this all began today at the university of south florida, the tampa campus, in tampa, florida.an armed intruder in the library. so the campus police arrived on scene. they sent out a campus-wide alert telling people to stay in their rooms to keep their doors locked, that the campus bus service would be suspended, not picking up any passengers until they were given the all-clear. and then we saw officers moving to this bus depot. this is where the bull runner, the campus transit system apparently keeps its buses. we saw police go in and free a whole lot of people, release them from a particular bus. they ran out of the bus depot to a grassy area and then we watched unfold as police had their weapons drawn, surrounded a particular bus and then we saw them take three people. it looks like they were coming off of a bus, walking backwards, their hands behind their heads. the police officers have them on the ground, handcuffed. we saw one gentleman handcuffed and taken to the squad car, put in the back of the squad car. and now as wfla's chopper widens out and pans over, we can see t

right now the university of south florida is updating it.heard stories about a lot of officers around the bus area. we are hearing now that they believe the subject they are searching for could be on one of those buses. that is the latest that we have to. martha: with me now is a student from the campus. what can you tell us about the situation on campus? >> i am sitting in my dorm room, and i can see the library. and day set off the site -- they set off a siren and told us to get in our dorm rooms. martha: pretty scary stuff? i am sure people are just telling you to stay hunkered down. do they know who this person is? >> they have not merely said much. martha: how are you being updated on information? >> the best source is through our text message system. our text message system. all of us are sitting together trying to figure out what is going on. martha: we are going to try to get some more information. thank you for being with us. we hope this situation is resolved very soon. trace: in case you are just joining us, a report came in one h

in south florida, this federally-funded, one-stop career center is called "workforce one." the same federal program has different names in different states: "workforce new york," "michigan works." but no matter the location or the name, the goal is the same: help people help themselves to find a job. people like alfonso urcuyo. >> at first, i didn't think it would be this long, but the way the economy is it's really bad. >> reporter: urcuyo has come here nearly every day, for a year and a half. that's when he was laid off from his last job, a contract position with the state of florida. with a 9.5% unemployment rate in the fort lauderdale area, there's a lot of competition for work. >> they have all these companies put their advertisements for openings, you know? and you keep sending them and sending them, and half the time they don't even respond. >> reporter: as the folks who work here will tell you these are busy times. blue collar. white collar. from professions in once highly sought-after occupations, to people from the construction, tourism, and telemarketing industri

. >> kroft: they are agents of the federal government operating out of a secret location in south florida going after what's become one of the biggest criminal enterprises in america- - medicare fraud. is the medicare fraud's business bigger than the drug business in miami now? >> i think it's way bigger. >> kroft: it is a quiet crime. the only victims are the american tax payer, and they don't even know they're being ripped off. how much money did you steal from medicare? >> about $20 million. >> kroft: was it easy? >> real easy. >> kroft: you're not exactly a criminal master mind. >> ( laughing ) >> couric: as president obama's senior advisor, david axelrod is accustomed to fighting battles in the rough-and-tumble world of politics. but he and his wife susan have been face to face with another very personal adversary for the last 28 years. that's when their daughter lauren was diagnosed with epilepsy. >> you know, epilepsy is like terrorism of the brain. you don't know when it's going& to strike, where you're going to be. >> couric: the axelrods are part of a movement that has tried to

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. >>> if you have a sweet tooth, you may want to head to south florida after seeing this.will introduce you to an ice cream parlor where home made treats are served in massive proportions. kitchen sink, anyone?  >>> hey, there, you're watching "hln news and views." i'm virginia cha. here are some of the top stories we're covering for you. gay rights advocates are marching to capitol hill. >>> a 911 call made after a sweat lodge ritual turned deadly. >>> and a teacher killed trying to save her students as a bus careened out of control. >>> right now in washington, gay rights activists are marching past the white house on their way to the capitol building. the national equality march is designed to show president obama that he's supporters in the gay community expect them to make good on his promises to them. organizers called it a low-key demonstration rather than a massive mobilization. some supporters say today's march recalls the struggle of an earlier generation for civil rights. >> the fact is in the '60s we were fighting for rights in what the legal terms w

