a relationship with the horse. we train them to be our friend and the show, the horse improvise and we follow them as much as they go during the performance. also the acrobatics is a b@very poetic acrobatics. it is not just tricks. it is not traditional. and the show is built under a team and the team is the history between the man and the horses. so we go back to 5,000 years ago and we just go through that fabulous relationship. it is a show about harmony, love and peace. >> one of the performers is a local person. james buchanan. tell us about him and what he will be doing. >> that is interesting. james started with us and he was a groom, just disabled and he came to us and said i want to be a writer. so he went away and he started to learn how to write and now he's back and he is one of the writers that is the most -- i mean he's doing everything. he is doing trick riding. that is when the horse goes very fast and the riders do

you want to see a circus, brace yourself for that game. meanwhile as for this game here in baltimore tonight, not a whole lot of good news on either side of the ball for the redskins starter. never got across the 50-yard line. the defense played for two series. they gave up a 13-play drive and they a 14-play drive. joe flaco the sophomore was in for the first quarter of baltimore. he picked apart the skins to the deed of 9-1003 yards. that led to a field go. 3-0 ravens. jason campbell was in for two drievz for the red skindz. -- drivers for the redskins. not bad. this was his best effort. but the drive stalled. campbell 3-6. 38 yards before he got pulled. the ravens would go back to work in the second quarter. last play before half time troy smith right side justin harper. 19 yards to beat the former terp kevin barns. that made it 13-0. 23-0 was the final. thoughts, gentlemen? >> the only good thing it doesn't count. we didn't execute the way we want to. we have to get things out there. we have to execute and score more points. >> it was a

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this circus bear was having trouble with a tooth.ning. doctors at texas a&m decided to do a root canal. we are told the procedure went smoothly but in stark contrast with the bear from montana, the latest baird did not get to play on a trampoline. -- the latest bear did not get to play on a trampoline. a teenager stole a classic car. he is trying to lose police by driving through open fields and parking lots. essentially he pulled into a private driveway and slammed into a police car. he includes a long list of charges including assaulting a police officer. ladies and gentlemen, come on down. the wildly popular clash for clunkers program coming to an end monday night. police say the figures and teeth were removed from a model found murdered in california. dresden has been charged in the murder. on thi-- her husband has been charged in the murder. on this day, movies were ordered to stop using searchlights during movie openings. the bright beams would have made los angeles an easy target for enemy bombing raids. with pearl harbor on t

manson turned his parole hearings into a circus filled with wild ramblings.ill likely die in prison a fate the other members of the soengd family would like to avoid. susan atkins who has terminal cancer is locking for freedom. leslie van haugton said this in 2004 -- >> i was raised to be a decent human being. i turned into a monster. i have spent these years going back to a decent human being and i don't know what else to say. >> amazing. tomorrow the manson killers. the woman who followed his orders to murder. 40 years later. they say they have changed. you heard them asking for forgiveness. they want their freedom. should they get it? we'll let you decide tomorrow. for a full timeline and to see crime scene photos and more background log on to ac360.com. >>> just ahead, 70% of children in america are in need of an important vitamin. what is it and what can parent dos? lucky for you we have the answer. >>> demolition disaster. find out where this implosion went terribly wrong. >>> just ahead, tonight's "shot." a building demolition didn't go as planned. fir

he landed in france recently, with circus animals, women traveling in his party. us here at home in the u.s. can you reflect for us, perhaps, how çgaddafi is responding to this? ç>> there are a lot of oil and gas deals to be done in libya and british petroleum does quite a lot of business with them. it is also important to point out, there are congressional delegations going over to libya to explore business opportunities. senator mccain has on one hand condemned this decision to send megrahi home, but recently he was part of the convoy to travel to libya to look at some non- defense merchandise. i do not really know what that is, but in the last six months there has been an ambassador installs in tripoli. that was anç historic appointmt because there was a decade without any u.s. diplomatic representation. it is a slow process, but western countries are eager to normalise ties with business leaders as there areç business opportunities to be had. certainly, khaddafi is seen as a theocentric but influential. -- essentric but influential. bill: we expected the d

