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s.c. johnson. a family company. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- greta: 9.8%, and guess what? that understates it. the labor department says the unemployment rate rose to 9.8%, but the real number is worse. why? joining us is steve moore, an editorial writer for "the wall street journal." this does not tell the whole story, does it, steve? >> these are pretty grim numbers, greta. as we have been talking about in recent months on your show, at least we could say that we are losing jobs at a slower pace than before. what is really discouraging about this report is that we lost more jobs than we did in august, so you have to wonder how in the world joe biden can say that the stimulus plan is working beyond his wildest dreams when we are still losing, one-quarter of 1 million jobs, but the real unemployment rate, it includes people not even looking for jobs anymore, that is higher. greta: they are not in that figure, those that are underempl

s.c. johnson-- a family company. greg-alogue. >> greg: now, if you are like meow know children are evil. they are shing selfish creatures who delight in nearing mucus all over you belongings. supporting president obama's plan for longer days of school. au contraire, which is french, i think obama is off base for a number of reasons. first, when something blows, ordering more of it doesn't help. fact it we don't need more schooling, we need better schools. sadly, teachers unions have created a lock on jobs for even the most moronically incompetent and the only way for a teacher to lose a job these days is if she gives one to a student. they learn more about running for their lives than reading for enjoyment. and really obama's reasoning has nothing to do with being competitive. what we learned from his u.n. speech that he finds winning distasteful. it comes down to his own opinions about america that when compared to a far more allisticated europe we are hicks from the sticks.s from i think he wants them to stay in sc

s.c. johnson. a family company. the odds of winning 6 grammy awards-- 1 in 1.4 million. the odds of having a child diagnosed with autism-- 1 in 150. i'm toni braxton. learn the signs of autism at autismspeaks.org. megyn: what drives an organization like acorn, a desire to help the poor or a desire to organize radical change in america? and are acorn's efforts even good for the poor, or for that matter for this country? after 38 years in the community organizing business, wade rathke defends his life's work in a new book called "citizen wealth" because he writes, his goal has been to help the poor find a measure of financial security. rathke says acorn took a major step towards that goal seven years after he launched the organization. >> 1977, one of the primary accomplishments over the last 30 years with community organization was the passage of the community reinvestment act. because of that act you're no longer able to red line communities based on income, based on race, based on sex or creed. the banks were getti

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s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> more healthy people are getting the h1n1 flu than previously thought. the cdc reports that nearly half of the patients hospitalized with the virus had no underlying conditions. now the agency also says for patients who did have a pre-existing condition asthma is the most common. today a new chapter in the stunning story of jaycee dugard. for the first time we will see her as an adult. people.com will release a photo next hour, so stay tuned for that. a family spokesperson says dugard wants to do this as a way to thank everybody for their support. she had been missing for 18 years until she was found over the summer. >>> the wars in iraq and afghanistan are not scaring away men and women who want to serve our kcountry. the pentagon says that all four military branches have met their recruiting goals this year. officials say that increases in military pay have helped especially in a time when the recession is hitting so hard. >>> police in toledo, ohio, sa

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> the taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed at least 12 people in afghanistan's capital today. the associated press reports the car bombing targeted the indian embassy. this happened just as people were getting to work in what's typically a busy part of town. nonpartisan budget analysts are weighing in on a key senate health care reform bill and they say that it will cost less than expected. in fact, it's supposed to even help cut the deficit. that plan would expand coverage so 94% of all eligible americans have health insurance. a former brazilian state legislator and tv crime show host is now considered a criminal fugitive. oh, the story gets better and better. police say that he was involved in drug trafficking and say that he would have his criminal rivals killed and then have his camera crews arrive first on the scene which in turn would drive up his ratings. interesting. >>> those are some of the headlines that we are fo

s.c. johnson, a family company. an espn analyst accused of sleeping with a 22-year-old co-worker turned jilted lover. take a look at these photos from tmz. when the tv commentator broke it off, this heartbroken girl allegedly started harassing his life with nasty phone calls and vicious letters. cops say she even crashed her car into his house. we'll have all the jaw-dropping details. >>> and pharmaceutical suicide. bombshell allegations in the anna nicole smith case. a pharmacist now testifies that anna had a laundry list of prescriptions, including muscle relaxants, sleeping meds, and methadone. five months later she was dead. so who's responsible for prescribing her enough drugs to kill her? we'll take a look. but first, another shameful sex scandal exposed. philandering family man and espn baseball analyst steve phillips has come clean about a tawdry sex tryst with a young espn production assistant. "the new york post" reports the 46-year-old tv sports guy hooked up with 22-year-old brooke hundley for three days