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this is the university of south florida campus in tampa. police have somebody in custody according to wfla. an arrest made at the university button depot. that's where the search centered. it all started at the library on campus. a call came in from off campus to the sheriff's department about an armed man with a bomb and a gun. next to the library. a text message alert went out to all employees. all emergency sirens wailing on the campus. everybody took normal precautionary positions. an arrest has just been effected. we're not sure if this was a legitimate threat or something just phoned in. but again an arrest has been made on a bomb and gun scare at the university of south florida in tampa. we'll keep you updated on late, breaking developments. >>> right now some people are getting a new swine flu vaccine. the first 600,000 zodoses are going out today. the plan is to begin vaccinating health care workers because they're the most likely to come into early contact with h1n1 sufferers. some states have other protoc s protocols. pennsylvani

. >>> armed men stormed a convenience store in south florida, caught on camera. the pen pointed their guns at the clerk and cashier and demanded money. one of of the men who is wearing a mask jumped over the counter and snatched a thousand dollars. but not of before the store's dog tried to pounce on him. the suspect's fired shots at the dog but missed. the suspects then ran away. >>> a would-be thief learned a lesson after he tried it take a hat from a benjamin franklin impersonator. actor richard white was in front of the church in boston when a bystander grabbed the hat on his head and took off. white ran after the thief, staying in character, yelling, halted! and undercover police officer helped white stop the man in his tracks. and he was arrested. >>> this next story really does sound like a tall tale but a texas boy says there's nothing fishy about his big catch. the five-year-old shot and killed an 800-pound alligator. simon hughes was hunting with his father over the weekend when he nabbed the 12-foot gator. the first grader says he wasn't afraid of the

south florida, you'll see a little bet of rape and cold temperatures.otas, pushing eastward, and it is going to be kind of gray and dreary as you head up to portions of upstate new york and into new england. that's a quick look at our national >>> all right. good morning. let's look at the forecast. it is fall like cool. you will feel it. that was an old boss of mine. 66. a pleasant afternoon. we will not have a lot of wind today. 48 and partly cloudy and cooler overnight. warmer the next afternoon with partly >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, love the air. >>> so the big adventure begins tomorrow, dave price in way home oig. follow us on twitter or right here on our own website at cbs news. >> we're making you some snacks you you can take to go. you have seen the infomercials the devices that say set it and forget it. we'll set the chef and go oig hen we come back. show and tell... with all the pet hair in the air my eyes would really itch. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. no other allergy itchy eye

. >>> three south florida men are sentenced to life in prison for gang raping a woman and beating her son. a 16 year old was also convicted and will be sentenced in december. one of the convicts half brothers had to be dragged from the courtroom yelling what are you doing to my brother? all four were teens in 2007 when the west palm beach woman was attacked. they were found guilty of barging into her apartment, raping her repeatedly and. they doused her with chemicals and left when they couldn't find a match. >> we've been talking about the arrest of the five suspects accused of setting a seventh grader on fire and laughing about it. are kids today more violent generally or is it just being reported more often? let's get some callers on. james in california starts us off. james, hi what do you think? >> caller: how are you doing, chuck? i do believe that teens are more violent now and the media is simply responding to this violent trend. i believe that the glamorousization of the no stitching lifestyle and teens express themselves in a more violent way. >> how do we correct it? >> cal

and there will be fires across south florida. >> the midwest and the dakotas are in a pocket of unusuallyair. los angeles is warmer than usual, in the mid-80s. seattle is cool and damp in the mid-50s. >>> coming up on "america this morning," overseas stocks are following the dow's 200-point plunge. we'll check the latest numbers. >>> then, tales of terror. elizabeth smart on her abduction ordeal. making revelations even her parents never knew. >>> and the grandmother who fought off a bear, inside her own bedroom. ♪ save up to an extra 30% on beautiful and affordable fall style at jcpenney. come in for your extra savings card... ...to get an extra 15, 20, or 30% off all sale and regular prices when you use your jcpenney card. stores open early saturday with doorbusters. st. john's bay sweaters for her are just $14.99. st. john's bay sueded polos are $12.99. save 70% on all gold jewelry. go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney. >>> a stock plunge marked the opening of the year's fourth quarter here in the u.s. and the selling has continued oversea

rain across south florida.with some temperatures more than 10 degrees cooler than usual. chicago 56. miami, new orleans, dallas all in the 80s. l.a. is warmer than usual at about 86. >>> now there is a whole museum dedicated to the man behind the house. walt disney's family cut the ribbon on the $110 million museum yesterday in san francisco. the exhibits follow disney from his tough life growing up to his eventual mega success. >> items on display include the evolution of mickey mouse and a host of other animated characters. visitors even get a chance to experiment with the mechanics of animation. mickey was originally mortimer and his wife thought "mickey" sounded better than "mortimer mouse." >> we owe it all to a lady. >> that's right. >> we'll be back with more "world news now." assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little to no cost to you. stay tuned for this impot information and free scooter guarantee. imagine... one