vick didn't want a media circus. but if you partner with vick you get a media circus. dungy said the quarterback is getting close to sign with a team. he thinks he'll be on a team before training camp is over. josh hamilton said he's sorry for falling off the wagon after pictures surfaced of him dryinging with some unidentified women on the internet. they were taken in january. hamilton said he called his wife and the team right after this and apologized and they are all moving on. tiger woods won his 70th pga tournament when he won the bridgestone wgc invitational. this beautiful shot, it was a great come from behind win. this was an eagle on two. this is his second tournament win in as many weeks. tiger has not won a major yet but has one last chance, the championship is this weekend and he has the big momentum. new england patriots and the american can academy of dermatology will team up to fight skin cancer. skin cancer will affect one in five americans and more than 1 million new cases are diagnosed each year. that's sports. >> teaming up with the football team. t

megrahi to a hospice in scotland, would be like a circus.here was a suggestion that he could go to the house, and we took advice by the deputy of scotland, and 40 officers to cope with him in the house, and to the hospice it would be a problem for those entitled to die in the last moments with dignity. and i follow the advice of the officers. on compassion can i quote archbishop cortney. the showing of mercy in situation is not a sign of weakness. in this case it seems to be a sign of strength, and i believe it will be a decision that's a source of pride for many scotts and one that's accepted in the community. i expect that many in american do not believe in this decision, and they can be assured that we followed due process according to the laws and values of the government and people of scotland, and equally there is some support in the international community for what we have done as a government. >> cabinet scott. >> thank you, since mr. megrahi was found guilty, the world has changed. and now scotland finds itself on the wrong side of

the outlandish courtroom circus that the trial became. >> reporter: manson was a 5'2" meglamaniac.e spent more than half his life behind bars before moving to california where he portrayed himself as a hippie and musician. he attracted the lonely, desperate. mostly women. they moved into an abandoned building on an old movie set outside of los angeles. what was behind the murders? >> manson said he did it to try to start a race war. his theory was that blacks would win in a race war against the whites. they would be unable to govern, and he would emerge and take over. >> reporter: in 1971, manson and four of his followers were given the death penalty, but the sentences were commuted to life when california abolished capital punishment. over the years, manson has turned his parole hearings into a circus filled with wild antics and ramblings. he will likely die in prison, a fate other members of the so-called family want to avoid. susan atkins, who has terminal cancer, was denied parole last year, but is up again for parole next month. leslie van houten is also longing for freedom. t

i look like i'm wearing circus stripes. >> no, that's not true.. >> i look like i'm wearing scaffolding under my clothes. >> no, you're not at all. >> stop it, stop it. >> you look great. >> i just read something online, and i printed it out. eight shows ago, we were talking about senator barack obama, and i said the democratic party engaged in criminal activities. >> why are we talking about this? >> let me finish! please! okay? let -- me -- finish.

. >> his extraordinary life on the circus come to an end. the extraordinary good that he did lives on. for his family, he was a guardian. for america, he was the defender of a dream. >> from a civil rights to battles over health care, we look at ted kennedy's legacy as the leading liberal in washington welcome to "bbc world news." . broadcast on pbs here in america. i am -- 17% of the votes are now counted. president karzai inches ahead in the afghanistan election. abdul aziz ak-hakim has died in exile in tehran. >> hello. he was the best known american politician never to make it to the white house. senator edward kennedy has died after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. president obama described him as "the greatest senator of our time." he had achieved so much, from civil rights to health care reform, and tributes flowed in from a political foe and friends alike. this from our north american editor. >> they called him the last line of the senate. he was the youngest of the kennedy clan who had become kingmaker and never came, lofty aspi

