his last one. he is 95, served his first beer just moments after prohibition ended in 1933. hanging it up. >> finally giving it up. that does it for "360." thanks for watching. i'll see you monday. hello there from the cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning" for august the 29th. michael jackson's birthday, the funeral services for ted kennedy. a lot happening. you won't miss a thing this morning on "saturday morning". >> good morning. i'm betty nguyen. it is 6:00 a.m. here on the east coast. thanks for starting your day with us. as t.j. said, we have a lot of news to cover. first and foremost, the funeral, burial for ted kennedy is going to take place today. there was a viewing last night at the keb di library and the

lines were long. some 25,000 people came out to pay their last respects. >> also this morning, it was four years ago, folks, today hurricane katrina. we'll be going back there live, see where the city has come in the past four years. also talking to a familiar name and face during the time of katrina. >> that john wayne dude. >> generous russell eun ray will be joichbing us. top stories from overnight, this is major. this thing finally got going. >> two, one, booster ignition and liftoff of "discovery," celebrating its 25th birthday by wracking up science and supplies to the space station. >> i guess you can say fourth time is the lucky try. "discovery eye "finally got off the ground just before midnight after three delays this week.

"discovery" and its seven astronauts are headed for the international space station to deliver supplies, including 8 treadmill named after stephen colbert who won an online contest earlier this year. he should have had room in the space station named after him because he did win. but nasa said, no, i don't think that will happen. we'll give you a treadmill, though. >> they had to make a kprms. they were embarrassed he pulled the thing off and won. but they gave him a treadmill. it's something. very important up there. >> how do you stay on the treadmill in space, though? >> this is beyond our -- >> reynolds? we'll talk to him later. a story this morning an remarkable, this man you see here being one of the most famous djs on the planet, dj a.m., his real name adam goldstein, found dead in his apartment in new york. 36 years old, cause of death not known. his name, even if you aren't familiar with his music and dj

g, his name was in the news about a year ago because he survived a plane crash along with former blink 182 drummer travis barker. they were two that survived. four others killed in that accident. he was working for mtv for a tv show he was doing about drug addiction, which he battled. again, no word on exactly what it was that killed the dj. and about 5:30 eastern this morning, about a half hour ago, senators boarded a bus headed to andrews air force base to flights to boston. they're all going to pay their final respects to ted kennedy. his funeral is today. the majority leader harry reid is leading that delegation of about 40 senators at the funeral today. we're going to bring that to you live when it happens. our lady of perpetual help, where the funeral will take place. not just the senators there, jimmy carter, bill clinton and

george w. bush as well as british prime minister and the irish prime minister. >> this is happening around 10:30, when the actual funeral will take place. there was a memorial service last night. of course, we saw during the day his body was lying in repose at the kennedy library in boston. about 45,000 people we're told actually filed past to pay their respects, then another 25,000 were there at that memorial service last night. our dan lothian -- no. tom foreman will take a look now at what we saw yesterday in that memorial service. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: at a presidential library at the edge on the ocean, the people came in waves. ted kennedy was bigger than life for many. to family and friends alike, he preached the gospel of the little man. >> people who struggled, struggled each and every day, to just get by, he lived his whole

life fighting for those people. >> reporter: all day those people, regular americans, lined up to pay their respects to cry, to say good-bye. >> it's because of him and the work he did for us, for the immigrant, that we are here today. ♪ love changes everything >> reporter: to those who knew him best gathered for a private memorial to a remarkable public life. >> ted kennedy changed the course of history as few others have. without him, there might still be a military draft. the war in vietnam might have lasted longer. there might have been delays in granting the voting rights act or in passing medicare or medicaid. >> reporter: the democratic lion was famous for reaching out to his republican foes is. >> it is to their credit that they so often supported teddy's efforts and i say in some jest it is to teddy's great credit he

rarely supported theirs. >> that brought laughter. >> he was excellent company. i think i'm going to miss him more than i can say. >> with whom i've done battle for 33 years and i've enjoyed every minute of it. >> i never once saw your father with a defeatist attitude. i never saw him petty. i never saw him act in a small way. >> reporter: finally, it was up to a niece, caroline, the only surviving child of president john kennedy, to bring it all home. >> now teddy has become a part of history and we have become the ones who have to do all the things he would have done. for us, for each other, and for our country. >> reporter: tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> cnn's special coverage of "ted kennedy remembered" continues throughout the day with special live coverage of the funeral beginning 10:00 eastern this morning, including president obama's eulogy, then

live coverage of the burial starts at 4:00. you can stay right here with cnn throughout the day. we'll trn to the case of a california woman abducted as an 11-year-old 18 years ago. a sheriff admits his office missed a chance to find jaycee dugard. three years ago a neighbor made a report about people living in tents back there, but a deputy who went to the house never looked in the backyard. authorities say the suspect, phillip garrido, fathered two children with dugard. garrido was arrested earlier this week after a police officer saw the two girls with him during school hours and felt something just wasn't right. garrido and his wife face 29 charges in this case and garrido spoke to cnn affiliate kcra from jail.

