toxicology reports, mommy high on booze and pot. daddy admits mommy's not afraid of a joint. and tonight, is daddy under investigation. with one dui arrest under his own belt, is he covering for mommy. and tonight, a court battle brewing. >> eight people killed, four of them children. a crash so severe, so explosive, all that's left, burned wreckage. >> diane schuler had a blood alcohol content of .19%. diane schuler had approximately six grams of alcohol in her stomach. alcohol that had yet to be metabolized. diane schuler had a high level of thc in her blood. thc is the active ingredient pertaining to marijuana. >> i go to bed every night knowing, my heart is clear, she did not drink. she is not an alcoholic. >> because we have never known diane to be anything but a responsible and caring mother and aunt, this toxicology report raises more questions than it provides answers for our family. >> i cannot believe that this manifested itself just on this one incident, and never before did she imbibe liquor in any quantity, never before used drugs. we intend to pursue every civil

mommy, daddy, wake up. >> i can't get any response whatsoever. >> i want mommy and daddy to wake up. >> it is heart wrenching. i want to get our ad exec back in. mark, we talk a lot about teens and we want teenagers to get the message. let's hope adults get it, too. you think they will? >> i couldn't agree more. yes, i think adults will certainly get the message. and i think, you know, the truth about people is that for a lot of people, especially young people, dangerous isn't enough. because they don't believe it will be them. and i think what this gets at, over a million views on youtube, spreading on the social web, partal of the conversation is that it becomes socially unacceptable. socially unacceptable to text while driving. that's where the real change begins in both. >> and i don't think we're there right now. >> no, we certainly aren't. >> >> yeah, people think it's kind of cool to do three things while they drive, and it's not. that's why this is so good. let's get a call in. lisa in kentucky. your thoughts on this? >> caller: oh, god, i bluam absolutely 100% behind it. my

mommy needs to go to the big house. the big dollhouse. >> shocking video out of georgia shows a mother dragging her child by a leash through the store, and she claims he liked it. the disturbing video was discovered after investigators arrested the mother, charging her with first-degree cruelty to a child, punishable by up to 20 years behind bars. 37-year-old mom melissa means told cops she suffers from lupus and pneumonia and couldn't pick up her son who refused to walk. that's when she proceeded to drag the young boy across the floor. department of family and children's services were notified. the boy was later released to his grandmother. >>> and breaking news tonight. idaho. the desperate search for a little 8-year-old boy ends tonight. as we go to air, it is confirmed. the body of a little boy discovered floating in a local canal is that of 8-year-old robert manwill. the little boy reported missing from his mother's apartment complex, seemingly vanishing into thin air. and in another major break, new information fr

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. bombshell tonight, blood is not thicker than alcohol. we learn the family cuts all ties with drunk mom's husband as surveillance video emerges of drunk mom just before the fatal crash. >> reporter: toxicology reports found schuler was twice over the legal alcohol limit and showed evidence of marijuana use. she was coming home from a camping trip at the time of the accident and was killed instantly, along with her daughter, three nieces, and three passengers in the oncoming car she hit. only her son survived. >> we do not have much in the way of people that morning describing diane schuler other than to say that she was fine, up until the time that she made a phone call. >> at 11:30, she talked to her brother, said, you know what, hit a little bit of traffic, but your girls -- who were in the car, three of them -- will be home in time for their afternoon activities. then at 1:00, she talked to her brother again. and this is where everything went into action sort of, here. because the b

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. bombshell tonight. blood is not thicker than alcohol. we learn the family cuts all ties with drunk mom's husband as surveillance video emerges tonight of drunk mom just before the fatal crash. what does it reveal? police set to interview the sole child survivor, but will daddy give permission? legal eagles say, no way. prosecutors set to meet with police. will criminal charges follow? >> long island mother diane schuler was stoned and drunk when she plowed into the bastardis' suv, going the wrong way on the taconic parkway. schuler, herself, was killed along with her 2-year-old daughter and three nieces. >> she left the campground in new york and went to mcdonald's. according to the employees at mcdonald's, she seemed fine, no problem, the kids seemed fine. she supposedly got back in her minivan and started driving. >> she did not drink. she is not an alcoholic. >> i feel that it is inconceivable that nobody in this -- in the driver's family was aware of the fact that she had a drinki

