. >>> jon roberts here for anderson cooper tonight. tonight, president obama gets ready to wade into the bitter town hall fight over health care reform. your money, your future, your life. but first, briefly, another late development. authorities know how michael jackson died. they are not saying. not yet, anyway. ted rowlands in los angeles working that story. hey, ted, what do we know? >> reporter: john, after weeks, the l.a. county coroner's office has finally come out and said they are completely done. done with the death investigation into michael jackson. the toxicology is in. the cause of death is in. coming up a little later, we'll tell you when we're going to find out the details of that report that everybody has been waiting to find out what it is in. the details of what killed michael jackson. we'll have that a little later. also a little later, busy day in court. fight over the estate continues. why a judge, today, delayed the proceedings saying the jackson children need their own lawyer in court. that's coming up later. >>

. >>> i'm jon roberts in for anderson cooper tonight. coming up at the top of the hour on "360," town hall to bawlroom brawl. the heat continuing to rise on community forums on health care taking place across the country. hundreds of people showing up the to events and lacing into their elected representatives. what's behind it? we went to one of the town halls to talk to the people there. it's an interesting conversation to say the least. >>> the midair collision over new york's hudson river. thousands of tourists take to the air every year to tour manhattan. we wanted to know who's watching the skies. we sent erica hill up in a helicopter to find out. all that plus the coroner says the autopsy of michael jackson is complete. we'll let you know when the results will be released. that all starts at the top of the hour on "360." see you then. >>> welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2009 gold coast buddy pageant. >> pageants are a big business. today there's over 100 contestants. >> aden is a whole 3 days old. this is an amazing pageant. >

jon: we are going to have more on the life of robert novak.a look back on his amazing career. also, a giant pythons outbreak. the exotic animals getting out of hand, but someone to stop the efforts to keep them out @ are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. jon: a security scare involving the disney star miley cyrus. 53-year-old man faces the judge today for allegedly stalking her. police say that mark mccloud try to break through security at a set she was filming in june. he reportedly told the security guard he was engaged to her. she is 16 years old. he was previously arrested on stalking charges are released because of jail overcrowding. jane: a year ago during the campaign, president obama meeting together with the clintons. james rosen is in d.c. for us. there was a lot of chatter about how clinton is being marginalized by the foreign policy council. what is going o

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robert byrd will be present. the vote is expected at eight eastern. jon: this morning, the louisiana democrat is facing 20 years in prison. when the fbi raided the jefferson's house, they found $90,000 of cash in his freezer, wrapped in foil and stuffed in piecrust boxes. authorities say he took over $400,000 in bribes. his attorney says he will appeal his conviction. jane: brand new developments in a horrific crash in new york. a mother in her many man was going the wrong way -- in her minivan was going the wrong way on the highway. the crash killed her daughter and three nieces. the husband of the woman is calling for another autopsy. she had taught and the equivalent of about 10 shots of alcohol in her system. a news conference is scheduled for two hours for from now. it is thought she might have had diabetes or a brain infection, because she had a severe abscess. the lawyer for three other adults will be joining us in the next hour. jon: three men accused of killing a wealthy couple are scheduled for court today. byrd and melanie billings were shot to

take the past four chairman, robert ruben the clinton secretary who deregulated complex financial markets. jon corzine a democrat governor close to president obama. stephen friedman. bush's chief economic adviser. until may, chief regulator of goldman while sitting on its board and buying millions of dollars of shares. and then there is hank paulson. president bush's treasure secretary responsible for the controversial bailouts. >> goldman has an extraordinary record of former employees joining the government and occupying key positions. >> reporter: it was the rock magazine "rolling stone" that sparked the storm of attention to the wall street giant. writer argued that goldman is a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity. responsible for no less than six disastrous financial bubbles. >> what goldman's doing is not the free market. this is using the leaver and the power of the state to force taxpayers, to give them money, and turn it into bonuses, so it's exactly the opposite of the free market economic. it's like a reverse kind of socialism where money is taken from the ground

jon: we are born -- we're waiting for a briefing at the white house. press secretary robertquestions about former vice president j.t.'s comments about justice department investigations just launched. he ripped a decision by attorney general eric holder and in which he green light to an investigation into whether cia agents broke the law when interrogating suspected terrorists. it is dick cheney charging that this decision was politically motivated? that is his charge. what does he mean by that? >> the former vice-president is accusing the obama administration of bowling from pressure from the left wing of the democratic party with this investigation he calls it in our righteous political act. here is what he said. >> it is a very devastating effect that it has on our raÚl inside the intelligence community. if they assume that they're going to have to be dealing with the political consequences -- it is clearly a political move. there is no the rationale for why they are doing this. >> under the bush administration, there were guidelines that allowed the cia to use waterboardi

jon: senator edward kennedy is to be reunited in debt with his brothers john and robert.t arlington national cemetery. live report there as the crowds continue to stream past his casket. so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day. perfect. jon: hundreds of mourners continue to file past senator kennedy's coffin. he is lying in repose at the jfk library in boston. live pictures there as you see the crowds continuing to stream past. tomorrow, he is to be laid to rest where his brothers john and robert at arlington national cemetery. preparations for the burial are under way right now. molly is at arlington right now. what can you tell us about the burial site for senator kennedy? >> let me tell you you may see people leaving the visitor center right behind me. we just had a lot of a pretty bad rainstorm we have been having. some people in the visitor center may be pouring ou

indications are that robert gibbs would want to walk and back from there. jane: we will look for that. thank you, mike. jonent obama's health care reform plan, an important house committee approved that plan after a heated debate. now comes the tough task of selling it to the american people. according to recent polls, that is not going to be easy. 48% of americans call the health care system good or excellent. 19% rated as poor. all this comes more than a year after another health care bill was introduced in congress, a bipartisan effort that lawmakers said would not add to the deficit. where do things stand on that? james rosen is live in washington with more. a number of influential people are taking a second look at this first proposal. >> this is called a healthy americans act. it was first proposed two years ago. basically, everyone would purchase their own insurance. everyone would be covered forever. employers would face new taxes, but would no longer be required to provide health insurance. the congressional budget office has found the plan would actually start to reduce future budget deficits or

