jane: steve, do they know? it looks like they do. >> it is like thick all collectively have the air taken out of them. i do not know that anybody in this plaza thought chicago would be eliminated in the first round. this is stunning. there is a fair amount of hope invested in this city to land the games for 2016, and when the announcement went down, there were a lot of slack jaws, a lot of mouth hanging open. they are testing complete disbelief that chicago could be a limited right off the bat. everything seemed to be there, but they were eliminated right in the first round. jane: the city has been organized for a year now in the effort. how much money was actually spent? hohokam >> there was a substantial amount of money. it was all corporate sponsored, so there was a city component to that particular bid process, but the city folks will tell you that that money, regardless of the outcome, is putting chicago's best foot forward, getting it in competition throughout the united states in what was selected to be

jane: thank you. speaking of fires in northern california -- jon: we want to take you to the scene gave rick -- san gabriel mountains. a fire burning, forcing people out of their homes, they are calling this one the sheep fire. the nearby town is being evacuated. live updates from the fire line in three minutes. what's our favorite part of honey bunches of oats? the sparkly flakes. the honey-baked bunches! the magic's in the mix. my favorite part? eating it. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. we call the bunches in honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a prize inside the prize. pecans! pecans! baked into crunchy oat bunches. taste the delicious surprise in every spoonful. new honey bunches of oats with pecan bunches. beautiful. jon: in the next hour, a teenager from jordan is accused of trying to blow up a dallas landmark. he is back in federal court. a judge will decide if there is enough evidence to proceed. the fight with al qaeda and the cut -- t

jane: jane: our cars for every day people. we will tell you where and why they are becoming popular. jon: terror and afghanistan are topping a jam packed agenda for the president today. we're waiting now for the president's first visit to the national counterterrorism center. after that, obama meets with key congressional leaders, trying to reassess our strategy in afghanistan. a brand new fox polls shows that when it comes to the neck steps in that country, nearly two- thirds of americans surveyed trust military commanders to make the right decisions. only about 20% say that they trust the president. 9% say they trust both of them. mike, what do we know about this meeting this afternoon regarding the way forward in afghanistan? >> the white house says that the president wants to perspective of key lawmakers as he considers the way forward to get a sense about where things stand right now and where we go right now from here. he is holding two meetings this week with his national security team, so the white house says it is log

jane, what about croslin's mother behind bars? they already put the squeeze on her brother, who coughed up quite a bit of information in a late-night jailhouse interview. now mommy's behind bars on a forgery of a check. >> and she remains behind bars. and i think that the whole effort of law enforcement is to put the squeeze on this family because who would misty confide in? if she was going to tell one person what really happened that night. mama. of course she would confide in mama. and what's the best way to get mama to talk? keep her behind bars. it worked with the brother. it will ultimately work with the mom. although it will take longer. >> the mom is now extradited from tennessee to florida. in a nutshell, nutshell, what did the brother cough up? >> well, i mean, he essentially said he went over there that night, knocked on the door, and nobody was home at the crucial time when misty said she had put the kids to bed but she was still up and there was a tv on. so it just doesn't add up. the brother essentially completely bu

so there are -- >> jane, i don't think that's what's going on. but that was -- >> hold on. >> hold on. there's a subgroup of people whereby they get attracted to it. however, there is also the reality show exposure that changes people, that gives people some type of subtype that they normally wouldn't have had except the exposure to the tv. >> it's like an addiction, it's progressive, it gets progressively worse. let me go to the phone lines. chris in ohio, your question or thoughts. >> caller: hi, jane. my mom and i just love you so much. >> thank you. >> caller: i just wanted to ask, why hasn't the court ordered a guardian ad litem or guardian ad litems for these kids? and why hasn't there been some kind of mediation? >> mark eiglarsh? >> you picked me and i couldn't hear the caller. >> why don't we have a guardian ad litem, somebody appointed by the court to watch out for the interests of these children? >> excellent yes. we should. and at a minimum someone should consider an intervention. these kids are being abused. they're not getting what

jane, jane, then it quietly shows up in "the new york times." >> that's what i was about to say. curtis is that even dave letterman, terry, psycologist, announced that this was phase one of the scandal. and he knew there was phase two and phase three coming as the details are leaked and who do you think is leaking them? obviously it would make sense hypothetically for the accused to leak up all of this dirty laundry to put pressure, right? >> get a gag order. get a gag order and make it enforcible. it happens, it is doable. and i don't buy into this. i don't believe that it is just going to leak no matter what david does. one leak comes out uthrow that lawyer in jail. you find out where the source come from. you can clam this stuff up and he's entitled to that. just because he's a crime victim doesn't mean huh can throw anybody out because he's famous. >> they're doing it now, wendy. they're look it now. "new york post"is reporting salacious details and you don't think more to come. more details about sex? >> there should be a gag order. >> there should be a gag order. >> i agree

