they are mourning a star football player and soon to be dad. just released autopsy results indicate the 20-year-old, jasper howard, died of a single stab wound to the stomach. this all happened saturday of after a fire alarm went off at a dance at the student center just after midnight. students spilled into the street and a fight broke out. howard and another student were stabbed and howard later died. >> he was a good kid. i never had any problems with him. all i wanted him to do was go to school, and get an education. and he was doing what i asked him to do. and i never had any problems out of him. none. >> this is so hard. you know, he -- before this morning, a lot of people may have looked at him as a teammate, as a friend. but ever since he stepped foot on this campus, he was our brother. >> just before he was killed, howard apparently phoned his mom to say he had been given the game-winning ball from the school's victory over louisville. police say the stabbing was not a random act, but no suspect has been named so far. >>> a 16-year-old

but he is indeed mourning. he has just lost his father who he obviously adored or at least had a very, very significant role in his life. and to make matters worse, his mother has married almost immediately. his uncle, his father's brother and left him almost in this desert of mourning where he is all on his own, isolated. he is questioning his own life. he says in the first time you see him alone, you know, that he wished in a way cokill himself. the only reason he won't is because god is against him. but he's over with the world. he's over with everything cynical and negative because to him he sees everything as a polluted garden, an unseeded garden, he calls it. suddenly out of no where he is approached and told that a spirit of his father has been dean walking the battlements of the castle. he hooks on to it immediately which is unusual because of course you would think it would be the last thing he would need. but to me it is a sign that there is a chink of hope. there is a chink of something is amiss. and

. >> as we mourn the loss of these americans, they fought alongside the comrades and our freedoms, killed in a separate attack last weekend, the 24th to die from that post in afghanistan. >>> at least 13 people dead and many more hospitalized because of a bombing at the embassy in afghanistan in kabul. the driver tried to drive an suv full of explosive through the gates. >> we've been asking your views all day on this. it's crunch time. who should the president listen to in the war over afghanistan. his field commanders or others. call toll free 1-877-tell-hln. or text views to 45688, hlntv. >>> police in phoenix say a man kidnapped and held captive for a week may have escaped while being buried alive. his alleged be a duck fors demanded a ransom of $100,000 from his family. he heard his captures talkinging about burying him. he hefrd them digging and used the concrete cutting machine and that's what convinced him to make a break for it. he managed to get out of a bedroom window and ran to the neighbors for help. >> he was crying and shaking like he was obviously scared and he was pretty

the university of connecticut is mourning the death of one of their star football players. 20-year-oldper howard was killed in an on-campus stabbing just hours after last night's winning game. this is his profile on the uconn website. he was apparently stabbed in a fight after the team's victory over louisville. and police are still looking for the perpetrator. he was a junior and starting cornerback from miami. he led the big east in punt returns last season. university president michael hogan calls this stabbing a tragedy for the entire university community. >>> defense secretary robert gates will spend the next week trying to convince u.s. allies they need to stay the course in afghanistan. gates will visit japan and korea, then meet with nato defense ministers in slovakia. japan is planning to roll back its support for afghanistan combat operations in january. south korea currently provides noncombat support in afghanistan. the nato meeting may be pivotal. gates is expected to ask the alliance to maintain its commitment to the mission while the u.s. decides whether to increase troo

the elderly woman who lost her life here is being mourned, not in her church, there's still too much water. instead, her body is carried down the main road back to her home where there is nothing left. the death toll continues to rise. victims washing back ashore. >> we don't have a head count on the amount of people, but from what we were told, there were a lot of people that were still sleeping at the time of the tsunami. >> reporter: the morgues at the local hospitals are full. refrigerated containers a grim reminder of the toll. it's made a bad situation worse. those who are returning are finding rebuilding nearly impossible. many are too afraid to come back. no wonder. all the talk of tsunami warnings. the first waves are on them before the ground stops shaking. there have been few aftershocks. the roads that were impassable are passable. humanetarian aid is coming in. medical supplies are being flown in from hawaii. it is a flurry of activity. the group huddled around the grave to say good-bye. >> this woman used to come every sunday to keep communion. so, i really missed her v