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jon: thank you. jane: we want to bring you some news about these two american journalists freed from north korea. robertent obama spoke with former president clinton for a few minutes after they landed this morning. we are told that mr. obama thanked him for doing a great job. president obama spoke to the media(btt made no mention about the tense relationships between the u.s. and north korea. >> i think president clinton. i had a chance to talk to him about the extraordinary humanitarian effort that resulted in the release of the two journalists. i want to thank vice-president al gore who worked tirelessly in order to achieve a positive outcome. jane: the two worked for a television channel run by al gore. with me now is the director of the career working!wroup at the peace institute. i have heard people say that this is north korea looking for a fresh start. what is really going on? >> from the north korean perspective, it is more of a continuation. they have wanted a visit from someone like former president clinton. there were prospects of his visit after his secretary of state madeleine albright vis

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jon: quite a large family. the most prominent american political family. any member count? >> we do not have exact numbers and honestly do not know who is in sight. roberty has been here, that's sort of things. but there were a large number of cars who just came in for the motorcade, so we can expect that this is a big family. ted kennedy became a father like figure to well over a dozen nieces and nephews, so many of them are expected to be here to take part in this high historic turning. sadly, today, they are celebrating the passing of senator ted kennedy. jane: this live picture is so stunning, with the atlantic there and what the house this at the kennedy compound with the flag at half staff. this was a place he loves so much, and he spent his entire life. it must have been so peaceful that that is where he spent his last moments. and no major carrier reported that he is being told by some officials and the white house that officials had begun to draft his eulogy that he will deliver. he may have had more details on this, that we are expecting several former presidents to be there, as well? >> officials have been quoted as saying they were expecting

jane: robert gibbs added that he still thinks that we will hit a 10% unemployment rate this year. we will continue to watch. get back to us if anything breaks. thank you. jon: lawmakers' home for the recessed continue to get an earful from voters. a photojournalist got roughed up, his equipment damaged. one aid is saying that we will punch back twice as hard as efforts get drowned out across america. what happened last night? >> democratic congresswoman kathy castor, serving in tampa, became the latest crop -- gladiator thrust into the coliseum of health care reform, struggling to fend off angry lions from district protesting her support for a public-run plan for health care. the scene erupted at the children's board, about 2 miles east of downtown tampa. there was a crowd of about 1500. part of the anger stemmed from a ideological reasons, but part stemmed from the displeasure of the overflow crowd. for her part, she maintained afterwards that the insurance industry and republican activists aren't manufacturing phony protests. she also reaffirmed her support for a public health care plan. jon: isn't it true that obama is trying to stay above the fray, try

jon lester wins for the first time since july 25th. the rays three back in the wild card, taking on the baltimore orioles, bases loaded for brian robertsnd slam for brian roberts. his 12th home run of the year. also his fourth career slam. in the seventh, nolan reimold, two-run home run, his 11th of the year, orioles doing it with the long ball, rays actually came back, they got two outs for evan longoria, see you later. os hold on. tampa bay's four-game win streak is over, baltimore snaps a five-game losing streak. the rockies and the nationals, bottom four, bases loaded, two outs. how about this play by ian stewart? from his keister, the forced out at second, and the rockies get out of a jam. in the eighth, troy tulowitzki, that's a gaper, todd helton scores, and the rockies win 4-1. the rockies in a four-game win streak, they're 50-25 since jim tracy took over. the giants came in a game back of the rockies in the wild card, they played this afternoon in cincinnati. in a tent, drew stubs who struck out three times in the game took this one off the foul pole for his first major league home run, and it's a walk-off home run, so the red

roberts had to go bare handed. nobody left on, laporta's home run for the indians has made it 6-3.   >> welcome back to camden yards, everybody. jonbeen traded to the twins from the diamondbacks. also jose reyes needing cormry to repair his hamstring. and nyjer morgan has a broken left hand. so a tough break there. i also want to mention brad bergesen, he -- as far as the september call up, he was expected to be called up september 1 and we toned out he will not be. he has in the thrown you have of the mound in sarasota. he is still nursing the bruised shin bone. we do expect to see him before the end of the season. the orioles will go to plan b. as far as expanding to the six- man rotation. they don't want to have them pitch a lot of innings in september, gary, the rookies. >> gary: okay, amber. they really hoped obviously that bergesen was going to be ready when the call-ups start on the first. as amber says, not to be. there will be others looked at. brian roberts working against lewis, and the pitch is in there for a strike. pitchingwise, ben is sarfate, his rehab stint after the circulation problem, should allow him to be up.

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. >> good morning, i'm jon roberts. thanks for joining us in the most news in the morning. following big stories we'll be breaking down for you in the next 15 minutes. dead or alive. the white house saying whether it's reversing course on creating a government-run health insurance program. already, the president's own party are throwing up a warning flag. live in the details. >>> president obama's health care proposal are fighting back against angry protesters at town hall meetings across the country. is rally for reform too little too late