we're sober. >> look at jane, that's passionate jane. yes, she is sober. she's going to tell us a little bit about her journey to sobriety. again, we'll be talking about her new book "i want" my journey from addiction and overcon shum shun to a simpler, honest life. an honest conversation with me coming up and she'll take your calls 1-877-tell-hln. >>> welcome back to "prime news." you know every day i enjoy talking to my friend and colleague jane velez-mitchell. she's very bit as passionate about the stories we cover and one thing i love about her whatever she discuss she goes full tilt and certainly has in her new book called "i want, my journey from addiction and overconsumption" to a simpler and honest life. my privilege to welcome here to atlanta. good having you here. >> thanks for having me. >> love the book. i've talked about it throughout the hour as we've talked about talking to you. you don't leave any stone unturned. when you wrote this, did you ever think to myself, what have i done? >> yes. >> because you lay it out there. >> i did. in fact,

>> we're seeing that here, jane. look at the simple fact, the connection that they're trying to make with not being allowed to be at the crime scene. law enforcement would never on their worst day allow a defense attorney to be present while they were investigating a crime scene. so it borders on the ridiculous, some of their requests. >> they're also doing their job. in their defense, if any one of us was ever accused of a crime, you wouldn't want them to go at it half-assed. as much as it offends us because many of us think she's guilty beyond all doubt, that's their job. don't hate the defense attorneys. let them do their job. if the prosecution does have the evidence, it appears they do, justice will prevail. >> but will they do their job thoroughly? >> i defended jose baez. i think he's doing an excellent job. don't confuse him with his client. well, now, you're the one attacking the defense attorney, mark eiglarsh, not me. >> i like the supporting cast. jose has done a lot of things that i take exception to. th

jane, what about croslin's mother behind bars? they already put the squeeze on her brother, who coughed up quite a bit of information in a late-night jailhouse interview. now mommy's behind bars on a forgery of a check. >> and she remains behind bars. and i think that the whole effort of law enforcement is to put the squeeze on this family because who would misty confide in? if she was going to tell one person what really happened that night. mama. of course she would confide in mama. and what's the best way to get mama to talk? keep her behind bars. it worked with the brother. it will ultimately work with the mom. although it will take longer. >> the mom is now extradited from tennessee to florida. in a nutshell, nutshell, what did the brother cough up? >> well, i mean, he essentially said he went over there that night, knocked on the door, and nobody was home at the crucial time when misty said she had put the kids to bed but she was still up and there was a tv on. so it just doesn't add up. the brother essentially completely bu

let's start there, jane. that is infuriating when someone can call, give me the room next to erin andrews. >> it's terrifying. of course, there have been a lot of stories recently in the news of problems involving hotels. you have the craigslist killer and others. it does make you wonder. the essex house, there was a murder there. that's one of the finest hotels in the world. so you do have to wonder, all these open spaces, and open places. universities, hotels, now because we live in such ago. there is no safe haven, especially if you are a woman. that's why on "issues" we talk about this war on women. this is the perfect example of it. why is this guy out? why is this guy allowed to go to his job when the prosecutors said they believed he was a danger to other women? this is a perfect example of minimizing a crime against women. >> well-put, jane. a danger to other women, we are led to believe there are videos of other women as well. it wasn't just erin andrews who prosecutors say he was obsessed with. it d

i want to bring in jane velez-mitchell, host of "issues with jane velez-mitchell" coming your way at the top of the hour and stacy kaiser. jane, sad on so many fronts, steve mcnair, married, father of four. don't you read in that desperation of her at that point in these last hours? we will read some of the text messages. she was coming apart. >> oh, she was. it was all coming down on her, a convergence of negative factors. she recently had a dui. she may have had a drinking problem. she was stressed financially. she was consumed with jealousy. he didn't only have a wife and children, he had another other woman. that other other woman suspects that this woman may have been following her around. you have potential stalking issue here as well. so there is somebody who has clearly gone over the edge and crossed many lines from reasonable behavior into frantic, desperate and slightly insane behavior and killing is the most insane behavior at all. >> all reason was lost. i have to bring stacy in, you look at this, how does a 20-year-old, her whole life ahead of her, come to this place whe