>> heart warming. very interesting there. well, dugard, now 29, has been reunited with her family. she is said to be in good health but guilty about developing a bond with garrido over the years. garrido, who has been a registered sex offender since 1977, is now under suspicion in the unsolved murders of several prostitutes in the 1990s. so this story is far from over, folks. we'll continue to follow it for you.

the los angeles coroner's office has finally released its findings in the death of michael jackson whose birthday is today. >> as cnn's kara finnstrom tells us, the case has been ruled a homicide by overdose. >> the los angeles coroner has now officially ruled that michael jackson's death was a homicide and that it involved a combination of drugs. it's the coroner's job to determine whether jackson's death on june 25th was accidental, suicidal, due to natural causes or, as was determined in this case, the result of a homicide. a press release from the coroner's office also states that jackson died from acute propofol intoxication. propofol is that powerful sedative we've heard so much about these past weeks. jack sop was taking it through an i.v. drip to combat insome knee area. that was not a surprise. but the coroner added that a ben zoe die as peen effect contributed to jackson's death. the coroner listed numerous d g

drugs found in jackson's body. what we got was a more detailed picture of what the coroner believes killed jackson. at this point, the big question is whether there will be charges against the doctor who administered those drugs to jackson on the morning he died, dr. conrad murray, who according to police documents maintains he was trying to help jackson sleep and wean him off propofol, which murray told police he feared jackson was becoming addicted to. also, the big question, whether any other doctors who treated jackson could face charges. so right now the criminal part of this investigation does remain in the hands of the los angeles police department and the district attorney and at this point neither is saying anything about those potential charges. kara finnstrom for cnn, los angeles. a live picture here. this is where the body you see there of senator ted kennedy is this morning. this is at the jfk library in boston. this is of course where his body lied in repose the past couple of days and where we watched the

memorial service last night with some 25,000 in attendance. his body will be taken from here over to the church nearby in boston where his funeral service will take place as expected to happen around 10:30 this morning with the actual funeral service taking place. but we will continue to watch people, a smaller gathering, his family members will be gathering there with his body at jfk library. then they'll all head over a litt later for the funeral service. you won't miss a minute of the funeral service. new video this morning, this is at capitol hill. see those buses, this was about half hour to 45 minutes ago, where several lawmakers including a lot of his senate colleagues gathered and were going to hop on the buses, head over to andrews air force bias. this is raw video just getting there. back to live picture. those lawmakers headed to andrews air force base, will hop on planes to go to boston for the funeral service. stay with cnn for live coverage all day. in the meantime, can you believe it's four years, in

fact, four years ago today, that hurricane katrina hit new orleans. among the horrifying images were that of two men begin emen gune bridge by police. was itself-defense? we'll revisit that case. also, it's been a pretty hectic, quick start i guess to the hurricane season. >> yeah. >> a lot of names have been out there, anna, bill. >> now we've got danny. >> what's going on with danny? not a hurricane. we'll check with reynolds to see. good morning, sir. >> good morning. we've seen major changes from the storm going from tropical storm to a depression. it's moving up the eastern seaboard, beginning to weaken, winds 35 miles per hour but still could be a major player in your forecast this weekend. i'll let you know what i'm talking about in terms of that major change in your forecast coming up in a few moments right here on "cnn saturday morning." see you in a few. taking its rightful place

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acres near the angeles national forest. 600 homes nearby people evacuating. oath one of a number. >> four major fires. what's even more pressing is the issue that we have red flag warnings, which means very dry conditions, breezy conditions into the afternoon. which means this scene we're watching in this video given to you by kcal means we could see this play out more. these flames hard to tell in the vantage point could be 50 to 100 feet in height as the winds accelerate these flames right up the hillsides, burning the chaparral and the california oaks. >> how long the red flag warnings in place? >> until we see a little bit more of that humidity work its way back into the coast. what's funny, you know this, t.j., you lived in the san jose area. along the coast, it could be 50, 60 degrees in terms of your high. you go ten miles inbland, over 100 degrees. >> yep. >> it dries out all the grasses,

the trees. then you have fires starting. it's like a bellows and just accelerates the flames. >> we don't know -- this could go on for a little while. no relief in sight for the next couple of days. >> no help from mother nature whatsoever. could be a pressing problem. >> another pressing problem on the other side of the country. >> always got something going on. >> yeah. >> you're right. we're talking about danny. in atlanta, no sign of danny thankfully. just skies partly cloudy, could see a few straight showers, thunderstorms in the region yesterday. some locations in atlanta over in three inches of rain . let's look at the cnn weather wall, the only one you'll see in television that is certainly one of a kind, this interactive board, a great way to show the story of danny. danny was a tropical storm. it is now a tropical depression. as its made its way along the outer banks it's been absorbed by an upper level low. the storm will provide rainfall

and rip currents along the coast. anyone planning to surf cape hatteras, be careful. the rip currents can pull you away. deep convection in the top half of the storm system, will come onshore. speaking of precipitation, we're seeing heavier rainfall forming just to the east of washington, d.c. you see this thick band of storms beginning to fire up. a lot of this will be brushing its way back along the coast. later on today, places like boston, maybe as far north as portland, you may see not only scattered showers but the issue of flash flooding possible from portland i'd say right to the jersey shore. that's certainly something to keep dm mind. although it's not a tropical storm and a depression, we're still going to keep a sharp eye on it. we're expecting a continuous jog to the north and veering to the northeast being possibly becoming a tropical storm sunday. still winds around 45 miles an hour, then by monday it will be moving back towards the north. so we're certainly out of harm's way. it it it's not done yet.

