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a lot of it is historic right now. it's unprecedented. we are dealing with something that's been classified as a 1 in 500-year storm. >> they yelled out of the car, supposedly said, why don't you kill yourself. she walked into her house, took her scarf that her sister had given her for christmas and hung herself. >> this was a group planning some very specific attacks with a specific date in april. i thought the time had come to act. mistakes were made in the lawrence murphy case. mistakes were not made in rome. well, it is good to see you on this wednesday. happy hump day to you. i'm christi paul. welcome to hln news and views. we want to go first and foremost to all of you folks across new england. many of you are racing to get out of the rising floodwaters. police and national guard troops are rescuing some from their homes. this is the scene in stonington, connecticut. the town is nearly trapped by rushing water. you can hear the flow of that water there, too. the governor of rhode island calls the flooding unprecedented. and it's going to get worse, i'm sorry to tell you. three straight days of heavy rain swelling rivers and streams from maine to new jersey. president obama has issued a federal disaster declaration for rhode island. and high waters closing roads and shutting down sewer systems. >> my pump just let go. >> what your going to do? >> i'll call my husband and cry. or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature is winning. >> bless her heart. new jersey governor chris christie is going to ask the governor to declare parts of his state a disaster area. the passaic river is still rising and probably woeft crest until tomorrow. we've got reynolds wolf right in the center of the flooding disaster. cranston, rhode island. looks like you are prepare forward the water to go a lot higher than it is. how high do you think it's going to get, reynolds? >> it's already crested which is some great news. at least it's crested in this area. and the story on that itself has been fairly interesting. you know, we're talking about the pawtuxet river which flows way back there near those trees. because, of course, the heavy rainfall we've been having, it has gone beyond its banks. the original forecast, christi, had the river cresting at about 20 feet 2 inches. actually it went beyond that. we crested right at that number around 1:30 this morning. then it kept rising to about 20.62. and then it began to finally level off around, i believe, 20.79. which is amazing. but the reason why we've had such incredible flooding in this area is because the heavy rainfall that we had back during the month of march. for this area, over 15 inches of rainfall on tuesday alone, over 7.9 inches of rain. and that, of course is the reason you have these floodwaters that have come all the way up here. they did so at a quick rate. our crews were out here yesterday doing what we refer to in television is a site survey. these roads are pretty dry. certainly not now. these cars here and that one off in the distance is all flooded out. driving is a tough thing to do. parts of i-95, a major thoroughfare in this part of the country. some areas very hard to get by. many of the roads, side roads, feeder roads like this one happen to be submerged completely. they're impassable for the time being. thankfully we know the waters will subside as we get into the weekend. we're also expecting much drier weather which is also going to help things. we still have all kinds of problems. case in point, two sewage treatment plants. one in warwick, the other in west warwick. boast inoperable. people were told not to flush the toilets or do any kind of laundry at least until things get better, maybe into next week. in terms of homes. many of the homes behind me have been evacuated which is good. they don't want people to stay in this situation. you've had hundreds right here in rhode island. also hundreds of businesses that have evacuated. and that is the story that's been playing out for many across the region. as i mentioned earlier, weather should be better for the weekend which certainly will bring a smile to a lot of people's faces. then, when the water is gone, the cleanup begins. what a tremendous cleanup it's going to be after this historic flood. back to you, christi. >> from one quadrant to another. we're just getting word that former first lady barbara bush is out of the hospital. she was released from houston's methodist hospital today after undergoing a series of tests. now doctors believe mrs. bush, who is 84, may have had a mild relapse of her graves defense which is a thyroid condition. she was first treated for the condition in 1989. we're told the former first lady is expected to make a full recovery, thankfully. sandra bullock, meanwhile, her husband, jesse james, has apparently checked himself into rehab. his representative told "people" magazine he's in a treatment facility to help him with personal issues to try to save his marriage and family. several women, as you know, claim to have had affairs with him. "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson spoke with guests to discuss how this could affect his image. >> sandra bullock i brand. women love her, men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her. and i think that -- i think people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed, given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint. but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason she would use for leaving. i think the humiliation, the anger, the betrayal would all be really first and foremost in her mind. >> bullock and james have been married for five years and the oscar winning actress has reportedly moved out of the home they shared. but today, on "showbiz tonight," jesse james' sex rehab shocker. is he really being treated for sex addiction? could the surprising move be enough to save his marriage? brand new drama now live at 5:00 p.m. eastern and still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. three times a day now. go ahead and check it out on hln. tiger woods' much anticipated return to golf will be shown on live tv, at least for about a minute or so. we're talking about his first tee shot. that's it. it's a big concession, though, for the masters to agree to this. live coverage doesn't begin on the first day of the coverage until 4:00 p.m. eastern and everyone will tee off by 2:00 p.m. according to "the new york times," though, the masters has agreed to allow espn show woods' first tee shot live and then nothing else. at that point you can watch live on the internet on the masters website. we've reached out to espn to confirm. haven't heard back from them yet. president obama sees a future america run by clean, renewable energy. right now, he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find it and why it's such a controversy. drill, baby, drill. drill, baby, drill. >> you are right. drill, baby, drill. >> there you go. i know you remember that chant echoed at republican campaign rallies. the republicans lost the election, but they are getting what they wanted here. president obama is opening up new offshore oil and natural gas fields in the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. >> the bottom line is this. given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable home-grown energy. >> even though the president is embracing what his republican opponents propose, republican leaders are blasting his decision to increase offshore oil production. house minority leader john boehner says he's taken too long to act and should open even more areas to drilling. we want to propose this question to you. do you think it's a good idea to drill off our coastal waters? that's what we want to hear from you. richelle carey, this is really divisive because it's do we drill? is it about renewable energy or is it about the environment? >> and most people, so far, christi, most of the responses we've gotten, most people say, yes, drill. but not everyone. so we're going to share as many views as possible like we always try to do. let me get some facebook comments. go for it. that's what art says. he says it's time the united states stopped depending on others like hugo chavez or the middle east. let's make our own profit and stop making others rich. the u.s. needs the profits right about now. and angela says, i thought obama was with al gore and said he wasn't going to pollute our waters. hmm. maybe i wasn't listening good. where is the dislike button? you know facebookers like the like button. she wanted the dislike button. as long as the research is done to go about this the right way, why not drill for our own oil and natural gas? no need to let that money go overseas any longer. some of your hln fans wanted to speak their views. they did it to our views cams. let's listen to what they think about some offshore drilling. >> i think it's a great idea to explore for oil because we're too dependent on the foreign oil companies, and our future depends on oil. so we need to see what we can find around our own coast. >> offshore drilling, i really could care less about it. if it brings more oil to the united states, more power to it. bring more economy, more money in. make us less independent, i guess -- i mean more independent. >> i think it's a pretty good idea because i think it can satisfy other groups that don't think we should be digging in alaska for oil. so if we can find it somewhere else, that's could lower our dependence on the middle east a little bit. might bring the conflict in iraq down a little bit. >> i got a comment from susan. susan is trying to look at the big picture and she's trying to focus on jobs. she said what good is the oil without a new refinery? let's build one of those so americans can have some good jobs. that work could start sooner and would help get the oil to the market quicker and probably a lot more efficient. i am glad to hear we will drill. but i know riggers that have sat at home for a month, with the price going up, i guess our refineries daent handle the capacity. nancy says, yes, i support offshore drilling. we have the resources we need to use them. shelly says this. i live at the coast in virginia. that's the area we're talking about. what most people don't realize is that this oil won't even be ready for at least 20 years. as a proud member of the chesapeake bay foundation, i ask congress to look for an alternative to the oil instead of ruining our coastline, wildlife and our way of life. and that really is at the root of this debate. we want your views. should the u.s. expand its offshore drilling at the risk of damaging wildlife, beaches, coastal areas? call us right now. 1-877-tell-hln. we want to talk about this, so get to the phones. you can also e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text as well, hlntv. standard text rates apply or discuss it on facebook. richelle carey, hln and chuck roberts and christi paul have pages as well. and particularly if you are in the area affected, we want to hear from you like one of those facebookers just reached out. >> love to hear from them. thank you, richelle. >> sure. say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i know you are probably going what? these kids are putting on a play, supposedly, based on the gangster flick "scarface." this replaces cocaine with popcorn and the word fudge for the adult "f" bomb. their reen actment of the famous cockroaches scene for you. we've gotten some new details on a mill yairb group. bond hearings are being held today for the hutaree militia. they call themselves christian warriors. the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police possibly next month. the group's leader is david stone sr. who a family member says has always been interested in games. >> a long time ago, he made this game that was like life, the game board life. and it was two military teams playing against a make believe world. that's kind of what he did. he was like a grown-up game player. >> the fbi began following the michigan-based militia's activities last summer. milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest. father lawrence murphy was believed to have abuse ed boys a school for the deaf. the church admits it made mistakes with father murphy and asked for forgiveness. but the archbishop defended the pope against accusations that he deserved some of the blame here. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the vatican says it only learned about the alleged abuses 20 years after the fact. i don't know if you've seen this. it's one of the hottest videos on the internet right now. "scarface" the school play is what it's called. you heard me right but it's not really a school play. i want to clarify that. kids are, however, acting out the '80s gangster film. drug lord tony montana, the language has been cleaned up so the "f" word you hear them say is fudge. here's the famous death scene from the movie in the kids' version. >> say hello to my new friend. >> say hello to my little friend. take that you cockroaches. >> take that you cockroaches he says. it was made by a hollywood commercial and video director who says he loves viral videos. and his purpose was to make a point about how kids are being overexposed to sex and violence in our culture. a tlooft type of satire walks the fine line between smart social commentary and being flat out offensive. so we want to know which side of the fence you fall on with this. what do you make of children performing "scarface." call 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us or text us to hlntv. or go to our facebook pages. i'd love to hear from you. richelle carey and chuck roberts have their pages as well. so are you looking for a bank loan to help expand your business? hln money expert clark howard tells you which financial institutions are willing to help. >> okay. there's been story after story about how there's no money available for you if you are a small business owner. there's no money available for you as a consumer if you are going out looking for a loan. and let me tell you something. those stories are not true. there are a number of banks around the country that are in financial trouble. of all different sizes. they have really closed their teller windows. there is no more lending going on at those. but in the meantime, there are thousands of financial institutions that are still a-okay. if you are looking to borrow money as a small business, or as an individual, you should check out smaller banks or credit unions. now credit unions historically do very small amounts of lending to businesses. but in a number of states, a number of credit unions do lend to businesses. and they may, in fact, be a loan available for you at your company. for individuals, you'll find much lower rates usually at a credit union as well. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to save a buck, check me out at cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> all right. let's face it. owning a home on the ocean, it's beautiful, but it has its ups and downs. here's something you probably never want to see. your home teetering on the edge of a cliff. whwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhh across new england, people are racing to get out of rising floodwaters there as police and national guard troops rescue some people from their homes, too. stonington, connecticut, is surrounded by rising water. major routes in and out of the area are closed. the governor called the flooding unprecedented. and it's getting worse. three straight days of heavy rain are swelling rivers and streams from maine to new jersey. the high waters closing roads, it's shutting down sewer systems. president obama has issued a federal disaster declaration for rhode island. listen to the rushing water there. new jersey governor chris christie is going to ask the president to declare part of his state a disaster area. the river probably won't crest until tomorrow. even though it looks as though the rain has pretty much stopped along the east coast, it doesn't mean they are in the clear. chad myers is in the weather center. did i hear right that it's going to get worse? >> yes. yes, the flooding doesn't exactly happen when the rain stops because all the rain that fell up river has to run down river and then get into the naraganset bay. wcvb, warwick, rhode island. these people are just dealing with and they have been dealing with rain now for the three-week period. three five-inch rainfalls over three weeks now. so for the month of march, they've had between 16 and 18 inches of rain. i don't care where you are. i don't care if you are in the amazon. at some point, 16 to 18 inches of rain in 30 days will make flooding. and as they panned out, maybe we'll get back when the pictures get a little better. but we had entire shopping centers completely under water there in warwick, rhode island. we know that's the same story in cranston. there are many, many stories about where the flooding is happening right now. i certainly can't get to all of them. i'd love to go to cnn.com/ireport. maybe even do a video for us. something that's narrated. we can try to get it on tv. the rain has stopped. the rain is over. the rain is completely gone. at least the next five days. this is 48 hours worth of rainfall. it's all offshore. maybe if you are a gloucesterman, you might get some rain. but the land will not see any more rainfall. and that will eventually allow the water to run off. but as you see the bubbles, they come down the river and sometimes these bubbles still have a lot more energy as the rainfall comes down and has come down. it has to run down. there is going to be a huge warm-up for you. this high pressure. it might be 80 degrees in new england by the weekend. so the -- all of a sudden, what was punxsutawney phil's greatest adventure because it really did last, six more weeks of winter. it's all over and here comes summer. >> they are ready to take it as i think most of the country is after this winter. thank you, chad, so much. it was about a year ago that ronald cummings and his ex-wife mystery croslin cummings made headlines over the disappearance of his little girl. she's still missing. today the couple had a court date on drug charges that are unrelated to the case of his missing daughter. but "in session's" jean casarez of our sister network trutv is all over this. >> misty croslin was in court today. she's been taken back to her jail cell now. this is so serious. misty croslin is facing eight different charges of drug trafficking. one is a 25-year mandatory minimum. but the real reason we all believe that police are so concerned about this case is that misty croslin was the last person to ever see little 5-year-old hailey cummings. it was undercover officers that in january videotaped alleged drug deals between misty croslin and