he helped to create a circus like atmosphere in the crowd waiting to get inside. others engaged in a more civilized debate. >> if you're basing opsis on some sort of -- opposition on some sort of belief he mate change later, there's -- he might change later, there's no proof of that. >> you cannot assure me -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: some came to express their opinions. others to get informed. >> i want to find out how medicare will be changed, but i am for health care reform. >> reporter: explaining the particulars of three bills alive and kicking in the house side of congress was up to jim moran. >> under this proposal no one will lose their current health coverage. >> reporter: as many as 3,000 people heard that for themselves. hundreds more couldn't get in. the crowd too large. the congressman allowing only those from his eighth congressional district inside. the shutout left disappointed those who were part of tonight's debate are probably exhausted right now. >> the debate continues. bob barnard, thank you. >>> itself news edge on the virginia governor's

but the following week the circus comes to dc. eagles at fedex on monday night nationally televised game get ready for and week 13 they travel to atlanta. vick went out of his way to thank mcnabb who he says was instrumental in convincing the eagles to give him a second chance. the two quarterbacks have been friends since high school. you can hear more from vick on sunday as james brown interviews him on 60 minutes. this afternoon jb gave me a presue of some of the things he revealed. >> what did he say life was like him in prison. how was he treated by other inmates. >> he did not engage in a lot of mingling with the general population. it was a time of introspection and he clearly had a lot of time to do that. he said he spent a number of nights as you may have already heard crying. >> reporter: you can see the full vick interview including reaction from animal rights organizations on 60 minutes sunday night at 7 p.m. after the final round of the pga. >>> the news of vick's signing broke in the middle of the season opener betwee

2002 at paul wellstone where he died tragically just before the election and that became a media circuseral is televised, while they did this match -- >> that's a myth for the ride. one speech to make a republican won election to be slater spec because people picked out one of about eight eulogies and repaid. the right is running with this as likely as you are saying the left is. >> that's a function of media coverage and i got a set if the media had been more alert to kennedy after chappaquiddick he would've ended up like gary condit and i have to say we have to take one more break. when we come back the resident was on vacation and the late-night comics get to work. >> president obama to buy books with him on vacation. of course was a bushel is to buy books on his vacation but four of them were backup copies of goodnight moon. inner beauty is important, but not nearly as important as outer beauty. ♪ that's why i use covergirl's simply ageless makeup with olay regenerist serum. a department store brand can glob up in lines and wrinkles and actually make you look older. simply ageless s

right now they need stability and don't need a circus of maybe it's him, maybe it's him. who is my mother? they don't need that right now. they really need stability and they've got a plan and the plan is they're going to be with family they know with visitations from the publicly understood biological mother and that's enough. so until they are of an age which probably is not now, frankly, they'll be older before they're saying no, i really want this information, we should all wait. >> the carlos, i promise i'll get you back in on this one. i know you want to rebut what lisa had to say and talk about joe jackson, what if any involvement will he have with the kids and we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln. >>> welcome back to "prime news." we'll continue our conversation latest with michael jackson. again, we're all thrown by the curveball in court yesterday. custody decided. katherine jackson, michael's mom gets custody of the kids but his dermatologist, dr. arnold klein's lawyer wants him to have some kind of say so in the kids' lives talking about their education, welf

it's a circus. >> we found out the kids do watch television and do know what is going on, and this cannot be healthy for them. >>> mark lester's ex-wife says his claims are not credible. he says he cannot be the father because the timing does not add up. >>> and still ahead on "news4 today," the markets respond this morning to good news from ben bernanke. we will take a look at the movies at the theaters this weekend.cluding tew n. >>> intmptaalorec rl involving dvd players. walmart is ralng alilutbo aut million and a half ofhese brand of dvd players. there are five reports of the product overheating and fire. they were sold in wrealmart between january of 2006 and july of this year. the product can be returned to any walmart for a refund. >>> it has been a good start to friday on wall street. let's check in with cnbc's courtney reagan. she joins us live on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> stocks are rallying to new highs for the year, and that's following decent gains from yesterday. asian markets were mostly lower overnight, and europe is higher as well. an then abo

it's a circus.t's an absolute circus. >> i think you got packer fans burning the number four favre green bay jersey. i think the packer fans have every right to be outraged. >> all right.ge let's bring in fill mackie whoco is on the vikings' beat for kfat radio in minneapolis. k let's start right there. you got hall of famer, a formerf viking great talking about favre former vikin to be in the hall of fame joining his team. what is the deal with fran tarkenton having some greasyha s words to say about favre? >> he actually had the same opinion on our radio station i want to say four or five monthsh ago when the whole thing starteo to trickle out. srted and, you know, fran's anuy. outspoken guy. i guess there is something to be said for the greatestnge quarterback in franchise histork basically knocking the decisiong but at this point we canhe speculate all we want.pe veterans can come out of the t woodwork, retire players, itit's doesn't matter. it's a done deal at this point. so my advice would be

