More, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Any moment now we expect the gilgo beach Serial Killer suspect to appear in court. This is rex heuermanns first appearance since pleading not guilty to the murder of three women. Police believe heuermann may have, in fact, committed those killings inside his familys home when his wife and two children were out of town and after an intensive search of the property his wifes attorney shared these photos of the aftermath of that search. Cnns jean casarez joins us live from outside the courthouse. Jean, often these appearances are procedural, but what do we expect to happen today and soon after . Reporter well, we just understood that media was just allowed into the courtroom, so it has not quite begun yet, but i think any minute this conference, this case has been set for conference today. I was told is the proper terminology. Ive been told by the Public Information officer theres nothing formally set that they are going to discuss, but
as possible, and they never know what they re going to find. they re looking for trophies. serial killers like this keep jewelry, clothing, ids, photographs, hair clippings, you never know what they re going to they might keep as a trophy, and any sort of evidence, of course, that links him not only to the three murders that he s been charged with, but potentially others, so yes, i mean, it s a pretty horrific sight to look at, but this is not to be not to be unexpected because, again, this is the same thing they did with john wayne gacy s house as well as btk. they need to do this to scour for evidence. and i do want to let our viewers know the conference hearing has just begun, so we re going to be monitoring that and bringing you information about rex heuermann s appearance in court on long island. as this takes shape, right,
i m t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. we ll have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say she s getting in? we ll take you there live. also, another apology from another comedian for something he said on stage that people are calling insensitive and racial remarks. you will hear for yourself. start with this tropical storm, tropical storm lee, that s already got states of emergency in place in several places including louisiana, mississippi, some cities as well, new orleans, yes, under the gun right now. they re preparing for possible flooding and we re talking about some 20 inches of rain expected in some spots. list
just passed with flying colors. the 17-year-old s hair clippings have been sold for more than $40,000. bieber chopped his trademark hairstyle and then donated the leftovers to ellen degeneres who sold them on ebay for charity. superman s mom just got a makeover. diane lane will play the usually much more matronly martha kent in the new untitled man of steel film scheduled to debut in 2012. angelina jolie wrapped up her second visit to afghanistan yesterday as u.n. goodwill ambassador, bringing attention to the plight of refugees returning to afghanistan without jobs, homes, and other basic needs. and finally, adding yet another wrinkle to her eccentric performance portfolio, lady gaga made her debut as a catwalk model yesterday in paris at the tieri muglere fashion show. in addition to directing the show s music, she also debuted a new song on the runway called
hair and fur which have the natural ability to soak up oil and right now hair salon s are mobilizing to ship all of their hair clippings down to the gulf so that volunteers can easily and quickly and cheaply construct miles of this hair boom to soak up all the muck. and this is just one of many ideas. i don t know if there s any country in the world quite like america for our ability to come together and want to passionately help each other with a solution. the solution being pitched by mobia with mike onized poly urethane or mtu which attracts oil like a magnet. mtu works very fast. i m coating my hands in crude oil, just like what s killing the birds and the turtles and other wildlife down in the gulf and now i m sifting through this nontoxic, recycled poly urethane powder. bill: our apologies, live to pensacola, florida now. this is a live picture now with president obama.