line in georgia today? our correspondent is in gori. it is a big opportunity for them to pretend that this is some sort of victory. >> yes, that is right. gori was at the center of the conflict in many ways. they have tried to hammer home the message that russia was responsible for the conflict. in the town center, the reds a moment of silence just a few moments ago. -- there was a moment of silence just a few moments ago. there's a large billboard depicting a graphic images of the conflict. it says, "stopped russian aggression." georgia is trying to convince of world it was not to blame for the war. the origins of the conflict are still very much disputed. >> whoever started it, it does look like georgia did send its troops into south ossetia. it has been a testing time for president mikheil saakashvili. >> he has had a political crisis of his own here. a large number of people in georgia blamed president mikheil saakashvili for mishandling the conflict. even western diplomats have felt that president mikh

the government of georgia is grateful for the strong expression of support of georgia. by president obama during his visit in moscow and a number of other occasions, and vice president biden during his recent trip to the region. georgia is grateful of the u.s. commitment of 1 billion, which hardly helped us to remove consequences of the war. and provide basic social conditions for those who have been ethnically cleansed and displace other houses. georgia recognizes that there is any more to do and it makes its way towards full democracy. and full commitment to the job. a sweepingly a democratic reforms which were unprecedented unaccountability of these reforms include electoral systems, judiciary expanding opposition changing and more balancing power between the executive and legislative branch. so all these are commitments that these commitments are not just a commitment made but they have a very clear timelines, and most of them and most of these reforms will be in the one year period from now. the government of georgia recognizes that the best way to or forward for g

it now seems the target was of lager from georgia. -- was a blogger from georgia. make of that what you will. french tourists are among 12 people killed in floods in the philippines. thousands were forced from their homes. bridges and roads were washed away. they are grounding flights and confining millions to their homes. we have a report. >> after the storm, the flood. this is the scene in the philippines were a day louche of rain caused a dam to burst, -- where a deluge of rain caused a dam to burst, forcing people from their homes. whole villages were submerged. the flood waters were so strong, rescue workers were forced to make desperate efforts to save those stranded. but some people were not so lucky. like here in this province. >> the mounting collapse, and the water gushed. they were swept away by the floods. >> in one area, all schools were closed and the state of emergency was declared. but as they start to pick up the pieces, elsewhere, they are preparing for the worst. apart from the typhoon, it heads for mainland china. fishing boats and other vessels

is based on the will of the nation of georgia. 77% of the nation of georgia voted for this.litical forces signed an agreement that notwithstanding whoever will be in power -- and this was signed into parliament -- they will pursue this angle. this is irreversible. we think is quite misleading if you follow the judgment whether it is a provocation to russia or not. çsecurity and stability of georgia should be in the interest of all our neighbors. besides this, georgia is a country with quite an important political location we are also a contributor. even today, not being a member of the alliance, georgia has heavily contributed to global peace and security. just recently we announced that a georgian contingent will join the afghanistan operation. and we are resuming our presence with up to 600 troops. >> i am the political editor with human events, news weekly. my question is twofold. the president uses the ", "with interest." does this leave you order government in tbilisi to believe that they are trying to use south insets yet to expand into the caucasus further and, in es

the georgia woman disappeared last tuesday as she walked along a rural road in georgia.hey were talking on her cell phone when he overheard a struggle. that cell phone was found about two miles north of where she was last seen. police were investigating if her former jobs may be related to her disappearance. she worked at a state prison, a county sheriff's office. she took firearms classes and taught self-defense. she has a 15-year-old son. nancy grace has the latest. she's been working the story all day. the latest on the apparent abduction of kristi cornwell. now the search has spread to north carolina. what else is going on? her phone left behind a lot of clues apparently. nancy grace has it all tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern here on hln. >>> two young kids are back with their mother after being kidnapped from their home early this morning. javier soto is in phoenix with more on their abduction and how the children were found. >> how they doing, officer? >> reporter: found safe. four and a half hours after these two kids were kidnapped. >> somebody beating on the d