. >> a lot of the media circus isn't going to bring michael jackson back. a good old fashioned seance. >> muhammad ali is next. unfortunately. >> look at the tropical fish store. she's not a pretty mermaid fish, but a marble headed -- debbie rowe. imagine those kids going to practice every day. >> i don't know. i think that's kind of obnoxious. she's not ugly. >> no, no, she's hideous. [ laughter ] >> i think it's a very -- >> oh, my god, i love your braces. look at her! where are you from? you are so funny! [ laughter ] >> sounds good! sounds good. now beat it. >> that person who is most deserving of custody is katherine jackson. >> she's getting custody. baby. >> i'm going to work. ♪ ♪ i've got to go. [ bleep ] out of here! >> custody, custody, custody! custody, custody, custody! >> free the jackson three! free the jackson three! >> jake -- >> jake what? >> jake byrd. >> it is fun to be a cop? >> it is. >> can i play with your guns? >> not today. [ laughter ] >> you don't take meditation -- medication, do you? >> i wish. >> nothing prescribed, anyway. >>

. >> reporter: and then, there was the circus outside the courtroom. >> declaring myself as the soleiological mother of all three jackson children. that's why i am here today. >> reporter: she has no proof, but came to court anyway. so did another woman, billy jean jackson who stood up out of nowhere and told the judge, i'm blanket's mother. over the weekend, this man, mark lester, told a british tabloid he may be paris' father. and there are tabloid reports that jackson's dermatologist, arnie klein, is the biological father. >> thank you for giving me this opportunity to claim my children. >> reporter: told you it was a circus. can't make this stuff up. also reports out this morning that michael jackson has been laid to rest at forest lawn cemetery right here in los angeles. but, matt, the family still has not confirmed that. interesting day here. >> lot to chew on. jeff rossen in los angeles. jeff, thank you very much. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from mr. roker. >> well, thank you very much, mr. lauer. got some nice folks. what happened? >> surgery. >> everything going

over the years manson turned his parole hearings into a circus.ll likely die in prison afate other members of the so-called family want to avoid. susan atkins was denied parole last year but is up again next month. leslie is also vowing for freedom. this is what she said in 2004. >> i was raised to be a decent human being and i turn under to a monster and i spent these years going back to a decent human being and i just don't know what else to say. >> reporter: ted rowlands, cnn, los angeles. >> be sure to tune in to "anderson cooper 360" tonight. comes your way tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> health care reform, insurance companies have become the villain in much of the debate. we'll introduce you to one employee who went out of her way to save one family from disaster. )d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)dd >>> the debate over health care reform. a lot of bashing of insurance companies and how they respond when you need them most. we wanted to share one family's story and an insurance company employee who became their guardian. >> my oldest son, christopher

some are more worried about the media circus and some feel 's too dangerous. >> this is not a good place. there ought to be a better place to have these trials. and quite honestly, it's frightening to the residents of this community to have this much activity this close. >> i'm sure the security will be concerned but i'm more concerned about getting to work and getting to school every day. it seems like ever day i'll have to deal with off the area. >mater of alexandria has said that he's lobbying t president to stop any detainee trials here. the district stress it is too early in the process. >>> several people accused of plotting a terrorist attack expected in north carolina today. daniel boyd is the leader. the fbi has released the name of an 8th suspect they are looking for in connection to the case. he is jude keenan mohammed, 20 years old. they believe he is in pakistan. >>> the white house is doing damage control regarding word of a possible tax hike on the middle class. over the weekend of his two top onomic advisors refused to rule out raising taxes on the middle class for health