. >>> a south florida mom is accused of being so drunk they passed out in her parked minivan leaving two toddlers to wander off. someone found the kids ages 3 and 4 several miles from home trying to cross a busy road. they found the woman passed out in the van in her driveway. she's charged with dui and child neglect. her husband refused to post her bail saying she's stupid. >>> two off-duty law enforcement officers came to the rescue of a 13-year-old georgia girl. a sheriff's deputy saw a man's feet sticking out from the stall in the women's restroom and heard a child cry. >> the child sounded like he or she was in distress. i yelled, hey, come out of there. come out. he let the girl out. she came out. she was shaken. i grabbed her. i said are you okay? >> she said she was okay. an off-duty georgia bureau of investigation agent also at the bark detained the man now charged with child molestation. >>> remember the facebook poll asking whether president obama should be killed? it was a kid behind the threat and there was no threat to the president after the agents met with the young m

in south florida several people lined up to get vaccinated for the h1n1 but health officials were only giving it out to high-risk patients like babies, pregnant women and the chronically ill. >> i have several severe illnesses and i don't want to put my grandchildren in danger and they go to public school and i don't want them to be in danger. i told my daughter as soon as it hits miami, we'd like to be first. >>> federal health officials say despite the slow delivery of the swine flu vaccine, there's no reason for you to panic. however, there has been a rise recently in cases of both the swine flu and the seasonal flu around the country. the next legal step in the balloon boy saga could come next week. this is when richard heene's lawyer says they may file criminal charges. we're getting new insight into heene from the people who knew him all along. correspondent richard lui joins us now with more on that. okay. so who's come forward? >>> i have some details. two people have come forward. his former landlord for one told the associated press he still owes her a $2,000 security deposit

they beat south florida 34-17 to keep their unbeaten streak alive and mitch, too, says he has been inspired by this team seeing them win on the field. that has boosted his spirits to win his battle against cancer. lebron james has been treated for the flu and doctors are treating it as if he has the h1n1 virus. lebron and two teammates tested positive for a similar strain. they were sick for three days. we don't know if he has the swine mru yet but the team is being careful. >> you come back like you have the cooties and at the don't want to be around you no more. >> are you contagious? >> i think i'm over it now. if you get sick -- >> i hope you're over it. usc running back johnson surprised his teammates by showing up in practice thursday after leaving the hospital. johnson, look at him there, recovering from a crushed larynx after he dropped a 270-pound weight bar on his throat. >> he looks like he has great energy. >> he still cannot speak yet but, look, spirits are very high. >> that had to do so much for his teammates. >> we'll see how they play saturday. lastly a true champion, ucla

. >> it's common and, bob, for our friends in the south, florida to texas, that big amount is gone. >> that's the heavy rain pulling into the northeast but the fog is left up for areas like charlotte and atlanta, travel delays, we'll have them for you. >> thanks, bob. >>> do you spank your child? critics say it is never acceptable. supporters believe spanking is okay because it can be an effective tool especially if your kid is defiant but if you do it, where do you draw the line? check out hln's joy behar on that. >>> you don't know how far -- >> most parents don't do those things. >> but you're giving them permission -- the ones who are sadistic, you're giving them permission in a certain way by saying give them an inch, they take the whole hand. didn't your mother used to say that to you? >> in fact, sometimes it's more abusive -- children can be more abused verbally when the parent is so frustrated -- >> that's just as bad. that's just as bad. there are alternatives to treating children like they're slaves. >> you can catch "the joy behar show" each and every night on hln. a famil

robert bob ward charged with shooting his wife to death inside their $3.5 million south florida mansion. cops say the high-flying real estate developer called 911 and actually confessed. quote, i just shot my wife. she's dead. she's on the floor of the master bedroom, end quote. then, a bizarre twist, bob ward being taken into custody in this home video from wftv.com reportedly changes his story. according to cops, ward said his wife was trying to commit suicide and shot herself. he was just trying to get the gun away from her. but that's not even the strangest part of this very bizarre story. what you're looking at right there, video from inside the orange county, florida jail. bob ward then begins to do a strip tease. his daughter and his sister-in-law clowning around and joking with one another. mind you, the younger woman just lost her mom. the older woman just lost her sister. meanwhile, here's what the millionaire murder suspect, bob, said about his accommodations. >> i'm in some kind of lockdown right now to keep me safe supposedly. i told them i'm not worried about anybody so ge

