>> yes, she called for michelle to come in. >> she called for michelle?. >> and what happened? >> michelle didn't come out. donna went back. >> okay in her bedroom. she went in her bedroom to get michelle? >> yeah,ichelle's. >> okay. >> and then what happened? >> she came back out, and i remember she had -- all the color in her face was gone, and she was leaning up against the house, like support, you know. >> mike said the look on donna's face prompted him to walk into michelle's room to see what was wrong. he said the 3-year-old toddler was curled up in a fetal position. and she was motionless. >> just looking at her, you could see something was wrong. you could almost tell she was dead just from walking in and just seeing her. and my first thought was, she's dead. >> okay. >> and i touched her and she was cold. >> how could you tell she was dead, though, right away? >> she was -- she was just -- plain, the way she was cold. >> make said he turned to donna and told her, michelle's gone. then donna said something that troubled him. >> she said, what are

michelle? >> susan roberts in washington. susan, thanks. >>> the state of philadelphia is investigating accusations of racism against a private swim club in suburban philadelphia. they involve a group of minority children from a city day camp. the club in the mostly white suburb of huntington valley denies discrimination. but our philadelphia station kyw reports protestors say otherwise. >> reporter: the controversial decision sparked a community protest, and now the pennsylvania human relations commission is investigating. the anger now is even coming from some swim club members. they're outraged over their private club's decision to essentially kick out about 55 mostly minority children from the creative steps day camp. the kids, including 12-year-old marcus allen, swam at the pool on june 29th. they say at that time they heard racist remarks coming from other members of the huntington valley club. >> how they were like mad that black people were coming in here and how they didn't want these black people in here. >> saying

i'm michelle guillen.this morning supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor makes what is expected to be her final day of questioning before the senate judiciary committee. susan roberts has more. >> what is the set of law in america about abortion? >> in planned parent hood versus kc, the court reaffirmed the core holding of roe versus wade that a woman has a constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy in certain circumstances. >> reporter: supreme court nominees traditionally decline to give specific answers on how they might rule. sotomayor followed that path, refusing to answer hypothetical questions about abortion. >> i probably couldn't opine as i'm sure that situation might well arise before the court. >> reporter: she also refused to give a direct answer to a question related to gun control, if citizens have a right to self-defense. >> i'm asking about your personal opinion. >> but that is sort of an abstract question. >> reporter: her answers left republicans frustrated. they fear she would be bia

>> reporter: good morning, michelle.the michael jackson spectacle history there's still unanswered questions about his death, his children and still don't know where he will be buried. michael jackson's fine resting place is still a mystery. his gold casket was taken to an undisclosed location following tuesday's emotional memorial service in los angeles. ♪ we are the children we are the children ♪ >> reporter: 0,000 people packed the staples center to bid a final farewell to the icon. among them an all-star list of musicians, athletes and other celebrities. >> the more i think and talk about michael jackson, i feel the king of pop is not big enough for him. i think he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived. >> reporter: on the same day as his memorial, the consider rower in released his death certificate. no cause is listed. still waiting for the results of toxicology reports that could take a few more weeks. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> reporter: one of

i'm michelle guillen. president obama will be front and center this morning at the g8 summit in italy, and the day's main topic is how to best counter global warming. the summiteers are also welcoming representatives from some nations that don't yet qualify for g8 status. susan roberts is in washington with more. >> reporter: michelle, good morning to you. the global economic recession will also top the g8 leaders' agenda. president obama is expected to push for additional economic stimulus packages at the meeting. the situation with the global economic crisis is still very prevalent abroad despite the massive government spending to stop this downturn. eight of the world's most powerful leaders are reaching out to five of the fastest developing nations. the so-called g8 and g5 will try to find common ground today on a host of issues, including global warming and international trade. president obama will lead the climate discussion. yesterday the president and other world leaders agreed to do what they can

tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. this program was supposed to run through november 1st. however, there are too many clunkers and just not enough cash. americans are turning their clunkers into cash much quicker than anyone expected. the $1 billion program has been so popular there's concern it will run out of money less than a week after it began. >> kind of like renigging on the deal, i think. >> reporter: but in a white house statement, the white house tried to calm fears, saying its evaluating all options to keep the program covered and all transactions will be honored. consumers like michelle say the government needs to pump more cash into the program and keep it running until november as planned. >> in the long run, i think they should find the money somewhere and do it. they're already in debt. what's another $1 billion? >> reporter: congress approved the cash for clunkers program last month to boost sagging auto sales and remove inefficient cars and trucks from the road. drivers can get up to $4,500 by trading

