is that something to where you could build a case of negligence against james arthur ray? >> well, certainly was an awkward situation. i will tell you where there may be a possibility of criminal responsibility and that's what happened after people left the sweat lodge. from what i've read, there were some people who could have been helped by some of the other participants, and what he called his dream team. his assistants, they were not allowing the assistance to be given. they looked like they were protecting their own pocketbooks, as it were, their own program, and weren't interested in protecting the people who had been put at risk. that could give rise to criminal charges. >> we heard that account from beverly bunn yesterday. she works in the dental field so she is trained medically and she wanted to help, but as you used the term, part of his dream team would not let her. so you make a good point there. ted, before we let you go, does your client, sydney, have any account of what happened outside, as -- as we know now people were dying around her outside of that swea

james arthur ray and also joining us, a doctor, a critical care surgeon at we'll cornell medical center. and good doctor, what happens with our body in intense heat like that? first let's start with ted and how is your client doing? how -- the -- sounds like she really went through the wringer? >> she did. she was in intensive care for four days. she's now living at her sister -- at her daughter's home, convalescing. she's walking and talking. and she's -- >> is she going to be okay? >> well, we don't know. >> don't know? >> i mean she's -- she's -- she's definitely going to survive this. and, frankly, every day she seems to do a little bit better than the past. but she's going to be seen by a number of doctors and neurologists, and neuropsychologi neuropsychologists, and one of our biggest concerns is that she suffered some brain injury. she had respiratory arrest and as best we can figure out at this point, she was -- went for well over an hour without medical care before they could actually get her to the hospital. >> okay. what can you tell us, what is -- has she told you about what

most people hear all this and say, come on, james arthur ray set the table for this tragedy. how are you going to defend him? >> first, we have to separate it into two parts, the criminal part and the civil part. in terms of the criminal part and what happened in the sweat lodge, i don't think there is going to be any criminal liability. >> you don't think? >> i don't think. to charge for any type of criminal charge, you at least have to proceed in the face of a known risk of possible death. i think he was just stupid, and stupid does not translate into being criminally responsible. look, these people all had an option. they were all acting voluntarily. they could have left if they wanted to. they were just as stupid about what could happen in this horrible environment as he was. so in terms of criminal responsibility, which is different than if you sued for money. but for criminal responsibility, i just don't think there's going to be any. >> but civil, there's going to be some good cases. is that what you're saying? >> absolutely. they put their trust in him. they had a con

she was among more than 50 people inside a sweat lodge run by self-hefl guru james arthur ray. they're charging the deaths as homicide. ray says he's hired his own team to investigate. his spokesman says that ray's team is cooperating with police. >>> a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple says he has nothing to apologize for. the elected official in south louisiana has drawn widespread criticism. keith says he does not marry interracial couples because he's worried about their children's future and he says he does not regret his recent decision. >> it's kind of hard to apologize to something that really truly in your heart you don't feel like you done wrong. >> the couple found another justice of the peace to marry them. bardwell has served as a justice of the peace for 34 years. his term ends in five years. he said he had decided earlier not to run again. >>> an explosion that targeted a police station killed at least 11 people. the suicide bomb went off in pakistan's border city of perish awar. securitied forces tried to stop the bomber when he dro

once called home. >>> and we have just learned here at hln, motivational speaker and author james arthur ray is canceling his seminars for the rest of the year. three people died at a sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern arizona earlier this month. 18 others were hospitalized. on his website here, ray announced he needs to dedicate all of his physical and emotional energies to bringing closure to the matter. no charges have been filed yet, but authorities are talking to ray about what happened at his high-priced retreat just outside of sedona. >>> busy day for lawmakers on capitol hill. house democrats have come together behind this plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. speaker nancy pelosi says this proposal integrates reform bills approved in three separate committees. the bill includes a government-run public option health insurance for low income families to buy coverage. it would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and would require businesses to provide insurance for their employees. pelosi says if the bill is enacted, 96% of all

