will deborah rowe make a case for custody? exclusive details as the future of the jackson children hangs in the balance. >>> and the fastest cannibal on the planet. it's an extraordinary journey into the wild for a rare and intimate look at cheetahs, the magnificent cats whose strength goes up to 80 miles an hour and the woman trying to save them from exi think thesive. >>> and in life, he was the animated face of so many products. in death, billy mays is still hard at work. why selling from behind the grave is tonight's "sign of the times". captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with the uncertain future of the three children michael jackson leaves behind. it was a day of rumor and speculation with the bombshell report that biological mother deborah rowe agreed to forego any custody bid in exchange for a multimillion dollar settlement from the jackson family. by early afternoon, a complete refutation by the attorney who says that rowe has not decided if she wants to seek custod

♪ >> in his short will, he did say, i intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, debde deborahckson. >> if she is unable to be guardian, jackson nominated diana ross to take care of the kids. >> she's a wonderful person. she is magic. she can move an audience like no one else. ♪ doesn't matter if you're black or white ♪ >> a nurse who says jackson repeatedly asked her for a powerful i.v. anesthesia drug dd diprivan. >> i said this is a very serious drug. i wondered if he knew what he was telling me. he said i know exactly what it is. i have had it before. there are no side effects. it is safe. michael, i said, the bottom line it can cause death. >>> tonight the desperate search for a 10-year-old washington girl who vanishes into thin air after leaving a little friend's house. tonight, the search goes on by land, by air, by water, for 10-year-old lindsey. >> we're trying to get information about the missing girl. >> they were out there this weekend stopping every car. they want anybody who saw something that didn't look suspicious to them to contact law enforcement. >> a missing

let's get right back to the studio with deborah roberts. deborah? >> hi, chris.ng news out of indonesia. deadly back-to-back bombings at two american-owned luxury hotels in jakarta. at least nine people are dead and dozens injured in the first major attack there in nearly four years. more, now, from our senior foreign correspondent, jim sciutto, who is in london this morning. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning. those blasts took place just minutes apart, at two, american hotels, the j.w. marriott, and the ritz-carlton. about 100 yards apart. the first blast at the marriott, was caught on a security camera. dramatic picture. they took place early in the morning, just before 8:00 a.m., when the hotel lobbies were crowded with guests. eyewitnesss told abc news, that the hotels quickly emptied. there was no order to do so. nearby hospitals quickly filled with more than 50 wounded, including at least one american. early indications from police are that it was suicide bombers that carried out this attack. and police tell us, that the bombers were staying as g

gwen: so, deborah, who's right? >> i think they're actually both right. you've got a situation here where the obama administration was using figures back in january when they were con team -- contemplating the stimulus that basically seem outdated. they had not predicted double-digit unemployment. the president said if we don't pass it, we'll hit double-digit. well, a -- part of the problem is what the stimulus did do. joe biden is saying wait, 10% is out the door and it's going to take a while for it to work. other economists are saying we need more now. the consensus opinion among economists is don't do more now because whatever you do it's going to be too late and we have a huge deficit problem that's going to make it hard to pay for the gwen: so did the white house overpromise this as a jobs bill so they're hoisted on their own petard? >> i don't think they oversold it. i think they were more opt mivetic than they probably -- optimistic should have been. there's a difference of opinion about whether they misread it or were given incomplete information

deborah says, michael is the king of kings. >> i truly believe he is the greatest of all time.beatles because he really made a difference with his music. with that being said, i miss him and we love him and he will be greatly missed. >> thank you, deborah. we heard from pam calling from texas. pam says, the beatles and elvis made michael jackson possible. >> the whole debate about who is the better artist, it's ridiculous because while they are all great artists in their own time, michael wouldn't have been where he was in beatles and elvis hadn't bafbed the way. >> thanks, pam. we heard from janice in california. janice thinks there is only one entertainer that will forever live on as the number one legend in this world and that is allies presley. long live the king of rock and roll. sherwin in florida says, no entertainer in the history of the business was a better showman than mike. his performances were monumental. thanks so much for your e-mails and phone calls. you can always e-mail us at showbiz tonight at cnn.com or get in touch with us on our facebook page. go to cnn.c