michelle. >> all right. believe in positive thinking, so let's keep that going. >> yes, let's keep our fingers crossed. >> claire, thank you. >>> just north of salt lake city a 7-year-old boy went on a sunday drive and guess what? he did the driving. a camera in a police car caught the action over the weekend. the boy wasn't a bad driver, though he did blow through a few stop signs. eventually he got out and ran. the deputy right behind him. turns out he went on the joyride because he didn't want to go to church. police say he's too young to be prosecuted and told his dad to put the car keys in a safer place. >>> straight ahead, your thursday morning weather and in sports, manny ramirez tries to put the dodgers up in the 12th, but he's out at home. hi, may i help you? we're shopping for car insurance, and our friends said we should start here. good friends -- we compare our progressive direct rates, apples to apples, against other top companies, to help you get the best price. how do you do that? with a touc

michelle? >> i can imagine some of those people got on flights and actually headed out to california before they knew they weren't even going to get tickets. incredible. claire leka here in new york. as always, thanks. >>> just ahead on the morning news, a serial killer is gunned down in north carolina. >>> plus new violence flares up in western china on the heels of a deadly protest. >>> first, katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> our coverage of "michael jackson the farewell" continues from l.a. we'll take you live to the memorial service with a complete wrap-up on the cbs evening news. and later a 48 hours primetime special. >>> there are new reports of street violence in south western china this morning where at least 156 people have died in clashes with troops and police since sunday. chinese government says more than 1,000 people have been injured and upwards of 1,500 have been arrested. the china's largest region is home to china's largest muslim group, the uig

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>> that's right, michelle. investors will be closely watching a government report on retail sales for signs consumers are opening their wallets again. consumer spending is 70% of the economy, so it's essentially to any sustained economic recovery. retail sales are expected to rise for a second straight month in june but not by much given the rainy weather across much of the country. michelle? >> claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks. >>> the u.s. military announced this morning that two marines have been killed in afghanistan. they died yesterday in what's described as a hostile incident as some 4,000 marines pushed through southern afghanistan in a major operation targeting the taliban stronghold. meantime, in helmand province, a civilian helicopter crashed this morning. some casualties are reported. >>> as the august election approaches in afghanistan, the taliban has launched a new offensive. the taliban captured a small town in eastern afghanistan, but u.s. forces met it head on in a dramatic fire fi

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i'm michelle gielan. this morning the associated press reports that michael jackson died after being given a powerful anesthetic to fall asleep. it was given by his personal physician. dr. conrad murray's lawyer says he won't comment on rumor, inyou endoe and unnamed sources. >> reporter: on the day that michael jackson died. >> the doctor was the only one here. >> reporter: a 911 call, dr. murray, the man who attempted cpr. hours after jackson died, dr. murray's car was impounded from jackson's estate for possible evidence. now some believe the cardiologist could be responsible for jackson's death. according to the associated press, law officials say dr. murray injektd a lethal dose of diprivan. >> this is a criminal case that's being built. >> reporter: last week federal agents raided dr. murray's houston clinic. they conducted a second search at a houston storage facility. tmz reports that two women who rented dr. mo-- the facility in dr. murray's name. he has questions for dr. murray but has not been

anyway, thank you, michelle. thank you, stephen. >>> up next, that stunning speech, that stunning comment. well, let's go to another stunning comment. former governor, just to make the point i made a couple minutes along, georgia governor zell miller tat again. he said that this president, our president, should be held down by gorilla glue. interesting choice of words by the former governor and senator, who i once was threatened with a duel by's i think that's the right verb for him. anyway, this is "hardball" on msnbc. this is the new iphone... ...shooting video. this is the new iphone editing video. and this, is the new iphone sharing video. video. on the iphone 3gs... the most powerful iphone yet. this haircolor is a washout! try nice 'n easy... with color blend technology. in one step get a blend of 3 tones... highlights, lowlights and shine. it makes a fresh, light-filled frame for your pretty face. (announcer) nice 'n easy your right color. come on in. you're invited to the chevy open house. where getting a

