we want to bring in now, former miami beach detective joe matthews. ke the school is taking this seriously, though it is hard to tell if what the kids saw was really a gun? >> the first thing they'd do is interview the three boys separately to validate what they have to say and if they went through the alert system, then, i'm sure they thought it was credible and the second thing is, i'm sure someone right now is checking all the surveillance cameras, throughout the university, to see if anyone is wearing that type of clothing that fits the description and if many cases if they did not see the weapon itself, that he was covering, a number of scenarios could have taken place, number one, he did it intentionally, to, you know, play with the kids, like, covering up something that was insignificant, and made it feel like it was significant, or, he could have been an innocent person, walking with something, and th thought it was something that was illegal. and it might have been a justification on the part of the person carrying it, not... though it might b

. >> joe, matthew van dike is an aspiring travel writer and now has an adventure story you wouldn't believefor six months, languishing in solitary confinement, matthew van dike had no contact with the outside world. his mother told cnn they don't know why he was arrested by gadhafi's forces, knocked unconscious and thrown into tripoli's notorious prison shown here in a you tube video. >> here awoke to the sound of a man in the room above him being tortured. >> early wednesday, matthew told cnn.com in the chaos and fighting heerks heard prisoners and thought this is it. they came to lynch me. someone hammered off the lock on the door. he and the other prisoners were free. he grabbed sandals and fled 30 harrowing hours later. he made it to a rebel safe house and called his mother in baltimore. >> i waited almost six months to say him say hi, mom. that's what i heard yesterday when he was on the phone. it's just an unbelievable feeling. >> his fiance said she was worried, but she had faith he would survive. >> he traveled in other countries. he has been embedded with u.s. troops. i knew i had

in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> vice president joe biden touched down in beijing todayt the start of a nine day tour through china, japan and then mongolia. he is traveling with his daughter a social worker in delaware. his talksion expected to focus on the debt crisis in the united states as the biggest overseas holder of u.s. treasury bills china seeks washington's reassurance that their debts are secured, of course. his trip is getting unintended goodwill, too, from a photograph of newly appointed ambassador gary locke. here is the picture of locke bying his own coffee in the seattle airporten route to china. it charmed a lot of people. they are not used to such frugality for their people. a businessman uploaded it to the internet in china and it has gone viral. >>> best buy is not happy at all with the hp touchpad sales performance or more accurately the lack thereof. reports say the company has sold less than 10% of its stockpile of 270,000 touchpads. best buy wants hp to take the unsold touch pads back. hp is is asking the company to be patient and hold on to them

when he's doing that, what chris matthews doesn't understand, the more the tea party is being attacked the stronger it is getting. the average joebelieves in a limited government and smaller taxes and freedom is being told he's a terrorist. and he's not liking it. the ranks of the tea party are going to get stronger. >> sean: the conservatives, the tea party are like children that don't understand the fundamentals of socialism and keynesian economic models. msnbc went so far as to bring a psychologist on to diagnose the tea party's psychosis. >> do you think members of the tea party cautious, know how to govern or are they -- do they understand that standing up for a cause is not the same as governing? >> one of our facebook followers sent in an interesting analogy. said, why are republicans allowing freshmen congressmen to control this debate? this person said, it is like letting the teenager in the family run the family budget. there's some truth in that. >> they are pursuing goals that can't be achieved. it is like a child who has some kind of fantasy. which reminds us of a couple of things. delusion, psychosis, addiction. >>

joe? >> thanks, jack. >> you are in "the situation room." happening now, hugs and tears of rein libya. dozens of international journalists including our own matthewafter being held hostage for days with gadhafi forces. much of the u.s. east coast bracing for the wrath of irene. the monster category three hurricane forecast to hit just days from now and the damage could be devastating. chad meyers at the cnn hurricane headquarters tracking the storm's path. one day after being rocked by a rare earthquake, the whole area is feeling a big blow. ahead, we will show you the crack running deep through history right here in the nation's capital. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today and i'm joe johns. you are in "the situation room" >> first to a dramatic turn of events in libya hitting close to home for all of us here at cnn. dozens of international journalists, matthew chance and team among them being released hours ago by gun-wielding gadhafi loyalists after being held against their will in a blacked out hotel for five days. many feared they wouldn't make it out alive. take a look at how it all un

matthew thank you very much. still to come, i want to introduce you to two of my he next guests. the west memphis three story. you have two award winning joey. we'll talk about what this is like. what a happy ending here in the story of these three young men. we'll be right back. ananananana] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ a mouthwatering combination of ingredients...e for you! i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents of tomato and avocado. yeah! come on! [ barking ] gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healthy fiesta. another healthful, flavorful beneful. it's pro-cool technology releases armies of sno