which is worse getting sick or mourning the death of your child? for more information call the state swine flu health line. 877 md flu for you. >> and there is more detailed inform had shun about what maryland is doing to combat the swine flu on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the swine flu icon. >> breaking news in baltimore county to talk to you about. homicide detectives are investigating the finding of a body. the body was discovered about 4:00 this afternoon. police were still on the scene tonight. in the 9500 block on of liberty road in lan dals town where they found the body of a man. no word on the cause of death. >> police charge a couple for killing an elderly man in whitemarsh. police say the 35-year-old man and woman were david week wee's tenants. he was planning to evict them. relative foun him dead friday night in his home. discovered on his bed with a pillow taped over his head. >> woman testifies against william brown unlicensed cab driver. brown raped her she said and leaving her for dead six years ago. the cabbie'

samoans are in mourning. funerals the ritual that bind them together. most of the dead were the very old or the very young. >> we lost his parents and two of our kids. well, we only had two kids. we lost both our kids. >> reporter: one survivor called the tsunami a monster that brought death and destruction. on the island of samow awhole villages were swept away. dazed and distraught survivors looked for others who may have survived. air crews from mew zealand searched for bodies swept out to sea and marked the location with flares tow other wreckures can retraef them for burial. with so much devastation, everyone on the island expects the death toll to climb. >> my best friend, she's okay. she's safe. we're missing two others. >> reporter: the annie le samoan tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 8 earthquake and that quake literally sent shock waves across the pacific, which has many people wondering if the powerful samoan quake may have triggered the indonesian quake the next day, or even the flurry of moderate quakes here in the california sierra nev

today students are encouraged to wear dark clothing to mourn howard. there will be an event every day this week on campus to remember him. how this team picks up a football and plays on saturday, robin, i have no idea. more sports in a bit. >> and they do have one scheduled. >> yep, on saturday. >>> a woman and a man were killed after two suicide attacks in pakistan. at least 32 people were injured. it happened at the islamic university in pakistan's capital. more than 12,000 students from all over the world go to school there. >>> charges in the balloon boy -- let's just call it that -- case could be charged by saturday. the parents are involved in a huge hoax involving a balloon. the city also wants to get money back that they spent looking for him. >> it is a bad thing that he did, but you know, it is important to keep in mind that no one was hurt. he doesn't appear to have taken any money as a result -- it was a career-building, apparently, endeavor that didn't work, but, i mean, i think it's important to keep it in perspective. >> richard heene ha

villagers gathered to mourn the dead. at least 176 people were killed. hundreds of responders are now on the ground including fema and the american red cross. they're transporting medical supplies. >>> heavy rains triggered another landslide in indonesia. the search has been called off for the hundreds still missing from wednesday's earthquake. that death toll is now at 1100. >>> metro is losing millions because fewer people are taking public transportation. trent ridership wasdown nearly 4% in july. the red line has seen -- the scene of the deadly train crash, saw the biggest drop, more than 10% in july and more than 80% in august. metro could lose over $22 million in revenue if the pace continues. >>> trains have been running slower between the takoma and fort totten stations since the june crash. metro pushed the date back to early september to fix the rails. they say the work is taking longer than expected. >>> 39 people arrested are expected back in federal court today. the suspects have all pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say they paid more than $3

a family in turmoil mourning the loss of a 16-year-old honor student ruthlessly beaten to death in chicago. could police have prevented you? first, the video we are about to show is very disturbing. a week al, he walks into an all-out riot ashsts me lay. you will see one of these young men in red grab a 2 by 4 and dare yon gets blindsided and gets punched after that. you're going to see that here and beaten mercilessly after that. hours later, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. fourteens arrested and cops looking for three more suspects now chicago police launch an internal investigation trying to find out whether a squad car was near the scene. did any officers witness the fight and do nothing to stop it? we also want to bring it back to the core of this, why we do the story. a 16-year-old with a promising future is dead. he and his family lived a simple yet happy life, they tried hard, a mom, his mom single parent lived four hours away but kept him in school in chicago because of an honors program to it have a better education. the family saved two years to have a computer, so he co