i'm michelle guillen. tickets to michael jackson's memorial service will be handed out today. 17,500 fans will be admitted. a private funeral is planned in los angeles. also today, a hearing on jackson's estate will be held. elizabeth sanchez is in los angeles. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. those who beat the odds and won a ticket to michael jackson's memorial service are savoring their victory today and making plans to come to l.a. organizers will only say it will be a 90-minute event celebrating the life of the king of pop. nearly 9,000 lucky michael jackson fans will pick up tickets to his memorial today. one of those winners, meteorologist p.j. javahari of salinas, california. >> i turned off my phone. as i was doing that, i checked my e-mail. get an e-mail from the michael jackson folks. >> reporter: he, like thousands of others, received this e-mail sunday telling him he had been chosen to receive two free tickets to tuesday's event. he's heading to los angeles to pick

i'm michelle gielan. this morning folks from virginia to new england are cleaning up after a string of severe but fast-moving storms that left a trail of damage. susan roberts is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we certainly felt it here in washington over the weekend. the storms were powerful but isolated. they made their way with damaging winds up through the coast over the weekend. >> oh, my god. i've never seen anything like this in my entire life, in this area specifically. like a monsoon came through. >> reporter: the worst of the storms roared through late yesterday. heavy flooding, rain, hail and gusting winds that toppled trees and power lines. four people were struck by lightning in new jersey. >> i couldn't believe all the trees were down in the middle of the street and my next door neighbor has a whole tree across his house, like right across the roof, totally. >> reporter: late yesterday, the storm aggressively moved up the coast leaving up to 20,000 peo

michelle obama's great great grandfather was born a slave but died a free man. he came back to the plantation, though, buried here in all likelihood with his parents and many other relatives. you won't find his grave, though. most of the graves out here are unmarked. >> about seven or eight marks, tombstones and the rest of them are impressions in the ground to see they're buried at and most of the time people couldn't afford a cement stone, they would do it out of wood or cypress. >> reporter: that's what we know about michelle obama's ties to the robinson family of georgetown, south carolina, but there's a lot we don't know. we don't know how many generations of slaves were or what route they took to this hemisphere in the first place. a research group traced the first family's history in the u.s. but could not make the link back to africa. >> that would take a lot of time to do and certainly not a shred of documentary evidence right now which would even suggest to us what the african origins would be. >> reporter: in georgetown, margaret that knots attended t

michelle? >> susan roberts in washington. susan, thanks. >>> former vice president dick cheney could be in hot water over his role in what a key senator says is a plan to conceal a top secret cia intelligence program from congress. kimberly dozier has the details. >> reporter: former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to keep a top secret intelligence program secret from congress, according to senate intelligence chairwoman dianne feinstein. she says current cia director leon panetta informed intelligence committees about it in late june. >> he was told that the vice president ordered that the program not be briefed to the congress. we were kept in the dark. that's something that should never, ever happen again. >> to have a massive program that is concealed from the leaders in congress is not only inappropriate, it could be illegal. >> reporter: the counterterrorism program was established as the cia ramped up its hunt for osama bin laden. no one has revealed details, but a u.s. official familiar with the project tol

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>> i couldn't agree more, michelle. joe and i talked about this monday night on the segments that around 1000 is where there may be a little bit of skepticism as the market tests that area. but i have no indication that we're backing off here whatsoever. >> brian, i see you needing your head up and down. do you agree, and are you looking at the vix, i understand? >> yeah, taking a look at the vix, trading around 25, the futures on the vix, people predicting where the vix might be somewhere down the line. september, october, november. that's trading around $30 a share. so that means people are going out, trying to buy some protection against this market. so any time you get a little bit of a bupullback, people already own the protection against a downward move. i think they were overpaying a bit, and that's why you start to see the rally move higher and the market continue to trend higher, because the protection is in place, and actually being overpaid right now for it, and the bulls can grab ahold of this mark and push