ronald cummings. that's hailey's father. it's that video evidence that culminated in these felony counts but they are very serious. she remains behind bars. what we've learned from that hearing is that her attorney says that they are not yet ready for trial. so a pretrial hearing has now been scheduled for june. also, though, they have not waived their right to a speedy trial. it's very interesting, christi. what that means is there's got to be a trial. something's got to happen in a finite period of time. but the main thing i just learn from robert fields' office is they have not filed any motions in this case. and no motions are expected. and christi, her bond remains at $1.35 million. >> is there kind of an unspoken theory here that these two cases are related in some way? >> you know, i think many people, most people, believe so because misty, according to police, had very inconsistent statements continually about some of the facts of the disappearance of hailey. she has been given lie detector tests. we don't know what the fbi's result was, but texas equusearch said she failed it miserably. they believe she may be the key. and although the case is not related to have a plea deal because that's what she wants in this case, she doesn't want to go to prison for 25 years minimum/maximum. there's going to be need to be some information. that's what we think police are wanting. and they're not getting. >> does she have anything to bargain with? is she intimated anything? >> she says she doesn't. she says she doesn't remember. but we've listened to all these jailhouse tapes. and on some she says i'm going to write a letter. two people are really going to be hurt in this. my attorney knows. he's comfortable with all of this. we'll have to see what develops. but something is going to have to happen in this case. >> all righty. hey, jean, thank you so much for bringing it down for us. good to see you. for female athletes who play soccer, getting hurt means pain and the frustration of not being able to play. but as senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta reports, physical therapy and strength training could make all the difference here. >> reporter: high school senior alyssa bran has been playing soccer since she was 4 years old. up until a year ago, she was virtually injury-free. >> i tried to turn too quickly and just twisted my knee. >> reporter: what she did was she tore her acl ory anterior crucial ligament. >> acl is a ligament inside the knee that gives your knee stability. it's the most common thing we see in terms of serious injuries among female soccer players or female athletes in general. >> reporter: an orthopedic surgeon says wider hips and a tendency to land in a locked knee position makes girls more susceptible to injury. the best solution? retraining. >> the best thing we can do is teach them how to jump and land in a better way. >> reporter: alyssa has been cleared to play after a year of physical therapy, followed by strength training to help support her knees. all important steps to prevent re-injury. >> i plan on if i get into a college where i can play soccer, i will definitely play it. >> reporter: and if she doesn't get a soccer scholarship, she says she'll continue to play just for fun. for today's "health minute," i'm dr. sanjay gupta. is sandra bullock's husband taking a page out of tiger woods' book. why jesse james reportedly checked himself into rehab. we're getting word former first lady barbara bush is now out of the hospital. she was released from houston's methodist hospital today after undergoing a series of tests. doctors believe mrs. bush who is 84 may have had a mild relapse of her graves disease, a thyroid condition. she was first treated for that condition back in 1989 and we're told the first lady is expected to make a full recovery, thankfully. tiger woods' much anticipated return to golf will be shown on live tv for at least a minute or so. his first tee shot. that's it. this is a big concession, though, for the masters, to agree to this because live coverage doesn't begin on the first day of the tournament until 4:00 p.m. eastern and everyone will tee off by 2:00. according to "the new york times," the masters has agreed, though, to let espn show woods' first tee shot live and then nothing else. at that point you can watch live on the internet on the masters website. we've reached out to espn to confirm. haven't heard back from them yet, though. sandra bullock's husband jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. his representative said he's in a treatment facility to help him with personal issues to try to save his marriage and his family. now several woman claim to have had affairs with him. bullock and james have been married for five years and the oscar-winning actress reportedly has moved out of the home that they shared. today on "showbiz tonight," jesse james' sex rehab shocker. the question is, is he really being treated for sex addiction? could the surprising move be enough to save his troubled marriage? brand new, sandra bullock marriage drama now live at 5:00 eastern time and still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. three times a day. join us right here on hln. i'm jane velez-mitchell. new reports say lindsey lohan is in a drug field downward spiral. her dad says she needs to go back to rehab. the worst thing to tell an addict is you are special. the rules don't apply to you. the problem is the world has been telling lindsey precisely that her entire lawyer. perfect example, 2007. lindsey jumped in an suv, sped after a car and allegedly ran over some guy's foot. oh, and did i mention she was drunk and had coke in her pocket? according to authorities. an average inner city youth would probably get charged with carjacking, drug possession and assault. lindsey's dad says she needs to go back to rehab. but maybe celebrities who have it all need to spend some time behind bars. sending a clear message, the rules do apply to you, even if you are a star. i say this only because i truly believe this young woman needs help. fast. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind. watch "issues with jane velez-mitchell" every night at 7:00 here on hln. well, say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i got a budding joke for a wife. >> these kids are putting their own spin on the flick "scarface." their version replaces cocaine with popcorn and the word fudge for the "f" bomb. their famous re-enactment of the cockroach scene and what this is all about. a mother and her 8-year-old son survived a horrifying wreck thanks to some strangers. their car plunged into a retention pond yesterday in jacksonville, florida. the boy had been under water for several minutes when a man jumped in to rescue him. >> nothing i've ever seen like that before. all the things that go through your head. you don't know if -- just the horrors that could have happened. definitely the adrenaline that gets to you. you don't think about things you do. you just go in and do it. >> and the boy did start breathing again after cpr. he and his mother are still in critical condition. milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest. father lawrence murphy was believed to have abused as many as 200 boys. at a school for the deaf before he died. now last night the archbishop admitted the church made mistakes with father murphy. murphy asked for forgiveness but the archbishop defended the pope against accusations that he deserved some blame. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the vatican asserts it only learned about the alleged abuses 20 years after the fact. i don't know if you've seen this yet. we're going to share it with you. one of the hottest videos on the internet right now is "scarface" the school play as it's called. you heard me right but it's not really a school play. i want to clarify that. kids are, though, acting out the '80s gangster film. druglord tony montana, the language has been cleaned up. the "f" word you hear them say is actually fudge. here's the famous death scene from the movie in the kids' version. >> say hello to my little friend. >> say hello to my little friend. >> this was made by a hollywood commercial and video director. he loves viral videos and his point was to make about how kids are being overexposed to sex and violence in our culture. so again, this was not an actual play. just to make sure we all know that. it was still, obviously a performance of a hyperviolent film by actors who are 8 or 9 years old. the director, marc klaasfield, says he has children himself and he finds it difficult to protect them from all the images of sex and violence on tv and movies so was this a good way to raise awareness about that? richelle carey, what are people saying? >> they are saying a lot, christi. they are kind of divided on this debate. it's a new twist on an old debate. is it art? is it offensive? is it both? any time someone puts little kid on a stage with fake guns, fake curse words, a pile of popcorn that's supposed to be a pile kof cain, people a of cocaine, people are going to be split. first a director and the psychologist weighed in on "prime news" last night here on hln. here's some of that. >> there have been a lot of positive responses but the negative responses were interesting because there are thousands of things that are a lot more crazy or exploitive than this. >> this is about self-promotion. this is about doing something to get himself on hln. >> okay. he is on hln. point taken. okay. now you are as well. here's your views, all right? jennifer wrote this on facebook. not cool in any way. children are too young to understand and may take the movie out of context and possibly think that it is okay to be a big time drug lord. holly wrote this. i think it's sad and disgusting. one can change the language but the principle of it never changes. we're also getting views like this one from matthew. it sounds great. as a parent, i could see the benefits this would have on the other parents to watch their children closely that they don't wind up becoming a living scarface story. matthew says bravo. rob says i think it is artistic. innocent children in an extremely adult situation. i'm sure the kid didn't understand most of the content they were doing. i think it was more for the audience. i thought it was great. rene says as an adult, i think it was funny but as a mother, i find this despicable. how can a parent think this kind of behavior is acceptable for children especially of that age. having your children mock kill each other and we wonder why child violence is increasing and becoming more brutal. so that is just some of your take right now. a lot of that type of satire walks the fine line between smart, social commentary and being flat out offensive. where do you think they made the mark? what do you think of kids performing "scarface." ? what do you think of adults performing "scarface" for that matter. e-mail us, that matter. call 877-tell-hln. text, hlntv and standard text rate apply. weigh in on richelle carey hln and chuck and christi have pages as well. it is interesting. those images are kind of jarring. >> rene brought up a good point because when i tried to take myself out of it watching as a parent you can disassociate from it, but once you're a parent you think of kids in a different way a lot of times and it's, like, oh, no. >> that was the marker there. the parent and non-parent. >> thank you so much. police are closing the case against former super bowl mvp san antonio hoerms. a woman accused him of throwing a glass of liquor at her face. she's not pressing charges and holmes denied the and the officer wrote, after the alleged attack she pulled holmes aside and was seen smiling and touching his face. the teacher who inspired "stand and deliver" has passed away. jaime escalante turned the calculous program into one of the best of the country. he recently returned to l.a. for cancer treatment. >> president obama sees a future america run by clean, renewable energy, but right now he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find that. hi. i'm jim perdue. in case of everyday emergencies... guys, go get changed! ...or soccer practice, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. we're not playing helicopter now. ready when you are, they're trimmed of fat and consistently sized to cook in just 10 minutes. life's not perfect. that's why there's perdue perfect portions. [ male announcer ] perdue perfect portions. ready when you are. a lot of it is historic right now. it's unprecedented. we're dealing with something that's been classified as a one in 500-year storm. they yelled out of the car and supposedly say why don't you kill yourself. she walked into her house. took a scarf that her sister had given her for christmas and hung herself. this is a group that was planning some very specific acts with a specific date in april of this year. we thought the time had come to act. mistakes were made in the lawrence murphy case. the mistakes were not made in rome. >> not made in rome. that's one of many great stories we're following all hour, all day on hln "news and views." i'm chuck roberts. welcome. first to new england, new england is really suffering. people are racing against the rising floodwaters. police have rescued from their homes. this is the stone in stonington, connecticut, extreme southeastern connecticut, a town trapped by rushing water. the governor of rhode island calls the flooding unprecedented and it's getting worse. three straight days of heavy rain and flooded streams in new mexicoing. president obama has issued a federal disaster declaration for rhode island. the high water is closing roads and shutting down sewer systems. >> my pump just let go. >> your pump let go? >> what will you do? >> call my husband and cry or turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature's winning. >> new jersey governor chris christi will ask the president to declare part of that state a disaster area. the pass aic probably won't crest until tomorrow. rivers and streams are still not topped yet. they're still rising. reynolds wolf is right in the center of the flooding disaster. >> i'm coming to you from cranston, rhode island, where 12 hours ago this roadway where i'm standing was completely dry, but now at the corner of uton and third avenue things have certainly changed considerably. you get water up to the middle of my legs and if i walk closer to the river, the pawtuxet river it gets deeper and comes in at a faster rate. the rising waters and this is due to an incredible march where they had over 15 inches of rain falling. just on tuesday alone, 7.9 inches of rain that caused the waters to rise and the trouble that you see behind us. these flooded out homes and there have been hundreds of evacuations with businesses and private dwellings and they expect that to continue as the waters rise. some of the latest readings we've had have been 20.62 feet in some of the local rivers. what's amazing for the pawtuxet river, the original forecast had it at 20.2 and it's past that. so certainly rough times to say the least. something else has been rough for people in this area in both warwick and west warwick. two sewage treatment plans have been shut down due to rising floodwaters. they're being asked not to use their tools and do any laundry until the water subsides. as the water pops, they will slowly begin to drop back and rain looks favorable in the forecast, in fact, lack thereof of rain. not expecting any going into the weekend which is good news for people in the area. reporting from cranston, rhode island, i'm reb olds wolf. federal prosecutors are investigating why seven police officers fired on unarmed civilians in the wake of hurricane katrina. he's expected to plead guilty for covering up shootings that occurred on the dancinger bridge. two people died and four others wounded when officers fired on people as they tried to cross that bridge. hunter will be the third new orleans cop to plead guilty in the case. two suspects will be formally charged. washington d.c.'s worst case of gun violence in 15 years. four people were killed last night in drive-by shooting and five others were hurt, nine hit all together. the srps 22-year-old nathaniel carter and 26-year-old orlando simms. they'll be arraigned later today. police arrested three people after a long chase that ended in nearby maryland. a weapon was recovered. a council member representing the neighborhood blames crew or possibly gang violence. >> sandra bullock's husband jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. his representative told "people" magazine he's in a treatment facility to help him deal with personal issues to help him save marriage and family. several women claim to have had affairs with him. "showbiz tonight "'s brooke anderson talks about how it might affect sandra bullock's image. >> from a business standpoint that being america's sweetheart, sandra bullock is a brand. women love her, men love her, and most people feel betrayed for her and i think that people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint, but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason that she would use for leaving. i think the humiliation, the anger and betrayal would be first and foremost in her mind. >> bullock and james have been married five years or so. the oscar-winning actress has reportedly moved out of the home they should shared. tonight on "showbiz tonight," jesse james rehab shocker. is he being treated for sex addiction? what is he in rehab four? could it be enough to save the marriage? live show, tv's most provocative entertainment news show and it repeats at 11:00 eastern and pacific right here on hln. tiger woods' much-anticipated return to golf will be shown on live tv at least for a minute or so. that's his first tee shot we're talking about. that's a concession for the masters to agree for this. live coverage doesn't begin in the first day of the tournament until 4:00 eastern in the afternoon and everyone will tee off by 2k clo, but according to "the new york times," the masters has agreed to let them show tiger woods' first tee shot and nothing else. you can watch live on the internet and on the masters website. we've reached out to the masters to confirm this and no word yet from them. president obama sees a future america run by clean and renewable mer renewable energy, but right now he's going after more oil and fossil fuel. where he proposes to find it. drill, baby, drill! drill, baby, drill. >> that was '08 and this is today. do you think it's a good idea to drill off coastal waters? richelle, what are people saying? >> it's pretty split and it depends on what part of the country they live in. some people are invested. we'll start with callers who live on different coasts in the u.s. and don't like the president's plan. our first caller is frank in florida. all