mural. why? well, from rescue to recovery, crews are now looking for bodies instead of survivors at that arkansas campground that was swept by flash floods. the death toll rose to at least 18 today, and as many as two dozen are still unaccounted for. governor make beebe says four people are confirmed missing but another 20 people may have been in the area when the floods hit. the flood waters came so fast many had no time to escape, but our casey wian talked to one woman who made it out alive. >> he said the river is rising so fast, he said i can't get out of my cabin. his cabin was built on piers, you know, probably eight feet tall. and it was already up and his cabin was moving. and while he was talking to me there was a trailer that floated into and smashed into his cabin. as it turned out there, were people in that camper and he managed to pull out of that camper and he kept them safe until the water went down. i didn't have time to think. we went down there, and the river was roaring. it was just -- and the cabins that were starting to float were crashing into each other and it was all this smashing and -- >> what was that noise like? >> well, it was horrible. >> here are examples of the power of the raging current. the wall completely sheared off of this cabin. next to it a cabin that seems to have fared relatively well because it was up on stilts. but behind me you can see the remnants of a cabin that looks like it was hit by a bomb. it was actually knocked about 50 feet off of its foundation, completely torn apart. >> this cabin, the red one with the crunched up roof, is the one where the kids were up there. the two kids were up on the cabin screaming "help, help." it went down enough eventually -- it was falling pretty fast. once it quit raining, it started falling. so grandpa starts walking out. and we got -- we just went as far as we could and grabbed him. he set right there after -- we found that chair, and he sat there until we could get grandmother. she was on the other side of that drift. how she survived i don't know. >> reporter: wow. >> she was on the other side. >> reporter: how'd they get the boys down? >> they just helped them -- you know, as the water went down, they helped them stay up there until it went down. >> reporter: obviously, they're still looking for people here. what has the loss been like? can you describe it? can you come to terms with it even yet? >> no. mm-mm. i don't want to try to come to terms with it yet. we'll all have to, though. but there's still a lot -- there's -- the river hasn't given up the bodies yet. there's more. >> casey wian joins us now from langley, arkansas. he is live there. sad story, casey. where are we with the search now? >> reporter: well, we had search and rescue teams combing throughout this area, throughout the day. they were using kayaks. they were on horseback. they were using atvs. there were canine teams. just about anything you can imagine. they've called up the operations for the night because as you can see it's dark. they're going to resume again tomorrow. as one sheriff told me, they say it's basically turned into a recovery operation, not a rescue operation anymore. they haven't completely given up hope that they may find survivors, but as each hour goes by that hope looks less and less likely, don. >> casey wian. casey, thank you very much. we turn now to the gulf of mexico because it is day 54 and bp has finally been ordered to get more aggressive in stopping this disaster. the government says bp's efforts so far have fallen short. it's given the company until tomorrow to come up with a new plan to capture more of the escaping oil. bp's chief operating officer in houma, louisiana today went there to meet with bp and coast guard officials, and they say he'll have a response by tomorrow night. all of this is because up to twice as much oil aflowing from that broken well as originally thought. and bp's containment cap is catching a lot of it but missing a lot of it as well. meantime, a stainless steel box about the size of a refrigerator washed up on a florida beach today. it is marked bp and it is leaking oil. but it is not known if it came from the doomed rig. so we go now to chris lawrence. he's in grand isle, louisiana. let's start with this box that washed up. what is it? do we know, chris? >> reporter: we know it's a stainless steel container, don. it washed up in, as you said, panama city beach, florida. it washed ashore this morning. we've spoken to the sheriff there as well as one of our ireporters, ben wally. he says it washed up in the shallow water there. some of the officials there got a crane out and dragged it up on the beach to get it out of the water. that's when they noticed that it was still oozing a little bit of oil, and they told all the swimmers to get out of the water. from what we've been told and what our ireporter has seen, this thing is about seven feet tall, about the size of a refrigerator, and although we're not sure if it came from that deep water "horizon" oil rig, it did have a bp marking on the side of it. it's now being brought here to louisiana, where officials can investigate and find out exactly where it came from. >> let's go now to this deadline. this is really an ultimatum from the coast guard about changing plan. they want some answers, and they want them real soon, chris. >> reporter: that's