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from a wedding. was she drinking beer? >> the girl next to me said you're suspended. >> the bigger picture here is stirring up debate. there are some things you just can't say on airplanes. an elderly woman was booted for something she said. but was this merely a case of a confused senior citizen? i think you'll relate to this one. and he survived a crash in the alaskan wilderness. former nasa administrator sean o'keefe shares the life and death moment inside a plane crash that killed senator ted stevens. hi, everyone. happy friday to you. i'm brooke baldwin. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." breaking news here off the west coast. here's what we know. there has been afatal shark attack, this happening in santa barbara county. we know this happened at the vandenberg air force base. we don't know a whole lot. we know it involved a 20-year-old man somehow attacked by the shark and died. we're working the phones. we're working the scene right now trying to figure out exactly how this happened and why this time of year and to continue the conversation chad myers is now joining me. i know we don't yet know what kind of shark this was. >> right. >> we don't know the kind. is this -- is there something about this time of year with programs the water temperature that would lure a shark closer to the coastline? >> no. sharks are there. they're there the whole time. you can go on surf flying. you can google california shark attacks and see a list and it goes -- doesn't matter what month it is. there are people that are surfing out there. they see sharks. when they see sharks, they swim back to shore and get out of the water. but it just -- it seemed today that this shark was right at surf beach. vandenberg -- i'll show you a map that shows where most of the shark attacks occur in california. there haven't been many. i think the number is something like 92. >> 94 but the last fatality 2008. >> 94 since 1926 so not like 94 in a decade. 94 in a very long time. >> show me the map. >> it's rare that this happens. and most of the time a shark isn't trying to bite the swimmer. it thinks it's trying to get a seal sore something because it thinks -- seals are delicious to them. here's l.a. go all the way out here. here's vandenberg village. the beach we're talking about is surf beach. hard to get to. an amtrak train could take you right there if you wanted to take the train. here's vandenberg and the runway. and obviously it's along the coast and along the coast especially south side of vandenberg along the highway surf beach. you have manhattan and wall beach but surf beach is where this swimmer was. we have pictures off google earth what it looks like. why would you not want to surf there. that's three to four foot swell but you can get five-footers and they were seeing five-footers today. i don't have information from the other surfers other than the bite was so significant that there was no way to stop the bleeding. minuteman beach, vandenberg and amtrak station right there near surf beach. here's the map that would show you in red where most of the shark attacks occurred over the year. the red county, san diego county, marin county just north of san francisco and hum bold county. if the sharks are there and surfers are there and only 94 bites in 70 years this one got unlucky. >> our affiliates in santa barbara their hands are tied because they can't fly over the base. aches are closed 72 hours. surf, wall, minutemen beaches. meantime move on to a tough story. talking about just this particular week. it is one that a few families, an entire university and a police department no doubt which they could totally take back and start all over. in just the course of a couple of days, a college athlete died, shot in his own car by police officers during a chaotic street disturbance in the wee hours of the morning. this happened over the weekend. take a look where this happened. crime scene video the day after it happened. this is not far from the campus of pace university in new york where 20-year-old danroy hen rhode island died. now, just remind you witnesses say police shot -- this is that chaotic video we got on a cell phone camera -- this is the video from someone who was there shot through the windshield of d.j. henry's car as he drove in the fire lane at a bar. apparently happened in the parking lot. spilled out front. that's what you're looking at the aftermath. police say henry hit two police officers with his car after they told him to stop. today the chief of police there -- the chief of that police department in mt. pleasant involved spoke and so did an attorney who is now representing several of d.j. henry's fellow students and they claim they were prevented from helping their friends as he lay dying. but that's all police talk and legalese. we cannot forget a family is still in shock at the sudden and tragic death of their in son. you're going to hear from d.j.'s father and mother still looking for answers and getting through -- working through somehow one day at a time. >> we need everyone to come forward who knows the truth of that night. to help us get to the absolute truth. >> our children are fantastic. they're giving us strength. and they're sharing all the great memories of him with us and they're just -- they're giving us strength. they miss him. >> now, the death of d.j. hen rhode island suddenly has the attention of a name you may recognize, senator scott brown of massachusetts, the henrys' home state whose office released this today. here's the statement. quote, senator brown is confident that law enforcement officials will conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation into the death of danroy henry. goes on. he hopes the facts surrounding his death become known in a timely manner. he extends his deepest sympat sympathies to the henry family. not only senator brown weighing in. also senator john kerry, urging investigation results to be disclosed in a timely manner. hearing this word timely now, though. let's get to what exactly happened last sunday morning right around 1:00 in the morning. no one disputes here that a bar fight erupted on to the streit and that police officers did indeed fire into d.j. henry's car. this morning, the mt. pleasant new york police chief went on the record with the official timeline. >> at 1:30, the first emts arrive at the scene rendering aid to police officer hess and danroy henry. at 1:31 a paramedic