to me being a libyan is like being forced to attend a rather gothic circus that one didn't particularly tickets for in the firstm place. as the popular committee meeting dragged m"xon, shopkeepers bemo their losses but any stores found open for business faced a stiff fine and a license suspension. libyans told me they had to show their stamped attendance record at odd moments when leaving the country, for example. no stamp could mean no exit. at this particular session after roughly three hours of meandering discussions, i watched a large group of women suddenly break for the exit. the guards out front pushed them back inside, rolling down a heavy green metal gate to contain them. one of the stout, matronly officials running the meeting emerged and screamed at the anyone who leaves and say she didn't attend,jgp she yelled. they did turn over one of the odd ball suggestions. once, for example, he announced elementary schools should be shuttered and all children taught at home. the9 meetings killed the plan. quote, thanks to the revolution, the libyan people, who formally lived in a state

it would seem to be quite the almost like a circus, without having training for these people and to knowto look for. these are just citizens that are going to show up. >> they're going to do a grid search, jane, and have team captains, probably groups of people and give a specific area, go out into the woods, into the area closest to the house and expand from the last place he was seen so it's actually not as hard as it may seem. there are people that are going to be trained. and just to make sure they don't hit these spots more than once and hopefully find this child okay, hopefully. >> all right, richard herman, we have 20 seconds, the stats are against finding this child alive, but we can always see the stats undone. certainly we can find this child alive. >> we can and we've seen it happen before like the smart case but you know, as marc klaas tells us all the time, 48 hours, 72 hours, doesn't look good, jane. >>> tonight let's stop to remember army first lieutenant brian bradshaw, 24 years old from washington, a graduate of pacific lutheran university. remembered for his wonderful s

outside the courthouse, the circus never ended.ed their crawl for freedom. >> the manson family people were like creatures from outer space to the majority of americans. >> what i remember most are his eyes. he was staring at me as i testified. and dark, piercing, evil eyes. greta: rumors ran wild when leslie van houten's lawyer ronald hughes disappeared four months into the trial. >> hughes goes up to the hot springs area of ventura county to work on his argument. the court reconvenes the following monday and he did not show up. >> my god, i just wonder if the family -- >> from what anyone could discern, a flash flood came along and washed him away. greta: in january of 1971, it took the jury seven days to reach a verdict. >> it was our belief that the jury could only come to one verdict, guilty. >> each defendant was convicted of every count of which they were charged. greta: the four were sentenced to death. on march 29, 1971, in october, tex watson was also convicted for the tate-labianca murders and sentenced to death. >> next

so, you wind up with something of a circus because in some cases people in political circles want something stirred up on the front as they held in that direction. i developed my long list of folks that were not fond of where i was coming from in the world of politics. with all due respect to those in the media, maybe you think it would help to sell papers. there are many different reasons as to why this has been chronicled the way that it has. when you look at the fact that this state is going to run a $100 million deficit this year, the amount of coverage that has gotten as opposed to these other things, it's as wait a minute, we have some real-world issues that we need to be talking about. it is incumbent upon the folks in the media to be talking about that as well. to cut to the chase, what i say in a letter is that i will not be railroaded out of the office by political opponents of folks who were never friends of mine in the first place. put a different way, a lot of what is going on now is pure politics. what i talk about in my letter is me hanging up the spurs in 16 months, as much

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outside the courthouse, the circus never ended.girls staged their crawl for freedom. >> the manson family people were like creatures from outer space to the majority of americans. >> what i remember most are his eyes. he was staring at me as i testified. and dark, piercing, evil eyes. greta: rumors ran wild when leslie van houten's lawyer ronald hughes disappeared four months into the trial. >> hughes goes up to the hot springs area of ventura county to work on his argument. the court reconvenes the following monday and he did not show up. >> my god, i just wonder if the family -- >> from what anyone could discern, a flash flood came along and washed him away. greta: in january of 1971, it took the jury seven days to reach a verdict. >> it was our belief that the jury could only come to one verdict, guilty. >> each defendant was convicted of every count of which they were charged. greta: the four were sentenced to death. on march 29, 1971, in october, tex watson was also convicted for the tate-labianca murders and sentenced to deat