they spent hours in there trying to get spiritual cleansing led by the self-help guru james arthur ray, helped write "the secret." these people paid $9,000, $10,000 to attend. 19 had to go to the hospital and one person is still in critical condition. two people died. james shore and kirby brown as well, an avid surfer and hiker in top shape. let's get more on this. joining me to talk about this, tom mcfeely, kirby brown's cousin. and also gary, a former prosecutor. oh, gary is not with us. we'll hope to get to him in a moment. first, tom, as this is moving forward and you're now hearing homicide investigation, what are authorities telling you as to why they're labeling it as such? >> well, authorities have been in touch for sure and thank you for having me, mike. we're in good touch with the authorities. we've heard a lot from other victims and every day with every detail comes another person who gets the courage to give us a call and tell us what really happened in that lodge. furthermore what happened the entire week that led up to the lodge because we believe that's as important. w

campaign for "paranormal activity" is given hollywood goosebumps. >>> police want to talk to james arthur ray a sweat lodge deaths. police are trying to figure out if criminal negligence played a role in the deaths on friday. on his sweater page ray said he was shocked and saddened by the tragedy. >>> an accused hijacker is under arrest. 1968, 66-year-old luis armando pena soltren surrended at authorities at jfk. he flew there under the custody of state department personnel. two suspects pleaded guilty in the 1970s, another was acquitted in 1969. >>> two powerful democratic senators have sharply different ideas about what the president should do in afghanistan. armed services chairman carl levin is urgesing the president to take his time reviewing the goals for the war and lefb says there's no need to send additional u.s. combat troops right now. senator feinstein disagrees, as do congressional republicans. >> i don't think we can make the country into a jeffersonian democracy, but i do think you have to stabilize this country. you leave this country and the taliban are increasing all of the

james arthur ray. and also joining us, dr.cal care surgeon with cornell medical center. we want to find out from the doctor what happens with our body in intense heat like that. first, let's start with ted. how's your client doing? sounds like she really went through the ringer, ted. >> she did. she was in intensive care for four days. she's now living at her daughter's home convalescenting. she's walking and talking. >> is she going to be okay? >> well, we don't know. >> you don't know? >> she's definitely going to survive this, and frankly every day she seems to do a little bit better than the past. she's going to be seen by a number of doctors and neurologists and neuropsychologists. one of our biggest concerns is that she suffered some brain injury. she had respiratory arrest. as best we can figure out at this point, she went for well over an hour without medical care before they could actually get her to the hospital. >> okay. what can you tell us? has she told you about what happened inside that sweat lodge? >> basically

ten days ago, she was among more than 50 people inside a sweat lodge run by self-help guru james arthur ray. authorities are treating the deaths as homicides, but hasn't filed charges yet. ray has hired his own investigator to determine what went wrong. ray's team is cooperating with police. >>> a justice of the peace that refused to marry an interracial couple says he has nothing to apologize for. the elected official in south louisiana has drawn widespread criticism. keith barbara says he doesn't marry interracial couple because he's worried about their children's future and he says he doesn't not regret his recent decision. >> it's hard to apologize for something that really, truly down in your heart, you don't feel like you done wrong. >> the couple found another justice of the peace to marry them. bardwell has served as a justice of the peace for 34 years. his term ends in five years. he said he had decided earlier not to run again. >>> an explosion that targeted a police station killed at least 11 people. the suicide bomb went off in pakistan's border city of peshwa. security forces t

this was dangerous and people didn't learn from jim jones by hooking up this guy, james arthur ray, anothervidual. >> the guy, james arthur ray, i don't trust anybody with three names. >> i agree with you. >> lee harvey oswald, hello. james earl what's his face? >> james earl ray. maybe part of the same family. >> we have to analyze the facts. >> mary tyler moore. it just goes on and on. oh, god. thank you very much. >>> coming up, sam wurzelbacher, you may know him better as joe the plumber. >>> i'm getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000, $270,000, $280,000 a year. your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it? >> if it's a small business, first of all, you get a 50% tax credit. so you get a cut on taxes for your health care -- you actually get a tax cut on that front. >> okay, everyone remembers that moment from the campaign trail when a new media star was born. he was adopted as an unofficial mascot for the gop. since then he's gone, pardon the expression, rogue. with me now, the man, himself, samuel wurzelbacher, aka, joe the plumber. what should i call you? >> my name