last night they beat the eighth ranked bearcats beat south florida to stay undefeated. mitch says they've been inspiring him by winning and that's boosted his spirits to win his battle. >>> lebron james has been treated for the h1n1 virus. they don't know if it's the swine flu, but he seems okay now. >> you know, you come back around and you've got the kootties, don't want to be around you no more. it's just a good group of guys that we have here. >> are you contagious? >> no. i think i'm over it now. if you get sick, then i was contagious. >> i hope he's not. usc running back stefon johnson surprised to see teammates after showing up for practice. check this out. they all go nuts. he is recovering after dropping a 270-pound weight on his throat. >> he seems in great spirits. he can't talk yet, right? >> he has to communicate through writing. more surmgry coming. look at his spirits. >>> lastly, our true champion this week is former ucla coach john wooden, the wizard of westwood, turned 99 on wednesday. >> he looks good! >> considered the greatest coach of all-time not

do have bigains in the southeast but leave south florida alone. 9 0-degree mark in south florida today from ft. lauderda. wishing i was here. in minneapolis we'll stay cooler than normal an that snow comes out of the mountains. wyoming in the mountains of idaho with two feet of snow already. sun valley the big winner by the way and that snow will turn into rain as it swings, starts to move east and it's going to be a big rainmaker from the areas from duluth all the way to chicagoland by the time we get >>> we have a really nice afternoon and morning. there is lots of sunshine and temperatures are in the upper 60's to >> all tha weather was brought to you by starbucks via ready brew. diane, robin? >> sam, our thanks to you and your entire gang there and now a new memoir unlike anything we've seen before. the kids are all right. it is the amazing story of four siblings who watched their world fall apart as their father died then their mother who was ann williams a soap opera star and then somehow they managed to pull their lives back together and we

an update on the breaking news story we started at the top of the hour out of the university of south florida. police say one person, this guy is in custody after someone reported a person with a bomb, a gun near the library. police called in the tampa police bomb team to investigate the individual's belongings. that happened 90 minutes after they received a call about a possible gunman. police say they received more information about someone on a bus and were attempting to locate that person and secure the area. officers have now moved to the business college and are still, at this time, questioning people. >>> now let get back to politics, the latest poll, david, showing nearly 70% of doctors and nurses support major health care reform. president obama, in fact, invited many of them, some of them to the white house today, lab coats in all to help kick off this week's efforts in pressuring congress. >> yeah, quite a photo op, tamron. the president spoke in the rose garden just a couple of hours ago. there was at least one doctor or nurse from every state in the union. president obama said th

a security incident at the university of south florida in tampa today.he school locked down the campus after they got reports of a man with a gun and a bomb it started at the main library there on campus at about half past 1:00 local time. somebody called police and moments later a loud siren across campus. then an announce thement, text message and otherwise informing students to stay inside and lock doors. shortly after police arrested the man you whom you will see here here. there he is on a campus bus. we are told he admitted he was the person for whom the cops were looking. campus police reportedly asked the tampa bomb squad to search his belongings. investigators have not said whether that search turned up any evidence. reports of a second person taken into custody, that man was just sort of crying wolf on a bus and he has apologized. the jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a sky scraper in dallas headed to court today. the judge ruled there is, indeed, enough evidence to continue the case against this man, 19-year-old has sam. police s

. >> in south florida many lined up for the vaccine, but health officials were with only giving it outo high-risk patients. >>> a murder suspect has just been added to the fbi's top ten most wanted list, and a lot of you are reading about it on cnn.com. joe siebs is wanted in connection with four killings, a kidnapping and a rape. investigators thought that he might be dead but then they saw a videotape from last year that they believe shows him killing someone execution-style. >>> new this morning, a swiss court denied bail for hollywood corrector and convicted felon roman polanski, calling him a flight risk. that's despite his lawyer's pleas. he is fighting extradition to the united states. he fled in 1978 before a sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. child. swiss police arrested him last month. >>> five minutes after the hour. is it going to be slightly warmer than maybe you were feeling yesterday as you went outside maybe for lunch at work? here is meteorologist bob van dillen. >> morning. we're looking at that arctic air retreat back into cab kan a little farther tod