arrives momentarily checks officer hess and immediate tloi danroy henry. at 1:35 danroy henry is loaded on a stretcher and wheeled to an ambulance. while medical aid is being administered to danroy henry, another police officer bandages the wounds to brandon cox's arm. >> d.j. henry wasn't the only one in the car. brandon cox, one of his best friends in the passenger seat was hurt as well. that time line and what happened around it is the basis of the lawsuit that several said police would not let them near their mortally wounded friend, this 20-year-old. >> i am the attorney for the football players and other witnesses who are students at pace university who were threatened and brutalized by police at begun point agun poin threatened with tasers when they went-to-render aid to d.j. henry. we are informed through our investigation that the first ambulance that arrived there did not render treatment to d.j., who was the only one lying on the pavement, shot and dying at that time. >> that attorney also accuses the law enforcement agencies involved of a cover-up. she wants federal prosecutors to take over this investigation. in fact, she had even appealed this to president obama to intercede if necessary. want to remind you we were on the story from the beginning. we began our week with this. we talked to the family and community and i called the police chief myself. we're going to stay on this and bring you developments as we learn them. take a look at this. see all these pictures? this story continues 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>> i think it simply reflekts the larger reality in american so sight today because as we traveled as you point out throughout the united states for one year and with my young american researchers, the conclusion we came to was that the gap that had opened between muslims and non-muslims after 9/11 did not really close. so we feel that any incident could be amplified, exaggerated blown out of proportions and we've seen a series of incidents involving muslims -- the ground zero controversy, the burning of the koran in florida and now the firing of juan williams on the remarks he made. this is simply one in a series of incidents involving muslims which reflects the kind of distrust, fear, ignorance, even hatred around the muslim community. >> thereof certainly been a series of incidents but specifically, sir, if i can on the firing just going back to that. do you agree with npr's decision to fire mr. williams or no? >> i would say, brooke, again, if you are to hold similar standards for everyone in america like helen thomas is fired, rick sanchez is fired, then he deserves to be fired. on the other hand, i think we may be becoming far too politically correct and need to discuss some of these issues that are out there. we need to discuss them and face them in a cool and rational manner. that is not happening. with the amount of heat that is generated means we cannot discuss them. >> you bring up the political correctness and the sensitivity which pertains to -- let's just rattle off the string of stories recently. you have the islamic kultd val center near ground zero in new york and the pastor threatening to burn the korans and bill o'reilly saying on "the view" muslims killed us on 9/11. my question is obviously this is a major flash point for us here in america. but are americans being overly sensitive here? >> brooke, americans need to understand that right now the u.s. 0 pakistan strategic talks have concluded in washington where general david petraeus, secretary clinton, all the people representing united states met senior officials from pakistan where pakistan was assured that we're your best friends, trusted ally and so on. on the one hands the muslim world is seeing this generosity and friendship in order to win over the mainstream muslims and marginalize taliban and al qaeda. on the other hand we have constant nonstop attacks on muslim community which broad brush paint an entire community as somehow potentially terrorist or violent. i think that has to be confronted in so sight and stopped because that is creating a lot of damage and confusion in america and abroad. >> and part of that confrontation and part of that discussion -- you mentioned a bunch of big name politicians meeting about it but i want to talk about people like you and i, people within america and you took this journey and visited 75 cities. let's play a clip of your film and talk about it on the back half. >> i had set out to learn about islam in america. but i found i could not do so without understanding american identity. >> mohammed was a child killer. you're a racist. >> we're not a one ethnic group country. >> that has challenged this country to the core. >> the founding fathers passionately believed in a pluralist america. but how can people accept each other? >> so what did you find in talking to people for that film? are we a nation full of xenophobics and islamophobes or ruff finding some acceptance? >> i think i was very inspired by a lot of people i met in the field. i'm talking about jews and christians and secular people and of course muslims who really believe and passionately would defend this vision of america given to us by the founding fathers. this is very inspiring, great hope for the whole world, not just the united states, the city on the hill. on the other hand, we do have challenges. and these challenges really to my minds stem from ignorance, from hatred, from prejudice. very often islam has now become or muslim has become a shorthand for one who may be a potential terrorist or extremist and this is simply profiling. even juan williams' remarks -- and i'm surprised he's been explaining and defending civil rights movements and the heroic struggle of african-americans in the '60s and '70s. now how could he make a statement as a member of the minority community against another minority community. >> programs this will be just another in the string of stories that we tell and hopefully we can talk about it, the nation can talk about this and find some sort of solution past all these challenges that you have obviously outlined. dr. akbar ahmed. thank you for talking to me. >> thank you, brooke. well, here we go. there she is. lindsay lohan. has she run out of second chances? we're going to tell you what a judge decided to send the troubled starlet after this morning's court hearing. was it jail? was it rehab? 