still have to watch it carefully, but in terms of it being a threat of possibly becoming a hurricane, that's not going to be in the cards at all. back to you at the news desk. >> good news. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. let's get back to senator ted kennedy. he will be laid to rest today. 40 of his colleagues in fact are on their way right now. we just saw new video minutes ago of senators boarding buses that will head to the airport. here is more of that video. again, about 40 senators making this trip. we are expected arrivals in about 30 minutes. we're watching it very closely for you. a lot going on today around 10:30 eastern is when the actual funeral service is expected to take place. of course, we're going to bring you all of that live. ♪ the place that inspires her to go faster... ♪ and slower. ♪

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>> the president also pointing out that thousands of gulf coast residents that have been put to work by the recovery act. it was the storm that destroyed lives, nearly drowned the city. made landfall four careers ago today. you may remember a particular incident. police opened fire on a bridge, two people killed, 1 of them a mentally disabled man. >> the question is this -- was it self-defense? cnn correspondent drew griffin investigates. >> reporter: four careeyears af storm, a mystery remains about

the shootings on the bridge. everyone agrees on one point that first sunday after the hurricane police shot and killed a 40-year-old mentally handicapped man. the question -- was it justified? mr. madison says there's only one answer. you believe new orleans police murdered your brother. >> yes, i do. >> reporter: and then covered it up. >> yes. >> reporter: now, four years later, armed with a search warrant, the fbi, and other federal law enforcement offic l officials descended on the new orleans police department, seizing reports, investigative file, evidence mr. madison believes will prove a police coverup. it was in the chaos engulf iing new orleans that he and his brother fleeing floodwaters headed head-oninto the dan zi ger bridge killings. >> i would say he was shot up in here.

we kept running up the bridge here trying to go zigzag so they wouldn't hit us. >> reporter: crossing the bridge, they found themselves shot by armed men. what they didn't know the armed men were actually police who thought they were coming to the rescue. there had been a frantic radio call that sunday morning. it was reporting police under fire, contractors being shot at, on this bridge. it turns out it was all just one big mistake in the chaos after katrina. some would say it it was based on lies. there were no contractors under fire on this bridge. police never found anybody with a gun. what they did find was a man running away from them, down this bridge. they chased him, shot him, and killed him. two people with were kiere kill, ronald madison one of them. another four were wounded. the seven police officers involved have always said the shooting was justified. and the new orleans police department, which investigated

itself, agreed. the civil rights division of the department of justice is now trying to figure out precisely what happened on the bridge and as tulane criminology professor points out, it it's the new orleans police investigation itself being investigated. >> the more critical question is not the seven guys on the bridge, but can this police department investigate itself? >> reporter: police say they fired in self-defense when madison reached for his waist and turned on them. but over the past four years, cnn has been uncovering details that raise doubts. an autopsy revealing madison was shot in the back, lack of any evidence madison was ever of a and finding a witness the who says they saw officers line up and gun down a man running away. >> with all motion, moving.

>> reporter: then how did he fall? >> he just fell like he was collapsing. like he was collapsing. like something had just, like, wiped him out. >> reporter: you didn't see any gun on him? >> i didn't see any on him. >> reporter: seven police officers cheered as heroes by their colleagues were indicted for the murder and attempted murder of ronald madison. but the case was thrown out on a technicality and six of the officers are now back on the street. you believe these officers did nothing wrong? that there was no crime or even misconduct on that bridge? >> none whatsoever. we're confident that these officers acted appropriately. in fact, heroically. we're certain this investigation will have the same investigation as the last one. that they did act appropriately and heroically. >> mr. madison says in the aftermath of katrina, the police force did what it wanted. >> all the victims of hurricane

katrina, your brother among them, was justice and the rule of law also a victim in this town? >> yes. they were just as badly wounded as my brother was because it just doesn't exist. >> the federal justice department wouldn't comment for this story, wouldn't confirm that they're investigating the possibility of a coverup by the new orleans police. what the justice department is promising is a thorough review of the facts and circumstances surrounding the shootings on the danziger bridge. drew griffin, cnn atlanta. >> since hurricane katrina, cnn added a bureau in new orleans. sean callebs joins us live with a look at those who lived in the lower ninth ward are coping today. we'll talk to him later. krn.com has a special section called katrina after the storm. takes a look back at then and now. special interactive features on everything katrina. you can go to cnn.com/katrina for that. a sheriff admits his