go to cnn.com/jane. you could win a copy of my new book and have the chance to win a trip to new york city and come and hang out here on the set with me. i will show you a very good time. but a sober time. >>> all right. cops say a south carolina lawmaker took his lunch break and ended up in the car with a stripper and sex toys and viagra. we're going to take a look at that story in a second. but first, "top of the block" tonight. taking the high road in the fight against racism. here on "issues," we cover the story of the six black college students who were recently denied entry into a chicago nightclub. now we can tell you that those six young men scored a big victory. instead of suing the company, the students will join together with the bar to fight discrimination. the club has agreed to apologize to the students. the club owners are also joining the students in a rally against discrimination, and the club will take part in four, count them, four fund-raisers. it's refreshing to see these six young s

he's just devastated. >> jane? >> yeah. >> jane, are there so many drunk driver checkpoints that the police could put up and like i said it's after the fact that we usually get involved but word has to get out by those who were seriously injured and witness these horrific incidents to those mothers and to schools and to ptos and the community, wake up. >> all right. let's recap and review -- >> people watched her get in the car with seven kids. who let's their kid get in the car with seven kids when the car couldn't fit seven kids? >> well, wait a second a lot of parents weren't thereupon. parents there. the parent of the child who died went to tremendous lengths to go and check -- >> it's our fault as moms. we're so permissive and we're so quick to say -- >> permissive? this is about drinking. let's keep it on focus. this isn't really about being permissive. this is about a woman being allegedly extraordinarily irresponsible and emotionally immature. and i want to talk about that when we -- >> i bet you something'

i just don't. >> jane? >> yes. >> jane, there's basic research out there that has looked at people getting breathalyzer tests when they leave a bar and seeing what they're predicting their blood level will be for alcohol versus what it actually is, and their subjective thoughts about how much they drank or what their blood level would be was significantly different than what it actually was. >> of course. >> so people just have no clue. i love the idea of having breathalyzers at the bar and you have to use it on your way out. that would be amazing if we could ever do that. >> we have to leave it right there. thank you to my fantastic panel. if you identify at all with the issue of alcohol addiction or any addiction for that matter, you're not alone. last night, here in new york city, i was interviewed by ashleigh banfield about my new book "i want" which outlines my struggle to get sober which i did 14 1/2 years ago. we spoke to a packed house. >> i think what's really a problem in this country is that so m

>> you know, jane, how you doing? i was in new york at laguardia airport thursday, american airlines was making an announcement that the denver airport was closed, every tv in the laguardia airport was surrounded by people riveted about this story, and to find out that this whole thing was done for celebrity and done for money? they want attention, i think they deserve detention. >> i like that one. all right. you know, this is -- it's funny in a way. you could make jokes about it like, for example, richard heene thinks the world's going to end in 2012 so maybe he doesn't care if he's in prison because it's all going to be over in his mind by 2012. but it's not funny. because there were people who put their lives at risk to try to rescue what they thought was a little boy trapped in that contraption. the website gawker.com paid for and posted a very shocking story from a guy who says he was collaborating with richard heene, the dad, as recently as this past winter, they were working on what else, a reality show pitch.

well, i think you said, two key -- >> jane, jane, that's true, jane. >> wait a minute -- >> let me finish with terry, then whoever else is up there. >> you said two key things. one is she obviously didn't have the right kind of judgment as she was driving, because driving two miles down the wrong side of the road -- if you're having a medical condition, like you said, most people would have, i think, enough rational to pull over and say i'm sick, i need help, or call for help or have the kids do that. instead, it's like you said, she blacked out, and then to take the phone away from some of the children who was trying to get help also shows an irrational response to what was going on. so, i think you have two things as the doctor mentioned. you have perception problems, reality problems that could be enhanced by these conditions she put on herself -- alcohol and marijuana -- and you've got a cry for help that's been taken away. so, we've got a big issue around what she had in her body, not what could have been happening that we didn't know about. >> jane, for the purpose of clarification,

, jane -- >> go ahead, michael. >> i have a real simple question. do they have video cameras in that police department, in the jail cells, and if so, why haven't somebody looked at those or have they, to see what her demeanor was like at the time? that would clear an awful lot up. >> do we have jeff peterson on the phone? you very graciously last night on the show, when the family was saying geoffrey's wouldn't give us the videotape, you said nobody asked us. i said hey, we would like to see the tape. we went over and picked up a bunch of tape, we went through hours of it, of the tape from your restaurant, we couldn't find mitrice on it. anywhere. at the bar or anywhere. how do you explain that? >> well, our tapes, our cameras are more set up for our own security on the back doors and into the office. we actually have a lot of celebrity clientele so we don't put them -- there's one sliver of the bar that you can catch. it's easy not to catch a patron because that's what we try not to do. they could be there -- >> where's the surveillance from the ja

jane velez-mitchell, thank you. i want to see you shoot straight to the top of the charts with this. thank you, friend. >> thank you, nancy. thank you, friend. >>> everyone, let's stop and remember army sergeant michael murphrey. he would give you the shirt off of this back. loved sports, outdoors, acoustic guitar. motorcycles, he leaves behind parent and four sisters, widow ashley and two children. michael murprery, american hero. thanks to our guests but especially to you. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, friend.