this was dangerous and people didn't learn from jim jones by hooking up this guy, james arthur ray, anothers arthur ray, i don't trust anybody with three names. >> i agree with you. >> lee harvey oswald, hello. james earl what's his face? >> james earl ray. maybe part of the same family. >> we have to analyze the facts. >> mary tyler moore. it just goes on and on. oh, god. thank you very much. >>> coming up, sam wurzelbacher, you may know him better as joe the plumber. >>> i'm getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000, $270,000, $280,000 a year. your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it? >> if it's a small business, first of all, you get a 50% tax credit. so you get a cut on taxes for your health care -- you actually get a tax cut on that front. >> okay, everyone remembers that moment from the campaign trail when a new media star was borned. he was adopted as an unofficial mascot for the gop. since then he's gone, pardon the expression, rogue. with me now, the man, himself, samuel wurzelbacher, aka, joe the plumber. what should i call you? >> my name is samuel joseph wurz

james arthur ray. and also joinings us a critical care surgeon at cornell medical center.talk to the good doctor about what happens in our body in intense heat like that. let's start with ted. how's your client doing? she really went through the ringer, ted. >> she did. she's in intensive care for four days. she's living at her daughter's home convalesceingconvalescing. she's walking and talk inging and she's -- >> is she going to be okay? >> well we don't know -- >> don't know? >> don't know for sure. she's going to survive this. and frankly, every day she seems to do a little better than the past. but she's going to be seen by a number of doctors and neurologists and neuropsychologists. our biggest concern is she had brain injury. she had respiratory arrest. as far as we can figure out is she went well over an hour without medical care before they could get her to the hospital. >> what can you tell us? what has she told you about what happened inside that sweat lodge? >> well basically the sweat lodge experience itself -- i -- i think i should back up a little bit. >> ye

she was among more than 50 people inside a sweat lodge during a retreat run by self-help guru james arthur ray. authorities are treating the deaths as homicides. they have not filed charges yet. ray says he's hired his own team to investigate what went wrong. his spokesman says ray's team is cooperating with police. >>> two weeks after the fact, investigators are still not sure about the sequence of events that ended with the death of a florida teenager. police say officer gerald ard was in his police cruiser chaising 17-year-old vikt tor t steen who was on a bicycle. ard fired a stun gun from his car to try to stop ste,n. he missed but accidentally ran over the boy with his cruiser. the death has prompted community protests. >> the officer used poor judgment and shoot a taser gun. >> it has just saddened the entire community. >> my prayers are that the truth will come out. >> officer ard is now on paid leave while the investigation continues. >>> hurricane rick is now a strong category 5 pacific storm. the national hurricane center reports the storm's maximum winds at 175 miles an hour. altho

both suits accuse motivational speaker and retreat leader james arthur ray as well as the owners of the lodge of negligence and fraud. the lodge co-owners say there is nothing wrong with the facility itself and she played no party in how that ceremony was run. an attorney for ray haslem n no commented on the suits. >>> dick cheney told -- newry released fbi documents show that cheney replied to many questions whi with "i do not recall." the scandal became known as plame-gate. the leak came after her husband criticized the bush administration in its run up to the invasion in iraq. cheney's chief of staff scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> kids get excited about getting halloween candy, but does the sugar in the candy make kids overexcited? let's go beyond the surface and find out. the more sugar that my child has, the more hyper. >> they bounce off the walls. >> anything with sugar sets them off. >> it is absolutely untrue that sugar makes kids hyper. there's been 12 randomized placebo based trials looking at all kinds of factors, all of these studies show

it was at a retreat run by setting help author james arthur ray. he says he has hired his own investigators to find out what happened. >>> justice sonia sotomayor is sharing dirt on her experiences the day she became a member of the supreme court. she told her alumni that her nomination process was so tightly scripted that what she wore to the acceptance ceremony was chosen for her. she was told to bring five suits and one would be recommended. >>> football player and soon-to-be dad was stabbed to death on campus. rafer has the latest thon. this was even on a day where he played a fabulous football game and was celebrating, i'm sure. >> see saw of emotions for him and the entire campus. authorities are still looking for the suspects that stabbed and killed. outside the student union, someone pulled a fire alarm during the building after midnight, an altercation took place outside and the stabbing happened after that. howard, soon-to-be father just had his best game, win over louisville, hoped to play in the nfl, number six here, pulling out a fumbl

