many in dallas are opposed to the spraying. the epa says the pesticide isn't harmful to humans or pets. officials say can't lopes from southwest indiana are making people sick and killed two people. the cause, salmonella. the fda says if you have any cantaloupes from that part of the country, throw them out. more than 140 people came down with salmonella infection in 20 states. firefighters are catching a break this weekend. slightly cooler temperatures are helping them tamp down wildfires, scorching much of the western u.s. in california and washington state, people who fled the area are being allowed to go back home and see what was spared. police say weather is to blame for a deadly multivehicle pileup this morning. at least 16 cars and trucks smashed into each other on interstate 65 in jasper county. one person was killed. two others were badly hurt. police say fog plus smoke from a nearby fire made it tough for drivers to see. the vice president of syria may have defected, left the country and joined the revolution, trying to overthrow president assad. officials inside the rebel free syrian army insist he's the highest level member of the regime to quit. no confirmation yet, but as nic robertson reports, we may find out for sure in hours. >> reporter: perhaps the best indication where the vice president is may some sunday at prayer service in damascus for the end of ramadan. normally the vice president and the president will be in attendance. if he isn't there, that will be an indication that belies what the government has saying that he's never thought about leaving the country, that he's in his job and commenting on the conflict, praising the choice of the new u.n. representative to syria, backing what the representative has called for, for unity at the u.n. security council. all the government's efforts indicate the vice president is still in his job. if he's not at the prayer service, that will be a strong indication the government doesn't control him. the free syrian army say they're helping him get across the border to jordan. however, they've said they've lost contact with the commanders that are helping him try to escape. and for that reason, they say they're not quite sure where he is, that he hasn't made it to jordan yet. they say they're afraid if his family members are captured, he may be forced into surrendering. we've also heard from free syrian army spokes people who said that he could be, could be an important figure in the future. they talk about the fact that he hasn't been involved that much in the conflict, that he had two relatives killed close to the border with jordan early on in the conflict. that he hasn't been supporting assad as much as he might have been. he is a very, very important figure. a number of years as vice president. more than six years as vice president. before that, more than 20 years as foreign minister. so a hugely important figure for bashar al aassad. that would be very damaging for the syrian president, coming on a day when the syrian government has had a cabinet reshuffle. there's a new health minister, new minister of justice, all of this indicating that bashar al assad appears to be losing the support of some of his most important government members. an indication that his leadership does not have much longer to go. nic robertson, cnn, the united arab emirates. president obama made two campaign stops in new hampshire today, pitching his plans on taxes and the budget and criticizing republicans on medicare. athena jones joins me now from the white house. the president spent a lot of time at both of his rallies, hammering romney and ryan on medicare. what did he say exactly? >> reporter: that's right. he gave two fierily speeches today in new hampshire. this is a small state, only four electoral votes. but in a close race, it can play a role. so he was answering charges from the romney campaign about what they say he would do to medicare. let's listen to what he had to say. >> my plan saves money in medicare by cracking down on fraud and waste and making sure insurance companies aren't getting unfair subsidies. their plan makes seniors pay more so they can give another tax cut to rich folks that don't need a tax cut. >> reporter: so there you have him, you have the president combining these two big issues that have been the themes, not just of today but the last several weeks, the medicare and tax cut issue. he's saying the republicans are accusing the president of having a plan that would slash medicare by $716 billion and use that money to help fund his health care law. he says that's not the case. the independent fact checkers say that's not the case. so the president was saying, the plan you should fear is the plan being put forward by romney and ryan on medicare, because changing it to this voucher program would change the whole system as we know it, alison. >> what about the budget? i'm guessing he had some tough talk for romney on that issue, too, on the budget. >> reporter: well, certainly. when it comes to the budget and taxes and how each side thinks government money should be spent, the president slammed romney and ryan. middle class families pay for it. he said the average middle class family would see their taxes go up by $2,000. and romney wouldn't be using that money to cut the deficit, but just to fund more tax cuts for people like him. it's the same themes we've been hearing about. maybe a little more aggressive tone today. >> and the back and forth i'm sure will continue. athena jones, thank you. republican mitt romney is on the road but off the trail today. no public events but held several private meetings in boston. in florida, paul ryan tackled the medicare issue head on. and he brought along a special guest, his mom. she's a retiree and ryan said she's a perfect example of why he and mitt romney will preserve, not destroy the medicare program. >> medicare was there for our family, for my grandma when we needed it then. and medicare is there for my mom while she needs it now, and we have to keep that guaranteed. my mom has been on medicare for over ten years, and i want to tell you exactly how many years over ten years she's been on it. she plays tennis every week, exercises every day. she planned her retirement around this promise that the government made her, because she paid her payroll taxes into this program, when she had this promise with. that's a promise we have to keep. >> and most analysts consider florida a must-win for romney and ryan. president obama won the state four years ago. a deadly police shooting sparks controversy in michigan. coming up next, video of officers shooting a homeless man dozens of times in seconds. 