right. frank, what do you think about this? are you ready to drill or not. >> caller: hello. how are you all doing today? >> very well. how are you? >> caller: i'm well. i use the ocean almost daily. >> okay. >> caller: and the pollution levels are already a bit up there. my concern is the gulf coast, what happens when we have hurricane season come through there and what that does and secondly, i think the solution personally for me as a floridian would be to allow not the government dictate us states rights, but to allow the citizens of the state of florida to vote for it. if 51% vote for it and i'm in the minority then i would live with the results. >> do you have any concerns? talk us to about what your concerns are. >> caller: my concerns are it's very shallow and the gulfstream where we live particularly is 40 miles off and that heads north. so any pollution south of us will head north and any pollution in our area will head north as well. so it won't only affect florida, but all of the states up and down the east coast. >> do you think there's enough oil to make it worth it. >> caller: i do not. if the president's plan is 20 year for alternative energy and by the time the oil comes online we'll be in an economy that will absorb the alternative energy. >> it sounds like you thought about this a lot. i appreciate your phone call. he was enthusiastic and we like that. we'll talk to the views cam. we'll roll that for you now. >> i think it is a great idea to explore for oil because we're too dependent on the foreign oil companies and our future depends on oil. so we need to see what we can find around our own coast. >> off-shore drilling. i could care less about it if it brings more oil to the united states, more power to it. bring more economy and more money in, and make us less independent -- i mean, more independent. >> i think it's a pretty good idea because it can satisfy other groups that don't think we should be digging in alaska for oil. so if we can find it somewhere else that could lower our dependence on the middle east a little bit it might bring the conflict in iraq down a little bit. >> all right. here are some comments from facebook. sean says i think it's a good idea. it breaks our dependence on arab oil companies and it can cut down the cost of oil and gas in the long run. go for it, obama. nicky says this whenever big oil wins we all lose. if this is allowed it will destroy america. tim says this, tim wants everyone to look in the mirror. tim says drilling for what? i thought we were in rehab for our oil addiction? what happened to alternate fuels and hybrid vehicles or conversion for current cars? i guess they are going to squeeze all of the juice out of the new laws that allow for lobbying. big oil win again. crystal says i'm all for it. it could do great things for our nation. like others have said though, there must be rules. if we can walk on the moon surely we can drill for oil safely. we need it every day for one way or another, why pay another country for what we have right here in our backyard. should the u.s. expand its off-shore drilling at the risk of damaging wild life, beaches and coastal areas? do you think we're too addicted to oil? we'll talk about that and we can do that, too, call us at 1-877-tell-hln or fire off an e-mail. text hlntv, standard text rates apply or comment on the facebook page, richelle carey hln and it's posted on chuck and christi's page as well. hope you like the music. >> good choice. it's also the aesthetics of looking out your back porch and looking at a dereks. >> say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i've got a -- >> these kids are putting their own spin on the gang sfer flick "scarface." they replace the word fudge for the adult f-bomb. their cockroaches scene coming up. but first it's time for the true champions. it's a group of college kids from the university of illinois. they are riding for cancer research and causes. they mark the fourth year of doing this and they collect stories from survivors and have raised more than $150,000 for cancer causes. militia group wanting to start a war against the government. eight members of the hutaree militia. here's what we know so far. their members call themselves christian warriors and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police possibly next month. the group's leader is david stone senior. a family member says he's always been interested in games. >> a long time ago he made this game that was like life, the game board "life", and it was two military teams playing against a make-believe world. that's kind of what he did. he was like a grown-up game player. >> the fbi says they began following the michigan-based militia's activities last summer. we have this story just in. a claim of responsibility for this week's deadly attack on the moscow subway. chechen military leader took credit in a web address. at least 39 people were killed in the twin bombings on monday during rush hour. police say female suicide bombers were behind the attacks. russian investigators had suspected chechen rebels, but until now, no one had claimed responsibility. police in prince georges county, maryland, are searching for a woman who threw an acid-like chemical in the face of a woman and a child. it burned the face, neck and legs of the woman and the daughter was burned underneath the left eye. the woman's mother said she got a frantaic call from her daughter and went to the hospital. >> she didn't know what was going on and she didn't know how much stuff had got on her. >> prince georges county police say they were targeted, but the family doesn't know why. the mother and daughter are in the hospital in stable condition. one of the hottest videos on the internet right now is scarface, the school play. yes, the schoolplay. kids are acting out the '80s gangster film and there's drug lord tony montana. the language has been cleaned up. the f word you hear is the word fudge. here's the death scene from the movie and the kids' version. >> say hello to my little friend! >> say hello to my little friend! take that, you cockroaches. >> this was made by a hollywood commercial and video director. he says he loves viral videos and wanted to make a point about how kids are being over-exposed and blanketed with sex and violence in our culture. i guess it's a conversation starter. a lot of that type of satire walks the fine line between smart social commentary and flat-out offensive. what do you think? what do you make of children performing "scarface," calls at 877-tell-hln, e-mail, cnn.com/hln, text views at hlntv, standard text rates apply or facebook pages on chuck roberts hln or christi paul. there is the info. more students in trouble after a classmate's suicide. nine students face criminal charges for bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point of hanging herself. one of the charges being statutory rape. now school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, say more students have been expelled over the case. phoebe prince suffered months of verbal and physical abuse during school hours. they say school officials knew about it and did nothing to stop it. a father who sued a kansas church over a protest at his son's funeral has been ordered to pay the church's appeals costs. lance corporal matthew snyder was killed in iraq in 2006. on friday a federal appeals court in baltimore ruled albert snyder has to pay the west borough baptist church $16,500. it preaches service members' deaths are god's way of punishing the u.s. for homosexuality. snyder's lawyer says this decision adds insult to injury. police are closing the case against former super bowl mvp. in the police report hoements denies it and the officer wrote after the alleged attack she pulled holmes aside to talk to him privately and was seen smiling and touching his face. facebook is changing the way people can connect with their favorite celebrities or products. instead of asking people to become a fan or some user, they'll just be able to click the popular like button. facebook says it's a way to streamline the site and people use the like feature twice as much as they use the fan feature. let's face it, owning a home on the ocean has its ups and downs. here's something you never want to see. your home teetering on the edge of a cliff. across new england people are racing to get out of rising floodwaters as police and national guard troops do their best to rescue stranded homeowners. stonington, connecticut, has really taken a hit. that's extreme southeastern connecticut, right along the border with rhode island. rushing water has just isolated so many homes. major routes in and out of closed. the rhode island governor calls this unprecedented flooding and it's getting a little worse because the rivers haven't crested. three days of heavy rain have swollen rivers and streams. the high water is closing roads and shutting down sewer systems. president obama has declared a federal disaster declaration for rhode island. new jersey's governor christi will ask the president the same for the garden state. the passaic river is still rising and probably won't crest until tomorrow. a lot of incredible i-reporters contributing to our understanding of this. this is from wendy wilbert in westerly, rhode island. it's right on the river. that divides westerly from stonington. she calls the situation devastating. she lives on a hill so her house is okay, she has power, but there's water everywhere. she also says the downtown area, a very scenic downtown yart in westerly is flooded badly. many cars and structures submerged in several feet of water. she said police were going around the town yesterday telling people to evacuate and the bridge over that river into connecticut is closed. many thanks, westboundy wilbert, great images showing the magnitude of the devastation in westerly. when you have pictures of breaking news or stories, go to the ireport.com and click for the i-report link. they're a step closer to find out why seven police officers fired on unarmed civilians in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. officer michael hunter is expected to plead guilty to charges of covering up the shootings which occurred on the dancinger bridge in 2005. two people died and four others were wounded when officers fired on people as they tried to cross the bridge to get out of new orleans. hunter will be the third police officer to plead guilty in the case. washington police now say a fourth person has died after shooters opened fire in a crowd in front of an apartment building last night. five others were injured. three suspects led police on a long chase before being caught. two of them are charged in the shooting. four officers were slightly hurt in an accident during that chase. tiger woods' much anticipated return to golf will be shown on live tv for about 30 seconds or so. his first tee shot, that's it, no more. and that's a concession for the masters to agree to this. live coverage doesn't begin on the first day of the tournament until 4:00 in the afternoon eastern, and everyone will tee off by 2:00. according to "the new york times," the masters have agreed to let espn show the first tee shot and nothing else. you can watch it live on the masters' website. we have reached out to confirm yet and no word yet back. jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. the cause? we're not sure. his representatives told "people" magazine he's in a treatment facility to help him deal with personal issues and to help save his marriage and family. several women claim to have had affairs with james. bullock and james have been married for five years. the oveng ar-winning actress has reportedly moved out of the home they shared. today on "showbiz tonight" jesse james sex rehab shocker. is he being treated for sex addiction? could this surprising move be enough to save that marriage? the marriage drama is live now at 5:00 eastern here and it's still tv's most provocative entertainment news show, 5:00 and 11:00 eastern and pacific right here. say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i've got a funny wife. >> kids putting on a performance based on the gangster flick "scarface" this movie replaces coke cane for popcorn. their re-enactment of the famous cockroaches scene. the rain has pretty much stopped along the east coast, but it's certainly not an all-clear yet. chad myers joins us from the weather center. we need to work on two river, the pa tucket and the pawtuxet. they're both raging at this point. >> the issue is there has been rain uphill, so it still has to come down. you ask how does mississippi flood when it rained in north dakota. all of the water had to come downhill from somewhere. that's the same ideal though we are still saying the rainfall end here across parts of the northeast today, in fact, the sun will be out for the next five days solid except when it's dark. we are not going to see the water levels really come down rapidly because the rain was also north into the upper levels. the upper reaches of the rivers and those upper reaches are going to come down as well. chuck, i would like you to go to ireport.com. if you have pictures, and i haven't talked about your town, that's your fault because i would love for you to take pictures or video of what you have. say the old mystic river flooding here. go to cnn.com/ireport. you can download this quite quickly. look at this. look at this guy. this is bgutta and he's trying to walk against this water. this is 44 seconds. there is audio on it if you can turn it up at home and i won't turn it up here because it kind of echoes. there are so many. if you click on assignments on i-report.com and click on severe weather, there must be 500 weather pictures in here just right now. i just s.a.t. saw one a little bit ago if you click otto cnn button. if you click on cnn, we know those have been looked at. we've called the people and we know that's video from this flood and not a flood from 1986 that people are trying to get. this is pictures we've got from one of our tv stations and a little bit of higher quality, but whatever. it's from boston, wcvb. they were out there and looking at the flooding and they came across the pictures here of a shopping center and a strip mall that they were going -- yeah, you shouldn't be in a boat in a strip mall. this is not good parking when you do that. look at that old navy. that is all of the way up to the top of the building there at the warwick mall. this is south of providence. as we know, providence in rhode island, not an island, even though it's called an island. there are islands against it, but this looks like way, way, like they'll lose millions if not billions of dollars and federal aid is already approved by the president. >> so much affected. the airport's near that mall, too. thatted, thank you. appreciate it. one of the hottest videos on the internet is the "scarface" school play. you heard it right. it's not a school play, it's just kids acting out the gangster scenarios. there's drug lord tony montana. there's the language that's been cleaned pup. the "f" word becomes fudge and here's the famous death scene and the kids' version of it back-to-back. >> say hello to my little friend! >> say hello to my little friend! take that you cockroaches. >> this was made by a hollywood commercial and video director who says he loves viral videos and he wanted to make a point of how kids were over-exposed to sex and violence in our culture and it's there every night on your tv. so it wasn't a school play as such. it was a performance by -- of a hyper-violent film by 8 and 9-year-olds. the director is mark classfeld. he has kids himself and finds it difficult to protect them from the images of sex and violence in the media. this was a good awareness to open up the dialogue. >> yes. let's open the dialogue. the dialogue is whether or not this is art, offensive or both? maybe you get his point and you appreciate the way he is trying to make his point. some of you, however, do not. this is what he did. he had little kids stage a fight with fake guns. he has them sort of kind of using bad words in a way. he's got a pile of cocaine symbolized by some popcorn and he kind of went far. some of you like this. you're reacting to it and your opinions are split. let's talk about your opinions and your views. on facebook. debbie says i was glad to hear the children are actors. having said that, i do i would rather my kids be in "you're a good man, charlie brown" or "charlotte's web." i suppose he wouldn't have been making his point about violence had those been the movies he used. >> jon sent thus comment. art imitates life and now art imitates life. this is the world we live in and these kids know that. if you don't like it, quit whining and do something positive to change it, until then, kids will act out scarface. and i think it's a fantastic social commentary. so this director actually reached somebody. ed is calling us from kentucky. ed, you said that the fake gun violence like the scene we just saw that didn't really bother you so much. you were kind of bothered about the images of women. how so? >> caller: well, it just seems in the past 40 years we've been given children, our kids, the ability to act out everything that they see on television, not as much as television as we do it ourselves and kids have a tendency to emulate what they see. if they see a violent parent, they're going to act violent. if they see something that's gruesome on tv, they'll want to do that. kids want attention, regardless of where you come from or who you are and if parents don't have the time to give your kids attention, to give them some sort of a standing of what right and wrong is and how television is just television and not real life and show them that there's a difference between real life and fantasy, then how are these kids supposed to act out this, you know, what they're seeing. >> so you actually -- it seems like you got the point that this moviemaker said he was trying to make that it shouldn't be surprising if children are -- can act out a movie from "scarface" because they're absorbing the violence in the media. >> it's the old joke, monkey see, monkey do. kids will emulate everything that you do and everything that they see. if they're not taught one way or the other then the kids become violent or worse, in prison. >> ed, thank you for the phone call. appreciate it. jay is actually going to kind of disagree a little bit. let me read his facebook comment and you can interpret it the way you choose to. when i was a kid mom didn't care what movies i saw. just think, if she guard me until i was an adult, i'd probably freak out if i heard the "f" word or saw someone shot on tv. i guess he means someone being shot on tv. early exposure is fine. it's up to the parent to make sure their child knows right from wrong and how to conduct themselves socially or otherwise. i'm not