police came out along with georgia bureau of investigation. they found evidence of her belongings and they also found evidence of a struggle, but they won't comment on the details. >> what did the boyfriend say he actually heard transpire. they're on the phone, casual conversation. what happened? >> well, he says that she said a car was pulling up to her and as he was on the phone with her he said that he heard signs of a struggle. we don't know exactly what it was, but he also reportedly heard screaming and he reportedly heard her say don't take me and that's when the phone call cut off. >> to the analyst author of cold case squad, pine lake p.d., you are in georgia, what are you hearing about this case tonight? >> we've got multiple agencies involved. the gbi is involved and the georgia state patrol and the union conte sheriff's department is involved, dnr and other local agencies helping with k-9 and air and on the ground. it's a full-on, widespread search. >> here's my concern, cheryl. when she and her boyfriend, when krit i and her boyfri

georgia was the icing on the cake. normally in russian history, when the russian army when the victory there's a great celebration, the army is great, it is wonderful, nothing changes. this is unprecedented because two or three weeks after the shooting stopped instituted these reforms that released in the paper, that he and other people like roger mcdermott and others in the profession have catalogued, the chief of staff gets up and said the russian army is not ready for contemporary warfare. this is a shocking announcement under the circumstances. it has been followed by other shocks. the idea that they're going to israel to buy new 80s, the scandal given their past record of relationships, the israelis mauamakvmake excellents and win sell them for political purposes, they cut out two levels of command, control and communications by instituting this reform and getting rid of a whole bunch of people, warehouse generals who are sitting around pushing paper all day. they understand they need an army that can move quickly

we're talking about a very nice area in georgia, blairsville, georgia. it's calm, beautiful. right there on the carolina border. joining me along is leticia lance at the command center where everyone is searching for kristi cornwell is a very dear friend of hers. sherry kimsey is with us. sherry, thank you for joining us. tell us about kristi's routine. did she take this walk often? >> she walked late in the afternoons or evenings because it was cooler. i think that she had taken a fall earlier and had an injury, and was trying to walk off the soreness and pain. this happened a few weeks earlier. she was exercising, trying to get rid of the pain, i think. >> sherry kimsey, joining us at the command center. miss kimsey, we keep hearing that personal items were found, and that is how police are marking the spot from where she was taken. what personal items did she take with her to go on a walk? >> i'm not sure about that. i've not been in contact with the authorities. i've pretty much stayed in contact with her family and close friends. i do know that i think she dropped a shoe

pushing deep into the georgia territory. the five-day war killed at least 390 people displaced tens of thousands and left fear that more fighting could erupt. the scars still remain as we hear in this report from deutsche welle. >> reporter: relatives of those killed in the fighting commemorated their loved ones by laying flowers in the georgian capital tbilisi. the hostilities may have only lasted five days but they left behind countless personnel tragedies. >> translator: some call it a minor, pointless war, but it was a major war for us. our children aren't with us anymore. my son was killed on august 8th. >> reporter: there's still no siement of relations between russia and georgia. many in the region fear armed conflict could erupt again. >> translator: we still feel it's dangerous. all my friends and relatives are worried. all we can do is have faith and trust in the international community. >> reporter: the european union have some 200 observers along georgia's border with south ossetia. russian troops are stationed o

they've been down to georgia. they've also been working with us and helping us with the sex offenders in that county and that's just north of union county. and then tennessee borders not too far away from here. and if you you would go down to the end of the road where the cell phone was found, if you take a right, you go to north carolina. if you take a left, could you go into tennessee. so we're working with tennessee authorities as well to interview approximately 180 sex offenders in the counties bordering georgia. >> wow. you mentioned the phone. do you know anything else about that phone call with her boyfriend? what was said, anything else you can glean a clue off of, john? >> well, we've interviewed the boyfriend. and talked to him to get as much information as we can. we haven't released any specific details about what that interview contained. we do know that the call was made by the boyfriend in atlanta. that's where the cell phone connection was made to the tower. so you know, as far as his involvement t