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[ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. we're going to take you back to that lindsay lohan story. she was in court today. might she get rehab or go to jail? here's the picture as she walked up the court steps. who was also there? kareen wynter now live for us. we finally know lohan will be going to rehab, which i'm sure she's happy with considering the alternative opg. do we know how long she will go? >> reporter: she'll be able to remain in rehab for the next couple of months in essence until january 3rd. some ask how does she do it? lohan managed to dodge jail time again, in essence remaining in the same environment that she's been in the last 24 days. she voluntarily checked into the betty ford center in rancho mirage, california, several weeks ago and been there for 24 days but she had this probation violation hearing that she'd to show up for today. she got there 30 minutes early. that was a first for her. and the judge was really lenient. he had some harsh words for her. he said, you're an addict. i will not be manipulated by you. you need to change your lifestyle if you want to continue working in this court. maybe that spoke volumes. she's been consistent the last several weeks. we'll keep it up and see what happens until january 3rd. then she has to be back in court on february 25th. >> if she's going back to re hab and violates rehab i imagine she goes back to jail. if she doesn't, what's next after january. >> reporter: you can bet that judge elden fox will lay down the law. he said i'll allow you to continue rehab but toss you back in jail if you have violate the terms of your probation in any way, if you miss any random drug tests, if you get into any trouble at all. he was very adamant about that. if she slips up she'll be back in jail for not just 180 days. but she won't have the option for early release here so she better get it together in time. >> so as she's getting it together and getting back to rehab it's kind of tough keeping up with miss lindsay lohan. if you can, why was she in court in the first place? was this what was stemming from that drug test she failed? wasn't she tweeting about that this summer? >> reporter: indeed, from september 244th. it's a little confusing so i'll try to caps late it for you. she's always in and out of trouble, jail, rehab. but the judge, judge elden fox early in the summer sentenced her to 90 days in jail. and 90 days rehab. for violating her probation back then. so she got out of jail on early release. she was sent to the ucla medical center to undergo rehab there and doctors said she's not that bad, we'll let her go early i believe 23 days. within days she failed a drug test. so that's why we are where we are right now. judge elden fox sent her to jail. but that apparently was against the law. her rights were being violated because it was considered a misdemeanor. so another judge stepped into the picture, overturned that. so after she was released she checked into rehab. we'll have to see how long she keeps up with this good behavior and stays clean. >> addiction a very tough, tough issue to deal with. we wish her the best. we're going to talk about this controversy brewing in houston where a confused and disoriented teenager turned to police for help. the reaction he got outraged his mother. take you beyond the headlines for that in our next hour. also, so mike tyson convicted of sexual assault can star in the hangover but the guy on the right side, foul-mouthed actor mel gibson is apparently not welcome on the sequel. what's up with that? when i went on medicare, i did the numbers. that was the moment of truth. medicare by itself doesn't cover everything. we'd need more than that. i don't want to spend my life worrying about what would happen if one of us got sick. 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>> go ahead. >> that is one of 199 pictures that this particular guest at the wedding posted on facebook. i have looked at these pictures hundreds of times because it was a joyous day when my daughter got married. whoever sent this did it behind everyone's back, and it's just ridiculous. >> i think your daughter is with you. if she could get on the phone, that would be great. mrs. vargo, you also think that the school went too far here. today, your daughter would be cheer leading at one of the main events for the season, is that correct? >> yes, absolutely. tonight is senior night, and the senior boys will be walked across the field prior to kickoff by the cheerleaders and bree was not allowed to participate in that. next friday night is the big rivalry game between two of -- ourself and another school. so this coming monday starts spirit week. they have bond fires, they have a pep rally where bree was very instrumental in making up the whole routine. >> this is not the time of year where, as a cheerleader, you want to be missing out. i guess my question is, you explained to these gals, they were linking arms, so bree wasn't the one drinking the alcohol. first, as a mom, do you approve of the picture? and number two, when you explained this to the school, what did they say? >> well, i do not condone underage drinking. my daughter did not drink at my daughter's wedding. i don't drink myself. i toasted my daughter's nuptials with a diet coke. there was also an off-duty sheriff assigned there. my daughter is not going to drink in front of me or an officer. >> when you explained this to the school, what did the school say back to you? >> this is the way it happened. they called bree into school, the principal, the athletic director and the dean of students called my daughter into the office. if principal's office, laid the picture on the desk and said, explain this. she said that's not mine, that's the other girls. even though the girl is 22 years old and allowed to drink. they proceeded to question her, they said she was suspended. they stand, the three administrators say she held a beer at some point at that night. now, i held tons of beers that night as well, because i had to clean up the hall and she helped me clean up the hall. ohio law states a parent can give their underage children alcohol if they are present and at a family function. i don't condone that. i don't drink myself, i don't like to drink. i don't like drinking period, and i would never, ever allow that picture to be on facebook if i had not understood the complete context of that picture. >> lesson learned. be careful what you put on facebook, even if it's not you. can we put bree on