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senators actually boarding buses right now to head to that funeral site. we've got three former presidents who will be in attendance as well as president obama. so a lot to come on that. we will be bringing it to you live. also some other top stories to share with you. some activists on both sides of the health care debate are hitting the road to drive home their points. big government opponents kick off a 33-city bus tour of the country yesterday in sacramento. the tea party express, it will make 31 more stops through september 12th when it ends with a three-day march on washington. then on the other side, hey, you've got a bus, they've got a bus. organizing for america, they have a bus tour kicking off wednesday in phoenix. ten more stops on their bus tour. president obama created the group to push his agenda, including health care reform. space shuttle "discovery" finally got off the ground before midnight. won't you take a look at this. >> two, one, booster ignition

and liftoff of "discovery" celebrating its 25th birthday by racking up science and supplies to the space station. >> always just an amazing sight. "discovery" and its seven astronauts headed for the international space station to deliver supplies, including a treadmill named after comedian steven colbert who won an online contest earlier this year. he was supposed to have a room named after him because he won that contest. nasa said, how about we give you the naming rights to a treadmill instead? i guess they worked it out. t.j.? we'll turn to afghanistan now. it's been another deadly month there for u.s. service members. another was killed by a roadside bomb yesterday. that makes august the deadliest month for u.s. troops in afghanistan since the war began. 46 service members have been killed this month. that is one more than last month's total of 45. i'm sure you've heard about this story. a lot of people talking about it today.

just shocking really. authorities in california looking into a possible connection between a kidnapping suspect and other crimes. >> the suspect we're talking about is phillip garrido and his wife now facing 29 charges in the kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl back in 1991. garrido also accused of fathering two children with that woman, jaycee lee dugard now 29 years old. garrido was arrested this week. but as cnn's dan simon reports, he could have been picked up about three years ago. >> reporter: they are in custody without the chance for bail. but in what can only be described as an admission of failure, a local sheriff says they should have been caught sooner. >> on november the 30th 2006, we missed an opportunity to bring earlier closure to this situation. >> reporter: sheriff war even

rupf says a 911 call led deputies to the garrido house. a neighbor had tipped them off that children had been living in backyard tents and things just didn't appear right. damon robinson said he and his girlfriend are the ones who tried to sound the alarm. he said he thought the garridos were just odd. >> she looked right in my face and ignored me and just ducked off. >> reporter: the wife would never speak to them and the little girls never played with the other kids on the street. robinson's girlfriend grew alarmed when she peered over their fence. >> when she looked over the fence, what did she see? >> the tents and people living back there. >> reporter: but the home and yard were never searched. the sheriff called it a missed opportunity, an organizational failure. >> this is not an acceptable outcome. organizationally, we should have been more inquisitive, more curious, and turned over a rock or two. >> reporter: garrido is a registered sex offender, a system designed to keep tabs on

some of the worst of society. but along with the sheriff's department, garrido's parole officer never discovered either what was allegedly happening in the backyard. tim allen knew garrido for ten years. >> i just had no inkling that there was evil behind this guy. >> reporter: allen has a window and glass business. he says garrido made his business cards and stationery and did a good job. though allen says he saw no signs of criminal behavior, garrido said and did some bizarre things. >> he told you you he was starting a new religion? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and had some revelation from god? >> uh-huh. yep. and then he also had a box. when he first brought it in, he said this box you can hear voices from the other side. >> reporter: allen describes it as a shoebox with headphones attached. >> i didn't hear anything. then he kind of started mouthing, very quietly mouthing things. i was looking at the box at first. then when i looked up at him he was mouthing words and he said

being can you hear it? i said, no. so he would mouth the words a little louder. he said, did you hear it? i said, i can hear you. he said, that's great. you're hearing it. it works. >> reporter: phillip garrido and his wife pleading not guilty. 33 months after law enforcement came so close. >> well being garrido's arrest is being credited to a university of california police officer. garrido had shown up with his daughters to apply for permission to hold an event to speak on campus. >> the officer said garrido's behavior was a little suspect, unstable, more importantly, she felt there was something about the girls just wasn't right. and that led to what we have now, an arrest in what has been a very strange story with details still coming up. >> a lot of details will be coming forth. 1 they do, i imagine they're going to be just as shocking as what we've already heard. we are keeping an eye on, of course, what's happening in the northeast, boston in particular today. you're looking at the inside and outside of the jfk library there in boston where the body of senator ted kennedy is still

lying right now. it will go from there over to the church where his funeral service will take place around 10:30 this morning. again, people are just now starting to gather. plans are in place. people starting to make their way to boston for that service. you won't miss a minute of it, special coverage coming up just a little later here on cnn. now the colors of life can last a lifetime. valspar -- the beauty goes on.