jane, i'll start with you. how have we gotten to this place, where a group of teens are going to set a 15-year-old on fire? and then reportedly laugh about it, a couple of them? >> i am left speechless by this case, mike. this young man, handsome young man, had to be put into a medically induced coma. that's how painful his injuries were. it was so painful, that when it happened, he raced to a swimming pool and threw himself in, because he was in agonizing pain. and yes, there are nevertheless reports that the kids who did this allegedly were laughing about it. there's a total disconnect between one's actions and the repercussions. there seems to be sadism and cruelty here. my question is, what values, if any, are these children being taught. are they being taught right and wrong. we all had mischievous moments growing up. but this one catapults it into a new level, a kind of "lord of the flies" survival of the cruelest mentality out there with our young kids. and this kid who is the victim had an inkling that

>> caller: hi, jane. love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: but this is an insult to you to spend this much time and all the people in the nation worrying about this when i think it's the biggest hoax ever. >> why do you think it's a hoax? >> caller: because, even before you disclosed all these things about the storm chasing and their home-made videos and their reality show, they're looking for a buck. and you can bet some important story's going to go by the wayside to have their pictures on the cover of "people" and they're set for life now. >> what -- that's a good point. mike brooks, do you think this family is going to try to sell their story, make a book deal, a movie deal, capitalize out of that and if so, could the government say hey, you're going to have to pay us back for all the money we spent today? >> you know, after they do their investigation, jane, they're going to go in and take a look at all the aspects of this. i mean, the police, fire, ems, they did what they had to do. during all th

>> well, the battle still rages on, jane. that's why this whole murder for hire plot really doesn't make any sense to me, because eliminating j. howard marshall jr. from the picture does not end the court battle. so i don't think anna nicole was capable of murdering anyone. by the way, he died of natural causes. he was not ultimately murdered. if i may take a page from the cat in the hat evidence, she would not, could not with a knife, would not, could not take his life. eem not buying this story. >> lisa, you don't think that of all the -- >> thank you, thank you. >> you don't think of all the things that anna nicole might be remembered for, that criminal mastermind is going to be one of them? >> no, it's definitely not going to be one of them. you know, i tell you what, i agree with lisa, too. i just think that this is ridiculous. look at the person who's bringing this about. mark hatten? i mean, come on, this guy was a prisoner. that's what prisoners do, they try to figure out some way to get out and went to the fbi and us

what's your read on this, jane? >> frankly, nothing shocks me these days, but this actually shocked me. i went to the u.s. open recently and i was just in awe of the athletes there. their hair-trigger reactions. how can you do all this, how can you be a sports champ while you're using crystal meth. i don't get it. and according to some of the articles, he didn't use it just once, he used it numerous times. and this is one of the most highly addictive substances out there. i've heard from drug counselors, crystal meth is highly, highly addictive. so to me, it really is a mystery how he could perform. now, he did say it gave him a lot of energy. so initially it gave him a lot of energy to perform very well. but obviously it's a drug that leaves drug that leaves people a wreck, psychological and physical wreck. >> tom, what's staurnding? he used this during his time at rock bottom? i mean, he wasn't using crystal meth from what we gather as he began to rise again through the tennis ranks, right? >> no, that's right. he

like jane says, we're only as sick as our secrets. that's why i'm so passionate about sharing my story of addiction. >> well done for sharing your amazing story. you'll be getting an autographed copy of my best selling book "i want," plus a chance to visit new york city and visit me on the set of "issues." i promise you a good time. way to go on your recovery. >>> shocking new details into bernie madoff's lavish party life fueled by drugs and sex. first, top of the block tonight. >>> a rare and behind the scenes look alt michael jackson, the performer. the mystery surrounding michael's death may be unsolved, but his highly anticipated feature film hits the big screen next week. do you have your tickets? you don't have to wait. "issues" has a sneak peek. take a look. >> michael, do you like this, first of all? >> yeah, that's a cool move. >> okay. >> cool move. it spreads out too much at the end. ♪ i like living this way >> some say he wasn't prepared for his concert extravaganza. what about those who aren't ready to see the king of