s.c. johnson, a family company. >> greg: welcome back. let's find out if we have gotten anything wrong so far. for that we go to tv's andy levy. andy, do you allow your cats to contact previous owners through facebook? >> there is a reason i always take my computer with me whenever i leave my apartmenting greg. >> greg: don't trust the cats? >> nope. >> i should probably get one of those new fangled laptops i have been hearing about. >> on your salary, don't think about it. >> i'm so glad that code pink is rethinking the forces, they have such a big influence on our policies. andrew, you make a good point about iraq. will code pink now real idaho that under saddam there were rape rooms over there? >> exactly. thank you. >> i'm going to take that as a no, they won't. >> they are too busy putting together the pink feathered head dresses and giving bloody happens to congressional members during hearings. >> greg: bill collects those kind of hats if you know where he can get them. >> and bloody hands. >> good paper weights. >> john, what do y

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s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> unfortunately one of them belonged to one of our employees and he lost a number of his pets. >> how sad. a fireman is battling a wildfire in california that took his own home. winds could be calming today helping crews get control of the flames. wind gusts were as high as 50 mills. >>> the supreme court starts a new term today, the first for justice soto mayor. some big cases include how corporate spending is handled in political campaigns and lawsuit dealing with chicago's ban on hand guns. >>> thee workers were killed in pakistan. officials from the world food program said five other people were wounded. the taliban's new leader in pakistan threatened new attacks yesterday but it's still unclear whether they are behind the bombing. those are some of the headlines we've been following. it is 31 minutes past the hour. good morning, sunshine. more than 1 in a million babies die before they reach a month old because they were born too early. 10% of babies

s.c. johnson, a family company. ? >>> driller pee-wee and the day crew's headed to the rig for their first shift on the final hole. >> day after rig move, we're headed out to the rig. just eight hours today. >> and their first day with new hand, tank. >> we got rid of cheston yesterday, bring out tank today. got to be better. >> he should get a job as a greeter at a supermarket. >> eight hours, yesterday. i was around him. i can see where these guys -- can be rubbed off wrong by that guy. >> two hands have already been thrown off the day crew. so, tank needs to step up or he'll be the third. >> oh, yeah. really don't know how much experience tank has. find something to do, he stays pretty busy. that's pretty much all you can ask for. >> even though rig 28's driller, the day crew is still putting it back together. >> we're almost done. looking good. zblant only thing done is the blow-out preventer or b.o.p. >> this is a top part of the b.o.p., if this wasn't to work right, malfunction, all of the gas, all of the pressu

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s.c. johnson, a family company. ♪ ♪ i'm the light of the world ♪ >> you are listening to the brand new michael jackson song called "this is it." it was officially released at midnight on his website. the song will be in the new jackson movie and a new double cd coming out this month. the brother -- his brothers are singing the backup vocals. >>> an explosion near a marketplace killed at least 41 people today. pakistan authorities say that the attack appeared to target a military vehicle about 45 people were injured. this was in northwest pakistan where the army has been locked in heavy fighting against the taliban. >>> the insurance industry is releasing a report today that slams the senate's health care reform plan. it says that by the year 2019 a typical family premium will be $4,000 more than under the current system. the white house is criticizing the report. the senate finance committee votes on the plan tomorrow. >>> vince vaughn's "couples retreat" was the number one movie ove

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s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> aviation experts say that two northwest airlines pilots should have had several warnings that their flight was approaching the minneapolis airport. well, the plane landed safely but only after overshooting its destinations by 150 miles. this was wednesday night. the pilots say they were distracted by a heated discussion, but federal investigators are looking into whether they fell asleep. >>> a big debate about your health care is going on inside the white house. sources say that after a meeting yesterday the obama administration and senate democratic leaders may be leaning toward including a public option in the final senate bill. republicans and some moderate democrats have said that they oppose that. >>> quick check of the headlines. let me check on you. uh-huh. okay, you're moving around and up this morning. just want to make sure you're on time and didn't go back to sleep. will i'm robin meade. >>> the parents of a missing virginia tech student say