it was something he mourned very personally. >> david loses himself in his work. right now, tv weather has become too small a form for his talent. >> i did the weather and then i got bored with acludded fronts. i got frustrated. >> at the same time, jane pauley was making a name for herself on the indianapolis airways. it's not until years later that the two would become friends. >> i'm jane pauley reporting at the supermarket. >> narrator: in 1974, david decides to leave television and try his hand in radio. he host answer afternoon drive time show. it's here that david develops a reputation for the outrageous. >> one of the bits that he did on that program was reporting the soldiers and sailors monument at monument circle in downtown indianapolis had been sold to the island of guam. the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giants a spare gus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. he sets his sights on becoming a comedy writener hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing h

today students at uconn are encouraged to wear dark clothes to mourn howard. there will be events every day through saturday on campus to honor and remember him as well. robin? >> all right. and we certainly will watch this investigation. thank you so much. >>> today afghan president karzai is expected to announce his plan to deal with his country's messy presidential election. the power struggle there could affect u.s. troop decisions. a u.n.-backed fraud investigation found nearly a third of karzai's ballots were invalid. now that would mean he did not get 50% of the votes needed for an outright win. options include a run-off or possibly sharing power with his challenger. >>> charges in the balloon boy case could be filed next week. colorado authorities say that the heenes carried out a hoax involving their son and a huge balloon. well, they could face several felony charges including conspiracy. but some say that that is taking things too far. >> we need to not get carried away. there was a false police report made. that's a misdemeanor. to turn it into a c

it was a kind of mourning he did very personally and very privately. >> david loses himself in his work. but by now, tv weather has become too small a forum for his talent. >> i did the weather and then i got bored with occluded fronts. /didn't see much humor there. the home viewers aren't up for a lot of funny stuff in the weather and i got a little frustrated. >> at the same time, jane pauley another fresh-faced broadcaster, is making a name for herself on the indianapolis airways. it's not until years later that the two would become friends. >> i'm jane pauley reporting at the supermarket. >> narrator: in 1974, david decides to leave television and try his hand in radio. he lands a job where he hosts an afternoon drive-time show. it's here that david develops a reputation for the outrageous. >> one of the bits that he did on that program was reporting that the soldiers and sailors monument in downtown indianapolis had been sold by the city fathers of indianapolis to the island of guam. the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giant asparagus. >> narrator:

this doesn't exactly look like a husband in mourning. cops say this guy shot his wife, then called 911, confessing to the murder. but now he's behind bars. he's joking with his daughter and talking about being released. what's up with this guy? >>> and jon gosselin's fighting back. the former star of "jon and kate plus eight" claims he had an epiphany and wants his children taken off the reality show. an epiphany? really? funny how his sudden enlightenment comes less than a week after he got the boot from tlc. now that he's out of the picture, he suddenly feels the tv show is unhealthy for his kids. wild coincidence? >>> plus, a late night bombshell. david letterman admits to having sex with his co-workers, telling the live audience he was blackmailed by a colleague from cbs. cops say an emmy award winning producer from cbs' "48 hours" threatened to expose letterman's sexual affairs if he didn't pay up $2 million. letterman allegedly gave this guy a phony check. now the tv producer's behind bars. this is the same kind of story he exposes

today the city is mourning the loss of the founder of ben's chili bowl. ali died last night after a long illness. his u street restaurant opened back in 1958 and is famous for its half smoke and its high profile clientele. celebrities like ella fitzgerald, bill cosby a favorite, even president barack obama have all come through the doors to eat there. ben ali was 82 years old. we'll have much more on his life cosurháonight at 5:00.ñr >> harry connick jr. wanq apology after his guest appearance on an australian talent show, where one group performed in black face. the show aired last night on austral australia's channel 9 network. a groupf doctors calling themselves the jackson jive painted their faces black and wore wigs. they called it a tribute to michael jackson. connick jr. called it offensive and said he wouldn't have participated had he known that was going to happen. >> i wanted to make sure -- those guys that did that sketch, i'm sure, are fantastic, intelligent guys. but as an american, i had to say what i felt, you know. that's not disparaging a