>> they obviously have zoned right in on that, jane. there has to be something there they're really looking at. other than that, there are so many people in the neighborhood, it could be. i've been real concerned about the fact they said they've talked to those 100 or so sex offenders and they're certain that none are a suspect. i want to know how. unless you have a video camera with them at a certain place at that particular point in time or they're in a pulpit or out of the country, i'm sorry, but you can't take them off the suspect list. unless they have something that they really know that we don't know. >> well, mike eiglarsh, i agree completely. you remember the horrible case of couey, john couey, who had a precious child in his trailer even as the police came by and searched for her. and it was after that search that he killed the child by burying her alive. >> that's correct. i agree with both you and pat. you'd never want to take anybody off your radar. look for corroborating evidence. unless you know for sure they're out of th

jane, what about croslin's mother behind bars? they already put the squeeze on her brother, who coughed up quite a bit of information in a late-night jailhouse interview. now mommy's behind bars on a forgery of a check. >> and she remains behind bars. and i think that the whole effort of law enforcement is to put the squeeze on this family because who would misty confide in? if she was going to tell one person what really happened that night. mama. of course she would confide in mama. and what's the best way to get mama to talk? keep her behind bars. it worked with the brother. it will ultimately work with the mom. although it will take longer. >> the mom is now extradited from tennessee to florida. in a nutshell, nutshell, what did the brother cough up? >> well, i mean, he essentially said he went over there that night, knocked on the door, and nobody was home at the crucial time when misty said she had put the kids to bed but she was still up and there was a tv on. so it just doesn't add up. the brother essentially completely bu

i'm jane velez-mitchell. that's my "issue." >> don't miss jane tonight at 7:00 tonight on hln. the letterman saga has everyone talking. his apology was the most late-night watched show on tv monday night. more people watched dave that night than any of the prime time lineup. more than 5.5 million. >> don't kid yourself. things are still pretty bad. there's a possibility that i'll be the first talk show host impeached. >> letterman joked about the situation but not everyone thinks its a laughing matter. what are your views? can a relationship survive infidelity? have you been through it? we're not just talking about high profile infidelity. call us toll free or e-mail cnn.com/hln and you can text views and comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. >>> the mayor of east cleveland, the outgoing mayor i, is coming clean about dressing in drag. in work clothes on the left wearing a wig and makeup on the right. he told a tabloid show that he posed for the photos dressed in women's clothing at the behest of a female friend. the pictures were stolen from his home computer.

>> absolutely, it is, jane. people who torture animals do not deserve to star in a documentary series. if he were truly remorseful, he wouldn't be doing a documentary on the horrors of dog fighting and then donating all the proceeds to anti-dog fighting campaigns around the country. but that is not what he's interested in. >> we don't know -- hold on. i take exception to that. you don't know what this show is going to be about. you don't know what he's going to say on the show. you don't know if he's going to apologize. >> that is not true. he has actually publicly stated that he is doing this to clean up his image. i wish he cared as much about the dogs as he does about cleaning up his image. >> let me ask you this. hold on. what if he cleaning up his image by being on this show and what if that does good? what if it prevents someone else from doing what he did? >> how does it do good putting your several out there as a role model and saying i'm a role model for kids when actually, he's not dealing with the fun

you're 100% right, jane. they're not arrested in order to squeeze but now that they are in custody, i can tell you one thing, that they might be willing to talk a little more freely if in fact later on, it's going to help them. i think what you have is you have misty going on this early show and you say she was so vague in what she had to say. she's vague because she doesn't know what she's talking about. she's just throwing these ideas out there to see what sticks against the wall. she's vague because there is no story, there is no proof on her part that the child is with anybody on the other side of the family. that's why you have right now her saying these things. >> stacy, my dear stacy, that is one reason but one other reason is she's not the orator that you or my dear jane are. she's 17 years old. she's surrounded by people who commit offenses. she's not articulate and she's not intelligent. >> you don't have to be articulate to tell a consistent story. >> stacy? >> you do not have to be articulate and

i'm going to ask jane when we come back. prejudice, how we can deal with that and how it affected her as she's doing her job now as a journalist. = -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> all righty. rise and shine here. it's 9:00 eastern and we're show glad to have you with us. i'm robin meade. let's jump into the headlines today. we're hearing from survivors of a bomb that targeted people going to work. what they're saying about the deadly suicide attack. >>> a plan for health reform turned a big corner. why the senate plan could cut the deficit by their 80 million bucks. >>> things got chaotic when thousands lined up just to stay in their homes. just a sign of how desperate it is. >>> a bomb went off as people were getting to work this morning. officials say 12 people died in kabul. the taliban claimed responsibility saying a man blew up an suv outside an indian embassy. indian officials say they targeted the embassy. the blast damaged its checkpoint, shattered windows and tomed restaurant walls. >> translat