the sweat lodge was put up as spiritual retreat run by self-help author james arthur ray. authorities are investigating the deaths as homicides. meanwhile, ray says he hired his own investigators to find out what exactly happened. >>> a huge shift in the way government polices marijuana. the justice department is telling federal prosecutors not to go after patients who use med marijuana as long as it's legal in their state. the same, by the way, goes for the suppliers. in this three-page memo, the justice department says it is not a good use of federal manpower. total of 14 states allow use of marijuana for medical purposes. >>> and larry birkhead is back on the witness stand today. it might be one of anna nicole smith's doctors really in the hot seat. dannielynn's dad told the court friday that doctor sandy kippur dismissed the idea that the ex-playboy playmate was taking too many drugs. birkhead said of smith, took more medications than i have ever seen anyone take. under cross-examination, birkhead admitted that smith had a laundry ailments including back problems from b

this was a retreat led by self-help expert james arthur ray. the sheriff says they're looking into how the sweat lodge was built. ray's spokesperson says authorities don't have all the facts and that the word homicide is inflammatory. >>> take a look at this horse rescue. sparkles, right here, was trapped in a hole in the blazing heat for more than two hours. it happened southeast of phoenix. well, vets showed up to give her medicine to keep her calm and fire crews sprayed her to keep her cool until finally they were able to pull her out. poor sparkle. sparkle. so sweet. >>> all right, one college football team keeps winning and it says that a 12-year-old cancer survivor is their inspiration. here's rafer with the story. good morning. >>> this has been a great story and a surprising story from a sports standpoint. the cincinnati bearcats have been one of college football's biggest surprises this year. these guys just keep on winning. well, the team told "the new york times" their inspired play comes from a 12-year-old boy battling a brain tumor

ten days ago, she was among more than 50 people inside a sweat lodge run by self-help guru james arthur ray. authorities are treating the deaths as homicides, but haven't filed charges yet. a spokesman says that ray's team, trying to figure out what went wrong, is cooperating with police. >>> after spending nearly four months imprisoned in iran, a "newsweek" reporter is free on bail. he was arrested in the aftermath of opposition demonstrations protesting the re-election of president ahmadinej a. d. he was put on trial and stands accused of making false accusations against the government. >>> a justice of the peace, who refused to marry an interracial couple says he has nothing to apologize for. the elected officials in south louisiana has drawn widespread criticism. keith barwell says he does not marry interracial couples because he's worried about their children's future and says he do not regret his recent decision. >> it's kind of hard to apologize for something that really, truly, down in your heart you don't feel like you've done wrong. >> the couple found another justice of the peace

this is at a retreat led by self-help expert james arthur ray. the sheriff says they're looking into how the sweat lodge was built. a spokesperson says authorities do not have all the facts and the word homicide is inflammatory. >>> children in connecticut lined up for their free h1n1 vaccinations. few cried about it, though, because it was a nasal vaccination. look at the look on her face. the sheer number of kids getting vaccinated brought relief to some parents. >> i was surprised, because a lot of my friends are not able to get it, kind of in the outskirts, but to see so many parents and children here opting to get it helped me be reassured. >> the health director in charge says he hopes to get vaccine shipments each week. >>> this was not your usually boring, old city council meeting. whoa! these guys were fighting about a decision to privatize a sidewalk. a city sidewalk in st. peerltsbupeerlt petersburg, florida. they're fighting over a sidewalk. one of them is 76 years old and the brother of one of the council men. now, the other is 51. b

arizona police want to talk with tv self-help guru james arthur ray. ainvestigate a sweat lodge ceremony that left two people dead pane 19 injured. ray left the state. author of the best selling self-help book the secret. >>> a decade after the column bine school massacre, the mother of one of the killers said she had no idea what her son planned to do. killed 13 people and themselves in 1999. in a magazine essay, susan clee bolt admits she had no idea her son was suicidal. >>> a top cdc official says you're better off with a swine flu vaccine than without it. the risks of not getting the vaccine are higher than risks linked to it. the doctor adds it's okay to get swine flu and regular flu shots on the same day. that's the look at the news. >>> i'm back with ed begley jr., we're talking about saving the world. a small thing. >> saving our species, many other species. the world is going -- >> what do you think of overpopulation? these people having eight, 9, 15. this family, the dug gars, is having her 19th child. they can afford to have them apparent a