." >> jimmy: that i-- [aughter ] >> they're looking at me like i'm a three-headed circus dog. i'm already -- now my definition of vacation is me in a beach chair with a mai tai in my hand, and keep them coming until i roll off face first into the sa. [ laughter ] my wife likes to take little trips away from -- we fly to another land and then take other trips. that's not a vacation. that's still traveling. so we get to the hotel. i strip down into my swimsit, and my hand is in the shape of a glass. and she goes, "where are y going?" i said, "bar, mai tai. i am still mad at you about the security thing." [ laughter ] and she goes, "no, n no, no. we're booked on a trip." and i go, "what?" and she goes, "we're going zip-lini through the rain forest." i go, "wha" laughter ] i go, "do you know why they don't do that in america? because whave safety laws." [ laughter ] zip lining in costa rica? what could go wrong there? so we get on the van and our guide is trying to tell us what's going to happen. but he speaks very little english, and i know no spanis this is my foreign language.

. >> the first week of training camp is a little bit of a circus mentality any way. they don't get serious until they close off the practices. >> or until they start losing. >> then they'll be playing that tape back. maybe not a good idea to host anyone. >> maybe we need to be more serious in our training camp. >> i think it's cool. star power never hurts. >> i wonder what the players thought about the hat? if only he could tie it tighter. >> all right. very good. >>> festa friday. are you in? we'll be back in a moment to taste it up. academically gifted, needs flexibility, non-traditional learner. every student is unique! if your child isn't thriving in school, discover online learning from k12 -- a tuition-free, full-time... public school alternative choice. k12 brings learning to life. call or log on to see how. state certified teachers customize online lessons, track prress, even organize field trips. kids wk at the level and pace that's just right for them. he can be good in the things he's good at, and the things that he's not good at, he can work at on his lev

outside the courthouse, the circus never ended.ple were like creatures from outer space to the majority of americans. >> what i remember most are his eyes. he was staring at me as i testified. and dark, piercing, evil eyes. greta: rumors ran wild when leslie van houten's lawyer ronald hughes disappeared four months into the trial. >> hughes goes up to the hot springs area of ventura county to work on his argument. the court reconvenes the following monday and he did not show up. >> my god, i just wonder if the family -- >> from what anyone could discern, a flash flood came along and washed him away. greta: in january of 1971, it took the jury seven days to reach a verdict. >> it was our belief that the jury could only come to one verdict, guilty. >> each defendant was convicted of every count of which they were charged. greta: the four were sentenced to death. on march 29, 1971, in october, tex watson was also convicted for the tate-labianca murders and sentenced to death. >> next year, 1972, the california and u.s. supreme court r

people sit home and say i want to be part of that political circus that will not help to inform me. >tic side he appeared divided on the importance of the government-run public option. senator arlen specter intended it at several contentious town hall meeting sisley. liberals are upset that operate and conservative democrats appear willing to drop the public option to reach a deal. some liberals think they can win the fight without any public in support. >> in the end i think we will get almost every democratic senator, almost every one because there won't be any republicans, they would be interested in forming the bill there for the democratic caucus will have it you gentlemen's and the majority in the democratic option real form select democrats have an unlikely ally, the pharmaceutical industry could spend up to $150 million for an ad campaign supporting reform. drugmakers would benefit if millions more americans get insurance coverage. >> julie: pictogram much. >> the healthcare debate heating up down south today as well. hundreds showing up for a town hall meeting at a high schoo

states supreme court who described his experience before the judiciary committee this way: this is a circus, a national disgrace. and from my standpoint as a black american, it's a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. now, these nominees, mr. president, were accused at various times of certain offenses even though the real crime as we all know was a crime of conscience. they dared to be judicial conservatives, a philosophy that the nominee that we're talking about here today and senate democrats now appear to embrace. i hope these days of the unfair and uncivil and undignified scwk scwk hearings are behind us. i hope our hearings are more respectful of the nominees, as was this hearing for judge sotomayor. she, herself, proclaimed she could not have received fairer treatment. and i appreciated her acknowledging the fairness and dignity of the process. i hope the thought crimes of yesterday have now become the foundation for a new bipartisan consensus; that the views that judge sotomayor affirmed at her hearing that we affirm both as republicans and democrats and the views judge sotomayor r