you sort of always put it down that you didn't do it, that jane did it, jane wagner, your long-time partner. >> i can potchkey with things, but she brings a certain level to things, an elevated level. >> she's written most of your shows, right? >> she certainly wrote "the search" that was the zenith for me, "the search" the search for signs of intelligent life in the universe. >> even the title is intimidating. >> but this show is not very embracing, it embraces the human species. >> that's when you started screaming, enough with the cake, stop talking about the take. >> that's appearing nightly, that's the teenager, right, but in search of marie, they're grandparents, and it's their daughter's granddaughter who's in "the search" agnes angst. everything grows older except' death ann, she's still 6. >> how long were you with jane. >> 36 years. 39 in march. >> will you get married if california makes it legal? >> i certainly want gay people to be able to be married, absolutely. >> if they want to, yes. >> do you want to? >> the wardrobe alone is an or deal and i would have to postpone the rec

jane, what about croslin's mother behind bars? they already put the squeeze on her brother, who coughed up quite a bit of information in a late-night jailhouse interview. now mommy's behind bars on a forgery of a check. >> and she remains behind bars. and i think that the whole effort of law enforcement is to put the squeeze on this family because who would misty confide in? if she was going to tell one person what really happened that night. mama. of course she would confide in mama. and what's the best way to get mama to talk? keep her behind bars. it worked with the brother. it will ultimately work with the mom. although it will take longer. >> the mom is now extradited from tennessee to florida. in a nutshell, nutshell, what did the brother cough up? >> well, i mean, he essentially said he went over there that night, knocked on the door, and nobody was home at the crucial time when misty said she had put the kids to bed but she was still up and there was a tv on. so it just doesn't add up. the brother essentially completely bu

>> well, the battle still rages on, jane. that's why this whole murder for hire plot really doesn't make any sense to me. because eliminating j. howard marshall jr. from the picture does not end the court battle. so i don't think anna nicole was capable of murdering anyone and by the way, he died of natural causes. he was not ultimately murdered. if i may take a page from that cat in the hat piece of evidence, she would not, could not, with a knife, she would not, could not take his life. i just don't believe it. i'm not buying this story. >> i love that. >> lisa, you mean you don't -- >> come on, let's give lisa a hand. that was very good. >> thank you. >> you don't think that of all the things that anna nicole might be remembered for, that criminal mastermind is going to be one of them? >> no. it's definitely not going to be one of them. i tell you what, i agree with lisa, too. i just think this is ridiculous and look at the person who's bringing this about. mark hatten? come on, this guy was a prisoner. that's what prisone

. >>> joining me tonight in new york, jane velez-mitchell, the host of hln's "issues with jane velez-mitchell" and author of the fine new book, you've got to go out and get it, "i want." also in new york, jean casarez, a legal correspondent for "in session." i do want to begin with your dramatic first look at michael jackson's film, "this is it." the film's not going to hit theaters until next wednesday, but today "showbiz tonight" got ahold of some brand-new scenes from the movie, which shows jackson rehearsing for his london concert series just days before he died. check out michael performing "the way you make me feel." ♪ i've never been so in love before ♪ ♪ i'm keeping you satisfied ♪ because you're the one, the way you make me feel ♪ ♪ you really turn me on ♪ you really turn me on >> it is hard to get away from the idea, when you see him move around on stage and hearing his voice and watching him perform, set against the backdrop of the fact that he died just days later. i mean, jane, that is pretty remarkable, isn't it? >> it's astounding. it is actually mind boggling. we

did you know, jane, that the u.s. supreme court has said that it is not, not ineffective counsel if your attorney falls asleep at counsel table, if your attorney is drunk during trial, that's okay. that's okay if your attorney does that and if you're poor, that's the kind of attorney that sometimes you're going to get. >> and i agree, i don't think that i want to blame public defenders for treating their clients as a number when they're handed 20 or 30 cases and they've got to handle them all. how else are they going to treat them? we need more public defenders, obviously. but there's sort of an institutionalized bias on that because that's viewed on being soft on crime. right, that's soft on crime if we provide more public defenders. >> i remember when i became a public defender, there was an article that people rated the jobs they hated the most, number two was public defenders. a lot of people don't think a whole lot about the public defender because they think they're somehow coddling criminals. but if you're a pu