. ♪ mommie's home! mommie! mommie! i played baseball... so sorry i'm late, miss sykes.h, that's ok, honey. what's for dinner, mom? are you listening? yes. these are for you. alright! ( laughing ) yes! ( excited shouting ) tell me about your day. in a minute, mom! oh! i'll be right here when you're ready. when i've had one of those days... i make it a happy meal night. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> why have we not seen a more collective effort of movement from black america? >> i think, first of all, because when we rely on mainstream media to define the agenda, the only time you will see reverend sharpton is when they're ticked off at a rally. so people within the room got to ask the question, am i buying black newspapers, black radio? am i buying black magazines? am i getting our story? last week my niece anastasia, we were watching television, bill widthers singing "ain't no sunshine when she's gone". when we got in the car i put it on, anna, eight, says, can you put that o8my ipod. the point i'm making there is, i grew up with a daddy who played music while i was in the room.

do you think she understood mommy was coming home?i think she did think that mommy was coming home and, you know, she was able to talk to euna one time when euna called. and euna was really smart. she called michael and said let me call you right back and leave a phone message on the voicemail. on it she said that mommy was going to be back soon and she loved her so that they could play it for hana all the time. i actually think that of all of us, little hana had the most confidence that she would be seeing her mom soon. she just maintained such an incredible spirit. and the day of -- when we were watching on television, on cnn, the plane arriving in burbank, hana was exuberant saying mommy's on that plane. she was just so excited. you saw her skipping up to the plane. it was just -- that was something that just completely, completely, you no he, brought tears to all of our eyes. because it's just been a long time coming. >> it has. an a long fight to get there. what's the first thing your sister asked for yesterday? what did she want

mommy, too old. and certainly not something that i -- i will have to think about

mommy had nothing to do with it. don't go to a therapist and say. >> anderson: time for "360." anderson? >> surreal. thanks, anderson. >>> can obama counter the town hall critics or will he and all us end up with watered down reform or no change at all. doing a town hall in montana, taking the first family to nearby yellowstone park. mr. obama came because when it comes to passing reform the road truly runs through montana. raw politics from ed henry. >> reporter: montana is a nice place to visit this time of year, but the president had more on his mind than fly-fishing. he came for urgent business, buttering up the state senior center max bachus who could hold the fate of health reform in his hands. >> first of all the man who is working tirelessly to make sure the american people get a fair deal when it comes to health care in america, please give max bachus a round of applause. >> reporter: in private, top presidential advisers acknowledged the fight reached a critical stage because the opposition reached some ste

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. tonight a court battle brewing. >> the question was asked, did she have an alcohol problem? did you know her to go to bars? >> absolutely not. >> did you know her to get drunk and act in -- >> i never saw her drunk since the day i met her. >> a 36-year-old mother, diane schuler drove the wrong way for nearly two miles on a new york highway with five children inside her minivan. they struck an suv with three adults head-on. eight people were killed. authorities revealed schuler had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. equivalent to ten drinks. that she also had traces of marijuana in her system. >> how do you put five children in a car when you are a mother and you're drunk? how do you do that? it's incomprehensible. i can't even -- we have children. i would never ever do something like that. it's just -- it's crazy. >> i go to bed every night knowing, my heart is clear, she did not drink. she is not an alcoholic. listen to all that. she is not an alcoholic, and my he