joining us now in san francisco, deborah saunders cloumist for the "san francisco chronicle." and washington correspondent for "the new yorker" magazine. and chief cloolumnist for politico. >> journalists refused to let it go. everybody recognized it was a newsless press conference until the last question. i was there and on the way out all the conversations were about two things, one frustration in that he took a long time to answer all the health care questions. >> there by making few opportunities to ask questions. >> right. the second thing was also what the news is at these press conferences is formed by conversations that journalists have at the very end. >> when the conspiracy goes out. everyone agreed the conspiracy was easy and agreed it was going to be a huge issue. >> a day or two into this obama said you may have noticed health care isn't getting much attention. was that the media's fault? >> no. i've bean white house reporter at the 57 minute mark in a press conference you're thinking what will my lead be. if you want the lead to be health care stick to health car

by saying that he, in case there was any doubt about it, he intentionally omitted to provide for deborahrmer wife. he also said that he wanted his mother, katherine jackson to have custody of the children and if she were to have died before him or couldn't do it, he wanted diana ross to take her place and be the guardian of the children. left out there, nancy, is joe jackson, his father, and some other high profile friends. elizabeth taylor is a big friend of his, but he said, no, his mother, katherine jackson, to take custody of the children, and then he nominated diana ross to do it if she couldn't. >> highly unusual -- susan roesgen is just telling us, former supreme diana ross, is named as the back-up guardian to the grandmother katherine jackson. there you are seeing diana ross, and not only her, but michael jackson and his children. you are also seeing new photos that we have obtained from tmz. back to susan roesgen. go ahead, susan. >> well, nancy, there is a michael jackson family trust now that's key, because as of 2002, the lawyers who drafted this will said they didn't even kn

i am kate amara in for deborah weiner this evening. >>> breaking details about the case of a man accused in a shooting. that man is still in a hospital under police guard. the shootout unfolded yesterday morning. our 11 news reporter is live at shock trauma which new information. kim? >> well, kate, they just released the name of a suspect and the names of the officers were wounded in yesterday's gun battle. one officer was sent home from a hospital yesterday, and the other officer is still here at shock trauma. he is in stable condition and expected to be in a hospital for a least a few more days after undergoing surgery. he was shot in the chest, stomach, and art. this was at the intersection at edmonson and with more on the other side. they're called for a domestic dispute. while one officer was injured during the victim, the suspects, at the 34-year-old, came back and began shooting. they radioed in the vehicle description. the officer pulled up behind that vehicle, and sinclair walked up to the car and started shooting. the officer was able to return the gunfire, shooting sinclair a

all of that plus liberal translation, deborah norville and our "great american panel." joe biden has a message for the american people, and it is this. we need to spend money to keep from going bankrupt. well, you heard it right. take a look for yourself. >> people look at me and say what are you talking about, joe? you're telling me we've got to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt? the answer is yes. sean: can't you just see the president wincing. meanwhile the house and senate health care bills are taking shape, and it looks like they're taking a cue from joe biden where we're finally getting an idea of what those bills are going to cost you in taxes. a single new yorker making $80,000 a year with no health insurance would pay, get this, a $2,000 penalty for not having health care over $21,000 in federal and state income taxes, and over $5,000 in other taxes. a total of just about 36% of total income. now, continuing up the pay scale, a $235,000 income earner would pay nearly $80,000 of their income to the federal government, almost $20,000 to the state, and an

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deborah? >> all right. some scary moment there's.k you so much. >>> investigators in iran are hoping the two black boxes recovered from wednesday's plane crash will help determine the cause. but one of them is seriously damaged. the aging caspian airlines jet went down en route from tehran to armenia, killing all 168 people on board, most of them iranians. >>> meantime, iran received a stark message from secretary of state hillary clinton, in a wide-ranging foreign policy speech. she warned against iran's mistreatment of protesters. it was the first time she appeared without a sling since breaking her elbow last month. >>> now, a summer safety warning for parents of young children. beware of hot playgrounds. this little colorado girl got third-degree burns from kneeling on a piece of scorching playground equipment. she may need surgery and could have scars that will last a lifetime. experts say it takes less than three seconds to sustain those kinds of burns. >>> and finally, if you weren't around for the first moon landing, well, no

