lye in the news room, zero tolerance policy comes to a string of deadly accidents up and down the east coast. >>> a motor vehicle employee under investigation accused to issue fake driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. 200 were revoke after the employee was fired. that employee is not being named but a new law making it more difficult for immigrants to get licenses. >>> the state public service commission postponing the ruling on an energy deal with a french company. it intends to rule a month after consolation and scheduled closing date. there are ongoing disputes whether it would hurt customers. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" is home sweet home they landed safely about an hour ago. a wrap-up of the mission. >> reporter: space shuttle "endeavour" drifted through the florida sky and came home with a picture-perfect landing. more than likely the happennistest of the 7 astronauts to get back, because of several delay, the japanese astronaut had an extended 4- month stay on board the international space station. space shuttle "endeavour" set a record in space when the 7 crew members

they helped train this police special operations unit known as the jungle commandos, seen here on a lyeraining exercise. the commandos hit targets deep in the jungle, destroying drug labs and taking out the top drug lords. how tough is it to fight in the judge? >> i think it's some of the toughest things you can do. >> reporter: with the help of america's best warriors, the colombia special forces have become some of the finest soldiers in the world and they've used the skills they've learned to de stating effects against their enemy in the jungle, on the backs of 45-year-old insurgency. this is what the real fight here looks like. colombia's military taking on f.a.r.c. guerrillas in an intense battle this year. they've cut the area where the f.a.r.c. can operate from almost half the country ten years ago down to just 5% today. they've had less success in the drug war. cocaine production was down 28% last year, according to the u.n. but colombia remains the world's top cocaine producer. its rivers are a superhighway for drug and arms trafficking, and the next target in the special opera

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i want to step into their lyes. into we'll be following it closely. want to turn over to the investigation into michael jackson's death. the lapd hasn't ruled out homicide. his father saying he suspects foul play. knowing what we know and what we learned about doctor shopping, all of these different prescription drugs which have been mentioned, how hard could homicide or even foul play be to prove? >> well, look at the anna nicole case. it's a very clear parallel. you've got doctors who allegedly overprescri overprescribed or abused or used aliases. that's really what they're looking at here. they're looking at a long period of time the lapd police chief said they are looking for the coroner's report to corroborate the cause of death. corroborate which clearly implies they have a strong belief something was involved and that something in this case is drug abuse. >> jim, good to have you with us. >>> we are going to return to anderson in ghana, a look inside that sobering slave castle, as he put it, where president obama will be visiting tomorrow. it i

the two people responsible for getting lye television from the moon to tv stations around the countrywere pt of today's press conference. the final version is expected to be released in september. pretty cool. >> it is pretty cool. we could, obviously, use rain in our area. >> rain. >> nothing like this. >> this is getting very serious across the lone star state of texas. this is lake travis which is the main water supply for much of the hill country of texas. you know it has been a long time if your sailboat is sitting on rocks and you are walking the great dane over the sandhills because there's no lake. in fact, looks like they have more water out of the lake than in the lake at this point in time. they had a drought going on for nearly two years across that part of texas. so long horn fans and aggie fans alike not appreciating the extreme drought in the great state of texas. right here in the great district of columbia, under a mostly blue sky, and it is a scorcher of a summer day. our first 95-degree day of the summer. the wind out of the west at 20 miles per hour is mixing the a

tracee wilkins, lye in falls church. >>> first on 4, we are hearing the frantic 911 call made by an elderly couple after a gunman stormed into their leesburg, virginia home. >> did you see a gun? did he a have a gun with him? >> he had a pistol. >> just hang in there. okay. >> all right. we are old. >> stay on the phone with me. just keep the door locked. okay. >> all right. >> i know. you are scared. >> i am. >> stay with me. okay? >> the gunman spent eight hours inside the couple's home last friday before p before surrendering to police. the police credit it the couple for calming the gunman down. the gunman also led police on a crime spree. he allegedly stormed into another house in leesburg earlier that day and allegedly robbed a nearby pawn shop. >>> coming up at 5:00, we will hear more of the dramatic 911 calls. chris gordon sits down with the elderly couple held by the gunman for hours. >>> the judge in the banita jacks trial will allow the accused killer's police interrogation into evidence. jacks is on trial for killing her four daughters inside of her southeast d.c. row house. tod