. ♪ our world ♪ ♪ mommie's home! mommie! mommie! i played baseball...rry i'm late, miss sykes. oh, that's ok, honey. what's for dinner, mom? are you listening? yes. these are for you. alright! ( laughing ) yes! ( excited shouting ) tell me about your day. in a minute, mom! oh! i'll be right here when you're ready. when i've had one of those days... i make it a happy meal night. ♪ ba da ba ba ba ♪ our world >>> president obama deserves our support when he's facing the kind of challenges and difficulties. he's due an opportunity, and i think he's earned the right to have our support in these days while he tries to grapple with one of the most difficult set of circumstances any president has been handed. >> terrence, interesting there with what marc morial suggested about the need and want to support this president, also the need and want to see change quickly, because there are those who are in sinking boats that cannot hang on until the rest of us make it to shore. >> well, i'll say this about president obama -- he laid out in the campaign a vision of am

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. bombshell tonight. first, daddy claims drunk mommy had a stroke. an abscessed tooth? pregnancy-related diabetes? p.s., she's not pregnant. and finally a mystery lump in her leg, moving toward her brain. why? why don't they just stop? tonight, daddy says, it wasn't the liquor in her stomach. it was the anbesol on her tooth. yes, the new defense to criminal and civil charges -- mommy used anbesol. that's right. the over-the-counter toothache gel. they say made her plow into another car, killing eight. >> breaking news in the case of the tragedy on the taconic, the "new york post" says schuler was taking the drug anbesol for a toothache and that's what caused her blood alcohol level to be twice the legal limit. >> the operator of the 2003 ford -- the autopsy was performed. the operator of the 2003 ford van was responsible for this crash. the toxicology and autopsy shows diane schuler had a blood alcohol content of.19%. >> i go to bed every night knowing, my heart is clear. she did not dr

mommy used anbesol. that's right. the overthe counter toothache gel they say made her plow into another car, killing eight. >> breaking news in the case of the tragedy on the taconoy, the "new york post" says schuler was taking the drug anbesol or for a toothache and that's what caused her blood alcohol level to be twice the legal limit. >> the operator of the 2003 ford van was responsible for this crash. the toxicology and autopsy shows diane schuler had a blood alcohol content of.19%. >> i go to bed every night knowing, my heart is clear. she did not drink. of she is not an alcoholic. >> in addition, the autopsy revealed that diane schuler had approximately 6 of grams of alcohol in her stomach. alcohol that had yet to be m metaboliz metabolized. >> i'm not saying that test is wrong here, but something had to happen. this is not a woman who would jeopardize five children. >> toxicology also reveals that diane schuler had a high level of thc. tetra hydro cannib ball in her blood. >> something happened to her brain. th

my mommy passed out a little bit. >> your mommy passed out a little bit. >> i got emotional. he's really smart. i didn't know he had in him. >> that little guy give the 911 dispatcher information that helped save the day. he was named a junior paramedic and said that he wants to be a police officer when he's all grown up. >> he is so cute. look at him. >> my mom passed out a little bit. >>> a baltimore county youth football team is facing a problem that has nothing to do with tackling. >>> they want to know who vandalized their home turf. >>> good morning. i'm jamie costello. here's what we're working on for you today. here comes the ravens. the preseason opener tonight as we get set for the real stuff in september. >>> and the families of ravens to be are up set this morning with who tore up their concession stand. >>> all that and more coming up as we lead up to the 7:00 hour and go

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. but tonight authorities hone in on daddy. >> the nightmare began with 36-year-old diane schuler with five kids in her minivan, mistakenly turned on to the taconic parkway's exit ramp. >> schuyler was apparently disoriented when she drove onto the ta conic parkway. >> the minivan continued in the wrong direction on the parkway for 1.7 miles before it hit this suv, carrying three men who were killed on impact. the minivan with the kids then careened into a third car, rolled down this embankment and burst into flames. >> toxicology reports found schuler was twice over the legal alcohol limit and showed evidence of marijuana use. >> it's difficult for me to believe that nobody knew the propensity of this woman to drink and have drugs. i think it's extremely unusual, extremely suspicious. i think that the family should have immediately notified the state police to stop that vehicle. they knew the license plate. and not let her proceed. yet they let her proceed. >> the question's asked, did