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> man, i still can't believe tony dated jessica simpson, even after she blew up bigger than flozell adams. >> hey! >> now on "showbiz tonight," the great jessica simpson weight debate. stars rush to jess' defense after a cartoon skit making fun of her weight. but is jessica's weight fair game? it's the great debate. >>> cougar alert. "cougar town" star courteney cox dishes on how older women can snag younger men. but is courteney making women look desperate? >>> i'm like, okay, how are you going to end world hunger? and then, it hit me. sell the vatican, feed the world. >> sarah silverman's controversial new spoof. guess what, not everybody thinks it's funny. >>> plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker," tv's first most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it's 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderso

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> we were manipulated by the family. and the media was manipulated by the family. >> colorado authorities say that the whole balloon boy incident was a hoax. they believe that the heenes were trying to get a reality tv show. but the couple insists the incident was not a hoax. they could face felony charges, including contributing to the delinquency of a minor. >>> the chief of iran's revolutionary guard says the united states, britain and pakistan are linked to a weekend suicide bombing. 42 people were killed, including five senior guard commanders. a sunni group took responsibility for the attack. iran says the united states and others helped fund that group. >>> the obama administration is backing off going after medical marijuana patients and suppliers as long as it's legal in their state. sources say the new guidelines for federal drug agents will be announced today. the reason? the justice department decided it wasn't a good use of manpower. >>> a typhoon is threatening to hit a country still under water from back t

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s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> president obama says chican. would make the world proud if it most hosts the 2016 games. he made his plea to the international olympic committee in denmark. chicago, tokyo, rio and madrid. find out which city wins. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. >> the audience didn't quite now how to respond when david letterman admitted to having affairs with women who work with him. he came clean after a man allegedly tried to blackmail him for 2 million bucks. that man who works for cbs' "48 hours" was arrested yesterday. >>> police in chicago are investigating the beating of another teenager. a witness told police the 14-year-old was chased down by three other teenagers wednesday night. he's now in critical condition. this come a week after a 16-year-old was beaten to death in the city. >>> welcome back. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. she'll be back on monday. >> it's a city that works. in its first world's fair more than a

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s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> breaking news tonight. live, colorado. the whole country on pins and needles. a little 6-year-old boy's life hanging in the balance and a beautiful silver space-like balloon soaring through the clouds. police, sheriffs, national guards, volunteers, the faa, even a whole airport and commercial carriers trying to save the life of a 6-year-old boy, whose brothers and parents say is trapped inside that homemade balloon. eyewitness reports something or someone fall thousands of feet to rough terrain near the colorado rocky mountains. after 60 miles of terror the balloon lands. no boy. was he dead? was he injured? was he lying down a ravine with every bone in his body broken? no. he was hiding in the family attic the whole time, blurting out on national tv it was all "for the show." on not one but two morning shows that same boy so nervous he vomits when asked the question. breaking tonight, a stunning confession blows this case wide open. we learn the mom confesses to police it was a hoax from the get-go. the heenes forcing the

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> increasing violence in afghanistan is the back drap for the president's intense review of the war and how to fight it. he's meeting with hillary clinton and vice president biden. adding from 10,000 to 40,000 more troops, the general strongly represents the stronger independent. of those killed during the attack. >> as we mourn the loss of these great american, we remember their dedicated service as they fly alongside their comrades to preserve our freedoms. our soldiers are over there and very high spirits. they were attacked and the unit fell bravely and in the end they win the day. >> the pentagon confirms another soldier was killed in a separate attack last weekend. the 24th soldier will die in that attack. >>> dozens hospitalized in kabul. victims of a suicide car bombing outside the indian embassy. the taliban issued a statement claiming responsibility. the afghan taliban is claiming outside the country saying that the bomber held explosives through

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> he's receiving the nobel peace prize? >> people all over the world are weighing in on president obama winning the nobel prize, but find out why many are saying he doesn't deserve it. >>> police found what they say are human bone fragments in the backyard of kidnapping suspect phillip garrido. now they may know where those bones came from. >>> last month's tsunami in american samoa washed out this parking lot in just a matter of seconds. >>> thanks for spending your saturday morning with hln. i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. president obama is talking about the war in afghanistan on the heels of receiving a nobel peace prize. he and his national security advisors met with military top leaders yesterday. the military made its case for sending up 40,000 extra u.s. troops to afghanistan. a white house spokesman says a decision about that is probably weeks away. a senior administration official says the white house seems to be focusing on defeating al q