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i'm michelle guillen. the message from the family of an american soldier captured in afghanistan is easy to understand. keep bowe in your thoughts and prayers. private bow bergdahl was captured nearly three weeks ago. over the weekend, bergdahl was seen on a taliban video posted online. susan roberts has the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. they call the video propaganda that violates international law, but it's the first glimpse of the frightened young soldier we've seen since he was captured. >> i am scared. scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> reporter: bergdahl was captured near the pakistan border. the details of his capture were murky. bergdahl said he was lagging behind while he was on patrol. the military says the incident is under investigation. what is clear is the fear in bergdahl's voice. >> i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america, and i miss them every day that i'm gone. >> reporter: back home is a small town in central

>> first of all, michelle, welcome aboard. >> thank you! it's exciting to be here. >> it's going to be a lot of fun. listen, when you have new home sales to come out and show the improvement that it does into a market that's been rallying and yet the market does not respond, what does that tell you? it tells you, folks, it's time to step back. it's time to do some selling. we are losing a little momentum in the rally. it doesn't mean the rally is over. we are losing momentum. >> john, do you agree? what do you see when it comes to the options action and volatility from here on out? >> i think short term, michelle, joe is right. we will see a little profit taking here. we could see just as easily turnarounds this week. today's earnings, verizon was not really a big story for me. i think it's light-selling pressure and that's why we're sideways in the market. >> katie stockton, what do you think is the next move? >> i think lower this week based on widespread short-term overbought conditions, if you look at the components of the s&p 500, abou

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>> thanks, michelle. the big picture is that we are going through the worst kind of deleveraging, i call it the great deleveraging. i thought harry and john got it pretty well last round on that. this is not like a normal recession that we're coming out of in a short time like ef every four years. we have too much debt. that problem is going to take us years to get out of. and the problem is that the government is making it worse by borrowing more. >> all right, bud, let's say much to dennis's chagrin that you're right. what does that mean that people should be investing in? >> i have for years been suggesting to protect yourselves against the ultimate inflation from the collapse of the dollar buying gold and recommending that for years. but my single biggest recommendation now would be short interest rates. in other words, worry or expect osh bet on the fact that interest rates will go up. and the reason is the huge amount of debt, particularly the government borrowing, $235 billion in the next week? tha

our top story -- he's back. >> that he is, michele, the anticipation has been growing for well over aeek after a 50-game suspension and a mini-tour of the minor leagues, manny ramirez returned to the dodgers friday night. but before he did, ramirez addressed his teammates, management, and fans. >> i don't want to get into my medical records right now. i'm happy to be here. i miss the game. i'm ready to play. i was practicing in triple-a, and i can't wait to get into the field. i want to say, i'm sorry to the fans, to my teammates, that they are always there for me. i want to thank frank mccourt for his support. my friend texted me, "big day tomorrow, showtime," so i told him, "hey, i'll be ready." i not having been playing in two months, but still got it on me, so bring it on." >> manny batting third, starting in left field. introduced to the crowd at petco park. >> batting third, number 99, left fielder manny ramirez. >> a mix of boos and cheers. top of the first. first time up, a walk, and that would set up a five-run first inning for the dodgers. top of the second, manny grounds ou

knowing that, what advice would you give to consumers, michelle? >> well, i would say absolutely if you're considering consolidating your debt the way not to do that is to attach it to your house. do not take out a home equity line of credit or something like that where it would attach your credit card debt to your house. as you said, it's unsecured debt. there is no physical property they can take from you if you get behind on those payments. however, you turn that into a line of credit on your house and you've just put your home at risk for credit card debt. >> that is great advice, michelle. thank you for that. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> one of the few businesses that's flourishing during the recession is the foreclosure rescue industry. companies charging a fee for preparing loan modification documents say they're out to help consumers save their homes, but housing counselors say that's not a promise you can take to the bank. >> we are writing this letter directly to you to explain our family's unfortunate set of circumstances. >> this m

michelle myers, u.s. economists and susan whackter, professor of real estate and finance at wharton business school. and i'll start with you professor, because as i understand it, erlg on you've been skeptical of this market, of the housing mark. but this case-shiller number has changed your mind, yes? >> yes. i think we're beginning to see the bottom. this is just one more piece of information that's consistent with other good news, and to me, this is the most surprising. this is telling us not only that we're up nationally, but the minority of markets down, falls are slowing significantly. >> what do you think, miss meyer? you were positive anyway, right? >> absolutely. that is coming pretty much as we were expecting. the one surprise is that the not seasonally-adjusted case-shiller index on a month-to-month basis. we think probably that's seasonal distortions so be a little careful reading into that month-to-month gain. but i think overall what we're seeing is a slow down in the right rate of decline.