a driver ran in to a pole at georgia avenue. alternate will be more down wired at greenbelt road and capital drive. crews are working hard on that scene. 270, one slow go from germantown to 370 on theiner loop dealing with a slow ride around the little river area. drivers making that ware to 66. that's just volume. okay approaching the american legion bridge. over to you. >> thank you, angie. >>> people in boston will get another seven hours today to say good-bye to the late senator ted kennedy. so far the outpouring of support has been amazing. a live picture from inside the jfk library in boston. there you can see his casket as the sun rises in the background. the military and family are keeping an around the clock vigil. this is what it looked like just after one this morning. it was supposed to end at midnight but police let the thousands in line continue to go through. the streets were lined with people including a five time campaign volunteer. >> you seem like such a warm, approachable, gracious person. not perfect, but go

it's a rirl area, halfway between blue ridge, georgia, and blairsville, georgia. >> this is just where the mountains are starting on the appalachian trail. >> caller: you're the best thing that happened to tv besides color. >> i'm going to get a recording of tonight's show. and when the twins are fussing at mommy, i'm going to play it for them. >> caller: has the boyfriend been ruled out as a suspect? i saw her mother this morning, she is the one that called 911. that doesn't add up to me. >> natisha, explain that. how did that unfold? >> the boyfriend called the mother first. he told her what happened. he was horrified. the mother called 911, and he called them after that. >> we'll be joined when we come back by marc klaas and joshua perper. we'll unleash the lawyers. >>> a mother of a 15-year-old son, disappears out on a walk in a rural area. disappears, the last known kkt is with a boyfriend in atlanta. he hears what sounds like a struggle, he reports hearing her saying, don't take me, then he losing a connection. no sign of her since then. >> someone might have known her routine. s

aw, shucks. >> i met georgia perimeter college, political science major. >> georgia.that's great. >> i've been working on a gubernatorial campaign in the state. in the georgia republican party, states' rights are becoming a big issue. what part do you think the states' rights and state sovereignty has played in the conservative movement, maintaining popularity in the nation as a whole? >> most recently it has played a big role. i hope it continues, because the more states that send a signal back to washington that we can insert -- can exert states' rights are a signal we need to send. most recently, that has picked up in activity. some states are going back to the 10th amendment, saying the 10th amendment says this, but that does not give you the right to impose this on us. 34 states have already passed legislation to that effect. when you get to that misstates willing to say to washington, we don't have to take some of these programs, that could change things. >> thank you. >> university of chicago. joseph. god bless you. we have talked a lot about politics and race.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin tonight with breaking news out of north georgia where the desperate search is on for a young mother in extreme danger. she sets out for her usual evening walk near the family home. a cell phone glued to her ear as she chats casually with her boyfriend, but then something goes terribly wrong. out of nowhere the boyfriend hears a struggle. he hears it with his own ears as he and his girlfriend are talking on the phone and then the call is cut short. she vanishes. k-9s, volunteers and multiple law enforcement agencies are combing the north georgia mountains right now in the search for christy cornwell. >> kristi cornwell walking along a remote area thursday, a walk she's taken many times for exercise. she's on the phone with her boyfriend and all of a sudden he hears her say, don't take me. the line drops and she hasn't been seen since. >> she was abducted in a vehicle and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> authorities are stopping all cars on and around joans creek road asking drivers if they saw anything t

russia acuses georgia of rearming. grgians sa ty feel threaten. our correspondent repts from soutrn ossetia. he georgian psident mikhail saakashvi came to honor e deaths of -- at the country's main milary cemetery. mor than 200eorgians, includingivilians, were killed in the brief war. despite leadin his coury into a disarous conflict with ussia, saakashvili has no regrets. >> i have never and will neve fail to emphasize my passion, to tr to prott thisountry from destrtion and from aggression. ultimate, this is e right of every people to fight for. it is the obligationof every government to enable their people to survive. >> but this is what he would faf he wants to win back south ossetia. russian troops now permantly ased in thereakaway region. the russians have billed up their military prence here over the pas year. -- have built up their mitary presence here over th past year. not evethese european union monitors can cross om georgia in south oetia, whichas beco a up no-go zone. it is our russn enclave. >> summit may liket, and some not. we will

