a major development in the michael jackson investigation. his doctor, conrad murray, could surrender to authorities as early as today. we'll talk about the charges that he could be facing. >> my advice is if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it. take it to toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix for it. >> a piece of advice from transportation secretary ray lahood could mean huge headaches and more worries for all of you owners of toyotas affected by the massive recall. and new insight from mackenzie phillips, what the actress is now sharing about her admitted incestuous relationship with her father. so glad to see you on this wednesday, february 3rd here. i'm christi paul. thank you for being with us. michael jackson's personal physician may surrender to authorities as early as today. law enforcement officials tell the ap dr. conrad murray will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death but jackson family members think murray should be facing a murder charge. appearing on the cbs early show this morning the jackson family attorney said involuntary manslaughter charges for murray would be a, quote, slap on the wrist. >> i would say it rose to the level of such recklessness that you would say that this was a second-degree murder charge because they knew what they were doing was utterly reckless. it's like shooting into a moving train. you take the risk of death there, which is so high they call that murder. they were shooting drugs into michael jackson. the risk of death there was so high, outside of a hospital setting with no respiration material or equipment, i think it rose to the level of utter recklessness. >> now, murray has admitted to giving jackson the powerful anesthetic propofol before the singer's death last june. we have compelling new details in the search for missing baby gabriel. the woman who wanted to adopt him is charged with pressuring gabriel's dad to give up his parental rights. tammy smith has been released from jail in phoenix but police say smith texted the boy's dad after elizabeth johnson vanished with the infant. according to arrest documents the message said if logan mccleary signed away custody the mom would return with gabriel. police say smith texted -- or say, rather, smith was in contact with the mom throughout her disappearance with the boy and a law enforcement analyst first explained on hln's "nancy grace" why tammi smith is also charged with forgery. >> apparently it was tammi smith who put down his name on a document presented to the court in this dispute between logan mccreary and elizabeth johnson that craig cherry was a potential father of baby gabriel. so there comes in the forgery. there also the conspiracy to commit custodial interference and the other charge. now it turns out craig cherry is actually tammi smith's cousin so police cleared jack smith, the smiths say they've done nothing wrong and the investigation now though is in the hands of san antonio police. we want to get to a sergeant with the tempe police department who is on the phone with us right now. let me ask you. does your office believe that tammi smith knows where gabriel might be? >> at this point we believe, and we were getting this information from tammi, that she does not know the location. we have no indications at this point to believe that is not truthful. >> okay. so explain to me again then why specifically she was arrested. >> the person you just had speaking about the charges was pretty accurate. the forgery stems from a court document that she falsified based on her own admission. some of the other charges as far as conspiracies to commit custodial interference and custodial interference come from what we feel is helping elizabeth along the way with gabriel and also some tactics and methods she had used against logan in order to have him release his custodial rights. >> okay. have you heard anything from san antonio authorities yet regarding their search of that landfill that they were searching for a possible body in this case? >> not specifically that i'm aware of. we are working with them. the goal is still to find gabriel. that's always been the main goal from day one and we'll support them however we can in doing that. >> you know, i read the sheet that says she expected this and maintains her innocence. has she cooperated with you thus far, tammi smith? >> i think cooperating is an interesting word. she has been speaking to investigators and when you say is she cooperating, i feel that up to the point of arrest and, you know, now maybe some of that will change, but she had maybe been withholding information or not providing everything she knew and again some of the circumstances that led up to her being arrested. >> do you believe you know now everything she knows? >> you know, i don't believe so. i think there's still some information to be determined about that and i've received some questions could there be additional charges down the road. that's tough to tell right now in the absence of some really new information coming forward. everything could change quickly as it has up to this point. >> okay. sergeant, thank you so much for keeping us up to date. we appreciate it very much. the british medical journal "the lancet" is retracting a controversial 1998 paper that linked vaccines for the measles, mu mumnms and rubella to autism. now in this stunning and rare reversal the study has been discredited. last week the lead author dr. wakefield was found to have acted unethically in conducting the research. for instance a british medical panel found the doctor actually paid for blood samples from children at his son's birthday party. wakefield is denying the charges meanwhile saying the allegations against me and against my colleagues are both unfounded and unjust and i invite anyone to examine the contents of these proceedings and come to their own conclusion. for years the wakefield study has been the key study cited by parents who don't vaccinate their children and it has attracted a lot of critics who argue the work was so flawed it should have never been regarded as scientific. now parents like harry slatkin hope that research into the causes of autism will move away from vaccines. >> to have any answer in autism that something has affected david and that's the reason he is the way he is, but it isn't vaccines and we need to now put this to bed. the shame of this is that what this does is divert resources and people's time in autism research towards something that's not the answer. we've wasted a whole lot of time chasing down vaccine theories