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if you only knew. we are starting something today, got a lot going on this weekend being including a party for michael jackson for his birthday. >> his birthday, he's 51. he would be 51. they're celebrating michael jackson's birthday in brooklyn, new york. it will be incredible. go out there, enjoy, and eat

some birthday cake. >> what's the weather going to be like? will it cooperate in new york? >> scattered showers later in the day, certainly not as as it could have been had the storm been bigger, referring to danny. >> head over to chicago, the chicago latin music festival where they play le latin music. the 140th running of the traverse stakes, the oldest race in america. hotter than hell 2009 bike festival in wichita falls. some people won't cycle unless it's in the 70s. not these people. no training required for these people. they go out for the hotter than hell. >> how hot is it going to be? >> james brown celebrity hot. could be in the 90s, but with humidity feeling much warmer. last but not least, the american fibry society annual conference in nashville, tennessee. they know how to throw down. they get out the fishing nets, they eat fish sticks, play go

fish. actually, they don't. but if i were there, that's what i would be doing. it should just be a good time that they're going to have. >> one wild and crazy guy, let me tell you. >> yeah. it gets to be a crazy time in nashville when those folks are in town. they really know how to celebrate. >> i thought you were serious about the fish sticks. i thought that was for real. >> just checking on you. little test. >> keep us on our toes. >> dog days up in mystic, connecticut, that was yesterday and today. i think tomorrow it's going to be for part of the day. make sure you be ready for the rain. heavy at times. there you go. you're up to speed. speaking of the weather, hopefully will rain will stave off for a big event today in boston. >> you're seeing here just a heck of a shot. this is at the jfk library in boston. just looking out, a really beautiful shot kind of telling the story just by this picture. that's the body of jfk's brother, ted kennedy, the last brother in that line of siblings

who died, of course, on tuesday at the age of 77. his funeral service will be today at the jfk library serving as the venue for his memorial service yesterday. some 45,000 people got to file past and pay their respects, another 25,000 attended the memorial service yesterday. but today is the funeral service. president obama will be delivering the eulogy. expected to start around 10:30, but people starting to gather. you will not miss a moment of it. cnn will have continuing live coverage throughout the day of this memorial services for senator ted kennedy. and... of pain reliever. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast. so you can stop headaches... and feel better fast.

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they're coming to boston this morning for the funeral of senator ted kennedy. from diplomats to even a downtrodden. people from all across the u.s. >> it was neat to hear the stories over the past couple of days. everyone seemed to have a personal story. he's been in service in 50 years in the senate. he's touched a lot of lives. his body there at the jfk library, will be taken from there to the church in a little bit for his funeral service, expected to begin around 10:30 this morning. we also saw at least 40 senators

this morning hopped on to buses at the capitol heading over to the airport, then they're going to fly over to boston for the actual funeral service. three former presidents will be attending and of course president obama delivering the eulogy today. prime ministers of ireland as well as britain also expected. also last night the wake was held at the jfk presidential library. again there in suburban boston, the same spot where you see his body lying in this picture. the senator will then be buried a little later this afternoon at arlington national cemetery. he'll be buried nearby his brothers, jfk and also his brother robert kennedy who was assassinated in '68 in los angeles. that farewell to the senator at the start of this week's gop address. >> the rest is all about health care reform. in fact, wyoming senator mike ev enzi one of six negotiators on the bill and here he makes the ydz of compromise seem pretty far off. >> if congress and the

administration mess this up, each and every one of us will pay for the mistakes as will generations to come. we need health care reform, but more importantly we need to get it right. we need reforms that will will actually lower health care costs for working americans and we need to make sure we do not increase the deficit and add to the record debt we're already passing on to our children and grandchildren. the bills introduced by congressional democrats fail to meet these standards. according to the nonpartisan and independent congressional budget office, the house and senate bills will actually drive up health care costs. the congressional budget office also says that the democrats' bill will significantly increase our nation's deficit. >> the associated press says enzi told a town hall crowd this week he is more interested in forcing concessions than getting a compromise. health care reform, ted kennedy, the kidnapped california girl, all of these major stories, michael jackson's

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making new beginnings after hurricane katrina, progress rebuilding new orleans' historic ninth ward has been pretty slow, to be honest. especially for one man who watched helplessly as floodwaters swept his mother away. sean callebs tells us how four years after the storm, teams of volunteers and a superstar are stepping up you to make things right for people who lost everything. >> reporter: it's been four years since robert green and his mother were stranded on their roof in the lower ninth ward in new orleans. this is the lower ninth in the aftermath. green's mother was swept off the roof by the floodwaters. he managed to survive and return. i first spoke with green a few months after the storm, after he found his mother's body, after he came to grips with the fact katrina took his granddaughter as well. >> don't see my baby no more, don't see my mother no more, don't see my neighbors no more. all i can do is just be happy that she's going to be buried. >> reporter: green spent most of the last four years living in this small fema trailer, sharing

his story with anyone who came through the lower ninth. his story has finally taken a positive turn. green recently abandoned the trailer for a new home built by brad pitt's charitable organization "make it right". >> we have 14 families and we feel crowded, but we had 3,000 houses that are gone and we would love to see those houses come back. >> reporter: pitt's group has built 15 homes and sells them for only about $75,000 to residents in the lower ninth. volunteer work makes that deal possible. they're very green, energy efficient, recycled materials. but above all -- >> safety is a primary concern for us so we want to make sure if there is another flood the houses we're building are going to be safe from that flood. so they're all elevated at least above katrina-level flooding. >> reporter: volunteers here are leading the way, like matt peterson's group global green. >> there's still so much work to be done we can't wait and can't rely on the federal government. this is i think an area where we realize that we as citizens of this great country need to take