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good evening, i'm deborah wiener, after nearly nine decades of educating students, towson catholic hockey will not reopen its door. unpaid tuition is to blame. some students and parents are fighting mad. melissa carlson is live outside the school with details. >> well, towson catholic high school is the oldest school for the archdiocese of baltimore and history seems to not be an opponent for the economy and students today say they are going to fight on to keep their school open. >> it was tuesday of last week when students of towson catholic high school got news, their school would not re-open in the fall. >> this place has been my home for the past three years and it's all gone. i've worked so hard to be here and it's all gone. everything is done. >> and while the shock has worn off the fight has only just begun. >> sunday morning sturents and school supporters stood outside the immaculate conception church and peacefully protested the closure. >> we're a very energetic group, and we're going to do it. we're going to do what we

i am sitting in for deborah wiener. we begin with breaking news out of east baltimore. baltimore city police say 12 people were shot the 2600 tock of ashland avenue and at least one of those trading begins is a present -- pregnant woman. people were at a home for a sunday evening cookout when a gunman came from an alley and opened fire. it happened just before 9:00 p.m. tonight. it appears none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. police said they are searching for at least one gunman in this case. officers in several districts are working the investigation and we will have much more on this for you tomorrow morning on 11 news today. now, to our other big story that we're falling tonight, the severe weather. thunderstorms plowed through our area, leaving a big mess behind. trees and power lines were down, most of those reports came into our newsroom from baltimore county. we have melissa carlson live in the midst of the aftermath. but we begin with meteorologist john collins live in the insta- weather center. >> it all started around the dinner hour. thund

deborah weiner explains why in tonight's alert. >> the wedding was picture perfect. >> my little baby boy grown up. >> and 11 news anchor donna hamilton couldn't be happier. the morning of the wedding, donna wake up to something startling. >> it was like a round, kind of oval red spot, and it was on my chest here under my arm and then back around. i thought that is the oddest thing i have ever seen. it really was. >> with the big day ahead, donna put the rash out of her mind, and it was hidden by her dress. she called her dermatologist. >> she took one look at it and said lyme disease. i was like really? >> lyme disease comes from the bite of an infected black leg particular. it is carried by deer and mice. according to the state health department, the disease is up more than 100% in maryland, from about 1,200 cases to more than 2,500. so the huge increase is probably a result of a true increase in disease, but it may be also a reflection that doctors are more aware of the disease and therefore more likely to diagnose it. >> donna could have been bitten right in her yard. she loves to

and an international phone call deborah dupont has been bracing for. her daughter, testing positive for swine flu on cultural exchange in china. >> not what they had originally planned. they have seen a lot. seen how the chinese health care system works. they have had a real chance to bond as a group that is terrific. because none of them had met prior to being chosen for this program. a rising junior at wilson high school and 21 area students. traveled to china before july 14 to see the great ball and forbidden city. instead they, and 65 students from oregon wound up being quarantined in beijing. due to swine flu. h a fever as high as me103 degrees. walter johnson's student. says despite the health scare. so far students have been treated well by their hosts. >> they treat us great here. the hospital is really nice. the >> thedetu w ssntere selected by a university program, known as confucius institute. much expenses picked up by the chinese government who say they will pay for them to stay an extra week after an inside look at china few visitors ever

for the 11 news i-team, deborah weiner. >> 5:26.g up in the next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> investigating the death of one teen and the critical injury of another after a grewsome discovery on the light rail tracks. >> it's pretty quiet on the major roadways. not dealing with any incidents at this hour. we'll check volume and let you we'll check volume and let you know if any delays have formed. i just get really hungry in the afternoon. ah and that is when i crave strawberry shortcake! oh! i want some right now. no no no, key lime pie... boston crÈme pie! boston crÈme pie?!? ladies, please please don't! but... richard... no... no no listen listen! you need to exercise! richard... you need to know your worth! farewell to fat! yes! yoplait light. with 28 delicious flavors... and 100 calories, it only sounds fattening. keep it up, girls. believe in you! i believe in you! >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us. sandra shaw haze look at today's forecast. a g

