making news in america this morning. flood warnings in five, southern states. rising rivers, causing destructions and deaths. urgent surge. federal agents on the lookout for a possible terror plot in new york. and late-night first. the president and letterman, talking about race, health care and one very old potato. it s tuesday, september and one very old potato. it s tuesday, september 22nd, 2009. captions paid for by abc, inc. good morning. and thanks for being with us. a year ago, the southeast was plagued by drought. this morning, there is water everywhere. floodwaters ripping apart homes and hundreds of roads. rescuers have used boats to ferry people to safety. here are the latest headlines from the flood zone. at least six people have been killed. most metro atlanta schools are closed today. and 20 inches of rain has fallen since the weekend. our john hendren has more. reporter: over 3 days, more than 20 inches of rain have washed over northern geor
rise. i think it s absolutely essential that we help guide these young adolescents into healthy habits and enact this resolution to disable minors from using tanning devices just as for cigarette smoking. however, tanning booth owners are worried about the impact on businesses. i m glad people are concerned for the youth but i feel the current regulations are plenty. reporter: the doctor cited another study that says that s not so. the american cancer society has just come out with a study that shows that parental consent laws in other states have not significantly reduced the use of tanning beds by minors. reporter: proposed regulations will be presented to the howard county board of health tonight at 6:00 for full consideration. what do you think? do you eye agree agree with the tanning bed ban? weigh in on our poll at abc2news.com. there s always room for your two cents on the righthand side of the home page. tonight s top stories people in dundalk are st
three men behind barb bars today in a federal terror investigation including one who had detail notes on thousand make and debt nature womans. zazi lied when he said he had in knowledge of nine pages of handwritten bomb-making material on his compute per temperature. but do investigators have all their suspects? we ll tell you the latest. 3 million americans will soon have the chance to be vaccinated against h1n1. but we ll tell you why the nasal mist is not for everyone. the grieving family of a teenaged football player who died on the practice field talk about the acquittal of his high school coach. we ll hear from them in an exclusive interview. and it s tv s big night out at the emmys and maggie was there. it s me and j.t. hanging at the emmys. we have your back stage pass. early this morning september 21st, 2009. how did i do in. emmy worthy. how did i do in. emmy worthy. awesome. captioning funded by cbs awesome. captioning funded by cbs awesome.
welcome back to prime news. we re talking about heroism. look at the smile on little d.j. s face. he was badly burned. he s riding in the family van. it erupted in flames. two off-duty firefighters risk their lives to save his. the update on the story is this little guy s going to be able to go home now as you see him. that s what he said at the pless conference, i m ready to go home. we re going to talk with his father to find out how little d.j. s doing and also one of the heroes in this case. we re seeing the proof of heroism. when we sacrifice for others, good things come. we love taking your calls, 1-877-tell-hln on this one. a jury in louisville, kentucky, has acquitted a former high school football coach in the death of one of his players. here was the verdict read just moments ago. on instruction number one, we, the jury, find the defendant david jason stinson not guilty under instruction number one. instruction number two, wanton endangerment in the first degree.
welcome back to prime news. we do a lot of bad stories, this is a good one. look at the smile on little d.j. s face. he was badly burned. his family van erupts in flames and two offduty firefighters risk their lives to save his. the update is this guy will be able to go home now. that s what he said at the press conference, we re ready to go home. we ll talk with his father to find out how he s doing and one of the heroes in this case. and we re seeing the fruit of heroism, when we sacrifice for others, good things come. more on that coming up. i want to hear from you on this one, a story we followed daily, a jury in kentucky has acquitte@ a former high school football coach in the death of one of his players. here was the verdict read moments ago. under instruction number one, reckless homicide, we the jury find the defendant david jason stinson not guilty under instruction number one. number two, wanton endanger. in the first degree, we the jury find the defendant not g