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jane, i begin with you. given jon's track record, i'm thinking, jon is freaking out right about now that he's got to come up with 180 large. >> i think it's very, very likely he's freaking out thinking, how am i going to come up with this money because i spent it? take a look at his lifestyle. he has two fancy cars, a bmw and mercedes. we watched him shop for his bachelor pad. that's got to cost a lot of money. he goes over the pond and is hanging out at lifestyle of the rich and famous with young women. champagne. all that costs money. it doesn't take that much to burn through 180 clams these days and if he has, how will he come up with the money? he doesn't have a job right now. this is wild. >> maybe we'll see him at a shack selling clams before too long. here's the other big development. a judge asked them -- and this is my favorite thing to come out of the court hearing -- please, please, keep your business out of the limelight. keep your divorce, as the judge put it, private and amicable. carlos, do yo

one is his fellow hoosier, jane pauley. >> don't you just want to say one thing? >> will lard lose some weight. >> hello. >> narrator: another frequent guest is jay leno. he's loyal to the person that helped him develop his act. >> he made jay a national figure, being on that show. >> narrator: "lagt night's" ratings are the highest ever when ge acquired a nbc in 1986 but he feels neglected under new management and shares his rising discontent with his audience. >> one of the more hilarious things he did soon after ge took over nbc, he and a video crew went to connecticut to the ge headquarters. >> can you turn off the cameras, please? >> we want to give this basket of fruit. it's a gesture of good will. >> turn off the cameras, please. >> narrator: meanwhile, behind the scenes, nbc is taking notice of jay leno. he's made "the tonight show's" permanent host guest. >> at no time his david letterman say he's getting too popular, too big. >> narrator: david is too absorbed by the demands of late nights to notice anything else. he rarely has time for his girlfriend of

you can see jane every night hosting issu"issues with jane velez-mitchell" at 7:00 p.m. right here on hln. she's a big-time tv star now, but her life was not always so glamorous. tonight, jane is sharing her own very private battle with addiction. he reveals her powerful story in this fantastic brand new book called "i want: my juourney fro addiction and overconsumption to a simpler and more honest life." i sat down with jane to talk about her book. >> i was a blackout drinker. i was really lucky, i never even got a dui, but i would black out, literally, and not remember what happened. and that is so totally frightening. and that is a hallmark of addiction. hallmark of alcoholism, when you don't remember what happened after you had a couple of drinks. o it was a life or death thing for me. it's the most important thing. my sobriety has to come before everything else, because without that, i don't have any of this. >> you also talk about, very openly, how after you were able to confront and deal with your alcoholism, you came out as a lesbian and you were in a love relati

now to capitol hill and congresswoman jane harmin. a big day here with at least the start of talks and iran saying it will now cooperate with iran nuclear inspectors and permit them back in after talks have been suspended and they have not had substenative inspections. >> i agree with ambassador albright who was just on your show when he says that we need full access to every facility. it's a small facility and it could be a decoy to focus all our attention on that and take our eye off the ball, which is full transparency in iran so we understand not just their intentions, which i worry about, but also their capabilities which i worry about. this is really good news and really brilliant that the second round of talks, i understand they were just anounszed, will take place in turkey in a month predominantly muslim country and this is a fine outcome and i also think it's essential for congress to proceed as i believe we are in passing sanctions bills, both in the house and the senate and the sanction refine petroleum products. we need t

and cnbc's jane wells is in los angeles with the story. hey, jane. >> reporter: hey, trish. forbes says he's worth $4 billion. the "l.a. business journal" has him at $6 billion. regardless, he's putling $1 billion of his own money on the line to revolutionize health care. he's a self-made man who became a surgeon in apartheid south africa. then came to the u.s. where he pioneered cancer treatment, became a billionaire. he and his wife just gave santa monica's hospital $100,000. here's his idea. >> i can now capture the mris. >> reporter: imagine your entire history was on a smart phone you could also access. you can't do that now. one doctor might not even know what your other doctors know. this doctor is hiring math me ti tigss, astrophysicists. >> so you as a patient and you as a doctor can have that available and point to care and know that this is the best information we have at this point in time. it's really an ability to exchange information. >> do you have any health insurance companies who are buying in? >> not really. >> reporter: you've been told a lot in your car

>> they obviously have zoned right in on that, jane. there has to be something there they're really looking at. other than, that there are so many people in the neighborhood, it could be. i've been real concerned about the fact they said they've talked to those 100 or so sex offenders and they're certain that none are a suspect. i want to know how. unless you have a video camera with them at a particular point or they're in a pulpit or out of the country, i'm sorry, you but you can't take them off the suspect list. unless they have something that they really know that we don't know. >> well, mike eiglarsh, i agree completely. you remember the horrible case of john couey who had a precious child in his trailer even as the police came by and searched for her. and it was after that search that he killed the child by burying her alive. >> i agree with you and pat. you never want to take anybody off the radar. look for corroborating evidence. unless you know for sure they're out of the country. and we know that over 160 people could not be.