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> breaking news regarding the overall health of michael jackson when he died. the autopsy concludes the superstar was basically in good health. the "associated press" obtained a copy of that report. it says that jackson weighed 136 pounds, within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips and was balding. his heart was strong but had chronically inflamed lungs that left him short of breath. he also had arthritis in his lower spine and some fingers and mild plaque build-up in his leg arteries. the autopsy also states that jackson's face and neck were scarred, presumably from plastic surgery procedures. and his arms were covered with punctures. but he wasn't sickly and his major organs were normal. jackson died an june 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic and two other sedatives. no other drugs were detected in his system. >>> to indonesia where the death toll risen dramatically after two dramatic earthquakes

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> the mother of the newborn kidnapped last week from his home in nashville, she is getting her four children back. the attorney appointed to represent the children says there was a custody hearing. it was supposed to happen today. it was canceled after an investigation that determined maria gurrolla was not trying to sell her baby. state child welfare officials placed the baby and his three siblings in foster care over the weekend. the infant was found safe in alabama three days after he was abducked. a woman in alabama is in jail facing a federal kidnapping charge. gurrolla says a woman posing as an immigration agent came to her home, demanded her child. gurrolla says the woman stabbed her several times after she refused to hand over her baby. >>> the lab technician charged in the murder of a yale grad student did not enter a plea when he appeared before a judge today. raymond clark's attorney says his client will eventually plead not guilty to the murder

s.c. johnson a family company. >>> this afternoon president obama will make his first visit to new orleans since he took office. he's going to hold a town meeting and stop by a school that was hit hard by hurricane katrina. the president was one of the more vocal credits ix for the bush administration for the way it handled the response. >>> vis shan sevoix had been accused of kidnapping his kids from west japan. he said she violated a u.s. custody agreement when she took them to japan. no word yet on what will happen to the kids. >>> inflation seems to have taken a holiday. so you're working with tighter budgets and you're being careful about what you're spending. that makes it harder for the stores to raise their prices. meanwhile, investors are cheering the dow's climb to the 10,000 mark yesterday. finally! it hasn't been there in a year. >>> the man suspended of a bomb plot in new york may have had contact with a leader of al qaeda in afghanistan. two u.s. officials tell the associated

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> i will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. >> president obama admits he didn't expect to wake up this morning as a nobel peace prize winner. he says he's surprised and humbled to be accepted by the honor. he'll accept the award at a dinner ceremony in norway. he'll don't the $1.4 million cash prize to charity. they call it an affirmation of american leadership and not a personal accomplishment. we have to confront the world as we know it today. i am the commander in chief of a country responsible for confronting an adversary that confronts the american people and our allies. >> michael steele was quick to criticize the nobel committee and the president. saying it's unfortunate the star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements towards working towards peace and human rights. president obama won't be receiving awards from americans from job creatio

s.c. johnson a family company. >>> after a day of being fwriled on tv shows, investigators turn to question the parents of a boy who the whole country thought floated away in a balloon. >>> a reality star hits back at his former bosses. what jon gosselin's lawyer says about the lawsuit filed against him by the network that made him a celebrity. >>> i've seen -- i've seen everything from a woman's blouse to a purse. >> no shirt no schuhoes, no education. why an ale-mail college has implemented a new dress cold. >>> i'm natasha curry. a mother and father who thought that their son had float aid way in a balloon will face more tough questions from investigators today. erica hill explains how a comment a boy made on cnn has authorities wondering if it's a stunt. >> reporter: day two donned with the heenes. telling the story and denying any suggestion that the entire episode was a stunt. >> now i'm getting ticked off because i'm repeatedly getting asked this. >> reporter: because of a comment h

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s.c. johnson a family company. >>> two powerful democratic senators have vastly different ideas what the president should dough an afghanistan. arms service chairman carl levin is urging the president to take his time reviewing the goals for the war. and levin says there is no need to send in additional u.s. croup trops to combat now. senator dianne feinstein chairs the senate intelligence committee completely disagrees as do many congressional republicans. >> i don't think we can make the country into a jeffersonian democracy but you've got to stabilize the country. you leave the country and the taliban are increasing all of the time they're taking over more. it will have a dramatic impact on pakistan one day. i really believe that. >> i think the great danger now is not an america pullout. i think the great dang are now is a half measure. sort of a you know, try to please all ends of the political spectrum. and, again i have great sympathy for the president making the toughest decisions