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georgia calls to provocation. >> the mystery of arctic sea. the search is on for the cargo ship that has gone missing en route to algeria. >> welcome to bbc news. coming up later for you, fear on holiday after a weekend of about how many attacks on the island of mayorca. how the tourists of coping. >> the best makers of cocktails in the world hold their annual championship. >> it is a day trip designed to make a point and certain to raise tensions between russia and its neighbor, georgia. a year after the peace agreement which ended the short war between the two countries russia's prime minister has been in the break away georgia republican. put tin promised to spend $500 million on military base there and for thify its bored with georgia. >> the russian prime minister arrived here assured of a warm welcome. they see russia as the only country to prepare them from george. >>en aggression. while putin paid respect, he made row sources for the large number of russian troops now permanently based here. in the formal talks between the leaders, it

tech which is in atlanta, georgia. he was convicted on terrorism-related charges this week. but the defendant represented himself. tell us about this case, richard. >> this guy, he's a georgia man convicted in four counts of supporting terrorists and a foreign terrorist organization. faces up to 60 years in prison, sentencing will be october 15th. they indicted him with others. they had surveillance information on him. they had e-mails on him. they had friends of his, pictured with bombs -- bomb belts. >> they also had a number of very important so-called casing videos, melissa, which really did him in. >> of u.s. landmarks. right. >> when you represent yourself, is this a surprise ending? i don't think so. >> what did he say in his closing argument? >> it's a lot harder than "law and order." now he's looking at 60 years. >> the informant looking at 15 years. stay with us, we'll take a break and come back and talk about three more cases making headlines this week. >>> they are some of the most beautiful sites in the co

russia accuses georgia of rearming. georgians say they feel threatened. our correspondent reports from southern ossetia. >> the georgian president mikhail saakashvili came to honor the deaths of -- at the country's main military cemetery. more than 200 georgians, including civilians, were killed in the brief war. despite leading his country into a disastrous conflict with russia, saakashvili has no regrets. >> i have never and i will never fail to emphasize my passion, to try to protect this country from destruction and from aggression. ultimately, this is the right of every people to fight for. it is the obligation of every government to enable their people to survive. >> but this is what he would face if he wants to win back south ossetia. russian troops now permanently based in the breakaway region. the russians have billed up their military presence here over the past year. -- have built up their military presence here over the past year. not even these european union monitors can cross from georgia into south ossetia, which has become a up no-go zone

georgia 6-3. a very good season for those little guys. the mystics beat the sun 91-89 in double overtime down in verizon. if the pga championship, tiger woods leads by four strokes over five golfers heading into the weekend. safe to say, it's over. tiger will win his first major of the year. that's your sports, i'm dan hellie, everybody have a great weekend. >>> thank you, dan. still ahead in our next half hour on "news4 today," the weekend edition, professional-grade fireworks are normally reserved for shows like the one on the national mall. t now they're going out illegally in some unexpected places in the washington area, that story ahead. >>> and plan ahead, another weekend of major delays on metro, we'll tell you where. >>> and we'll introduce you to a man who is not letting his age stop him, competing on the greens at the age ever 91.r >>> updating the top stories, president barack obama heads to grand junction, colorado today, in his effort to overhaul the health care system. he'll hold an

she hasn't been seen since. >>> a frightening story in blairsville, georgia, north georgia. christie cornwell walking across a remote area tuesday. near her parents' home. 38-year-old, talking to her boyfriend on the phone. he hears the concern in her voice as she sees a car approach. the last thing he hears, she is screaming and says, don't take me. the line goes dead. she hasn't been seen since. joining me now to talk about this, michelle with "america's most wanted." and criminologist, jack lef in. jonk bankhead is with us with the georgia bureau of investigation. and richard cornwell, cristi's brother. richard, do you have any idea what could have happened to your sister here? >> well, from the evidence that's been collected thus far remote road here that your sister had walked? sounded like walked many times. >> yes. there's only a handful of houses on this road. it's a very rural area. and she did -- she liked to walk down this particular road, leaving her parents' house. and she walked for exercise. tuesday night was when the abduction occurred on the country road. >>