exactly how young jay was when he heard the f-bomb, i don't know. let me read kendra's comments. we know why children think violence is okay because these parents are actually condoning it in a way. to me it isn't a matter of being sheltered or not. it's teaching your child what is and isn't acceptable. some things are not okay for children to see. their point is actually the exact opposite. so we want your view as well and maybe you're lined up with some of those or maybe your view is somewhere in the middle. what do you think about this movie, kids acting out "scarface." maybe you get the point this moviemaker was trying to make that kids are exposed to so much violence, you shouldn't be surprised that they can act out scarface. what do you think about it? go to cnn.com/hln or text hlntv, call us, if you want, 877-tell-hln or comment on our facebook pages, richelle carey hln and chuck and christi have pages, as well. i haven't seen the movie in a long time and i didn't expect to see it again in this form. >> that was fudging awesome. >> nice! ronald cummings' daughter haleigh has been missing more than a year. today he and his ex-wife misty had a court date. they're facing drug trafficking charges and "in session's" jean casares is standing by it tell us what it's it's all about. a little over a year ago ronald cummings and his ex-wife misty cross lynn cummings made headlines over the disappearance of his little girl haleigh who is still missing. the couple was in court on drug charges unrelated to the missing daughter case. jean casares from trutv is here today. did they have a plea or what happened? >> no plea. misty will sit in her jail cell for another three months. this was a pre-trial hearing meaning that trial could be close because they have not waived their right to a speedy trial, but robert feels the attorney for misty cummings said that he had not gotten all of the discovery. he can't go to trial yet so the next hearing will be in june, but i think one of the headlines, chuck, is that her bail still remains at $1.35 million and the defense has not filed any motions whatsoever as far as bail reduction or any motion at all to suppress the undercover video of allegedly all of these drug deals that are prime evidence for the prosecution. >> they face 25 years in prison. are they trying to leverage something in a plea deal to get information about haleigh? >> this is an enhanced prosecution because one of the charges that misty is facing has a certain number of oxycontin pills and it is enough grams that it takes it to the 25-year mandatory minimum. in essence, it doesn't have anything to do with haleigh, but a lot of people would say this has everything to do with haleigh cummings and her disappearance. >> did misty take a lie detector test? >> many. she has taken several. >> were the results the same? has she failed them? >> we don't know all of the results. texas equisearch publicly said she failed it miserably. shed in jailhouse tapes that they were asking her to take another one. reportedly that has been done and the results were not favorable as far as passing the last lie detector test. >> ronald cummings' cousin, hope sikes pleaded no contest to the charges. what's the strategy here? >> they publicly say no deal has been met here. she has her own attorney. it's relevant because she was in the car when the videotapes of the undercover operation was taken. she was charged with one count of prescription drug trafficking. she pleaded no contest to one count. so it doesn't appear like it's too much of a deal. we'll have to wait until her sentencing, but it definitely shows the others that prosecutors mean business. >> cross lynn's statements, the kind of description is inconsistent with the evidence, right? >> that's right. inconsistent. prosecutors would say from day one, investigators in the haleigh cummings case even say that the close she was wearing were found near the washing machine. >> jean casares, thank you. we learned a lot. >> thank you, chuck. bye-bye. i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my issue. new reports say lindsay lohan is in a drug-fueled downward spiral. take a look at this photo. her dad says she needs to go back to rehab, period. the worse thing to tell an addict is you're special. the rules don't apply to you. the world has been telling lindsay that precisely her entire life. lindsay jumped in an suv, sped after the car and ran over some drunk and had coke in her pock set in according to authorities. an average inner-city youth would probably get charged with carjacking, drug possession and assault. lindsay's dad says she needs to go back to rehab, but maybe celebrities who have it all need to spend some time behind bars, sending a clear message, the rules do apply to you, even if you're a star. i say this, only, because i truly believe this young woman needs help, fast. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my "issue." find out what jane's got on her mind don't miss "issues" with jane velez-mitchell every weeknight at 7:00 eastern right here on hln. facebook is changing the way people connect with their favorite celebrities and products instead of asking people to become a fan of something, users will just be able to click on the popular "like" button. in fact, facebook says it's a way to streamline this site and people use the "like" feature twice as much as they use the "fan" feature. president obama sees a future of america ran by clean, renewable, in but right now he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find it. a lot of it is historic right now. it's unprecedented. we're dealing with something that's been classified as a 1 in 500-year storm. >> they yelled out of the car supposed lie said wanted to kill herself. she walked into the house. took a scarf that her sister had given herself for christmas and hung herself. >> this was a group who were planning very specific acts with specific deed in april of this year. we thought the time had come to act. >> mistakes were made in the lawrence murphy case. the mistakes were not made in rome. >> i want to wish you a happy hump day on this wednesday, as you're halfway to the end of the workweek here. i'm christi paul. within to hln "news and views." if you haven't seen the picture, entire town's under water across new england and floodwaters are still rising as far south as new jersey now. three days of heavy rain triggered the second flooding disaster this month in the water-logged region. look at these pictures we're getting in. hundreds of people are fleeing their homes for higher ground here. floods have washed out sewer systems, they've closed roads, including interstate 95, which is the main link between boston and new york. amtrak has also suspended rail service because its tracks are under water. >> i pumped just, like -- >> what will you do? >> call my husband and cry. or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature's winning. >> at the least she's got a sense of humor about it. new jersey governor chris christie is asking president obama to declare federal disaster area. issued a emergency declaration for the entire state of rhode island already. well there, has been a claim, we've learned, of responsibility for this week's deadly bombings on the moscow subway. a chechen militant says he personally gave the orders for the attack. according to a chechen website. 39 people were killed in monday's bombing. police say female suicide bombers were behind it. russian investigators had suspected chicken rebels but until now no one had claimed responsibility. we've learned new details about a militia group accused of trying to start a war against the government. taking place for eight members of the hutaree militia. the hutaree members call themselves christian warriors and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police possibly next month. a family member says he's always been interested in games. >> a long time ago he made this game that was like life, you know the game board "life." and it was two military teams playing against a make-believe world. that's kind of what he did. he was like a grown-up gameplayer. >> the fbi says it began following the michigan-based militia activities last summer. washington, d.c. police are calling the city's worst case of gun violence in 15 years. four people were killed in last night's drive-by shooting and five others were hurt. now the suspects, 22-year-old nathanial carter and 26-year-old orlando simms will be arraigned later today. police arrested three people after a long chase that ended in maryland. a weapon was recovered. the council member who represents the neighborhood blames crew or presumably gang violence, i should say. more students are in trouble after a classmate suicide. nine students face criminal charges, as you know, for allegedly bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point that she hung herself. well, one of the charges is statutory rape. now we've learned school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, say even more students have been expelled over this case. prosecutors say phoebe prince suffered months of verbal and physical abuse during school hours, saying school officials knew about it but did nothing to stop it. police in prince georges county maryland, are searching for the woman who they say threw an acid-like chemical. investigators say it burned the eyes, face, neck and legs of the 25-year-old woman. they say her 3-year-old daughter was burned underneath her left eye. now the woman's mother says she got a frantic call from her daughter and rushed her to the hospital. >> she was worried about her daughter because, you know, she didn't know what was going oand she didn't know how -- how much stuff had got on her. >> now prince george's county police say they were targeted, as you could probably tell by what she said. the mother -- and the family rather, does not know why they say, but the mother and daughter are in the hospital in stabile condition right now. a father who sued a kansas church over a protest at his son's funeral has been ordered to pay the church's appeal costs. lance corporal mathieu schneider was killed in iraq on 2006. on friday a federal appeals court in baltimore ordered to pay $16,500. the church picketed at his son's funeral because it preaches service member's deaths are god's way of punishing the u.s. for homosexuality. snyder's lawyer says the decision adds, quote, insult to injury. milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest. father lawrence murphy was believed to have abused as many as 200 boies for the school for the deaf before he died. last night, the archbishop admitted the church made mistakes with father murphy and asked for forgiveness, but the archbishop defended the pope against accusations that he deserves some of the blame. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, rooted out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the vatican says it only learned about the alleged abuses 20 years after the fact. well, sandra bullock's estranged husband apparently checked himself into rehab. what jesse james' rep told "people" magazine. well, nearly ten months after general motors filed for bankruptcy the automaker's moving forward with its plan to launch the gas electric chevy volt. is it a smart business move, though, for a company that needed a bailout from the u.s. taxpayers? cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow is in new york. what do we know about this thing, poppy? >> it's interest, we test drove this chevy volt yesterday and this could be you know what the future of this company and we talk to the vice chairman of general motors all about the volt. it's not going to be mass produced until 2012 but the first one has rolled off the assembly line. some people can buy it later this year. it goes 40 miles on just the battery charge and then it kicks over to gasoline. but the question is this the car that people and americans around the world want to buy? we took a test drive. take a look. ♪ >> reporter: all right, so, i have no key. >> get some acceleration. >> this is all new technology. this is something that nobody has ever done before. in that, many of our competitors said wouldn't be possible, and gm will never do it. >> reporter: will all of the volts this year be assembled in michigan? >> every volt for the foreseeable future will be built in michigan. >> reporter: why do that? it costs you more than assemb assembling them in mexico or elsewhere? >> no. now with the weak dollar and the wage concessions we got from the uaw, the united states is becoming a very good place to build automobiles. >> reporter: i want to talk about the price point. >> okay. >> reporter: because we are still in the midst of recession. americans are still cautious of what they're spending. how much this is going to cost? >> it's going to be in the ballpark of 40,000 which is, you know, a lot of money for most people. we're not going to make a lot of money on this car, if any at all. >> reporter: so why do it? why do it? because this company is still billions of dollars in the hole to the u.s. taxpayers so -- >> happily we're making a lot of money on a lot of our other vehicles and i think financially we're going to be all right. so that's the battery. there's the fuel tank back there. >> reporter: what price does gasoline have to be at for this to make sense? >> i would say in you know, unfortunately, i think this is going to happen at some point in the united states, but at $4 and $5 a gallon, there's going to be a heavy natural demand for a car like this. oh, look, we were running 963 miles per gallon on that run. >> and i have to say it was a pretty interesting drive, christi. it felt just like driving a typical car, but obviously you can see when you're just running on the battery alone there. the big question is at $40,000 you do have a $7,500 federal tax rebate, but is this a car that americans can buy given the recession? you can see a lot more of the test drive, a lot more from bob lutz from g. it's all here on the site. we'll follow this one. >> all right, good to know. thank you, poppy. >> you got it. jesse james report lead goes to rehab. does he really think that will saves marriage? "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer has his take. but first, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. in this leaders with heart, though, meet a woman and her dog who are teaching kids, you know what, you're never too young to make a difference. >> reporter: melanie brooks and her dog spencer are on a mission to fight childhood hunger. brooks writes books from spencer's point of view, and the two travel around the country teaching kids to help each other. >> spencer nation is a series of children's books that talk about the great cities of this country, teaching children about where they came from and encouraging them to help children and their communities. >> reporter: after writing a book, they go back and visit schools in that city. holding food drives and raising money through book sales. >> they truly want to help the community. they're not just about coming in to talk about the book. they're here to be a part of the community and to make the community a better place. >> reporter: the kids also get to meet spenser and learn that they're not too young to give back. >> we can all make a difference. that's the message that we're taking to the children. and we felt like if we can help children learn that while they're young that there's a future for us in america. well, former first lady barbara suburb out of the hospital, we've learned. she was released from houston's methodist hospital today. doctors believe mrs. bush, who's 84, may have had a mild relapse of her graves' disease which is the thyroid condition. she was first treated for it back in 1989 burks we're told the former first lady should make a full recovery. i don't know, you think it's a trend these days. you get caught up in a cheating scandal you go to rehab. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is in new york. the latest rehab, apparently is jesse james. do we know what kind of rehab, though, a.j.? >> no we don't, but what we do know is that "people" magazine is reporting that jesse james' rep confirms to them that jesse james is now getting some professional help. here is what the rep tells "people" magazine. "jesse checked himself into a treatment facility to deal with personal issues. he realized that this time was crucial to help himself, help his family and help save his marriage." now "people" magazine, again, reporting that jesse james' rep, not specific about what type of treatment facility jesse's in, but they did point out that the rep says it was entirely jesse's idea. not something that sandra bullock had asked him or forced him to do. interesting to note, though, that rep said in that quote, "jesse's trying to help save his marriage." so whether or not, christi, sandra's down with that idea, clearly to me it indicates that jesse does think it's possible. >> right. and let's face it, nobody knows what happens behind closed doors. the choice is her own. she knows everything, obviously, much more than we do in terms of what's going on. >> yeah. >> but i know that you have your own opinions as to whether you think she should stay with him. >> well you know my opinion aside, i'm not hearing from anybody that they think it's a good idea. >> really? >> it doesn't seem to me like it's a great idea either and the chatter's been very loud about this. in fact, radaronline just posted a new interview with dr. drew pinsky. dr. drew minces no words of what he thinks that sandra should do. this is what he tells them, "if i were treating sandra i would advise her to leave jesse james. it's bane relatively short-term relationship. there's no doubt to me that this relationship is over. jesse is a sex addict and sandra is a love addict. sandra probably didn't give jesse that level of intensity that he got with the mistresses." i'll have to ask dr. drew exactly what he means by "love addict." i don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. dr. drew tells reuter online he feels it is unlikely that jesse will change. he adds that sandra will need more than the support of her friends and family. he says that vand's probably devastated and needs at least a couple of months of -- couple of years of therapy, actually is what he it is, christi. and that she could start dating in at least six months but it sounds like he really feels strongly that she's going to need some help, professional help, just kind of like jesse james is getting. >> yeah. it's such a public humiliation on top of the betrayal she has to feel. >> well, and look at what it has to do with her career coming off of her oscar win. she can't go out right now and be in public places or subject herself to doing interviews, if she doesn't want to talk about