Transcripts For HLN HLN News 20100512

we're going to get you informed as to what's happening in the world. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. count number two -- >> you can hear the cheers there from friends and family of tonya craft. the not guilty verdicts were read. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home and custody of her two children. craft says despite the verdict, she does not feel like a winner here. >> i thank god. i thank my mom and my dad. there can be restoration and there can be awareness for others to not go through this. but there's two birthdays for my daughter that i'll never get back and there's no winners, even all the children involved in this, there's no winners. >> now craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter. and they say they've contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the, quote, fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in this case. we have new information for you, too in the death of lpga golfer erica blasberg. "the new york times" is reporting blasberg sent a text message to her caddy that was retrieved sunday morning inspect the message blasberg said she was not coming to a tournament in mobile, alabama. the caddie said it was sent in the middle of the night and she was worried enough to send a reply. blasberg never responded to that. blasberg had packed her bags for the tournament. she died suddenly at her home outside las vegas on sunday. police are remaining tight lipped about this investigation as a whole into her death. on cbs' "the early show" a friend, though, talked about the impact of her death. >> it's been pretty confusing for everybody. we're basically, myself and her family and the friends are really just trying to focus on her as a person because there's nothing we can really do right now with what happened because, you know, we're not going to find anything out. and, you know, we're just trying to kind of praise her because she really was a great person and she was -- people really enjoyed her and she, obviously, left us a little too soon. >> a memorial for blasberg is planned a weekroversity of virg lacrosse player was charged with murder. huguely is accused oflling yearey love, a memb of the .oman's lacrosse team. he reportedlyold police their relationship had rectly ended. well, in an e-mail, his mother martha murphy said, quote, though my pain is great it will never me close to the anguish v. along with my family, i am devastated and coused. we are all trying to understa and coe can." murphy also described love a sweet, wonderful young woman with a limitless future love was found deadn her off-campus artment earlier this mont face down in aool of blood. her face was brued and her right eye swollen shut. police say he kicked in love's bedroom door, shook her and hit her hadgainst the wall several times. >>the body of a 4-yearld has been recovered w from utahnow the boy's stepfas charged with killing him. and his mother iscced of trying to cover up the bocrime yesterday afternoon, 17 hours afr his mother reported him missing. investigators say he was buried in a remo area near powder mountain his stepfather, nathan sloop faces charges that incaggravatee and desecratio of a corpse. his mother, stephanie sloop, alaces child abuse and desecration of aorpse charges. an explosion destroyed three homes in cleveland today. people were hurt including fiv er just one wallis at least 16 other homes we've standing. learned now were damaged here. authorities say this explosion went off in an unoccupied home. they've evacuated that area. crews are canvassing it for gas leaks right now, but people ten miles away reported feeling that blast. okay. what you are looking at here is "plan b" for sealing the massive oil leak. it's another containment dome about half the size of the first one bp tried to put into place. the two-ton box dubbed the top hat did reach the sea floor overnight. crews will pump in heated water to prevent the build-up of frozen crystals that doomed the earlier attempt to cap that leak. louisiana wildlife officials are finding tar balls that have washed into the south pass of the mississippi river. a major breeding ground for oysters, crabs and other seafood. >> they can't get this thing capped off, this is going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. katrina is long in our past. that's nothing compared to what's out there. >> i want to show you some live pictures right now of a congressional investigation that's revealing the blowout preventer on the deep water horizon was leaking hydraulic fluid. these are executives from bp, transocean and other companies talking to the house energy and commerce committee. california democrat henry waxman says this may have caused the blowout preventer to fail. the hydraulic leak, that is. he also says the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before that blowout. again, you are looking at live pictures of executives from some of the companies involved in the drilling platform. they are right now before the house energy and commerce committee. and we're going to keep watching that for you today. the gulf coast oil disaster playing a major role in an energy and climate bill that's about to go before congress. senators john kerry and joe lieberman are going to unveil it this afternoon. among other things it would allow coastal states to opt out of oil drilling off their shorelines. they could even veto offshore drilling plans of neighboring states as well. the only person who survived this morning's plane crash in libya is this little boy. believed to be from the netherlands. there he is. he's undergoing surgery in tripoli. he's believed to be 10 years old. he suffered broken bones nrd other injuries. dutch officials are waiting at the hospital to identify him. but dozens of police and rescue workers are sifting through chunks of debris. the libyan plane had 104 people on board and arriving from johannesburg and went down while trying to land at tripoli international airport. most of those passengers, we understand, were from the netherlands. president obama says the u.s. is taking extraordinary measures to avoid killing afghan civilians. president obama just met with afghan president hamid karzai at the white house. the relationship between the two countries has been a little rocky lately. president obama, though, says he's reaffirmed his commitment to afghanistan and to take down the taliban. a cancer survivor in colorado comes face to face with some of the people who helped save his life. we'll bring you his emotional thank you. we'll let you know how he's doing. [ male announcer ] fishing pole, it's been a while. you stood in the basement gathering dust while i, sneezing, itching eyes kept you from our favorite stream. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ it's all that people notice. i didn't even think that was possible. [ woman ] i know, but there it is. [ sniffing ] febreze you plug in to the wall. [ male announcer ] when you plug in a febreze noticeables, it's all that people notice. [ man ] wow. that is amazing. i know. imagine. [ sniffing ] febreze you plug in to the wall. [ chuckles ] [ male announcer ] from febreze comes noticeables. freshness you'll notice or your money back. if you are unemployed or under water in your mortgage, you may be in luck here. your state could soon help you pay off your home loan. we're talking about florida, michigan, california and arizona. they plan to use nearly $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the unemployed and people facing foreclosure. now the states would basically help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years. and they'd also pay down the loan balances of people who owe more than their house is worth. so opponents of this idea say, you know, paying off loans could actually discourage people from looking for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices. so we're wondering what you think about this proposal. is it an unnecessary bailout or do we need to be helping these people in trouble here. good question for today. chuck roberts is taking your comments. i was looking on my facebook page. initially ijust had a bunch of nos going down the page. >> i had more nos than yes. some are saying it might stabilize everybody's property values but it's still a risk/reward dilemma. we'll start with comments on facebook. chris wrifts, no, we shouldn't bail out neighbors to avoid foreclosure. it was their decision. if they say they were duped, let it be a lesson to their kids to be smarter. many of these are people who got interest only loans or a.r.m.s with ridiculous initial rates, buying houses they couldn't afford to begin with betting on a future sale to jump them ahead. not my fault they were stupid when they bought their property. all the unfunded entitlements gorg take us all down. ed said i lost my house due to bad decisions. i don't deserve the help but there are people do. i say yes on a case by case basis. the callousness of some of my fellow americans is appalling. not everyone made bad decisions. some just fell on hard times. i hope you don't find out how that feels. we say hi to greg on the phones. >> caller: good day. >> what do you think? >> caller: i think, no, for a variety of reasons. i'm in florida, and i'm down in naples. i know people that, one, could make their mortgage payments but they've stopped because they are trying to position themselves for one of these bailout giveaways. two, we've bailed out the banks. we gave them billions of dollars, lent them, gave them, whatever. the banks are not taking the hit on this. they've skillfully avoided not only taking the loss on these loans they made but they're not either modifying them, and bank of america made 12 something billion dollars last quarter. they can afford to take the hit on some of these loans. modify them. take it down on their bottom line. and do what they are -- they were supposed to do when we bailed them out. al is in wisconsin. where your on this? >> caller: i applaud the states that are going to help. our local paper is full of foreclosure notices. if like the unemployment if these people would do a job search and prove that they are looking for work, you know, they have to prove that they are going through the steps, then i believe they are qualified to get the help. and i, myself, am just recently unemployed within the last three weeks after 21 years. i lost my job. >> wow. >> caller: things get that out of control, you know, people could use the help. >> so if you have a good track record, you should be eligible then? >> caller: you're going to have to prove it. >> al, thanks. all the best. good luck to you, sir. let's get more facebook comments. andrew says i would rather give money to my neighbors for a place for them to live than give to failed big businesses that give our money away in big bonuses. francis writes, not everyone lose their jobs have big houses with a family to feed and bills to pay. it is past a certain point of hopelessness for many and nobody deserves that. linda writes, this might be a little bit of government helping main street instead of wall street, but with that said, i don't think it's a good idea unless all of main street gets help. not just the ones who lived over their means. i mean, ides love to live in a house beyond my means, who wouldn't? but helping them out is sending the wrong message. richard said a few years ago i was looking to buy a home but most of the mortgage options i was offered would have left me one sick week. now you want me to bail out those who were too fool toish see the bad deal they were getting into? no thanks. you have time to weigh in. the foreclosure crisis is not going away soon. millions of americans are caught in that spiral. should taxpayer dollars help dubsicize select troubled homeowners or is this just another bailout for people who made bad decisions. call us 877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/hln. text hlntv. standard text rates apply or comment on facebook page, chuck roberts hln or christi paul hln. >> i pay him 20 bucks every time he says that. here's a good story. a 23-year-old cancer survivor got a chance to say thank you to dozens of people who helped save his life. he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer causing him to need several blood transfusions. this week, he met some of the 99 people who donated that blood. >> finally, to you guys, that's because without you, there's no doubt i wouldn't be here. so to all of you guys, to everybody who just came, thanks for literally saving my life. >> oh, and by the way, i'm happy to tell you nate is cancer-free. a high school basketball star was living a lie. he went by the name jerry joseph, said he was 16. police say in reality, he was 22. how they unraveled this story. wow! it's even bigger than i thought. welcome to progressive. do you guys insure airstreams? yep. everything from travel trailers to mega motor homes. and when your rv is covered, so is your pet. perfect. who wants a picture with flo? i do! i do! do you mind? got to make sure this is -- oh. uh... okay. everybody say "awkward." protecting your family fun. now, that's progressive. call or click today. [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. . police in odessa, texas, say a student athlete enrolled in a high school for more than a year is an imposter. he allegedly claimed he was 16 years old. cops say he's really 22. they identified him at a naturalized u.s. citizen from haiti. he's in jail now. investigators say he flew under the radar in plain sight attending not one, but two schools. he called himself jerry joseph and was featured in a local news story after haiti's devastating earthquake. >> that 22-year-old being in our schools is very much a concern. that's why this has been an ongoing investigation. that's why we have not dropped it. that's why we weren't going to let go until we found out the truth. >> the smoking gun was a fingerprint match from his original immigration papers. he gave the school district false documents. okay. i got some great news for you if you are interested in heading to europe. because air fares to europe, according to a survey done by "usa today," are cheaper for travel in may than the fares were in january. in fact, in all my years of covering the travel industry, i have never seen a wintertime where air fares were as high as they were this winter to europe. but now as i look forward, looking to may and early june, the prices of tickets have been coming down, down, down. so not only is the euro doing much better for us versus the dollar, so when you get to europe, your trip is cheaper. that's because of the greek financial crisis. you also benefit from having an air fare that is substantially lower than it was months ago when people really don't want to go when it's cold. but the deals that you are going to find are really going to make it easy for you to afford that trip. i'm clark howard. for more travel saving tips go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. a rogue satellite spinning out of control high above the earth may soon blow up your favorite tv shows. ho: could switching eico ally save you 15% or more ar insurance ho: could switching eico ally save you host: does elmer fudd have trouble with the letter r? elmer: shhhh, be vy quiet; i'm hunting wabbits. director cut!!!! uh...it's i'm hunting "rabbits," elmer. let's try thaagain. elr: shhhh, i'm huntingbbit director (o/c): cuuuuut! rabbits. elmer: wabbits director (o/c): rabbits. elmer: wabbits. director (o/c): rabbits with an "r." elmer: aw...this diwector's startingwub me the wong way. vo: geo. 15 minus could save yo15% or more. e strit. puw helpyo nu it in your helpful resoues ♪ share a better life. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. ♪ ♪ ay, yay, yay, yay ♪ ay, yay, yay, yay ♪ ♪ ♪ baby, baby, baby, baby... uh-oh ♪ ♪ ( steaming ) ♪ do you need anybody free hot breakfast. now with fresh waffles. real value. from your friends at hampton. we have new information for you in the death of pro golfer erica bla sberg. she sent a text message to her caddy retrieved sunday morning and in it she said she wasn't going to an lpga tournament in mobile, alabama. but the caddy says the text was sent in the middle of the night and she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay but blasberg never responded. her agent said blasberg had packed her bags for the tournament. she died at her home outside las vegas. police are tight lipped about this investigation. on cbs' "the early show" a friend talked about the impact of her death. >> it's been pretty confusing for everybody. and we're basically you know, myself and her family and the friends were really just trying to focus on her as a person because there's nothing we can really do right now with what happened because, you know, we're not going to find anything out. and, you know, we're just kind of trying to praise her because she really was a great person and people really enjoyed her. and she, obviously, left us a little too soon. >> a memorial for blasberg is planned a week from today. now to git more on this investigation, we want to bring in hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks. the police are being extraordinarily quiet about this, which i think is what has everybody talking. they won't even say who called 911. why would they be so cautious if they are openly saying there's not a lot of suspicion around this. >> that's a great question. and they are calling this right now, they are calling it a death investigation. not a homicide. you know, i'm hearing there was no signs of a struggle inside the house. but the 911 call is a mystery, too. it came from inside the house before -- when she was found on sunday afternoon. and they're not saying who made that 911 call. so what law enforcement is doing, they need to put together a timeline. they may know a lot more than what they are telling the public. but one of the things i think, if they thought there -- the public was in danger, if this was a random act, they would say so. you know, is it -- but that's why they are just calling it a death investigation. they said that they are going to be waiting now for toxicology reports. they are not saying what the cause of death is, but they are waiting for tissue samples they took during the autopsy as well as blood. that could take four to six weeks. probably be a lot sooner than that. but the other things, too. was she receiving any kinds of threats. these are all -- the lpga has a director of security. most likely working with law enforcement right now. unless law enforcement knows and they are just holding those cards close to the vest. >> have they ruled out -- they haven't come out and said anything but have they ruled out suicide? >> right now it's a death investigation. so the cause of death, that is going to be the determiner of what exactly happened inside that house. >> is it possible that they're not releasing who called 911 because they don't know? >> that's a possibility. but, you know, then again, if they -- if law enforcement in henderson, nevada, thought that the public and people who lived in her neighborhood were in danger, they would be under an obligation to say so. but they are not saying that. so, you know, that's the whole thing. and the fact that her bags were packed and this text message was sent somewhere late saturday night or early morning hours of sunday morning, and not retrieved until sunday, that also is a mystery saying that she would not be in alabama on monday. and this was to the caddy, to the person who -- the woman supposed to be carrying her bag. >> they can't confirm she sent that message herself. >> that's it. so there are a lot of things they'll check. cell phone records. her e-mail. these are all part of a death investigation unless they know what happened and they just aren't saying. >> thanks for walking us through this. the body, by the way, of a missing 4-year-old has been recovered now from a utah canyon. the boy's stepfather is now charges with killing him, and his mother is accused of trying to cover up the crime. ethan stacey's body was found yesterday afternoon, 17 hours after his mother reported him missing. investigators say he was buried in a remote area near powder mountain. his stepfather nathan sloop faces charges, including aggravated homicide, child abuse and desecration of a corpse. his mother also faces child abuse and desecration of a corpse charges. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. count number -- >> you can hear the friends and family of tonya craft cheering loudly outside the courtroom as the not guilty verdict was read. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home and custody of her two children. now craft says she plans to work to help people in her situation. >> it's not about my story. it's about -- it's about the kids' stories and what they go through in this. and other people that are accused, falsely accused, and i'll do anything i can to help protect them and to help protect the children of the falsely accused. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter. they say they've contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the, quote, fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in this case. well, boy, an explosion destroyed three homes in cleveland today where authorities are still on the scene there. at least 11 people were hurt, including five children. and investigators say only the chimney is left at one home. at another, just one wall is standing. at least 16 other homes were damages. and authorities say the explosion went off in an unoccupied home. they've evacuated that area now and crews are canvassing it for gas leaks. but people ten miles away reported feeling that blast. the only person who survived this morning's plane crash in libya is this little boy believed to be from netherlands. he's believed to be about 10 years old. suffering broken bones and other injuries. now dutch officials are waiting at the hospital to identify him. but dozens of police and rescue workers are sifting through chunks of debris at the crash site. the libyan plane had 104 people on board. it was arriving from johannesburg and went down while trying to land at tripoli international airport. most of those passengers we understand are from the netherlands. all right. you see that there? this is plan "b" for sealing the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. it's another containment dome about half the size of the first one bp tried to put in place. the two-ton box dubbed the top hat did reach the sea floor overnight. crews are going to pump in heated water to prevent the build-up of frozen crystals that doomed the earlier attempt to cap the leak. interior secretary ken salazar says he's optimistic that bp will plug the leak and clean up the mess. he met with bp officials in houston for several hours today, in fact. >> we are confident and resolute that we will solve this problem. and we're confident and resolute that we will continue to push bp as a responsible party here to make sure that at the end of the day, this problem is effectively dealt with. we also are very confident that the world will learn a tremendous amount from what has happened from april 20th through these days and beyond. and so part of what we are doing here in houston today is also learning more about safety measures that ought to be taken with respect to production in the outer continental shelf. now the louisiana wildlife officials say they are finding tar balls that have washed into the south pass of the mississippi river. that's a major breeding ground for oysters, crabs and other seafood. a congressional investigation is revealing the blowout preventer on the deep water horizon drill ing platform. he says the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before that blowout. executives that you are looking at here from bp, transocean and other companies involved in the drilling platform are appearing right now before the house energy and commerce committee today. if you are unemployed or you are under water in your mortgage, you might be in luck, depending on where you live. your state could soon help you pay off your home loan. florida, michigan, california and arizona plan to use nearly $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the unemployed and people facing foreclosure. now the states would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years. and they'd also pay down the loan balances of people who owe more than their home is worth. opponents of the idea say paying off loans could actually discourage people from looking for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices. so we wonder what your view is on this with the foreclosure crisis affecting so many americans, millions of americans. should taxpayer dollars help subsidize troubled homeowners or is this just another bailout, do you think, for people who make bad financial decisions? 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us, cnn.com/hln or text us, hlntv. or go to our facebook pages too. christi paul hln. chuck roberts hln there as well. george hugueley is charged with murdering his former girlfriend, a woman's lacrosse player at the university of virginia. find out what huguely's mother now has to say about this whole thing. george huguely's mother has released her first public statement since the former universities of virginia lacrosse player was charged with murder. remember, huguely is accused of killing yeardley love, a member of the woman's lacrosse team at uva. here's huguely's picture. he reportedly told police their relationship had recently ended. in an e-mail his mother marta murphy said, "though my pain is great it will never come close to the anguish felt by the love family. along with my family, i'm devastated and confused. we are all trying to understand and cope as best we can." murphy also describes love as a sweet, wonderful young woman with a limitless future. love was found dead in her off-campus apartment earlier this month face down in a pool of blood with her face bruised and her right eye swollen shut. bedroom door, shook her and hit her head against the wall several times. i'm jane velez-mitchell. athletes out of control. quick rundown. lawrence taylor, hall of fame football player accused of raping a 16-year-old runaway. ben roethlisberger, super bowl quarterback, accused of raping a girl inside a college bathroom. although no criminal charges have been filed in that case. tiger woods, world's number one golfer, caught in a massive sex scandal. george huguely, star on the university of virginia lacrosse team, accused of brutally murdering his beautiful girlfriend. see a connection? all athletes, all accused of disrespecting and denigrating women. what is it about becoming a sports star that leaves you feeling that you are a god? we have to stop defying these athletes. we are giving them way too much power. it's time we take the power back, ladies. whether it's boycotts or the power of the pocketbook. there are plenty of athletes who are good, upstanding aths leets. unfortunately these cases i just described often ruin it for the best. it's time we send a message to superstars. sports are for gentlemen, not neanderthals. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> watch "issues" with jane velez-mitchell every night here on hln at 7:00. the state of arizona doesn't want schools to teach them about latino heritage. find out why. said carl was our best presentation guy. [ worker ] well, he is. last week he told my team about fedex office print online for our presentations. we upload it to fedex office, then they print, bind, and ship it. the presentation looks good, right? yes, but -- you didn't actually bring carl with you. good morning! but i digress. [ male announcer ] we understand. you need presentations done right. and right now save 20% on all online printing purchases. visit fedex.com/print. president obama says the u.s. is taking extraordinary measures to avoid killing afghan civilian. he met with afghan president hamid karzai at the white house today. the relationship between the two countries has been pretty rocky lately. president obama says he's reaffirmed his commitment to afghanistan and to taking down the taliban. well, first it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protests and outrage. now the controversy is over a new bill that arizona governor jan brewer just signed targeting an ethnic studies program in a tucson school district. tom horn, the state's school chief and a republican frurng state attorney general says the bill was written to target the mexican-american studies program. he says it promotes, quote, ethnic chauvinism and racial resentment toward whites. the tucson unified school district denies that saying the classes benefit students and promote critical thinking. the president of the district's governing board says she has no intention of ending this program. the district has the right to appeal the mandate which goes into effect, by the way in december. but we're asking you how you feel about this. do ethnic studies promote resentment and solidarity? or do they counter hostility and promote pride? great discussion going on on my facebook page right now. christi paul hln will get you there. torrence there says some people don't realize that racial solidarity is what spurns racism. this is a great idea. we should promote the american identity rather than a racial identity. olivia says as a student i feel we should be taught a lot of different ethnic groups. it's america. we were built on immigration. i have a caller on the line. david is calling from texas. david, let me ask you. would you support a policy like this where you live? >> caller: i would not support it for slightly different reasons. i think of it as being like we do not have a national religion, even though we tend to be christians. and we do not pick any particular sect to be supported. there are many different ethnic backgrounds in this country. and we should not pick any one ethnic background to specialize in. >> so do -- i am just trying to clarify. do you agree with this policy or you do not agree with this policy? >> caller: i feel that we should not have classes on specific ethnic backgrounds. >> on any specific. so that would include, say, women's studies even or -- >> caller: i do not consider women to be an ethnicity. >> well, that's true, but, i mean, you are still talking about a class of people, i guess, is what i'm getting at. now these classes, as i understand it, they teach lit tour and music and culture from other countries. so a lot of people would say, you know, what about being well-rounded. what about knowing about other cultures. the problem is that the base classes are not broad enough. we should not teach only european history. we should not teach only english history. which we tend to concentrate on. the standard historical literature classes should include spanish, african, chinese. the great works, no matter what ethnicity they come from, should be in the base classes. >> okay. so you just have a problem with the way that they are titled and disper dispersed, is it safe to say that? >> caller: i don't think that we should have only one option. >> okay. hey, david, thank you so much for calling from texas. we appreciate it. i want to get to more facebook comments here. angela writes to us saying, arizona tourcism definitely going to suffer. this is 2010. you can't make this country's ethnic diversity go away by pretending it's not there. and kellie writes heritage is up to the parents to teach, not the school. if someone is going to school in america, the only thing that needs to be taught is american studies. so i want to ask you. pose the question to you, hope that you're going to answer us here. do you agree with the arizona law banning ethnic studies? some say the classes promote resentment. others say they promote pride in diversity. give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us or text us the word views. standard rates apply or follow us on twitter at hlntv. we'll air your responses throughout the day, so thank you for chiming in. vice president joe biden's oldest son is recovering from what doctors believe was a mild stroke. they say 21-year-old beau biden is in good spirits. he should fully recover here. he was admitted to a hospital yesterday in delaware though and later transferred to a philadelphia hospital for more testing. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. uh... yeah? you gonna ask him this time? about what? our erectile dysfunction. shh...no...i don't want to talk about it. look, you're not alone, millions of men with ed have talked to their doctors. i don't know... we can do this. okay... (announcer) talking to your doctor about ed may be the last thing you want to do, but it's definitely a conversation worth having. twenty million men have had their viagra talk. when you're ready for yours... you'll find helpful tips on talking to your doctor at viagra.com ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. don't take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects may include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. talk to your doctor today... i'm so sick to my stomach. i don't see how they can do that to anybody much less a little kid. >> i thank god. i thank my mom and my dad. it's not about my story. it's about -- it's about the kids' stories and what they go through. >> they can't get this thing capped off if it's going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. >> to all of you guys, everybody who just came. thanks for literally saving my life. >> great compelling stories on the way. hi, everybody. thanks for choosing hln "news and views." i'm chuck roberts. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. count number two -- >> and so it went. friends and family of tonya craft cheered loudly outside the courthouse just outside chattanooga as the not guilty verdicts were read. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home and custody of her two kids. craft says she now plans to work other people in her situation. >> it's not about my story. it's about -- it's about the kids' stories and what they go through in this, and -- and other people that are accused, falsely accused, and i'll do anything i can to help protect them and to help protect the children of the falsely accused. >> her attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter. they have contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in this case. let's get more insight from beth karas with our sister network trutv. hey, beth, when would she possibly get her kids back? >> it has to wind its way through the courts, sooner or later, but they have been with their biological father for the past few years. she divorced them and it was a contentious divorce. one of the problems she had with the whole administration of justice in this case is that the judge who presided over this case that just ended with 22 not guilty verdicts was the attorney who represented her husband during that acmonious divorce, but he refused to step down and there's a lot of issues here and one of the reasons why the case, the defense at least wants to have it looked into, but this case, chuck, as can you imagine, really polarized the community. these are contentious allegations here. three little girls, and we're talking little. this was a kindergarten teacher. these girls were friends with her daughter. they had all attended a birthday party, talking 5, 6, 7 years old, two years older at the time they all testified at the trial. her own daughter testified against her at the trial, and her attorney did speak to the press after the verdicts. he is angry. his name is dr. landros and he spoke about what you just said that, he's disgusted with the whole judicial process in this case, and he's already report it had to the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office. >> sloppy interviews, corrupt judicial process, ridiculous last-minute falsified fraudulent evidence, terrible interviews of children, ridiculous rules on evidence. she endured it all. she will continue to endure it all. >> wow. >> this attorney who hails from ann arbor, michigan, has the title doctor because he is also a psychologist, and he is considered an expert in false allegations of physical abuse and sexual abuse, and so that's his passion, ferreting out these allegations that are false. he obviously, in his opinion, did did in this opinion, and the verdict shows it. there are people who still believe though that she is responsible for this. >> it's hard to believe what it would be like to have your own daughter testify against you, you know, in a courtroom like that. i guess there were three accusers initially all told. >> 22 charges all together. there are various types of sexual molestation, touching and some digital penetration as how it is defined in the law. >> has any juror spoken out about their decision? >> not aware yet of jurors speaking out. sometimes it takes a little while to massage them. they need to kind of sit on their verdict for a while and let speak out. >> threat sit for a while. thanks, bath, appreciate it. >> my pleasure. new information in the death of the pro golfer erica blasberg. the "new york times" reports that she sent a text to her caddy that was retrieved on sunday morning in which she said she wasn't going to an lpga tournament as scheduled in alabama. the caddy said the text was sent in the middle of the night. she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay but never heard back. her agent says blasberg had packed her bags for the tournament and died at her las vegas home on sunday. right now the police are tight-lipped into the investigation into her death. we've learned almost nothing. on cbs' "early show" a friend talked about the impact of her death. >> it's been pretty confusing for everybody, and we're -- we're basically, you know, myself and her family and the friends, we're really just trying to focus on, you know, her as a person because there's nothing we can really do right now with what happened because, you know, we're not going to find anything out and, you know, we're just just trying to praise her because she really was a great person and people really enjoyed her and she, you know, obviously left us a little too soon. >> 25 years old. a memorial is planned for a week from today. the body of a missing 4-year-old has been recovered from a utan canyon. now the boy's stepfather is charged with killing him, and his mother is accused of trying to cover up the crime. ethan stacy's bode was found yesterday 17 hours after his mother reported him missing. investigators say he was buried in a remote area near powder mountain. his stepfather nathan sloop faces charges that include aggravated homicide, child abuse and desecration of a corpse. his mother stephanie sloop faces child abuse and desecration charges. an explosion destroyed three homes in east cleveland today. at least 11 people were hurt, including five children. investigators say only the chimney is left at one home. at another, a wall is all that's standing. 16 other homes were damaged. authorities say the explosion went off in an unoccupied house. they have evacuated the area. crews are canvassing for any gas leaks, but people ten miles away could report feeling the impact. speaking of impact, this is plan "b" for sealing the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. it's another containment dome, about half the size of the first one bp tried to put in place. the two-ton box dubbed the top hat reached the sea floor overnight. crews will pump in heated water to prevent any buildup or frozen crystals that doomed the earlier attempt to cap the leak. louisiana wildlife officials are finding tar ball naz have washed on the south pass of the mississippi river, a major breeding ground for oysters, crab and other seafood. >> if they can't get this thing capped off, this is going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. katrina is long in our past. that's -- that's nothing compared to what is out there. >> a congressional investigation reveals the blowout prevent ore on the deep water horizon drilling rig was leaking hydraulic fluid. california democrat henry waxman said that may have caused the blowout. executives from transocean, bp and other companies involved in the drilling platform are appearing before the house energy and commerce committee today. south carolina governor mark sanford is talking about his love life again. he told reporters today that he spent this past weekend with his argentine lover in florida to see if they could rekindle the relationship. the news conference was about an unrelated issue. mark sanford was still married, of course, when he disappeared last summer and returned to south carolina and finally admitted that he had been in argentina visiting that same woman. sanford fessed up that the two were involved in a year's long affair. sanford and his wife divorced this year. he leaves office in january. a cancer survivor in colorado comes face-to-face with some of the people who helped save his life. we are going to bring you his emotional thank you and tell you how he's doing now. the best in nutrition... just got better. even better nutrition -- high in vitamins d, e, and b12. a good source of vitamin a and b2. plus omega 3's. and, 25% less saturated fat than ordinary eggs. but there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed: better taste. better taste. better taste. yum! [ female announcer ] eggland's best. better taste -- and now even better nutrition -- make the better egg. if you're unemployed or maybe under water in your mortgage, you owe more than your home is worth, you may be in luck, because your state could soon help pay off your home lon, florida, michigan, california and arizona plan to use $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the people unemployed and facing foreclosure. they would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years and also pay down the loan balances of those who own more than they are worth. opponents say paying off loans this way could discourage people for looking from work elsewhere. