ben, thanks for being here. caller: thank you, a pleasure to be here. jamie: and bringing us the video. what was it like to experience? it seemed to have happened so quickly? caller: it was ominous before the stage collapse, because the clouds started to roll in and you could see a flock of birds flying away which was scary as well, and we knew something was coming on and in a matter of seconds, cheap trick ran off the stage and the stage came down. jamie: where were you in the crowd. caller: relative close to the stage, to the left side of the stage, probably about 30 rows back. jamie: any warning? other than the birds? caller: the only warning we had, was the dark clouds coming in. and, there was people leaving the concert, probably a minute or two just before the stage had collapsed, because of the high winds. jamie: and even though they had the storm coming on, it seemed like plenty of people stuck around. and do you think it is miraculous, having been there, that more peop
bill: some tall bolts there on lake michigan. we ll reach out to the coast guard and bring them on tv. jamie, just a few of the stories watching so far today on america s newsroom. a moment you will see this. free woman or prisoner for life. casey anthony is out of jail. her acquittal and release are raising serious questions. in the end, where did she go? no one knows. jamie: did democrats stall the debt debate on purpose? not a lot happening over the weekend. a serious allegation by a republican senator. bill: what happened when a passenger turned the tables on a tsa agent, performing one of her own patdowns in return.
drunk. claudia, tell us more. live from san francisco. reporter: the statistics vary from state-to-state but across the country, police are reporting a growing number of these drugged driving arrests and figures show in california, in 09 more than 2,000 people were hurt or killed by drivers who were high and who police say were high on pot, legally obtained from a dispensary under california s medical marijuana law and with a third of states having decriminalized pot to some degree, some experts are now calling for a standard national legal limit on marijuana intoxication. jamie. jamie: what is the issue then? is that what they are calling for? will they get it? reporter: well the problem here is that, there is no uniform way to measure, just how high a driver is. the science just isn t there, and, prosecutors say this is a problem when it comes to trying these cases in court, and they
crime. caylee anthony is convicted of a crime. the con vehicle is for misdemeanors only. and the law does not apply to people convicted of misdemeanors. jamie: should it be changed? jamie: absolutely not. there are millions of people throughout this country convicted of misdemeanor offenses. a fine alone is a conviction. and at what point do you now everybody everyone starts marching into court filing lawsuits trying to attach on to somebody s profits. jamie: dr. ablow, before we go, what kind of help do you think she may be getting? she needs the most kind of extraordinary insight oriented
it doesn t send fix the problem. and the mcconnell plan is more of washington not taking responsibility for it s a great political plan, and it takes the pressure off of all of the politicians and allows us to pass a debt limit without making the hard choices that the country has to make. jamie: and senator coburn will hold a news conference at 2:30 eastern time, claiming he ll announce a blueprint for cutting $9 trillion in red ink, while raising a trillion dollars, in new revenue. meanwhile, the tea party republicans eyeing an amendment to the constitution, as a solution to the debt problem. the house will vote tomorrow on the so-called cut, cap and balance plan. and it would allow a $2.4 trillion increase in the debt ceiling, but, only after an immediate $100 billion budget cut. republicans not thrilled about the increase debt limit, democrats claiming the budget cuts will be devastating. no one should be fooled about