right. don, you mentioned, the estimate has completely changed. so what the coast guard is saying is the plan that you had for the old estimate, it's not going to work now for what we now think is coming out of that exploded rig. so let's take you back. you know, when this well first erupted, the first estimate was anywhere around 42,000 gallons a day gushing out into the water. then they scrapped that and said no, no, no, it's much more, it's more like 200,000. now that's being thrown out to say the scientists' latest figure is anywhere between 800,000 and 1.7 million gallons gushing out every day. and what the coast guard has told bp is you've got to get a more aggressive plan in light of these new numbers. now, the chief operating officer at bp did meet with the troops, so to speak, employees as well as the coast guard. he talked about some of the efforts that are going on now and talked about some of the resources that the company has been marshaling against this oil flow. >> chris lawrence, thank you very much, sir. still ahead here tonight on cnn -- >> when he said "you want the real wayne williams? you've got him." i think all of us, the jury understood that, yeah. >> he was the prosecutor who put wayne williams behind bars following the murders of more than two dozen atlanta children. if you just watched soledad o'brien's special on the murders, you'll want to hear more from jack mallard. he's going to join me next. it should be an interesting conversation. and she is safe after being missing at sea for weeks. and now everyone is concerned about her. but the most important thing, she is found now. questions come now for the 16-year-old, and should she have been allowed to sail around the world by herself? her parents are sounding off on that. and he's won a primary election, but he's already lost the support of his party, and there are lots of questions about his legitimacy as a candidate for u.s. senate from south carolina. the curious case of alvin greene and one of the most interesting interviews and conversations i've had in a long time. you don't want to miss it. that's coming up. and here's your chance to sound off. be part of the conversation. send me a message on twitter and facebook, and check out my blog, cnn.com/don. we're back in moments. down the hill? 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>> we looked at each of the cases. and in doing so we noticed we had more evidence against those two that were charged, cater and payne. >> mm-hmm. >> we had to look at a legal viewpoint, would the convictions stand up on appeal. because if we charged in, say, 10 or 15 or 20 even, and i believe the jury may have convicted on that many, still, if there's not enough evidence from a legal viewpoint then the appellate courts will overturn it. >> so you think a jury would have convicted on the 28, you said? >> yes. >> you think they would have? >> no, not on 28. i said as many as 15 or 20. >> as many as 15 or 20. but people want to know, why were they never -- they weren't dropped. >> o'no. >> you said they just weren't brought to trial. >> that's right. >> just because you felt the evidence was stronger on the two adults? >> yes. a prosecutor has to look at it from a viewpoint of not only let's solve the case and i believe a jury will convict so let's indict him and try him. we have to look down the road five years, ten years when it's in the appellate courts, will the evidence sustain the conviction from a legal viewpoint from it's in the appellate courts? and we felt like at that time there was not enough sufficient evidence to charge, convict, and keep the conviction down the line. >> when you were watching that interview, did it seem like the same man, you know, that you came across during questioning back in the '80s? 1982? 1982? >> yes. he hasn't changed. he was on the stand three days and he was a wily character. smart, articulate the first two days, and he controlled himself. the third day he went into a tantrum. >> i want to go into that. because even he talked about it. there was a part during cross-examination where he had an outburst and you believe that was one of the things that convicted him was this outburst. he talked about it in our interview. i want to show you how he characterized it, and then we'll talk about it. >> i was probably my own worst enemy. i was an arrogant, bus-headed idiot at the time, and i played right into these people's hands. i could see almost the shock in the jurors' faces, everybody saying my god sthrks the same wayne that was up here yesterday? i could see that. >> how important was that moment in his conviction? >> everyone thinks williams as a witness is what lost the case for him. the evidence is what lost the case for him. that was an important moment, however. the examination and how a defendant does on the stand is very important to a jury. because they've got to have enough evidence to convict him. but he helped convict him. >> mm-hmm. looking back so many years and looking at that interview that soledad did, what did you learn? did you learn anything different, anything new? >> well, i learned at the end of the program when soledad confronted him that he was speechless. and i learned that was in addition to everything else i had ever known about williams. that i didn't know. >> well, it's very interesting. and i was around living in louisiana not far