patrick's church are mourning the death of a popular priest he was stabbed to death. a long time janitor at the the church is charged with stabbing him 32 times with a kitchen knife thursday. many in the community are still stunned by the brutality of the crime. >> we're all praying that we can get through this. we're just hugging each other and coming together as a family. >> it will take us a while to get over everything. it just came so fast. couldn't believe it. >> 64-year-old feliciano is being held on a million dollar bail. hinds' body was found on friday when he didn't show up for morning mass. he called 911 while he was being stabbed. the call was cut off. . 911 called back and he said there was no emergency. >>> jessop is accused of sexually assaulted a child. the charges stem from his marriage to an underage girl. he faces up to 20 years in prison. a year and a half ago 12 members of the church of the flds were charged in the largest child custody case in u.s. history. more than 400 children were taken into state custody from their remote ranch in west texas

and e mourning is stl only beginning. >> lehrer:n other news today there were troubling neweports on the u.seconomy. aims for unemployment benefi rose morthan expected last week. factory tivity dropped in september. and most auto make reported sales ll last month as well. it was all too mucfor wall street. thdow jones industrial average lost03 points or 2% to close at 9509. the nasdaq fell arly 65 points tolose at 2057, a loss of 3%. a key nate committee neared the end of i work on health care reform today aftea battle over tax. republics tried to kill a mandate at most americans buy health insurance. they said it amounts ttaxing the middlelass. democrats answed the real goal s to gut the bill, and the debate went back and forth >>ll i've done is provide that if that bill resul in an crease in taxes on those making less th $250,000 a year en the taxes will not have t be paid by them. that is the promise and e pledgehat the president has ma to the american people about thtax impact of the legislation that he has said should come beforeim. >> we have to have shared responsibilitynd tha

>> well, you know, it's a mixture of mourning and celebrating.ng to be having a memorial gathering for her in new york at riverside church where ts of people who are part of our past will be presenting eulogies and singing. mary was larger than life. my brother, thank you for our acknowledgement of our history. >> it's such an amazing history. and you know, there aren't a lot of musicians who can say that they honestly helped change the course of history and your work during the civil rights movement and beyond has done that so we thank you for that. the memorial concert takes place in new york on what would have been her birthday. >> november 9. >> november 9th. >> at riverside church. but, you know, we've been realizing, because of the outpouring of love and from the whole country, how this jt becomes part of the heart of america. it's not entertainment. it never was just entertainment. anyhow, it's good to be with you. >> good to have you here. >> when we were first marching and singing songs like... ♪ if i had a hammer, i'd hammer in the morn

. >>> in the south pacific, people gather to mourn victims of the tsunami that obliterated villages on the shores of american samoa and samoa. it claimed 17 # lives. >>> the supreme court starts a new term today. all eyes will be on the judge sonya sotomayor. five of the six catholic justices were at a mass yesterday. the red mass has been held the day before the new supreme curt term ery year since 1953. >>> it is now 11 minutes after 5:00. don't trust everything you read on food labels. that is the word from some health officials. coming up next, a warning on some information about food labels that could be way off the mark. >>> the redskins rebound. we'll have highlights of the big win over the buccaneers yesterday. >>> in just a few moments, we'll bring you the latest on today's weatr forecast. julie wright will be along to tell us what is happening on the roads. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. . dude, your shirt. oh, i did it to let the ladies know, i'm the right choice. i got the idea from general mills big g cereals. they put this white check at the top of e

