Transcripts For HLN Morning Express With Robin Meade 20100506

migrants i would like to turn myself in. >> people in texas are turning themselves in to police to protest a new immigration law. why the officers, though, are turning them away. but first, can you believe it? there was another scare for new york city last night. police closed off the robert f. kennedy bridge. you know, form early known as the triborough bridge after somebody abandoned a moving truck and ran off. a toll collector called police because the uhall had a strong smell of gasoline. the bomb squad looked over every inch of that truck. >> after the inspection by the bomb squad, and no explosive of any kind was found -- they inspected the engine, undercarriage, cut a hole in the side so they could visually inspect the vehicle, and nothing was found. >> the bridge is open now. police say the man who abandoned the truck was wearing dark clothing and carrying a white bag. new york has been on edge since an attempted car bombing in times square. nashville is slowly going back to work today. despite what the mayor estimates as at least a billion dollars in flood damage. but the progress comes as we're hearing tragic stories about how deadly the storm ended up being. one woman watched her husband rush into chest-deep water to try to save their daughter. but they were both swept away. >> from his neck up, just staring at me. he didn't say nothing. he was just staring at me and she was screaming for her daddy to help her, and the -- then by the time the rescue squad got here, i didn't see them no more. i didn't see them float away. he sacrificed himself for his kids. that's what i think. >> how awful. some people are coming home to total destruction. one house was lifted right off the foundation. look how quickly the waters were moving. country star kenny chesney may have to rebuild. he was out of town when the flooding started and came home to his house under five feet of water. >> as i was flying back home you could see all of it from the air. i couldn't believe what had happened. i just couldn't believe that, you know -- that this -- you think -- you watch on the news and you see all this stuff happen all around the world, but, you know, this is really had an affect on this town and on this state and it's really been really tough thing for people to deal with, including me. >> look how deep the water was. to find out how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to our website, cnn.com/robin and hit the impact your world link. our thoughts with the folks there. this morning, a boat carrying a giant steel funnel is expected to arrive at a well that is gushing oil into the gulf. crews will try to drop the dome on to the well and siphon off and contain the oil. it is an extremely risky move. wildlife officials and volunteers have been putting up barriers trying to keep the oil away from the shore. new information about the times square bombing suspect. a law enforcement source says that faisal shahzad made a trial run, a dry run, the day before, parking near times square and taking a train home to connecticut. now on saturday night he allegedly drove back to new york with makeshift explosives and parked in times square. the source says that is when he triggered the homemade bomb which did not explode. there is still no answer to what may have motivated the suspect allegedly. but a source familiar with the investigation says that shahzad believes that islam was under attack and he had some sort of grudge against the united states. former new york mayor rudy giuliani says the threat really hasn't changed since 9/11. >> september 11, which i think some people want to forget about, is still with us. meaning, the same reasons and the same group or groups that wanted to attack and kill us then, are still motivating people to do that. so this is now -- this is now like the third one in less than a year. we had ft. hood, we had christmas and we have this one. the last two we've been fortunate that they crew screwed up in the way they tried to carry it out, meaning the terrorists. >> beginning yesterday, the government began requiring airlines to check updated no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of any changes. faisal shahzad name was on a no-fly list, but he was able to board that emirates jet. a counterterrorism official said the airline did not check for updates. some parents say their babies got rashes, even chemical burns, after using a new kind of diaper. routers reports the government is looking into complaints involving pampers with dry max. procter & gamble says the diapers were thoroughly tested and that there is no evidence that a single baby has experienced a serious skin safety issue as a result of dry max. we wanted to give you a head's up. voters in britain are deciding prime minister gordon brown's fate hp his labour party has ruled for the past 13 years. the leader of the party that wins the most traditionally gets to form a government. last week brown got caught on an open mike calling a voter bigoted and later profusely apologized. we know who won the mega millions lottery. a tv news freelancer and husband who was laid off two weeks ago. they are $266 million richer. they bought the ticket at a restaurant in southern california. now, here's the winner's mom who really didn't want to be on camera. >> yes, it was quite a shock and it's -- we're absolutely elated. it's absolutely unbelievable experience. >> she's a beautiful person, very hard working. i wonder what she's going to do with all that money. >> we'll see if she moves. that's a lot of money. >> the winner says that she does plan to show up at work today. and in the local tv news biz she has one of the most stressful jobs i hear. >> producer, yeah. >> i don't know. i thought i heard she was on the assignment desk, freelancer. >> oh, man. >> the assignment desk is where all the breaking news comes in and sending crews out, trying to find reporters who are oversleeping. it's stressful. >> and listening to the scanner at the same time. >> good for her. >> wasn't us. >> i'm fully clothed and doing the weather. >> because you would have been naked weather into paid the fine, gotten out of here. good morning. let me show you what's happening. big cold front slicing right through the northeast. look at the clouds wrapped up with that. i overlaid the radar picture on top of the clouds. it's raining heavily, western parts of maine, new hampshire, vermont, new york state too, and getting down to pennsylvania and west virginia. western maine into new hampshire heavy at times and down through central new york. you see it's almost edging into albany right now, you get down a little farther to the south and see pockets of thunder out there too. right around state college moving right down i-80, probably affects you around philadelphia and new york city and the air space for the morning and the rain goes back down to lower parts of pennsylvania. the sunrise in new york city, traveling out there, good start to the day. you saw the thunderstorm line off toward your west. a couple showers coming through there. 82 degrees the high temperature in new york. looking pretty nice. back to the maps, flood warning for nashville. you're going to see that water level get below flood stage by this morning. good news, flood warnings for the morning, hopefully get out of there by this afternoon. more on that in a bit. your facebook friends may know more about you today than they did yesterday. a glitch yesterday let some people see what was supposed to be the private chats. everyone is like, no, i really do like your hair. no, i don't think your butt is big. new york police come to the rescue, but a hostage situation, well, it wasn't what it looked like. 