it, because people are going to ask her about it. people are going to want to know, so obviously coming up today on "showbiz tonight", we will have much more on the jesse james' rehab shockish. we're going to get to the becoming of this with the explosive new reports today. that's sandra bullock's husband has checked into rehab and is he being treated for a sex addiction? now, keep in mind, we'll see you with the bullock drama live at 5:00. remember you don't have to wait until 11:00 p.m. you can still watch us at 11:00 p.m. eastern. we're having a blast doing it. >> three times a day. we appreciate it, a.j. tiger woods' much-anticipated return to golf, you know, it will be shown on live tv at least for about a minute. we're talking about his first tee shot. that's it. it's a big concession for the masters to agree in this, though, because live coverage doesn't begin on the first david tournament until 4:00 p.m. eastern. everyone will tee off by 2:00 p.m., but according to "the new york times", the masters has agreed to allow espn show woods' first tee shot live, and nen nothing else. at that point you can watch live on the internet on the masters' website. we have reached out, by the way, to espn to confirm. haven't heard back from them yet. well, police are closing the case against former super bowl mvp, santonio holmes. a woman had accused him of throwing a glass of liquor at her face. she's not pressing charges, though. in the report police say that holmes denies it and the officer wrote after the alleged attack that she pulled holmes aside to talk to him privately and was actually seen touching his face and smiling at him. and on again/off again mississippi school prom is apparently off again. i know this keeps changing but "usa today" now saying the lesbian teen at the center of all of this drama tried to get a ticket to friday's private dance and was refused. now one of the parents organizing it says the girl waited too late and anyway they've decided to cancel this parent as well. so they say they're afraid of getting sued, apparently. the school-sponsored prom was canceled after constance mcmillen asked if she could wear a tux and bring her girlfriend to the dance. beach washington is living up to its name, isn't it? this home along the coast, being washed away because of heavy surf eroding a cliff there. one homeowner says she woke up to the sound of the family's two-story shed being overtaken by water. several homes in the area are also in danger of going under water. >> you stay as long as you can stay because that's yours. you've paid hard money for it and you keep hoping that things will change and they don't. >> according to the washington state department of ecology washaway beach has the most rapid eroegsz on the pacific coast averaging about 100 feet per year. well, president obama sees a future america run by clean renewable energy. and right now he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find out -- find it. what you think about his policy change here? what's the controversy? i want to let you know we're following a tragic shooting that's left two young boys dead in scottsdale, arizona. police say they were shot by a man believed to be their father. now, a man called 911 this morning. he said that he had just shot his child and when officers arrived at the scene and forced entry into the home they did find two young boys killed from gunshot wounds. the children are believed to be just 2 and 4 years old. the man was also found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he's expected to survive. but obviously the mother was not home at the time of the shooting and neighbors said the couple was in the middle of a divorce, but again, two young children dead after a father allegedly shoots his children and then shoots himself, that father is at the hospital. let's go to the northeast now. entire towns are under water. look at these pictures we're getting in. this it across new england, where flood waters are still risi rising, as far south of new jersey now. three days of heavy rain triggered the second disastthermonth in this water-logged region and hundreds of people are trying to get out of their homes for higher ground. amtrak has suspended rail service too because its tracks are under water. >> my pump just let go. >> your pump let go? >> what are you going to do? >> call my husband and cry or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what do you -- what can you do, mother nature's winning. >> bless her heart. at least she's got a sense of humor about it. new jersey governor chris christie is asking president obama to declare part of his state of federal disaster area. now the president has issued a disaster declaration for the entire state of rhode island already. and we're getting -- just a lot of incredible pictures from our i-reporters in the flooded northeast here. wendy from westerly, rhode island, sent us these pictures. she still has power but you could see there is also water everywhere and also saying the downtown area is really badly flooded and you could see the cars and the structures submerged in several feet of water here. she says police were going around the town yesterday telling people to evacuate. so wendy, thank you so much for letting us see these things from your perspective and the way that you're seeing things there at westerly, rhode island. glad that you are safe. when you have pictures, breaking news from parts of the world go to ireport.com and click on the "upload now" link. you know there is a claim of responsibility now for this week's deadly bombings on the moscow subway. a chechen militant says he personally gave the orders for the attack. this is according to a chicken rebel site. at least 39 people were killed in monday's bombing. police say female suicide bombers were behind it. and russian investigators had suspected chi eed chicke eed ch pleading not guilty. the seven hutaree militia members had a bond hearing today at the federal courthouse in detroit. a bail hearing is now under way. the militia members call themselves christian warriors and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police, possibly next month. a federal prosecutor says agents found 46 guns and 13,000 rounds of ammunition. in one of the suspect's homes. the group's leader is david stone, sr. a family member says this all may stem from his b -- stone's interest, in strategy games. >> long time ago he made this game that was like "life," you know the game board "life." and it was -- it was two military teams playing against a make-believe world. that's kind of what he did. he was like a -- a grown-up game player. >> the fbi says it began following the michigan-based militia's activities last summer. and two suspects will be formally charged in what washington, d.c. police are calling the city's worst case of gun violence in 15 years. four people were killed in last night's drive-by shooting. and five others were hurt. now the suspects will be arraigned later today. they were arrested after a long chase that ended in maryland. and a weapon was recovered. the council member who represent the neighborhood blames gang violence for the shootings. golfer tiger woods has said no one knew about his extramarital affairs and no one else is to blame. but in an article coming out in "vanity fair" next week. in the article alleged mistress jamie jungers singles outs brian bell as someone who helped facilitate herron day -- her her on rendezvous with woods. says mark steinberg, agent, helped cover up one alleged affair. hln has contacted img and we're waiting for a response but steinberg declined an interview with "vanity fair" in this article. the article contains really lured, graphic details about several alleged encounters between woods and the different women. the chant coming in republican campaign rallies in 2008, remember it, "drill, baby, drill." well, the republicans lost the election but they're getting what they wanted. president obama's opening up new offshore oil and natural gas fields in the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. >> the bottom line is this, given our energy needs in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional source of fuel even as we ramp up production of new source of renewable homegrown energy. >> republicans have repeatedly pressed for increasing offshore drilling. today, they're criticizing the president's announcement though. house minority leader john boehner says the white house took too long to act. so we want grew give us your thoughts on this one. do you think the u.s. should expand its offshore drilling at risk of damaging wildlife, beaches and coastal areas? give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln. you can text us, too, hlntv or i would love to hear from you on my facebook page. just search "christi paul hln." get into the discussion there. chuck roberts and richelle carey have pages as well where you can dive in. next, we're going to have your take on this. >> say hello to my little friend. >> sound familiar to you there? those kids acting out from the gang ster flip "scarface." the director says hey it's satire. he's made important changes too but does it go too far? the best thing to do is to weigh all of the facts. now i don't know if you've shown this yet. it's one of the hottest videos though on the internet at the moment. it's "scarface" the school place. yes you heard me right but i want to clarify right away it's not really a school play. kids, though, you see them there, acting out the 80's gangster film. drug lord tony montana, the language's been cleaned up society f-word that you hear from them is "fudge." here'st famous scene from the movie, the death scene and the kid version. >> say hello to my little friend. [ gunshots ] >> say hello to my little friend. >> now, this whole thing was made by hollywood commercial and video director, who says he loves viral videos and he wanted to make a point about how kids are being everexposed to sex and violence in our culture so again this was not an actual school play, just to clarify. but it was still a performance of a hyperviolent film by actors who are 8 and 9-year-olded. the doctor marc klasfeld has children himself. finds it difficult to protect them from the images of sex and violence on tv and movies, so we're asking you this was a good way to raise awareness about that? richelle carey, you had a really interesting conversation with a woman earlier, at least a comment about how, as a person she saw it as kind of funny, but then looking at it through her eyes as a parent, completely different version. >> ah, yeah, absolutely, parents have very interesting takes on this because you have to when you're a parent. >> right you see it differently. >> absolutely you do christi. getting a lot of different takes on whether this is offense, whether it's art, whether you agree is with the director's point or maybe you agree with his point you don't like the way that he's trying to make his point i mean these are kids with fake guns and then maybe you're questioning the parents who put their kids in it. a lot of interesting points. let me try to get as many views as i can, all right? will wrote this in facebook, all right? he says "if you think that the fairy tale of protecting your child from the real world is real then you are sadly mistaken. people say "scarface" is inappropriate for children -- well that the whole point of their reenactment to bring awareness. all kids reenact movies and tv." so he's okay with the production. luela who is holding on the phone. i understand you were not. what wasrour first reaction when you saw it, when you heard about it? >> caller: oh, i was appalled. i mean, he really is taking good care of his children, isn't he? i think that there's something wrong with this whole generation and we're just letting kids grow up in an insane world, and why can't we just let them grow up innocent? they have plenty of time to grow up and learn all the terrible things that their elders say and do. they don't have to go through this. why not let them be happy? >> well, luela, i think, i think if i understand the director's point, i think that that is his point. is that a lot of children are being exposed to these types of things, and maybe, perhaps, we need to look in the mirror and realize that's what they're being exposed to. >> caller: hey, he's not exposing? huh-uh. no, they could be in something else. they don't have to be in something like that. this is ridiculous. i don't care if he says this is for art, and art's sake, no, no, no, no. that's what's wrong and wrong with our children today. we don't give them a chance to grow up into decent people. >> luella, thank you for the phone call. back to facebook. melissa wrote this, "scarface is child's play by today's standards." because "scarface" goes back to the '80s. she says -- "during primetime or equally as graphic. the internet and video games gives kids more access to truly horrific scenes, and many kids don't have the benefit of an interested parent to educate them on the realities of such atrocities or teach them empathy and compassion. we are raising an unshockable generation." an "unshockable generation." wow, all right, derita is with us from california. derita, did hear that comment that facebook comment that we're raising an unshockable generation? think about that. do you agree? >> caller: in some ways i do. all children aren't the same. >> okay, fair enough, yeah. >> caller: but i do -- i do agree with the message that the "scarface" play's putting out. because children will act out what they see and hear and they're very impressionable. because i have seven grandchildren under the age of 15. >> okay. >> caller: and they act out little things like "star wars" or "indiana jones." and i think the very word "child" evokes the idea of innocence and immaturity. and to me the play is showing that children are too immature in their mind to be ready for adult sexuality or crudeness and violence. and i say you don't feed a baby steak. so an immature mind needs to see and hear age-appropriate material. >> darita, i am not going to argue with a woman who has seven grandkids. i wouldn't even begin to do it. ms. darita, thank you for the phone call. all right, jimmy ray wrote this. he says "i know boys will be boys, playing with toy guns and stuff, but making a point that kids are too subjected to violence and sex, by subjecting them to a re-enactment of a movie with plenty of violence and cents that's pretty hip hypocrital to me. what do you think? do you agree with the point. not agree with the method. you think it's just all wrong? sometimes satire does walk the line between smart social commentary and being flat-out offensive. which side do you think this falls on? i mean these are kids performing "scarface." call us 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail, we like that, too, cnn.com/hln. text hlntv. standard text rates apply. or jump into the facebook world, richelle carey hln. and it's posted as well on chuck and christi's pages. get callers. you wouldn't argue with the grandmom who has seven grandkids would you, christi? >> huh-uh. you don't argue with my own grandma. she didn't have seven kids. thank you, richelle. >> sure. sandra bullock's estranged husband apparently has checked himself into rehab amid allegations of course he cheated on his wife. hear what jesse james' rep told "people" magazine. more students are in trouble after a classmate suicide we've learned. remember nine students already face criminal charges for allegedly bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point that she hung herself. well one of the charges there too is statutory rape. now school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, say even more students have been expelled over this case. prosecutors say phoebe prince suffered months of verbal and physical abuse during school hours, saying school officials knew about it, but did nothing to stop it. >> i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my "issue." take a look at this photo. her dad says she needs to go back to rehab, period. the worst thing to tell an addict is you're special. the rules don't apply to you. the problem is the world has been telling lindsay precisely that her entire life. perfect example, 2007, lindsay jumped in an suv, sped after a car and allegedly ran over some guy's foot. and oh, did i mention she was drunk and had coke in her pocket, according to authorities? oh, and did i mention, she was drunk and had coke in her pock set in according to authorities. an average inner-city youth would probably get charged with carjacking, drug possession and assault. lindsay's dad says she needs to go back to rehab, but maybe celebrities who have it all need to spend some time behind bars, sending a clear message, the rules do apply to you, even if you're a star. i say this, only, because i truly believe this young woman needs help, fast. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my "issue." >> well, sandra bullock's husband jesse james' apparently checked himself into rehab. his representative told "people" magazine he's in a treatment facility to help him with personal issues to help save his marriage and family. now, several women, as you know, have claimed to have had affairs with him. "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson spoke with guests about houtscandal might affect bullock's image. >> from a business standpoint, i would say that being america's sweetheart -- sandra bullock is a brand. women love her. men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her and i think that -- that -- i think people will be surprised, frankly, if she stayed given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint. but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason that she would use for leaving. the humiliation, the anger, the betrayal would all be really first and foremost in her mind. the oscar winning actress reportedly has moved out of home that they shared. "showbiz tonight" will have the latest for you on a brand-new sandra bullock marriage drama. it's now live at 5:00 p.m. eastern. "showbiz tonight" is. and still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here on hln.11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here on hln. sandra bullock's marriage came up when joy behar stopped by "the tonight show" with jay leno last night. joy compared it to her own 27-year relationship. she said after all those years her own man still surprises her. >> it shows you that you never know what a man is up to. you know what i mean? you live with him. i'm with a guy 27 years, and, you know, you wake up one morning and the other day i woke up and i was river dancing in the house. just out of nowhere starts river dancing. >> and what do you think brought that on? >> drugs. >> drugs? >> catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. tonight's guest a celebrity panel of former child stars including one day at a time's mackenzie phillips and the brady bunch's christopher knight. an average bishop asks for forgiveness over the alleged actions of a priest. the catholic church confronts scandal and verbal fireworks ensue. what a panel of experts had to say about that scandal on "larry king live." a lot of it is historic right now. it's unprecedented. we're dealing with something that's been classified as a 1 in 500-year storm. they yelled out of the car, supposedly said why don't you kill yourself. she walked into the house, took a scarf her sister had given her for christmas, and hung herself. this was a group that was planning specific acts with a specific date in april of this year. we thought the time had come to act. mistakes were made in the lawrence murphy case. the mistakes were not made in rome. a lot of stories we're covering. great news out there today. we'll get to it in due course. i'm chuck roberts. welcome to hln "news and views." a tragic shooting outside phoenix has left two young boys dead in scottsdale, arizona, where police say they were shot by a man believed to be their father. a man called 911 saying he had just shot his child. officers had to force entry into the home. they found two young boys dead from gunshot wounds. the children are said to be 2 and 4 respectively. the man was also found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound but he's expected to survive. the children's mother arrived at the shooting home. she's being cared for by crisis counselors. neighbors said the couple was in the middle of a divorce. now to new england. entire towns are under water across new england and floodwaters continue as far south as new jersey. three days of heavy rain triggered the second flooding disaster this month in water-logged regions. hundreds of people are fleeing their homes for higher ground. floods have washed out sewer systems, closed roads, including i-95, the main artery joining boston with new york. amtrak has suspended rail service along that corridor because its tracks are under water. >> i pump -- >> what are you going to do? >> call my husband and cry. or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature is winning. >> new jersey's governor is asking the president to declare part of that state a federal disaster area. the president issued a disaster declaration for all of r50ihode island. more students are in trouble after their classmate's suicide in massachusetts. nine students already face criminal charges for allegedly bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point of hanging herself. one the of the charges is statutory rape. now school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, say more students have been expelled over this. phoebe prince suffered months of verbal abuse during school hours. seven michigan men accused of trying to start a war against the government have entered not guilty pleas. hutaree militia members were arraigned today at the federal courthouse in detroit. a bail hearing is still under way. the members call themselves christian warriors and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police, possibly next month. a federal prosecutor says agents found 46 guns and 13,000 rounds of ammunition in one of the suspect's home. the group's leader is david stone sr. a family member say it all may stem from his interest in strategy games. >> a long time ago he made this game that was like life, you know, the game board life, and it was two military teams playing against a make believe world. that's kind of what he did. he was like a grown-up game player. >> the fbi says it all began following the michigan-based militia's activities last summer. police are looking for the person who shot a prommant arizona cattle rancher over the weekend. robert krentz was killed on his ranch in southeastern arizona. police say footprints spotted near the body led investigators about 20 miles to the mexican border. 20 miles. footprints. they suspect any illegal -- an illegal immigrant may have killed him. sandra bullock's husband, jesse james, has apparently checked himself into rehab. his representative told "people" magazine he's in a treatment facility to help him with personal issues and to help save his mare rang and family. several women claim to have had affairs with him. "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson spoke with guests about how the scandal might affect sandra bullock's image. >> from a business standpoint, i would say that being america's sweetheart, sandra bullock is a brand. women love her. men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her, and i think that -- i think people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the publ public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint, but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason that she would use for leaving. i think the humiliation, the anger, the betrayal would all be really first and foremost in her mind. >> bullock and james have been married about five years. the oscar-winning actress reportedly has moved out of the home they shared. tonight on "showbiz tonight," which begins in two hours, jesse james sex rehab shocker. is he really being treated for sex addiction. could this move save his troubled marriage? brand new marriage drama live at 5:00 eastern and still tv's most provocative entertainment show repeats at 11:00 eastern and pacific own hln. remember tiger woods' big public apology last month? >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs. i cheated. what i did is not acceptable, and i am the only person to blame. >> he said he was the only person to blame. and now a new vanity fair article disputes that. it raises questions about the claims. in the article alleged mistress jamie junger singles out byron bell as somebody who helped facilitate herron d rendezvous woods. he's involved with the tiger woods foundation. vanity fair says mark steinberg, woods agent at img, helped cover up at least one alleged affair. hln has reached out to both byron bell and img for a comment. we're waiting for a response. steinberg declined an interview with vanity fair. the article contains lurid affairs about several alleged encounters between tiger woods and different women. president obama sees a future america run by clean, renewable energy, but right now he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find it. >>! drill, baby, drill! >> a chanted echoed in '08 during the heated republican campaign rallies. the republicans lost the election but they're getting what they wanted, at least a lot of it. president obama is opening up new offshore oil and natural gas fields in the gulf and the atlantic ocean. >> the bottom line is this, given our energy needs in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable home-grown energy. >> even though the president is embracing what his gop opponents proposed, republican leaders are blasting the decision as too little too late. john boehner says this took too long and he should open up even more areas to drilling, but do you think it's a good idea to drill off our coastal waters? is there an environmental downside? that's what we've been asking all day. richelle carey, what's everybody saying? >> okay, chuck. today it started out with most of the response people were for the idea. as we have kind of drilled down on this idea, yeah, i said it, as we've progressed throughout the day, more of you are now saying you don't like the idea that much. let's talk about it with some people. got some callers now. irene is calling us from florida. okay, irene, what do you think? do you like the idea of drilling more? >> caller: absolutely not with all my heart. i say, no, we can't do that. i have lived most of my life, i'm 84 years old, on the jersey shore, and now i live off the florida west coast, and if you take your children for a walk on any of those beaches that have been exposed, just take a walk in galveston. >> i know galveston well. my father was born there. >> caller: well, do you know what happens to your feet? >> yes, ma'am, i actually do. >> caller: i would like the president to take a walk with his two girls. we can't do that. we're losing our beaches to the erosion now, the erosion of the storms and it just makes no sense. first of all, we don't even know how much oil is left there. >> so you have real environmental certaioncerns and you're saying -- >> caller: i heard the man from alaska. if you go up there they're still feeling the effects of the oil overspill up there. so why should we take a chance here? let's put our money into solar heating and solar energy and other jobs for that purpose. >> okay, irene. you want to focus or energies on finding different kind of energy. irene, thank you for the phone call. let's stay in florida. jennifer, i don't know if you were listening, what do you think about what irene was saying? irene was saying put our energies on finding alternatives. what do you think? >> caller: well, i totally agree. we moved here to sea grove beach about two years ago. the beaches here are pristine. there's snow white sand, emerald green waters, just beautiful, and we watched as everything -- all the tourism has come here. everybody loves it. we have a vacation rental here. my husband has a home repair business here, and we rely on tourism dollars, and all this building that's been done or all these tourists that have built homes, all of the businesses that cater to these tourists, we get one drop of oil on these beaches, it's over. i mean, it would just be devastating. we would have nothing. we don't have industry here. everything here is to the tourism industry. >> jennifer, do you think we can drill better than we could years ago though? >> caller: well, i guess that's possible, but i mean just one accident, it's over. >> i hear you. >> caller: it's just over. >> jennifer, i understand your concern cs concerns. let's roll our view cam. it's devro and bobby. >> i think it's a great idea to explore for oil because we're too dependent on the foreign oil companies and our future depends on oil so we need to see what we can find around our own coast. >> i think it's pretty good idea because i think it can satisfy other groups that don't think we should be digging in alaska for oil, so if we can kind it somewhere else, that could lower our dependence on the middle east a little bit and might bring the conflict in iraq down a little bit. >> okay. here are some facebook comments now richelle carey hln is where you're leaving these comments. lee wrote this, i believe this is an important step toward american energy independence. those who oppose this should not complain when oil hits $4 or $5 a gallon. you have to make a choice. this will also help the economy by creating jobs. you can't have it both ways, folks. that's what steve says. you want to drive that suv? then we can get the oil from our enemies or ourselves. you pick. i think it's a bad idea. that's what garrett says. it will only provide a short-term solution to america's energy independence and job creation. this will provide yet another reason to put off doing real, permanent work and advancing in alternative energy sources. it will take away the urgency to find better alternative and cleaner energies which is highly necessary to make progress both in energy independence and green living. beginning to drill will not occur overnight. it will be a process. why not put that time and effort into creating alternative energies that will provide permanent jobs and energy independence for the country? garrett sounds like he's running for something. it's an interesting, long, lengthy comment there but it's very clear where he's coming from. where are you coming from? what's your view on this? should the u.s. expand its offshore drilling at the risk of possibly damaging wildlife beaches, coastal areas? jennifer had a real concern about that. call us at 1-877-tell-hln. e-mails as well, cnn.com/hln. text hlntv. standard text rates apply, and we'll be right back. barbara bush is out of a hospital in host. she's been released after undergoing a series of death. they believe she may have had a mild relapse of graves disease. it's a thyroid condition for which he was first treated in 1989. we're told she should make a full recovery. i'm a.j. hammer. this is a "showbiz tonight" news break exclusively on hln. madonna and ellen are family. website ancestry.com has just revealed ellen degeneres and madonna are 11th cousins. they had a common tenth great grandfather. no word on if they are planning a family reunion. jennifer garner and ben affleck's insane stalker. a man arrested for stalking the celebrity couple has just been sent to a mental institution by a california judge. the 37-year-old creep was found not guilty of stalking by reason of insanity. the judge also ordered that if the man is ever released from the psychiatric facility he was sent to, he must stay away from affleck and garner for at least ten years. farrah fawcett's tribute. it's not the oscars, but tv land has just announced it's planning to honor her during their awards show next month. she was notably snubbed during the oscars when she was left out of an annual tribute montage. this tribute will also include her co-stars from charlie's angels who will be on hand to receive a popcle tour award. >> i'm a.j. hammer. joining us on "showbiz tonight" for all the big news breaking live at 5:00 p.m. eastern and we're back again every night at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here on hln. milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest many years ago. father lawrence maur fi was believed to have abuse as many as 200 boys before he died. last night the archbishop admitted the church made mistakes with father murphy and asked for forgiveness. but he defended the holy father. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed, and hold perpetrators accountable. >> a father who sued a kansas church over a protest at his son's funeral has been ordered to pay that church's appeals expenses. lance corporal mathieu schneider was killed in iraq in 2006. on friday a federal appeals court in baltimore ruled albert schneider has to pay the westboro baptist church more than $16,000. they picketed at his son's funeral. by day it's a school, by night it's a bar. philadelphia officials say a nightclub has been operating on the weekends in the cafeteria of a charter school. it's not clear if the school rented out the space or if it was the building's landlord but the city has asked the bar to stop operating for the school to move while an investigation takes place. >> it's obviously a gaping loophole, and a great potential for misuse. >> a statement on the school's website says the reports are a biased depiction of its true success story. well, let's face it, owning a home on the ocean has ups and downs. here is something you never want to see. your home teetering on the edge of a cliff. good morning. thanks for choosing hln "news and views" p.m. i'm chuck roberts. welcome. severe weather continues to imperil the northeast. entire towns are under water in new england. a lot of hard-hit areas. cranston, westerly, stonington, connecticut. floodwaters continue to rise as far south as new jersey. three days of heavy rain triggered the send flooding disaster in a month in the water-logged region. that's just outside providence. hundreds of people are fleeing their homes for higher grounds. floods have washed out sewer systems and closed roads including the all-important interstate 95, the main link between boston and new york. amtrak has suspended all rail service along that corridor because the tracks are under water. >> my pump just let go. >> your pump let go? what are you going to do? >> call my husband and cry. or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature is winning. >> new jersey's governor is asking the president to declare part of that state a federal disaster area. the president has issued a disaster declaration for all of rhode island. jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. representatives say he's in rehab to deal with personal issues to help save his marriage and family. "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson spoke with guests about how the scandal might affect sandra bullock's image. >> from a business standpoint, i would say that being america's sweetheart, sandra bullock is a brand. women love her. men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her, and i think that -- i think people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business stand point, but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason that she would use for leaving. i think the humiliation and the anger, the betrayal would all be really first and foremost in her mind. >> the couple had been married for five years. the actress reportedly has moved out of the home they shared. nobody exactly knows why jesse james is in rehab but a lot of people who check in stetend to so to treat some form of addiction. is that really the motivation? >> or is he just trying to hide, chuck? is rehab the new place where you go when you're under a ton of criticism and you want to crawl under a rock? and is all of that ruining the concept of addiction for genuine addicts who need help? is it in essence diluting the concept of rehab if every time a celebrity gets into trouble they go to rehab? does that make it kind of a joke? let's call a spade a spade. these are the issuing we will discuss tonight on "issue" at 7:00 p.m. eastern. dr. drew pinski of celebrity rehab has said he does believe jesse james is a sex addict and he goes on to say he believes sandra bullock is a love addict which i find absolutely fascinating. tonight we're going to examine the difference between sex addiction and love addiction. they are two totally different things, and ask is sandra really a love addict. so i think there are so many nuances to this story, but, of course, when we all heard, chuck, and i'm sure you had the same reaction, oh, he's checked into a rehab presumably, certainly a good possibility would be for sex addiction, here we go again. we just went through this with tiger. now another husband caught cheating is going into rehab. is this becoming a cliche. >> do you think she knew he had this streak? >> well, i think that's an absolutely fascinating question, chuck, and i have been pondering it, and everybody is referring to her, you know, of course, as america's sweetheart and the all-american girl and sometimes somebody who has been hit with those labels wants to compensate for that by going for somebody who has an edge. in other words, opposites attract. so the very fact that she might be pigeonholed as this all-american girl and america's sweetheart may inspire her to desire someone who is in touch with the dark side. >> and he may have