that have been proven to be wrong. >> the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta is praising the retraction and the cdc issued a statement saying vaccines are, quote, very safe and save lives. to some people his name is synonymous with animal cruelty -- michael vick -- and everything you ever wanted to know about his dog fighting operation are on a reality tv show now. your reaction to that in a moment. well, i don't know if you watched this last night but a new show "the michael vick project" debuted last night. the nfl quarterback talked openly and remorsefully about his past and revisited the scene of his crimes where dogs fought and some died. vick described the operation as, quote, spiraling out of control. he says it began with about 20 dogs but he had 70 when he was arrested so we've been asking you, do you think vick is worthy of redemption or does his reality tv show reward a criminal? richelle carey has been listening to what you've had to say today as have we all on our facebook pages and it's pretty split. >> i would agree. but what these people have in common no matter what they think about it, christi, is they're very, very passionate. there are people that say you got to give people a second chance or other people that say, yeah, i believe in second chances but not for something like this. so we'll talk about this today. michael vick served his time. he has said that after the series ends he is going to stop talking about dog fighting and the only exception he says is when he's going to speak on behalf of the humane society. we want your views on this. we've got some folks lined up on the phones. the first caller is calling from pasadena, california, antiq. i hope i'm saying that name right. >> caller: that's correct. >> i understand that you think michael vick is not treated fairly compared to other people who have broken the law. how so? >> well, my issue is with, yeah, martha stewart who went to jail for a crime, nobody is up in arms. she has a show. they're saying when she gets out she'll make a lot of money from her story and that she has a right to tell her story and affect people the way, you know, the way they would be affected. >> okay. >> caller: i'm also reading that nick hogan, he put a guy in intensive care. this guy will never walk again. he's still in jail. and this guy is getting out of jail and he's probably going to have a reality show so i think this is very, very unbalanced. very unfair for michael vick to not tell the story. >> so having said that, you just gave some pretty good examples of people who have been able to step right back into the spotlight after they committed a crime. how do you feel about that, the idea in general that someone commits a crime and then they're right back in the spotlight? >> caller: i wouldn't have a problem with it if they're going to -- if people are going to cast aspersions on people i just wish they'd do it across the board. >> okay. >> caller: michael vick is no different than anybody else who committed a crime and comes out and wants to turn his life around. why not give him the opportunity? >> thank you for the conversation. i appreciate that. let's keep talking. girard is calling us from harrisburg, pennsylvania. you say michael vick shouldn't have a camera on him for any reason at all. >> caller: you're a hundred percent correct. this guy is a joke. anyone who commits these crimes does not deserve any publicity except from behind bars. if that was you or me we'd still be in jail today for these crimes. and i blame the media for allowing him to be in the spotlight constantly and putting him back in the news and allowing this to take place. >> well what about the point that the previous caller made? it was an interesting point, that there have been other celebrities who commit crimes and they're able to get tv shows and still get publicity. is it michael vick, specifically, that you have a problem with or the idea that anyone who commits a crime -- >> caller: it's not just michael vick. it's anybody. i mean, any of these people out here making millions of dollars, you know, if it was me or you, i know people that do things, they can't even get a job at mcdonald's because they've committed a felony or something. >> sure. >> caller: even minute compared to what he did and he can just step right back in and make millions of dollars. he has no reason to do the crimes he did. he wasn't trying to feed his children, take care of his family. the guy had millions of dollars. he is ridiculous and there is no reason for this guy to be in the nfl. i say boycott everything he does. >> okay, girard. okay. >> caller: i tell you what -- >> you made your point. girard, you made your point. girard, you made your point. we're about out of time. let's move on to other facebook comments. we appreciate the passion. we just have to make time for everybody. okay? so do we have time for the facebook comments? okay. apparently we do not. so what do you think? is this show "the michael vick project" a chance at redemption or just rewarding a criminal? what's your take? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. you can text to hln tv. standard text rates apply. you can also jump to the conversation on our facebook pages and we'll be talking about this all day. we're just getting started. maybe you want to respond to a call you just heard. they were very passionate. >> somebody wants to respond to somebody that you talked to. >> i think girard is still talking. >> i think he probably is. but we love that they're passionate about it. thank you. thanks, richelle. transportation secretary ray lahood has a piece of advice for owners of toyotas affected by the massive recall. what he's telling you now that he wasn't saying before. well, transportation secretary ray lahood is advising owners of recalled toyotas, park your cars. he issued the warning today saying stop driving it. take it to a toyota dealer. more than 2 million cars are being recalled by the auto maker for those sticking gas pedals. and that may not be the end of the problems here for toyota. the national highway traffic safety administration reports a brake problem in some 2010 prius hybrid ls. the agency says it's gotten more than a hundred complaints. the drivers don't get a full braking feel sometimes. the prius was not affected by the way by the gas pedal problem. the apple cofounder drives a prius and says he loves the car but says toyota has been less than responsive to his complaint about a cruise control problem. >> mine is kind of minor, more like a radio button that doesn't