the other hurt. middle box, new efforts to get north korea to restart tocks on nuclear disarmament. envoys from the u.s. and south korea are visiting china to work on getting the north back to the negotiating table. bottom box, court action today in the case against most motivational speaker james arthur ray charged in the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge ceremony. his attorneys will argue against his $5 million bail saying it is excessive and o pressive. celebrity cruise lines saying some 350 passengers and crew are responding well to medicine after getting sick. it began on sunday in the middle of an 11-day caribbean cruise when passengers aboard the celebrity mercury began complaining about severe stomach problems. it s not clear what the source of that stomach illness is at this time. celebrity mercury returns to its south carolina port on friday.
american held since december. missionary robert park detained after illegally entering that country. park was carrying a letter to leader kim jong il calling on him to free political prisoners and open borders. they are letting park go after repent ens of his wrongdoings. his lawyer calls it a terrible accident, not a criminal act. james ray jailed on manslaughter charges. the self-help guru organized a sweat lodge ceremony last october where three people died and 20 others got sick. it s a moment of crisis. that s a description straight from toyota s top man, and it s not getting any better. we ve reached another day and another modeling question. in his first news conference since the massive recalls first began, the car maker s chief executive says i m sorry for the safety concerns that now dog toyota owners around the world. however, the grandson of the company s founder says there was no cover-up and they have been
breaking news, says it was an accident, an arizona grand jury says it is manslaughter. we re talking about this guy. james arthur ray arrested late this evening for his role in the deaths of three people during that sweat lodge ceremony. we ll talk with a survivor about what really happened that night and to jeff toobin about the legal case. where is the government of haiti? it s been more than three weeks since the quake. pretty clear they re not at the forefront of relief efforts. the u.n. is asking president clinton to spearhead reconstruction, should haiti s leaders be off the hook? startling new allegations against the american missionaries in custody accused of child trafficking. allegations they knew what they were doing was illegal and may have paid a bribe and president obama pushing his party to finish health care reform. and others using the chance to
be in court this morning to face manslaughter charges. he s charged with the deaths of three people that took part in a sweat lodge ceremony he organized back in october. ray is being held on $5 million bail, but his attorney calling the charges unjust, saying ray will be exonerated in court. sources say michael jackson s live-in doctor conrad murray will be arraigned tomorrow in connection with the singer s death. murray s lawyer says his client is ready to surrender if a charge is filed. murray has admitted giving michael jackson a powerful sedative hours before he died. meantime, a las vegas judge found murray in default on a nearly $132,000 debt related to office medical equipment and services. ten minutes past the hour right now. we get a check of this morning s weather headlines. our rob marciano in the cnn weather center. i see a lot of blue that looks like it s headed our way on your radar there. good morning, guys. this is going to be another big storm for the mid-atlant
president obama s aunt is facing an immigration judge in a boston courtroom. the kenya native is applying for asylum, she s been in the country illegal since 2004 when the government ordered she be deported. motivational speaker james ray is an arizona courtroom. he was arrested yesterday on three counts of manslaughter. you might remember that he hosted a sweat lodge ceremony near sedona last year where three people died. he could face up to 12 1/2 years in prison on each count. and a bit of a surprise on the job front. the government says about 480,000 people filed for new unemployment claims last week, and that s a jump of about 8,000 claims since last week and the highest since mid-december. the stock market here in the