. >>> a south florida mom is accused of being so drunk, she passed out in her parked mini van, leaving two toddlers in the car and she let them wander away because she was passed out. broward county deputies say someone found the kids, ages 3 and 4, miles from home, trying to cross a busy street, if you can imagine. they found the woman passed out in her van in her driveway. she is charged with dui and child neglect. her husband refused to post her bail and said, quote, she is stupid. >>> rescue teams in indonesia are scrambling to find survivors in the rubble of flattened buildings again today. we have stories of incredible rescues two days after a deadly quake there and a grim assessment from the government on the number of people that may still be trapped. let's head to that news conference i just mentioned out of nashville on looking for the newborn baby. let's take a listen. >> -- white and heavyset in her 30s with a blond ponytail, black shirt and blue jeans, posing as an immigration worker enters maria carrillo home. witnesses see a dark, small car that witness a police vehicle

. >> palin hurt the party in south florida, southeastern pennsylvania, all around the big cities, suburbs afraid of that? >> absolutely. it's a basic threshold qualifications test for an independent voter. >> she's a catastrophe. >> john mccain doesn't endorse her either. he's not prepared to endorse her. we're in a fight whether the government is working with

. >> we have an update on the breaking news from the university of south florida. nbc affiliate wfla is now reporting there are two people in custody after someone reported a person with a bomb and a gun near the library. police called in a tampa police bomb team about 90 minutes after they received a call about a possible gunman on campus. police say they also got information about a possible intruder on a bus and in the library. officers are still questioning people on the scene. the entire campus remains on alert as we speak, and students are being told, they need to stay inside, lock their doors, and report any suspicious activity. we're going to bring you more on this breaking story as we get the information in. >> tamron, president obama is meeting one-on-one in the oval office with defense secretary robert gates, and there are a lot of very difficult issues on the table. over the weekend, eight u.s. soldiers were killed in afghanistan when the outpost they were preparing to leave in the next few weeks came under taliban fire. nearly 200 taliban militia repor

she had health problems in south florida. we moved here. she wanted to do something to thank me for relocating my practice so she decided to put together this location and we wanted to thank the community in baltimore. as a plastic surgeon i deal a lot with breast health. it was a very important issue for us so we put together the steps for the cure. we wanted it to be fun, exciting. it's bryant park comes to baltimore. it's breast cancer survivors walking the runway in special outfits made for them. we're celebrating their survival, thinking of women walking the same steps and trying to raise funds for a special organization, the breast cancer research foundation. >> do you know what you're going to be wearing? have you seen it? >> oh, yeah. >> how do you like it? >> it's gorgeous. it's not totally together but it's going to be fantastic. >> it's also got to be incredibly emotional. you two are modeling but are both breast cancer survivors. jeannie, have you thought at all about what this means to participate in something like this? >> oh,

because we have been on the air in south florida for 18 years and wanted to know how she could help. hastings nominated me for this award. and everybody, there's a movement here to help our children at home. senator nelson is involved, congressman waxman, secretary of state hillary clinton. people want to help and when they see that there's a program that can help, awareness is always key. we need to get awareness out there and we have major broadcast stations throughout the country now donating air time to get this word out. >> well, i think all you need to do is put out the voices of these foster kids and that last one said i just want to have family around me, so congratulations to you, founder and ceo of forever family. well done capturing the attention of everybody and i'm glad you came on the program to talk about this, good luck. >> thank you so much, thank you. >>> and for all of you, if you want more information on how to get involved in forever family, their website is foreverfamily dot net. >>> there's at least 7.2 million people not celebrating that the recession is over.