the phone? >> yes. i wanted to confirm as well, we did not post that picture. it was posted by a guest of the wedding. bree's here. >> bree, are you with me? >> hello? >> bree, so you're missing -- this is the best time of the year as a cheerleader and you're missing out and you're frustrated. what's next for you? >> i have no idea. i'm going to try to cheer for the last game. we're going to talk to the board of education. we are filing an appeal. we're going to see where that gets us. >> just a quick question, do you feel targeted here and what do you think about social media now that this targets your age group? everyone is on twitter and facebook. what are your thoughts now? >> i feel extremely targeted, because i'm the only one that got in trouble for anything that anybody does at that school, when there are other people who drink at that school and do drugs and go to the games under the influence, and no one ever gets in trouble. and i don't have a problem with social media, because i didn't post that picture. i will watch what people post of me now. >> we're in a different day and age. thanks for picking up the phone and talking to us. appreciate it. a different time, isn't it? >> absolutely. >> still to come here, o.j. simpson, he wants out of jail, now. we're going to tell you what a judge had to say about his appeal of the 2008 conviction. that's coming up in the next hour. but first, wolf blitzer has been tracking the latest developments there in washington from the campaign trail. we'll check in with wolf when we come right back. 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>> i think he's thinking about it. he's been pretty popular in mississippi. he's got that national exposure. all these governors -- in the old days you were a senator and you say to yourself, you know what? i should be president of the united states. nowadays if you're a governor, it's certainly something they start thinking about. chris christie, people are asking him all the time, are you thinking about running for president? he keeps saying no, no, no. but you know what? they're politicians, we'll see what they do. i suspect pawlenty, chris christie, they're thinking about it. don't forget, the day after this election, on november 3rd, the race for the white house begins. >> it does indeed. wolf blitzer, good to see you. thank you. get the latest political ns at cnnpolitics.com. with that, we begin the top of the hour here. we're going to hit you fast this hour. let's go and start in california here. a shark attacks and kills a man off the california coast here. it happened this morning off surf beach. this is santa barbara county. the victim is a 20-year-old man. several sharks have been sighted off surf beach over the past couple of years. we saw in 2008, a surfer's board was bitten by what was believed to be a great white shark. next, police are defending the time it took to get medical treatment for a student shot by police in new york. the police chief says he was treated within three to five minutes. >> the first emts arrive at the scene, rendering aid. at 1:31, a paramedic arrives on scene, momentarily checks the police officer and goes immediately to dan roy henry. at 1:35, dan roy henry is loaded on a stretcher and wheeled to an ambulance. while medical aid is being administered, another police officer bandages the wound to brandon cox's arm. >> police say they responded quickly. witnesses say no, way. they say henry was neglected for as long as 15 minutes after she was shot. lawyers for the witnesses and four of henry's teammates are accusing local authorities of a cover-up. they want federal agencies to investigate and are asking for a court order to protect all that evidence. next, o.j. simpson's appeal here to overturn his conviction on kidnapping and other charges is denied. denied by the nevada state court. he went to prison for a 2007 gun point heist in a hotel room. he claims he was just retrieving some sports memorabilia stolen from him. the court ordered a new trial for one of his co-defendants. a fast-moving cholera outbreak kills 130 people in haiti. hospitals are overflowing with people rushing to get help. more than 1,500 people have gotten sick. as you know, haiti is still struggling to recover after that earthquake that hit in january. next, france's senate has approved a highly unpopular reform bill. look at this video, hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting against it. the bill would be raising the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 and hike the age for full benefits from 65 to 67. the government says the pension system will go broke without the changes. they say this is a money saving measure. a final bill could be signed by the french president next week. next, lunchtime for those of you out on the west coast. and hey, put down that mburger. if we want to change our ways, the number of americans with diabetes could triple in 40 years. the centers for disease control and prevention predicts one in three american adult also be diabetic by 2050. most will develop type ii diabetes. usual causes, lousy diet and not enough exercise. two factors in the rise here, the fact that people are living longer and diagnosed earlier. next, get that deposit ready. space tourism almost here. see the guy behind the podium? that's british mogul richard branson. he's in new mexico in the desert to dedicate this runway. he plans to be, of course, on the first flight. he's taking his parents, his children. that is still just a couple years away. >> we're getting close. the mother ship has been finished and flying for a while now. as you say, the spaceship is entering its test program. the next big test flights will be with the rocket working, and we'll do many, many, many test flights over the next 12 months to maybe 18 months before we actually send people up into space. but we're entering the last stages of the test program, and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. >> virgin galactic is taking deposits already. the flights cost $200,000 a ticket. yikes! >> i'm going to talk about this controversy in houston where a confused child, a 13-year-old, turned to a police officer for help. but that reaction he got infuriated his mother. also ahead, the afghanistan aid crisis, have you heard about this? 