s.c. johnson a family company. >>> man i still can't believe tony dated jessica simpson even after she blew up bigger than flozell adams. >> now on "showbiz tonight" weekend, the great jessica simpson weight debate. stars rush to her defense after a cartoon skit making fun of her weight. fair gain? >> seriously is jon getting parenting advice for lindsay lohan's dad? bizarre or brilliant. >>> when president obama said the president has to be able to. >> walk and chew gum at the same time. >> he didn't mention nick orette. >> the down right embarrassing things people do to get rid of gum. the weekend edition of tv's first most provocative news show continues right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this weekend. it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson coming to you from hollywood. tonight the great jessica simpson weight debate. the debate over a fox skit poking fun at jessica simpson's weight ha

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> hey this. this is hln "news and views." i'm virginia cha. >>> gay rights advocates a marching on 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 his supporters expect him to make good on the promises he made to them. marchers are calling for an end to the military's don't ask, don't tell policy and recognition of same-sex marriages. >> they say by affording us the rights of those that can get married that they'll destroy the family. what they're doing is preventing families from forming. the heterosexual community hasn't done a great job keeping their families together. give us a chance. we've been together for 25 years. >> quite frankly i don't care about the title, however, what

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> breaking news tonight. to satsuma, florida, where 5-year-old haleigh cummings gets tucked into bed, just five hours later she's gone. the back door wide open. last person to see little haleigh alive that night? stepmom misty croslin. tonight, we've just confirmed haleigh's stepmom/baby-sitter/new wife, misty croslin, skips town again. that's right, again. this time headed to orlando with a female friend. why? we also learn misty still has not spoken to police since she's been back from her last out-of-town trip. all this as misty's mom is now in a florida jail. has she finally talked to police? what does she really know? >> they go out and look for the right person, they would have the answers. but they're trying get all the answers from me that i don't have. >> huge bombshells in the search for haleigh cummings as tensions rise. nancy grace confirms new wife/baby-sitter misty croslin has left satsuma, florida, again, now for a second time. this time heading to orlando with a girlfriend. why? what is misty

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> ever since i can remember, i've been fascinated by money, making it, saving it, studying it. by the time i was 31, i had earned enough to retire. so i embarked on a new mission, helping you take care of your money so you can save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. >>> now from his radio studio, your money expert, clark howard. >> the other day i was in a discount store, and not one, but two people in front of me wrote checks. it seemed like i had not one, but two more birthdays while i waited for their checks to be approved and then it was my turn. well, you know what? not only is it a pain for me, but it's a pain for the retailer, because they take that check from you. they don't know if it's going to be good. it's almost like they're making you a loan. well, whole foods is now experimenting in a handful of stores with refusing to take checks. that's right. you can pay with cash, debit or credit, period. and you know what? this is actually a

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> i will end don't ask, don't tell. that's my commitment to you. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. [ gunfire ] >>> a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. >>> spinouts, accidents, and i don't have my snow tires on yet, so i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came early. >>> good sunday morning. this is "hln news and views." i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. >>> president obama addressed the largest gay rights group in the country last night. during a rousing speech, he once again promised to pursue an agenda that would bring an end to discrimination against gays, he specifically pointed out the need to end the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, and he called for antidiscrimination law for the workplace. >> we know there's far more work to do

s.c. johnson a family company. >>> hello, i'm gerri willis and this is your bottom line, the show that saves you money. home prices are down across the country and they're still falling. so grab a pen and paper, we have got your guide to off-season home buying. green mistyths, how and why men and women should handle their finances differently. plus what you can learn from your spouse. the show that saves you money starts right now. >>> home prices are bottoming out, right? well, maybe not. according to a new forecast, home prices are expected to get a whole lot more affordable. in fact, they're predicted to plunge in 342 out of 381 markets during the next year. overall the national median home price is forecast to drop 11.3% by june 2010. for the following year that's 2011, pfizer anticipates some stabilization with prices rising 3.6%. the weakest cities, they're miami, orlando, las vegas, and the most stable you might be surprised, kennewick, washington, fairbanks and anchorage, alaska. >