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[ inaudible ] >> reporter: if you listen carefully, hall is heard continuing to yell at police. hall seems agitated. but not intimidated by a police dog. heard on the tape, a witness describes what he sees. >> he's in a karate stance. >> reporter: as hall appears to take a few steps, everything comes to a head. local media report 46 shots fired. cnn counted the sounds of at least 30 shots on the videotape. anthony baber witnessed the shooting. >> all of a sudden, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow and he drops. pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow and he drops. i was about where that blue van is. i was parked in my van. >> reporter: tabitha perry saw it, too. >> i heard one of the officers say something to the fact where, put the knife down or i'll let the dog go. >> reporter: do you believe the officering were justified in what they did? >> no, i don't. no, i don't. because what they did, there was a better way to do it. i think their judgment was off. >> reporter: perry is not alone. hall's mother says saginaw police overreacted. >> emotionally, i have a lot of page, and i'm stunned. that six human beings would stand in front of one human being and fire 46 shots. i just don't understand that. >> reporter: on the day of the shooting, july 1, is saginaw police chief defended his officer's actions. >> this is someone from our understanding has a long history. not only with police, from our department, but with the county. >> reporter: over the last month, the community not satisfied with the police investigation into the officer's response. we showed the video of the shooting to city councilman norman braddock. >> i can see why people are traumatized at looking at something like that. and we need answers. >> reporter: braddock has been critical of what he calls the slow pace of the shooting investigation. could it be that investigators are just trying to make sure they're doing a thorough job and that's why the investigation is -- >> i'm sure that has something to do with it, but it should be a top priority. >> reporter: the michigan state police lead investigator would not discuss the case. instead, referring us to the saginaw county prosecutor, who told us, i can't tell you when the case is going to be completed. the matter is being thoroughly investigated by an independent police agency, the michigan state police, along with the michigan attorney general's office. hall's mother already feels she knows the answer to the question of whether police used too much force. >> it appeared to be a firing squad dressed in police uniforms. and there was another way. they did not have to kill him. >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, saginaw, michigan. the justice department had previously declined comment on the milton hall shooting case, but just yesterday a spokesman for assistant attorney general thomas perez told cnn, "i can confirm the justice department now has an open investigation into the saginaw shooting." my next guest works with law enforcement, preparing them to handle dangerous situations. we'll have a look -- have him look at that disturbing video and see if that confrontation could have ended differently. o! 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>> reporter: yes, and it must have been scary to the passengers, as well. we're told this is united flight 96. it's a boeing 757. and it was headed, as you said, to berlin, germany, taking off from newark. the faa tells us it is currently flying around and around, burning off fuel, making its way back to newark airport after according to a spokesperson, a tire blew on takeoff and flew into the left engine. the left engine is now operating again properly, but they've got to take their time to burn off the fuel before that plane can land safely, they hope and expect at newark international airport. but witnesses talk about seeing fireballs coming out of the plane before -- when they saw this happening. in fact, this federal law enforcement spokesman said to me she happened to be driving by when she saw the plane flying overhead with that left engine overhead. so no reports of injuries on board the plane at this time. united airlines has not gotten back to us. we are following this on a website called flight tracker, as well. and seeing the route and it's going around and around, burning off fuel before it lands, possibly as early as 7:40. >> did one of the engines go out during flight? >> well, it had just taken off when people describe seeing flames coming out of the left engine and hearing popping noises. and so this happened in the left engine. we don't know exactly at what point this occurred. it appeared to take off to happen when the flight was taking off when one of the tire engines blew and flew into the engine, one of the engines according to this federal law enforcement spokesman. >> any idea how long it will have to circumstance toll burn off the fuel? >> reporter: we've had one report it could take a few hours. we are also told by the faa they expect it to land in about 20 minutes or so. so we'll have to see what develops. >> we'll be eager to hear when that plane lands safely. susan candiotti, thank you. >> you bet. you've