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[ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. time to go beyond the headlines today. i want to take you to texas where a mother's fury is making front page news there, front page as in this headline. the story comes to us from the houston chronicle. you see the headline. a son's odyssey and a mother's outrage. this is all about a 13-year-old special needs boy. that's part of the headlines. the odyssey began monday when he disappeared. his name is kenneth miller. he was reunited with his family yesterday. it turns out a deputy picked up this boy tuesday, one day after the parents filed a missing person's report. and according to the newspaper, the deputy tried to find an organization to take the boy, but when he failed and couldn't get the boy's name, the deputy simply dropped him off on a street corner. that was tuesday. the 13-year-old with special needs wandered the streets until yesterday, when someone called campus police at the university of houston and reported a suspicious person. within a short time, miller was reunited with his family, bringing his four-day odyssey to an end, but igniting that outrage with his mom. reporter rex russell has been reporting own this story and joining me by the phone. have you had a chance to talk to this young man's parents and what in the world are they saying? >> yeah, the parents actually joined a local activist in town today and held a news conference. they're still extremely outraged over what took place. they reported this child missing on monday. somehow or another, there was some sort of confusion, communication breakdown. and that message did not get through to police. so when this kid was picked up by a deputy on tuesday, the first thing the deputy did apparently was check with houston police and ask if they had a report of a missing person matching this description and police said no. so herein lies the journey of this child. you've got this deputy who then takes the kid to child protective services and they conduct an interview with the boy. the boy is somewhat confused. he suffers from confusion, and he told the cps workers that he was a 23-year-old visiting student from beijing, china. they couldn't discern who he was, so they told the deputy to get this kid to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. somehow or another, the deputy just drops him off on the corner. >> let me interrupt you. do we know why he dropped him off on the corner, what is he saying? >> right now, the deputy we're told feels awful about this. actually offered to resign, but his boss refused to accept the resignation. instead, the deputy has been suspended for two weeks without pay. there is actually a second deputy who also had some involvement in this, and he's also been suspended for two weeks without pay. training is going to be kicked in on monday. they're going to train all of these deputies on how to handle mentally ill persons that they may come into contact with. so this is really kicked up a major storm out here and you're already starting to see the fallout. >> you mentioned the deputy and at the same time, i read in the chronicle article that he's apologized to the parents via text message. is that right? >> that appears to be the case, but the mother and the father today decided they weren't going to talk under the advice of their attorney. so we don't know what that means, but normally when an attorney gets involved, there's some sort of legal action being considered. at this point it's just a big mess. >> rux russell, we thank you. >> you got it. take a look at this. >> i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you, and the people -- [ applause ] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! >> wow, do you remember that moment? nine years ago. the world is hearing a lot more from george bush these days. also a new exhibit to an upcoming memoir. the most moving and controversial parts of his presidency are back in the spotlight. that's next. former president george w. bush is back in the public spotlight. but this time it's because he's promoting his memoirs "decision points" is what he's calling it. in this advanced copy about the book, he gives us an inside glimpse of his presidency. >> when i sat down to write my memoirs, i decided to take an untraditional approach. rather than provide a chronological account of my life and years in office, i wanted to give readers a glimpse of the presidency from my perspective. that meant focusing on the most important part of the job, making decisions. i write a little bit about the experiences that forged my character, growing up in west texas, meeting my wife, laura, and raising our twin daughters. i reflect on what i got right and what i got wrong and what i would do differently if i had the chance. >> his memoir is set to sit stores one week after the november elections. how about this. sapphires, diamonds, a bronze football, just a couple of the artifacts from president george w. bush. >> i ask hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people -- pr and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is the bull horn that president bush used when he first visited the world trade center site on september 14th, 2001. >> our guide is allen lowe. it didn't get lost in the commotion? >> the folks kept it with him and it was transferred to the white house office. >> reporter: september 11th takes center stage at this exhibit. >> on that amazing day, he says today we've had a national tragedy. >> two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country. >> goose bumps as you think about what was going on, what he was in the middle of right at that moment. >> reporter: the other great one, the baseball. >> he threw out the pitch on game three of the world series. >> reporter: the presidential center is scheduled to open in the spring of 2013. you might see more of the former president here soon, but not much more. >> i think that you'll see him and laura active in things here at the center. but they enjoy their private life, too. >> reporter: the exhibit offers a small glimpse into that life. a painting given to laura bush by senator ted kennedy. the dress worn by mrs. bush with the queen of england. and more impressively, this necklace. >> a sapphire and diamond set from the king of saudi arabia given to mrs. bush. >> reporter: there's also saddam hussein's gun. we're told it's one of the president's prized possessions. of course, this exhibit showcases the greatest highlights of the president bush years. don't expect to find the low lights of a controversial presidency. all right, jail or rehab? where will lindsay lohan be spending the next couple of weeks? a live update, coming up. 