2002 at paul wellstone where he died tragically just before the election and that became a media circuselevised, while they did this match -- >> that's a myth for the ride. one speech to make a republican won election to be slater spec because people picked out one of about eight eulogies and repaid. the right is running with this as likely as you are saying the left is. >> that's a function of media coverage and i got a set if the media had been more alert to kennedy after chappaquiddick he would've ended up like gary condit and i have to say we have to take one more break. when we come back the resident was on vacation and the late-night comics get to work. >> president obama to buy books with him on vacation. of course was a bushel is to buy books's what doct most for headaches. for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees... and back. for little bodies with fevers.. and big bodies on high blood pressure medicine. tylenol works with your body... in a way other pain relievers don't... so you feel better... knowing doctors recommend tylenol... more than any other brand of pain reliever

despite the circus-like atmosphere, there are people with big concerns on both sides of the debate. are they being drowned out by the chaos? senator mccaskill continues her town hall meeting right now. take a listen to what happened a short time ago. >> hey, hey. hey. i'm not going to do this. shh. just a minute. just a minute. we're here -- let me -- sir, sir -- >> there were also passions that in some cases interruptions earlier today when senator arlen specter held his town hall in pennsylvania. watch. >> you want to be let out of here, you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute, wait a minute, now, wait a minute. wait a minute, wait a minute. >> i am leaving -- i have every right to leave. >> wait a minute, he has a right to leave. he's right. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. you want to leave? leave. >> i am going to speak my mind before i leave, because your people told me i could. >> senator specter is now a democrat, held this town hall in lebanon county, which is mostly a republican county. president obama won the state of pennsylvania, but john mccain won this

gathered around and they held hands and they encouraged the baby elephant to drive its way out using its circus ears. but more practical minds prevailed and the big machinery was brought out. bulls dozer, baby. the pachyderm passed the time contemplating its worker's comp claim. was ultimately freed unharmed. of course, we'll never, never forget. >>> to the netherlands. not a bird, not a plane but a flying bike. if you count four seconds and about four feet off the ground as flying. the dutch aeronautics student who built this thing certainly does count it. his craft has a wingspan of 85 feet and uses pedal power. which makes him officially the first dutchman to go fly a bike. after that he said, quote, that was super and it might really help him in impressing the ladies. >>> why did sarah palin look at health care reform and see death panels? guilt, perhaps? because health care in alaska when she was governor was so bad, the governor found that the state could not ensure the health and well being of the citizens she was supposed to be protecting. >>> and there's only room for one conservative

now only $99.99 >>> during this make or break month on health care reform, the traveling circus is otherwisessional town halls provoked eruptions of shouting and heckling again today, except in new hampshire where the president was. wasn't a member of congress, it was the president selling this reform himself. so take a look at sort of the kinder, i think, gentler gathering that we saw. >> i take a lot of medications, i've had a lot of procedures, and how will medicare under the new proposal help people who are going to need things like this? >> well, first of all, another myth that we've been hearing about is this notion that somehow we're going to be cutting your medicare benefits. we are not. the aarp would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining medicare. >> i'm not a republican, i don't know what i'm doing here, but i'm here. >> we're happy to have you. we're happy to have you. >> mr. president, you've been quoted over the years when you were a senator and perhaps even before then that you were essentially a supporter of a universal plan. i'm beginning to see that you're changing