work all the time. the car will start to accelerate in cruise control. you can hit the brake to stop it. you know, and maybe it's scary for the first time for a couple seconds but once you know about it's not like i think it's life threatening. >> wozniak says he may have just gotten a bad car. we have new pictures of the american church group accused of child trafficking. these are pictures from inside a haitian jail. an investigating magistrate began questioning them yesterday apparently. remember they were stopped trying to leave haiti with a bus load of children they said were orphans. interpreters for the group say they were getting help from a man they thought was a haitian policeman. they never got permission though from the government to take the kids out of the country. >> tell me, what is going on? >> we don't have -- all we know is that they have us and we're just waiting for that answer. >> is there an apology to be made by you to this government? >> no. we are meeting with government officials and talking with them. everything is going very well. >> a haitian official says a local clergyman went door to door for the americans asking people if they wanted to give their children away. now, 20 of the 33 children involved were with their families but many decided the kids would be better off if they did give them away. the investigating magistrate has spoken with the five women now held in a port-au-prince jail as you see here. he'll be speaking with the five men today and he'll present his evidence to a prosecutor who will decide whether to pursue criminal charges. an oregon couple has been convicted of negligent homicide in the death of their 16-year-old son. rather than getting medical help jeff and marcy beakly believed prayer would heal their sick son but he died in 2008 of complications from a urinary tract blockage. doctors testified the boy could have been treated up until the day he died. the jury agreed with the prosecutors that they failed to provide medical care for their son and the couple belongs to a church that shuns doctors in favor of faith healing. they'll be sentenced by the way next week. should it be tougher do you think for americans to qualify for a mortgage? well, top obama economic adviser paul volcker thinks so. he says in recent years the government pressured u.s. banks to make low-cost loans to the economically disadvantaged. instead, he told the senate banking committee yesterday, the u.s. should adopt some of the features of the canadian banking system. volcker says in canada banks are shielded from government interference in the mortgage market and are not pressured to make loans to people who can't afford them. so we're hoping you will weigh in on this one. do we need to tighten the rules? should it be harder to get a mortgage? give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text the word views, your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. or facebook. we'll air some of your responses throughout the day. if you just bought a big screen tv don't advertise it. hln money expert clark howard tells you how to keep thieves away from your flat screen before sunday's big game. >> okay. i want to make sure that your favorite team wins the super bowl and that you don't end up a loser with the upcoming super bowl. this is the time that so many people buy flat screen televisions. or they buy a bigger one than what they already have. and so you take it home. you install it. and then what do you do next? you put the box outside with the garbage that like a big neon sign tells burglars, there is a brand new flat screen and i really like that 60-inch whatever brand. what do you do? do not under any circumstances just put that box outside. this is a case where you need to get some elbow grease going. you tear that box apart. you put it in plastic bags. so that outside there's no sign, no evidence at all that you have that new flat screen. by the way, if you have a burglar alarm it's really good to know how to use it. i'm clark howard for more ways to protect yourself go to cnn.com/clark howard. well, actress mackenzie phillips is singing a different tune these days. why she now says her sexual affair with her father was not consensual after all. incestuous. ♪ >> welcome to comcast local edition. i'm donna richardson. and my guest this hour is doug gansler, maryland attorney general. thank you so much for coming in. >> good to be here. thanks. >> we have issues with how we elect our judges, and it's really problematic, so explain to everyone how we can at least address this issue. >> it is problematic. what happens is the governor appoints somebody to be a judge, and then they are on the ball let the very next election, and the problem with that is three-fold. one is we are polite sizing people that ought not to be politesized. second, and the supreme court just had a case about this last year, which called in to question, the very nature of campaign contributions to judges. the supreme court said in that particular case, the judge had toe recuse himself because he received money from one of the lawyers that was appearing before him. they didn't say where the line is, but it really points out the problem of these people running for judge, and the first people they call -- in fact the only people they can call are the people that know they are the judge, which are the people that appear before them. and the third problem we have is minorities on the bench. we have 24 jurisdictions in maryland. two are ma joerty/minority. [ technical difficulty. ] >> this problem has a problem, but it's not in that contested election format. >> excellent. moving along the chesapeake bay is under attack from so many different areas. explain the no discharge zone. >> every year i have one sort of priority bill environment, and we passed the last three, and they have all had different impacts. this year we are trying to deal with human waist. so that they dump holding takens in to the water. it's not the big problem, but it does contribute 1% of all of the nitrogen. most boaters have tanks that bring in to the arena, and it goes in to the wastewater treatment system. look, you wouldn't want to be in the bathtub with 1% of human waste, or be in the pool, so we want to make sure the whole chesapeake bay is a no discharge zone. >> making salvia illegal. >> that's a drug they sell in ocean city and college campuses. it is illegal in all of the states. kids have died from using it. if you type it in on youtube, you will see kids filming each other using it. today it is legal to be sold in maryland to