georgia has called that a provocation. tie one sendg troops topeed rescue efforts after last week's deadly typon -- taiwan is sendingroops to speed up rescue efforts after last week's deadly typhoon coming up later, the mystery of arctic sea. the srch is on for the car ship that hagone missing. fair on liday afte weekend of mb attacks in the island o majorca, just how are tourists copi? hello to you. thebc understand that the byan man convicted of the 1988 lockerbie is to be released on a scottish pron on compassionate grounds. he h terminal prostate cancer. he has been rving a life sentence convicted of blowing up a pan airliner over the scottish town of lockerbie. al259 people on board were killed with 11 more on the grnd. has ways protested his innocence. he has be appealing his conviction for a cond time in scottish courts. let's go to washington now and our correspondent. we re just diussing this. it is like, isn't it, this news will be diffently received, pending on which side of th atlantic you are on? that is right

what was georgia like when you came in contact with her? >> well, larry, georgia's come a long way. you know, when i first met her she could pretty much care less for humans. she had a laundry list of issues. behavior issues we had to overcome for her to get to this point where you see her now today. now she's a great spokes model for the breed and show people these dogs do deserve a second chance and can be rehabilitated. >> larry: she was forced to breed? >> correct. we're not sure of the dog's history for the most part. georgia is the dog with where the scars tell the tale. when we got her, from head to tail, she was covered in scars. she had been forcibly bred, overbred several times. the poor girl was traumatized, definitely tormented for a majority of her life. now that the past is behind her and she's a very happy dog, in fact, we get to go very fun places and she absolutely enjoys cameras and loves to be the true diva she is. >> larry: she has no teeth? >> no, she doesn't. they could have been pulled out for forced breeding or sparring. we're not entirely sure. she came to u

it's a particularly delicate mission because of russian sensitivities about georgia. last week, russia accused washington of rearming what it called georgia's "war machine." the pentagon says russia was consulted about the decision to avoid any misunderstandings. you'll recall that russia and georgia fought a five-day war last summer. >>> and now to asia. and another sign of a recent thaw between north and south korea. south korea said today it will renew its offer to give aid to the north, if it gives up its nuclear program. just yesterday, north korea freed a south korean man who had been detained for several months. tensions in the region seem to have eased considerably in the aftermath of former president bill clinton's surprised to visit pyongyang earlier this month. he helped win the release of two u.s. journalists being held there. >>> and an update on a story we've been following all week long. the terrible flooding and loss of life in taiwan in the aftermath of a typhoon that struck there earlier this week. it's been called the worst flooding in the region in

it's not only there in georgia, it's all over the country. look at the children that are dead because mothers were allowed to drag or beat and society does nothing and the official dozen nothing. >> you know, to dr. patricia saunders, clinical psychologist. it's my observation from trying so many cases, being in the courthouse, you know, for over a decade, that crimes on children are treated less seriously. there are lighter sentences. murder cases are dropped down to voluntary manslaughters. i don't understand that. why the attitude? >> the only thing i can think of is people have the mythology that children get over things and they're not as vulnerable as they in fact are. >> this is a person who has a certain attitude, let's say, about discipline which is not a good one. it doesn't teach your child anything. it humiliates your child. it harms your child. >>> the body of the boy found in the new york canal on monday has been positively identified this afternoon as that of 8-year-old robert manwill. preliminary results from the autopsy give

it could bring 3 to 5 inches of rain to florida and southwest georgia. and some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to ten inches of rain. meantime, tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. also, tropical storm ana still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic but they can't say if it will reach the u.s. >>> milwaukee mayor tom barrett is recovering after being beaten with a metal pipe. at last word, he was in stable condition at a hospital. we don't know the extent or type of injuries he received in this attack. but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for the man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving the fair with his family when he saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor began dialing 911, and that is when the suspect apparently stopped at

we are delayed from new hampshire to georgia. the accident at georgia no longer there. overall things not too terrible. moving to 270 southbound. one slow ride. tracking that trip as drivers make their way from 118 germantown road to 370. we will skip that take and take you to the maps. from 95 to 66. finding that speeds are okay. 58 miles an hour on the average according to the realtime sensors and look at 395. tracking a 1 a-minute commute that is growing. drivers making their way from duke to seminary, stuck from in a little bit of a crawl. back to you. >>> right now in the tropics two storms we are keeping an eye on. gill has become the first atlantic hurricane of the season season and claudette has come ashore in the u.s. it made land fall near fort walton beach. it has been dumping heavy rains. it should be downgraded in a few hours. it will bring plenty of rain but no flooding or wind damage is expected. more at 7:00 on the "early show." >>> president obama and his allies are increasing their push for health care reform, but one part of it might not be a deal bre

