i mean, we have heard about richard heene in the videos posted.aspirations but nothing about him getting any kind of psychiatric care. >> i blame mommy just as much. there she is wiping the vomit from the kid's mouth while they're using the children, using them, having them lie to police for them to get some kind of kooky reality show. everyone, let's stop and remember army private first class kelly youngblood just 19, mesa, arizona. killed iraq. dreamed of being a soldier since third grade. remembered for sense of humor, big heart. loved video games, leaves behind parents kristen and david, two brothers, two sisters. kelly youngblood, american hero. thanks to our guests but especially to you for being with us. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern, and until then, good night, friend. xxxxxxx

that is richard heene we believe. mayumi heene i don't see in the picture. we assume that she might be right beside him. of course she's a little bit shorter. they're saying that this whole balloon thing was a hoax. richard heene expected to plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant. that is a felony. his wife is expected to plead guilty to a misdemeanor. they both could face a couple of weeks in jail for this. and there is that famous silver balloon, again, and the video that was taken by the very family. and again, the suspects on the left hadn't side. >>> a mother has exposed her secret, and by the way we're going to stick with that story for you, what's happening in the court and we'll come back. telling you now about a mother that has exposed her secret affair with a priest because of their dying son. 22-year-old nathan halbach has terminal brain cancer. when he was a baby, his mother agreed to keep his father's identity private in exchange for child support from the priest's order. now, she went public, in this case, claiming the church

they were in a courtroom in colorado earlier today where richard heene answered to a felon charge. >>as to the attempt to influence a public ser vent, count one, the only count that's been filed here, how do you plead? >> guilty. >> now mayumi heene is charged with a in additimisdemeanor cou. still no possibility of up to 90 days in jail for richard heene and up to 60 dies in jail for his wife. he told h judge he understood he might have to pay restitution for the hoax. the price tag for the balloon pursuit is at least $62,000. >>> accused 911 conspirators will get a fair trial in new york. we'll have your views. >>> today we've been asking your your views on the attorney general's decision to bring five guantanamo bay detainees to new york to try them at civilian court for their alleged roles in the 9/11 attacks. eric holder says thinks they can be in a new york prison. >> those responsible for the attacks of september 11th will finally face justice. they will be brought to new york to answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away from where the twin towers once st

she wants the world to know richard heene is a good son and family man. she said she believes heene when he told her the incident was not a stunt and she thinks he felt somehow pressured to plead guilty yesterday. >> i still firmly believe that this was not a hoax and that this was a mistake and regr regrettably so, because it involved so many people. >> you may recall heene and his wife told authorities they were afraid their 6-year-old son floated away aboard that giant helium balloon you just saw, that set off a race to track that balloon and find the boy. he was hiding in the attic a whole time. prosecutors are pushing for jail time for the couple. >>> parts of the east coast have been suffering through some tough weather. meteorologist karen m araginnis here to tell us what to expect. >> we've seen this "nor-ida --" or nor'easter with a nor'easter that merged with ida. in its wake, walloped the eastern seaboard. already six fatalities associated with this system. still windy along this region with some coastal flood warnings in effect. but very mild w

richard heene. science detective. >>> plus wasting your time on facebook may not be a waist. >>> salute for the troops for two men today. both in the air force. both very missed. they have another thing in common as well. maybe you have somebody you love in the military. why don't you salute them? >>> the man convicted in the 2008 beating death of an arkansas tv news anchor will spend the rest of his life in jail. jurors deliberated for three hours before deciding the punishment for curtis vance. prosecutors asked for the death penalty. ann pressly was the morning anchor at katv in little rock. her mother whispered it's okay when the verdict was read. >> there really aren't any winners tonight. nothing has been done here will ever bring ann back. we'll never see her smile. we'll never hear her laugh. we'll never know the joy of her presence with us until we see her again in heaven. >> so sad. vance's mother told the jury she abused him as a child, including a beating that may have caused brain damag

richard heene, the daddy who taught the kids this filthy rap song and put it on youtube?laiming the sheriff did something wrong? did you say that? >> that's right. they're asking for a criminal investigation into the sheriff -- >> of the sheriff? >> into the sheriff because they say that sheriff mentioned to the press that he had instructed cps to look into the case. >> child protective services. wouldn't he, john burris, the sheriff, be derelict in his duty if he did not refer this case to child protective services? >> it's true. it doesn't mean he has to tell the world about it. this is confidential information. >> burris, please. let me have a little respect for you, okay? keep it confidential? this family has kept nothing confidential. >> no, no, no. the issue over going -- two wrongs don't make a right. the sheriff is not supposed to give out confidential information about somebody's referral to cps. he's not supposed to do that. that doesn't mean just because the other people have committed criminal conduct he gets to, himself, waive the particular rights these indi