this video was the scene just a short time ago at tampa's university of south florida. someone reported a man with a gun and a bomb near the school's library. police say one person is now in custody tonight, although there's no word how that person is tied to the scare. officers are still investigating at this hour. >>> anne arundel county schools had little trouble transporting kids this morning after vandals damaged more than a dozen buses. they got into the bus line in odenton, maryland and cut the electrical panels inside 15 bus. schools used a recorded phone mess anl to let parents know they need today find another way to get their children to school p. officials say they don't suspect kids, they said whoever did this knew what they were doing. >> it's disgruntled employees, probably, but no way to prove it. fingerprints -- we've fingerprinted every bus here. >> the vandals got into the lot by cutting a hole in the fence. school officials were able to get enough buses back on the roads to get students home this afternoon. >>> the fallout continues over the layoffs

robert "bob" ward charged with shooting his wife to death inside their $3.5 million south florida mansion. cops say the high-flying real estate developer called 911 and actually confessed. quote, i just shot my wife. she's dead. she's on the floor of the master bedroom, end quote. then, a bizarre twist, bob ward being taken into custody in this home video from wftv.com reportedly changes his story. according to cops, ward said his wife was trying to commit suicide and shot herself. he was just trying to get the gun away from her. but that's not even the strangest part of this very bizarre story. what you're looking at right there, video from inside the orange county, florida, jail. bob ward then begins to do a strip tease. his daughter and his sister-in-law clowning around and joking with one another. mind you, the younger woman just lost her mom. the older woman just lost her sister. meanwhile, here's what the millionaire murder suspect, bob, said about his accommodations. >> i'm in some kind of lockdown right now to keep me safe supposedly. i told them i'm not worried about anybody so g

this guy is fishing off the coast of south florida, i assume atlantic style. 748 pounds.ake a look at that video. martha: what kind of shark is it? shepard: a big one. maybe we are being scanned on this, i do not know. martha: that never happens. shepard: rick klein from abc news, we should hire him. he is pretty smart. we have hired pretty much everyone else from abc. then there is health care. we have a special guest coming on who is a neurosurgeon. we called 30 democrats -- n martha: and none of them would come? shepard: are they waiting for msnbc? we are hoping to get this balanced. if not, we are happy to play devil's advocate. we will call you. it is our job to get the news to the people. martha: coming up at 3:00. shepard: i am just waiting for ole miss vs. alabama. trace: while the u.s. is struggling under massive debt, one of our biggest debtors is leading the world in economic growth. why business is booming in china. next. . not long ago, this man had limited mobility. last month, this woman wasn't even able to get around inside of her own home. they chose mobi

inside one of the fanciest indoor shopping malls and south florida, they have leased out space to thes theater workshop. the lady who runs that place told them, we need to know whether or not it would accept our bid. the mall came back and said, why not try? it turns out, you have people coming to the mall. you have parents bringing their kids to this workshop. all in all, it seems that they have the cash. bill: in these recessionary times, an interesting story. thank you. juliet: the first taping of david letterman's show since his outburst. what he said about his wife and his marriage coming up next. bill: the spiritual leader of tibet is the dalai lama. he's in washington today. he will not be meeting with president obama. we're told there is a very good reason for that. nkicyi -lepufeou katn se erouca y s te ona tuhachup -b. moav mooi 's p of hde tuhachup -b. coet msas nsio moav mooi . . . juliet: welcome back. he is the spiritual leader of more than 2.5 million people. when he visits the capital city, he will not be walking through the halls of the white house. he was presented w

>> yes, and they live here in south florida.the weather down here, and they are trying to do everything they can to help improve the lives of teenagers who may need a little help. trace: thank you. alisyn: great cause. you have no doubt heard the dangers associated with extreme rate gain. a new study says it could also make your life miserable. according to a harvard school health study, women who are obese in their 40's, are 80 percent more likely to have heart problems later in life. researchers say 2/3 of american adults are either overweight or obese, just 15% 15 years ago. a lot still expert joins us now. thanks for being here. what is new in this harvard study that we did not know about how bad are the -- how that obesity is? >> studies have focused on longevity, now focusing on how healthy we can keep our bodies as we get older. specifically women, who genetically carry more body fat to start with because of their reproductive organs and their breasts. they find that women are getting heavier over time than men. the cdc a

traveling today, could have some thundershowers causing some travel delays in south florida as well as from texas all the way up to chicago. some rain for the upper midwest into the northern plains could have some snow in the central rockies. a little rain in far northern new england as well as the pacific northwest. for our part of the world, we've got an area of high pressure just to our west that will be moving our way, keeping us dry and cool today. the western flow around that high bringing in some moisture perhaps by friday night. the bus stop forecast, a chilly morning. should be mostly sunny, though. we'll be in the 40s to near 50 for the next couple of hours. sunrise is at 7:04. by 9:00, mid-50s. by noon, mid-60s. upper 60s by mid-afternoon with lots of sun. we'll have that bright, nearly full moon tonight, near 50 tomorrow morning with increasing clouds. becoming cloudy friday afternoon, highs near 70. could get showers after midnight friday night through the morning on saturday. then looks like we'll dry out saturday afternoon, into sunday with highs in the 70s each day as w