mommy had nothing to do with this. don't go to a therapist and tell me your mommy did it. >> i need a therapist after this hour. i'm making origami fish on national television. it got down to that. >> i am impressed and impressed you remembered the skill from first grade? >> i learned it in first grade. it's a trick i use all around the world with kids. >> i love it. add that to the "jeopardy" champion, is there anything you can't do? >> i honestly had no idea what she was talking about the last ten minutes. i was nervous trying to stop these kids from getting too upset. >> right. it seemed to work fairly well. >> i've, you know, i need heavy sedation. that's what i need. >> for you, not the children? they just need french fries and mangos and they would be fine. >> i need the entire weekend to recover from that. see the most recent "shots" at our website, ac360.com. very adorable kids. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, president obama taking questions defending health care reform. is this really his last best chan

i wonder what mommy is cooking for dinner tonight. out to the lines, debbie in california, hi, den by. >> caller: hi, nancy, i love that you speak up for people who can't always speak up for themselves. that's a wonderful trait you've got. >> thank you. i appreciate it. the reason i'm being a little light hearted in this case is nobody's dead, nobody's dismembered, a very shrewd police chief managed to nip this in the bud thanks to a confidentialal informant, not so confidential anymore, and they got the whole thing on video. and i guarantee you, debbie in california, all these phone calls, you know, the assassin would have long phone call conversations with her, i guarantee you she's not telling me, but that had to be being recorded. so what's your question tonight? >> caller: i want to know why this woman, accused of murder, is out on bail for only $25,000. i would be scared if i was her husband. >> i asked chief matthew emler that last night. he said the judge is in a much better position to make that call, he defended the judge. b

toxicology reports mommy high on booze and pot. and tonight, another stunning twist. >> the "new york post" reports the attorney representing the family of accused dui mom diane schuler says she was taking anbesol for a toothache and that's what caused her blood alcohol level to be .19, over twice the legal limit. >> prior to getting that car, she had numerous medical conditions, problems. one of them was an abscess which was almost two months old. which she would not go to the dentist for, no matter how much he begged. she had diabetes of various levels. also had a lump on her leg, and the lump on her leg, we're not sure what it was, but it was moving. did she have a stroke and then have alcohol? >> autopsy from the medical examiner was very specific. it looked for stroke, heart attack and dissecting aneurysm, and it was negative on all those counts. >> the attorney for the schuler family told me that they are looking into t.i.a. as a possible explanation. t.i.a. is like a stroke, in that it is an interruption of blood flow into t

look for mommy.us until you see mommy. >> in fairfax county they have shortened a lot of -- or lengthened the bus routes and cut out the stops. my children have to go to another bus stop. so a lot of new things is happening because of budget cuts. what about car pools if you have another parent or baby- sitter picking up your child? >> of course you are going to know that person and know them well enough to understand how well they drive and how safety of seat belts and those things. the biggest danger is at the school getting out of the car and going in to the school or coming out of the school and getting back in the car. you want to make sure they know not to dart in to traffic. if they see your car down the parking lot. they don't come to you. you come to them and you can drive through that car pool lane and practice. practice letting them out. drive in a circle. come back and pick them up. that way they understand the safety and tell them the why of that safety so they understand how dangerous i

. >> that was gloron mommy -- gloria mommy pez reporting. she left behind her car making it easy for police to track her down. >>> tomatoes this is the annual festival in value valencia. food fights aren't just permitted. they're encouraged but it's not as ancient a tradition as you might think. it goes book to 1945 but -- goes back to 1945 but no one is quite sure why it started. >>> our coverage on the passing of senator ted kennedy continues on the news edge at 11:00. >>> the work goes o. the cause endures. the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. disbll ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws reflected in millions of lives. >> the senate has lost one of its most prominent figures. tonight america is honoring senator ted kennedy preparing to lay him to rest near the graves of his fallen brothers. the senator died overnight at his home on cape cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. originally from massachusetts kennedy spent much of his life here in the nation's capital and tonight those in d.c. who knew the ma