richard heene charged with one count of attempting to influence a public servant. his wife has been charged with one count of false reporting to authorities. the heenes agreed to turn themselves in and they'll plead guilty to charges tomorrow according to be a attorney's statement. the couple may face jail time but the attorney says the prosecutor will recommend probation. >>> police have arrested a suspect in the disappearance of 5-year-old shaniya davis but still no sign of her. police in fayetteville say they took clarence coe into custody. he has a record dating back eight years including convictions for assault on a female. shaniya was reported missing from her home early tuesday. how she was taken is still a mystery. police reportedly found her favorite blanket in a neighbor's cra trash can covered with feces. >>> tonight a man charged with kidnapping shaniya. where is she? how does this case proceed? nancy grace investigates. join her at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern here on hln. >> we may know what the president plans to do in afghanistan. robert gates confirms he'

i want to go back to patty, richard heene's ex-wife. ecause your children were in fear. what, if anything, did mr. heene do allegedly that caused your children to be afraid, your two little girls? >> well, they watched him verbally throw fits and throw things at us. he was like a master of mental warfare. he put us down, hollered at us a lot. he pushed me one time over a couch and then flipped the couch with me and the children on it, threw things at me, and sometimes you know, the things would not hit me but hit them. i filed a police report in lake arrowhead, california. and that was the night he flipped us over the couch and flipped the couch and he left marks on me from throwing things. >> with me is patty. this is heene's ex-wife. giving a little insight to their family life. out to the lines. tamara in texas. hi, dear. >> caller: hi. >> what's your question? >> caller: first of all, let me tell you, god bless your family. god bless your twins. and they're just adorable. >> and they're almost 2. >> caller: i know it. >> it went by j

richard heene will plead guilty to a felony. he could get up to three months in jail.ve been deported to japan if she had been convicted of a felony. she will plead guilty to a misdemeanor and could get 60 days in jail. now, the prosecutors have recommended that the couple get probation. >>> our top story, other than that, the number of americans who have died from swine flu may be four times higher than we first thought. the "new york times" says that the cdc estimates h1n1 may have killed 4,000 people in the united states just since april. now, the virus itself isn't getting more dangerous, but the cdc is now counting lab-confirmed cases and deaths from complications related to h1n1. >>> heavy rain from what is left of tropical storm ida is now battering the mid-atlantic. virginia's governor declared a state of emergency, and there are coastal flood warnings in some areas. that storm has moved out of georgia but not before leaving some flooding. some of these neighborhoods were still recovering from the massive flooding back in september. >>> bob has more on the stor

she wants the world to know richard heene is a good son and family man. she says she believes heene when he told her the incident is not a stunt and she felt somehow pressured to plead guilty yesterday. >> i still firmly believe that this was not a hoax and that this was a mistake and regrettably so because it involved so many people. >> you may recall, heene and his wife told authorities that they were afraid their 6-year-old son floated away aboard that giant helium balloon you just saw that set off a race to track that balloon and find the boy. while he was actually hiding in the attic the whole time. prosecutors are pushing for jail time for the couple. >>> there's a foul problem on the new jersey turnpike. >> she's going to have her own show and we're going to be collecting tolls. >> tammy the turkey. she's causing quite a stir two weeks before thanksgiving. >>> somebody might want to tell this turkey that thanksgiving the just around the corner. drivers on the new jersey turnpike are trying not to run her over. she has become sort of an unofficial hi

the church says their licenses have been suspended. >>> richard and mayumi heene will plead guilty tots richard to plead guilty to a felony charge, and m mayumi for false reporting to authorities. the prosecutors recommended probation. he says the quote, threat of taking the children's mother from the family and deporting her to japan fueled this debate. who could forget these dramatic pictures of that large, silver aircraft floating over colorado. ted they said they believed their 6-year-old falcon was inside, when he was hiding at home the whole time. family law attorney sharon liko joins us on the phone. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> as i understand, what this came down to is you either plea or she gets deported, is that correct? >> i don't know that it's that simple. she is an immigrant. i'm assuming she has an immigrant visa status. it depends on what type of visa you have here. so assuming she has -- she cannot commit crimes of moral terpitude, and that's a subjective analysis. so it's a misdemeanor, the least serious misdemeanor, so i don't thi

richard heene turned himself in to sheriff's deputies yesterday. he and his wife could both face jail time. they said they thought their son was in a runaway balloon. it turns out it was a publicity stunt. >>> time right now for "salute to the troops." ricardo martinez and staff sergeant ryan melay, both are in the air force and both very missed. they have another thing in common. the person who sent in their salute is from denise martinez, ricardo's sister and ryan nealeigh's girlfriend f. you want to salute someone you love in the military, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> soon your bank will no longer be allowed to automatically charge you overdraft fees but you need to know a few things about this new rule before it takes effect. our money expert jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. so your urge is to go, yeah, but what's the catch? >> there really isn't a catch, just that you might have to take a little bit of action to make sure it happens to you. but this could be the end of a $35 fee for a $3 cup of coffee. that could never happen to you agai