the eighth ranked team beat south florida, and he's boosting their spirits to fight cancer. >>> the teammates tested positive for a similar flu strain, influenza a, and he was sick for three days. he seechms okay now, though. >> you got the coot heies and i don't want to be around you now. >> are you contagious? >> no, i think i'm over it now. if you get sick, i guess i'm contagious. >>> lebron surprised his teammates by showing up thursday after he dropped a 300-pound weight on his throat. he still can't speak. >>> john wooden turned 99, the greatest coach of all time. he molded his young players to be good people as well as good people. one of his famous quotes, never mistake activity for achievem t achievement. that's it for this hour. >>> take a look at this horse rescue. sparkles here was trapped in that hole in the blazing heat for more than two hours. it happened southeast of phoenix. vets showed up to give her medicine, to keep her calm, and fire crews sprayed her to keep her cool as well until she was finally pulled out. sparkles made it, though. >>> now we know the so-called balloon

. >>> three south florida men are sentenced to life in prison for gang raping a woman and beating her son. a 16-year-old was also convicted, and he'll be sentenced in december. one of the convicts' half brothers had to be dragged from the court roochlt he was yelling what are you doing to my brother? all four were teenagers in 2007 when the west palm beach woman was attacked. they barged into her apartment, raping her repeatedly and then beating her 12-year-old son. the victims were doused with chemicals but the attackers left when they couldn't find a match. and some of the teenagers suspected of setting a sa-year-old on fire were said to be laughing about it. that's according to the sheriff in broward county florida. two more teenagers have been arrested in the case. in all, five teens are charged with aggravated battery. his doctors says he's doing as well as can be expected but he faces an obviously difficult, difficult recovery. he was burned over three-quarters of his body. >>> so our views questions today. this is the question we're asking. are more children violent today? mayb

there's your cloud cover swirling around the northeast and down to the south, florida with a stationaryront, showers, thunderstorms key west through miami. more details in just a bit. >> keeping you busy this morning. >>> there's an exciting addition to our prime-time lineup, "the joy behar show" premiered this week, airing every night at 9:00 p.m. tonight she talks to filmmaker michael moore. >> do these people even know what socialism means? i mean, i hear this word with bantyed around. and they'll call obama a nazi and a socialist. they don't even know what the words mean. what do you say to these people? >> i don't know what to say. i mean, this is a real problem. it starts with our educational system, continues on with a lot of our media. we have a semi-literate country now. there's 40 million functional illiterate adults, which means they can't read and write above a fourth grade level. >> and that's just on my show. >> no. but seriously it's a real problem. >> catch "the joy behar show" 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> legend has it that davie crockett killed a bear when

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the company has been testing them for several months in locations all around south florida.we'll see. >>> buried alive in a matter of seconds back under a skier, swallowed up by a huge avalanche. vast blue sky replaced by suffocating snow, the whole thing recorded by his helmet cam. this is getting a lot of attention from cnn.com. who better to tell us about it than virginia. riveting video. >> it really is incredible stuff. first person point of view showing what it is like to be buried in an avalanche. at the time this skier didn't know he was going to survive. i'm happy to tell you he did. check this out. the video gives a glimpse into a situation and terror of being caught in an avalanche. we're going to show you that video in a second i'm hoping so you can see for yourself. throw we go. this happened last april in alaska. it's only now being made public. look and listen. it's incredible. now the skier fell 1500 feet in 20 seconds. he remains buried alive for the next four minutes. you can hear his breathing. it becomes more frantic because he doesn't know when he's goin

