>> i'm respectfully declining. >> reporter: don williams is the pastor of the church on the grounds.crush much goer gave cnn a cd sold by the church in which williams is preaching his views about who's to blame when a male whistles at a female. >> if you girls are walking down the sidewalk and some fellas drive by and they whistle, you better stop and think about that. what drew that whistle? was it the way i was walking? or maybe the way i was dressed or whatever? did i do something to defraud those men? >> the web site features innocuous pictures of girls who have attended around claims there are no spachkings or any out of the ordinary punishments. this facility has been around for four decades. it seems to be a thriving enterprise. as you can see, the people in charge don't particularly want to answer my questions. but we're not alone. they don't really answer to the government, either. >> reporter: in indiana, group homes operated by churches and religious ministries are exempt from licensure. so nobody in the government even knows what's going on behind the closed doors. the wo

so two staff women grabbed her and don williams' father administered what he called godly discipline.with a board as hard as he could. he is a very big man. and i was shocked. i'd never been hit like that. >> reporter: michelle dowelling is 20 years old. she just got out of hepziba house. >> they told me it would be good for me and i would make good life-changing decisions. >> reporter: mechelle was only 12 and brand-new in the house when she says two staff members told her to take off her clothes and forced her into the closet where a man would give what the house claims is a medical examination. >> they held both of my legs and both of my arms down and let him do this to me. he stuck a speculum inside of me. i was scared. i was screaming and i didn't want him to touch me. and there was nothing i could do. >> reporter: both women talk about being forced to eat a lot of food, sometimes not being given any food, being forced to drink a lot of water. 28 girls shared three bedrooms on the upper floor of this house. there was one toilet. but -- >> if i stood up to go to the bathroom, no,

so two staff women grabbed her and don williams' father administered what he called godly discipline.floor. and he hit me with a board as hard as he could. he is a very big man. and i was shocked. i'd never been hit like that. >> reporter: michelle dowelling is 20 years old. she just got out of hepziba house. >> they told me it would be good for me and i would make good life-changing decisions. >> reporter: mechelle was only 12 and brand-new in the house when she says two staff members told her to take off her clothes and forced her into the closet where a man would give what the house claims is a medical examination. >> they held both of my legs and both of my arms down and let him do this to me. he stuck a speculum inside of me. i was scared. i was screaming and i didn't want him to touch me. and there was nothing i could do. >> reporter: both women talk about being forced to eat a lot of food, sometimes not being given any food, being forced to drink a lot of water. 28 girls shared three bedrooms on the upper floor of this house. there was one toilet. but -- >> if i stood up to go

>> i'm respectfully declining. >> don williams is also the pastor at the church on the grounds. oer gave cnn a cd sold by the church in which williams is preaching his views about who is to blame when a male whistles at a females. >> if you girls are walking down the sidewalk and some fellows drive by and they whistle, you better stop and think about that. what drew that whistle? was it the way i was walking? or maybe the way i was dressed or whatever? did i do something to defraud those men? >> it shows pictures of girls that attended and claims there are no spankings or any out of the ordinary punishments. this facility has been around for about four decades. it seems to be a thriving enterprise. the people in charge don't particularly want to answer my questions. we're not alone. they don't really answer government either. in indiana group homes operated by churches and religious ministries are exempt from licensure. so nobody in the government even knows what's going on behind the closed doors. the women say their parents also had no idea what was going on there. in the 15 mo

>> i'm respectfully declining. >> don williams is also the pastor at the church on the grounds. a cd sold by the church in which williams is preaching his views about who is to blame when a male whistles at a females. >> if you girls are walking down the sidewalk and some fellows drive by and they whistle, you better stop and think about that. what drew that whistle? was it the way i was walking? or maybe the way i was dressed or whatever? did i do something to defraud those men? >> it shows pictures of girls that attended and claims there are no spankings or any out of the ordinary punishments. this facility has been around for about four decades. it seems to be a thriving enterprise. the people in charge don't particularly want to answer my questions. we're not alone. they don't really answer government either. in indiana group homes operated by churches and religious ministries are exempt from licensure. so nobody in the government even knows what's going on behind the closed doors. the women say their parents also had no idea what was going on there. in the 15 months you were

tim williams is in the first warning weather center. >> don, we've had a pretty nice afternoon, shaping up and while there is a chance of showers, right on through the weekend, really what we are dealing with is a transition in temperatures. normal high is 72 degrees. that's our average for this date. 75 now with a good bit of sunshine, out there early today and wind from the southwest combined to give us a temperature above our average 50 oakland. 63 cumberland. 76 on the shore. the high pressure that's going to be moving in here is going to be butted up against the low that won't go away. we will be dealing with winds through the weekend. the low is going to bring us a chance for showers. we are talking about a slight chang of showers , the difference you will feel will be the temperatures. we will talk about how cool and fall like it gets in the forecast. >>> if you are looking for a fun outside activity this weekend, head out to baltimore county, this year's corn maze at the rogers farms once known as the north run farm on green spring valley is open for business. you and your frien

[laughter] take william jennings bryant, add in a healthy dose of don rickless, and that's pretty much what they were about to get from me. i thought there would be elks in the room, but instead the judge of the contest was a speech teacher from a local high school. as i gave the speech, i kept my eye on him, and nothing moved on his face. some of the boys in the room started snickering, a couple looked upset. the lone black kid in the room, he was trying to cover the smile on his face. [laughter] when the speech was over, the teacher/judge went to the head of the room and said thank you all for your well written speeches, the winner of this year's elks club boys state speech contest is michael moore. [laughter] [applause] congratulations, michael. he then proceeds to tell me that i have to give the speech tomorrow at the closinger is mopenies of boys state in front of the 2,000 other boys. no, no, no, no, i don't want to do that. [laughter] you don't really want me to give that speech. oh, yes, i do. [laughter] you have to give it, that's the rule. he also told me for my own good he w

williams trying to explain his rant targeting mexicans. i'm susan hendricks at cnn world headquarters in atlanta in for don lemon. great to see you. you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> wow. look at that. this is tropical storm lee as it slams into the mississippi coast. a group of people trying to keep that boat from being battered to pieces against the pier. it was a no-go losing battle. the waves were too rough, too big and by morning the vessel looked like this, upside down with huge holes in the bottom, but the men are okay, the men who tried to save the boat. tropical storm lee is slightly weaker tonight, and topping winds of 50 miles an hour. it is packing a lot of rain and hardly moving at all and slow going. right now it is hovering over the coastline of louisiana and mississippi. nearly 40,000 customers were without power earlier saturday, but two-thirds of them have electricity again. the governors of mississippi and louisiana have declared states of emerging si for several parishes and counties. parts of jefferson parish in new orleans are under a mandatory evacuation order because of the flooding threat. the mayor of new