responsibility for our nation and starting right here. >> reporter: secretary shawn donovan knows mistakes were made in efforts to get people back into their homes, be it another hurricane, a flood, fire or earthquake, people will need help rebuilding again. >> we have to be more flexible. we have to be more responsive. and make sure that the programs don't just work in theory but work in reality for families. >> reporter: making it easier for those who lost so much to start over. >> sean calebs joins us live from new orleans. sean, let me ask you this. what sort of events are planned today as the city marks the anniversary there? >> reporter: in about three hours, the time that authorities estimate the levees gave way, they will be ringing a bell near a memorial on canal street near city pack. a number of other ways people are marking as well. here in the lower ninth, robert green and his family are all getting together. they're also going to demolish

an old police station in another area as they work to build another cop shop. they say that's a sign of progress. they're trying to get a handle on crime here. >> absolutely. shane callebs joining us live. thank you, sean. live in the next hour of "cnn saturday morning," a leader who took charge to clean up after the hurricane. what it was like. cnn.com has a special section called katrina after the storm. takes a look at the recovery with special interactive features. find it at cnn.com/katrina.

hello there, everybody. from the cnn center on this "cnn saturday morning," august 29th. i'm tj holmes. >> i'm betty nguyen. it's 7:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia. 6:00 a.m. central. that's wrong. >> you okay? >> we're two minutes early. thanks for starting your day with us. a lot of news to cover. first and foremost, we'll talking about the funeral service today of senator ted kennedy. senators in fact actually we'll show you this live shot, that is his body lying in repose right there. you see the honor guard surrounding it. a couple of people have already turned out. but there is a contingency of about 40 senators who are boarding buses, or who have already, this is video from earlier today. they are heading to boston. jfk library is where we saw that shot where senator kennedy's casket is. a little later today they'll be heading off to a church where the funeral service will take place. president obama will be

delivering the eulogy. three form he presidents will also be there with a host of other dignitaries. there is a lot going on. that funeral will take place at 10:30 eastern today. we, of course, will bring it to you live. there are still some other stories we want to share with you, some things you may have missed overnight. and you missed a heck of a beautiful sight last night. >> we have engine start. two, one, booster ignition and liftoff of "discovery," celebrating its 25th birthday by racking up science and supplies to the space station. >> a little late but it got going. these are great nighttime launches. beautiful sight there. that's the space shuttle "discovery", took off fror the international space station just before midnight last night. shuttle is carrying seven astronauts delivering supplies up there, including one bit

that's getting a lot of attention, a treadmill called the colbert, named after the comedian steven colbert who won an online contest to get naming rights for something aboard the shuttle. >> all he got was a treadmill. better than nothing i guess. i know that some of you have been talking about this story. a lot of people calling it simil simply shocking. a 29-year-old california woman is back with her family after 18 years of being abducted. what she endured is horrified. her kidnapper kept her had in a compound in his backed yard, also fathered two children with her. garrido and his wife face 29 charges relating to the kid naning. now he is being investigated for possible links to other crimes. >> one of the biggest names in djing is dead. his name is dj am, adam goldstein, found dead in his new york apartment. 36 years old, cause of death not known yet. you will remember the name possibly from almost a year ago when goldstein survived a plane

crash along with blink 182 trumer travis barker, it killed four others in south carolina. goldstein is well-known with his relationships with reality tv star nicole hitrichie and mandy moore. >> we were on the air the weekend of that plane crash. after that, we heard a lot from dj am saying that he went into a bit of a depression wondering, why did i survi when the others did not? >> a lot of guilt. >> sad to hear about death. we have correspondents on this big story of the day, the funeral and burial of senator ted kennedy. >> kate is at the u.s. capitol where a group of senators just left a short time ago, of course heading to boston for the funeral. there she is, hello to her. also, elaine quijano is at arlington cemetery where the senator will be laid to rest. >> dan lothian is at the church in boston for this it morning's funeral as well as deborah

feyerick at the jfk library. let's start with kate, shall we? going to you first, kate, describe the scene this morning as those senators got on the bus. we saw video earlier today. there was quite a few of them, about 40, correct? >> reporter: actually, we were told between 60 and 65 senators that left on this delegation this morning. they'll be heading to andrews air force base to fly to boston to go to this private funeral service in boston later this morning. the mood really i'm told by congressional producer ted barrett this morning was reflective. it was early, but the senators did it take some time to speak with us and kind of give their reflections. listen here to former virginia republican senator john warner. >> well, very much emotionally involved in this. i first met ted 50 years ago when i was an advance man for eisenhower/nixon campaign,

nixon's presidential against jack kennedy. and he worked for jack kennedy. we in a very friendly way bumped along the campaign route. then years later when i was secretary of the navy, met him again when i had to make a tough decision to close military bases in boston. we had a big hearing up here in the caucus room. i remember that one well, three or four hours. then when it came to the senate, we seemed to gravitate and be good friends. we both love the sea, love to sail, played tennis. we both painted. we're oil painters. i had many memorable visits with him in the hyannis region. he was a wonderful man. many touched his life as he touched mine. >> reporter: they left in i'm told four buses this morning and they're meeting up with many more senators and house members