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our thanks to deborah horn. >>> the second is saint ann's catholic church who will celebrate their 150thnniversary next weekend. although the actual date is uncertain. the original bell tower was damaged by storm and subsequently removed to the side of the building in 1953. the church is also the site of a large cemetery and a focus for local history. as always, we would like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on the screen. please stay with us. the mail bag is next. weekly look inside the farm report mail bag... we've been >> a look inside the mail bag. we have been receiving lots of mail lately. you can see and comment on all of it at our website. this interesting note comes from tony prail from iowa concerning our news report about organic dairies not recertifying. concerning the organic situation there are diverse reasons why farmers are not recertifying. the certification doesn't mean a thing any more. they allow too much that is not organic. tone oh you touch on an important problem for organic producers, policing the standards for what gets

deborah, thanks for joining us this morning.u speak from the heart. your eyes immediately started to well up with tears. how with your members holding up, and how are you holding up this morning? >> it's been hard. it's been really hard. it's an emotional time. most of us have followed him for most of our lives. and now to come here, it's hard. >> did you ever think -- >> never. never. >> you must have been aware -- you've met him many times over the years. you have had impressions of him as his career and his life has changed. >> yes. >> did you have a sense, though, that his personal troubles were beginning to overtake him? >> i felt like they were overtaking the press. i felt like they were becoming the spotlight rather than his career and his music. but i never felt like he was out of control. >> you have met michael over the years. >> yes. >> tell me about that one on one interaction that so many millions of fans would have loved, but you actually got to have. >> right. he was very compassionate. probably the first word tha

and deborah roberts has the other major news for us. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news. a tsunami warning for the pacific ocean, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck this morning off of new zealand. the massive quake was felt across that nation's south island. but no reports so far of serious damage. any possible tsunami damage we're told is not likely to reach hawaii. >>> bernard madoff has a new address this morning. a federal prison in north carolina. the convicted swindler arrived in cufuffs at the butner medium security prison. he'll spend his life working there for less than a dollar a day. his wife, ruth, may move nearby to be closer to her husband. >>> house democrats have unveiled a massive, new plan to insure health care coverage for most americans. the cost, $1.5 trillion. a big chunk of that comes from taxing the wealthy. the senate is expected to unveil its own version of that measure today. president obama will address the issue this afternoon. >>> and finally, a beach day some new yorkers won't soon forget. what they thought

he was here and deborah lee of bet gave a little party at her house for him and i took my daughter, whoeen part of his fan base, but he was so wonderful to her. he was so much more interested in talking to her as a child than the adults. and watching them interact with just a beautiful thing to see. he will be missed. i am a xwig fan. i crude through the whole tribute today. >> i did as well. we have much more to come on "news4 at 4:00." a day of mourning in celebration of michael jackson continues. a closer look at the star power at the staple center today. >> new promises to improve the food safety system across the country. >> he was once a comedian. but now after eight months the country's newest senator. (bell ringing) eÑ woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! kobak. mr. miller (announcer) everyone's heading to arby's for the official $5 combo of summer. featuring arby's new bbq bacon cheddar roastburger with curly fries and a drink for only $5. big on bbq taste, it's the $5 combo done better. >>> welcome back. i'm kimberly suitors. >> i'm barbara harrison. good to have yo

in a custody agreement, deborah roe, the biological mother two of the children, will have visitationhts. meantime, the king of pop's father now claims michael had another child. in an on-line interview, i don't jackson claims that a 25- year-old norwegian performer is michael jackson's son. he has denied that claim. at jackson's memorial service the young man sat in the front row. >>> at the house, a meeting over a controversial arrest. the president invited harvard professor henry gates and claim bridge police sergeant james crowley for a so-called beer summit. gates claimed that racial profiling led to his or aa disorderly conduct charge. the charges were later dropped. sergeant crowley, who nied any wrongdoing, said the white house meeting was polite but no apologies were offered. >> in the big scream of things, i think there is more important things than have been a beer on the white house lawn. >> i don't think it would solve anything. i think they got together for a beer. >> it probably solved some problems. people need to communicate with each other. >> just some thoughts from

