Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

• President Obama softening his criticism of police who arrested a prominent black Harvard professor.  It’s a war of words he chose to jump into with both feet and critics are saying he jumped the gun.  What the president says now about the racially-charged incident and our exclusive interview with the Cambridge police commissioner.
• President Obama's health care timeline hits a major speed bump.  The democratic leader of the senate now saying getting a reform bill passed by the August recess – can't be done. We're live at the White House with details.
• Old enough to strip, too young to drive. There's a huge push this morning to close a shocking legal loophole in Rhode Island.  While teens can't pump gas or climb ladders on the job, there's nothing on the books keeping 16 and 17-year olds from stripping... as long as they're home by 11:30 on school nights.  Authorities discovered this during a police investigation of a 16-year-old runaway working at a strip club in Providence.  We’ll talk to the state representative behind the campaign to close that loophole.

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

• It's the part of President Obama's prime time news conference – that will have everyone talking today.  The president going off topic to address the arrest of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates at his own home, saying police "acted stupidly."  Today we're also hearing from the arresting officer himself – and we're live in Washington on the president's reaction.
• We’re also breaking down his health care plan.  A campaign-style trip planned today after his urgent pitch last night.  But does this work for you?  How much will it cost you and your country? We’ll have a panel of experts break down every important detail, get GOP reaction from Rudy Giuliani, and hear from one of the president’s closest advisers, David Axelrod
• Dramatic developments in the Michael Jackson death investigation.  Police raid the office of the doctor who was with Jackson when he died.  The attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray now says investigators are building a case of manslaughter against him.

President Barack Obama speaks on health care in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, July 21, 2009. (AFP/Getty Images)

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

• Was it murder for hire?  New shocking developments in the brutal murders of a Florida couple.  A source now tells us there was a second safe in the Billings home with more than 100-grand inside.  And now some of the eight suspects are pointing fingers at another.
• It's an all-out blitz from the White House, pushing the president's plan for health care reform.  President Obama is taking his sales pitch to prime time, tonight.  Does he have a new angle of attack for his critics?  Can he convince you?  Before you see the president in prime time, hear what outspoken Republican Ron Paul has to say about it!  Get ready for an earful.  He’s live with us this morning.
  And we want to know what you think about the health care debate.  You can leave a comment on the blog or call our show hotline at 1-877-MYAMFIX.
• You've seen the video filmed by terrorists after he was taken hostage, and an entire town is hoping and praying for his freedom.  But who is Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl?  Loved ones say he’s a kid with an adventurous spirit who took up fishing, biking, even ballet.  Our Ed Lavandera is in his home town and talking to those who know him best.

In this photo, reviewed by the US military, an American flag waves, pictured through a broken window from inside a vacant airplane hangar used for media activities at Camp Justice, site of the US war crimes tribunal compound at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, July 16, 2009. (AFP/Getty Images)

Here are the big stores and guests lined up for today:

A six-month setback and a big backlash.  The White House admits it will miss today's deadline for two terrorism reports.  The info is a key part of a plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay.  And the president is hearing it from the left this morning.  So what does this mean for the president's executive order to close the prison camp by January?

Friends and family of a soldier captured by the Taliban are telling him to "stand tall and stand firm," this morning.  His entire town is rallying around the family and the Pentagon says it's doing everything it can to rescue Private Bowe Bergdahl.  We're live at the Pentagon with the latest, and talking to the kidnapped soldier's former landlord and family spokesman.

Two rivals going at it again over the status of the stimulus.  Senator John McCain is joining in a fight between his state and the Obama Administration, over stimulus spending.  He’ll join us live from Capitol Hill.

Here are just a few of the stories you'll see today on "the most news in the morning."

• For the first time since he was captured, we're seeing dramatic video of a U.S. soldier taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The U.S. military is calling the tape propaganda. We're live with his plea – his family's prayers – and the Pentagon's reaction.
• A six month report card. New polls suggesting President Obama's approval ratings are slipping on some key issues – including health care – something he's pushing hard for this week.
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meeting with India's leaders this morning. She's in the middle of her week long trip to India and Thailand. It's a key diplomatic test – after the Mumbai terror attacks raised tensions in the region again.

Indonesian counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on July 17, 2009 after an explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton and nearby JW Marriot hotel. (Getty Images)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) - Bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least nine people in what the country's president called a "terrorist" attack.

Officials said more than 50 people were injured in the explosions at the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels, which punched out the windows of a usually crowded restaurant and sent plumes of smoke into the sky.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the bombings as the work of extremists.

"I condemn this terrorist attack," Yudhoyono said. "I know they will never stop."

One hospital reported that there were 16 foreigners wounded in the blast, according to state-run Antara News Agency. The victims were from the United States, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, India, Australia and Britain.

Indonesia has been hit by several deadly bomb attacks targeting foreigners in recent years. More than 200 people were killed on the resort island of Bali in 2002 while 12 people were killed in a blast at the same Marriott hotel in Jakarta in 2003.

Those attacks were blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, said to have links to al-Qaeda.

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