i am donna richason.e of the worst rainfall to hit the southeast in a century, nearly a week of storms and flooding are blamed for at least six deaths. coming up meteorologist bob van dillen tells you whether the worst is over. >>> president obama's considering a new strategy for the war on afghanistan. it will focus on going after al qaeda including using more spy planes to targeted suspected terror hachs. administration officials say this could be a better option than a major military escalation. and those are some of our headlines we are following this morning. so how are you doing on a sleepy tuesday, a rainy tuesday for a lot of people. i'm robin meade. former president bill clinton is weighing in on the health care reform debate. last night he told larry king that he thinks some but not all of the fighting about president obama's proposal is motivated by race. >> i believe some of the right-wing extremists which oppose president obama are also racially prejudiced and would prefer not to have an afri

i am donna richason. úc >>> good morning. it's thursday. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade.ay is going great. >>> researchers say they've found a way to keep people from getting a deadly virus. and it's worked in at least one trial. >>> a man admits to reporters that he killed his family. now hear what he says drove him to do it and why he couldn't kill himself. >>> also -- the behind the scenes government program that's helping maybe you. good news you in a bad economy. we'll let you know more. >>> our top story, a major breakthrough in the fight against aids. for the first time ever, an experimental hiv vaccine prevented people from being infected. volunteers in thailand who got the two-part booster were 31% less likely to get hiv, according to researchers. here's achieve medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta talking about why even this limited success is a major breakthrough. >> what the scientific community is telling us and what they'll be talking about over the next week or so is this idea that this is proof of principle, this is this proof that this pathogen that cau

i am donna richason. >>> 3:00 in the morning, i got up and i got up because i had to use the bathroomwalked in the kitchen and the back door's wide open and i go in her room and she's gone. >> it had nothing to do with her, fan, she can't help she was the last one to see her. >> she didn't make no noise that night. i would have woke up and i didn't hear anything at all. i was really exhausted that day, you know? you know. i wish they would have took me instead of her. what do they want with a 5-year-old? >> it could have been any one of us and our children. any one. nobody knows where there's a psycho, sicko. nobody. >> to marlaina schiavo, what does this mean to the investigation the last person to see this little girl alive, reportedly in her own bed, has skipped town? >> what it means, nancy, they're going to want to talk to her. they already want to talk to her including her own attorney. she spoke to police over the weekend. her attorney wasn't informed of this interview. so major bowling of putnam county said they'd like to sit down with her and her lawyer to find out what happe

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i am donna richason. >>> a new recording reportedly from osama bin ladin just hit the internet and it fare after america pulls out, referring to afghanistan? we can't confirm that it is, in fact, bin ladin. the voice warns u.s. allies share in the blame for air strikes in afghanistan that have killed civilians. >>> two alleged terror plots targeted two u.s. cities and federal agents say the suspects in both were ready to pull the trigger. the arrests happened in texas. neither case is connected with the third plot in colorado we have been talking about all week. >>> we start with the teenager from jordan. he is in federal custody accused of planning to bomb the 60-story skyscraper in downtown dallas. sean calebs has more on how authorities stopped the terror plot. >> reporter: the official charge against 19-year-old hosarsamadi and say they noticed his rants and raves on the internet saying he wants to unleash a terrorist attack here in the united states. fbi agents posed as undercover al qaeda rop atives operatives and began discussions online. they are detailed in the 10-page arrest

i am donna richason. >>> president obama back in washington from his appearance at the g-20 summit int here. the president dove back in to the health care debate saying congress needs to pass a health care bill this year. >>> friends and family said good-byes to annie le, the funeral was held yesterday here in california. she was found dead at the new haven lab where she worked on the day that she was supposed to get married. a co-worker is charged with her killing. >>> germans are voting in their national elections today. recently several threatening videos from al qaeda and the taliban have been posted to the internet warning voters to stay away from the polls. meanwhile, chancellor angela merkel is expected to win another four-year term. >>> it's a quick check of the headlines here for this last sunday in september. time flies, doesn't it. i'm natasha curry. iran's president got a welcome home. international pressure is rising after iran's revelation of a secret nuclear enrichment plant. officials there are blasting the u.s. and otters for what they say was a hostile reaction. they