harry reid, and penny lee is back, and she is the two-time emmy winning host of "inside edition" deborahville joins us once again. thank you for being here. here's what we have from the national tax foundation, a watch dog group that looks at taxes. if barack obama is successful with his nationalized health care plan and cap and tax on top of all of this, 39 states will exceed 50% of their income will go to the federal government. will there be a rebellion? >> i think it has already begun and the honeymoon is over. a little bit more than six months and rasmussen had a pole that came out today, approval is 32%, it's dropped eight points, i think people are saying i'm not so sure this is what i thought i was voting for. sean: and most people are saying that they don't think the stimulus is working, and for the first time in a number of years, on eight of the top ten issues republicans are outperforming democrats, penny lee. >> no. sean: yes, actually, that's a rasmussen poll. >> but they're saying they would prefer the democrats in congress to take care of some of the things that are most

let's ask deborah coy, janna montgomery scott and michael gogler. deb remarks first of all, what are you buying? if you buy one of these, what is it exactly that you are buying? >> well, stimulus isn't the only story. stimulus, unfortunately, is not as stimulating so far as we would like. it's helping. we are getting money out of the federal government here and they are spending money in china and elsewhere around the world. the bottom line is that water is becoming more scarce. people are willing to pay more for it. to us that means water utilities should do well. they'll continue to get rate increases and companies that are helping with the infrastructure should help, as well. >> i'm confused about the stimulus money going to water. >> lots of people are. >> why was the water industry, there are a lot of jobs to be created. do water people build roads and i don't know it? is it bridges over water? i'm very confused. why would they get stimulus money? >> the infrastructure in the u.s., the pipe, the hydrants, is very old. epa estimated north of $25

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the words of deborah, top gun prosecutor who systematically outlined the government's case against banitaacks. a story that she says begins in abuse and ends in a case of quadruple murder. signs say we will prove banita jacks the girls by denying food and we will prove jacks took away all the girls' comfort items, pill oh furniture, clothes. we will prove that banita jacks killed every one of her girls. there is no evidence banita jacks suffers from any mental illness. there's no manifestation of any mental illness. so says the judge, the judge who will press over jacks' criminal tria banita jacks charged first-degree murder in the deaths of her four daughters. after her arrest, jacks gave an eight-hour statement to police. that statement played in superior court this week. january 9, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside they found the bodies of her daughters, ages 5, 6, 11 and 17. they say that the bodies had been there for months and were in advanced stages of decomposition. jacks told police the girls were possessed by demons and died

let's begin now with prosecutor deborah. >> reporter: >> this is very sad. nobody comes out of this courthouse happy. can't bring these kids back and you can't undo what the last moments of their -- last months of their lives were like. >>seporr:itepan ba jacks four counts ofanguilty murder.of felony tyil three counts ofty eedersde mgrur fr , cou frs counts of cruelty to children. banita jacks, guilty of torturing and murdering her four daughters in the family home on sixth street southeast. >> what happened to those children was torture and maltreatment. they were atrocities and inflicted upon four small children. her own children. >> reporter: the verdict came after two days of deliberation by judge frederick weisberg. and it took its toll. when it was over, the judge just buried his head in his hands. this could be one of the most grizzly cases of murder in the history of washington crime. january 9, 2008, the bodies of banita jacks' four daughters found inside their house in southeast. the girls, ages 5, 6, 11 and 16, dead for months. their bodies in a s

deborah chaos tron -- deborah kostroun has "the weekend business report." >> quarterly earnings recordsr the week, a good looking picture here. the dow jones industrials tacking on 349 points. as the busy earnings season presses on, verizon will be the company to watch for on monday. the head of the company's wireless group said mobile phone ks customers probably won't recover from the economic slump until the fourth quarter. and best buy is testing sales of diswound counted laptops with two-year internet contracts. they are selling with outside plans from carriers such as at&t and -- [technical difficulties] >> we apologize for that. what you should know about travel insurance exclusions is coming up next. first a look at events going on around town this weekend. what's up, smart? being smart. yep. just booked my 10th night on hotels.com, so i get a night free. you. me. getaway. really? where? anywhere you want. a bed and breakfast? bed and breakfast. check. a place by the beach? a place by awesome. oh, you are smart. accumulate 10 nights and get a night free. welcome rewards from hote