been rebelling as a biker thing against her perfect, you know, perfect wife image conceivablco. >> and jim moray made that comment about her being a brand, which is a brilliant comment but one of the things we've learned is any time somebody crosses that line and becomes a brand, trouble will follow. people are not brands, they're not commodities. they're human beings and they're not perfect, and unfortunately the image of perfection sometimes behind that image lies a lot of messy stuff. >> we'll get more on that tonight. that's a great lineup you have tonight. jane, thank you so much. good to see you. jane velez-mitchell. remember tiger's big apology last month, that public apology last month? >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs. i cheated. what i did is not acceptable, and i am the only person to blame. >> yes, he said it. the only person to blame. but now a new "vanity fair" article is out that casts doubt on that. raises questions about those claims. in it alleged mistress jamie junger singles out byron bells a somebody who helped facilitate h her rendezvous with woods. hln reached out to byron bell and img for a comment. we're waiting for any response. mark steinberg declined an interview with "vanity fair." the article contained lur rid details about these encounters. say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i got a funny joke for a wife. >> these kids are putting on a performance based on "scarface" only this version replaces cocaine with popcorn and the word fudge for the adult "f" bomb. one of the hottest videos right now on the internet is called "" scar face a school pl. there's drug lord tony montana. the language is cleaned up. here is the famous death scene from first the movie and then the kids' version. >> say hello to my little friend! >> say hello to my little friend. >> it was made by a hollywood commercial and video director who says he loves viral videos and wants to make a point about how kids are being overexposed to sex and violence in our culture. it wasn't a school play. it's still a performance involving 8 and 9-year-olds. it includes all the violent actions they had seen in the movie. the director is marc klasfield. he says he has kids himself and finds it difficult to project them from the images of sex and violence on tv. what we're going to do is we're going to talk -- are we doing it now? i'm sorry? >> say hello to my little friend. >> we got darlene on the phone talking about it. are you with me? >> caller: yes, i am. >> how are you doing? >> caller: i'm doing fine. i love your channel. >> thank you so much. talk about this. what do you think? >> caller: i want to give the director an applause for the simple fact is by us seeing these little kids doing this, we are actually seeing what they play on playstation 2, xbox. if you ever see the games like call of duty, grand theft auto, they're doing the exact same thing except with a controller in their hand. now since this director actually has these little kids portraying these people, now everybody is in a big tiff, but us parents, us grown-ups, need to really concentrate on what these kids are watching and seeing, and when you see it act out, then everybody, like i said, is in a tiff, and i say hats off to that director. >> oh really. how do you think the kids process this though. how do they distinguish reality from play time? >> well, i think that's up to the parents. and what's going on are these parents are going and they are getting these kids and letting them watch these tv shows and they're keeping them business where they can go do their things. it's up to the parents to monitor. you monster their myspace, computer, their facebook. you monitor all that. and without monitoring, they're going to do it. >> listen, great call and thanks for watching. ron is willing to talk about this. hey, ron, how are you doing? >> caller: oh, i'm okay. >> what did you think about this? did you watch the clip? >> caller: i wasn't able to see it. i heard it on sirius radio. i have three children on of my own, a 6-year-old daughter, a 13-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old son, and i personally, my opinion is to me it's just a video, but the children -- i have got my children, all three of my children are straight "a" students in school, and my son is an honor student, and i have never sheltered my children from anything of the world and anything they have seen on tv or anything. what i have always done, i have always given them proper guidance with everything and i have always talked to them. i have talked to my children extensively for hours about different things and i have always given them guidance for everything. >> do they ever idolize the bad guy? >> caller: no, no. they never seem to have any desire to -- >> you got them on the straight and narrow. you've taught them right from wrong, huh? >> caller: yeah. they seem to any right from wrong and they -- i don't really -- i really don't have any issues. >> i appreciate it. listen, thank you so much for weighing in. how about you out there? what do you think? a lot of that type of satire does sort of walk the line, both sides of it, between commentary and offensive. where do you think this falls? what do you make of the kids performing "scarface"? text views and your comment and name to hlntv or join us on facebook. we hope to hear from you. they said it couldn't be done, but general motors insists they were wrong. it's rolling out an all-new electric car. poppy harlow takes us along for a test drive. nearly ten months after gm filed for bankruptcy, the automaker is moving forward with its plan to launch the chevy volt. that has been in the pipeline for a long time. it's a smart business move for a company that needed the boost and a bailout from u.s. taxpayers. poppy harlow is in new york with more. they're getting their mojo back, huh? >> they're trying. i think that's the question, is the volt going to catch on in the u.s. we took it for a test drive. this is a car that gets, chuck, about 40 miles on an electric charge and it kicks over to gasoline, but the price tag as you're going to hear is pretty high, especially given the state of consumer spending in this country. the question really is this the car that is the future of general motors? it leads it out of the crisis that it has been in. take a look at what we found out. >> so i have no key. >> you can nail it a little bit here and get some acceleration. this is all new technology. this is something that nobody has ever done before and that many of our competitors said wouldn't be possible and gm will never do it. >> will all of the volts this year be assembled in michigan? >> every volt for the foreseeable future will be built in michigan. >> why do that? it costs you more than assembling them in mexico or elsewhere. >> no. now with the weak dollar and with the wage concessions we got from the uaw, the united states is becoming a very good place to build automobiles. >> i want to talk about the price point because we are still in the midst of a recession. americans are still very cautious of what they're spending. how much is this going to cost? >> it's going to be in the ballpark of $40,000, which is, you know, a lot of money for most people. we're not going to make a lot of money on this car, if any at all. >> so why do it? why do it because this company is still billions of dollars in the hole to u.s. taxpayers. >> happily we're making a lot of money on a lot of our other vehicles. i think financially we're going to be all right. so that's the battery. there's the fuel tank back there. >> what price does gasoline have to be at for this to make sense? >> i would say, unfortunately, i think this is going to happen at some point in the united states, but at $4 and $5 a gallon, there's going to be a heavy natural demand for a car like this. oh, look, we were running 963 miles per gallon on that run. >> and that, of course, is because we were really, chuck, as you know, running on the battery when we were driving that car. the question of success for this is how expensive does gasoline get. the more expensive it is, of course, the more appealing a car like this one is. >> and the nissan leaf is going to be a little cheaper with a much shorter range. >> that's because the nissan leaf is an all-electric car. this is an electric car that switches over to gas after 40 miles. so the nissan leaf is competitive. it's about $26,000 after you take off all of the federal tax deductions. so a lot of competition out there and this morning i was just at the auto show and i saw the ford fusion which is an all-electric car as well. >> that tax deduction is pretty sizable as well. >> yeah, 7500 bucks. >> thank you so much. milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the what way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest decades ago. father lawrence murphy is bleached to hableach -- believed to have abused as many as 200 boys before he died. the archbishop defended the pope against accusations he delaware deserved some blame. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed, and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the scandal taukand tauched heated debate on "larry king live." they argued over whether the focus of the controversy is molestation or mhomosexuality. >> you cannot link homosexuality to a pedophilia crisis in the catholic church. >> most of the victims are post-pubescent. you have to keep your facts straight. if i'm the only one who is going to deal with facts tonight, then that will be it. the vast majority of victims are post-pubescent. >> i don't think as a person of faith you really know what you're talking about when it comes -- >> if the john jay study of criminal justice -- it's not my opinion. take a look at the social science data. >> what's the difference? >> i never said most homosexuals are that way. >> can i ask a quick question? >> sinead, go ahead, quickly. >> can i just ask very quickly would that gentleman, i don't know your name. i'm not quite sure what post-pubescent means? >> explain what? >> what does post-pubescent mean? >> in other words, you're an adolescent and that's what homosexuals do and most of the molestors have been homosexuals. >> so the boys deserved it because they're post pubescent? >> if you want to take that conclusion, i think that's scurrilous. i never said that. >> and the debate continues. here's a quote, profound gratitude to pope benedict xvi. the group commended the pontiff how he dealt with the victims. they also say the holy father created safe environments for children. barbara bush was released from the hospital after unz going a series of tests. doctors believe she may have had a mild relapse of her thyroid condition. it's a school during the day but doubles as a club at night. what's up with that? >> it's historic right now. it's unprecedented. we're dealing with something that's been classified as a 1 in 500-year storm. >> they yelled out of the car, supposedly said why don't you kill yourself? she walked into her house, took a scarf her sister had given her for christmas and hung herself. >> this group was giving specific acts with specific dates. >> mistakes were made in the lawrence murphy case. mistakes were not made in rome. >> all right, that is a quick look at some of the stories we're covering right now. welcome to hln news and views. i'm richelle carey. we're waiting to hear from the oklahoma state bureau of investigation on the investigation in the search of missing 7-year-old aja johnson. as soon as that happens, we'll get you to that. but first, a tragic shooting has left two small boys dead in scottsdale, arizona. police says it appears their father shot them and then shot himself. he is expected to live. the little boys were 2 and 4 years old. the children's mother arrive at the home after the shooting. crisis counselors are now looking after her. neighbors said the couple was in the middle of a divorce. two suspects are being formally charged in what washington police call the worst case of gun violence in 15 years. four people were killed in last night's drive-by shooting. five others were hurt. the suspect's 22-year-old nathaniel carter and orlando simms are in court right now for their arienment. police arrested three people after a long chase that finally end in maryland. a weapon had been recovered. the council member who represents the neighborhood blames crew or presumably gang violence. police in prince george's county, maryland, are now searching for a woman who threw an acid-like face into the face of a woman and into her child. it burned the eyes, face, legs and neck of a 25-year-old woman. her 3-year-old daughter was burned underneath her left eye. prince george's county police say they were targeted. the family doesn't know why. the mother and daughter are in the hospital in stable condition. >> a 15-year-old trenton, new jersey, girl is charged with selling her 7-year-old sister for sex. at a party. the police say the older girl accepted money to have sex with several men then gave some of the money to the child and let the men fondle her. police say it's ka la escalated. entire towns are underwater across new england and floodwaters continue to rise as far south as new jersey. three days of heavy rain trirged the second flooding disaster this month. and the water logged region, hundreds of people are getting out of their homes or heading to higher ground. floods have washed out sewer systems and closed roads, including interstate 95. that's the main link between boston and new york. >> the water has begun to reseed. the level is beginning to recreed. we're trying to track ou rapidly that will occur. obviously it has a big conclusion on what will happen on interstate 95. we've had no fatalities that we're aware of. this is very, very positive, and encouraging. >> new jersey governor chris christie is asking president obama to declare part of his state a federal disaster area. the president has issued a disaster declaration for the entire state of rhode island. the whole thing. 8 of the 9 men accuse of trying to start a war against the government have entered not guilty pleas. the hutaree militia members were formally charged today. a ninth member of the group was arraigned in indiana. the militia members call themselves christian warriors and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police possibly next month. agents found 46 guns and 13,000 rounds of ammunition in one of the suspect's homes. the fbi says it began following the michigan-based militia's activities last summer. there has now been a claim of responsibility for this week's deadly bombings on the moscow subway. a chechen militant says he personally gave the orders for the attack. that is according to a chechen rebel website. 39 people were killed in those bombings own monday. police say female suicide bombers carried out the attacks at two moscow subway stations during the height of the morning rush hour. sandra bullock's husband jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. his representatives telling "people" magazine he's in some sort of treatment facility to help with his personal issues, to help save his marriage and his family. several women claim to have had affairs with him. "showbiz tonight" spoke about the scandal and how it might affect his image. >> being america's sweetheart, sandra bullock is a brand. women love her, men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her. and i think that -- i think people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed, given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint, but i don't really believe that that's the soul reason that sshe would use leaving. the betrayal and anger would be foremost in her mind. >> they've been married for about five years. the oscar-winning actress has reportedly moved out of the home they shared. and today on "showbiz tonight" jesse james' rehab shocker. is he really being treated for sex addiction? brand-new sandra bullock marriage drama. still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and specific times on hln. two bodies found in a wooded area near norman, oklahoma be 7-year-old missing aja johnson and her alleged kidnapper? oklahoma police are giving us an update right now. we're going to go ahead and listen right now. let's listen in. >> cherokee has the more breaking news at this time. >> our pathologists have been working for the past couple of days to try to make positive i.d. on the two people found in norman the other day. they did make the positive i.d.'s on lester hobbs and aja johnson. we used finger prints on mr. hobbs to identify him, as well as tattoos. and we used dental records for the young girl to make that determination today. as far as cause and manner of death, our pathologists are still working on making those determinations. they are both still pending, and i believe that we are waiting on toxicology screening, which will be a full tox run of different tests that they do. so that could be anywhere from three weeks to six weeks, depending on the findings. sometimes our pathologists will look and see what they found initially and order more tests. at this point, that's all we have on the case. again, the i.d.'s were made formally today. cause and matter of death will not be determined at this point. down the line, fate waiting on further testing. >> how much more difficult is it due to decomposition? >> it makes it more difficult when a body is decomposing. there's not much to work with for a pathologist. so they take into consideration the situation at the scene, the situation leading up to the scene, circumstances, things that might be discovered at the scene. things that might have been told to investigators, what may have played into this. but decomposition makes it difficult, certainly. >> can your pathologist make an estimate how long the bode -- bodies have been in the area? >> the pathologist said it would not be impossible to tell, but difficult to tell. we've had cold, hot weather, rain. she said it would be very difficult. the way we determine when we're asked can you tell a time of death, we are determining it based on the last time the person or people were known to be alive and then when they were found. and in this case, you know, that's months apart. so it's going to be very difficult for us to determine an exact time of death. we'll do your best. >> i've heard conflicting reports. one that both bodies were in the vehicle, one that he was outside the vehicle. do you know -- >> i was not at the scene. >> are you running toxicology tests on both of them? >> yes. >> the wild swings in the weather make it that much more difficult to determine a cause of death. >> snow and then heat and then rain, yes. it does affect our work. significantly. >> and they had been there, what a month, right? >> we don't know, sir. it would be difficult for us to determine how