Congressional aide. The 62yearold republican married father of two serves the seventh congressional district. It was last weekend it was reported that congressional aide30 years younger had claimed unwanted romantic overtures and eventually meehan paid her a settlement on the taxpayers dime. Well earlier today, he n the speaker of the house paul ryan he will not run for reelection later this year leaving that seat open no doubt be a parade of democrats. Congressman hi meehan told our own jeff cole about that relationship. I have feelings that were generated in that. Ive said an attraction. Reporter so did you have romantic feelings for this woman . Good i did not have romantic feelings. I was relationship that was a very professional relationship. Reporter now tonight we did get a statement from the National Republican Congressional Committee it says in part we must hold ourselves to the highest possible standard especially while serving in congress. So far no confirmation from congres
Congressman pat meehan denied any wrongdoing. Well torque night, hes announ r reelection following explosive allegations of Sexual Harassment and a claimed payout to a forme. The 62yearold republican married father of two serves the seventh congressional district. It was last weekend it was reported that congressional aide30 years younger had claimed unwanted romantic overtures and even her a settlement on the taxpayers dime. Well earlier speaker of the house paul ryan he will not run for reelectiont seat open no doubt be a parade of democrat congressman hi meehan told our own jeff cole about that relationship. I have feelings that were generated in attraction. Reporter so did you have romantic feelings for this woman . Good i did not have fee. I was relationship that was a very professional. Reporter now tonight we did get a statement from the National Congressional committee it says in part wehe highest possible sd especially while serving in congress. So far no confirmation from con
the people ee s beat, everybody s dead. police say he did it but now we re learn how long he did it. it s a jaw dropper. never before in the history of the u.s. has so much been spent to influence a debate. it s official. lobbyists, television ads and political donations top $375 million. grassroots effort? yeah, right. that s the glass busting, hopefully the tank won t blow. incredible to watch, but why is the guy taking these pictures watching instead of helping? and look at this. are you all right? real reporting from afghanistan, the war zone becomes part of your national conversation, for wednesday, september 9, 2009. and hello, again, everybody, i m rick sanchez with the next generation of news, this is a conversation, this is not a speech and it s always your turn to get involved. on this day, i want you to think about this number as the president gets ready to address health care. the number is $375 million. this is the most ever spent to try and inf
high school coach insists he is not to blame for player s collapse. the teen s father and teammates describe the football practice that ended in death. night patrol along what is called the most dangerous road in the world. also a salute to the most trusted man in america going on right now. live pictures for you. top leaders remember water cronkite. good wednesday morning to you. this is hln news and views. we start in california where it appears a human bone was found near the place where a girl was held captive and raped for 18 years. her alleged kidnapper, assaulter, phillip garrido, he once took care of the neighbor s yard where the bone was discovered. experts are conducting dna testing on it right now. garrido and his wife nancy are charged with abducting jay see dugard when she was 11. police say he fathered two daughters with her while she was his prisoner. they want to know if garrido is involved in other two unknown cases. two girls vanished in the late 1980s.
for the first time we re hearing from the woman held prisoner for 18 torturous years forced to bear children with her be a duckedor jaycee dugard trying to adapt to a normal life one she hasn t known since she was a child. her real family opening up about jaycee s true feelings. a panic call to 911, guy heinze is, junior, said he found his family dead. now police say he is their only suspect in this gruesome mass kerp. not only that they say he acted alone. eight people horrifically are beaten to death in a trailer home. the questions, we want to know how could one man kill so many and no one fights back or gets away. we ll take your calls 1-877-tell-hln is the number. or text: start your message with the word prime your chance to be heard. controversy, opinion, your point of view this is prime news. welcome once again. all right. first up, major development in the case of phillip ga ree do, california man accused of kidnapping, then 11-year-old jaycee dugard and ho