it's hard to find a positive in this circus.aybe it can serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of having too many kids. countless children with or fanned or malnourished having 14 kids is extremely arrogant and thoughtless. environmentally and emotionally. we already knew she was an attention hog. unfortunatelily she's also a resource hog. i'm jane velez-mitchell. that's my issue. >> don't miss issues tonight at 7:00 eastern. >>> are you buying a product because you think it has oprah's endorsement? better check again. the talk show host and regular guest drvmt oz. are suing more than 400 businesses for using their images and names without permission. they include dietary supplements and wrinkle creams. >>> archivists have found a new picture of jackie o in andy warhol's stuff. they began going through the boxes and boxes of things. they discovered an autographed picture of a naked jacqueline kennedy o onassis. she was a friend of warhol's they say the former first lady sent signed copy as a joke to andy warhol. >>> the ki

. >> it can be made into a circus. it can be made into a mickey mouse court if thaes the way you all look for it. that really is you all's responsibility. >> governor mark sanford versus half of his state. a new poll showing a divide in south carolina. many saying the governor is not fit for office. >> that's a disgusting thing that took place. but i turned my life completely around. and you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, the victim. you wait. >> he held the young girl captive for 18 years. disturbing questions including how he got away with it and could the girl have been saved sooner? good afternoon everyone. we're live in new york. david shuster has the day off. we want to start with breaking news regarding the death investigation of michael jackson. we just got official word from the coroner that michael jackson died from acute propofol intoxication and that his death has been officially ruled a homicide. our pop culture correspondent for msnbc.com, we heard this information leake

barnum in the sense that he would bring the circus truck to town every time he got to talk to you. >>alda his best friend. alda says that, even after hours, don talked constantly about work. >> alda: because it excited him so much that he was... i think he was still a boy who was amazed at his success. >> safer: the boy grew up in new rochelle, new york, 45 minutes from broadway. >> hewitt: i'm one of these kids who was kind of a creature of the movies. >> safer: 15 cents would buy him a saturday afternoon of cartoons, newsreels and melodramas. the movies got under his skin and stayed there. he once said to me that, when he goes to a western movie, he comes out walking bowlegged. ( laughter ) >> alda: he told us many times how, when he was in the war, he had seen so many war movies that when he was finally standing on the ship and the enemy planes were coming at him, he thought, "where's the music?" ( laughter ) ♪ >> safer: that's pure don. >> alda: yeah. >> safer: the movies gave him his role models, rascals who had the moxie to beat the system during the great depression. >> hewitt:

>> but in the all too real story of chang and ang, they weren't destined to spend their time as a circusact, they earned enough money to quit and bought a house in north carolina and began a new life as gentlemen farmers. >> they married two local women, themselves sisters and between them fathered 21 children. after 14 years under one roof, they split in a matter of speaking. their families began living apart with the brothers taking turns spending three nights in one home and three might in the other. >> the years past until one might in january 18 74, when ang awoke to find that chang died in shi sleep. >> ang reportedly refused to be separated from his twin even in the face of death. >> chang and ang bunker died at age 62, programs as close as any two people who ever lived. >> they were buried together in a especially made coffin. >> today, their descend damages asgler more than 1,500. up nex , . ss cb >> the reruns have your heads spinning? try one of these. never a repeated image. >> we take in the view from a kaleidoscope. here is serena altschul. >> think fireworks or snow flakes

, the maxwells, against the coleman brother and the maxwel were crack shots an could have beening circus performs and dropped them in the street and killed two sheriffs an touched off the largest manhunt for outlaws, horseback outlaws in the history of america. >> i'm thinking one of the interesting things and a parallel, were there a fbi and most wanted list, these two guys would have been what you dillinger was, the most want men america? >> yes, and in a sense they were for a while, among the most wanted. for example, when -- in the background to the book he talked about context in these two books and in the background of this one, you have bill lits ts of te the kid, in the same year that's climax of the maxwell story, 1881 and president garfield is shot in the back,uly 2nd, 1881 and charles gateau an dies slowly through the summer and passes awayn september, and all of this violence going on. in america and in the middle of is the maxwelh brothers and billie the kid is killed and gets page 5 article in the "new york times," he's faus, hn meco territory and gets a page five article,