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>> casey. >> no, you think crystal? >> crystal. >> the woman? >> right. >> right? >> no. let me tell you, you know what you think -- >> got another name i can pick? crystal is the with unthat has the whole like whole cool vibe going. >> casey is the guitar player you don't like very much. in stark contrast the special guest on "idol" was lady gaga. ♪ don't call my name ♪ don't call my name ♪ i'm not your babe ♪ don't want to kiss >> you know what, girlfriend just has outfit after outfit. next week, the guest mentor is going to be actor jamie foxx and the contestants will be doing songs from movies. >> are we going to show harryconic jr. later in the morning because he was the mentor as well. >> more kid-friendly too. >> more kid-friendly than lady gaga. what? i have on two swar ross ki crystals? isn't that enough? kind of frightens me a little bit. >> i bet she does. 34 minutes past the hour. we have rain. >> we do. >> where? >> it's heavy right now, it's in maine, new hampshire, vermont, across new york too. disturbance rolling through the northeast. it's a cold front. it's going to mix up the weather tore you around places like boston, new york and philly. it's heavy rain in maine going down the pike towards albany. see it there coming out of amsterdam. you drive down to the south a little bit farther, pockets of heyer downpours outside of state college towards basically harrisburg. gets into lancaster county this morning. pittsburgh radar picking up the rain as well, but it's south of the city. get into west virginia and parts of maryland too. as for the flood warns in nashville, still out there for the morning. the light shaded green areas, but the forecast pretty good. dry today, tomorrow for the most part. isolated showers and storms by tomorrow night, but then by the weekend looks pretty good once again. should be dry. another storm picking up around wyoming towards basically colorado. look at the rain, the snow. how much snow, and keep in mind this is the first week of may, next 48 hours, recommend tells the sign. you can see this. >> what did you say? >> this is wyoming, montana, parts of north dakota into wisconsin by later tomorrow. 5 to 10 inches of snow in lower parts of montana, wyoming, 1 to 3 for wisconsin in the areas around michigan. >> poor wisconsin. >> i feel bad for them. want good weather? travel down to atlanta. here's what it looks like here, 88 degrees today. mostly sunny. traveling in or out of here trying to make a connection, weather is going to be beautiful. so that's some good news. air travel forecast in just a bit. >> thank you. >> yeah. did you dream last night? was it about taking a test naked? or what was your dream? >> i'm always split out as a left end and don't know the play but everybody else does in football. >> really? >> yeah. >> i have a dream that i'm either back in cheerleader or majorette in high school and they won't tell me the ru seen in exactly. >> yes. >> i don't know what that means. i'm out of it, not part of the show anymore? i have no idea. >> stay tuned. no there's no faze out plan. hear what dreams reveal about your state of mind. how you may get 800 bucks from the government for fixing up your house. too these cheap props aren't but la quinta is! nta inns and suites? 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>> yeah. the issue is centered around pittsburgh star quarterback ben roethlisberger and it claims he's an entitled job who has tried to big-time his way out of every sticky situation. a team of "si" writers interviewed eyewitnesses, friends, former coaches, members of the media and fans. now in pittsburgh, countless people said roethlisberger would throw his weight around, asking those who got in his way, do you know who i am? the story also talks about the economic effect on store owners that are now left with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise they can't sell because it has roethlisberger's name on it. >> no one wants to wear his name. >> popular jersey is a pink jersey that says roethlisberger and which father is going to buy their daughter that jersey? thousands came out to show their support for yeardley love, the university of virginia lacrosse player who was found dead on monday. student, staff and friends celebrated with a candlelight vigil. several of her teammates left in tears, interlocking their arms in support for love. she was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend george huguely. earlier, the school announced both lacrosse teams will honor love by finishing their seasons. love will be laid to rest on saturday in her hometown in maryland. >> can't imagine how tough it is for the students. >> graduation time is just around the corner, so lot to deal with. the philadelphia phillies, they're going to change their procedure when it comes to fans running on to the field during a game. >> there's a procedure? >> there's a procedurep they've changed it. from this point forward the team security staff will apprehend fans unless more force is deemed necessary. that's when local police, philly police will step in. the team came to the decision after a philly cop used his stun gun monday night to stop the 17-year-old guy who ran on to the field. change of procedure there. put it in the team's hands first. check out the crazy car crash. look at the top left of your screen. this is a race in morocco. one of the cars literally goes over the top of the other cars. crazy, right? he actually lands on all four wheels, and the driver was able to walk away unhurt. >> thank goodness. >> thank goodness. you don't see that every single day. those cars getting off the air and flying like that and managing to land on all four wheels. >> reminds me of "the dukes of hazards." a lot of people have gotten an assist from the government recently to buy a home, but you might not have to anymore. clark howard says that you could have better options. >> all right. i got good news and more good news on the housing front. the largest purchase most of us make in our lives. one thing i want you to know that has been a real problem for the last 18 months, is getting a mortgage from anybody else other than the fha if you don't have substantial down payment. well, now the private mortgage market has regained enough confidence that it's possible that you can find a mortgage with a down payment of 5% and not go the fha route. why do i not want you to go the fha route? 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daddy to help her. and the -- then by the time the rescue squad got here, i didn't see him float away. that's when i think. >> that poor woman. east of there in franklin, tennessee, business owners are trying to clean up their mess. one salon owner says her shop is a total loss but she plans to save one souvenir from the flood. >> we're going to keep the painting where it's at. when people come in and say how high did the water get? it's in the painting. >> a lot of people are without homes. this stuff is not serious. >> to find out how you can make a difference and help the people in tep tennessee, go to our website, hit the impact your world link. another scare for new york city last night. police closed off the robert f kennedy bridge after somebody abandoned a moving trunk and exam perred off. now the bomb squad looked over every inch of that thing. >> after the inspection by the bomb squad, and no explosives of any kind was found, inspected the undercarriage and cut a hole so they could visually inspect the vehicle. >> the bridge is open. police say the man that aband abandoned the truck was wearing black clothing. a boat carrying a giant steel funnel is expected to arrive at the well gushing oil in the gulf. the crews will try to drop this big dome on the well to syphon off the oil. it is an extremely risky move. wildlife officials and volunteers have been putting up barriers to keep the oil away from the shore. new this morning, some parents say that their babies got bad rashes and chemical burns after using a new kind of diaper. the government is looking into complaints involving pam pers with drymax. they say the diapers were thoroughly tested and there's no evidence that a single baby suffered a serious skin issue as a result of drymark. new information about the times square bomb suspect. faisal shahzad made a dry run the day before parking near times square and taking a train back home. saturday night he drove back to new york with a make shift explosive and parked at times scare. that is when he triggered the home made bomb which did not explode. shahzad believed that islam was under attack and he had some sort of grudge against the united states. former new york