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices that everybody is in the same boat really. what's your view on this? is it an unnecessary bailout, or do we really need to be helping those in trouble right now? it's a good question today. christi paul is here to highlight some comments. great ones so far. >> they have been. i want to go straight to the phones, chuck. emly is calling us from arkansas. emily, thank you so much. what do you want to see done here? >> caller: okay. well, i was just wanted to say to those that believe the mortgage bailout is helping people who made bad decisions, that's just not true. i know in my situation my mom has had a steady job as a police officer since 2000 and in 2005 we decided to buy a house that was well within our means, with a steady loan plan. unfortunately, my mom was injured in the line duty in 2006 and at that time our local economy was just beginning to feel the crunch. we can no longer afford the house and neither could anyone else. now we're stuck in a home we are trying desperately to afford. a bailout like this would really help out people in bad situations like this. >> do you think that that's kind of getting lost in all of this, that there's a misconception out there that this is just for people who got themselves into trouble as opposed to people who were responsible and got into trouble because of the situation? >> caller: right, yeah. >> all righty. hey, emily, best of luck to you and your mom. thank you so much for giving us a call. david is calling from florida. hi, david, how are you? >> caller: i'm very well. how are you doing? >> i'm good, thank you. do you agree with emily or no? >> caller: i do not agree and one of the reasons i don't agree is back in the late '90s i could have bought real estate or invested in the stock market the. i made a decision to invest in the stock market and evidently after the bubble burst i lost over $1 million. if the people who want to be bailed out now for their mortgages because they made a bad idea, then are they going to be bailing me out because i lost money in the stock market? >> david, it's a very good question. i just want to pose a question back to you. what about the comment that emily was making, the point she was making about the fact that they didn't spend more than they thought they could spend, but unforeseen circumstances have left them in a really bad situation. >> caller: i didn't think that i bought stocks that would go down. i made the same mistake that emily made. i made a wrong decision, and i should take responsibility for my decision, own up for it and then regroup and start all over again. >> okay. hey, david, thank you, for sharing your opinion, and best of luck to you, too. i know that's a tough pill to swallow losing that much money certainly. i want to go to our facebook comments here. scott wrote, no. the banks should pay for it. i've heard a lot of this on my facebook page today echoing scott's sentiments here. he says they were bailed out and now after years of predatory lending practices are doing very little to help homeowners. darren says you people and your handouts will never get off your feet. what they should do is put the money into creating jobs. david, meanwhile, says no way. i could have purchased a house even though i knew i couldn't afford it and now i can get a bailout. no way, jose. they bought the house, they couldn't afford it and now we foot the bill. this just isn't fair for the people who are smart enough to know that they could not afford the mortgage to begin with. and rick says one thing is for sure. the banks kicking people out of their homes in a no-win situation. the house just sits and falls apart or turns into a rodent-filled crackhouse when the people who could take care of the house and pay what they can pay instead of being homeless. it's so interesting to hear some of you who actually offer solutions. we love that, too, so i want to invite the rest 6 you to chime in here. with the foreclosure prize affecting so many millions of americans, should taxpayer dollars help subsidize troubled homeowners, or is this just another bailout for people who made bad financial decisions? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text us. standard rates apply or go to our facebook pages. we love hearing from you and love -- love to kind of ruminate over what you had to say. >> exactly. banks are not real popular right now. >> no, they are not. finding the same thing on your page, people saying the same thing on your page? >> in droves, yeah, thanks. all right. now this. >> thanks. >> today members of the georgia tech men's tennis team for adopting a young man who is battling cancer. 7-year-old nolan blake made an official member of the team. they came together through a group that pairs kids battling cans we are sports team and nolan beat one of the players in tennis on nintendo wii. congratulations to today's true champions. ugh. ( zipping, breathing ) ♪ do you need anybody linens and duvet washed fresh for every guest. real value. from your friends at hampton. to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. t worr 'll ndne else. 'sla t worr 'll ndne else. ♪t dy sy la suck up the s pl vacuum and ecc y cloths k r it cleans beer than a sucor your moy ba. pl vacuum sl ♪ the only person who survived this morning's plane crash in libya, a little boy thought to be from the netherlands. now undergoing surgery in tripoli. the boy is thought to be about ten. he suffered broken bones and other injuries. dutch officials are waiting at the hospital to identify him. dozens of police and rescue workers are sifting through debris at the crash site. the libyan plane had 104 people on board arriving from johannesburg, south africa. he tried to land at tripoli airport and most of the passengers were dutch. four members of a family were killed when a giant sinkhole swallowed up their house. search teams say the mother and father and their two young daughters were in the basement watching a hockey game when a landslide opened up the sinkhole. the roof of one house is barely visible. rescuers struggled for a day at times digging with their hands to try to reach the family in time. first, it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protests and outrage. now the controversy is over a new bill. in fact, it's a law. the governor sign it had yesterday. it targets an ethnic studies program at a tucson school district. tom horn, the state's school chief and a republican running for attorney general in arizona, says the bill was written to target the mexican-american studies program. he says that program promotes ethnic chauvenism and racial bias towards white. the president of the board says she has no plans to do away with the program. do you agree with the ban on ethnic studies ins a snaz is it punitive or progressive? some say it promotes resentment and others say it promotes pride, diversity. call us at 1-877-tell-hln, text us or e-mail us. a 23-year-old cancer survivor had a chance to say thanks to dozens of people who helped save his life. nate post was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer causing him to need several blood transfusions. this week he met some of the 99 people who donated blood. >> finally to you guys, because without you there's no doubt i wouldn't be here so to all of you guys, to everybody who just came, thanks for literally saving my life. >> nate is now cancer-free. police say a high school basketball star was living a lie. he was a great player, still is. jerry joseph, he said he was 16, but in reality police say he's 22. how they unravelled this story. and find out his true identity. @ welcome to progressive. nice calculator. i'm just trying to save money on my car insurance. you know, with progressive, you get the option to name your price. is that even possible? uh, absolutely. trade? and i still get great service? more like super great. oh, you have a message. "hello." calculator humor. i'll be here all week. i will -- that was my schedule. the freedom to name your price. now, that's progressive. call or click today. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. we have new information in the death of pro golfer erica blasberg outside las vegas. the "new york times" said she sent a text to her own caddy that was retrieved sunday morning in which she said she wasn't going to attend the lpga tournament in mobile, alabama, that next day. the caddy said the text was sent in the middle of the night. she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay, but blasberg never responded. her agent said she had her bags packed for that tournament. she died at her home outside las vegas on sunday and still police are tight-lipped about the investigation. on the cbs "early show" a friend talked about the impact of her death. >> it's been pretty confusing for everybody, and we're -- we're basically, you know, myself and her family and the friends are really just trying to focus on, you know, her as a person because there's nothing we can really do right now with what happened because, you know, we're not going to find anything out, and, you know, we're just kind of trying to praise her because she was really a great person and people enjoyed her and she, you know, obviously left us a little too soon. >> a memorial for blasberg is planned for next week. we have more analysis now on this. law enforcement analyst mike brooks is joining us now. mike, what about that 911 call? >> well, i just got off the phone with henderson police department officer tom rasmussen, and he will confirm that the 911 call did come from her house, but they will not release the name of the person who made that call. >> wow. someone who had access to the house, someone broke in. we don't know that much. >> that's what it sounds like. i'm hearing that there was no sign of foul play, and overs rasmussen did say that the community was not in danger, and there have been no arrests, so, you know, they are calling this a death investigation, chuck, so, you know, what do you glean from that? not a whole lot. they are not really saying much. they are not saying cause or manner of death. they say that will be released by the medical examiner, by the coroner, and they are expecting that the toxicology on blood and tissue samples taken during autopsy will take four to six weeks. >> that's a long time to wait. >> as a former investigator they will probably have them back sooner than that. >> let's hear what her dad said yesterday. >> this is devastating. i mean, you don't -- we're going to have to bury our 25-year-old daughter so it's sad. this is someone that did everything right. i mean, she's not immune to the pressures of golf, immune to the pressures of life. she's a 25-year-old girl and they are crazy to begin with in general, but-ins a story about how you raise a kid, and they -- they came out okay, and now something happened, and we have to find out what it is. >> we don't know what circle of friends she was in the company of. >> no, we don't, and we don't know if there had been any threats, any stalkers, like sometimes you find in professional sports, but i found it interesting talking about the pressures of golf and the pressures of life, and, you know, do you read anything into that? you really can't say right now, but him saying, you know, all 25-year-olds are crazy, but, you know, she's -- she was, you know, pressures of golf, pressures of life, what does that mean? we don't know. >> las vegas is not a quiet place to live. we can only speculate on what happened. what a tragedy, a beautiful young lady and a great golf we are a great career. mike, thanks. >> thank you, chuck. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. count number two -- >> friends and family of tonya craft cheered loudly outside the courtroom outside of chattanooga yesterday. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home and the custody of her two children. she said despite the verdict she doesn't feel like a winner. >> i thank god, and i that i my mom and my dad. there can be restoration, and there can be awareness for others to not go through this, but there's two birthdays for my daughter that i'll never get back, and there's no winners, even all the children involved in this. there's no winners. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter and say they have contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they call fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in the case. well, plan "b" sunday way. the plan for sealing that massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico, yes. it's another containment dome, but it's about half the size of the first one that bp tried to put into position on the floor of the gulf of mexico. the two-ton box dubbed the top hat reached the sea floor overnight. crews will pump in heated water to prevent the buildup or frozen crystals that doomed the earlier attempt to cap this leak. louisiana wildlife officials are finding tar balls that have washed into the south pass of the mississippi river. a major breeding ground for oysters, crabs and other seafood. >> if they can't get this thing capped off, it's just going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. katrina is long in our past. that's -- that's nothing compared to what -- what's out there. >> a congressional investigation reveals the blowout preventer of the deep water horizon drilling platform was leaking hydraulic fluid. california democrat henry wax man said that might have caused the blowout preventer to fail. he also said the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before the blowout. >> information reviewed by the committee describes an internal debate between transocean and bp personnel about how to proceed. what we do know is that shortly before 10:00 p.m., just two hours after well operations apparently resumed, gas surged from the well, up the riser, and the rig exploded in a fireball. >> executives from bp, transocean and other companies involved in the platform are appearing before the house energy and commerce committee today. supreme court nominee elana kagan is meeting with top senators in both parties today. she started with a visit to the senate majority leader harry reid. that, of course, is protocol. that is reid there. he later issued a statement saying she's the right choice to replace retiring justice john paul stevens. then, kagan met with gop leader mitch mcconnell. earlier he said he would ask her whether she will be independent and not base court decisions on her personal opinions. during the confirmation process, she's likely to face inquiries about her lack of experience on the federal bench. the president says he's confident though he'll meet his self-imposed deadline to start pulling out troops from afghanistan in july of next year. he said that at a joint appearance with afghan president hamid karzai at the white house. the president said that the u.s. commitment to afghanistan is long term. >> we've had very frank discussions, and president karzai agrees with me, that we can't win through a military strategy alone, that we're going to have to make sure that we have effective governance, capacity building, economic development in order for us to succeed, and, you know, i think that what we discussed this morning is a recognition on both sides that this transformation is not going to happen overnight. >> president obama also cleared the air of reports about tensions between the u.s. and afghan governments. he said differences will happen in what he called a complicated and difficult environment but that reports of heightened tensions were simply overstated. if you're unemployed or under water in your mortgage, you may be in luck. your state could soon begin helping you pay off your home loan. florida, michigan, california and arizona plan to use nearly $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the unemployed and those facing foreclosure. the states would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments up to two years and also pay down the loan balances of people who owe more than their home is worth. opponents say paying off loongs this way could actually discourage people from looking for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding prices. what do you think? with foreclosures affecting millions of americans and in some cases depressing home values of everybody, should taxpayer dollars help selectively subsidize troubled homeowners? not all, just case by case, or is this just another bailout for those who made bad financial decisions? you pay, you lose. call us toll-free at 1-877-tell-hln or text us at hln-tv or chuck vobts my facebook page. dive into the discussion. christi paul's page is open as well. george huguely is charged with murdering his girlfriend, a former lacrosse player at the university of virginia. find out what his mother has to say about the whole thing. my name is chef michael. and when i come home from my restaurant, i love showing bailey how special she is. yes, you are. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. so tasty and nutritious it's hard to believe it's dry dog food. chef-inspired. dog-desired. chef michael's canine creations. [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. using a catheter on a daily basis can be difficult, but if your situation requires it, liberty medical has important information that could make your life much easier. liberty medical, the trusted name in medical supply home delivery, will ship discreetly to your door, sterile and sanitary catheters. no more reusing old catheters, no more hygienic concerns, direct shipping is free and discreet and most major insurance carriers cover the cost of up to five catheters a day. "the way that liberty medical conducts business, the patient's privacy is protected, their independence is maintained and their dignity is secured." "it was difficult to get my catheter supplies but with liberty medical it's so much easier. they deliver right to my door. easy and discreet. and liberty even handles all the paperwork!" you have enough to deal with right now, let liberty do what they do best. more freedom, more independence, more liberty. liberty medical. call liberty medical at the number on your screen or visit the web at libertycatheter.com. south carolina governor mark sanford is talking about his love life again. he told reporters that he did spend the past weekend with his argentine lover in florida to see if they could rekindle their relationship. the news conference was about an unrelated issue. mark sanford was still married when he disappeared last summer and returned to south carolina to admit he had been in argentina visiting the same woman, not hiking the appalachian trail. sanford fessed up that the two were indeed having a year-long affair. sanford and his wife divorced earlier this year. he leaves office in january. george huguely's mother released her first statement since the university of virginia lacrosse player was accused of killing yeardley love, a member of the women's lacrosse team. he reportedly told police that their relationship had ended. in an e-mail his mother said, quote, though my pain is great, it will never come close to the anguish felt by the love family. along with my family i'm devastated and confused. we're all trying to understand and cope as best we can. murphy described love as a sweet, wonderful woman with a limitless future. she was found dead in her apartment face down in a pool of blood, her face bruised and right eye swollen shut. huguely said he kicked in her bedroom door, shook her and threw her head against the wall several times. >> here's my issue out of control. lawrence taylor, hall of fame football player, accused of raping a 16-year-old runaway, ben roethlisberger, superbowl quarterback accused of raping a girl inside a college bathroom, although no criminal charges have been filed in that case. tiger woods, world's number one golfer, caught in a massive sex scandal. george huguely, star on the university of virginia lacrosse team, accused of brutally murdering his beautiful girlfriend. see a connection? all athletes, all accused of disrespecting and denigrating women. what is it about becoming a sports star that leaves you feeling that you're a god? we have to stop defying these athletes. we are giving them way too much power. it's time we take the power back, ladies, whether it's boycotts or the power of the pocketbook. and, of course, there are plenty of athletes who are great upstanding individuals. unfortunately, these cases i just described often ruin it for the best. it's time we send a message to superstars. sports are for gentlemen, not neanderthals. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mine. don't miss "issues" tonight and every night 7:00 eastern right here on hln. [ crying ] oh great. every time i fly. my ears! swallow! [ male announcer ] upgrade to first class investing technology... at e-trade. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. . first, it was arizona's tough new immigration law, the one that triggered protests and outrage, still going on. now the controversy is over a brand new bill already signed by governor brewer. it would target and does target ethnic studies programs at the tucson unified school district. tom horn, the state's school chief and republican running for attorney general in arizona says this bill was written to target the mexican-american studies program. he says it promotes what he calls ethnic shaefnism and racial resentment towards whites. the tucson school district denies that say the classes benefit students and promote critical thinking. t the president of the governing board has no right to discontinue the classes. so what do you think? do ethnic studies programs like this promote resentment or solidarity? do they counter holohostility? do they promote pride? got a great discussion going on on facebook. chuckrobertshln gets you there. mary thinks ethnic studies are essential and writes this. the u.s. is made up of many different ethnicities yet most of the history books only describe it from the anglo perspective. if you have one ethnic studies program, you must have every ethnic group in the community represented with their own program. either you do them all or do none of them. got a couple of callers on the line. erica is in columbus, ohio. hey, erica, what do you think about all of this? >> caller: i think it needs to be in the history books because america is made up of immigrants so ethnic history is american history and if we leave that out then our children will not have a sense of understanding of where they are from, a sense of pride and they need to have that for self-esteem, and everyone else needs to know that. >> shouldn't we treat kids as individuals, not as members of a group though? >> caller: i think we should treat them as individual, but we're all -- we all come from somewhere, and if we only focus on where one people come from and we don't understand why there's mexicans in certain parts of america, we don't let them understand that that was a place used to be mexico or understand why african-americans are called african-americans and why they are here, it's going to cause resentment in that group if we don't explain that and i think it needs to be explained. it's our history. >> everyone should be able to sign up for it, not those just in the ethnic class? >> caller: absolutely. >> geena is on the line in birmingham. what are your thoughts? >> caller: my thoughts are it's public school. >> right. >> caller: they are my tax dollars. i think that any kind of ethnic history about your ethnicity should come from home. >> all right. >> caller: it belongs at home. it shouldn't be at school. school should be about teaching english, writing, arithmetic and career. >> but sometimes kids don't even realize they are in a separate ethnic class until they get to school, right? they may not know it in their own neighborhood or home. >> caller: that's not the school's job. >> that's not the school's job. >> caller: that's the parent's job to know their heritage. heritage is based from home. >> all right. thanks for the call. got some people on our your views tour. they have commented, too. let's roll that. >> i think that they should because it gives people an opportunity to learn about other cultures and learn about america's own melting pot so we have to have that diversity and understanding that can be increased by learning about the other ethnic cultures here in the united states. >> all right. do you agree with the arizona law banning ethnic studies? some say the classes do promote resentment and others say it promotes pride and diversity. which is the better argument here? call us toll-free resentme resentment. what's the better argument here? call us toll free, 1-877-tell-hln. standard text rates apply. follow us on twitter, hlntv gets you there. we'll air your responses throughout this day. an explosion destroyed three homes today in cleveland. gone. i mean, devastated. at least 11 people were hurt including five children, investigators say there's an a chimney left and that's all. 16 homes were damaged. authorities say the explosion went off in an unoccupied home. they did evacuate the area and are canvassing for a gas leak. people ten miles away could report feeling the impact. the body of a missing 4-year-old has been frofrd a utah canyon. ethan stacy's body was found yesterday. investigators say he was buried in a remote area near powder mountain. his father nathan sluppe faces charges that include aggravated homicide, child abuse and desecration of a corpse. storm-chasing gets way too close for comfort. how a tv reporter found herself in the middle of a twister. so,e with this cute pair of jeans, only $100. but am i wearing them now? hello. i'm wearing my older sister's jeans that she ruined with bbq sauce... or so i thought. see, my mom washed them with this tide stain release in-wash booster stuff. she's all, "you use it with your detergent to help get stains out the first time." are you kidding me? so now the stains are magically gone. and my sister passes on her jeans to me. what a life. [ female announcer ] get your three dollar coupon at tidestainrelease.com today. lose weight and save money with our lowest price since 2004. i'm angie everhart, and i lost 34 pounds on nutrisystem. i lost 120 pounds on nutrisystem. enjoy four perfectly portioned meals for as low as $8.92 a day, our best price guaranteed. i'm marie osmond, and i lost 50 pounds on nutrisystem. i lost over 100 pounds and lowered my blood sugar on nutrisystem d. based on the proven science of the glycemic index, nutrisystem works, and now it can work for you. that's me 22 pounds ago, and i'm never going back there again. roll back prices no matter who you are or what program is right for you. people say i look 10 years younger. i feel 10 years younger. smart money named nutrisystem the best value of popular weight-loss programs. now our best price just got better. with nutrisystem, there are no more excuses. the nutrisystem roll back sales event won't last long. call the number on the screen for our best price guarantee. i am sick to my stomach. i don't see how anyone can do that to anybody, much less a little kid. >> i thank god. i thank my mom and my dad. it's not about my story. it's about -- it's about the kid's stories and what they go through. >> they can't get this thing capped off. this is going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. >> everybody who just came, thanks for, literally, saving my life. >> that last one's a real uplifting story i can't wait to bring that one to you. i'm christi paul, why don't you just sit back, put your feet up. first of all we're talking about a former georgia kindergarten teacher who's been acquitted and child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. count number -- >> you hear in the background there the friends and family of know to tonya craft. now she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home and custody of her two children. appearing on nbc's "today" show this morning, craft says it's still sinking in. >> i was once feeling relief but i wanted to wait till i heard -- until i heard it 22 times before i could even remotely there the sink in. as i said earlier, it wasn't a victory. there's nobody that wins in this situation and my wholeheart had been taken and i got half of it back but until i get my children i won't have my entire heart, per se, back. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter and they say they've contacted the fbi anti-u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the quote fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in this case. i have some new information that i want to share with you too about the death of lpga golfer erica blasberg who see here. "the new york times" reporting that blasberg sent a text message to her caddie that was retrieved sunday morning. said she was not coming to a tournament in mobile, alabama. now the caddie says that the text was sent in the middle in the night and she was worried enough to send a reply. blasberg never responded to that show. blasberg had packed her bags for the tournament but she died suddenly in her houtoutside of las vegas sunday and i've got to tell you the moment, police are really being extraordinarily tight-lipped about this investigation. on cbs' "early show" a friend talked about the impact of her death. >> it's been pretty confusing for everybody, and we're -- we're basically, you know -- you know myself and her family and the friends who are really trying to focus on her as a person because there's nothing that we can really do right now with what happened because we're not going to find anything out. and you know we're just trying to praise her because she was really a great person and she was you know -- people really enjoyed her and she obviously left us a little too know. >> a memorial for blasberg is planned for a week for today. now george huguely's mother has released her first public statement since the former university of virginia lacrosse's team is charged with her murder. he, huguely whom you see here reportedly told police their relationship had recently ended. well, in an e-mail, marta murphy said, quote -- murphy also describes love as a quote, sweet, wonderful young woman with a limitless future, unquote. love was found dead in her offcampus apartment earlier this month. faced down in a pool of blood. her face bruised and her right eye swollen shut. shook her and hit her head against the wall several times. the body of a missing 4-year-old has been recovered now from a utah canyon and the boy's stepfather is charged with killing him. along with his mother is accused of trying to cover-up the crime. now ethan stacy's body was found yesterday afternoon 17 hours after his mother reported him missing. investigators say he was buried in a remote area near powder mountain. his stepfather nathan sloop, faces charges that include aggravated homicide, child abuse and desecration of a corpse. his mother stephanie sloop also faces child abuse and desecration of a corpse charges. what you're looking at here is plan "b" for sealing the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. another containment dome about the half of the size of the first one that bp tried to put in place. dub the top hat. louisiana wildlife officials are finding tarballs though that have washed into the south pass of the mississippi river, that's a major breeding ground for oysters, crabs and other seafood. >> they can't get this thing capped off this is going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. katrina is long in our past. that's -- that's nothing compared to what -- what's out there. >> now in the meantime, a congressional investigation is revealing the blowout preventer on the deepwater horizon rig was leaking hydraulic fluid. and henry waxman says that may have caused the preventer to fail. says the drilling failed the pressure test just hours before the blowout. live pictures from washington where those companies there, executives from bp, transocean, and other companies involved in the drilling platform are appearing before the house energy and commerce committee as we speak. well, first it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protests and outrage. now the controversy is over a new bill that arizona governor jan brewer has signed that targets an ethnic study's program in a tucson school district. tom horn, the state school's chief and a republican running for state attorney general says, the bill was written to target the mexican-american study's program. the tucson unified school district denies that saying the classes benefit students and promote critical thinking. now the president of the district's governing board says she has no intention of ending this program. has the right to appeal the mandate which goes into effect in december but we want to know if you agree with the arizona law banning ethnic studies. some say the classes promote resentment. others say they promote pride and diversity. so give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln. or go to our facebook page, christipaulhln. chuck roberts has one too, chuckrobertshln and we hope that you will join there. a rogue satellite spinning out of control high above the earth may soon blow up your favorite tv shows, find out how the spacecraft could turn into a cable killer. the insurance institute for highway safety calls it a 2010 top safety pick. with automatic crash response from onstar that can call for help, even when you can't. we call it peace of mind. a consumers digest best buy two years in a row, chevy malibu. [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. first goldman sachs, now morgan stanley's reportedly under investigation for misleading investors. poppy harlow's in new york. poppy, i understand it, this has to do with mortgages. >> yeah, mortgage-backed securities. the same relative issue that the s.e.c.'s looking at goldman sachs, but let's be very clear here. this all made the headlines in "the wall street journal", which is arguing that federal prosecutors investigating morgan stanley, about whether or not they misled investors when it comes to these mortgage bets, right. morgan stanley says they haven't heard it all from the justice department. the justice department will not confirm nor deny this. morgan stanley worked with two other big banks to create a product that was betting against the housing market. all-in, morgan stanley made about $400 million on those two deals that are in question. now, when you look overall at where morgan stanley stood on the housing market mainly they were long on the housing market. meaning, they thought home prices would go up, they didn't think it would fall. over all in 2007, christi ulook at morgan stanley and they lost nearly $10 billion on the housing market and when it comes to this report of did they or didn't they mislead investors? the big question is did they believe that the housing market was going to fall and plummet like it, did and advise their investors, their clients, in a different way? well, the ceo of morgan stanley came out today, he's in japan and said, listen, there's no reason to believe there is any substance to the "the wall street journal" article and again the department of justice isn't confirming this but wall street's watching it i'm look at live trading of morgan stanley right now. down almost 3% after being down 5% today. the big question is everyone wants to know, another potential investigation, is this is tip the iceberg? we've seen it with goldman sachs. sort of what's next? so there are a lot of banks that are to follow, christi. >> right and what do you say to that? is this the tip of the iceberg? are other banks going to be under scrutiny here. >> it's a great question and analysts say, absolutely. a number of other big players on wall street most of them have received inquiries from the s.e.c. over the past few months about their investment in mortgages, saying, show us these paperwork, show us what happened. a of times these cases it can be very hard for the government to prove if they're trying to go after a fraud charge and a lot of. them end without any charges being filed. it's one thing to investigate. an interesting thing that a tulane law professor who's studied this says sometimes the purpose is to scare the heck out the banks and on get them to conform. no confirmation on this morgan stanley news. >> thank you so much, we appreciate it, poppy. >> gow to the it. one of the "desperate housewives" hitting the internet talking about sex and cellulite. we have that for you coming up. first though a california man is turning around his east l.a. neighborhood by sharing his love of the arts. richelle carey has his story in today's "leaders with heart." >> reporter: louise rodriguez is using the toorts change his community for the better. >> when we got here there was no movie houses, no coach's spaces, no art galleries, no bookstores. >> reporter: so in 2001 luis opened up a cultural center for a bookstore. activities, work shops and a bookstore. poetry reading, lessons and other events. >> it's a place of imagination. here, young people, families, even older people can learn all kinds of arts. >> luis grew up in an l.a. gang but following his passion led him out of trouble. >> there were mentors who were seeking young people like me and so while i was getting into all of these drugs, trouble, i also got helped. i had to change. >> luis often shares his story with at-risk youth. >> it's important for them to know even they can do this. they can find their own passions, their own gifts, their own art. they can find their way out of this. oof! i hope he has that insurance. aflac! you really need it these days. how come? well if you're hurt and can't work it pays you cash... yeah to help with everyday bills like gas, the mortgage... ...and groceries. it's like insurance for daily living. so...what's it called? uhhhhh aflaaac!!!! oh yeah! that's it! aflac. we've got you under our wing. a-a-a-aflaaac! ♪ go ahead, get started ♪ this'll never last ♪ not with the wind in your hair like that ♪ ♪ no, no, 'cause i could never see how someone ♪ ♪ as soft and sweet as you could ever be with me ♪ [ male announcer ] low-mileage lease for qualified lessees... the cadillac cts sports sedan. visit your cadillac dealer for this attractive offer. ♪ vthe smell of freshly juiced for this wheat grassoffer. and hand pressed shirts. whatever scents fill your household, purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats scoop. keep your home smelling like home. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. omes in a new liquid gel. [ er yusinadseitivity p y be missing some othection you need cre-h toothpastes,you n'ed tora to protectstty aleasntheck mod or new crest pro-heah seiv well, the only person who survived this morning's plane crash in libya is this little boy here believed to be from netherlands. he's undergoing surgery in tripoli. suffered broken bones as well as other injuries and dutch officials are waiting at hospital to identify him but dozens of police and rescue workers meanwhile are shifting through the debris there at the crash site as you see. the libyan plane had 104 people on board. it was arriving from johannes johannesbu johannesburg. president obama says the u.s. is taking extraordinary measures it avoid killing afghan civilians. he met with afghan president hamid karzai at the white house today and both acknowledge the relationship between the two countries has had its setbacks and its tensions but president obama says he's reaffirmed his commitment to afghanistan and to taking down the taliban. want president also says the u.s. is on track to begin bringing troops home from afghanistan in july of next year. "desperate housewife" teri hatcher talking sex, marathon sex with real "housewives" online. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is here. i bet a lot of armtwisting to get you to go with this are. >> not quite. i happen to love teri hatcher. i think she's an amazing woman -- >> she is. >> and don't panic christi. she's not doing some kind of online porn site none of that but yes she is talking sex, among other things on this great inspirational website that she's launched. it's called gethatched.com. and you heard it right marathon sex is one of the interactive topics on this site what she calls chit zmoot eight hours of really great sex or eight hours of really great sleep. >> who wants to have sex for eight hours? >> my husband is not sting. it's not like i can have eight hours in bed. in a perfect world it would be one hour of great sex and seven hours of uninterrupted sleep. >> yeah, i'll take one hour. >> i'll take eight minutes of great sex. >> there you go. it's just a little sampling of what she's doing on the site and love teri hatcher, she's got a great sense of humor and she's got a lot to draw from. she's certainly had a lot of highs and lows in her career that she's been very candid about. she's a single mom and it's not just the sex talk on here, she's talking about fashion, dolling out motherly advice, bodily advice. set record straight on paparazzi shots that apeefrd them that didn't look so great. usually they're out there and don't get to defend them and i think that's sort of a cool idea. >> wow, now what inspired her to do this. >> this has become this hot new trend in hollywood. you have some stars who are now taking to the web trying to build their brand and dolling out advice. i mean we've seen it from like martha stewart and oprah winfrey but now we're seeing it from less likely stars. gwyneth paltrow has done one and now from teri hatcher. it's a really smart move especially where technology is going. talking sex or most anything else. so i say, good for her. i hope this turns out to be huge. i mean you would check something out like this out. >> well, especially if she can give me her secrets in staying in shape because she looks phenomenal. >> amazing, right. >> always, yes. >> has done an incredible job -- >> share your secrets on that. >> but look with all of the pressures of living that life in hollywood and being a single mom so it's tough so we're going to play more on teri's site on "showbiz tonight" and plus too gay to play straight? a lot of outrage on this, over the claim that some gay stars may be too gay to play straight characters and why the hit tv show "glee" has been dragged into the middle of this, live for you at 5:00 p.m. eastern and back every night at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific here on hln. >> yeah love to watch. thank you, a.j. >> you got it. your favorite cable shows might go dark in a couple of weeks. blaming out of control communication's satellite, people. around may 23rd apparently it is expected to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the u.s., now it's not clear how long a disruption might last but satellite's owner won't name the cable providers that could be affected. you'll just know it when you can't get them. if you're unemployed or under water in your mortgage you actually might number luck here, your state could soon help you pay off of your home loan depending on where you live, we're talking florida, michigan, california and arizona. plan to use $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the unemployed and people facing foreclosures. so the states would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years. they'd also pay the loan balances of people who owe more than their home is worth. opponents of the idea say paying off loans could actually discourage people from look for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices, but what do you say? that's next. not even advil pm,dicine, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. well a form kindergarten teacher has been acquitted and child molestation charges. watch this. >> count number one, not guilty. >> you hear in the background there the friends and family of tonya craft, they're cheering loudly outside of the courtroom, this is in ringel, georgia, yesterday as the not guilty verdicts were read. she lost her job, home and the custody of her two children. craft says she now plans to work to help people in her situation. >> it's not about my story. it's about -- it's about the kid's stories and what they go through in this. and -- and other people that are accused -- falsely accused, and i'll do anything i can to help protect them and to help protect the children of the falsely accused. >> now craft's attorneys argue that the children falsely believed they were molested because of constant suggestions by their parents and social workers. on nbc's "today" show she says one way she plans to help others who are falsely accused is to educate people about the proper way to question kids about possible abuse. >> i understand that thought process especially before and even though i probably will never teach in a classroom again i really hope to educate on how you can truly go from a child, nothing to happening, to not only them talking about it, but truly believing that something happened to happen that did not happen through a process of -- i hate to use this word, but through the process of an inept therapy, through process of investigations done wrong, through a process of interviewing with leading suggestive parents in parents. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion, by the way, to regain custody of her son and daughter and they say they've contacted fbi and the u.s. attorney's office of what they say is the "fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a." in this case. i have some new information that i want to show you right notice in the death of pro golfer erica blasberg. "the new york times" reporting that blasberg sent a text message to her caddie that was retrieved sunday morning. and in it, blasberg said she wasn't going to an lpga tournament in mobile, alabama. now the caddie says that the text was sent in the middle in the night and she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay but blasberg never responded that. her agent says blasberg had packed her bags for the tournament but she died in her home outside of las vegas and right now are extremely tight-lipped about this investigation. a memorial for blasberg is planned from a week from today. and the body of a missing 4-year-old has been recovered from a utah canyon. ethan stacy's body was found yesterday afternoon 17 hours after his mother reported him missing. investigators say he was bur need a remote area near powder mountain. his stepfather nathan sloop facing charges now that include aggravated homicide, child abuse, and desecration of a corpse. his mother, stephanie sloop, also faces child abuse and desecration of a corpse charges. oh boy, what a mess here. an explosion destroyed three homes in cleveland today. at least 11 people were hurt including five children. and investigators say only the chimney is left at one home and another just one wall is standing. at least 16 other homes were damaged. now, authorities say the explosion went off in an unoccupied home, thankfully. they've evacuated that area, though. and crews are canvassing it for gas leaks right now but people, ten miles away reported feeling that blast. and the only person who survived the morning's plane crash in libya is this little boy believed to be from the netherlands. he's actually undergoing surgery in tripoli. he's believed to be 10. and he suffered broken bones and other injuries so dutch officials are waiting at hospital to identify him but are sifting debris that the crash site. the libyan plane had 104 people on board and it was arriving from johannesburg, south africa. it went down while trying to land at tripoli international airport. most of the passengers, weend, were from the netherlands. what the you're looking at here is plan "b" for sealing the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. it's another containment dome, basically, about half of the size of the first one bp tried to put in place, but the two-ton box dubbed "the top hat" reached the sea floor overnight. crews are going to pump in heated water to prevent the buildup of frozen crystals that doomed the earlier attempt to capt leak. interior secretary ken salazar met with bp brass in houston today and says he's confident the company will plug the leak and clean up the mess. >> we are confident and resolute that we will solve this problem, and we're confident and resolute that we will continue to push bp as a responsible party here to make sure that at the end of the day this problem is effectively dealt with. we also are very confident that the world will learn a tremendous amount from what has happened from april 20th through these days and beyond and so part of what we're doing here in houston today is also learning more about safety measures that ought to be taken with respect to production in the outer continental shelf. >> the louisiana wildlife officials say they're finding tar balls that have washed into the south pass of the mississippi river. this is a major breeding ground by the way for oysters, crabs and other seafood. so watching that carefully. meanwhile, a congressional investigation revealing the blowout preventer was leak hydraulic fluid. henry waxman says that may have caused the blowout preventer to fail and he says the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before that blowout. now wa you're looking at here is executives from bp, transocean, and other companies that are involved in the drilling platform, as they appear before the house energy and kmocommerc commit today. the gulf coast oil disaster by the way playing a major role in an energy and climate bill that's about to go before congress. senators john kerry and joe lieberman are unveiling this measure this afternoon. among other things it would allow coastal states to opt out of oil drilling off of their shorelines and they could even veto offshore drilling plans of neighboring states as well. okay i don't know if you are aware of this yet, but did you're unemployed or if you're underwater your mortgage you may be in luck here depending on where you live, your state could help you soon pay off of your home loan talking about florida, michigan, california, and arizona. $1.5 million to help. here's what their plan is the states would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years and they'd also pay down the loan balances of people who owe more than their home is worth. now opponents of the idea say paying off loans could actually discourage people for work look for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices so we're wondering what you think of all of this. with the foreclosure crisis affecting so many millions of americans should taxpayer dollars help subsidized troubled homeowners or is this just another bailout for people who made bad financial decisions? give us a call, 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. standard rates apply or go to our facebook pages, christipaulhln is where you find me and chuckrobertshln will get you to his page as well while we're talking about this. the state of arizona doesn't just want public schools to teach students about latino heritage anymore. find out why and share your views on that. and put it through its paces. they rate its fit and finish. and the amenities inside. they factor in purchase price and operating costs, fuel economy and resale value. in short, they do what you do to test its quality. the consumers digest best buys from chevy. put them to your own test. and may the best car win. ♪ music plays ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack? benadryl® is more effective than claritin® at relieving your worst symptoms -- runny nose, sneezing, and watery eyes -- and works when you need it most. benadryl®. you can't pause life. how do i get involved? all righty first it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protests and outrage, right? now there's this controversy over a new bill that arizona governor jan brewer has signed into law. it targets an ethnic's study program in a tucson school district. tom horn the state's school chief a republican running for state attorney general says the bill was written to target american american studies program. he it says promotes ethnic chauv chauvfvi chauvinism. now the president of the district's governing board says she has no intention of ending this program and the district has the right to appeal the mandate which goes into effect, by the way in december. but we're asking for your views on this. do ethnic studies, do you think, promote resentment and solidarity? or do they counter hostility and promote pride? got a great discussion going on my facebook page about this, go to christipaulhln, where you can get into it there. thomas wrote to us saying "i'm sure they had school directives like this, hmm, where? oh yes, germany 1939. wow, history does repeat itself." and then patricia posted this. "america is no longer united, it's divider into a million little pieces." al wrote "why should there be a program to study only one ethnic group not all? let's be fair then to all groups not just one." a couple of callers on the line. dale's calling from california. dale, thanks for taking the time. would you want something like this in your state? the. >> caller: um, absolutely. i think that this is the story of all americans and this is the way we find out the truth. it's not story of the caucasian and the european. it is -- we are the melting pot. and true understanding only comes through education. people can only tell a personal heritage to their family or a family story or community's story, but schools, it is their onus to provide us with the rest of the story. >> hm, okay. hey, dale, thank you so much, calling from california, i appreciate that. i want to go to john too who's calling from wisconsin. john, what about you? do you believe in these programs? or do you agree with the law that has now been implemented in arizona. >> caller: i disagree with that law because i live in wisconsin, and we have certain classes that are offered with classes exactly like that that fit you know our ethnicity, majority up here. and i went to school in southern arizona, the vast majority of that area is latinos. so why -- why should we tell them they can't learn about their own heritage, you know? >> okay i understand. do you think, in any way, and if you're a student, you've taken any of these classes, not the ones obviously in arizona, but one of the contentions here is that it promotes resentment for people of other ethnicitieethni. what do you say to that argument? >> caller: i say that's kind of ridiculous because while if learning about just caucasian ethnicities, wouldn't that promote the same thing? >> hm, very good point. john calling from wisconsin, john, thank you so much. i appreciate your input there. we asked people on our your views tour for their comment and claudia from delray beach, florida, had this to say. >> as far as the ethic studies go i think that should be up to the districts, that they're going to school in. i think it's important for them to know, have a little bit of history, but i don't think it should be the dominant in the school. >> so let me pose the question to you if you haven't weighed in on this yet do you agree with the afrz law banning ethnic studies? some classes as i said promote resentment. others say they promote pride and diversity? text the word "view" your comments and name to hln.com where standard rates apply or follow us on twitter too, hlntv. find us on facebook as well. george huguely charged with murdering his former girlfriend. a woman's lacrosse player at university of virginia. well, his mother has something to say about this whole thing. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. comes in a new liquid gel. geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. well, george huguely's mother has released her first public statement since the former university of virginia lacrosse player was charged with murder. remember huguely is charged with killing yeardley love. this is his picture. reportedly told police their relationship had recently ended. now in an e-mail his mom marta murphy said, quote -- now murphy also describes love as, quote, a sweet, wonderful young woman with a limitless future, unquote. faced down in a pool of blood. her face bruised and her right eye swollen shut. police said huguely said he shook her head against the door, hit her head against the wall several times. hit with a meat cleaver in a school in china today. a teach and mother were also killed. now 11 other children were wound and accorded to chinese state media the man then went home and killed himself. this is the fifth major assault on young students in china just in the past two months. security's been tightened now at schools nationwide but it's not clear if it has been beefed up at this school that's involved in today's attack. the three american hikers detained in iran for nine months now is one step closer to seeing their fam lows. iran's granted visas to their mothers so they could visit them in jail. in is the mother of fatal. >> we have these wonderful passports with a fantastic iranian visa in it. we are very, very excited. we're so grateful for the islamic republic of iran to give us these visa s and our america passports to see my son josh and his friend. this is a wonderful, wonderful moment. >> fam leaves the united states citizen's arrested in iran back in 20 -- >> iran says sarah shourd, shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested last july for illegally crossing into the countries. and i want to let you know that we're just receiving word an 18-year-old high school student was stabbed during a fight with another student. these are live pictures coming to us. we know that the injured student is said to be in stabile condition with wounds to his head, ear and neck. this happened in pierce county, in washington state. again, live pictures for you here as you see the police presence on the scene. the sheriff's department it says happened at liberty junior high school. all of the students have been sent home, we're hearing. the stabbed student went to spana way high school apparent le. so we're hearing spanaway high classes. but we do know that one person's in custody and again all of the students have been sent home after a stabbing at this school so we're going to continue to keep our ear to the ground to this one and we'll let you know the latest as we get it. authorities in canada say that they have found the bodies of all four of those family members killed when that giant sinkhole swallowed their house. boy look at this the hole near montreal is four times larger than a football field to give you some perspective. search teams say the mother and fatheren and the two young daughters were in the basement watching a hockey game. rescuers struggled for a day at times digging with their hands just trying to reach that family. president obama says the u.s. is taking extraordinary measures to avoid killing afghan civilians. he met with afghan president hamid karzai at the white house today. both acknowledged the relationship between the two countries has had its setbacks and tensions, but president obama is reconfirming his commitment to afghanistan. president obama also says the u.s. is on track to begin bringing troops home from afghanistan in july of next year. and vice president joe biden's oldest son is recovering from what doctors believe was a mild stroke. doctors say 41-year-old beau biden is in good spirits. he should fully recover here. delaware's attorney general was admitted to a hospital in that state yesterday and later transferred to a philadelphia hospital for more testing. south carolina governor mark sanford is talking about his love life again. he told reporters today that he spent this past weekend in florida with his argentine lover to see if they could restart that relationship. sanford was still married when he disappeared last summer and when he returned to south carolina he admitted he had been in argentina visiting that same woman. he fessed up the two had been having a year-long affair. sanford and his wife divorced earlier this year. he leaves office in january. you got to stick around and see what some storm chasing caught. my nasal allergies are ruining our camping trip. i know who works differently than many other allergy medications. hoo? omnaris. [ men ] omnaris -- to the nose! [ man ] did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and sore throat. [ inhales deeply ] i told my allergy symptoms to take a hike. omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for $11 at omnaris.com. [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. i'm so sick to my stomach. i don't see how anybody can do that to anybody much less a little kid. i thank god, i thank my mom and my dad. it's not about my story. it's about the kids' stories and what they go through. they can't get this thing capped off, it's just going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. to all you guys, everybody who just came, thanks for literally saving my life. >> deeply impactful stories. we'll get to them all day today. hi, chuck roberts, hln "news and views." great to have you with us. let's get started. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. >> this is just outside chattanooga where friends and family cheered loudly in the courtroom as those not guilty verdicts were read one after the other yesterday. she'd been arrested two years earlier after which she lost her job, her home, and custody of her own children. kraft says despite the verdict, she doesn't feel like a winner. >> i thank god, i thank my mom and my dad. there can be restoration and there can be awareness for others to not go through this, but there's two birthdays for my daughter that i'll never get back and there's no winners even all the children involved in this. there's no winners. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of both her son and daughter and they have contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they call fraudulent behavior on the part of the judge and the d.a. in this case. a teacher at an alternative school in houston is under fire for allegedly getting physical with a 13-year-old student. this happened two weeks ago. caught on cell phone video. the connen fromtation includes hitting, kicking, pulling the student along the floor. as classmates watched. that teacher was fired monday when the video first surfaced. she said she was punishing the boy for laughing at a learning impaired classmate. the teen's mother says that never happened. she filed a complaint with police. she's seeking a lawyer's advice. the principal sent a letter to parents saying we're horrified at the actions of the teacher. there is no excuse for a teacher to behave in this way with a child. the school has terminated the teacher and made an apology to the student and his mother. in addition, the school will investigate whether other teachers witnessed this terrible incident and did not come forward to report it. those teachers could be facing disciplinary action as well. don't miss "prime news," mike galanos tonight with more on the student's beating caught on video and more fallout from it. 6:00 eastern right here on hln. this story just in. the jackson family confirms a series of videos making the rounds on the internet feature michael jackson's kids and they're real. they show paris and blanket jackson being kids. alan joins us from los angeles. >> it's really refreshing to see blanket playing star wars and to see paris, who is now 12, in an ichat. as a parent might tell you of young kids, that could be kind of scary to find out later that your kids are on youtube and you didn't know. what we found out is that it was a couple of weeks after they were uploaded on youtube and many people in the world had already found them. that the older jacksons realized that they were there. if you look at blanket, you will see that he's looking toward the camera, which is actually mounted on the computer screen. now, how cute is that? i mean, usually when we see him, the last year we have seen him in very serious situations, the tribute for his father at staples arena, but now we see an 8-year-old boy just having fun with his cousin. and he's playing star wars and he's providing his own soundtrack and his own sound effects. >> and light sabres and everything. acting it out. >> like his father, he seems to have a very vivid imagination. you know, as a parent watching this, like i said, if you don't know your little kid is putting this up, that can disturb you and apparently grandma, katherine jackson, didn't know. you see, michael's kids live at the encino, california, home owned by the estate with their grandmother who has custody, and until very recently they lived with four of their cousins, two sons of randy and two sons of jermaine who all have the same mother, but it was just a couple weeks ago that those kids moved to woodland hills, california, nearby actually to a condominium owned by the jackson estate. so the house isn't so full of kids all the time anymore. you see one of the cousins on that video. it's very refreshing but kind of disturbing as a parent. >> this really doesn't make any difference. there's a little logo circling in the middle. do we know what that is? >> that's from someone who copied the original video and reloaded and put their water mark on that. you will find various versions of these videos around the internet because as youtube users know, you can do that, you can copy them. >> i doubt it's the last we will see of them unless someone intervenes and says no more. >> i think there are some opportunities to see them. i'm expecting that perhaps even within the month of the anniversary of their father's death we might see them. they're not hiding them, and these kids want to be seen and heard apparently. >> and a they look happy and well-adjusted from all appearances. thank you so much. new information on the death of the pro golfer, the 25-year-old erica glass berg. b. we talked to mike brooks and this is what he said police in nevada told him. >> i just got off the phone with the henderson police department and he will confirm that the 911 call did come from her house, but they will not release the name of the person who made that call. >> wow. someone who had access to the call? someone broke in? >> that's what it sounds like. i'm hearing there was no sign of foul play, and officer rasmussen did say that the community was not in danger. and there have been no arrests. >> and they're not looking for anybody. also today "the new york times" reported blasberg sent a text to her caddie retrieved on sunday morning in which she said she was not going to play in the lpga tournament in mobile. the caddie replies asking if the golfer was okay but blasberg never responded. her agent said she had her bag packed for that tournament. she died at her home on sunday. police are being tight-lipped about the investigation. a memorial for blasberg is planned for a week from today. she was 25. george huguely's mother has released her first public statement since the former university of virginia lacrosse player was charged with murder. he's accused of killing yeardley love, a member of the women's lacrosse traeam. he told police their relationship had recently ended. his mom said, though my pain is great, it will never come close to the anguish felt by the love family. along with my family, i am devastated and confused. we are all trying to understand and cope as best we can. murphy also describes love as a sweet, wonderful young woman with a limitless future. love was found dead in her offcampus apartment earlier this month face down in a pool of blood, her face bruised and her right eye swollen. police say huguely told them he kicked in her bedroom door, shook her, and hit her head against the wall several times. bp's latest bid to stop the massive oil leak in the gulf involves another containment box half the size of the first effort that bp tried over the weekend. it's a two-ton box called the top hat. it's already reached the sea floor. crews will pump heated water incompetent side to prevent the buildup of frozen crystal that is doomed the earlier attempt to cap the leak. louisiana wildlife officials are finding tar balls on the south pass of the mississippi river. a major breeding ground. >> if they can't get this thing capped off, it's going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in this region. katrina is long in our past. that's nothing compared to what is out there. >> a congressional investigation reveals the blowout preventer on the deep water horizon rig was leaking hydraulic fuel. the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before the blowout. >> information reviewed by the committee describes an internal debate between transocean and bp personnel about how to proceed. what we do know is that shortly before 10:00 p.m. just two hours after well operations apparently resumed, gas surged from the well up the riser and the rig exploded in a fireball. >> executives from bp, transocean, and other companies involved in the drilling platform are appearing before that house energy and commerce committee today. some states may step in stop sliding home prices and foreclosures. is that a good idea? what are the down sides? we'll hear your thoughts on a rescue plan some say could turn into a handout. while i, sneezing, itching eyes kept you from our favorite stream. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ honda accord and toyota camry stand behind their powertrain for up to 60,000 miles. chevy malibu stands behind theirs for up to 100,000 miles. which makes it pretty clear whose standing out front. a consumers digest "best buy" two years running. chevy malibu. compare it to anyone and may the best car win. during the spring event, qualified lessees, now get a 27-month, low mileage lease on this malibu ls for around $199 a month. call for details. see your local chevy dealer. hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 calories per serving. multigrain cheerios. try new chocolate cheerios with a touch of delicious chocolate taste in every bite. if you're unemployed or your under water on your mortgage, you owe more than the property is worth, you may be in luck. four states, maybe your state, could help you pay off that home loan. florida, michigan, california, and arizona are going to use or at least plan to use nearly $1.5 billion in government relief money to help the unemployed and people facing foreclosure. they would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years. they'd also pay down the loan balances of those who owe more than the home is worth. opponents say paying off loans could discourage folks for looking for work. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices because we're all a victim of that. it's been a great "your views" topic today. christi paul is here to highlight some of what you're say being this proposal. >> a lot of calls and comments coming in as you know. we want to start with an e-mail sent to us through our website, cnn.com/hln. dottie says there should be help in the form of government for some kind of bailout. i was downsized nine years ago in the tech downturn. i was in my 50s and not considered desirable for hiring. i lost my retirement savings, my job, and my livlihood. i began a career in real estate. well, you know where that went, and now i'm in my early 60s. would you think that i don't need help? i didn't ask for seek this and i have never had my hand out, but i'm at the end and need somewhere to turn. so charlene is calling from florida. charlene, what do you say to this when you hear a story like dorothy's? >> caller: well, you know, everybody has tough times and there are those exceptions that truly do need help, but from my own personal experience from what i have seen in florida where i live, everybody just overspent. most people knew exactly what they were doing, they borrowed more money than they could pay back. they knew that -- they expected the housing market to just keep going up and we all know from history that things do not always stay sweet, they do not always continue up, that things -- what goes up must come down. my husband and i retired in 2004. we built in florida. we borrowed half the value of the house because we did not any what was going to happen with the values. we always were very frugal. we did not over extend ourselves. now my house is half of its value. i, too, had to refinance to get a lower interest rate, but i don't want anybody to make my payments for me. that was my choice, and i knew exactly what i'm doing and i was doing it at the time and i think most people knew what was going on. >> being in tl you're in one of the states that's considering doing this and your housing market definitely has been hit ca hard. thank you. kent, what do you say to somebody like dottie who was responsible but hit harder than most? >> caller: well, i think i agree with her, and i don't think that the united states people or the government should be bailing out the banks again. i think this is a problem where the banks can borrow money at three-quarters of a percent but they're not willing to loan it out 5%, 6%. my idea is that if they would give everybody a 4% 30-year fixed loan it would save these people from leaving their houses. it would put more money in the people's pockets every month so they would go ahead and fuel the economy by going out and spending. >> okay. kebt from nebraska. you know, there are a lot of people echoing your sentiments regarding the banks right now, pointing the finger at the banks saying they didn't do enough even after they got bailouts. i want to go to a facebook comment. david said, no way. i could have purchased a house even though i knew i couldn't afford it and now i can get a bailout? no way, jose. they bought the house, they couldn't afford it, now we flip the bill? this just isn't fair for the people who were smart enough to know they could not afford the mortgage to begin with. john then wrote to us saying, many ways to look at it. the cost to the community and the taxpayer is sometimes greater when you have unemployed people living on the streets, in shelters, and accepting food stamps. until people can become gainfully employed again, you have to look at measures that are cost and society effective for all. so we want to know your view on this. with the foreclosure crisis affecting millions of americans, should taxpayer dollars help subsidize troubled homeowners or is this another bailout for people who made bad financial decisions? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us. >> it's a good topic. thanks. a 23-year-old cancer survivor got a chance to say thank you big time to dozens of people who helped save his life. nate post was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer causing him to need several blood transfusions and this week he met some of the 99 people who donated blood. >> finally, to you guys, because without you there's no doubt i wouldn't be here. so to all of you guys, to everybody who just came, thanks for literally saving my life. >> nate is now cancer-free. storm chasing gets way too close for comfort. how a tv reporter and her photographer found themselves in the middle of a twister. cameras rolling. hi, i need to start saving on car insurance. money a bit tight? yeah, i've had to cut back, sell some stuff. like his watch. oh. we can help you save. because we instantly compare your progressive direct rate with rates from other top companies. watch this. [ beeping ] nice savings. this means i can buy my watch back. oh, this watch? yeah. not for sale. [ gasps ] that's cold. making sure you get a great deal. now, that's progressive. call or click today. lose weight and save money with our lowest price since 2004. i'm angie everhart, and i lost 34 pounds on nutrisystem. i lost 120 pounds on nutrisystem. enjoy four perfectly portioned meals a day with our best price guaranteed. i'm marie osmond, and i lost 50 pounds on nutrisystem. i lost over 100 pounds and lowered my blood sugar on nutrisystem d. based on the proven science of the glycemic index, nutrisystem works, and now it can work for you. that's me 22 pounds ago, and i'm never going back there again. roll back prices no matter who you are or what program is right for you. people say i look 10 years younger. i feel 10 years younger. smart money named nutrisystem the best value of popular weight-loss programs. now our best price just got better. with nutrisystem, there are no more excuses. the nutrisystem roll back sales event won't last long. call the number on the screen for our best price guarantee. check out incredible video from inside a car as a tornado passed right overhead. this is in oklahoma yesterday when a reporter and the photographer got themselves in the bull's-eye of one of the storms. >> i'd like to say that these windows are rolled down, but they're actually knocked out. look at all the glass inside there. branden foster were on an i-40 exit ramp when the tornado blew through. i happened to be shooting weather video on my blackberry when the tornado came along and you can see how the wind speed just picked up in a matter of seconds. fortunately, we were okay. just very shaken up. >> and another round of rough weather is expected in the plains today. people being warned to watch out for more tornadoes. microsoft is offering versions of its business critical office programs for free on the web. it's unveiling office 2010 today. if you buy a licensed copy in a box it will cost you between $400 and $500. the web-based versions of excel, word, power point and another version i can't pronounce will be available to anybody who subscribes to the share point or windows live services. the boxes go on sale next month. a rogue satellite spinning out of control may blow up your favorite tv shows. find out how it could turn into a cable killer. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp medicare supplement insurance. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. the prices are competitive. i can keep my own doctor. and i don't need a referral to see a specialist. call now to get a free information kit. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. and the advantages don't end there. choose from a range of medicare supplement plans... that are all competitively priced. we have a plan for almost everyone, so you can find one that fits your needs and budget. with all medicare supplement plans, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. plus you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare. and best of all, these plans are... the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. when they told me these plans were endorsed by aarp... i had only one thing to say... sign me up. call the number on your screen now... and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan. you'll get this free information kit... and guide to understanding medicare, to help you choose the plan that's right for you. as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare, get help paying for what medicare doesn't... and save up to thousands of dollars. we're learning about a train derailment in eastern connecticut near new london. the freight train derailed near route 12 in lisbon. i'm sorry, the pictures from boston are oriented -- there we go. several cars off the road. several containers into a nearby river. that area has been blocked off by police. eight or nine containers have derailed. no reports of injuries, but authorities are concerned that an empty hazmat container may contaminate that river. pictures of a train derailment. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. >> friends and family of tonya craft cheered loudly outside the courtroom as the not guilty verdicts were read. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home, and custody of her two children. she plans to work to help people in her situation. >> it's not about my story. it's about the kids' stories and what they go through in this. and other people that are accused, falsely accused, and i'll do anything i can to help protect them and to help protect the children of the falsely accused. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of both her son and daughter. they say they have contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in the case. a teacher at an alternative school in houston is under fire for allegedly getting physical with a 13-year-old student. this happened two weeks ago. it was caught on cell phone video. this confrontation includes hitting, kicking, and pulling the student along the floor in front of classmates. that teacher was fired monday when the video surfaced. she said she was punishing the boy for laughing at a learning impaired classmate. the teen's mother said that never happened. she filed a complaint with police. the principal sent a letter to parents reading we're horrified at the actions of the teacher. there is no excuse for a teacher to behave in this way with a child. the school will investigate whether other teachers witnessed this terrible incident and didn't come forward to report it. those teachers could be facing disciplinary action as well. don't miss "prime news." mike galanos tonight has more on the student's beating. that's at 6:00 eastern tonight right here on hln. updating you on a story we've been following. a school fight left an 18-year-old high school student with stab wounds to his head, ear, and neck. he is reported in stable condition. one person is in custody. the sheriff's department in pierce county says this happened at liberty junior high school. all the students have been sent home. the stabbed student actually wept to spanaway high school. we're hearing spanaway classes are being held at liberty during renovations. we have learned some new information in the death of erica blasberg. mike brooks says he heard from police in henderson, nevada, there were no signs of foul play and that investigators told him, quote, the public are not in danger. joining us now on the set is jane velez-mitchell, the host of "issues." first of all, welcome. >> great to see you. i think we have to go with what the father is saying, and he is saying at first glance it looked like it might have been suicide, but then on second glance there was something strange about the entire situation, and now he is saying that he really doubts his daughter took her own life. what we do know is that she was supposed to be playing on monday at a gulf tournament in alabama. she was supposed to do a qualifying round. then sunday, the day before she was supposed to leave, in the middle of the night she texted the woman who was going to serve as her caddie and says i'm not coming even though her bags were founding to packed. that woman texted back, i hope everything is okay. never hears back. then they discover her dead sunday afternoon. so it was very disturbing obviously to the father. now, he had acknowledged that she had had some problems in the past, financial problems specifically, because in 2008 she had made more than $100,000 on the tour but then in 2009 she'd only made about $26,000 on the tour. so she was struggling with that. but the odd thing is that he said that he was with her last week, and he's also her swing coach, and that she seemed upbeat and bubbly and back to her old self and ready to play. so that's why he finds it very odd that at this particular juncture when she's supposed to go to this tournament she would decide to do something untoward to her herself, which is why he feels there has to be another reason. >> are her friends saying she was the victim of the las vegas lifesty lifestyle? >> nothing of that nature at all. this seems to be a very clean-cut young woman. she was very popular. very much loved by her friends. they're all devastated. this has really put a dumper on the tournament she was supposed to participate in. they're all saying they don't know of anything in terms of a bad lifestyle. she was in the las vegas area, but she wasn't involved in the las vegas lifestyle. we all know what that is. it's a tragedy. >> we don't know who made the 911 call. >> obviously somebody discovered her dead, but as you heard mike brooks say no, signs of foul play. nevertheless, they have not completed the autopsy so they really do not know the cause of death at this time. i would think they would have to wait for fox kotoxicology tests come back. and then it could be an accident. >> the fact they're not looking for anybody and the community is not in danger tells you -- >> it tells you a lot. >> thank you. bp's latest bid to stop the massive oil leak involves another containment box. this one half the size of the one that failed over the weekend. this is a two-ton box called the top hat. it reached the sea floor overnight. they will pump in heated water. louisiana officials are finding tar balls that are washed into a major breeding ground of oysters and crabs. a congressional investigation reveals the blowout preventer was leaking hydraulic fluid. henry waxman says that may have caused it to fail before the april explosion. he also says the drilling rig failed a pressure test just hours before the blowout. executives from bp, transocean, and other companies involved in the drilling platform are appearing before the house energy and commerce committee. that's a live picture of that session today. updating you on the whale story. this is southern california, just north of the san diego county line in dana point harbor. that's a gray whale and it was hangled in some kind of line. these are live pictures. officials successfully removed that ten-foot line that was wrapped around its front flipper, but there may be another line attached to the animal. they're saying that the whale had become much more active and is swimming a lot better. it dove into much deeper water after the first attempt succeeded in detangling it from its left flipper. a national marine fishery service says the whale is at least a month behind in migration and the rest of the pod is already migrating to alaska. they didn't wait for this one. arizona can't seem to stay out of the headlines. the state has made another move that's ruffled ethnic sensitivities. what it is and how you feel about it. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. ' nd ro so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. o 'lfew zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. g nnesi mrl we rth p iking o oepitons w thsohesoftnu 'wor ye tamoi i de wa rth soi tafi gn idea ifeli th 'wor ye tamoi i de wa rth goacveomr u doers ca well, first it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protests and outrage, and now the controversy is over a new bill. it's already a law. the arizona governor jan brewer signed the bill targeting an ethnic studies program in a tucson school district. tom horn is the state schools chief and a republican running for attorney general. he says the bill was written to target the mexican-american studies program in tucson that it promotes ethnic chauvinism and racial resentment towards whites. the school district disagrees. the president of the governing board says she has no intention of ending the program. the dirk has the right to appeal the mandate which takes effect in december. meanwhile, do you think ethnic studies programs like this promote resentment and solidarity or are they count counterproducti counterproductive? should it be every student judged individually? comments on facebook page, chuck roberts hln will get you there, include some of these. she willy posted this. i think they should look into what they're teaching before they end this program. if it's promoting ethnic solidarity then, yes, it should end. michael writes, ethnic studies are by nature exclusionary. if the flaw in current history studies is lacking in the history of certain ethnic groups then fix it to ensure history studies become more inclusive. a couple callers are on the line including angela outside columbus in ohio. do you support the law? >> caller: i do. >> how come? >> caller: i feel we as a country are starting to give people that are coming in from other countries more liberty -- giving them more rights than we as a u.s. citizen or u.s.-born citizen are being given. i think, you know, if we were to go to these different countries and ask for the same rights and privileges, they would basically laugh at us. i think we're getting off of what the united states was founded in and i think that a lot of times it is going to create a lot of animosity, not just for the kids learning things from that point of view. >> do you think there should be a northern european studies program? >> caller: i don't know if there's any right or wrong. the government spending so much money on trying to pacify each individual ethnic group that we're spending money we don't have anymore. we're so in debt as it is to come up with more this, that, and the other to provide -- to pacify this group or that group. we are one country under god, and i just feel that, you know, that's what's creating a lot of animosity. >> you think it's more divisive than inclusive. >> caller: yes. >> thanks. adrian is up next in charlotte. you're not a fan? >> caller: i am not a fan. no, i'm not. >> why not? >> caller: because i feel we're in a multicultural society and we need to learn from other cultures, not just white european culture, and i feel that the law is racist, discriminatory, and -- >> sends a wrong message? >> caller: it sends the wrong message because -- huh? >> what about if you're an anglo you could attend one of these courses and learn more. >> caller: first of all i'm african-american. i feel even as an african-american i need to feel what other cultures are thinking and feeling just like people have to learn about african-american history. >> yeah. all right. do you think it tends to fence off kids that marry more they'r defined by their cultural heritage than they are being an american kid? >> caller: no. >> no? >> caller: because i think your culture is part of america. america is a country but you have your own individual culture. >> thank you. how about you? do you agree with the arizona law? it bans ethnic studies, cuts off funding for schools that even have them. there are certain caveats there. some say the classes do promote resentment. others say they promote pride and diversity. e-mail cnn.com/hln. you can text views and your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. don't forget twitter. we'll air your responses throughout the day. some states may soon step in to stop sliding home prices and foreclosures. how about that idea? we'll hear your thoughts on a rescue plan some say could turn into a handout. may i help you? hi, i need to start saving on car insurance. money a bit tight? yeah, i've had to cut back, sell some stuff. like his watch. oh. we can help you save. because we instantly compare your progressive direct rate with rates from other top companies. watch this. [ beeping ] nice savings. this means i can buy my watch back. oh, this watch? yeah. not for sale. [ gasps ] that's cold. making sure you get a great deal. now, that's progressive. call or click today. the jackson family confirms a series of videos making the rounds and the web features michael jackson's kids and they are real. these are the images going viral. they show paris and blanket jackson just being kids. 8-year-old blanket is seen dancing around with a friend and showing off his star wars skills. looks like he'd be pretty good with a line saber. others show 12-year-old paris web chatting. if you're unemployed or under water in your mortgage your state could soon help you pay off your home loan. florida, michigan, arizona, and california plan to use money to help the unemployed and those facing foreclosure. it's on a case by case basis. the states would help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments for up to two years and pay down the loan balances of people who owe more than their home is worth. opponents say this could discourage people for looking for work. supporters say it's needed to stop frours and sliding home prices for everybody. what's your thought? with the foreclosure crisis affecting so many of us, even those who keep on paying, should taxpayer dollars help subsidize troubled homeowners or is this a bailout for people who just made bad choices, bad financial decisions and they should have known better? call us toll free 1-877-tell-hln. cnn.com/hln. hlntv is the text address. standard text rates apply. regulators still don't know what caused last week's dramatic stock plunge, but the securities and exchange commission chairman says there doesn't seem to be a single cause. s.e.c.'s mary shapiro told lawmakers there's no sign of any fat finger or a typing mistake that was suggested as a possible because of that quick selloff. the dow dropped about 1,000 points in less than an hour on thursday. first goldman sachs, now morgan stanley is reportedly under investigation for misleading investors. poppy harlow is in new york. what's the allegation? >> a lot of unknowns here just to be clear, but "the wall street journal" says that federal prosecutors and debt department of justice is investigating whether morgan stanley misled some of their investments. some people are equating this to the charges against goldman sachs. it comes down to some deals that morgan stanley made. let's run quickly through the deals. there were two of them. morgan stanley worked with citigroup and ubs, two other big banks, it form these mortgage deals. morgan stanley was on the short side, that they were betting against them, that the housing market would flounder as it did. morgan stanley made $400 million. they were on the long side betting that the housing market would rise. the question is ethically can they be on both sides. also, what you have to do is put this in comparison where morgan stanley was over the entire year of 2007 on the housing market, and as you see right there, morgan stanley lost nearly $10$ on its bets in the housing market in 2007. so there are these reports of an investigation, the department of justice isn't saying whether or not it's investigating, and morgan stanley isn't saying either. they said they haven't had any reports that there is an investigation. so they haven't even been told by the department of justice whether there's an investigation or not. a lot of questions. on wall street they're watching it closely. shares of morgan stanley are down about 2.2% right now. goldman sachs has fraud charge against it by the sec. you've got to think about these cases. it's very hard sometimes for the government to prove these cases. but one law professor from tulane university had insight saying listen, sometimes these charges are brought or an investigation is launched, not just about winning but the purpose is to scare the heck out of the banks so they think more abouts they disclosure. they think about their financial products, something like that. you wonder what's going on here. you try to find out from the department of justice. we'll keep it updated for you. >> there's a lot of fear out there. >> that's a big change. we'll see. >> quick check of wall street. let's hit the big board. things are looking up. not bad. good news on u.s. exports and be thor outlook for the economy. 16 on the upside with eight or nine minutes in the trading day. be right back. learning more right now about a train derailment in eastern connecticut. here's the picture wes ear getting in. this train derailed near route 12 and lisbon, sending a number of containers into a nearby river. the area has been blocked off by police. state police say nine containers derailed. three tumbled down this embankment here. authorities say a valve on a car that carries latex is leaking, but the only car with hazardous material is virtually empty and had just residue in it. so there are no reports of injuries right now, but obviously keeping our eye on this one for you. we've also been following a whale entangled in some sort of rope or line in dana point harb harbor. i believe that's the whale you see just above the water. a detanglement team has successfully removed one ten-foot line that was apparently wrapped around a flipper. and there appeared to be another smaller piece of rope around the tail. since freeing the longer line, the whale we hear is much more active now. it's swimming well. seeming to be headed back out to see. the whale is a month behind in its migration, and the rest of its pod is migrating to alaska. but looks like it's going to get back into formation there, fortunately. a former kindergarten teacher in georgia has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> number one, not guilty. >> do you remember the cheers there of friends and family tonya craft. she lost her job, home and custody of her two children. she says in spite of this verdict, she does not feel like a winner. >> i thank god, i thank my mom and my dad. there can be restoration and there can be awareness for others to not go through this. but there's two birthdays for my daughter that i'll never get back. and there's no winner, even all the children involved in this, there's no winners. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of her son and daughter, and they say they've contacted the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office about what they say is the, quote, fraudulent behavior of a judge and a d.a. in this case. i want to show you new information in the death of pro golfer erica blasberg. "the new york times" reporting now that she sent a text message to her caddy retrieved sunday morning. in it, she said she was not going to an lpga tournament in mobi mobile, alabama. the text was sent in the middle of the night and she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay, but blasberg never responded to that. her agent said blasberg packed her bags for that tournament but she died outside her home sunday. we know a memorial for blasberg is planned a week from today. a teacher at an alternative school in houston is under fire allegedly getting physical with a 13-year-old student. this happened two weeks ago, it was caught on a cell phone video. good heavens. the confrontation includes hitting, kicking, pulling the student there along the floor while classmates watched. the teacher was fired on monday when this video surfaced. she said she was punishing the boy for laughing at a learning impaired classmate. the teen's mother says it never happened. she's filed a complaint with police and is seeking a lawyer's advice. the principal sent a letter to parents saying, quote, we're horried at the actions of the teacher. there is is no excuse for a teacher to treat a child like this. the school has terminated the teacher and made an apology to the student and mother. other teachers could face disciplinary action as well. i want to urge you top watch more with mike gallanos right here on hln. here's something else happening right now. the jackson family is confirming some videos making the rounds on the web that feature michael jackson's kids are authentic. they really do show paris and blanket jackson kind of being kids. alan duke joins us now live from los angeles. what's in the videos? >> well, these videos are kids being kids. the most interesting is urks of course, blanket, who we have seen only a couple of times since his father's death. we only saw him under a blanket or under a mask, hence the name blanket. but he's playing star wars, showing us his linebacker saber skills and playing with his cousins at the encino home. we know this is blanket. we confirmed that. this was uploaded back in april, about month ago, but it was a couple weeks before his family knew they were there. once they found out, they, of course, had them taken down, at least from the site that uploaded them. but once you put something on youtube, it's there forever. something like this. it's been cob copied an it's all over the internet now. >> do they know who posted it? did the kids do it themselves? >> i'm not confirmed which of the kids, but my understanding is it was a cousin. that at the time, they had four of their cousins living with them. two of randy jackson's sons and two of jermaine jackson's sons were living with their mother, the some woman, at the encino home. they have since moved to a condominium not too far away in woodland hills, california. so there aren't as many jackson kids running around the house to watch, but that's apparently what happened. >> alan duke, thank you so much for letting us know. we appreciate it. south carolina governor mike sanford, talking about his love life again. he told reporters he spent this past weekend in florida with his argentine lover to see if they could restart their relationship. while sharing that information about his personal life, sanford also took a few jabs at the media. >> it is ridiculous that some, and i say an isolated some in the media, have been pretty isolated and focused on it. and that's been it. as a matter of record, everyone in this room knows exactly who i was with over the weekend. that's no mystery given what i said last summer, and, you know, the purpose was obviously to see if something could be restarted on that front. given the rather enormous geographic gulf between us. and time will tell. i don't know if it will or won't, but what i do know is this -- the obsession with one's personal life needs to come to an end. >> he referred to last summer when sanford was still married and he disappeared. he returned to south carolina afterwards, admitting he had been in argentina visiting that same woman. sanford and his wife divorced earlier this year, though, and he leaves office actually in january. . when sandra bullock adopted her son louis, a lot of fans were thrilled for her. some were suspicious of the fact that a white woman adopted an african-american baby. we're ear going to have more. if you're unemployed or under water in your mortgage as many people are, you might be in luck. your state could soon help you pay off your home line. some states plan to use $1.5 billion to help the unemployed and those of you facing foreclosure. now, the states would basically help the jobless by paying all or part of their mortgage payments and help pay down the balance of those who owe more than their home is worth. supporters say it's needed to stop foreclosures and sliding home prices. judy, what do you think about this possible idea? >>. >> caller: i say no to using public money to pay mortgages. this is extremely unfair to those who sold their home whence they lost their jobs and now have to rent. if we would have stayed in a home the government would have paid the mortgage? no. use the money for unemployment benefits. and force the banks to work with people for two years. >> were you in a house that you lost? >> i was in a house that i chose to sell when after two years i could not find a job and i depleted my savings and i knew the responsible decision was to sell the home. >> what do you say to those people who want to do that same thing but they can't sell their home because they're under water? >> caller: if you use the money to expand unemployment, that doesn't delineate against people who are under water because of the economy or under water because of the home they can't afford. >> would you feel the same way if you still had the house? >> caller: i would feel the same way. when you spend the public's money it needs to benefit as much of the public has possible. >> i want to go to sal now in arizona. how do you see this? >> caller: i was a new home sales person in phoenix, arizona, so i can appreciate what's going on in florida. but to me, it's clear that a lot of people don't understand what's happening. the states that are offering this assistance are dealing with a unique situation where there's widespread unemployment or underemployment caused by the housing industry meltdown. here in phoenix, about 40% of all the jobs were somehow connected with the new home sales construction industry. when the banks failed, and the businesses lost their capacity to be able to hire people, thus if you had a home, suddenly the whole industry fell apart and you could not sell the home. you know, because there was nobody that could buy it. >> so do you think this is a good program or no? >>. >> caller: yes, i do. i understand there's a lot of other people in the united states that aren't dealing with this situation, but in my industry, there's an 80% unemployment. so that's pretty significant. >> i understand what you're saying. you're basically saying we really need to discern who needs this money and who doesn't because you say there's people who legitimately need it. thank you for sharing your story with us there. darryl wrote to us via e-mail saying he agrees with sal. all these pretentious people who call in and say it was gross overspending don't realize the root of the problem. people could afford their mortgages when they had jobs. without a job, you can't afford much more than a cardboard box. doreen says people who bought houses they couldn't afford should not be bailed out. so she's speaking as somebody that he was just talking about. she says i bought a house i could afford. i've skipped many opportunities to go on fun vacations. i guess if i went ahead and bought a new car and took those vacations, i could just not pay my mortgage and let someone else pay it for me. no thanks. a little personal pride goes a long way. sometimes it's hard to share your stories. it's a little bit humbling, but we really appreciate hearing it. so thank you very much. teenagers, looking for summer jobs? i'm sorry to say you may have a harder time this year. that's making news in our "what matters segment. most of the federal stimulus funds that helped teens find work last summer have been spent. ten years ago, half the people ages 14 to 21 held job, at least part of the year. that dropped to 1/3 last year. only 10% of blacks in that age group got jobs in 2009. and from summer jobs to a hollywood star adopting a baby. sandra bullock's dream of becoming a mother came true when she adopted her african-american son this year. apparently not everyone is sharing her joy. some people are skeptical about a white woman adopting a black child. one online magazine asked readers if she adopted him because of negative press surrounding her husband. she brought him home months before this story broke. so that was her answer to some of the critics. log on to cnn.com/what matters. [ female announcer ] get everything you want in a night out during red lobster's festival of shrimp. combine two or three favorites, from classics to new creations... starting at $11.99. right now at red lobster. ♪ [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack? benadryl® is more effective than claritin® at relieving your worst symptoms and works when you need it most. benadryl®. you can't pause life. no, no, no... i do not have a thing about bugs. i have a thing about bugs in our house. we used to call an exterminator. ugh... now i go ortho. home defense max. i use it once inside to kill the bugs. stops them dead. guaranteed. and outside to keep new ones from moving in. that's up to 12 months protection against bugs. and 12 months of keeping our house to ourselves. until your mother comes. right. ortho home defense max. welcomerewards from hotels.com. see when i accumulate 10 nights, i get one free. and...they let me choose where to use them. the loyalty program he signed us up for has all these restrictions, blackout dates, a crazy point system... and we couldn't stay here. so what am i getting for free? my undying love? [ yelps ] wendy. hole-in-one. [ male announcer ] accumulate 10 nights. and get a night free. welcomerewards from hotels.com. smart. so smart. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night it's something different. oh yeah yeah...she always keeps them in the house. no no no, i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism or something... ...lucky. [ wife ] babe... ♪ umm, i gotta go. [ female announcer ] 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. yoplait, it is so good. indulge in new blueberry pie and new red velvet cake. yoplait light. it is so good. an attacker killed seven students with a meat cleaver in china. 11 other children were wounded. according to chinese state media, the man then went home and killed himself. this is the fifth major assault on young students in china the past few months. security has been tightened at schools nationwide, but it's not clear if it had been beefed up at this school that was involved in today's attack. a blowout preventer in the gulf coast was leaking fluid. the drilling rig also failed a pressure test just hours before the blowout. >> information reviewed by the committee describes an internal debate between transocean and bp personnel about how to proceed. what we do know is that shortly before 10:00 p.m., just two hours after well operations apparently resumed, gas surged from the well, up the riser, and the rig expoeded in a fire ball. >> now, executives from bp, transocean and other companies involved in the drilling platform appeared before the house energy and commerce committee today which is where all that was happening. the supreme court nominee elena kagan started with a visit to senate majority leader harry reid this morning. he later issued a statement saying she is the right choice to replace retiring justice john paul stevens. kagan then met with mitch mcconnell. earlier he said he'd ask if she would be independent? she's likely to face questions about her lack of experience on a federal bench. you've seen investors going back and forth about their worries regarding europe's debt crisis. stephanie elam, looks like they weren't too worried about that today necessarily. >> yeah, maybe short-term memory or something. it looks like wall street has made up all of those 1,000 points. if you take a look at nasdaq, it was up more than 2%. the s&p was up 1 1/3%. gold prices ended at a record high of 1,243 an ounce. just a few weeks after goldman sachs was hit with fraud charges, morgan stanley is under investigation for misleading investors for complex mortgage derivatives. the sgovt wougovernment would nt and morgan stanley says it hasn't heard from the department of justice yet. a lot of questions, so far few answers, though, about the death of erikaica blasberg. help these itchy allergy eyes? visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. sfx: car crashing ♪ ♪ this is onstar. i've received a signal you've been in a crash. i'll contact emergency services. - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? oh! tada! fantastically tasty, huh? ummm, it's good. what would you guys like? hamburger helper. what?! one pound... one pan... one tasty meal! i know who works differently than many other allergy medications. hoo? omnaris. [ men ] omnaris -- to the nose! [ man ] did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and sore throat. [ inhales deeply ] i told my allergy symptoms to take a hike. omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for $11 at omnaris.com. >> want to show you some images of a freight train that derailed in connecticut. this train jumped the tracks near route 12 in lisbon sending a number of containers. the area has been blocked off by police. state police say nine cars totalled have derailed. we've been following a whale that's entangled in fishing line off dana point harbor in california. a detanglement team made up of seaworld and marine mall mall officials spent two hours untangling a line wrapped around its flipper and tail. the whale is about a month behind in its migration and the rest of his pod is migrating to alaska. hopefully he'll find them and everything will be well. an 18-year-old high school student was stabbed during a fight with another student today. this other student who's also 18 years old, we've learned, is in custody. now, the injured student is said to be in stable condition with wounds to his head, ear and neck. this happened in pierce county, and the sheriff's department says the fight broke out at a junior high school where classes for a nearby high school are being held due to renovations. the video you're seeing is when all the students were released to their parents and to the buses and they were let go early today. >> well, a teacher at an alternative school in humanity is under fire after getting physical with a 13-year-old student. this is mind blowing. it was caught on cell phone video. the confrontation includes hitting, kicking, pulling the student along the floor, as you see there, while classmates watched. this teacher was fired monday when the video surfaced. she says she was punishing the boy for laughing at a learning impaired classmate. the teen's mother said that never happened. she filed complaint with police. the principal sent a letter to parents saying, we're horried at the actions of the teacher. there's no excuse for a teacher to behave in this way if w a child. the school's terminated the teacher and made an apology to the student and his mother. in addition, the school will investigate whether other teachers witnessed this terrible incident and didn't come forward to report it. those teachers could be facing disciplinary action as well. i want to urge you to catch "prime news" with mike gallanos. he has more on that right here tonight. a former georgia kindergarten teacher has been acquitted on child molestation charges. >> count number one, not guilty. >> you hear cheering there by friends and family of tonya craft. this was in georgia yesterday. she was arrested two years ago after which she lost her job, her home, and custody of her two children. craft says she plans to work to help people in her situation. >> it's not about my story. it's about the kids' stories. and the others who were falsely accused i will do whatever i can to help the children of the falsely accused. >> the attorneys argued the children falsely believed they were molested because of constant suggestions by their parents and social workers. she said one way she plans to try to help others who are falsely accused is to educate people about the proper way to question kids about abuse. >> even though i'll probably never teach in a classroom again, i really hope to educate on how you can truly go from a child nothing happening, to not only them talking about it, but truly believing something happened to them that did not happen, through a process of -- i hate to use this word, but through a process of inept therapy, through a process of investigations done wrong, through a process of interviewing with leading suggestive questions and parents. >> craft's attorneys have filed a motion to regain custody of his son and daughter. they've contacted the fbi and u.s. attorney's office about the fraudulent behavior of the judge and the d.a. in this case. new information in the death of erica blasberg. blasberg sent a text message to her caddy that was retrieved on sunday morning. she said she was not going to an lpga tournament in mobile, alabama. the text was sent in the middle of the night. she replied with a message asking if the golfer was okay, but blasberg never responded. her agent said blasberg had packed her bags for that tournament. she died in her home outside of las vegas sunday. right now, police are really tight-lipped about the investigation. a memorial for blasberg we learned is planned for a week from today. an explosion destroyed three homes in cleveland today. look at what's left here. at least 11 people were hurt, including five children. investiga only the chimney is standing in one wall and just a wall in another. this explosion went off in an an unoccupied home thankfully and they evacuate that area as crews check it for gas leaks. but people ten mile ace way report feeling that blast. take a look here. this is plan b for sealing the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. it's about half the size of the other one. it did reach the sea floor overnight and crews are going to pump in heated water. the interior secretary said he's confident the company will plug the leak and clean up the mess. the louisiana wildlife officials say they're finding tar balls that washed into the mississippi river which is a major breeding ground for oysters, crab and other seafood. a congressional investigation meanwhile reveals the blowout preventer on that deep water horizon drilling rig was leaking hydraulic fluid. california democratic henry waxman said that may have caused the blowout preventer to fail. it also failed a pressure test just hours before the blowout. executives from b.p., transocean and other companies involved are appearing before the commerce committee today. john kerry and joe lieberman unveiled this measure this afternoon. it would allow coastal states to opt out. they could even veto offshore drilling plans of neighboring states as well. you know, one of the desperate housewives hitting the internet, talking about sex and cellulite. [ male announcer ] fishing pole, it's been a while. you stood in the basement gathering dust while i, sneezing, itching eyes kept you from our favorite stream. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ - sure, cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. desperate housewife teri hatcher talking sex, marathon sex with real housewives online. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is in new york. i know they really had to twist your arm to cover this story, didn't they? >> a couple people panicked. what? teri hatcher is doing a porn site? no. it's not that. she's simply chatting it up with other women on her new inspirational website. it's a chick's guide to life. but you heard it right, marathon sex is actually one of the hot topics in this interactive segment she does called chick chat. take a look at this. >> would you rather have eight hours of really great sex or eight hours of really great sleep? >> who wants to have sex for eight hours? >> my husband is not sting. it's not like i can have eight hours -- in a perfect world, it would be one hour of great sex and seven hours of uninterrupted sex. >> i'll take one hour. >> i would take eight minutes of great sex. >> and you've got to see what teri hatcher has to say after that. this is a woman with a terrific sense of humor a lot odraw from on a site like this. she's a single mom. she's had hielgs in her careers and she's certainly had lows in her career. i think this is a great move for her. and it's not just sex talk. you get body advice on here, some fashion advice. and there's a great column on the site called the defender. and what happens here is other stars get to set the record straight on why they look so bad in some particular paparazzi shot, you know, they show up in the magazine and everybody is saying what the heck is going on there? finally these stars have a place to speak out and say well, i was just, you know, looking at a different camera and they caught the wrong angle. i think it's kind of fun. >> i guess so. i think i'm just surprised -- i wonder what would prompt her to do a website like this. >> a lot of people are thinking what's happening? is she afraid for her career? >> i think this is something we're going to see from a lot more stars in this hot hollywood trend going on. you've got big stars going on line and they're doling out advice. what they're doing by doing that is basically boosting their own brand. it's just where technology is going. we've seen oprah do it, martha stewart do it. a really smart move. and i think quite frankly as far as terry is concerned, a lot of people would love to hear her talking sex or quite frankly, anything else at all. so good for teri. i hope this turns out to be a huge, huge deal for her. why the hit tv show "glee" has been dragged into the middle of this whole debate. we're still tv's most provocative entertainment news show. i will see you in 17 minutes and five seconds from right now. >> looking forward to it. a.j., thank you so much. you know, the jackson family is confirming a series of videos making the rounds on the web that feature michael jackson's kids. they're real. this is authentic. they really do show paris and blanket jackson just kind of being kids in a bunch of videos. here's 8-year-old blanket dancing around with a friend, show, star wars kids. several other videos show paris web chatting and yes, the family confirms these are for real. the state of arizona does not want public schools to teach students about latino heritage. find out why and share your views in a moment. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. [ male announcer ] the offer letter. if you're going to college, or back to college, that's your bullseye. it is for devry university students. in fact, each year thousands of our graduates find themselves right where they want to be -- employed in their field of study. and all those offer letters up there? that's just from last year. devry university. discover education working at devry.edu. >> george huguely's mother made her first statement since her son was charged with killing a classmate. he told police their relationship recently ended. in an e-mail, his mom said, quote, though my pain is great, it will never come close to the ang kwish felt by the love family. along with my family, i've devastated and confused. we're all trying to understand and cope as best we can. and murphy also described love as a, quote, sweet, wonderful, young woman with a limitless future. police say huguely told them he kicked in love's door, shook her and hit her head against the wall several times. authorities in canada say they found the bodies of all four of the family members killed when a giant sinkhole just swal load their house. the hole near montreal is four times larger than a football field to give you some perspective. search teams say the mother and father and their two young daughters were in the basement watching a hockey game when a landslide opened up the sinkhole. only the roof was visible. an attacker killed seven kindergarten students with a meat cleaver at a school in china today. i know it's horrific. a teacher and her mother were also killed. 11 other children were wounded. according to chinese state media, the man then went home and killed hymn. this is the fifth major assault on young students in china in the past two months. security has been tightened at schools nationwide, but it's not clear if it had been beefed up at this school today involved in the attack. first, it was arizona's tough new immigration law that triggered protest and outrage. now the controversy is over a new bill. arizona governor jan brewer signed targeting an ethnics study program at a tucson school district. the bill was written to target the mexican-american studies program. he says it promotes ethnic chauvinism and racial resentment towards white. the tucson unified school district says the classes benefit students and promote critical thinking. the president of the district governing board says she has no intention to end this program. we're asking for your views on this. do ethnic studies promote resentment and solidarity, or do they counterhostility and promote pride. we have a great discussion going on. christie paul, hln, lenora writes, many other cultures have shaped this country. i agree it should not focus solely on latino studies, but, on the other hand, arizona has a vast history with mexico and if parents aren't ever taught these thing, how can they teach their kids? and nancy from del ray beach, florida, wanted to say this. >> i believe ethnic stud studies is probably okay. it's good to know your background and heritage. i don't think it should be forced down anybody's throat, though. i just think that it's something you're interested in that you should be able to dig deep into your heritage. >> i want to get on the phones fwhou mack calling from cheyenne, wyoming. anything about this be rattle you? >> yes. i have a few comments. one, i kind of see this as a failure of both the government and the local school because the question becomes, who actually decides what goes into the curriculum? and, you know, the people who are saying, well, the resentment against whites, well, that's kind of a determination as to what's taught. if there's some sort of backlash, well, then you need to look at the curriculum. so in order to resolve this, i kind of think there maybe needs to be some public debate. you know, maybe some public hearings or maybe even judicial hearings to figure out what does the public want, what is best served in the interest of what needs to be taught. >> yeah. and what kind of needs to be taught. >> and what kind of curriculum exactly they're looking for. thanks for sharing your concerns. i want to get another comment from facebook. angela wrote, arizona tourism is definitely going to suffer, this is 2010, you can't make this country's ethnic diversity go away. the los angeles city council has overwhelmingly approved a boycott of arizona businesses over its new law. l.a. mayor antonio villaragosa says he will approve this new law. officials have to decide which contracts the city can break without risking a lawsuit. l.a. has about $56 million worth of business with arizona-based companies, but authorities say the boycott will not affect large contracts for l.a. airports, sea ports and the l.a. water and power. the boycott will hurt the environment and public health. the three american hikers detained in iran for nine months now are one step closer to seeing their families. iran has granted visas to their mothers so they can visit them in jail. this is laura fatal who picked up all the visas from the iranian embassy in washington, d.c. the family say the three accidentally strayed across an unmarked border while on a hiking trip there to iraq. storm chasing in an entirely different way, we're going to show you what some found. the insurance institute for highway safety calls it a "2010 top safety pick." consumers digest has called it a "best buy" two years in a row. and with a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty... we call it peace of mind. chevy malibu. during the spring event, qualified lessees, now get a 27-month, low mileage lease on this malibu ls for around $199 a month. call for details. see your local chevy dealer. my name is chef michael. and when i come home from my restaurant, i love showing bailey how special she is. yes, you are. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. so tasty and nutritious it's hard to believe it's dry dog food. chef-inspired. dog-desired. chef michael's canine creations. [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. and moisture control garden soil. get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... and i write this in my book and i would get in bed in my comfortable bed and our wonderful covers and i would get in bed and think about our troops who were sleeping in the sand in iraq and nearly every night i would think that and one night i was with some troops at ft. bragg and we were having lunch and i told them that at night i worried about them and that at night i thought about them and they said, ms. bush, we're where we want to be. vice president joe biden's oldest son by the way is recovering now from what doctors believe was a mild stroke. doctors say 41-year-old beau biden in good spirits now that he should fully recover. delaware's attorney general was admitted to the hospital and later transferred to a philadelphia hospital for more testing, but. hey, christi, coming up on "showbiz tonight," a desperate housewife's marathon sex chat caught on tape, gay actors attacked for playing straight characters. and kate gosselin's new show revealed today. we have got it at the top of the hour.

Related Keywords

Arkansas ,United States ,Nevada ,Alabama ,Delray Beach ,Florida ,Connecticut ,Mexico ,Arizona ,Odessa ,Texas ,Netherlands ,Libya ,Los Angeles ,California ,Tucson ,Canada ,Japan ,Mississippi River ,Louisiana ,Lisbon ,Lisboa ,Portugal ,Devry University ,Pierce County ,Georgia ,Germany ,Argentina ,Her Mine ,North West ,South Africa ,Afghanistan ,Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ,Virginia ,Johannesburg ,Gauteng ,Tripoli ,Tarabulus ,Michigan ,Sabres ,Aquitaine ,France ,Hampton ,Iraq ,Montreal ,Quebec ,Alaska ,China ,Delaware ,San Diego County ,Washington ,District Of Columbia ,Del Ray Beach ,South Carolina ,Wyoming ,Hollywood ,Greece ,Dana Point Harbor ,New York ,Haiti ,Iran ,South Pass ,Boston ,Massachusetts ,New London ,Columbus ,Ohio ,Wisconsin ,Oklahoma ,Nebraska ,Cheyenne ,Colorado ,Phoenix ,Houston ,Paris ,Rhôalpes ,Utah ,Americans ,Mexicans ,America ,Mexican ,Greek ,Iranian ,Afghan ,American ,Chinese ,Dutch ,Libyan ,Argentine ,Gwyneth Paltrow ,Lawrence Taylor ,Henry Waxman ,Joe Biden ,Angie Everhart ,Tom Horn ,Beth Karas ,Mike Sanford ,Ken Salazar ,Josh Fattal ,John Kerry ,Christi Paul ,Clark Howard ,Chuck Roberts ,Moy Ba ,Katherine Jackson ,Jane Velez Mitchell ,Tom Rasmussen ,Elana Kagan ,Ethan Stacey ,Mary Shapiro ,Elouise Rodriguez ,Nolan Blake ,Ethan Stacy ,Jerry Joseph ,Joe Lieberman ,Christie Paul ,Stephanie Elam ,Jermaine Jackson ,Chuck Roberts Hln ,Sarah Shourd Shane Bauer ,John Paul Stevens ,Ned Tora ,Oprah Winfrey ,Harry Reid ,Randy Jackson ,Michael Jackson ,Alan Duke ,Las Vegas ,Mike Galanos ,Richelle Carey ,Mitch Mcconnell ,Martha Stewart ,Marie Osmond ,Teri Hatcher ,Marta Murphy ,Elena Kagan ,Christi Paul Hln ,George Huguely ,