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>> yes, denver. >> denver, colorado. this elderly woman got on a plane and says the word we're not supposed to say. >> you can't take a joke or say jokes anymore without repercussions. this is what is trending today. a joke that wasn't really too funny. an elderly woman was removed from her southwest flight because she made a joke and told a flight attendant oh, be careful with my bag, it has a detonator in it. apparently another passenger complained that had they made that statement, they would have been thrown off the plane. initial impressions is the woman misused the word. >> it may have been a slip of the tongue. >> other passengers and flight crews say, maybe this woman was on medication and so it seems to be a lot of confusion. but she was questioned. southwest alerted tsa to investigate the situation and there were discrepancies in eyewitness accounts. that's really why they took all this precaution. apparently, several passengers also told people that the woman seemed a little clouded in judgment. maybe so, a lot going on. and i contacted southwest and they told me the lady did not have any medical devices in her bag and appeared to have said the comment in jest. and she was questioned, cleared and put on the next flight. so they did say that it had nothing to do with any medical condition. >> so we have no idea what she meant by it. >> not funny, though. >> not a joke. do not say that word on a plane. number two, we have the story that just never seems to go away. >> she's back in court, ordered back to rehab today. the judge is giving her one more chance to get clean after violating her probation for failing a drug test. she has to enter a treatment program until january 3rd. now, if she violates these new terms or fails a drug test before her next court date in late february, she will be sent back to prison for 180 days. no joke here. she was sobbing apparently in front of the judge today and this is a three-year long saga she's been through. she's been in and out of jail and she first was arrested for driving under the influence back in 2007. and later charged with cocaine possession. this is very ongoing for her. the judge said today, i hope you understand that you have to change your lifestyle. >> the judge flat out said, you're an addict. good luck to her. number three? >> another trending thing, also a celebrity we're talking about. mel gibson, yeah, there will be no hangover for him. he was set to have a cameo appearance in the sequel "hangover 2," but the other cast members protested and didn't want him in the movie. >> so it was the other cast members, oh. >> yeah. so he will be replaced by "people" magazine is reporting that liam neeson will be tapped for the role and will lend a-list credibility to the lineup. so is it fair to keep mel gibson out of the movies or will mel gibson ever make it back again? tweet us and tell us what you think. >> mel gibson not getting his comeback just yet. pleasure having you in atlanta. thank you. go back in your mind, i want to take you back nine years to the nation's capital. a congressman reportedly having this extramarital affair with an intern. this was all over national news for a little while when this young woman was found dead. so whatever happened with the chandra levy case? cnn is investigating here. and cnn equals politics. up next, gloria is going to tell us which incumbent is saying he doesn't have to prove his manhood. no manning up, gloria? the cnn political ticker in a moment. stay there. just 11 days to go until election day and cnn has all your latest political news with the best political team on television. gloria is at the cnnpolitics.com desk. it was first sarah palin who used this whole "man-up" phrase and this is harry reid firing back at his opponent's demand to man up. >> you remember in that debate out there in nevada that sharron angle said to harry reed, time to man up on the issue of social security. and he didn't know how to respond to that, but now he's saying -- he said look, i've never had to prove my manhood to anyone. don't forget, harry reid, before he became a politician, was actually a boxer. i don't know if you know this. so he's saying, by the way, i don't live in a bunker, i do interviews with the press. and he said, "i don't know if it's dick cheney's bunker, but it's some kind of bunker some place." so much for taking the high road in the campaign. but back on the campaign trail, sarah palin showed up at a rally in phoenix just about an hour ago. folks didn't even know she was going to be there on the platform, which raises the question about her level of political activity during this campaign. lots of folks have been talking about whether or not sarah palin is actually going to run for president. and it seems to me that she's getting quite involved out there for a lot of these senate candidates and some people are saying it may make it more likely that she does decide to mount a presidential bid. she's been quite coy about it. so we're going to take a look on election night, i'm sure, about how many victories she chalks up here and the candidates she's endorsed. and the last item on our ticker is, get ready, it's going to get even nastier out there. republican senate candidate rand paul has just changed his mind and announced that, yes, he will have another debate with jack conway, the democratic candidate, in the state of kentucky. conway, of course, has run that very controversial ad about rand paul and the so-called aqua buddha, remember that? saying -- accusing rand paul of being a member of a secret society when he was a student at baylor college. and it's clear to me that what's happening now, and rand paul deciding he was going to debate, is he thinks he's getting some traction on this, and this ad may indeed be backfiring against jack conway. >> mr. paul is saying, why are you bringing that up 30 years later? we have to see if they shake hands this time. >> don't hold your breath. >> get the latest political news at cnnpolitics.com or go to twitter. we'll have an update on the breaking news out of california. this afternoon, a scary situation there. this 20-year-old man killed in a shark attack. this is santa barbara county. that is next. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp medicare supplement insurance. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. the prices are competitive. i can keep my own doctor. and i don't need a referral to see a specialist. call now to get a free information kit. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. and the advantages don't end there. choose from a range of medicare supplement plans... that are all competitively priced. we have a plan for almost everyone, so you can find one that fits your needs and budget. with all medicare supplement plans, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. plus you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare. and best of all, these plans are... the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. when they told me these plans were endorsed by aarp... i had only one thing to say... sign me up. call the number on your screen now... and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan. you'll get this free information kit... and guide to understanding medicare, to help you choose the plan that's right for you. as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare, get help paying for what medicare doesn't... and save up to thousands of dollars. call this toll-free number now. i want to get you caught up in our breaking story out of southern california. frightening stuff out there on surf beach. if you know the area i'm talking about, vandenberg air force base area, a 20-year-old man attacked and killed by a shark this morning. beaches were closed for the next 72 hours and chad myers is out here, where are we talking about, where in california? >> san diego, long beach, l.a., and all the way past malibu. it's on brandenberg property actually. this is the surf beach, and up here wall beach all closed because of this attack. this is the time of year that, when sharks go out and go across the pacific. if this was a great white bite, great whites are out here all the time. literally, there's only been just a few fatalities over the years. >> it was 2008 was the last fatality, but it was like 96 killed since 1926. >> over the years, so few bites have ever been a fatal bite. >> with the water temperature, chad, if i may ask, isn't it cooler off the california coast? so this is just run of the mill having sharks this close to the coastline? >> the water comes down from alaska. it's the coastal current that comes down past washington, oregon and down into california. very rarely can you get into water in california and be out there for any length of time without a wet suit on. so this guy has a little shorty on, this is not the guy that got attacked. this is just a random picture from google earth. but this is what it looks around surf beach. >> we're waiting to get an idea if perhaps this guy was a member of the military base. >> we think now it was from the santa barbara city college. >> thank you. every generation of parents wants their kids to have a better life than they did, but in this day and age of foreclosures and outsourcing, is the american dream merely a memory now? this is called "how to restore the american dream," and last night -- >> how do we restore the american dream? >> a part of it i do think is optimism. one of the things i remember about america when i first came here, it was such an optimistic country. even in the midst of a recession or the midst of difficult times. that's why the world has turned upside down. where you go to india and you feel like there's optimism. americans are just so gloomy and they're so sour and so pessimistic, that part of the answer is we have to believe we can get something done. we have to believe that we can -- we are masters of our destiny. i really do believe that while there are tremendous challenges out there, bigger than ever before, there are solutions. and there are actually pretty doable solutions. there are things we can do that will change this and i try to outline some of them in the arm. i think you've got to believe that, otherwise it becomes pessimism and you start blaming other people. we're blaming mexicans and chinese and muslims for our problems. >> you will notice every night on "parker spitzer" they're holding politicians accountable on the economy. they are asking them, what would you cut? the answers are interesting. that's tonight on cnn at 8:00 eastern. now to a story from nine years ago. the disappearance of a d.c. intern ended a congressman's career and dominated the headlines for months. but that was nine years ago. where does the shandra leavy case stand today? that's next. one little smile, one little laugh. honey bunny. 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>> reporter: a story of sex and secrets, filled with strange twists and turns. >> the ultimate story of washington intrigue, is there a murderer in the midst of the united states congress? ♪ >> we have spoken with the congressman's attorney. >> reporter: in the summer of 2001, a scandal that erupted on capital hill ignited a media firestorm. 24-year-old graduate student chandra levy had simply vanished. allegations of an affair with a married congressman soon surfaced. >> mr. condit -- >> reporter: his denials and revelations about his relationship with chandra levy would complicate and consume this investigation. >> we want to get anybody and everybody involved in finding her and bringing her home safely to her family. >> reporter: and during a slow news summer, this was a story that grabbed the nation's attention. >> at this point, we have no leads, we know nothing. >> reporter: now nine years later, the mystery of what happened to chandra levy still remains. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. >> wow. we all remember the story, nine years ago. and we had it on our show monday, jury selection in this murder trial because i sat there scratching our head why are we now talking about chandra levy? >> that's the big thing. we're covering this in the special. police made some screw-ups that caused this investigation to take a little longer. it took more than a year for them to find her body. and this really was the story of that summer of 2001, if you remember. everybody was talking about it. i think cnn actually did a poll where we found that 63% of people in the america were regularly paying attention to the trial -- to this murder case and what was happening. >> it was heartbreaking. you see the parents. >> heartbreaking when the father starts crying and really they were just so frustrated because they had nowhere to go. and now the prosecutors think they've got their man, and the trial starts on monday. >> now, we