mayor rudely giuliani says the threat has not changed since 9/11. >> the threat of 9/11 is still with us, meaning the same reasons and the same group or groups that wanted to attack and kill us then are still motivating people to do that. this is now like the third one in less than a year. we had ft. hood and christmas and this one. the last two we've been fortunate that they screwed up in the way in which they tried to carry it out, meaning the terrorists. >> the government started requiring airlines to check the updated no-fly list within two hours of being notified that there were changes. faisal shahzad's name was on a no-fly list but he was still able to board the emirates jet. ap official says that airline did not check for updates. we now know who won the mega millions lottery. a freelancer and her husband laid off three weeks ago are $266 million richer. they bought the ticket at a restaurant in southern california. here's the winner's mom who didn't want to be on camera. >> it was quite a shock and we're absoluted elated. it's absolutely unbelievable experience. >> she's a beautiful person -- i wonder what she's going to do with that money. >> it's a lot of money. >> the winner says she does plan to show up at work today. >> she did that because she saw the taxes are taken out. federal taxes, you get $35.67. good morning. >> i want to start with a video coming out of nashville area, we're talking about cheatham county. there's aerial footage from yesterday. the weekend's rain we saw about 20 inches. this is west of nashville. you see the road is still covered up. no rain in the forecast for you today or tomorrow. scattered thunderstorms for friday night and early saturday morning. that's about it. not a solid sheet of rain by any stretch and the floodwaters will continue to recede. the water is finally still coming down. that's good news. back up to the northeast. here's the cold front, it is driving in towards maine. you can see the rain showers ahead of that. it's a thin stripe of rain and heavy stuff is getting into portland, coming out of northern maine. it is going to drive down into the boston area. if you're flying up in, the problems are possible early. temperatures are relatively mild. 75 degrees the high today. blue skies still out there. the showers come by and the winds pick up later this afternoon. a good chance of thunderstorms by late this morning into the early part of the day. you'll see more of that wind pop up for the evening. it's going to be rough in boston. go out and enjoy it. here's boston. you saw the tower. here's albany. down to the south, dry until you get up towards the capital region. and now to the west, more rain and pockets of showers around central pennsylvania. it's not very strong right now. with daytime heating, we'll see this move into philadelphia and new york later today. not anticipating severe weather but the possibility of some delays at the airport because of the poor visibility. off to the west, look at this around wyoming, lots of snow wrapped up with that. winter storm warnings parts of montana, idaho, advisories for the areas shaded in light blue. watch the snow develop north of that region. talk about northern wisconsin, by friday night into saturday, 1 to 3 inches of snow. that's a possible. >> no. >> yes. >> say no. >> it's a cold air mass and nice strong cold front, that's why they are getsing the snow for the weekend. >> it stinks. >> it does. the first weekend in may here. >> that's when your retired parents go, i'm moving south. >> do you have any room in your house in atlanta? >> your facebook friends may know more about you than you think. there was a glitch on the website yesterday that let some people see more than you may have wanted them to see. 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yesterday. what did you chat about? facebook shut down the chat service because of a glitch that made private chat visible to the user's entire list of friends. facebook says the problem is fixed. no word on how many people were affected. or how many people don't have friends because of what they said about their other friends. lawmakers in washington say companies will no longer be considered too big to fail. a bipartisan agreement gives the government the power to break up companies. a vote on financial reform is expected by the end of the month. bob, can you imagine if you're using facebook, and they can see it? >> i thought you just turn it off. you turn the chat mechanism off. anything you type out there is definitely going to show up somewhere. that's rule of thumb. we have a line of showers through vermont, pennsylvania. here's albany. the clouds are in place right now, the showers are right around the region. you see what it looks like there in the new york state capital. about 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students and staff came out to celebrate a life cut short. thousands of people packed center of campus to show their support for yeardley love. several of love's teammates left in fears and interlocked their arms in support for their friend. the 22-year-old was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend george huguely, a member of the men's lacrosse team. after checking with love's family, the school said the men's and women's lacrosse team will continue to honor love by finishing their lacrosse season. >> i've been told by our coach, julie myers that yeardley would have been po 'd for this kind of attention -- >> love will be laid to rest on saturday in her home town in maryland. adding to an already very bitter divorce, dwyane wade's estranged wife has filed a lawsuit. claiming wade's relationship with actress gabrielle union is causing her and her two sons emotional distress. union engaged in sexual foreplay in front of the two boys. it also claims that wade gave his new girlfriend 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western kentucky do not expire until next week. 70 kentucky counties have been declared states of emergency. the governor is asking the federal government for disaster assistance for the farmers. officials estimate more than half of the corn crop was destroyed in some area. in tennessee the cleanup has just started. people are pulling waterlogged furniture out of their home and saving what they can. one man says there is not much to save in his home. >> the road here just became a raging river and anything that was on the ground is smelly and just is of no use. >> we have a two-story house, we didn't lose bedrooms. >> to find out how you can make a difference and help the people in tennessee. go to our website, cnn.com/robin, hit the impact your world link. new information on the times square bomb attempt. the company from which faisal shahzad bought the fireworks says they are too small to do any real damage. shahzad bought half a dozen boxes of fireworks. the company president says there's not much gun powder there. >> there really is nothing that we sell that would make any kind of impact. the only thing remotely connected would be a fuse, but our fuse, the safety fuse burns so slowly, that it would not be very effective. honestly, i think this fellow was barking up the wrong tree when he thought these firecrackers would do something. >> get this, a law enforcement source says shahzad had to take the train home because he left the keys to the escape car inside the suv. shahzad has not been in court yet. he waived his right to a lawyer and is cooperating with the fbi. emergency crews are trying to get a dangerous gas leak under control. a drilling platform own boca chica beach had to be evacuated and people living nearby are not in danger. bret michaels says his brain hemorrhage felt like a gunshot to the back of his head. he tells "people" magazine, that to him it sounded like a gunshot too, like he heard a pop. he is now out of the hospital after being in intensive care for nearly two weeks. doctors say he is expected to make a full recovery. we are getting new answers about what your dreams mean. for example, say you dreamed last night you were naked in public. it may mean you feel socially inadequate. or if you've been out of school for years and you still have nightmares about taking tets, it could mean you