i am donna richason. >>> good morning, sunshine.a little bit of rest. here's what's going on. a three-day hunt is over for a legally insane killer who got away during a field trip, but he gave all these clues before he escaped and officials are furious he went unnoticed. >>> and it has been raining non-stop for days in the southeast. >>> and then these two guys became really good friends after they started working together, but you won't believe how they discovered that they were actually brothers. >>> first though, police have caught a legally insane killer who escaped from a field trip to the county fair. he was on the loose for three days. sheriffs in washington state say they found him with a deadly cutting tool. this is the guy who strangled and slit is throat of a woman in 1987. law enforcement officials are outraged. >> there was an extreme amount of anger that this event even take place. we have learned several things throughout this investigation, one of those that mr. paul was not compliant in taking his medications. my qu

i am donna richason. >>> the mn accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary ofe has ordered najibullah zazi to remain in custody. authorities said zazi planned to make bombs made from chemicals he bought from beauty stores. >>> sources tell the associated press the white house is running in to legal and logistical hurdles to moving more than 220 detainees still there. tears of joy in north korea today where families separated for decades are being reunited. the reunions are for families separated by the korean war which ended in 1953 with the cease-fire and no formal peace treaty between north and south korea. that's a check of the headlines here on hln. i'm natascha curry. president obama is weighing his options with the direction of the war in afghanistan. but as chris lawrence tells us, it may not be an upside to the choices he's facing. >> reporter: a secret meeting at a secured military base in europe that could help to decide the fate of up to 40,000 american troops. cnn learned general david petraeus and the chairman of the ramstein, germany with a face-t

i am donna richason. >>> all right.is one just floors me nearly every mom and dad in america have the cute bath time foes of their kids, toddlers, of course they are naked in the bathtub. folks in an arizona walmart thought one family's photos showed a little too much. next thing you know child services take away all three of these little girls. 4, 5, 18 months old, mom and dad labeled sex offenders, mom suspended from her work. but a month later a judge ruled the photos were harmless. imagine being those parents. >> here we were, forced to sit and watch helplessly as they ripped our crying, screaming -- terrified children away from us. >> we now realize how much control the state has and that they can pull any one of your children out of your home right now. >> make all parents stop and think. we'll take your calls on this 1-877-tell-hln. joining me to talk about it, little ones' grandm grandma jeanie stump, also the family attorney. starting with you, your daughter and husband thought they took the fnt bath time shot

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i am donna richason. xxxxxx >>> how sad this anna nicole smith story, a tragedy turning into antright scandal even more of one. today, boyfriends, partner, howard k. stern facing more talk then this talk anna nicole in a compromising position with an alleged doctor, photos of her and her psychiatrist naked in a bathtub. what is next with this story? 1-877-tell-hln. we invite you to call in on this story, one many of you has followed as passionately as we have. we know the last person to see her has skipped down after a knock-down drag-out fight with her dad. ron cummings seen throwing 17-year-old misty's clothes on the street. sounds like the honeymoon is over between ron and misty. we also have this phone records reveal ron called home 20 times the night little haleigh disappeared but misty has said she was watching movies with the kids and everybody was in bed by 10:00. what really happened? do we know. taking your calls 1-877-tell-hln. welcome back former criminal investigator john lucich and producer from nancy grace show marlena schiavo. first, can you confirm she has left