. >>> a south florida teenager set on fire, his attackers, other teenagers.sesesess >>> the senate finance committee has just approved its version of health care reform. a main republican, olympia snowe, joined the committy's 13 democrats to send it to the senate floor. he was the only republican to vote in favor of this plan. let's listen. >> we are in a circumstance as a country where doing nothing is not an option. we are already spending one in every six dollars in this economy on health care. if we fail to act very quickly, we will be spending one in every three dollars in this economy on health care. that is completely unsustainable. >> we know that this is an long way of having what they want, which is a simple payer system. frankly, i think if we ever go to that system, we'll all rue the day. this is a very costly bill, as moderate as it is in the eyes of the democrats. it's not moderate. it's very costly. it's going to cost us an arm and a leg. it's going to disrupt the practice of medicine. it doesn't do anything about tort reform. as senator grassl

i'm from south florida down in the miami area which is a big spanish area. >> sure. >> caller: i can tell you i live just north of the dade county line and i don't like going to the south ethd of miami. it's like another country. and i think it's about time that somebody starts stepping up to the plate and changing the spanish language back to english, like it should be. >> you don't like going there because it's another country or -- are you simply trying to say you find it hard to communicate? >> caller: you cannot communicate with anybody. >> okay. >> caller: why should i have to learn spanish? if they're going to come to our country and leave their country, they need to learn our english language. i think that should be automatic. >> okay. chuck, thank you for your point of view. lots of comments on my facebook page as well. if you're in facebook and want to comment pretty much on anything, win reason, search richelle carey hln. a couple consults. theresa wrote, all other languages banned in public. are you jaers what have we become? terry wrote, one of the reasons people from sp

in south florida for instance several people lined up to get vaccinated for the h1n1 virus there, but health officials were only giving it out to higher risk patients like babies pregnant women and the chronically ill. >> i have several severe illnesses and i don't want to put my grandchildren in danger and they go to public school and i don't want them to be in danger so i told my daughter as soon as it miami we would like to be first. >> federal health officials say despite the slow delivery of the swine flu vaccine, there is no reason to panic. however there's been a rise recently in both the swine and the seasonal flu around the country. >>> authorities can file charges next week in the balloon boy saga. meanwhile two people have come forward with new insight into richard henne. she told the associated press he still owes her a $2,000 security deposit. she also said the family left $6,000 in damage to the home after she gave hem an eviction notice. and henne was always trying to get people to invest in his storm chasing ventures. including to ride a motorcycle of all things into a

these guys, a couple of them in south florida decided to make a human iphone.t really actually works. what they did was they took their actual iphones, connected them to a 42-inch screen, which they have to wear, a little inconvenient. they're calling it the guy phone, it's powered by a car battery and say it's a bit tough to put on. i wonder why. the outfit is fully functional as i mentioned. the tv displays, real iphone screens, mounted by their chins. the get up costs more than $1,000. >> wow. >> but they say it's worth it. they say they're going to recoup some of that money by winning local costume contests. i hope they do. that's a lot of money. >> the guy phone. >> yeah, the guy phone. just in case your iphone isn't big enough for you. 42-inch screen. also i want to point out that we have a website at cnn.com/techs that has more high-tech costumes. that might be the place to go. >> uh-huh, got to wake up very early sunday morning. you know, it'll be cool to check it out anyway. virginia, thank you. >> see ya. >>> phillip and nancy garrido the couple accus

>> caller: i live in south florida. i've been here for 24 years.orked in a public school and i worked in the department that was english for speakers of other languages. what i've found is i would say the majority -- not the majority, okay -- but the majority expect of the spanish speaking people expect to us automatically speak spanish. they would rather do that than speak english. i have found that a lot of them just automatically expect you to speak spanish and when you tell them that you do not speak spanish, it's like they're made very uncomfortable. >> okay. let me ask you the question though that we're trying to focus on. i appreciate your real-life experience that you're giving us but let me ask you the question -- how do you feel about a government -- the government or a business forcing someone to have to speak english? not whether or not you think people should learn to speak english. how do you feel about a government or business forcing the issue? >> caller:. i worked in an office of a huge corporation. and i had employees around me wh

robert bob ward charged with shooting his wife to death inside their $3.5 million south florida mansion. cops say the high-flying real estate developer called 911 and actually confessed. quote, i just shot my wife. she's dead. she's on the floor of the master bedroom, end quote. then, a bizarre twist, bob ward being taken into custody in this home video from wftv.com reportedly changes his story. according to cops, ward said his wife was trying to commit suicide and shot herself. he was just trying to get the gun away from her. but that's not even the strangest part of this very bizarre story. what you're looking at right there, video from inside the orange county, florida jail. bob ward then begins to do a strip tease. his daughter and his sister-in-law clowning around and joking with one another. mind you, the younger woman just lost her mom. the older woman just lost her sister. meanwhile, here's what the millionaire murder suspect, bob, said about his accommodations. >> i'm in some kind of lockdown right now to keep me safe supposedly. i told them i'm not worried about anybody so ge