from here, and this terrified me. and it's jack mallard. and the book is called "the atlanta child murders: the night stalker." it's very interesting. so go out and get it. and thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it, okay? >> i appreciate it. >> we asked all of you to vote on the williams' guilt, guilty or innocent or whatever. after watching soledad's documentary. the results, after the first night the documentary ran, were 68% guilty, only 5% innocent, and 27% said not proven either way. and you can still vote online at cnn.com/atlantachildmurders. and if you missed soledad o'brien's report on the atlanta child murders earlier tonight, you can catch it on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. in a state where racial tensions are already high, a mural promoting racial harmony does just the opposite after the artists are told to lighten the skin tones of their subjects. 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what do you think about people who pee in the pool? >> that has to be one of the most disgusting things. especially with children coming in the pool. >> reporter: but it does happen. >> ew. well, i don't pee in the pool. >> reporter: she may not. others do. according to a study from the water quality and health council, 1 in 5 people admit to peeing in the pool. >> i think more people than one out of five have done it but they just haven't admitted it. >> reporter: the people who clean pools also know what happens. that's why at this ymca pool in the bronx, new york they say they check the water every two hours. >> it's tough. you have to be constantly monitoring it. you have to be persistent in checking your levels. >> reporter: but a new report from the centers for disease control suggests this ymca and its high standards are more the exception than the rule. >> we found that almost 1 in 8 pools was immediately closed on inspection because of serious violations that threatened public health and safety. by serious violations i mean, for example, no chlorine in the water. >> reporter: that could leave swimmers unprotected from bacteria that could cause everything from an upset stomach to an e. coli infection. so how do you know when not to take the plunge? >> you kind service to take a leap of faith that someone's doing their job. >> reporter: but the cdc says you really don't have to take a leap of faith because pool testing kits like these are readily available and easy to use. you just take this strip and dip it into the water and then compare it to the chart on the back of the bottle. the red is the ph. it's okay. and so is the chlorine. it's purple. >> if they're not right, we recommend talking to the pool operator. if the pool operator doesn't correct the situation, go into your local public health department. >> reporter: although the cdc is working on it, there are no national guidelines for pools, which means the quality of the water can really vary. so it's really up to you and those test strips. >> when we go biking, we wear helmet. now when we go swimming cdc recommends you test the water before you go in. >> reporter: the cdc says many pools only get inspected once a year and some not at all. doctors say you should always keep your mouth closed when you're in the pool and never swallow the water. as for those test strips, you can get them for free from the cdc at healthypools.org. carter evans, cnn, new york. >> one in eight pools shut down because of pee? that is gross. all right. examining the domino effect of divorce. it can be contagious. >> if you were to get a divorce, friends of your friends who may not even know you or hear about it can have more of a chance of getting divorced. and also tonight, out of a disastrous oil spill something laughable. bp's actions make for some funny moments by comedians. i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare. because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. 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>> it was my personal money from the army. >> from where? >> army. >> from the army. >> personal money that i saved in the army. >> because you're unemployed, right? >> yes. >> so that was part of your savings? >> yes. >> you are facing a felony charge. can you explain to your -- to the voters, to the viewers what that's all about? >> i have no comment. >> no comment. did you commit a crime? >> nothing on -- no comment. >> don't you think if you're -- listen, mr. greene, if you are a private citizen, then you have every right in the world to say no comment about something like this. but when you're running for office, you are now a public figure. you have made yourself a public figure. and there are certain things that you're going to have to be accountable for and you're going to have to be transparent. and more people than me are going to be asking this question about that. so do you have any comment about committing a crime? >> my lawyer is dealing with that. >> what is it -- what are you charged with? >> my lawyer is dealing with that. >> okay. and you won't answer what you are charged with. and you won't tell us what happened? >> my lawyer is dealing with that. >> that's going to be a matter of public record, and by you not talking about it people are going to think -- it makes it look like you have something to hide if you don't want to talk about it. >> i want to