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anti-war groups taking their message to the white house, so mourn the lives lost in the conflict, othersarried banners demanding the end of the war. claudia is here. >> reporter: today the secretary of defense robert gates says the decision president obama makes in afghanistan will be the most important of his presidency. the two met behind closed doors today to discuss a complete strategy overhaul on how to regain

this doesn't look like a husband in mourning. cops say this man shot his wife, then called 911 and confessed to the murder. now he's behind bars, joking with his daughter and talking about being released. what's up with this guy? >>> and jon gosselin's fighting back. the former star of "jon and kate plus eight" claims he had an epiphany and wants his children taken off the reality show. an epiphany? really? funny how his sudden enlightenment comes less than a week after he got the boot from tlc. now that he's out of the picture, he suddenly feels the tv show is unhealthy for his kids. wild coincidence? >>> plus, a late night bombshell. david letterman admits to having sex with his co-workers, telling the live audience he was blackmailed by a colleague from cbs. cops say an emmy award winning producer from cbs' "48 hours" threatened to expose letterman's sexual affairs if he didn't pay up $2 million. letterman allegedly gave this guy a phony check. now the tv producer's behind bars. this is the same kind of story he exposes on "48

. >>> university of connecticut is mourning a star football player, soon to be dad. >> it all started around 12:30 tuesday morning when someone pulled a fire alarm in the u, forcing the crowd of more than 300 people, uconn students and others, outside. uconn police tell me that's when a fight started between the two groups and 20-year-old howard and one other were stabbed multiple times. >> one of the victims who was stabbed has actually died. jasper howard of -- a uconn student. the suspect remained at large. >> it was an altercation. he got stabbed in his stomach. he had went through surgery. 4:00 i called. the doctor told me he didn't make it. >> i was here at home watching the game. i watched the whole game. after the game he called me and was very excite d. i talked to him for a while. that night i talked to him, and i ain't seen him or talked to him no more. >> straight out to al jones with 1010, joining us at uconn campus. al jones, i don't understand how at a college dance -- i mean, certainly you've been to a college dance before. at a college dance a fight breaks out. the pl

. >>> first, a mourning father barely able to keep it together after a senseless dwi crash robs him of his precious daughter. >> i gave her money and she hugged me and she said love you, daddy. >>> andrew is devastated by the accident that occurred, the tragedy that occurred. he's done all he could. at the scene, he did everything he could to save her life. and it's a burden that he'll have to suffer and live with for the rest of his life. >> and that is the attorney for a cop accused of driving drunk and hitting a woman and knocking her into the air and killing her, and it took like -- something like seven hours and 20 minutes to test this cop's blood alcohol level. by the time they tested it, he had zero. he came back zero. that's a huge controversy that is making headlines in new york city right now. but what about the victim? what about their families? we're back talking about this horror of alcohol abuse, especially when it's consumed by people who get behind the wheel, especially when they then pile kids into the car, which has happened now in two cases. with deadly results. judy

that seeing michael jackson singing and dancing one more time will be irresistible for fans still mourningshowbiz tonight" can tell you, some of michael jackson's fans and even members of his family are either hesitant or downright furious about "this is it" and may not even see it. jackson's mother, katherine jackson, tells access hollywood, it's just too soon for her to see her son on the big screen. >> i don't think i can bear to look at it right now, but maybe eventually in time i will watch it. >> are you guys going to go and watch the movie as a whole family? >> and in this new video from tmz, jackson's sister, la toya, said pretty much the same thing. >> we're not seeing, my mother -- we're not seeing it. ♪ i've never looked so good before ♪ >> reporter: even with the lack of support jackson's family is offering for "this is it," his heirs stand to benefit the most from the movie. jackson's estate got a chunk of the reported $60 million sony paid for the rights to the rehearsal footage that makes up the movie and 90% of all the film's revenue reportedly goes to his heirs. >> there's

. >>> they're krelt brating this morning in rio and mourning in the windy city. summer games. dean reynolds has the reaction. >> reporter: the words took six seconds to say. sxwrt city of chicago having obtained the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: but the words took another beat to register throughout the city. chicago was out. the first to go in the sweepstakes that was ultimately won by rio de janeiro. >> if you get second place that's something, but whun you get last plate, it's like sheesh. >> reporter: the rejection was all the more painful given that the president the first lady and even oprah winfrey had lobbied the international olympic committee on behalf of the wendity city. to no avail as it turned out. >> we thought we had a wonderful pid and we tried very hard. we feel like we did everything we can do to win. >> reporter: some here including elected officialses said chicago's rejection was due to anti-american sentiment and possibly mean spirited international poll tirks but chicago's mayor, richard daily, s