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> two suicide car bombings in baghdad have killed at least 74 people and wounded more than 265. one bomb went off outside the governor's building while the other one detonated near iraq's justice ministry. >>> near ly people died after to trains collided. >>> global warming protesters took to the streets of major cities across the world yesterday. events were organized by a group called 350.org, looking to reduce global carbon emissions to 350 parts per million. >>> welcome back to "hln" here. i'm natasha curry. thanks for joining us. >>> president obama hopes his declaration of a national emergency will help deal with all the h1n1 case that is keep popping up. he says the rates of illness are rising rapidly in many communities in the u.s. and the pandemic could overburden health care resources. elaine quiano reports. >> reporter: president obama declared a national h1n1 emergency, an ominous sounding name for what officials insist is a purely preemptive m

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> it's been three days since the world thought a boy was trapped inside this run away balloon. now authorities say they're about to file criminal charges in this case. >>> hurricane rick picked up strength overnight and now is a very strong category 5 storm. where forecasters are predicting it will eventually make landfall. >>> fears are quickly growing about the spread of the swine flu, but the vaccine being used to fight the virus seem to be slow in coming. >>> thanks for spending much of your sunday with us here at "hln." i'm natasha curry. >>> colorado authorities could soon file criminal charges in that balloon boy case. we expect to hear more at a news conference today. on thursday, it was feared 6-year-old falcon heene was in this homemade balloon that got loose. since then, speculation has mounted that it was all a publicity stunt. >> we have made some significant progress in this investigation. obviously, we are conducting interviews as we speak.

s.c. johnson, a family company. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> after 18 years in captivity jaycee dugard is coming out of the shadows. what she looks like now. >>> president obama meets with his national security team. the war will be very tough to win even with more troops. >>> and a 15-year-old boy set on fire. his alleged attackers, other teens. at least one as young as 3. are a lot of kids out of control these days? your views on that. this is hln "news and views." richelle carey. thanks for your time. the last time jaycee dugard was seen publicly. she was an 11-year-old girl. now we know what she looks like at 19. she's opened up in the new issue of "people" magazine. she talks about the joy of being home. she gives a quote to "people." i am so happy to be back with my family. nothing is more important than the unconditional love and support i have from them. also on an interview on the "today" show this morning, a spokesperson said the family is adjusting vfr well. >> i ha

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> a storm is bearing down on california. people are preparing sandbags through the state. some areas could get as much as six inches of rain. the rain could cause mudslides, especially in areas that were affected by wildfires. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is going to talk with dmitry medvedev. she will also hold a town hall style meeting with students at moscow university. >>> a man admitted to lying about being a deck raided war vet. he was arrested friday accused of a rare crime called stolen valor. he said he was at the pentagon on 9/11 and was wounded in iraq. he later admitted that he had a mental illness and got caught up in the moment. >>> good morning, it's 30 minutes past the hour. tuesday is off. we have a long way to go. but at least we're together. i'm robin meade, today may be a turning point in the push to challenge your health care or change it. the senates the committee finally votes on its bill and it is the most conservative bill that the democrats have offered. correspondent richard louie joins u

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> it is true. chicago is no longer on the short list. so who will host the 2016 summer olympic games? we expect to know within the hour. well bring that to you live. >>> extortion threats are certainly not funny. take it from david letterman. his shocking admission of sex with late-night staffers and the scheme threatening to expose it. >>> also this -- >> pool balls looked like the most heavy, aerodynamic things i could get ahold of. >> this woman says she chased away home intruders with her own pool balls. >>> it is friday. so glad you're with us on hln kn news and views. i'm susan hendricks. >>> and chicago is out. the city will not be hosting the 2016 summer olympics. chicago was eliminated a short time ago in the first round of voting. >> the city of chicago, having obtained the least number of votes, will not participate in the next round. >> the announcement left a huge crowd in chicago really just stunned. tokyo is also out. now just two cities remain in the race, rio de janeiro, also madrid. and we have live pictures from madrid

s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> ripped from the headlines, a new "law & order" focusing on the drunk driving mom who killed eight people in a wrong-way crash. some critics claim the show's cashing in on the victims. but isn't it about time we shine the spotlight on this national epidemic and expose drunk driving months? we'll debate it. >>> plus, disturbing new insights into the murder-suicide of steve mcnair and his mistress. we now have text messages sent to and from the nfl superstar, just hours before he was killed. >>> but first balloon boy dad, richard heene, under fire tonight, former colleagues, friends and now the fed, all on his case. cops say he and his wife mayiumi might have committed felonies. last thursday, allegedly. now the faa is looking into whether their balloonless balloon, or their boyless balloon, violated airspace by flying too close to the airport. meantime, no shortage of talkers on the morning shows today. here's the guy who says richard heene deliberately ho