seen the video of milton hall being gunned down in saginaw, michigan last month. police shot him dozens of times in five seconds after they say he threatened them with a knife. family members say hall had a history of mental health issues. dr. bill lewinski joins me by skype from west virginia. he trains law enforcement in lethal encounters. you've seen the video. what do you think? >> i think it's very tragic, very difficult situation to watch. but it's very classically representative of many of the crisis situations that police officers face with mentally ill in the street almost every day. >> what do you tell officers when they're dealing with the mentally ill, is there a certain way to deal with this kind of thing? >> well, one of the most important things that officers need to do is establish contact, build a rapport in some way and get the person listening to them and what they're saying so they can form a persuasive relationship. without that ability to establish contact, build rapport, the officer has little influence other than the use of force. if you look at this instance, the officers are pleading for mr. hall to drop his knife. they threaten the use of force and he challenges them back. this is truly a difficult, challenging issue for officers from the point of view of communication, a resolution in any way other than force. now, even well-trained individuals who are skilled in negotiating and relating to individuals in the middle of a crisis would have difficulty with this type of situation. >> is it a situation where the officers just may have gotten so caught up in the moment? so many shots fired, so quickly? >> well, if you look at the number of shots fired, and it appears to be an issue in the case, the duration of firing is for a short period of time and with today's hand guns, the average officer is going to fire a round every quarter second. and the duration of shooting was short. you have six officers firing. usually in this type of situation, each officer is making their judgment individually. and so each officer is going to be starting to fire and then ending fire individually. but as a group, it is a large number of rounds. we'll need to see what the investigation comes up with each officer's shooting duration. but that's not uncharacteristic of a large number of situations in which the officers, as a group, are responding to a threat. >> dr. bill lewinski, thank you for your insight. >> you're welcome. now that the republican ticket is complete, how does that change the strategies of both parties in the campaign? we'll take a look at that, next. thanks for babysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? 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let's go to 2010. the red is all republican. that's why they think the ryan pick and the economy helps them out in the midwest. and if you can put wisconsin in play, put ohio in play for the republicans, if governor romney can carry iowa, that would change the map from 2008. the midwest key now, key now, part of the ryan pick and key to governor romney's strategy. >> all right. that was cnn's john king. let's talk about the presidential race and the shifting political map with lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-time sun-times". cnn has put wisconsin back in play with ohio and iowa still up for grabs. how realistic is it for mitt romney to think he can make a serious run in the midwest? >> well, we have the history from 2010, as john king just pointed out. so it's not impossible. and even though wisconsin had been seen as light blue for the very reasons we talked about, they think it could be a pickup. the situation, though, still very close. every poll shows that it's going to be too close to call for a bit of time. the issue here is, again, as john laid out so well, the battle is really over just 70 electoral votes, because many of the states are already in one camp or another. either that blue or that red. that's why you have all these visits to the states where they have relatively small number of electoral votes, because the battle now is for 70 more votes to get to that 270. >> so why are obama and romney spending so much time in new hampshire? >> they need them to get to that magic number of 70. obama is in new hampshire on saturday, making two stops there, just a handful of electoral votes. but if you're trying to cobble together another 70 from the base 230 that each man thinks they may have going in, you can see why all these states are critical, even though they're not the mega wealthy electoral state rich states. like new york or california or illinois. those states, with the exception of florida, are taken. and pennsylvania. that's why you see both candidates spending time in these places where a small number of electoral votes are up for grabs, as we get closer to election day, they will narrow in and spend most of their time, their most precious commodity in the states where they can get the most electoral votes for the time spent. >> so there's a handful of very small battleground states like new hampshire and iowa. and we're told there's only a tiny number of people in those states who haven't made up their minds. so are all of these ads and speeches targeting just a timy percentage of the electorate? >> absolutely. for so many people out there, their minds are made up. you can almost say all this election, the debates, this isn't for you, because probably nothing is going to make up your mind. this whole campaign we're seeing right now is focused really on a handful of voters in these battleground states. >> lynn sweet, thank you for joining us. i mentioned moments ago the steps dallas county is taking as it deals with an outbreak of the west nile virus. we'll go to dallas and talk with someone who knows how horrible this virus is. the mother of someone who contracted it. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. 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