johnson a family company. >>> university of connecticut is mourning a star football player, soon-to-be. >> it all started around 12:30 sunday morning when someone pulled a fire alarm in the "u" forcing the crowd of more than 300 people, uconn students and others, outside. uconn police tell me that's when a fight started between the two groups, and 20-year-old howard and one other were stabbed multiple times. >> one of the victims who was stabbed has actually died. jasper howard, a uconn student, suspect remains at large. >> there was an altercation. he got stabbed in the stomach. he went through surgery. 4:00 i call, the doctor told me he didn't make it. i was here at home watching the game. i watched the whole game. after the game he called me and was very excited. i talked to him for a while, that night i talked to him. and i ain't seen him or talked to him no more. >> straight out to al jones with 1010 wins joining us at uconn campus. al jones, i don't understand how at a college dance, i mean, certainly you've been to a college dance before, at a college dance, a fight breaks out.

residents are mourning the loss of ben ali, the owner of ben's chili bowl.e that, he had a very diverse career. >> he went from being a medical student to wait dental student, he was a motivational speaker. >> i love ben. >> the restaurant has survived tumultuous times. ben's chili bowl has attracted ordinary people to celebrities to political figures including bill cosby and president obama he will be missed. >>> we will have another update for you at 8:56. ♪ everybody's working for the weekend ♪ >>> yes, everyone is working for the weekend. hang on, people. the weekend is here. >> moments away. >> the weekend is here. >> happy friday to one and all. >> do you need a hand with that stuff? >> no. you know what i need is a list. don't you feel i need a list? >> do you make lists? >> i'm not there. >> i make lists. >> i make lists. >> coming up, we're going to talk to someone who is the faster listmaker, and says this is the way to get control of your life. i have to make lists of my lists. people are nodding here. she's a genius at listmaking. >> you feel all

he's saying now that his erratic behavior recently is all because he hasn't had enough time or mourned properly for the loss of his mother who died two years ago. >> yeah, lady gaga might not be feeling this, but it may be a blessing in disguise for kanye, for sure. you know -- >> very interesting development, though. we'll have to see what he actually says about it. >> right. exactly. he might have to put a little spin on it, but he might appreciate the time off, for sure. what else is getting a lot of attention on cnn.com today? >> everyone knows about roman polanski being arrested in switzerland on that fugitive warrant from the '70s. he goes there to accept an award and instead, he is thrown in jail. well, the story just gets stranger now, as david well, the former prosecutor, is now going public, saying that he lied about statements that he made concerning the polanski case. in a 2008 hbo documentary, he said that he actually lied about trying to urge a judge to sentence polanski to some prison time for the 1978 case of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. and wolf blitzer talked w

. >> family and friends gathered today to mourn the death of a delaney valley high school. 612 second street, 9:30 to 10:30 this morning is the wake. his funeral service will follow. a ch >> take a look at our live h.d. doppler radar. a lot of clouds from the baltimore area eastward. further west there are breaks in the clouds. a couple sprinkles west of annapolis and up in cecil county now and up in ocean city. that's about it. the front out in ocean city. mostly bright clouds and the significant rains are out over the atlantic ocean. breaks in the clouds once you get near frederick and into western maryland. the main part of the storm is back in the great lakes and will stay there. this front has gotten itself too far away and it doesn't have a great potential to produce rain. by this evening the front is a slow mover. as long as it is in the neighborhood, there is an outside chance we could see a rain shower, so we have to keep it in the forecast. the further west you go, the better the chance. 73 to 78 the high. southwest winds at 5 to 10 miles an hour. different story tomorrow. a

