taliban in afghanistan. we ll be live at the pentagon for a view of what u.s. troops hunting for one of their own are facing. you might want to sit down for this. we knew the cost to rescue the economy will be expensive. but the government s top watchdog says if everything goes wrong, you the taxpayer could be on the hook for $24 trillion. we had to break out a lot of sdple ze zeros. obama administration acknowledging it will miss today s deadline to submit a report detailing what to do with detainees at the guantanamo bay. it s a key part to shutting down gitmo by next january. the first executive order that we are signing in order to effect the appropriate individuals currently detained by the department of defense at guantanamo. and promptly close the detention facility at guantanamo, consistent with national security and foreign policy interests of the united states and the interests of justice, i do hereby order. suzanne malveaux is the only reporter live at th
a bizarre revelation as police investigate the murder of byrd and melanie billings. a reported attempt to make millions off the names of the children. also, michael jackson s father says his son s death was no accident. who joe jackson blames and why. plus, what s all the fuss about president obama s pants? not the ones he s wearing here. we re going to show you what which ones are stirring an awful lot of chatter. do you believe it? i m christi paul. thank you so much for sharing your time and keeping me company here. this is hln news and views. i do want to take you to some live pictures out of atlanta right now. we re getting word of a suspicious package. this is near a train station here. a spokeswoman says police are investigating this package and the train station and nearby areas have apparently been evacuated. you see all the emergency vehicles, fire trucks that are gathered there. this is the city s famous peach tree road. it s closed in both directions. so,
and a rousing good morning to you. it is 6:00 straight up. i know. it s so painful and early, right? i m robin meade. here s what s going on today. wall street is partying like it s 1999. can the stock keep the sixth straight day alive? your money is the top story. plus a murdered florida couple. apparently a new suspected matter mooind behind the killings. get this. they helped one of their dreams come through? that s what the latest evidence is saying. we ve got more on that. also, a store that was all about giving back gets taken away. first, though, our top story. for the first time since there was snow on the ground, the dow is in the positive territory. a mid summer rally has it at a 8848. its longest winning streak in over a year. you know what? jennifer s here to tell you what s behind the rally. and more importantly, can it last and should we get in. good morning. good morning. this is good if you ve got a retirement plan. you re probably seeing the best numb
. this just in. cops say the group of men suspected of killing a wealthy florida couple actually rehearsed the break-in. this is about a month ago. now another seven to nine people are wanted tor questioning. how big could this get? up close and personal with michael jackson s father. joe jackson answers tough probing questions about his son s death. pointing fingers at michael s doctors. he even talks about getting cut out of his son s will. call in on these topics. number, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us cnn.com/primenews. or text us at hlntv. all you have to to is start your message with the word prime. it s your chance to be heard. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s get right to it. so many new developments. this out of the murder of the florida couple. murdered in their own home. cops in es scam by a county said the suspects rehearsed the attack, a dry run inside byrd and melanie billings home. 30 days before the heist and murder. new court documents just released th
the la time there was a major health reform effort they explicitly went after the clintons, said we are not going to get this done. that went down. and the at least the history the way it is viewed here in washington is that is what helped defeat democrats. it was a pure political play. a show of strength by the republicans that helped them regain the house. well, there are some parallels. back in 93/ 94, there were republicans like bob dole prepa prepared to sign a bipartisan solution, that fell apart over time. and republicans gathered in opposition and it did help defeat the health care effort at that time. the danger for president obama now is that there s another parallel. that is that the clinton plan started out as very popular, but over time support for it crumbled in the public. the danger for the president now is support is beginning to crumble for it. the overall effort sanjay, every time there is a big initiative in washington that costs money they talk a