i think the other thing people always talk about mommy in some ways like to start this camp and it wasal olympics, but life think it misses some of the plate that she is a political operative. she is a political strategist. she works both parties better than anybody i've ever seen. and i don't think -- i think teddy could probably speak to this better i don't think you would have had any of the legislation that you have of americans for disability without her relentless work leading up to that and she works as a anybody can say. you see her down on the hill today. she's been going down to the hill for 50 years and working both sides of the bill, and i think that she was -- she always looked at it and what she wanted to get and she always figured out who she needed to talk to to get what she wanted and she didn't care what party they were in, she just knew what she needed to get from them and she accomplished so i think that is also -- she didn't get stock in label or party. she went in and accomplished what she wanted to do so i think that her breeches, the special olympics is extraord

. >> we could feel your love all the way -- >> when hannah's mom was away -- >> she was like, will mommyill be home in a couple days, or, i'll do this when mommy gets here. >> reporter: she's here, forehead to forehead, cheek to cheek. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> tomorrow night, we take note of 200 days in office for the obama white house. cnn analysts and many of you will grade the president on the economy, health care reform, foreign policy, and other issues that you care about. special coverage

mommy was all of our best friends. it was an honor for all of us to be her children and a special privilege for me to be her daughter. it was not always easy being her kid because she was not exactly like any other mother you have ever seen. i did not actually know how to process her appearance because most of the mothers were dressed up and mony wore men's pants, she smoked cuban cigars and she played tackle football. she would come to pick us all up in her blue lincoln convertible and her hair would be flying in the wind and there would usually be pencils or pans in yet. -- japens in it. more often than not, this water would be covering a bathing suit so that she could lose no time to jump in the pool. and it is to say, when the nuns would announce her rival, i would try to run for cover. and when she was not trying to beat us in a game of tennis, you could usual fine -- usually find her at mass, praying or working. she was determined to change the world for people with the intellectual disabilities and she did. you

thank you, mommy, for giving me the breath of life.sh, you did it for me, let me do it for you. your love has brought me to my knees. i cannot breathe without you. i cannot think without you. i am lost without you. here we are, you and me, the clouds are gone, the sky is clear, you are the star in my sky, you are the music in my heart. do you hear it? listen. listen. you are the trumpet of my life. [applause] >> in the spirit of what we have just scared -- shared, let us sing on the sheets that have been passed on to you, oh wins we have and is filled with the universe, and will be led by this wonderful irish group. ♪ ♪ we are all walking in the footsteps ♪ of the lord ♪ and we are united ♪ and a new estimation ♪ the saints are marching in ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ i want to read a number ♪ when the saints go marching in. ♪ ♪ ♪ when the saints go marching in the back it is hard to be in the summer ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ when the saints go marching

she called me mommy. she was my daughter and i was her mother in every sense of the word. >> larry: when did she begin modelling? >> probably in her early 20s. after high school, she worked at shoppers corner which is a family owned business for 7 years she worked as a bank girl there and then worked as a crew member on a sailing char ining . that is a 70 foot sailing yacht and she was really good at that job. >> larry: she didn't tell you they were married. >> she told me the day that they met. she called me the day after and she said mommy, i met the most perfect guy in the world and his name is ryan. she went on and on about ryan and how perfect he was chl that was all i knew. so ryan fly to north carolina for the services for her grandma. >> larry: you never met ryan? >> i never met him. >> larry: so the marriage had to be recent? >> the marriage was according to the newspapers, the marriage was two days later, which shocked me. she never said a word to me. >> one of the witnesses was an employee of t