. >> reporter: prosecutors michelle jackson and deborah sein sa idthey're pleased the judge found her guilty of felony murder in the death of her four daughter. >> what happened to those children is torture and maltreatment. they were atrocities inflicted upon four small children, her own children. >> reporter: wise berg said jacks denied the girls food, clothing and basic comforts like a bed to sleep on. a case of cruelty and abuse that has clearly taken its toll on many. >> this is very sad. nobody comes out of this courthouse happy. you can't bring these kids back and you can't undo what the last moments -- the last months of their lives were like. >> reporter: u.s. marshals found the decomposing bodies of the four girls when they came to evict jacks from the house the family rented on 6th street. the judge said the evidence proved the three youngest were strangled with a ligature and britney was stabbed. because he could not say the stab wounds weren't self- inflicted, he found jacks not guilty of premeditated murder in britney's death. >> he found her guilty of felony murder, whi

. >> reporter: deborah johnson is getting a little help from her neighbor.niture, hang pictures in upper east side apartment. >> not only is something like this complicated. i could barely get to the dry cleaners. so this is huge to me. >> reporter: it is all thanks to a networking site that he started in memory of his neighbor dave who always stepped up to help. now he connects thousands of members who can do the same. >> this is really just using your own skills and somebody else's skills to team up and get something done and save money. >> reporter: it works like a want ad. you ask for help with anything from tree removal to assembly and then tell your network what you can offer in return. a home improvement project like this one would cost hundreds of dollars. and while you won't be able to pay that out, she will be able to pay it forward. i'm a great sales coach and mentor. i get people jobs they don't think they are qualified for or capable for. i love it. i graduated college. it is going to help me out. >> like most social networking websites moore sa

our second witness is deborah pearlstein. she joined the woodrow wilson school for public and international affairs at princeton university in 2007 as an assistant research scholar in the law and public affairs program. from 2003 to 2006, she served as the founding director of law and security programs at human rights first where she led the organization's efforts in research litigation, advocacy surrounding u.s. detention and interrogation operations. among other projects she led the first monitoring mission to guantanamo bay, prepared a series of briefs to the united states supreme court and co-authored multiple reports on the human rights impact of u.s. national security policy. she was appointed in 2009 to the american bar association advisory committee on law and national security. and our third witness is michael edny. he's a counsel to the washington, d.c., office of gibson, dunn and crutcher. from 2007 to 2009, mr. edny was a white house legal adviser to president bush's national security counsel. he assisted in coord

perspective now on robert mcnamarom errol morris the documentaryian w made "the fault of war" and deborahhapley, author of theiography "promise and power: the life an times of robert mcnamara" mr. morris to you first. how responsible do you believe robert mcnamaraas for what went wro in ietnam? >> well, as certainly at the apex of that pyramid of power ong with lyndon johnso the two most porful people in the americanovernment,. >> was mcnamara leading the wrong course oras he setting the wro course? my belief and it is informed by man of these taped phone conversaon, conveations between mcnara and johnson, the characterizati of mcnamara asbeing the chi arctect is wrong. to m the impetus for escalati clrly came from the president. >> do agree with tha, miss shapley that calling him the architect which i d just a moment ago, in fac, and reporng the story is incorct? >> i thin it's se to say tt they were all in it together, as they say, and that the president'sn both cases definitely set t tone. president kennedy and president johnson. an as in a sense mcnamara was right, they were prisoners

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. >>> deborah feyerick is monitoring other stories. deb, what's going on? >> hey there, wolf. cyber attacks on websites like the white house, pentagon and new york stock exchange were broader than initially thought. several websites were knocked off line by software. government officials say it's a sign of the times. >> we are constantly probed in the cyber world. we -- we -- and have been for sometime. and without going into specific details of that, i'm comfortable that we are alert. we recognize the probes and we are responding. but again, it is an area of growing concern for all of us in leaders of position. >> blaming north korea for the cyber warfare, they say it's too early to tell. >>> do you know what's in that water bottle? researchers say it should be labeled with the same information of municipal water providers give. they say there's no little known that americans should make it, quote, a distant second choice to filtered tap water. >>> and a fight may be brewing over who pays for that multimillion dollar michael jackson memorial. the los angeles city attorney's m

deborah feyerick, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> the arrest of those rabbis is big news back in israel. it's making the front pages of the major newspapers in jerusalem. investigators say five rabbis in new jersey set up charitable organizations to launder $3 million. one other man arrested in the crackdown is accused of trying to sell a human kidney. of course, we'll stay on top of this story for you. >>> marines exchanging heavy gunfire with insurgents. we're there with the troops as they lose one of their own. help brehe bter all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day lo