cnbc's jane wells in los angeles with the story. jane? >> hi, maria. yeah, how do they lure you in to buy their card in by one estimate the gift card business is worth $25 billion a year. the npd group projects 16% of shoppers will buy gift cards this year. that's twice the number from two years ago. how many of those cards actually get used? >> only about 81% of gift cards get redeemed. now, when they are redeemed, 114% of the value of the gift card gets used. in other words, i give you a gift card for $50, you're going to go in and spend $57. >> and with so many retailers offering gift cards, how do you stand out? how many depot is rolling out a gift card next month which you can wave in front of your computer web cam and items in that price range will pop up. and it's also deferring payments for people buying gift cards. >> you can purchase any item or a gift card in this case over 299, you automatically get deferred payment for six months, which gives you the opportunity to, you know, six months from today if you buy a gift card to be pay it slowly

i'm jane velez-mitchell. that's my "issue." >>> you can find out what else jane has on her mind by watching "issues with jane velez-mitchell" weevery night a 7:00 eastern on hln. >>> a 37-year-old man has muscular dystrophy appealing a ruling that allows his insurance company to cancel coverage that keeps him alive chb. he's ian pearl and needs a breathing tube to survive. his treatment costs $1 million every year and his policy with guardian insurance company included care for life. guardian decided to discontinue coverage against plans where the claims were the highest. now guardian has responded saying this. it is an unfortunate choice of words. we don't condone it and it doesn't represent this company. guardian acted legally, appropriately and in full compliance of state laws. pearl has sued to keep his coverage but he lost. come december 1st he'll lose his benefits something he calls a death sentence. people ask why, why do i need this sort of coverage? why do i need this sort of assistance? they do for

joining me tonight in new york jane velez-mitchell, the host of "issues with jane velez-mitchell." you can catch her program and you should every night 7:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. in hollywood tonight hyla an entertainment journalist for fivedollarprep.com. let's begin with this raging hot debate today about the balloon dad. in a brand-new column in "the new york times," a renowned columnist, frank rich, a guy i respect, says everyone just needs to lay off heene. he says this is a guy who was just trying to make a buck. he wrote once his appetite had been whetted by two histrionic appearances on "wife swap," it's easy to see why heene would turn his life and that of his family into a nonstop audition for more turns in the big tent of the reality media circus. jane velez-mitchell, do we have this wrong? does frank mitchell have this right? can we fault heene for trying to work the system to his favor? >> frank mitchell is completely wrong. this guy put people's lives at risk. they were deploying choppers and they were discussing sending a rescuer from the chopper on to the top of

what about it, jane velez-mitchell? >> according to this report, one of the women says he's planning to ask for alimony. so it would appear that he might want to be supported by kate if she has the money, if she's able to continue the show. then, again, he's trying to stop the show, so if he stops the show entirely he could run out of his source of income. >> it's not about the money. it's about getting my kids off tv. i feel that my kids -- >> why was it okay when you did it? >> because i wasn't -- i feel now empowered. >> you're broke? >> no, i'm not broke. i'm not broke at all. >> i can see that. you've got on two diamond earrings. you're obviously not broke. >> actually they're czs, but i'm not going to go into that. >> don't care.          >>> they love the camera crew. they love all those guys. they make nicknames for them. you know, the p.a.s, the production assistants there. they play with the kids. we all get along and play together. and it's like a family environment. that's how we worked together. i

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one of his favorites is fellow hoosier, jane pauley. the fellow journalist gets a chance to have fun. >> don't you just want to say one thing? willard lose some weight or something. just hi or hello. >> okay, fine. >> narrator: another frequent guest is jay leno. david is loyal to the comedian who helped him develop his early act. >> he made jay a national figure, being on that show. >> narrator: "late night's" ratings are the highest ever when ge acquired a nbc in 1986 but he feels neglected under new management and shares his rising discontent with his audience. >> one of the more hilarious things he did soon after ge took over nbc, he and a video crew went to connecticut to the ge headquarters. >> we thought what the heck, let's just drop in and, you know, say hello. hi, i'm david letterman, nice to meet you. what's your name? >> i'm going to ask you to turn off the cameras, please. >> we want to give this basket of fruit. it's a gesture of good will. >> turn off the cameras, please. >> you have to talk to the director over there. >>

jane velez mitchell is the host of issues with jane vel iz mitchell. she is the author of this incredible book. i want, my journey from addiction to a simple honest life. $5 prep.com. steve phillips and the woman he had sex with, brooke hundley both out of work for having a consensual relationship that ended really, really badly to put it mildly. is that reason enough for steve to be fired? >> i don't think he is fired for having sex. i think he is out of there because he exhibited unprofessional conduct and questionable judgment. the woman less than half his age. he is also married with children and he is a defactor boss because even in he is not a direct supervisor, he has power and authority to wield over subordinates in the office. on top of that, he has a track record of doing this kind of thing when he was the mets general manager and sued for sexual harassment and had an affair with an employee and settled out of court. this could be the tip of the iceberg. there was nasty stuff in that restraining order. we don't know if work e-mails or locatio