have situations that are very difficult to handle right now. experts suggest that you ask yourself questions about tough decisions you have to make right before you go to sleep. and that you might get your insight from yourself from your dreams. what questions are you asking yourself? >> i don't know. number two, a split left end on offense line of football and everybody knows the play but me. i don't know if i'm blocking and the ball is going to me or not. >> there's one dream i used to have when i started my career in tv, that was, you know what the teleprompter thing, it has words on it. i used to dream it was in japanese. i don't know what that means. >> it may as well be for me, i can't even read. i don't have my glasses on or anything. this is brought to you by zyrtec. a lot of wind wrapped up with this and cold air below it. look at the snow piling up now. wyoming, it's all rain and snow in the mountains around colorado. let me show you how much snow over the next couple of days. we're talking about the first week of may. temperatures are supposed to be a little warmer than this. we start to see snow pop up over the northern plains and by wisconsin friday into saturday morning. that's just a cold atmosphere in place. one to three inches of snow is what you'll find over the weekend. mainly in the up of michigan. what about the rest of the weather? we have winter storm warnings posted out there. below that, a little later on today. the cold front moves away. severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. namely kansas city, right in the middle there, getting into the rest of kansas and missouri. lower nebraska and parts of iowa too. let's me show you a little shot we got a couple of minutes ago out of dallas. the winds, going to be about 30 miles an hour. it will bump you around. don't think you can get a delay at dfw. it's going to be breezy and warm. that's what it looks like about a half hour ago in dallas. as for the east coast, there's another cold front wrapping through new england. look at the showers. we'll pinpoint that in about 25 minutes from now. >> all right. that is not the same system, that gave us the problems in nashville? >> no, this is a weaker one. >> i hope that thing is gone. some california high school students were sent home because they violated the dress code. they are wearing the american flag on their t-shirts on cinco de mayo. also ahead, how you may get nows of dollars from the government for fixing up your house. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used 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open mic calling one voter bigoted. he later profusely apologized. some students were asked to leave school because they were wearing american flag t-shirts. it happened in morgan hill. the principal told him they could wear the flag on any other day, not on cincode mayo. >> i thought i would show my pride. >> any said either take it off or they threatened a suspension. and so we all decided that we were going to leave school. >> the principal is not commenting on the controversy. but the school district says it does not agree with that school's interpretation of the dress code. congress is now investigating the recall of children's tylenol and zyrtec and benadryl. the factory was shut down after the fda found bacteria. johnson & johnson says it won't reopen until the problem it fixed. 162,000 hummer h3 and h 3t pickups are being recalled. a faux air vent could become detached and possibly hit a car. you can take your car foe a gm dealer for a recall. if it's a faux air vent, i wonder if you can take it off yourself. cash for caulkers comes up for a vote in the house. if approved, you can get a rebate for $8,000 for energy efficient upgrades to your home, new windows and doors and maybe a new water heater. the senate also has to vote on it. i can't imagine the mess the people are coming home to in the flooding in tennessee. you're going to hear from country music star kenny chesney about the kind of damage he found and i'm sure it's indicative of what many folks in nashville found. see what caused an out of control airport cart to plow right into a passenger. @@@@@@@@@ some people in tennessee are just now getting a first look at their homes since the floodwaters rushed in. one house was lifted on the foundation. kenny chesney may have to rebuild as well. he was out of town when the flooding started and came home to his house under 5 feet of water. >> as i was flying back home, you can see it from the air. i couldn't believe what had happened. i just couldn't believe it. this -- you think -- you watch on the news and see this stuff happening all around the world. this is really had an effect on this town and this state. it's really been a really tough thing for people to deal with, including me. >> think about this. i was asking him this morning about when was that video shot, you think maybe that was the day after the flood. that was yesterday. doesn't look like the water went down much at all. chesney says some people don't have the bare essentials like a toothbrush or toothpaste. he's urging people to donate go to cnn.com/robin to see how you can help the folks from tennessee. there's an impact your world button you can click there. listen to what the president said during a celebration yesterday. >> i want to begin work this year and want democrats and republicans to work with me. we have to stay true to who we are, a nation of laws and nation of immigrants. >> yes we can! yes, we can! >> al sharpton led protesters in a march to the arizona state capitol. they are upset about a law that requires police to question people if they suspect them of being in the country illegally. we got video of an airport cart careening out of control in the airport terminal. you see these things come by. this happened in march in houston. you can see the cart plow into a passenger. the driver ended up underneath the cart. the two people riding in the cart were also hurt. gas pedal. brand-new issue of "sports illustrated" this week and paints a picture of a football star who thought he was entitled to whatever he wanted. >> this is centered around pittsburgh star ben roethlisberger. a lot of people have come forward here and share bad stories about the football player. in this article it claims he's an entitled jock who tried to big time his way out of every single sticky situation he's been in. the article interviews eyewitnesses and friends and former coaches, members of the media and fans. in pittsburgh alone, countless people said roethlisberger when he would go around the city, would throw his weight around asking those who got in his way, don't you know who i am? the article also talks about the economic effects on store owners that are now left with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise they can't sell because it has roethlisberger's name on it. jerseys that are specifically tailored for women let's say. hln has reached out to roth list berger's agent about the article but have yet to get a response. a candlelight vigil was held last night to honor a murdered lacrosse player yeardley love. there were students and staff and friends who packed the campus to celebrate a life cut tragically short. teammates interlocked their arms during the ceremony and all left in tears. the 22-year-old senior was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend george huguely. after love's mother gave the school her blessing, the university has decided to continue both the mens and women's lacrosse seasons. they are going to do it to honor love. her funeral is set for saturday in her hometown of maryland. >> a lot of people turned out for the vigil. you think about what the students are going through. they know both of them. one of them is gone and one is accused. >> know both of them. it's a tough situation for them. like we said earlier, graduation is right around the corner. this is the point in time when seniors are celebrating the edge of their college careers and new chapter in their lives and now they are in the middle of a big tragedy. tough time for them. >> i think you have one more story? >> i do. i did. >> this is the philadelphia phillies, they had two people -- jumped onto the