talk about the issues that we -- >> but that is an issue. the people of your district have the right to know whether or not they're going to elect someone who is convicted of a crime or may be convicted of a crime or someone who committed a crime. >> okay. yes. it relates to the third issue that i'm concentrating on, justice in the -- justice in the judicial system. you know, we want to make sure that punishment fits the crime. we know that -- we know that, well -- i'm -- we see -- we know about the statistics in the judicial system in our country. >> okay. it seems -- are you talking about your platform now, or are you talking about this being charged with a crime? >> i'm talking about my platform in general. we know -- >> okay. i asked you about your platform. we already -- that line of questioning. you told me about your platform. you said jobs, education. >> and justice. >> and justice. in talking about the justice system, what about your own particular bout with the justice system? what do you say too that? did you commit a crime? >> my -- my lawyer is dealing with that. >> two lawmakers from your state have concerns you may have some sort of mental impairment. what's your response to that? >> who are those lawmakers? >> there are two in your state. >> name them. >> cary sellers and todd rutherford say that. >> well, i say that back to them, then. >> okay. if you were -- >> they're the knuckleheads, then. >> how are they the knuckleheads? and what's funny about that? >> well, that's just. >> listen, the democratic party in your state is calling for you to withdraw. do you have any plans of withdrawing? >> the election was certified as of 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time yesterday. so i'm on the ballot here on out. i'm in all the way. and i'm the best candidate for united states senate in this race in south carolina. >> okay. are you always in this soft-spoken? are you okay right now? >> i'm fine. >> you're fine. and you're -- >> i'm okay. >> you're mentally sound, physically sound? you're not impaired by anything at this moment? >> no. just -- i'm okay. >> no. just what? >> i'm okay. >> i want you to finish your thought. what were you going to say? >> i'm okay. >> you don't sound okay. quite honestly, you don't sound okay. and if you're not, then you should let us know if you're not okay. are you impaired by anything right now? >> no. >> told you it would be interesting. do you drive a chevrolet? most of you probably call it a chevy. well, you can't drive your chevy to the levee anymore because gm doesn't want you to call it that. we'll explain. every weekend here we try to catch you up on news items you might have missed in the week. first story. one of the most iconic brands in america is now a bad word. general motors has ordered everyone in the country to stop using the word "chevy." what? from now on they're only allowed to say chevrolet. gm says the chevy nickname causes confusion outside the u.s. the edict does not apply to the rest of us, which means you can still drive your chevy to the lev l levee. k ca you can call it what you want. don't look for the word tweet in the "new york times" unless it is a story about birds. a popular term for a twitter message as that been struck from a "new york times" article. the times may succeed in keeping tweet out of the paper, but the term is already well established as both a verb and a noun in regards to twitter. you know, out of the disastrous oil spill a moment of laughter. a coffee spill in a conference room turns into an epic failure. we'll speak with the people behind this wickedly funny satire. 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[ engine revs ] [ glass shatters ] this is the pursuit of the impossible. this is the pursuit of perfection. you know, there is nothing funny about the oil spill disaster polluting the gulf of mexico. bp's efforts to fix, it however, have been fodder for countless jokes. take a look as a comedy troupe, upright citizens brigade, tackles the bp coffee spill. >> i think that's the best plan of action -- >> yeah. >> don't worry about it. it's a small spill on a very large table. >> sir, i think we are underestimating just how much coffee was spilled. >> yeah, that's a lot of coffee. >> well, we'd better hurry up because it's almost reached my laptop. >> calm down. >> it's also going to destroy all the fish. >> boom. look at that. >> my god, it's encroaching on my map of louisiana. >> okay. >> oh, no. >> laptop. >> map. >> fish. >> wait. wait. wait. wait. i've got a brilliant idea. >> oh. okay. jones, you've got to hurry up. i think the public is getting suspicious. >> all set. damn. didn't work. >> oh. >> oh, my god. we are really screwed now. look. garbage will fall into the coffee cups, stopping further spillage. >> now there's just coffee and garbage. >> wait. i've got an idea. >> damn, i really thought that would work. >> well, maybe it doesn't work right away. let's observe it for three hours and then reassess it. >> okay. >> we just wasted three hours. >> since that video was posted three days ago on youtube, it has received some 2 million views, making it an instant viral classic. okay. so listen, twitter is going crazy over the interview that we just conducted with alvin greene from south carolina. someone writes, "that was just bizarre." someone says, "i think something is not right.