finding their own way to travel to boston for the private funeral service this morning we should say that these delegations, while quite a sight to see on a saturday morning here in washington, they are not unusual. these types of things do happen for funerals and events like this to pay respects to senators just like senator ted kennedy. along with the senators, betty and tj, they had spouses with them as well as some of kennedy's staff who will be traveling along to head to boston this morning. >> kate, we do appreciate that. want to take you now to elaine quijano, live at arlington national cemetery, just across the potomac from washington. >> details there, know they're coming early your way a little later this afternoon. give us the details about this ceremony we'll see a little later. >> reporter: well, tj and betty, we are just outside the gates here at arlington national cemetery. the gates behind me are set to open in about an hour or so. this is a place first ul of all quite familiar and was familiar to senator ted kennedy.

it's a sprawling place, 200 acres. of course, the place where his two brothers, robert and john, are buried. now, yesterday our barbara starr got a chance to talk to the superintendent of arlington cemetery here, and he shared with her how senator kennedy would often come here to visit sometimes unannounced and reflect near the graves of his brothers. take a listen. >> senator kennedy was here all the time. he came on the anniversaries of the deaths. he would come on the anniversaries of the births. if he was available. he would just come. sometimes he would announce himself. other times we would just be up here doing maintenance and we'd find him up here. if he came to funerals of one of the soldiers from his state, he would also, before he left the cemetery, always stop and have a prayer or a quiet visit here. sometimes he would spend five minutes. other times he would talk to the people until they quit talking to him. he'd spend a half hour, 45 minutes just talking to people and visiting with his brothers.

>> reporter: now, senator kennedy's burial site is actually on a hillside here near the graves of his two brothers. the actual service itself is going to be closed to the public. about 200 people the superintendent says are expected. these are invited guests, of course, and family members. and cardinal theodore mckaren, the former archbishop of washington, retired archbishop, set to preside over the service later today. >> elaine quijano joining us live. thank you you. >> dan lothian is standing by for us as well. he is at the church where the funeral service will happen. dan, set the scent about what's going to happen here in the next couple of hours. >> reporter: well, obviously another day of tribute and remembering senator ted kennedy. this is an invitation-only, what is called the missions church. this is a church that meant a lot to senator ted kennedy. we're told that the early 2000 when one of his daughters kara was going through cancer,

dealing with cancer, he would come here on a daily basis to pray for her. so this is also known as the healing church. this is where he will be again remembered today, 1550 people invited guests only will be arriving here. i wanted to get a little more sort of look back on the life of senator ted kennedy so we've invited scott fearson, you you were a kennedy aid and you've been sitting with his body at the library. talk to me about what senator kennedy meant to you as a boss being first of all. then i guess as a friend. >> right. i think i would sort of speak universally for i think the more 1,000 people who worked for him over the years that not only was he our favorite boss probably but he continues to always be your boss. it it was 15 years ago that i worked for him. yet every day i will see people who say, i just saw your boss. he had that presence i think in all of our lives.

>> reporter: you know, i've been reading so much about the loyalty that employees had to senator kennedy. i mean, was there anything that you wouldn't do for him? i mean, was that loyalty as real as we have heard about it in these last few days? >> right. i think you hit it perfectly. there isn't anything we wouldn't do for him because there wasn't anything that he wouldn't do for us. not only was he a great teacher and not only did the life skills for work that we all i think have an the things we've done since we lenned at the foot of ted kennedy, but also how to be a better person, how to approach life in an optimistic way, are life lessons he instilled upon us. he was always so positive and frankly so protective of his staff. hard on us but very good to us. >> reporter: what was it that drove the staff to be so involved in every aspect of everyone's life? in other words, you know, i had someone who a couple weeks ak wanted to get something done and they were rying to get it done and no one would help out. they said being you know what?

i think we're okay now because someone from senator kennedy's staff is going to help us out. what was it? a lot of lawmakers do that, but not with the intensity and the focus that we've heard from senator kennedy's office. what was it that drove the people who worked for him to really take care of the constituents? >> well, the office of course always reflects the person in it. i think it was sort of this basic attitude that if you presented it problems, fwraitgr small, if you start to say, how might i do this or, the instruction is do it from ted kennedy. you did it. >> reporter: one final question. you were sitting at the library with his body for an hour. talk to me about the emotional impact. what was going through your mind when you were looking at that flag-draped coffin? >> i think to include former staff and present staff, to have an honor of sitting with him for

an hour, for me it was in the middle of the night, to do that in just complete silence and to think two things, one, what an honor it was, but you also that we could be with him and he wasn't alone, i think was very -- an important personal connection for us. >> reporter: what's your last memory? as he will be laid to rest late today, what will be that lasting memory for you? >> i think it it's the totality t.'s very hard to grasp the totality of his impact. fortunately we're going to have lifetimes to be able to do that. >> reporter: thank you very much. appreciate it. later this morning, of course, at the funeral service, the mass here, at what is known as the missions church, president obama will be delivering the eulogy. we're told that that eulogy will last about 15 minutes or so. it will be a very personal message talking about the impact that senator kennedy had not only on the president but also on a lot of americans. of course, last night as we were just talking about, senator ted kennedy's body was at the jfk