field, now they've changed their procedure. from this point forward, the phillies' team security will step forward and grab fans, unless of course more force is deemed necessary, that's when the local police will step in. the decision came after a philly cop used a stun gun on that guy right there, a 17-year-old on monday 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thursday. i'm robin meade. here's what's going on. believe it or not, a new scare for new york. this time somebody left a truck on a bridge and something about it made a toll collector very suspicious. flooding in nashville took so much from families and left behind so much to clean up. you'll hear some heartbreaking stories about loss. careful what you say in so-called private chat rooms. a facebook glitch that put the conversation out there for everybody to read. i know everyone is going, oops, what did i say yesterday on facebook chat. first, though, another scare for new york city last night. police closed off the robert f kennedy bridge after somebody abandoned a moving truck there and ran off. a toll collector called police because the u-haul had a strong smell of gasoline. the bomb squad looked over every inch of that thing. >> after the inspection by the bomb squad and no explosive of any kind was found. they cut a hole in the side so they could visually inspect the vehicle and nothing was found. >> well, the bridge is open now. police say that the man who abandoned the truck was wearing dark clothing and carrying a white bag. new york has been on edge since an attempted car bombing in times square. a boat carrying a giant steel funnel has arrived at the well that is gushing oil into the gulf of mexico. that news is from the associated press this morning. crews will try to drop the dome on to the well to try to siphon and contain the oil. if this does not work, it's not clear what will happen next. meanwhile, wildlife officials and volunteers have been putting up barriers to protect the shore. a law enforcement source says that fassel shahzad made a trial run the day before he parked near times square and took a train back home to connecticut. on saturday night, though, he allegedly drove back to new york with makeshift explosives and parked at times square. the source says that's when he triggered the homemade bomb, which as you know, did not explode. a source familiar with the investigation said that he believed islam was under attack and had some sort of grudge against the united states. former mayor rudy giuliani said the threat has not changed very much since september 11. >> september 11th, which some people want to forget about, is still with us. meaning the same reasons or the same group or groups that wanted to attack and kill us then are still motivating people to do that. so, this is now, this is now like the third one in less than a year. we had ft. hood and we had christmas and this one. the last two, we've been fo fortunate that they screwed up. >> beginning yesterday, the government started requiring the airlines to check the updated no fly lift within two hours of being notified of any changes. fayssal shahzad's name was on that list. the airline did not check for the updates. some parents are saying their little babies got rashes and chemical burns after using a new kind of diaper. the government is looking into the complaints involving pampers with dry max. the diapers were thoroughly tested, though, and there is no evidence that a single baby has experienced a serious skin safety issue as a result of dry max. but we needed to get you on top of that. nashville is slowly going back to work today despite what the mayor there estimates is at least a billion, with a "b," dama dollars in flood damage. they can't do anything but clean up the big mess. one salon owner says her shop is a total, but she plans to save one souvenir from the flood. >> we're going to keep that. how high the water will go, it is in the painting. >> a lot of people are without homes and that's serious. this stuff is not serious. you know, here's a look at some of the damage to homes in nashville. one was lifted right off the foundation. look how fast that water is moving. country star kenny chesney may have to rebuild, as well. he was out of town when the flooding started and he came home to his house under five feet of water. >> i was flying back home. you could see all of it from the air and i couldn't believe what had happened. i just couldn't believe that this, you know, you watch on the news and you see all this stuff happen all around the world, but this has really had an effect on this town and this state and it's really been really tough thing for people to deal with, including me. >> you think, gosh, maybe that video was shot the day of the floods, no, that was just yesterday. to find out how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee. go to our website and hit the impact your world link. you know, because looking at that video i was like, gosh y bet that was from the day after the floods, no, still that high in some places. >> the cumberland river in nashville, ron, right now moderate stage. so, the water is dropping and one of the reasons why is because high pressure over the last couple days and no rain and that's what it has been looking like pretty nicely. rain showers move through the northeast and below that dry and warm. live to atlanta. if you're traveling here trying to make a connecting flight. 88 degrees, lots of sunshine and breeze found up to the north and rain showers, too. let me zoom in to the heaviest rain. right around central maine by dexter down to waterville. scattered showers right around new york state now edging into western parts of massachusetts and heavier when you dweet the north of there and scattered broken showers around the hudson river valley and could refire today with showers around philadelphia, new york getting into boston later today, as well. pittsburgh radar, drying up a little bit. western parts of maryland, but that's about it. down to the south, flood warnings in effect for nashville. dry today and dry tomorrow and scattered thunderstorms for the overnight hours basically through saturday morning. big storm around wyoming and rain showers just to the west of denver. let me take you live to the mile high city. temperatures today, 64 degrees. mostly sunny this morning and scattered showers this afternoon and then the temperatures take a tumble, 32 degrees tonight with a half inch of snow on the ground for you tomorrow morning. oh, boy, there's your changeable season. more on that in just a bit, robin. >> thank you. rocker bret michaels said his brain hemorrhage felt like a gunshot in the back of his head. in his first interview to "people" magazine that it felt like that, he felt that. he is out of the hospital after being in the icu for two weeks and doctors say he is expected to make a full recovery. how big is too big? lawmakers want the chance to decide as they take on the banks and financial reform. plus, a man fell into this canyon and lived to tell the story. you're going to have to hear what he says about a frightening, horrible ordeal. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait 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month, make that even better. she and their son, alexander, cannot wait. >> i would like to give a big salute out to my husband, ian norton. i'm so proud of you. i wish i could just hold you and kiss you right now and just feel you right next to me. i miss you so much and i wish you were here. just to see your smile and hear your voice again would be the best thing in the world to me. we misyou so much and miss you and happy anversevy. >> happy anniversary, guys. if you have somebody in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. ms. jennifer took off today, so i have your biz chat. your private facebook chats may have been oepen for everyone to see yesterday. they shut it down because of a glitch that made some of the private chats available to the entire list of friends. no word on how many people were affected. lawmakers in washington say companies will no longer be considered too big to fail. a bipartisan agreement now gives the government power to break up companies so that your money isn't needed to bail them out. a vote on financial reform package is expected by the end of the month. fresh and healthy food doesn't break the bank and an inovative market is bringing local produce to urban neighborhood. the impact it is taking in miami in today's building up america. >> reporter: in the shadow of highrises, a garden of greens, turnips, broccoli and something called calilu or jamaican spinach. you cook them or what? put them in a salad. >> we cook them. >> reporter: here once a week on wednesday small family farmers sell their produce. >> you don't have to go to canada for greenhouse cucumbers any more. you can go to homestead. >> reporter: this is smack in the middle of downtown miami, a supermarket, not around here. in a unique way this farmers market fills that void. here eddie stewart can use cash or his ebt card, known as food stamps, to fill his bag with fruits and vegetables. >> home grown. more fresh than anything else. you can't beat that. >> reporter: and you can't beat the prices. for every dollar in food stamps -- >> 21 good? >> reporter: you get $2 worth of produce. even exotic fruits what does it taste like? you are the chef. >> a cross between a melon and a kiwi. >> reporter: this is the brain child of a chef, there are now more than 100 open around the country. the idea, give small family farmers an outlet for their locally grown produce. try tamerin. >> you're eating the flesh that is around the seed. >> reporter: most importantly, this market provides fresh food at an affordable price to communities where access to groceries is limited. >> when you provide the access and the resources both miracles happen. it's pretty cool. >> reporter: you can pick up the overtown cookbook here, too. >> here we have a dessert. this is banana mango smoothie. >> reporter: students produced the book using recipes from home, but substituted healthy ingredients. >> instead of molasses, you can use things like honey, applejuice. >> reporter: in this neighborhood the seeds of healthy eaten have definitely taken route. john zarrella, cnn, miami. people in texas are turning them selves into police. they are protesting a new immigration law that they say creates a climate of fear. an air force airman survived after slipping and falling about 3 30e feet into a canyon. it happened last month but he just got out of the hospital. he and a fellow airman was sightseeing near the edge. look at the edge of this. >> he lost his footing and the rocks sliding out from underneath his feet which caused him to fall down about 30 feet into a rock pile. >> honestly, the last thing i can remember is just watching rocks fall and then slipping and then i completely blacked out. >> well, after falling the first 30 feet on to the rocks, he slid and fell another 300 feet. you know, i hope for his sake he was unconscious during that. that would be so awful. but he had the cell phone and the car keys, so his friend ran ten miles for help. there was no cell phone service there, but he used the light from his phone to signal a search helicopter looking for him. what an ordeal. protesters in texas symbolically surrendered themself to deputies over arizona's controversial immigration law. >> my brothers and sisters in arizona and i would like to turn myself in. >> well, they went handcuffed to an el paso jail. they never said they were illegal immigrants. deputies turned them away. arizona police have to question people they even just suspect being illegal in the united states. supporters say that it could reduce illegal immigration, but protesters say it creates a climate of fear and persecution. the top five on "american idol" came a top four. ♪ with people she hates that's why the lady is a tramp ♪ >> that is so not live. let me hear crystal. maybe she's live. but the canned music that comes at the beginning of the show kills me. sinatra week on "idol." but then smkd had to go home for their solo live act. >> the person whose idol journey 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i'm glad that you are, though. 30 minutes past the hour. morning, sunshine, i'm robin meade. sunshine is what they need in tennessee. the cleanup has started there now that the rivers are receding but some people are still haunted by what they saw by the horrible floods over the weekend. one woman watched her husband trying to save their daughter but they were both swept away. >> from his neck up just staring at me and she was screaming for her daddy to help her and then by the time the rescue squad got here, i didn't see him, i didn't see him float away. he sacrificed himself for his kids. >> my heart just breaks for that woman. the floods also damaged some of nashville's most famous landmarks. most of the walls and the floors are going to have to be redone but mussina points out they were able to save some of the priceless things in that building. >> when the flood first happened we were told that archival films and belongings were under water and that was not the case. absolutely not the case. they had planned that. so, i think they caught it on the front end. they're not here going, own if we only, wow, bad planning. >> one couple's cleanup including getting their cow down from the roof of a shed. one of your fellow viewers sent in this ireport from nashville. he said the cow had been up there since the flooding started. the owners and the neighbors tried to build a ramp to get the cow down and it eventually did make it down and went right back out to the pasture. >> reminds me of a fast food billboa restaurant billboard. the company that faisal shahzad bought them. the company president says, no, not much gun powder there. >> there really is nothing that we sell that would make any kind of an impact. the only thing remotely connected would be a fuse, but the safety fuse burns so slowly, that it would not be very effective. this fellow was barking up the wrong tree when he thought these fire crackers would do something. >> get this a law enforcement source says shahzad had to take the train home after he left times square because he accidentally left the keys to his get away car inside the suv. shahzad has not been in court yet and an official said he waived his right to a lawyer and is cooperating with the fbi. can you imagine how stressful the job of u.s. soldiers in afghanistan is. well, when they have some free time they find some fun ways to blow off steam, apparently. look at this video. ! ! ♪ >> that took some rehearsal. that's their video for lady go a gaga's "telephone." they they sent the video to their friends and, honey t went viral on the web. there's the real video in the corner. i'm kind of digging theirs better. >> pretty talented over there on the left. >> i'm impressed. you see these big guys. >> morning, robin. this weather brought to you by multi-grain cheerios. let me show you what's going on around the nashville area. all the pictures of the flooding going on right there. still in the same spot from nashville and over to the west. cheatum county and let me show you video we have from just yesterday. you see the extent of the flood. down a little bit. good news here, but still some water and mud left up on the roadways. the cumberland river in nashville continuing to fall this morning. should be under flood stage later this afternoon. that is some good news but the water and the damage, yeah, it's still in some places. the good news for that forecast, dry today through tomorrow and a couple scattered thunderstorms by tomorrow night, but should not do anything bad. that's some good news. get away from there. upper level low right over wyomi wyoming. the surface low itself still north of denver and blue is all rain and the white is all snow and continue to come down over the next couple hours. the warnings we have. all the areas shaded in red. good chunk of montana and edges through montana. look how much piles up south of billings today and by tomorrow night into saturday morning, that snow gets into northern wisconsin and the u.p. of michigan. one to three inches of snow for may. that's what we're talking about up there. not unheard of but something you definitely don't get every may. cold front out to the south and cold front rising up to the south and moving up to the north today. spots i put in red right here. watching that for kansas city and parts of kansas and nebraska and northern parts of missouri, too. later this afternoon. that's the time frame. robin, northeast has a little bit of rain. we'll get a look at that and look at air travel delays in about ten minutes. taxpayers, you, me, might be very interested in casey anthony's court appearance today. why it could have an impact on the state money she is going to get for her defense. ♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? 