the russian press has a dumb beat on georgia -- drum beat on georgia. so what's the real reason for this press issue? >> that's a good question. first of all let me say i don't think they plan to attack. putin said they didn't. and not that he's a spokesman for the truth. i find it hard to imagine what they would gain from doing so. >> yeah, they would overrun georgia. but they'd lose more than they pained. i think what's gong on here is a determination to keep the defensive, i think they convinced themselves he's trying to rearm and take back the places and no ideahat bases they are doing this. i do know that russian intelligence are habitually fake and addicted to the worse-case scenario. third they want to make it clear to the united states, and this is clearly linked to the -- at the cis is what you would say, it's ours, it's yours. the reason i said is tt earlier today it was written that in moscow the concept of e reset button is seen as an apology by the u.s. that we were wrong. and what's more is seems as an acknowledgment that the cis is really

it could bring three to five inches of rain to georgia and southwestern florida.nd some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to ten inches of rain. meantime, tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic, getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. and then there's tropical storm ana still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic but it can't say if it will reach the u.s. yet. stay right here with hln. your full weather forecast and storm check straight ahead. >>> the weekend is bring nothing rest for officials preaching health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows but may be giving indications they may be flexible about one controversial aspect of the proposal. >>> president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to silence some of the criticism of his health care reform plan. meantime, other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has fa

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mary anne silber is live in jonesboro, georgia following all the developments.ell us what went on. >> hi, jamie, that was dr. brian till involved in the heated exchange earlier this week at another town hall and during that exchange congressman scott said if you want a health care meeting i will give you one. that's what they were doing today. and there was quite a turnout. the doctor got up, was given a chance to speak at length. he actually spoke longer than some of the other people with questions to talk about what his concerns are. he said he tried to contact the congressman's office and did not hear back and he voiced concerns today and what he says he wants to see the program done on a trial basis, you know, try it out first before you make this a plan for the entire country and that's some of what he talked with congressman scott about today, but it was very organized, very cordial to each other and he got out what he wanted to say. >> jamie: i remember, mary anne, in the initial meeting. the congressman said this is not the forum for you to ask question,

slowing at old georgetown road around to georgia avenue to head southbound on georgia down toward thethe problem is the signal lights that are short timing as you exit from the beltway toward seminary road and down toward 16th street and that is the contributing factor to the inner loop and why it's slow from old georgetown to go southbound on georgia avenue. meanwhile, if you're traveling 66 close in here at gallows road, the overpass east of nutsly street, lanes are open, below speed as you approach the beltway. no incidents reported. that's a check of your fox t ra. -iff time traffic. trouble for metro. the first, a remain man killed while doing track work on the orange line over the weekend. he was hit by ae pciecof equipment just before 10:00 last night. halfway between dunn loring and vienna station. e crew of 10 to 15 emplees were replacing cross ties on the tracks at the time. orange line service was suspended in the area last night. >>> and more net row news -- metro news this morning. a train collision happened about 3 months before the one in june. >> this time it was a a o

a woman dragging her child through a store in georgia. there it is. the kid's flat -- you know, we don't know a lot of the back story. you figure the kid was having some kind of tantrum. that's how mom handled it. end result here, she's charged with felony child cruelty. >> she doesn't look sick to me. oh, no. and mommy's out at the verizon store where stunned shoppers see her dragging her child by the neck on a leash through the store, him lying there in a prone position. let's unleash the lawyers. joining me tonight out of new york, susan moss, child advocate. renee rockwell, defense attorney out of atlanta. and renowned attorney, alex sanchez, defense attorney joining us out of new york. go ahead, sue. >> she dragged her son by a leash? she should be in jail. capisce? what happens at home? do they make this kid sleep in a crate? look. if this wasn't her son and she dragged some stranger by the neck with a leash, clearly a felony. just because it's her son, she should not be treated any differently. >> renee rockwell, earlier our reporter eric jens