i am donna richason. >>> a terror suspect is indicted. man charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. >>> more testimony in the bahamas of two people trying to blackmail john travolta. mckenzie phillips claims she had a sexual consensual incestuous relationship with her father. i'm chuck roberts. breaking news about the nationwide terrorism investigation. the colorado man, the 24-year-old man facing charges of lying to the fbi, faces a new count of conspireing to use a weapon of mass destruction. najibullah zazi will appear in a denver courtroom. federal prosecutors want him transferred to new york. court documents claim he plotted for a year to carry out a bomb attack. zazi was arrested saturday, his father and new york muslim cleric ahmad afzali has been released. >>> two new jersey police officers recovering from gunshot wounds in lakewood. one officer was shot in the face and another shot in the foot. bullet-proof vests protected the other two officers involved in the search warrant for fire arms and narcotics. >>> to

i am donna richason. !e!e!e!e!e!e >>> i want to get to the bottom of what happened.>> are you of the mind that you should try anything? >> absolutely. if that's what we need to, do then that's what we can do. >> i'm trying to do everything to find her, you know, answer any questions i have to. because i know i didn't do anything to that little girl. >> here's the back screen door. the one that was propped open with the cinder block. okay? now, if you see, when it closed, it slams. it makes a loud noise. but if you leave this door, this slowly closes as well. >> i just want everybody to know that i didn't do anything with that little girl. i love her like she's my own. >> straight out to the lines. katie in north carolina. hi, katie. >> caller: hi. i was curious because when tommy came by the door had to be locked but when misty woke up it was open. so was the lock broken? i mean, how did the door get unlocked? >> good question. marlaina schiavo, what can you tell us? you've actually tested out the door. >> well, the door tommy was knocking on was the front door. the

i am donna richason. >>> a vicious attack on a store clerk during an armed robbery.ing for your help finding the woman who assaulted the store employee. >>> a woman who got the wrong embryo has delivered the baby. who will the infant go home with? and what is the biggest danger for a late night talk show host? conan o'brien had something come to his head and it landed him in the hospital. >> good saturday to you. so glad you are with us. i am susan hendricks. the guantanamo detention center likely will not be closed by a deadline set by president obama. the sources say they think the facility will be closed soon. during his first week in office, president obama signed an executive order. senate republican leader says the announcement proves there is no better alternative for housing detainees. >>> pretty brutal to watch. store chloric was attacked by a woman with a crowbar. this happened thursday night and police say the woman was paying for shirts when she suddenly pulled out the crowbar and hit the clerk several times. she fled in the car with no license plates. in

i am donna richason. >>> a man wanted for questioning in connection with the killings of his wife anditi where he does have family. saturday police responded to a missing person's report. they endered the home in naples, florida and found the bodies. a child welfare worker visited the wife and her five children three days before they were found dead. at the time said they found nothing unusual. a spokesman for the sheriff's special investigation division says since 2000 police had been called to the couple's house several times for domestic distur benss. the children were between the ages of 11 months and 9 years. >>> police with search dogs are back at the home of the california couple accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard. they are digging up phillip and nancy garrido's property for clues into the unsolved disappears of two other girls in the late 1980s. early dogs trained to find human remains as well as ground penetrating radar equipment indicated bones may be buried underground. in a news conference earlier, police say they intend to focus on that spot again. >> as far as the searc

i am donna richason. >>> tonight, a family torn apart.phillips back on oprah again with more head spinning claims about drug addiction and rape. this time she has ammo, she's bringing her sister, who's now backing up mackenzie's claim of incest with her dad. other members of mackenzie's extended clan are lining up against her charging, you lie! issues has exclusive information from the family of john phillips. >>> a double dose of evil, blood soaked walls, beaten dogs and day care? a horrific dogfighting ring busted up at a child care center in illinois. ten children taken out during a police raid. the dogs were tortured. who were the sickos who thought dogfighting and day care were a good mix? >> jaycee dugard will take the stand against phillip garrido. this could force her to reveal every gut wrenching and sordid sexual detail all while she is trying to rebuild her life. does the criminal justice system victimize rape survivors twice? a superstar allegedly skipping out on his hotel bill. randy quaid and his wife accused of owing a hote

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