it is wednesday, july 22nd. in the news this morning, democratic discord. has president obama s health care reform plans on the ropes? he ll make his case in primetime tonight. speaking out. the daughter of that murdered florida couple takes on a lifetime challenge. while the accused make some startling revelations. and asian eclipse. millions watch as the sun is blocked out of the sky. there won t be another one like blocked out of the sky. there won t be another one like this for nearly 25 years. captions paid for by abc, inc. good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. for the tenth day in a row. president obama is putting the spotlight on his health care reform plan. tonight, he takes his case directly to the american public. despite the president s push, it now looks less likely that the democrats will get a bill to the table anytime soon. abc s diana alvear is joining us from chicago with the latest. reporter: good morning. getting any health care r
iris finsilver. maybe debbie would come? maybe. larry: we heard allegations from dr. thoem. we will try to get reaction. time now for john king and ac 360. john. thanks, larry. tonight, breaking news, shocking allegations by michael jackson s father telling larry his son was the victim of foul play and naming the people he blames. we are looking closer at those allegations and taking it several days beyond. randy kay has been breaking jackson stories daily. joe jackson and family flend nard rowe made allegations calling michael jackson s death foul play, saying he was controlled by the promoter of his upcoming concert, aeg. they say michael was not in control of his finances and he was being made to do more concerts than he had agreed to. he was being told to do that. we are digging to set the record straight. aeg the promoter said michael jackson was healthy enough to go ahead with all of these shows. ceo randy phillips said right here on 360. aeg told us a coupl
. 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
breaking, news, tonight, the mystery surrounding the sudden death of music icon, michael jackson, intensifies. questions mounting as to his sudden death. his $500 million empire, and more important, custody of the star s three little children. after murder charges leveled in the death of jackson, his family publicly claiming jackson was murdered. bombshell tonight. did police seize evidence from jackson s bedroom to make a case of homicide? reports police seized a bedside oxygen tank, a bag of liquid from an i.v. pole, also at jackson s bedside. police find multiple tanks of oxygen in the bedroom and more tanks empty in the garage. and tonight, as jackson took his dying breath, was he robbed of nearly $2 million and a cache of jewels? does this support the theory jackson got a lethal dose of diprivan, then went into a cardiac arrest just 30 minutes later? this as insiders claim jackson tried to kill himself for years, often carrying a suicide note on his person, writing dozen