can't at the same time talk about chandra levy without also talking about former california congressman gary condit. the media's obsession with his alleged affair, it ruined his career. >> it definitely ruined his career was the reason he didn't get re-elected. i think during this big summer of 2001, just a line between having an affair and committing murder was semi blurred. so whether it was guilty or not, he was guilty in the court of public opinion. and that's really what happened to condit and it was unfortunate. one thing to mention to you as well, brook, police never named him as a suspect, and to this day, he's never admitted to sleeping with chandra levy. >> never admitted to an affair? >> but he did admit to police that she would stay at his house two to three nights a week. >> just to remind everyone, you're calling it "murder in the capital: the death of chandra levy" tomorrow at 10:00. and sunday at 10:30. >> yes. and one thing i want to ask you before we leave is what do you think condit did after he left congress and moved back to california? because that's something very surprising we cover. >> no idea. >> it had to do with something with food. >> you have me there. i'll watch it this weekend. thanks, amber. wolf blitzer is next with more of the president's west coast campaign swing. the clock is ticking. there are a lot of disappointed democrats to try to woo. we'll be right back. 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[ male announcer ] if you have gout, ask your doctor about uloric. day. the president is in the midst of this five-state, four -day tour. today, he's in los angeles. he's there to attend his fund-raiser luncheon for barbara boxer and jerry brown. then tonight he will head to nevada to fight for senate majority leader harry reid. that's a tight, tight race there. wolf blitzer joining me now. wolf, he is firing back at his opponent's demand to "man up." >> right. there's no doubt that the president is doing everything he can, and these states, for example, california, the largest state. if the president wants to be re-elected in 2012, he's got to carry california. for ohio, for example, that's why he's spending -- he was there for his 12th visit since becoming president. and florida, if he can get alex sink elected in florida, these are three states, florida, ohio and california he will need if he wants to be re-elected. that's why he's spending so much time there. a lot of folks don't appreciate how important these governor's races are, because they can help tremendously. a governor can help tremendously in a statewide election in a presidential election year. that's why they're so concerned about these races. >> specifically here, he's trying to gain traction with some of the democrats. but looking at his own approval ratings, he's below 50%, so he has to be careful picking and choosing the spots he chooses to travel to. >> right. you haven't seen him show up in arkansas lately to campaign for blanch lincoln, who is in deep trouble. the incumbent democratic senator there. he probably wouldn't help her much in arkansas. but in certain areas in florida, in ohio, in california, and in nevada, he's trying to get harry reid re-elected, would like reid to continue being the majority leader. so that's why he's heading out to nevada, another key battleground states. so they're picking care anywhere he can do the most good. >> i know you have more on france, all these protests, so i'm sure wolf blitzer, we will see you working until the age of 100, you'll never retire. >> all these people in france who are complaining they're raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 and they're only going to get four weeks instead of six weeks vacation and work 34 hours instead of 32 hours a week. look at how hard people in this country work and they don't have much sympathy for that. >> wolf blitzer, thank you. also, can you still win over heards and minds in a war torn country if you have no armed security guards at all to protect you? this is the scenario, some of the most active american aid groups are facing in afghanistan since afghanistan announced private contractors getting the boot. more on that in a moment. t alev. and aleve was proven to work better on pain than tylenol 8 hour. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? good, how are you? [ male announcer ] aleve. proven better on pain. ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. the afghan government is banning private security contractors, and this has set off urgent talks about the u.s., nato and the afghan president hamid karzai. joining me to explain the potential ramifications is correspondent jill dougherty. how big a deal is this for people in afghanistan? >> potentially it is huge, because we focus a lot on the military side of this war. but there's a whole other side, and that's the civilian side. and the u.s. says basically you can't win this war with bullets alone. you need to provide some services to the people of afghanistan, services that the government that afghanistan can't provide itself. otherwise, it will turn to the taliban. so if these companies, these organizations i should say pick up and walk away, it will be bad not only for the people of afghanistan, but certainly for the war effort of the united states and nato. >> and specifically, jill, who are the groups? aren't these the aid, the development folks? >> yeah, they are. they're people who work for companies and organizations that you and i and other americans fund with our tax dollars. and money comes from u.s. aid and it goes to these organizations that are expert in carrying out services for the people. they have projects, they have water projects, education proje. they build bridges and roads, a whole lot of diffthings. we were recently just last month in afghanian for several the projects myself up close, and just i also talked here when we heard about this, with a company called development alternatives, inc. they said we're going to have to disappoint a lot of people, but we cannot function without these security companies. so if they pull the plug -- >> you said you saw them in person. we were looking at the video. some say it's counterintuitive of the insurgency. wouldn't that hurt the war effort? you've got 40 seconds. >> yeah. well, first of all, these people go out into very dangerous areas, so they can't do this if they don't have protection. so right now,
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