both mommy and daddy had meaning and purpose in their lives, but it was all about work.f my mother what in the room today, i do not sit on the couch. i jumped up and run out. [laughter] you've got to learn had just be. oh, no. that is certainly not the way that they lived their lives. they lived their lives with a goal. i certainly think that mommy had a goal always, beginning to change the family -- the world one family at a time. she got involved with this watching her mother deal with her sister. and then others had no school to send their children to, no camp, and she was determined to change their world, and in she was determined that we would join her cause, and other people we knew would join her cause. and they got wrapped up in it. there is probably nobody here who knows any of us who is not involved in some capacity working for mommy. you walk in the door and you walk out what up in paper. you were involved in something because her philosophy has been that everybody has the ability to serve, so get on to yourself, no matter what your age or where you are from.

. >> they call themselves the chesapeake mommies. >> we save a lot. and i get a lot of free stuff. >> it started as a way to make ends meet. >> it became crucial two years ago when i lost my job due to back injury. we went from a two income house making pretty decent money, to a one income house, with the same set of bills. >> now for many of the ladies in the group, it is just a way of life. >> saturday night for us consists of watching television, and cutting out coupons. >> just get together and find the deals. >> i have not even gotten fully into it. still learning. >> jessica garrison just started couponing a few months ago. >> at my first deal, i had a buy one get one coupon for cereal. the store had to for half price. and i got both boxes for free. and once i did that, i was like oh my gosh. it was an eye opening experience t made me believe. and then i want tod learn more on. >> and she is learning from the best. >> because i still spend $70 at the grocery store, and these other women can spent 50 or a dollar. >> two of the women can bilk coup

but, as i got sober, and they started to say things like mommy's not drinking anymore.wins were 5 and my youngest was 2, that they were paying attention to what i was doing every day. >> and it's very interesting, rachel's drug of choice was white wine which is a socially acceptable thing for women to drink. vodka, which is perhaps implicated in this horrific crash, you can't smell it. so women will tend to stay away from the scotches, and the bourbons of the world, and they'll go for things that, frankly, you can walk around and no one's going to say oh, well mommy's a drunk because she's had two bottles of white wine. you can sort of snooker people. >> you talk about being accessible. you talk about going on this mommy blogs during the day, and alcohol was a big discussion point on these blogs. >> sure, yep. i wrote for bottle.com and we, at the time, you know, we had our friday cocktail play date where we'd come up with a funny name for a drink and it was part of the subtext of what we were talking about. momma had a headache or oh, it's been a hard day, i need a dri

one father no longer has to tell his little girl, mommy's away on a business trip. they arrived early this morning on a millionaire's jet landing in burbank, california, just outside of l.a. euna lee and laura ling spent 140 days in north korean custody before former president bill clinton helped secure their release on tuesday. what else may have gone into their pardon, official and otherwise, still undisclosed. that is the news tonight. but it barely hints at the story, which is frankly better told in the sights, the sounds, and the tears of the moment. [ applause ] the reunion is especially moving for yun la lee's husband michael saldate and their 4-year-old daughter hannah. when he spoke with him in june, he spoke of incidents when mommy's absence started to become the norm. >> yeah, yeah. normally the old pictures that she would always draw were always my wife in the center. i would always be kind of aside and smaller. and it would be all three of us. she drew a picture and i was the sister and it was just her and i. and i didn't even know what to say. you know

i think both mommy and daddy have lives of its meaning and purpose but it was all about work and youould not sit on the couch. i say to my toes and the other day of my her mother walks on the road this day i don't sit on the couch and i jump up and i visited. people say you've got to learn how to adjust the and i say that is not -- i don't know that to serve and not the way they live their lives. i think that they lived their lives with a gold, silver and thing mommy had a goal always which was two really begin to change the world when family at a time and i think further involvement in this scene the way her mother had to deal with her sister and that hearing from other mothers that they had known to send their children and that they have no school their children for the intent on no camp issue is determined to change their world and then she became determined that we would all join in her cause and that everybody that we knew would join in their costs of people who came to our house as our friends got wrapped up in it. there was probably nobody here who knows any of us who's not in