james arthur ray and also joining us dr. some some ichipod. from cornell medical center.rom the good doctor what happens with our body in intense heat like that. first, ted how is your client doing? sounds like she really went through the ringer, ted. >> she did. she was in intensive care for four days and she's now living at her daughter's home convalescing. she's walking and talking and she's -- >> is she going to be okay? >> well, we don't know for sure. >> don't know. >> i mean she's definitely going to survive this and, frankly, every day she seems to do a little bit better than the past but she's going to be seen by a number of doctors and neurologists and neuropsychologists. one of our biggest concerns she suffered brain injury. she had respiratory arrest. at best we can figure out at this point, she was -- went for well over an hour without medical care before they could actually get her to the hospital. >> wow. okay. what can you tell us what -- has she told but what happened inside that sweat lodge? >> well basically the sweat lodge experience itself -- you know

it was at a retreat run by self-help author james arthur ray. he said he hired his own investigators to find out what happened in that. >>> now to a connecticut football player and soon-to-be dad that was stabbed to death on campus. go to rafer with more on that. shocking the players and family himself. >> the victim's family said he spoke to him just houshz before he was killed. he was so excited his team had won. he been given the game ball. a few hours later he was told her 20-year-old son jasper howard is dead. police are still looking for the suspects. howard, soon to be father, had the best game of his entire career. his teammates say they will look after his unborn child. >> the idea he will grow up without his father tears me apart. because it ain't what it would be like what it will be like for that young child. but as jazz looks down on us, i can promise him and his family that son will have -- or daughter -- will have 105 uncles for the rest of its life. >> richard, what makes this scarier is the stabbing -- or scarier is the stabbing

james arthur ray set the table for this tragedy. how are you going to defend him? >> well, first we have to separate into two parts, the criminal part and civil part. in terms of the criminal part, and what happened in the sweat lodge, i don't think there is going to be any criminal liability. >> you don't think? >> i don't think. any type of criminal charge, you at least have to proceed in the face of a known risk of possible death. i think he was just stupid. and stupid does not translate into being criminally responsible. look, these people all had an option. they were all acting voluntarily. they could have left if they wanted to. they were just as stupid about what could happen in this horrible environment as he was. in terms of criminal responsibility, which is different than if you sued for money, but for criminal responsibility, i don't think there will be any. >> but civil, there are going to be good cases, is that what you're saying? >> absolutely. they put their trust in him, had a contract with him. in terms of civil liability i would be concerned for h

it was at a retreat run by self-help author james arthur ray. he said he hired his own investigators find out what happened. >>> so bear walked in the front door of a convenience store with one thing on his mind. he was captured on tape wandering up and down until he spotted the beer cooler. so he climbed up on top, sat down, and stayed there until wildlife officials arrived. wouldn't that be an al bundy? just sitting there on the couch. >> trying to cool off. >> the manager says the bear looked like he knew what he was doing. >>> tom brady did something that no other quarterback has ever done. he threw five touchdowns in less than ten minutes. that arm was warmed up. >> yeah. >> regardless of the weather. >> that's the thing. good morning, robin. he did it in weather where you wouldn't expect this kind of performance. you guys have to see this video. normally when you see this kind of weather, they're running around. they're not doing what he was doing. it's an early season nor'easter in foxboro. 5 td passes. that was a record. 45-0 as the pats

james arthur ray said he lost people he loved and cared about. he says he's hired his own investigators, people who were there say ray got pretty emotional. >> once he came on the stage, you could tell he was visibly very upset. he cried and that's the first thing he basically acknowledged, that this is what happened, you know. really appreciative of the people able to show up for support. >> two people died after passing out in what's basically a large sauna used for cleansing rituals. at least 19 others were injured. sheriffs are investigating whether there was criminal negligence in this. >>> happening in florida, the space shuttle "atlantis" is being rolled out from its hangar. the 3 1/2 mile trek is expected to last about six hours. "atlantis" you might see there in the background is scheduled to head to the international space station next month. starting friday people on twitter can sign up to go to kennedy space center to see the launch in person. bob, this thing moves slowly. it's like one and a half miles an hour. >> i think it's one an

self-help author james arthur ray helped support the program. the sweat lodge was used in spiritual cleansing exercises and three people died. sydney spencer was there, and her attorney says she has major organ failure and scorched lungs. >> he he thought he could conduct the sweat lodge and it got out of hand. >> reporter: ray's spokesman says people shouldn't rush to judgment. ray says he's hired his own investigators. >>> we told you about a little girl who was denied health insurance for being too little. the subsidiary of united health group reversed its decision. her parents were told she didn't meet height and weight standards. she weighed 22 pounds. they say she is healthy. united health says it did an additional review of the case and will now cover her. >>> a minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his lazy boy drunk. look at the souped-up recliner here. it's powered by a converted lawn mower. dennis anderson says he had eight or nine bierce before he crashed it into a parked car. police say his blood alcohol level was more than th