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the economic effect on store owners that are now left with thousands of dollars of merchandise that they can't sell because it has roethlisberger's name on it. hln has reached out to roethlisberger's agent for comment on the caarticle, but w have yet to get a response. honoring lacrosse player yeardley love. she was found dead on monday. students, staff and friends packed the campus. several of love's teammates were there in attendance and interlocked arms during the ceremony. all left in tears. such a tragic, sad story and she was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend george huguely. both lacrosse teams will continue their season by honoring love. now, her funeral is saturday in her hometown in maryland. well, after two people ran on to the fields in philadelphia in back-to-back nights, the team has changed its procedure when it comes to handling those fans. from this point forward, the team's security staff will apprehend fans first unless there is more force that is deemed necessary. that's when the local police will step in. now, the team came to this decision after a local philly cop used his stun gun monday night to stop a 17-year-old who ran on to the field. you see in the pictures there. check out this crazy video. this is incredible. a race car leads a bunch of other race cars in the middle of a car race. top left of your screen. looks like a formula one car goes flying in the air literally over the top of oother cars. >> other cars crashed, too. >> amazing nobody in this crash, robin, was hurt. they were all able to walk away on their own two feet. incredible. >> if you're the person in the car, joe, can you imagine how high that must feel when you're the one flying through the air? 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one house was lifted right off the foundation. country star kenny chesney may have to rebuild, as well. he came home to his house under five feet of water. he's still trying to help other flood victims, though. >> i'm telling everybody at radio stations and on my own radio station that i have just to give whatever you can. i mean, people have lost everything, you know. we all saw what happened in haiti and we see and we all saw what happened over the world. these people need just bare essentials here in nashville. i know it's crazy to think that, but they really do. >> to find out how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to our website. cnn.com/robin and hit the impact your world link. new this morning, some parents say their babies got really bad rashes, even chemical burns, after use ash new kind of diaper. the government is now looking into complaints involving pampers with dry max. procter and gamble, though, say the diapers were thur ooily tested and no evidence that a single baby experienced a single skin safety care issue as a result of dry max. a boat has arrived at the well that is gushing oil into the gulf, that news is from the associated press. crews will try to drop that dome on to the well to siphon off and fry to contain the oil. if this doesn't work, it is not clear what is next. meanwhile, wildlife officials and volteerns have been putting up barriers trying to keep the oil away from the shore. rocker bret michael says his brain hemorrhage felt like a gunshot to the back of his head. in his first interview, he tells "people" magazine that to him it sounded like a gunshot, too. it sounded like a pop. he asked the doctors, am i dying? if i'm dying, i want to see my kids, but if i have a chance, i don't want them to see me like this. he is expected to make a full recovery. you know, i think we're only now just getting an idea about how bad some of the flooding in nashville is. let's talk right now about some other folks who are getting rain, as well. meteorologist bob van dillen with more on that. >> exactly. we'll start with the nashville flood warnings. the areas shaded in green here. good news here, check out the forecast for today. dry and warm. dry again tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon get scattered showers working up overnight tomorrow through saturday morning. that's it, no real problems. that's what it looks like in tennessee. kentucky, they had their own problems, as well. video from yesterday, this is near piduka, kentucky. look at the floods coming in right here. that was just yesterday. yesterday riding very high. this is just outside of paducah, kentucky. most of the rain around nebraska and stretching back to north dakota and south dakota, too. mixing in with snow. heaviest snow in southern north dakota. winter storm warnings areas shaded in red. a good half foot to maybe a foot of snow and that's probably overnight tonight when it finally ends and then you see the snow pick back up by tomorrow night right around the u.p. of michigan and trying to get a little lake enhancement going with a half a foot of snow and thinking more of one to three inches of snow. first week in may end it out with snow by tomorrow night. mainly in the areas put in red with a warming frontal boundary out of the south. cold front, another one. a little bit of disturbed weather working into portland and boston and same with philadelphia. you'll get some delays out of this one and we'll talk all about that in just a couple minutes. >> thank you. ian norton who is in afghanistan and his wife, tony, says he's expected home this month, good for you, and she and their son, alexander, cannot wait. >> my name is toni norton and i would like to give a big salute out to my husband first lieutenant ian norton. i'm so proud of you and i wish i could just hold you and kiss you right now and feel you right next to me. i miss you so much and wish you were here. just to hear your voice and see you smile would be the best thing in the world to me. we miss you so much and love you and happy anniversary. >> happy anniversary, guys. you can go to cnn.com/robin. your facebook friends may know a little more about you than you want them to know. a glitch on the website yesterday let people see more than you may have wanted. new york police come to the rescue, but a hostage situation didn't end up being that at all. oof! i hope he has that insurance. aflac! you really need it these days. how come? 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thursday connected to friday. i'm robin meade. flood waters may be receding in tennessee, but the worst is not over yet in kentucky. flood warnings in some western parts of that state do not expire until next week. seven kentucky counties have declared state of emergency. officials estimate that more than half of the corn crop was destroyed in some of the areas. now, the floods also damaged some of tennessee's most famous landmarks. singer jo dee messina gives us a tour of the country music hall of fame where the basement theater flooded to the third row and most of the mroors and the walls will have to be redone. they were able to save some of the most priceless things in the building. >> when the flood first happened we were told or i saw in the news that, you know, archival films and recording and that stuff on the first floor were under water and that was not the case, absolutely not the case. they were on the fourth floor and they had planned that. so, i think they caught it on the front end. they're not here going, man, if we only, wow, bad planning. >> one couple's cleanup including getting their cow down from the roof of a shed. one of your fellow viewers sent in this ireport. he said the cow had been up there since the flooding started and the owners and the neighbors built a ramp to get it done. it did eventually make it