. >> we had a crash on the outer loop in maryland near georgia avenue.he impact is having. outer loop between cole's hill road and the exit for georgia avwilo this is the 14th street bridge where everything is good. >> thank you. >>> 5:32 is your time. police are investigating a deadly stabbing it in college park. two men were found with knife wounds. this was just before 4:00 this morning. one victim later died. we will have more details on this as they become available. >>> after a quiet start to the hurricane season, we're now watching three storms in the atlantic. claudette is soaking the florida panhandle. >> it has heavy wind and rain. it is expected to begin. residents are expected for whatever claudette brings. >> you should prepare for the worse. >> claudette is not expected to cause significant wind damage. there are two more storms following close behind. tropical storm ana and tropical storm bill. brian will have much more on the tropics. >>> back here at home, students, teachers, and parents have a new worry -- swine flu. >> local school dis

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it is a chilling scene in georgia tonight. we have the very latest on this investigation. >> reporter: the scene inside this mobile home was shocking even for georgia police. >> it's the first time we've ever had this many victims in one event. >> reporter: inside they found seven people dead and two people critically injured. >> i am absolutely certain, 100% what happened. i'm absolutely certain how it happened. now the question is who is response in. >> reporter: police have arrested 22-year-old guy hines junior. he made the 911 call alerting them of the massacre. so far police have charged him with making false statements, however police will not yet call him a suspect. >> be aware, be alert, don't think everything is okay because right now it's not. >> reporter: police say it will take two more days to complete all the autopsies and that investigators are still gathering physical evidence from the crime scene. they say they are following up lead up to 15 miles away. meanwhile the two survivors of the attack are still in cr

senate, i ran for office in georgia in 2004 for the u.s. senate as a republican in georgia. look at me. georgia, republican. guess what, i finished an impressive second. not just seconds, an impressive second. you don't ever just finished second. georgia has 159 counties. i went to every one of them to campaign. i would walk into rooms that all white. people with their arms folded because they could not believe a black guy was running statewide in the state of georgia. by the time i left, arms or open, smiles on their faces, because i never brought up race. i talked about the issues. that we need to eliminate the tax code and what we need to do about things. i went after the issue. here's what we need to do to stimulate the economy. you lead with solutions to the big issues. that is how you get the message across. lead with solutions. what is your name? >> jerome. >> i have some solutions at hermancain.com. >> kevin burns from the university of dallas. i read an article about how certain minorities are seen as traders of their race if they are conservatives and if they oppos

erin is with us in georgia. go ahead. >> caller: i feel like if she has lupus like she says she does, she wouldn't be able to drag this kid around. i think that's why half the kids around the world are going missing because parents are getting away with stuff. >> we did talk to a doctor about that. she said, yes. if there is a lupus and pneumonia there is a weakness. she also says she would have trouble dragging the kid around. that was her thought there. let's get another call in. penny in utah. go ahead. >> caller: hi. my comment is, i don't think she should serve any prison time. i think she needs major parenting classes. >> i agree. >> caller: my main concern is if i would have been there in that store she was at, she wouldn't have been dragging that kid. >> what would you have done? >> caller: i would have grabbed the leash and got it away from her and stopped her from doing that. >> you were that disturbed by that? >> caller: yes. absolutely. i stopped people in places before from abusing and hitting and d

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say they're not giving up hope they'll find a georgia mother who mysteriously vanishes a week ago.ls called off the ground search wednesday for 38-year-old christie corn well after eight days of combing through a three-state area for any sign of her. wornwell's boyfriend was talking to her on the phone when he heard her scream, don't take me. the went went dead. cornwell has not been seen since. joining me live, msnbc analyst and former fbi profiler, clint van zandt, author of "facing down evil." good morning. >> hi. >> we talk about christie corn well. the fact that the authorities called off the ground search what does that tell you? >> well, basically, they feel they've searched everywhere where her body could have been disposed of. in essence, looking for places where show could be alive, cabins, abandoned houses, anything like that, as well as they're looking for body disposal areas, realizing that she was taken in northern georgia, so the speculation she could have been taken up into north carolina, she could have been taken to tennessee. you know, when i look at blogs i see