they spent hours in there trying to get spiritual cleansing led by the self-help guru james arthur ray, helped write "the secret." these people paid $9,000, $10,000 to attend. not cheap. 19 had to go to the hospital and one person is still in critical condition. two people died. we know that. james shore and kirby brown as well, an avid surfer and hiker she was in top shape. let's get more on this. joining me to talk about this, tom mcfeely, kirby brown's cousin. and also gary kasmir a former prosecutor. oh, gary is not with us. we'll hope to get to him in a moment. first, tom, as this is moving forward and you're now hearing homicide investigation, what are authorities telling you as to why they're labeling it as such? >> well, authorities have been in touch for sure and thank you for having me, mike. we're in good touch with the authorities. we've heard a lot from other victims and every day with every detail comes another person who gets the courage to give us a call and tell us what really happened in that lodge. furthermore, what happened the entire week that led up to the lodge b

we wondered all along what happened inside that sweat lodge led by self-ep guru james arthur ray. i misspoke, i said he was a co-author, he was a contributor. last night he was speaking to 125 people still trying to do his thing. so, it's mind boggling on so many fronts here. i want to bring back andrew smiley specializing on wrongful death cases. our jaw, we have to pick them up off the disk when we hear again he hasn't been charged with anything but from shawna's account, looked away as someone actually called his name. >> yeah. >> man. >> it's unreal. if this was just, you know, in a park setting and someone sitting there not doing anything you would stunned by it with people dropping lie flies all around but here he's the leader people are paying him if you multiple 50 at $10,000 a pop looking at half million dollar gig here and the guy is just ignoring the people there to follow his leadership not rendering help or assistance, he doesn't have people on standby to render proper aid knowing he is putting people in a dangerous situation. it is unbelievable and there needs to be

both accuse motivational speaker james arthur ray and the owner of the lodge of negligence and fraud.ys there is nothing wrong with the facility itself. and that she played no part in how the ceremony was run. an attorney for ray has not commented on the suits. >>> anna nicole smith's former boyfriend and two doctors are going on trial. a california judge ruled yesterday there is enough evidence to try them. the boyfriend, howard stern and the doctors say they didn't know she was addicted and that they were trying to help her. they pleaded not guilty. their arraignment is scheduled for december 11th. smith died of an accidental overdose in february 2007. >>> southwest airlines is saying it is sorry for kicking a mom and her toddler off a flight. the crew booted them because they say the boy screams of go plane, go, and i want daddy drown out the preflight safety announcement. the boy's mom said she was confidented boy would have behaved once the plane took off but they never got that chance. southwest called her offered her a refund and a $300 travel voucher. >>> the daughter of a civ

james arthur ray said that he lost people that he loved and cared about.ow he says that he's hired his own investigators, people who were with there say that ray got pretty emotional. >> once he came on the stage you could tell that he was visibly very upset. he was teary. he cried. definitely the first thing he basically acknowledged, that this is what happened, you know. was really appreciative of the people who was able to show up for support. >> two people died after passing out in what is basically a large sauna used for cleansing rituals. at least 19 others were injure withed. slaifr sheriffs are investigating. >>> a u.s. soccer player was seriously hurt in a car crash that turned out to be fatal for somebody else. here's rafer with more. >> robin, from what we understand, he's basically lucky to be alive. the news is u.s. player charlie davies is in serious but stable condition after suffering several broken bones and a lacerated bladder. the crash happened about 3:00 a.m. on a virginia highway on tuesday. it is under investigation. as robin said an

james arthur ray says he wants to help police get to the bottom of what happened. three people died after spending time in an arizona sweat lodge as part of an exercise ray was leading. police are treating the deaths as homicides. >>> it happens all the time well, it turns out that rejecting people online could actually be worse for their feeling than saying no in person. psychology experts say it's because people tend to be more polite when turning people down face-to-face face-to-face, plus they say we are increasingly using social networks sites as a measure of our self-worth. interesting. >>> okay. so you can save big time if you're thinking about roe modeling. melissa long is in for jennifer westhoven. is it a good time? >> it could be. if you've been holding off on these projects investing in your home you may be able to save as much as 20 percent right now. according to the "wall street journal," home builders and contractors that have been idle are getting into bidding wars over you for remodeling work, material costs are down however a trade group says che