. >>> survivors gathered in churches sunday in samoa and american samoa to mourn the loss of more than 175 tsunami victims last week. they also pledged to rebuild their devastated communities. >>> a state of emergency is in effect in southern california where a wildfire has burned more than 7,500 acres in san bernardino county. fires have been threatening the mountain resort community of wrightwood. more than 4,000 residents had to be evacuated. >>> overseas markets are mostly high they are morning. cnbc's melissa lee is at the new york stock exchange in morning. >> good morning, natalie. bank of america's working on finding an emergency ceo pick in case its current ceo ken lewis is forced to step down because of legal troubles. this according to the "wall street journal" this morning. remember, last week lewis announced he would be retiring at the end of the year and he is under investigation by the new york attorney general's office for civil securities fraud. natalie? >> melissa lee at the new york stock exchange, thank you. >>> and an elf taste of winter, sunday in bend, oregon, wh

hundreds of villages from a disaster zone samoa gather at a church yesterday to mourn the 176 victimsat south pacific tsunami. in the philippines major cleanup continues today. the typhoon drenched parts of the causing 16 people and causing widespread landslide. the capital city spared in latest tsunami. brian: suspect accused of murdering grad student annie le due in court today. he will face a judge in a superior court. is facing charges of hiding her body. as an animal lab tech. his bond set the 3 million bucks. steve: first monday in october. first day of the supreme court's new term. five of the six catholic judges including society sotomayor included red mass in washington to pray for guidance during the upcoming term. on the docket a bunch of cases, including a challenge to chicago's handgun ban and cases on the first amendment and even campaign finance law. gretchen: cit hanging in the balance now. thees to would owe goldman sachs $1 billion. that's because goldman sachs gave cit a 3 billion-dollar rescue package in 2008. they goes lot 2.3 billion in tarp money. if it goes ban

. >>> then the drug war has left many family members mourning a loss. hitmen tell us why it's about putting food on the table and the surprising price to end a life. >>> then, when it comes to happiness, your gender could indicate how happy you are. which gender is getting sadder with the passage of time. all that this hour on "morning express." i'm richard lui. >>> first off, the u.s. dad arrested in japan of trying to take his kids back from his ex-wife have been released from a japan jail. he says his wife violated a custody arrangement by taking the kids to japan. they are not optimistic about this case. >> i don't know how a father or a mother can find any closures in these types of situations knowing that your child was taken from an unhappy situation and, basically, now they have to be face would the a reality that their father is essentially dead to them. no child wants their father to die. >> we have no word yet on what will happen with the kids and his japanese ex-wife is not commenting on this case. >>> right now, we want to check the number

we deserve to mourn a man. we deserve to understand that his tragedy is not just a personal tragedy, it's an american tragedy. he was the stuff of the american dream. >> well, further to those skeptics, the rabbi also said that a substantial portion of proceeds of his new book will go to family charities, including his own called "this world: the jewish values network." the rabbi's book, "the michael jackson tapes." >>> tonight, there's so much shocking star news, i don't know where to begin. from heidi and spencer's sex life to sarah palin's huge news, this is making my head spin. startling news about heidi montag and spencer pratt's sex life. wait until you hear what heidi reveals to the ladies of "the view" about her intimate bedroom secrets. plus, you will not believe what spencer is threatening to do to avoid sex with his wife. >>> plus, michael vick's new gig. does the man sent to the slammer for dogfighting actually have a big money deal with nike? >>> also, startling news about sarah palin's book. why i

." >>> tonight, hundreds gather around a tiny coffin strewn with purple flowers to mourn the death of-year-old somer thompson. meanwhile,s little girl's killer is still on the loose. and police feerp he could be a serial child predator. america's most wanted's john walsh warned, he thinks this murder can't and won't stop. here he is on abc's "good morning america." >> the sheriff and i both feel that it was a predator who's probably done it before. i don't know if it's the same guy. but 20 years ago there were four kidnappings in the jacksonville area of small children under same circumstances after school or on their way to the buses that were never solved. so i would hate to think that this is a serial child killer who has raised his ugly head. i've seen this happen before, rapist and child killers come out of retirement because they can't stop. >>> four other unsolved cases in the area, is there some sort of a connection? plus, more mind-boggling new clues. new reports out that police records show just hours before somer was found dead, cops arrested four men for robbery at a home.