that delay gives jackson's mother catherine and his former wife deborah row more time to reach an agreementbut she'll be thinking of someone else. she shares her thoughts with us now. >> my 24-year-old nephew brian bradshaw was killed by an i.e.d. in afghanistan on june 25. but you'd never have known it from the national media. i cannot tell you how that silence added to the pain of losing this bright, funny, thoughtful young man whom i remember so vividly as a toddler wandering the house in cow boy boots and hat and nothing else. i suspect it's a pain shared by many of the 4,000-plus grieving families whose loved ones have sacrificed their lives in two wars that have largely disappeared from the news. when i flew west for brian's funeral, the mayor of his small hometown personally met each of dozens of flights of arriving family members. flags flew at half staff. 600 people attended the funeral service. that is partly a testament to brian's remarkable capacity to connect with people and leave a lasting impression. hislop sided grins were so infectious. it is also a testament to the level o

i wish i could be there to thank them personally, but deborah will be flying in, she should be landing their. jane: boy. mr. jones, our heart goes out to you and your family, and we will pray for a little deejay and keep viewers updated. they were honored yesterday, those good samaritans, by city officials. we are speaking to the grandfather of those two little children in the sec yesterday. thank you, mr. jones. jon: mirror mirror on the wall, or maybe on our computer. >> we will get to that in a second. watch out amazon.com. barnes and noble is getting back into the online book business, launching what they are calling the world's largest ebook store. their books will not be compatible with the candle or the reader, but they can be used on i funds, blackberries, computers, and eventually their own book they are developing with plasticlogics. it is said to be the size of a sheet of paper. costco wants to help keep cash in on old technology. they created a web site to trade in your own gadgets for store credit. they will expect blacktops, digital cameras, and mp three players to come i

let's go straight to cnn's deborah feyerick. she's got all the details for us.pretty stunning development, deb. >> reporter: absolutely. as a matter of fact, between the two federal investigations, wolf, there were a total of 44 people charged. this is an investigation that has taken ten years. it began as an investigation into international money laundering, allegedly by a handful of prominent new jersey rabbis with ties to israel. it turned into a far-reaching probe of public corruption in new jersey as nearly 30 politicians and public officials, democrats and republican, were rounded up in what prosecutors call the largest case of its time. >> this is not about politics, certainly not religion. it is about crime, corruption, arrogance. it is about a shocking betrayal of the public trust. >> reporter: the two cases are linked by a single cooperating witness posing as a real estate developer, but in fact working for the government as new jersey's top prosecutor. >> i don't donate. i invest, the cw would say in meetings, in parking lots, restaurants, luncheon et

lionel richie will be here, elizabeth taylor will not, deborah wrote is not going to be.e do not know about lisa marie presley. we talked to many people. it is tough to tell if the crab was overestimated or whether the police department has it so orderly around the center that we are not seeing any pandemonium. but certainly there is a lot of interest in this and we were here late last night and people were lined up, wishing the family well. you can see that here, more pictures of michael. everyone is walking in with them, and it is free. it is the cost to a state farm off the earth financially. if they give the tickets away and said the center, there will be money some place, but the question is to the taxpayers of california, there is some revenue in terms of restaurants. shepard: you can always expect the unexpected with michael jackson. i am today. more than anything, i'm wondering what in the world is going to happen? >> that is what you are wondering. who will be here. what will be the big surprise ? we have estimates, but who would have thought michael jackson woul

deborah, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well i'll tell you, this is really a scathing indictment of the state of new jersey politics. acting u.s. attorney, ralph marra saying that politicians quote willingly put themselves up for sale. this is democrats and republicans, mayors, deputy mayors, new jersey state assemblymen. so really, all sorts of politicians across new jersey. they were taking envelopes stuffed with cash, thousands of dollars worth. meeting at restaurants, diners, other places, in order to take money in large part for campaign contributions, the money largely came from a cooperating witness for the government, acting on their behalf. it was this same cooperating witness who was actually helping the government investigate a money-laundering scheme by rabbis in monmouth county, new jersey. in that particular scheme, separate, the government was able to launder some $3 million worth of cash through an elaborate system that the rabbis had set up. laundering the money through religious organizations.