found in a ditch in west memphis, arkansas. stevie branch, michael moore and christopher byers had been hog-tired by their shoe laces. three local teenagers were charged with the crime. damien echols, jason baldwin and ajesse misskelley. damien was sentenced to death and the other to life in prison. as the years past, the west memphis three got attention from famous people, last month, after nearly two decades behind bars, echols echols, baldwin and misskelley walked free. more in a you moment on that. by joining me now, damien echols and his wife laurie davis. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> an extraordinary saga, no other way to put this, ending in the most bizarre circumstances, where eventually you all admit guilt and yet you walk free, which is a by you czar twist in this tale, a weird anomaly in the legal system and will make no sense to anybody, probably least of all you. damien damien, let me start with you. you've lost 20 years of your life for a crime you've always said you didn't commit. what has it like for yo

. >> piers morgan sits down with two of the recently freed west memphis three. >>> welcome back.our two. if it's interesting and happening you, you're about to see it beginning the w the trial of michael jackson's doctor. a jackson employee testified about the chaos of the day jackson died. his name is alberto alvarez. he says dr. murray told him to collect drug viles in jackson's bedroom before telling him to dial 911. he also described two of jackson's young children arriving in the room while murray was trying to revive the pop superstar by pushing on his chest with his left hand. alvarez was the first of jackson's bodyguards to go in the room. >>> now, another huge trial. this one in the normally quiet down of perugia, italy. the lawyer r insists she is not the sadist prosecutors made her out to be. lawyers are appealing her conviction. the defense team is making its final argument in hearing today. knox may make a statement herself on monday before the jury goes into deliberations there. >>> and a building collapse in columbus, ohio. what's left is an old manufacturing wareh

there's strong rotation on doppler radar right now and the tornado warning for west memphis has been alf of the city that will be most effect affected or most likely to see the rotation. everybody should be taking cover. nothing on the ground but the other thing i want you to notice the purple in here is an indication of high reflectivity. a lot of hail in the storm and could be as large as tennis ball. if there is not an actual tornado on the ground, the tennis ball-size hail will knock you out. stay indoors. the warning in affect until 5:30 local time and a tornado watch south of there including parts of mississippi until 10:00 tonight. things will be nasty for a while. north of there we have rain showers, isolated thunderstorms and this weather system has been caused by an upper area level of low pressure. the know low has nothing to move it. it will sit here a couple of days and impact your weather. the great lakes through the tennessee river valley will have a chance of rain, cooler than normal temperatures and kind of overall dreary weather that's going to stick with you until p

tonight"," teens were convicted of murders of three 8-year-old boys, the case of the so-called west memphis three shocked america with the allegations of satanic rituals and murder. >> did you try to take your own life? >> yeah, you di did at one time. i took an overdose of basically sleeping pills, antidepressants just because like you said a while ago, there's no light at the end of the tunnel. it seems like there's no hope. and the pressure was so great that for a moment i lost all hope. i thought, i may spend god knows how long here going through this, and i did take an overdose of fills to try to end my life. >> don't miss piers morgan's interview with two of the men set free. top of the hour, 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming p you, day three of the michael jackson death trial, one of jackson's former employee talks about chaos before he dialed 911. >>> plus, a u.s. ambassador attacked in syria. the angry reaction from washington, and why the mob attacked, next. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic gr

>> west memphis, arkansas. >> probably not a lot of apples there.ccowans. the fall season begins, as if on cue. coldest air of the season for some, even some frost if you're waking up in new england. unfortunately of course with the tropical storm of the hurricane that went through new england and did on. they're open for business and give them business. they need the tourism. cold morning, no question about it. the pumpkin spice coffee no question about that. cold canadian high, dominating the weather bringing cool temperatures in the upper midwest. yesterday a cold morning beginning to warm up. each day a couple of degrees warmer. high pressure in control and with the counter clockwise flow around it, what we're seeing here is this air coming in off the water. if you're in the mid-atlantic beaches not the best beach weekend, the last full weekend of summer not a good one. cloudy skies and showers and even some rip currents there with elevated surf so a big picture today, southeast sunny skies, pretty nice, atlanta and memphis temperatures in the l

one tornado warning to the west of memphis something we are looking at.o warning just issued out here. you know the drill guys if you live outnapd here please seek shelter immediately. >> gregg: 101 in san antonio, wow amazing. >> heather: ready for fall. >> almost october. feels like october. >> heather: is america behind on its bills? new study showing americans are paying smaller portions of their debt than they have in years. >> 4, 3, 2, 1! >> gregg: a september 11th, memorial that give new meaning to the saying a light at the end of the tunnel. this year's tunnel to towers run in new york. [ male announcer ] this is what it's like getting an amazing discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. [ gnome ] ahhh... [ male announcer ] the easy way to get unpublished discounts of up to 55% off top hotels. [ gnome ] your fingers are quite magical. host: could switching to geico of up to 55% off top hotels. reon car insurance? or more host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man

memphis. and 80s in norl carolina and out west, temperatures will be on the rise, not just tomorrow but next few days as warmer air moves n the drought over the past several month in texas and oklahoma. major to extreme and exceptional doubt in most of those states. we'll seed much needed rain over the weekend and next several days. next two days, rain over texas and areas further north. unfortunately with the storm comes severe weather. >> keep a close watch on that. we'll enjoy cooler air. >> talk of obama care and romney care. campaign mud slinging about perry care. we'll ask the attorney general about the new element of the 2012 gop race. stay with us. roadtrip. vegas. vegas! now?! [ female announcer ] two hours to vegas. two hours to whiten. ♪ crest whitestrips two hour express. in just two hours you can have a noticeably whiter smile that lasts for months. ♪ hi. hi. where you guys headed? i think we're here. [ female announcer ] whitening without the wait. 3d white two hour express whitestrips...from crest. life opens up when you do. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. >> whether it is

west though is looking okay. and monday, how about 77 in memphis area?al storm lee, we have had 50-mile-an-hour winds, and sustained rain which is weakening it, and we have had as much as ten inches in some areas. that storm is going to track up to the north and east and that is sticking into the middle part and even the latter part of the week depending what happens with the tropical storm lee and the remnants of hurricane irene. >> and moving slow and bringing a lot of rain. jacqui jeras, thank you. >>> we mentioned football and remember the tornadoes that ipped are through alabama a few months ago? it left many communities in shambles and next how the university of alabama's football team is helping the hometown of tuscaloosa bounce back. >>> the university of alabama football team opened the season today with a victory over kent state and the game meant more than usual to the school and the town of tuscaloosa since it was the first since a tornado ripped through the town killing 50 people, and one player saw his life change forever in a few moments.

west looks okay. then you can see the temperatures that cool air advancing further to the east by monday. how about 77 for you in the memphisest on tropical storm lee, in case you missed it earlier, 50 miles per hour. we've had dry air moving into this storm all day long and that's been weakening it down a little bit. we still have had an incredible amount of rain with this, as much as ten inches in some areas. and that storm will slowly track up towards the north and east. that's going to be sticking with us right through the middle probably even the latter part of the east. we'll have to watch what's going to happen with the impact of lee and all the systems moving into the northeast with all the flooding on going there. >> moving very slow as you mentioned, bringing a lot of rain. jacqui jeras, thanks so much. we mentioned football as jacqui did. remember the tornadoes that ripped through alabama a few months ago? it left many communities in shambles. next, how the university of alabama's football team is helping its hometown of tuscaloosa bounce back. in here, pets never get lost. ♪ in here, every continent fits in one