library and museum and there were wi were a lot of stories we heard from family members, from friends, people who were talking about what he meant to them, a lot of music as well. there was a choir as you hear there singing some songs. he really meant a lot to a lot of people, and there was some poignant moments especially when we heard from caroline kennedy, senator ted kennedy's niece. she talked about someone who in a way was like a father to her. >> i thought about all of the gifts that teddy gave us and the incredible journey he took. i thought about how lucky i am to have traveled some of that journey with him and with all the wonderful people that he embraced, so many of whom are here tonight. i thought about how he touched so many hearts and did so many things that only he could have done. i thought, too, about all of the things he did that we all could do but we just figure ed teddy

would do them instead. >> reporter: of course, we'll hear more personal stories today at the funeral mass here, what is known as the missions church, hearing from former presidents -- living presidents with the exception of h. herbert walker bush, the vice president will be here and president obama will delivering the eulogy. back to you. >> dan loani ilothian outside t church. appreciate that. we'll continue to have coverage of the funeral services today. people are paying their respects at the jfk library. we're also going to take you live to massachusetts. don't go anywhere.

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>> wow, a couple of different ways you you can do it. they'll allow you -- say you're 62. you start pulling money out of it. you can really go back and max out the mortgage for the most part. >> say my home is worth $200 thous $200,000. i can get a lobe for 2$200 thoushgs? >> exactly. they're going to pay you monthly, not one lump sum. you'll be able to draw money from that monthly, just like you're paying into the mortgage. now it's paying out and giving you a check. >> when it's all said and done, how does the money have to go back into the bank? is this something that you don't have to pay until you sell the house? >> until you sell the house. >> really? you you could have this to years on end without paying it back. >> exactly. >> eventually somebody will package pay it back. >> there are situations, whether your heirs pay it back or you do when you sell it. generally when you're 62, this is an option you can look at if you need money instead of going toward an equity line or something like that. >> absolutely. it's almost like it's interest-free, right? >> that's it. you've paid the interest.

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loan. >> interesting. you have to pay it back -- i learned a lot there. the 62 thing got me. i sort of tuned out after that. good to see you as always, clyde. back to the other story we're following today, of course the funeral sefrvices and buria of senator ted kennedy happening today in the northeast, mainly around the boston area today. funeral taking place there in just a bit around 10:30 this morning. but last night, the past couple of days -- this is a live picture at the jfk library just outside of boston. our deb feyerick is there. we know the body is there, will make its way to the church a little later. i guess what is starting to happen there at the library this morning? >> reporter: well, t.j., at about 8:30 we're expecting a number of senators and other lawmakers to come here and spend a final quiet moment with teddy kennedy. his casket has been watched over by an honorary military guard since it left its home in hyannis port on thursday afternoon. i'll tell you yesterday so many

people came here also to spend a final quiet moment, some 50,000 people lining up on what was a very sunny day, unlike today, and they were with here because they really felt that the senator meant something personally to them. so many had storieies about howe and his office helped their family, when they thought there was nothing to be done, somehow the senator was able to pick up the phone and get family members over from chieb na, was able to get a family who was leaving kenya here to the united states, really personal stories about how this one individual affected so many people. now, family members, the senator's widow, along with other nieces and nephews were all out here greeting people, shaking hands, saying hello. what was so fascinating, t.j., it was almost as if they were saying, it's okay. we're so glad that you have come. thank you for making the effort, when, in fact, the people who were here were here to say thank you for being such a prominent

part of this american history. now, really when we saw vicki regg reggie, the senator's widow working the line and greeting people, there was a sense of g dignity and kindness, almost like a mama bear, making folks feel okay. one man from san antonio said he wanted to come to boston, he would have been in boston regardless, figuring out a way to get here. here's what he had to say. >> well, he's been one of the beacons in my life. i mean, i've followed him for years and years. when i lived here, i supported him and he supported all of the little people i would say. so i really couldn't miss this. if i was in san antonio, i would have to try to get here. >> reporter: once the congressional delegation leaves, then the senator's casket will be brought over to the basilica. the pallbearers will be his nieces, nephews and that too expected to be a celebration as

it was yesterday, people laughing and reflecting on what kennedy means. >> deb, we'll be watching. we'll talk to you later. thank you so much in the special coverage of ted kennedy remembered, a celebration of life, continues throughout the day on cnn. our special live coverage of the funeral services starts around 10:00 this morning, including the president's eulogy, then live coverage of the burial at arlington national cemetery starts at 4:00. stay with us. i want to envision this. the bank would not give him a loan to start a restaurant. so they opened up a gas station and started serving food. >> the texas startup turn hit in this feet of this week's "how we got started." lenses are theresitions to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage, so you can see better today and tomorrow. live your vision. transitions. healthy sight in every light.

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