down and went back out to the pasture. poor thing. new information now about the times square bomb attempt. the company from which faisal shahzad bought the fireworks found in the suv said they're too small to do any damage. shahzad bought half a dozen boxes of fireworks. the company president said that there is just not much gun powder there. >> there really is nothing that we sell that would make any kind of an impact. the only thing remotely connected would be a fuse, but our fuse, the safety fuse burns so slowly that it would not be very effective. so, honestly, i think this fellow was just barking up the wrong tree when he thought these fire crackers would do something. >> well, get this, a law enforcement source says that shahzad had to take the train home after he left times square because he left the keys to his get away car inside the suv. he waived his right to the lawyer and is cooperating with the fbi. a one of a kind portrait of michael jackson wasn't a thriller at auction at all. jackson sat for the painting before he died and a starting bid of nearly $3 million. the owner hoped that it would go for more than 3 mill, but nobody bid on it. the owner said he had two buyers interested, so maybe someone will buy it soon. >> how much did he want? >> little more than 3 mill. >> oh, my goodness. a whole lot of cash for a painting. well, wuone of kind, though. >> not a fun morning rush. >> no, it's not. the ending stages of cold front driving into the northeast, but as it happens, usually you get the stronger showers and thunderstorms out ahead of the cold front and that's the case this morning. we pinpoint right around central new york with the boundary and here comes the clouds and look at the rain, as well. heavy at times in central parts of maine and now extends back into new hampshire and portland some rain. you can see the radar picking it up. getting into bangor and slide off shore later this morning. once it happened, you'll see the winds pick up later today. winds in lower massachusetts and towards connecticut, too. live to new york city. you might see a shower early this morning, otherwise you're going to get the winds coming in later. little dark right there. statue of liberty in the harbor. winds will pick up to 30 miles per hour this afternoon. couple air travel delays out of that. central tennessee still flood warnings. all the areas shaded in green and the weather forecast, though, helpful once again. dry today, tomorrow, tomorrow night scattered showers and thunderstorms but not that big of a deal. out to the west, another snowmaker. wyoming and i'll tell you who sees what in just a couple minutes, robin. first week of may ending with heavy snow. >> snow, i can't believe that. okay, let's turn to wall street right now where investors have been keeping a close eye on europe this week. it has meant big losses for the united states stocks. stephanie elam is in new york with those details. all right, good morning. >> good morning, robin. the dow has dropped nearly 300 points over the last few days because of what's going on in europe. no huge losses in the early going here, but the greece is still a concern. budget-cutting measures and the company must slash spending to get the $146 billion bailout from the eu and imf. some positive economic signs here at home are also coming into play. new jobless claims dropped by 7,000 last week to 444,000. this marked the third decline in a row, a sign that layoffs are slowing. retailers like costco and the limited and macy's are reported upbeat sales numbers for april, as well. more trouble for freddie mac. they lost $8 billion last quarter and says it needs another $10 billion from the government. freddie has received $50 billion from the treasury. finally, robin, we sniffed out this story just for you. national hamburger month. and, get this, what better way to celebrate than to get a candle for national hamburger month that smells like a white castle burger. >> are you kidding me? a candle that smells like a burger. >> here's the worst part about it. first of all the candle is 10 bucks and they're already sold out. right now they are sold out of these burger smelling candles. so, i don't know who's putting them in their house and where in their house they're putting them, but it sounds kind of gross. >> that's great. well, somebody must be interested. thank you. come here and check out this video. an out of control airport cart, you see those in the terminals plows right into a passenger. riot police have been firing tear gas at thousands of people in greece. what is going on to make people so upset. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. what kind of dream did you have last night and what did it mean? we're getting new answers. for example, if you dream that you were naked in public, it would mean that you feel socially inadequate. or if you've been out of school for years but you still have that dream like, oh, my gosh, i have a test and i don't know what it is about, it means you have situations right now that are still difficult for you to handle. experts suggest that you ask yourself questions about tough decisions right before you go to bed and that you might get the answers, the insight from yourself in your dreams. you know, a lot of oyou have been writing about this on facebook. lisa says that she has kept a dream journal since 1989. it really helps me to get a grip on what i am feeling. julie thinks we might be overthinking our dreams, though. spending too much time to try to understand the deeper message is a waste of time and the only dream worth our attention is a dream you may make true for someone else. what a good heart, julie. if you have somebody, if you have something that you want to say, you can go to our facebook page by going to cnn.com/robin or you can e-mail us. two female navy officers are going where no women have gone before. that is one of the two brand-new stories natasha has in the next hour. >> the navy has named two female shipmen to be the first women to serve on a navy sub and who they are and where they're headed first. a new report that octo mom is taking part in a bizarre mtv game show, robin. >> that scares me. >> she says she won't do reality tv, but a game show is not out of the question. >> thank you very much, natasha. you know, a lot of people have gotten an assist from the government recently to buy a home. but you might not have to any more. hln money expert clark howard says you could have better options. >> all right, i got good news and more good news on the housing front. the largest purchase most of us make in our lives. one thing i want you to know that has been a real problem for the last 18 months is getting a mortgage from anybody else other than the fha if you don't have substantial down payment. well, now the private mortgage market has regained enough confidence that it's possible that you can find a mortgage with a down payment of 5% and not go the fha route. why do i want you not to go the fha route? 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"the view's" co-host elizabeth hassle back broke into tears on the show, publically apologizing for slamming erin andrews. a stalker was convicted of filming andrews naked through a peephole. here's what was said on tuesday. >> for the past three weeks she's been wearing next to nothing. okay? in light of what happened and as illegal and inexcusable it was for that guy to peep on her in her hotel room, i mean, in some way if i'm him i'm like, man, i could have just waited 12 weeks and seen a little bit less without the prison time. >> she says it took her young daughter to get her to apologize to andrews. >> and i told her and i promised her that i would -- [ sniffles ] -- use my words more mindfully like i try to do to build people up, not break them down. thankfully she's 5 and so cute. she said to me, mommy, why don't you just call erin and tell her you're sorry? so thankfully, i listened to her. she's a wise little girl. >> andrews told "people" magazine she thought the remarks were a slap in the face. people in nashville are returning to homes destroyed by floods. what people are doing to deal with the devastation.

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