long they've been out there. i will turn it over now. >> good afternoon. i think most of you know who i am. my name is richard goss. that's g-o-s-s. my office served -- i specifically served as the incident commander of the investigation. i'll let you know right now, the buck stops with me. what i want to do today is clear up a few of the rumors and speculation that i understand have been sperk lating out through the course of this investigation. this case is is a little bit unique in the fact that we don't have a definitive charge, so some of the information that we normally withhold for prosecution purposes is going to be disclosed for this briefing. this was handled by the united states marshall service, the comanchee county sheriff's department. we received support from oklahoma and throughout the united states to include the fbi and the secret service. >> so far to date, we have 367 leads that were documented. those leads were generated from both the osbi, the u.s. marshal's service, the national center for missing and exploited children. america's most wanted, state and local law enforcement agencies from across the nation. each and every lead, no matter how mundane was documented and followed up on. some of the leads we received could be described as simply a possibly sighting of the car. i made every effort to make that the most wanted car in the united states. i think we pretty much succeeded. a person would call and say i'm pretty sure i saw the car at such and such highway at such and such location two days ago. it was actually documented and followed up on as best we could. on those, there's not much follow up that could be done other than to specifically locate the geographical location and through a map in the united states, hopefully develop a clus ir of those possible sightings. many others were specific locations at stores and places of business. we immediately followed up on those in order to determine if they had surveillance footage at the location. we spent countless hours after hours after hours of going through surveillance footage from all types of businesses, turnpike toll booths, you name it, we've looked at them. we were looking for one actual credible sighting where we could specifically say this is the car that we're looking for. as i mentioned earlier, i heard some of the talk, mainly on national television with some of the talk shows on their with former fbi agents, retired fbi agents. i want to make sure everybody understands, the fbi was involved from the very beginning. we actually had an agent assigned to a command post. i spoke to the oklahoma office of the fbi. he offered the resourcings that the fbi had two include the use of their child abduction recovery team. >> you're listening to some information out of oklahoma two months after tonya hobbs was found murdered. her 7-year-old daughter was positively identified. there's an amber alert out for her for quite some time. their bodies were found in a car a few days ago and now their bodies have been positively identified. we'll keep listening to see if there's more information to pass on to you. african-americans get fewer life-saving drugs. that's even when the veterans affairs health system where everyone should have the same access to care. in recent decades, we've seen an overall drop. the reason for the difference isn't clear, but researchers suspect it's about so much yo econom -- socioeconomics. the findings were published in the american journal of cardiologist. and high-ranking blacks at the state department are few and far between in the u.s. government. the state department is falling short in efforts. the state department does have a high number of black employees overall, but officials say few minorities are climbing abroad. a look at some of the stories in the african-american community that affect all of us. for more, check out the april issue of "essence" magazine or log on to cnn.com/whatmatters. more students are in trouble after a classmate's suicide. nine students are facing criminal charges for allegedly bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point of hanging herself. one of the charges is statutory rape. now school officials say more students have been expelled over this case. prosecutors say phoebe prince suffered months of verbal and advise call abuse during school mourps milwaukee's archbishop is apologizing for the way his archdiocese dealt with an abusive priest. father lawrence murphy is believed to have abused more than 200 boys at a school for the deaf before he died. last night, the archbishop asked for forgiveness against mistakes made but defended the pope against accusations that he deserves some blame. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed, and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the vatican says it only learned about the alleged abuses 20 years after the fact. we've been telling you about jesse james, sandra bullock's estranged husband going into rehab. we'll talk about this and a host of issues with jane velez mitchell. dddddddddddd an update on some breaking news for you. a very sad end to the search for 7-year-old aja johnson. two bodies found earlier this week in a car near norman, oklahoma, are that of aja and also her stepfather lester hobbs. investigators accuse hobbs of not only kidnapping aja back in january. they say he also allegedly killed aja's mother tonya hobbs. >> our pathologist have been working for the past couple of days to try and make positive i.d. on the two people found in norman the other day. they did make the positive i.d.'s on both lester hobbs and aja johnson, and those determinations were made today. we used fingerprints and mr. hobbs to identify him as well as tattoos. and we used dental records for the young girl to make that determination today. as far as cause and manner of death, our pathologists are still working on making those determinations. they're still .pending. and we're waiting on toxicology screenings, which is is a full tox run of different tests they do. >> and the results of the toxicology screenings will be back in the next three to six weeks. but again, investigators confirmed the worst today, that missing 7-year-old aja johnson -- 7 -- was found dead. also this afternoon, we have an update on 15-year-old josie ratley. she was viciously beaten up outside of a school last week. the pictures are very difficult to look at. investigators say she was kicked, stomped on, he head was slapped into the pavement. all outside of a middle school in south florida. she's been in a medically-induced coma since the attack. an attorney speaking for the families said the doctors started to bring her out of the coma this weekend, but she's not responding well. she can't even breathe on her own. her family is very, very worried about her prognosis. >> by all accounts, the left brain activity is damaged, which means the right side of her body is going to have significant problems. i'm not a doctor, but from what i'm hearing that could include her arm, her leg, her hand, and her speech movements. and the biggest concern for the family right now is if any of you took the time to look at the unbelievably art that josie has been doing for several years, she did it with her right hand. and now they've devastated that a potential career could be over in the art field because she may have significant issues using her right hand. >> well, she's 15. a and a 15-year-old suspect is being held on the charge of premeditated attempted murder. and let's keep talking about our kids. more students are in trouble after a classmate's suicide. nine students face criminal charges for allegedly bullying a 15-year-old girl to the point of hanging herself. one of the charges is statutory rape. now school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, say more students have been expelled over this case. prosecutors say phoebe prince suffered months of verbal and physical abuse during school hours. they say school officials knew about it but did nothing to stop it. let's talk about the flooding that is going on. entire towns are under water across new england, and the floodwaters continued to rise as far south as new jersey. three days of heavy rain triggered the second flooding disaster this month. houchbs people are having to get out of their homes or are headed to higher ground. floods have washed out sewer systems, including interstate 95. that is a big deal. that is the main link between boston and new york. and amtrak had to suspend rail service because the tracks are under water. >> the water has begun to recede. we're trying to track how rapidly that will occur. it will obviously have a big impact on what happens on 95. to this point, we have had no fatalities that we're aware of. i think this is really, very, very positive and encouraging. >> new jersey governor chris christie is asking president obama to declare part of his state a federal disaster area. the president has already issued a disaster declaration for the entire state of rhode island. >> a federal prosecutor said an undercover agent infiltrated a militia group trying to incite violence against the government. eight of the nine men in the group were formally charged today at the federal courthouse in detroit. they all entered not guilty pleas. ronald waterstreet said they built explosives under the direction of the hutaree militia leader, david brian stone sr. a ninth member was in court in indiana. the militia who call themselves the christian warriors. and the fbi says the group was planning to stage an attack on police possibly next month. agents found 46 guns and 13,000 rounds of ammunition in the home of one of the suspects. the fbi said it began following the militia's activities last summer. washington, d.c. police are calling this the worst case of gun violence in 15 years. four people were killed in last night's drive-by shooting. five others were hurt. police arrested three people after a long chase that finally ended in maryland. a web has been recovered. a dispute between crews is what led to all of that. a tragic shooting has let two small boys dead in scottsdale, arizona. it appears the father shot them and then himself. the little boys were 2 and 4 years old. the children's mom arrived at the home aft shootings. crisis counselors are now looking after her. neighbors say the couple was in the middle of a divorce. jesse james reportedly goes to rehab. does he think it's going to save his marriage? really? it might. >> florida's orange county medical examiner has now released the autopsy report in the death of a sea world trainer killed by a whale in february. it's pretty graphic. it says that dawn brancheau suffered dramatic injuries including blunt force injuries to her head and neck. it also says that one of her arms was torn off. it includes a killer whale pulled her into the tank by her pony tail. she died of her injuries and drowning. remember tiger woods' public apology, the pig public apology last month? >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs, i cheated. what i did was not acceptable. and i am the only person to blame. >> he says he was the only person to blame. now a "vanity fair" article dispute that. byron bell is singled out as helping to facility herren day view with woods. he's now president of tiger woods design. "vanity fair" also says mark ste steinberg helped cover up at least one affair. steinberg declined an interview with "vanity fair" for the article. seeps to be all the rage these days. you get caught up in a cheating scandal and somehow that translates to sex rehab. okay. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer with more. the latest to go to some sort of treatment facility is jesse james. >> it's very trendy. >> isn't that wild? >> it is. and you know, we have a lot to say about this. now, "people" magazine is reporting that jesse james' rep has confirmed to them that jesse is getting professional help. this is what the rep is telling people. jesse checked himself into a treatment facility to deal with personal issues. he realized this time was crucial to help himself, help his family and help save his marriage. now, "people" is also reporting that jesse james' rep wasn't specific about what kind of facility jesse james was in. this was apparently entirely his idea. not something that sandra bullock asked him to do or forced him to do. interesting to note, the rep indicated that jesse is trying to help save his marriage. so whether or not sandra is down with that idea, clearly it thinks that jesse james thinks it's possible. >> okay, those two staying together. you've talked a little bit about your take on that, a.j., the possibility of those two staying together. >> yeah. and ultimately, it's -- look, only a decision that she can make. i don't really see this happening, but obviously there's been a lot of loud chatter on the matter. there's a new interview with dr. drew from his sex rehab show on vh1. this interview on radar online. dr. drew, not mincing words at all about what he feels sandra should do. if i were treating sandra, i would advise her to leave jesse james. they don't have a long life together. it's been a relatively short-term relationship. there's no doubt to me that this relationship is over. jesse is a sex addict and sandra is a love addict. sandra probably didn't give jesse that level of intensity that he got with the mistresses. now, i'm going to have to find out from drew at some point what he means by love addict. i just don't think they were compatible is what he's saying. dr. drew is also saying it's unlikely that jesse will even change his ways and he adds that sandra is now going to need more than just the support of her friends and family, saying she's probably devastated and that she probably needs at least a couple of years of therapy. but she could start dating in at least six months. richelle, think about the ways, the multitude of ways this has really messed with her life. and it just adds to the sympathy factor for sandra bullock. >> it really does. she would be hurt no matter what because she's a human being, but the fact that it's on such a public stage and she can't do just the regular press that comes with her job, it's pretty horrible. >> and that's something we'll talk about tonight. she's always been a candid interview and she's going to have to give some of that up if she's going to be able to maintain. at the top of the hour, more on the jesse james rehab hour. brand-new sandra bullock marriage drama, now live at 5:00. hln, live at 5:00. >> that's good stuff. and i still say just because you're a cad that doesn't automatically make you a sex addict. that's all i'm saying. >> we will get into it. >> thanks, a.j. appreciate it. father lawrence murphy was believed to have abused more than 200 boys at a school for the death before he died. last night, it was admitted that the church made mistakes, but the archbishop defended the pope against accusations that he deserves some of the blame. >> the holy father has been firm in his commitment to bat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach out to those who have been harmed, and hold perpetrators accountable. >> the vatican said it only learned about the alleged abuses 20 years after the fact. the scandal touched off a pretty heated debate on larry king live on cnn. last night's panelists included sinead o'connor, bill roberts and frank thomas. >> you can not link homosexuality to a pedophilia crisis in the catholic church. >> most of the victims are post pubescent. you have to get your facts straight, i'm sorry. if i'm the only one that's going to deal with facts tonight, that will be it. the vast majority of the victims are post pubescent. that's homosexuality. >> i don't think as a person of faith you really know what you're talking about. >> it's a study of criminal justice. it's not my opinion. take a look at social science da data. >> what's the difference? >> you just said they've cut down on homosexuals -- >> quickly, sinead, do you want to get in? go ahead, quickly. >> can i just ask very quickly with that gentleman, i'm sorry, i don't know your name sir, i'm not exactly sure what post pubescent means. would you mind explaining that? >> post pubescent means beyond puberty. in other words, you're an adolescent, and that's what homosexuals do. and most of the molesters have been -- >> so the boys deserved it because they're post pubescent. >> if you want to take that conclusion, i think that's skur lou scurrilous, i never said that. >> the u.s. conference of catholic bishops expressed a deep concern and a profound gratitude to pope benedict xvi. the group kmepded the pontiff on how he's dealt with offending priests. they also say benedict created safe environments for children. one of the hottest videos on the internet right now is "scarface the school play." it's not really a school play, but the kids are acting out the '80s film. the language is cleaned up a little bit. the f-word, they just say fudge. >> here's the famous death scene from the movie and the kids' version right after. >> say hello to my little friend. >> say hello to my little friend. take that, you cockroaches. >> why? it was made by a hollywood commercial and video director. he says he loves viral videos and wanted to make a point how kids are overexposed to sex and violence in our culture. >> so here are your views on that. we've been getting a lot of response. >> so the director says it is hard to protect kissed from exposure to sex and violence? sure it is. especially when you're the one exposing kids to it and making them part of the problem that you're supposed to stop. i appreciate the message but not the means of conveying it. we have another one from matthew. matthew says it sounds great. i can see the benefits it would have to other parents to watch their kids closely so that they don't wind up becoming a living "scar face" story. bravo. melissa says you've already lost the battle.. "scarface" is child's play by today's scan dards. the internet gives more access to truly horrific scenes and many kids don't have the parent of benefits to teach them empathy and compassion. we are raising an unshockable generation. ray says this, here's a tip. instead these kids the life of tony montana, how about showing them english or algebra, what about history. the last word to kendra. now we know why most children think violence is okay, parents actually condoning it in a way. to me it isn't a matter of being sheltered or not but teaching your child what is and isn't acceptable. some things are not okay for children to see. that doesn't mean they are sheltered. thank you so much for sharing your views on this. we very much appreciate it. president obama sees the future america run by clean renewable energy not right now. he's going after more oil -- more oil, sorry -- where he proposes to find it. dddddd

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