veronica johnsons that late rest we have lye chopper video out of frederick county, maryland. this is where a lot of the damage of reports were today. folks there cleaning up some branches which looks like large branches in the area. it was up around that area where wind gusts were reported up to 74 miles per hour. this is ijamsville, maryland. a bit of damage. folks cleaning up in that area. wind gusts to 74 miles per hour. also around the new market area, reports of some structural damage and downed power lines in the area of frederick county, maryland, as well. what's left across the area, a look at the radar. we are kind of in the clear right now. some showers further south of the area. just down around charles count and southern prince george's county. but nothing like what we saw earlier today. and meanwhile, what's left further south, a few more showers, possibly thunderstorms that will be taking us through the overnight period. but doubtful we see any severe weather. again, this is live chopper video out of ijamsville, maryland. the chopper zooms in and out for you thr

i can tell you that if you come become out lye to us you can see the firefighters are here in the remaining stages of wrapping up, reeling in their ropes and everything they would have used to climb down there. i can tell you that connecticut avenue southbound atwoodly road is a little jammed up at this point because of the fire engine the other fire department apparatus brought in here. but, again, what we can tell you at this time is that the ten people who were trapped in that elevator are out right now. six adults and four children, including baby. they are all okay after what i'm sureas a very unpleasant experience this afternoon. back to you. >> such a busy area, too. we remember three years ago people were stuck for a long time. jackie bensen, thanks so much. live on the scene. >>> now to the other big story we are following this afternoon. the fallout from that massive blaze that that destroyed the home after well-known washingtonian. >> among the questions being raised today, what sparked this massive fire and what is wrong with some of the fire hydrants in the area? they were not

nobody will understand it i'm going to be on at :00 lye. you be here ladies and gentlemen, please.l be here 9:00 live after obama takes his 13 questions. to convince us that his vision of a socialized medicine in this country, big government running the health care industry is going to help us. if he does that, i am going to be stunned. 30 seconds. >> big government is not going to run the health care industry. bill: who is going to run it. >> more competition. we are going to create an exchange through this bill. bill: an exchange. >> there will be one government run insurance company that people can choose. bill: if that happens, i would support that. >> that's what the bill says. >> it's a public option. not a public mandate and competition is good. bill: if that happens, if can he lay it out. glenn beck uses the dolls and everything he has got. if he can do that, then i will say i am wrong. i think tomorrow night at 9:00 we will be just as confused as we are now. ladies, thanks very much. we appreciate it. american soldier captured by the taliban. there may be more to this stor

. >> larry: cheryl lin lye cherilyn lee is a registered nurse, family practitioner, and claims michaelressed by insomnia that he begged her for the powerful said din diprivan. and she joins us here. since you went public, have the police contacted you at all? >> no. >> larry: nobody wants to know more about it? >> no. >> larry: diprivan, i recently had it when i had a cataract fixed. puts you to sleep, done in the hospital, you wake up right away, right? >> as far as i know, right. >> larry: it's given intravenously. >> this is what i read. >> larry: when he asked you for it, what did you say? >> when he asked me for it, i was not aware of it. >> larry: you didn't know what he was talking about? >> i did not know what he was talking about. >> larry: what did you say to him. >> let me find out what this is. if it's something iv, i don't think it's something you want to do at home. >> larry: how did you come to start with michael? >> the latter part of january, i got a call he wanted someone to see his children. they had a slight little cold and i was asked to come in and see them. >> la