people paid up to ten grand to attend this retreat hosted by james arthur ray who helped write the book "the secret." 19 people ended up hospitalized some extremely sick. dehydrated. we heard they were fasting. kidney failure here. one person in critical condition. we take your calls on this one. joining us to talk about it criminal defense attorney drew finley and back with us, lynn lemaster, ed tofr of " prescottnews.com. still one person critical? >> yes. one person in critical. one person in fair condition. one patient is in good condition and one person has within released. >> lynn do we have specifics what they went through? we mentioned kidney failure dehydration. anything to add to that? >> that is what i'm hearing. there isn't anything to add. they are being very careful with the patients' confidentially. tom mcfeely the cousin of kirby brown. kirby tragically lost her life. how is the family doing right now? >> we are doing as well as can be expected. it is a very difficult time. we have an extended period of grieving between a week and a half between the day this horrible inc

it was led by james arthur ray, helped write "the secret." these people paid $9,000, $10,000, not cheap. 19 of them had to go to the hospital. one person still in critical condition. two people died, james shore, age 40, and 38-year-old kirby brown as well, avid surfer and hiker. she was in top shape. joining me to talk about this, tom mcfeely, kirby brown's cousin. also joining us, gary, former prosecutor. gary, the question -- oh, gary's not with us, all right. we'll get to gary in a moment. tom, as this is moving forward, we're now hearing homicide investigation, what are authorities telling you as to why they're labeling it as such now? >> well, authorities have been in touch for sure, and thank you for having me, mike. >> yeah. >> we're in touch with the authorities. you know, we've heard a lot from other victims, with every detail comes another person who gets the courage to give us a tall and tell us what really happened in that lodge. furthermore, what happened the entire week that led up to that lodge. we believe that's important. we

james arthur ray said he lost people he loved and cared about. he said the tragedy left him frustrated and confused. people there say ray got pretty emotional. >> once he came on the stage, you could tell that he was visually very upset. he cried. that's the first thing he basically acknowledged that this is what happened. was appreciative of the people that could show up for support. >> two people died after passing out in what's base clay large sauna. it's used as a cleansing ritual. 19 others were injured. one is still in critical condition. the sheriff's office investigating whether there was criminal negligence. >>> the h1n1 flu is seriously affecting more healthy people than initially thought. half hospitalized with the virus had no underlying conditions. doctors worry that things could get worse. >> this is a winter virus. it spreads much more easily during the winter because the virus does much better at lower temperatures and lower humidity. so we can only expect more deaths. >> cdc also says for patients who did have a pre-existing cond

. >>> sweat lodge tragedy, james arthur ray co-wrote the book," the secret" running this sweat lodgee people ended up dead. we're all wondering what went on. we're hearing from the first time from a woman inside. >> it is gripping stuff. >> she takes us inside what was going on inside the sweat lodge also outside. literally people were dying around her. whether or not she could help we'll have all the details for you and take your phone calls. 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us or text us prime news coming your way. >>> got an update on this heartbreaking story, the 15-year-old boy in florida set on fire. doctors say he's doing as well as can be expected. this happened ten days ago. now he's still in critical condition. doctors say his burns are covered with cadaver skin for now but that is only temporary. >> ultimately those areas will mostly require grafts. some areas may heal on their own. that remains to be seen. he's still heavily sedated. he's responsive but not in a way you could say you could have a conversation but he can be arouse freddie his sedation. >>> a total of five tans, one

they are among 50 people participating in a retreat led by james arthur ray. investigators are looking into how the sweat lodge was built and the fact people had gotten sick there before. ray's spokesman says authorities don't have all the facts and the word "homicide" is inflammatory. >>> book lovers there is a good news in the bad economy, a price war raging among online book sellers, walmart.com oooh nounsed it would sell hot new titles for ten bucks including free shipping but amazon.com matched that and walmart came back, nine bucks and amazon depend the same thing. walmart is offering more than 200 current best sellers at half price. >>> if you are a big fan of "the simpsons" why not join the whacky family on the small screen. your big chance starts today. blngsz >>> dramatic new home video a father watches in complete horror as a balloon takes off and, for a time, md he feared his 6-year-old boy was inside. this chaotic scene started a three-hour chase broadcast live on national television seemed like the whole world was watching. little falcon heene was