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michelle? >> claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks. >>> president obama's healthcare reform deadline is dead. the president wanted congress to pass legislation by next month. senate leaders balked. the president says he's okay with that. joel brown reports. >> reporter: president obama is trying to rebuild the momentum for healthcare reform. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: at a town hall meeting in ohio, he admitted it won't happen as fast as he wants it to. >> we may not be able to get the bill out of the senate by the end of august or the beginning of august. that's okay. i just want people to keep on working. >> reporter: while lawmakers worked in washington -- >> i want to promise you this, ohio. >> reporter: -- the president worked the crowd in ohio, hoping to win back the growing number of americans skeptical about his healthcare overhaul plan. >> as badly as i think it's necessary, i won't sign it if that reform adds even one dime to our deficit over the next decade, and i mean what i say. >> reporter: the whit

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michelle obama's beautiful attire?>> yeah, she travels stylish. >> thank you. >>> tiffany's is now banning coral jewelry from its stores. indonesia are doing something. >> the coral is considered a threat mainly because it removes living corals from reefs where they ought tbe doing their job building a system and producing the habitat that all the other species depend on. >> recently the white house and congress received a letter from 100 scientists and 44 groups asking for protection on the reefs. >>> coming up on news4, it's free exercise. can you do anytime or anywhere. walking has incredible health benefits that companies have begun to realize. >>> and then at 5:00, it's tea time, but which sweet tea wins the best. we put that to the test. >>> those stories and all the day's news, join us for news4 beginning at 4:00. >>> and we will carry michael jackson's memorial service live tomorrow at 1:00. we want to knowfou i y are one of the lucky ones? y you managed to get tickets, we want to ow ow how you got them? send u

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joining us is mark mahaney. >> hey, michelle. >> what do you think? >> i'm not going to touch that. >> i didn't think so. amazon, what happened? what do you do with amazon right here? >> amazon you're a buyer, small buyer of amazon here. get the stock below $80, you want to be a big buyer. you had an expectations correction, this stock ran up hard into the second quarter results, they beat on the bottom line, but didn't beat on the top line, so you can't see how that trade would've sustained itself. >> like everybody. what are they doing internationally, mark? because this is the place where their model has been reaffirmed and people should get excited about what's happened there. >> you've seen no slow down in amazon's business over the last three quarters, as if there's no recession that amazon's facing internationally. why is that? because they roll out that free shipping program internationally, why is that? because they've rolled out new categories. executing extremely well there, the weakness in u.s. business and video game sales and video consu

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michelle? >> susan roberts in washington. susan, thanks. >>> after months of haggling, california may soon have a budget. a compromise deal to close the state's $26 billion shortfall was reached last night. governor arnold schwarzenegger says he's pleased. >> very happy about the deal. we're protecting education. made sure education got fully refunded. we're also very happy that this budget makes government more efficient, and we're cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse in some of the programs. >> schwarzenegger hopes the legislature will approve the budget by thursday. >>> on the "cbs money watch," stock markets in asia soared today. claire leka is live in new york with more. >>> asian markets gained ground overnight as foreign investors bet the global economy was closer to recovery. japan's benchmark nikkei sunched 2.75%. south korea's stocks addsed 3.75%. it's a huge day for earnings on wall street. companies like coca-cola, drug giant merck, apple, and yahoo will report results. the dow starts the day up 104 points. the tec

michelle? >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons has left it without friends in the international community. clinton spoke this morning at an asian security conference in thailand and said the international community is ready to impose strong sanctions. but the u.s. is willing to work with the north koreans. >> full normalization of relationships, a permanent peace regime, and significant energy and economic assistance are all possible in the context of full and verifiable denuclearization. >> this morning north korea said it would not re-enter the six-party talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. >>> vice president joe biden is in the former soviet republic of georgia this morning. he'll meet with georgia's president and opposition leader later today. georgia wants advanced u.s. arms and u.s. observers to monitor the cease fire along the border with russia. biden said the u.s. stands with georgia. one year ago russian troops overwhelmed