.  >>> welcome back to "msnbc lye." i'm carlos watson.fter the death of michael jackson, news today that many anticipated the august tribute concerts to the king of pop have actually now been canceled. managing editor of "rolling stone" has a major new story on the last days of michael jackson. i was surprised. you told me that, literally, in the last few days, michael wasn't thinking this wasn't going to work, the whole concert comeback, he actually thought what? >> that's what our reporter found out, that michael thought he was back. he didn't feel frail, he didn't feel -- >> 5'10", 110 pounds, you know, shooting up to kind of -- >> but he was utterly determined to put on what he thought was going to be the greatest show ever. we talked to tons of people involved in the show, the dancers, the promoters, the money guy. they all said the same thing. >> what about the doctors. we're starting to hear more. mort, i've sure you've seen the stories too, they're investigatinging a number of the doctors involved. >> it's clear a lot's going to c

i try very, very hard to ensure that in my life i introduce as much experience with other people's lyes as i can. >> i want to talk about wartime supreme court decisions like cora matsu versus the united states decision in which the supreme court upheld a policy to round up and detain japanese-americans in world war ii. it seems inconceivable that the u.s. government would have decided to put citizens based on their race and the supreme court allowed that to happen. i asked chief justice roberts about this. i'll ask you about this as well. do you think cora matsu was wrongly decided? >> it was, sir. >> do you think people should resist the wor time fears that likely played a role in the 1944 decision? >> a judge should never rule from fear. a judge should rule from law and the constitution. it's inconceivable to me today that a decision permitting the detention, arrest of an individual solely on the basis of their race would be considered appropriate by our government. >> some of the great justices in the history of our country were involved in that decision. how does a judge resist tho

i try very, very hard to ensure that in my life i introduce as much experience with other people's lyess i can. >> i want to talk about wartime supreme court decisions like cora matsu versus the united states decision in which the supreme court upheld a policy to round up and detain japanese-americans in world war ii. it seems inconceivable that the u.s. government would have decided to put citizens based on their race and the supreme court allowed that to happen. i asked chief justice roberts about this. i'll ask you about this as well. do you think cora matsu was wrongly decided? >> it was, sir. >> do you think people should resist the wor time fears that likely played a role in the 1944 decision? >> a judge should never rule from fear. a judge should rule from law and the constitution. it's inconceivable to me today that a decision permitting the detention, arrest of an individual solely on the basis of their race would be considered appropriate by our government. >> some of the great justices in the history of our country were involved in that decision. how does a judge resist those

i was going to ask you about forbes because you knew so much about the autos, but that was a past lye, right? >> yes. but you know, ford will have a better day. i hate to compete against subsidies. >> well, we can talk about that another time. >> thanks, david. meantime, how are the earnings going to impact markets today? scott fulmer is with us and lakshman actson is joining us. are the markets getting to the point where even the skeptics are getting to the point of what's happening and commit cash? >> i think definitely. a lot of people sat on the sidelines pb they haven't been in the market. now they're saying, you know what? this momentum is here. we have to get in. and you couple that with the fact that people that are short stocks are coming in and doing some buying back and pushing the market higher. it's making for a formula or just new fuel to keep the market going for a while. >> but if there's a panic to happen among shorts, has it happened already or is it going to happen still? >> i think a little bits of happening. they're starting to see more and more because we haven't

lye live to boston. gray. we have one mile visibility. winds gusting to 36 miles per hour. heavy rain still going on there. inch and a half of rain fallen since overnight last night to early this morning but now beginning to taper off near the south and seeing the heaviest of rain out of there in an hour or so. the radar out of portland, maine. downpours around the city. west further, rain around new hampshire and that low pressure region looks like a nor ester type of situation moving due north wards. heavy rain to northern maine. flood watches out there for bangor and north of there and connecticut. all of rhode island and also around the area by cape cod. so be watching that. heavy rain around the outer banks. here cape hatteras right there. the line of thundershowers towards the north and ahead of a cold front. but when you're down in the south further, it is hot, humid. especially areas around central florida, down towards the keys today. it is going to feel about 100 to 102 for you in miami. a couple of scattered showers, too. up to the north and west of there, see a