ddddddddddddd >>> university of connecticut is mourning a star football player, soon toe dad. >> it all started around 12:30 sunday morning when someone pulled a fire alarm in the "u" forcing the crowd of more than 300 people, uconn students and others, outside. that's when a fight started between the two groups and 20-year-old howard and one other were stabbed multiple times. >> one of the victims who was stabbed has actually died. jasper howard of a uconn student. suspect remained at large. >> there was an altercation. he got stabbed in the stomach. he went through surgery. 4:00 i call, the doctor told me he didn't make it. i was here at home watching the game. i watched the whole game. after the game he called me and was very excited. i talked to him for a while then i talked to him and i can't talk to him no more. >> straight out to al jones with 1010 wins joining us at uconn campus. al jones, i don't understand how at a college dance, i mean, certainly you've been to a college dance before, at a college dance, a fight breaks out. the place is packed with witnesses.

we deserve to mourn a man and understand that his tragedy is not just a personal tragedy, it's an american tragedy. he was the stuff of the american dream. >> the rabbi said a substantial portion of proceeds of his book will go to family charities, including his called the michael jackson tapes, a tragic icon reveals his soul in intimate conversation. i don't know where to begin. from heidi and spencer's sex to sarah palin's huge news. this is making my head spin. heidi montag and spencer pratt's sex life. what heidi reveals to the ladies of "the view" about her bedroom secrets. you will not believe what spencer is threatening to do to avoid sex with his wife. does the man sent to the slammer for dogfighting have a big money deal with nike? >>> startling news about sarah palin's book and why it's sending shock waves through the country and it's not even out yet. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. time now for the "showbiz news ticker." more stories making news right now. from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pn

the real housewives of atlanta is mourning the death of her fian fiance. he died of blunt force trauma to the head after a fist fight he was in on saturday. in a statement to "showbiz tonight" she said i had spoken to aj two hours before i got the call that he was in the hospital. never in a thousand years did i think it was going to be the last time i heard his voice. he was only 34. kate gosselin was in tears when she accused jon of taking more than $200,000 from their joint bank account. our facebook page blew up after we asked you if you feel sorry for kate. teresa said kate needs someone to save her from herself. i mostly feel sorry that her desperate need to cloel led her to marry a goofball and have eight kids with him. she is dealing with the fallout from her own bad judgment. did kate ever stop blaming jon for everything. she has done nothing wrong? i 78 so sick of her pity party. you can sign up for our pages simply by going to cnn.com/showbiztonight. here's what's coming up at the bottom of the hour. the startling plea to jon. >> he has gone way

that seeing michael jackson singing and dancing one more time will be er reirresist for fans still mourningis loss. "showbiz tonight" can tell you some of michael jackson's fans and members of his family are either hesitant or down right furious about "this is it" and may not see it. jackson's mother, katherine jackson tells access hollywood it's too soon for her to see her son on the big screen. >> i don't think i can bear to look at it right now. eventually in time i will watch it. >> are you going to go watch the movie as a whole family? >> in this vid crow from tmz, jackson's sister la toya said the same thing. >> we're not seeing it. we're not seeing it. >> even with the lack of support jackson's family is offering for "this is it" his heirs stand to benefit the most from the family. jackson's estate got a chunk of the reported $60 million sony paid for the rights to the rehearsal footage that makes up the movie. 90% of the film's he knew reportedly goes to his heirs. sony assured jackson's family "this is it" will not show jackson in a negative light. that means don't expect to see an

this doesn't exactly look like a husband in mourning. cops say this guy shot his wife, then called 911, confessing to the murder. but now he's behind bars. he's joking with his daughter and talking about being released. what's up with this guy? >>> and jon gosselin's fighting back. the former star of "jon and kate plus eight" claims he had an epiphany and wants his children taken off the reality show. an epiphany? really? funny how his sudden enlightenment comes less than a week after he got the boot from tlc. now that he's out of the picture, he suddenly feels the tv show is unhealthy for his kids. wild coincidence? >>> plus, a late night bombshell. david letterman admits to having sex with his co-workers, telling the live audience he was blackmailed by a colleague from cbs. cops say an emmy award winning producer from cbs' "48 hours" threatened to expose letterman's sexual affairs if he didn't pay up $2 million. letterman allegedly gave this guy a phony check. now the tv producer's behind bars. this is the same kind of story he exposes