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fresh read on the recovery that we're in. economists are forecasting a slight increase for both personal income and personal spending in june compared to the month before and those numbers come out just about 7 minutes from now. toyota announcing a big loss last quarter following the earthquake in japan but raised earnings forecast the rest of the year. pfizer reported its earnings in line with expectation and sirius profits jumped last quarter. later today, the major automakers will start releasing information on new car sales for july. wall street will be watching. those figures are used as indicators of consumer demand and another gauge on the economic recovery. ford recalling more than a million pickup trucks because of fuel tank straps that are rust and causing the fuel tank to drag on the ground. several fires reported on this defect. the f-150 model from 1997 to

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welcome back to "american morning." we're getting a first-land look at the life of a xat engineer on the battleground in southern afghanistan. >> talk about brave men and women. jason carroll takes us along on a mission on "a soldier's story" he jones us now. >> looking at the combat engineers these are the guys that semp for the roarch for th bombs. a dangerous job. 268 troops were killed by ieds last year. we got a firsthand look how they

accomplish their mission. >> what we do is we make sure that our route is cleared before we step off. >> reporter: on mission with combat engineers in a remote area of southern afghanistan. these soldiers hunt for ieds, the roadside bombs and insurgence that soldiers use to injure and kill. >> they watch and see what we do and then they act. >> reporter: but they also search for the people who plant them them. on this particular day it wasn't long before they found both. >> they find compounds. >> reporter: during a checkpoint set up to snare insurgents they find five men and the car they are driving tests positive for explosives. >> this one is military grade plastic explosives. >> reporter: the men say they are builders and farmers, not a credible story to these trained

soldiers." pakistani money. >> reporter: one man carrying , pakistani money. >> they say they are going to be tourists in asia and europe and america. >> reporter: off camera. >> they found suspicious bomb material behind us. that prevents us from going back over it and getting exploded on. >> reporter: someone knew we were going to be turning around and coming back that direction and planted a bomb so we would hit it on our way back? >> yes. we are just learning how big it was. >> reporter: how big was it? >> roughly 300 pounds of explosives. >> like 300 pounds to like a typical -- like a typical suv, like, say, a tahoe, but break into about 2 million pieces and kill everybody inside the vehicle. >> yes. >> reporter: finding the bomb, men with lots of cache who test positive for explosives, these

combat engineers say it adds all up. >> we are putting two and two together today and today's event aren't equallying good. >> five guys came up with explosive residue on their hands and they are walking around with -- >> 2 million pakistani dollars. >> reporter: we were able to catch five of them. do you think it was luck or just that there are a lot of them out there so it's easier to grab? >> today, might have been a lucky day. >> nobody got hurt. score one for america. ♪ >> final note. the five alleged insurgents were taken into custody and turned over to the afghan police for processing. last year, more than 3,000 u.s. troops were injured by roadside bombs. big number. >> that's why it's amazing that these guys actually want to do this job. >> do they pick this job? >> they do, ali. they pick these jobs, any particular job they want to go

into the u.s. military, and when i asked them, why do this? other jobs you can do are definitely a lot safer. it's because they have a love for finding these types of bombs and looking at what types they are. it's really incredible job these men do. >> and thank goodness. >> with the guys they pick up, the insurgents. we have heard of examples of soldiers roughing up these insurgents but how do they deal with the fact these guys were trying to kill them? >> right. that was a heavy thing for my first-time experience to be out there and realize. you know what they do? as i said in the piece, they watch you come in and they know only one road in and out. what they do they plant the bomb so you hit it on the way back. it's frustrating for them. you know what is even more frustrating? is that there are times, because of the afghan system, that sometimes when they put these afghan insurgents into custody, they find that a month later, they find the same guys right back out on the street. >> wow.

right. jason, thanks very much. installment three is coming tomorrow. very good. a senate vote on the debt deal is expected within hours. the measure passed the house last night. 60 votes in the senate today, america will finally be able to stave off default while facing more than 2 it trillion in spending cuts the next ten years. >> supposed to happen early in the afternoon but lots of things have been supposed to happen that haven't so we will stay on top of it here on cnn. gabrielle giffords brought down the house of representatives last night. seven months after shot in the head she made a visit to capitol hill to cast her vote on the debt deal. one of her closest friends, debbie wasserman schultz, said it was good to feel warmth in the house chamber again. >> as gabby came in and people realized a wave of recognition and the house erupted. it was electrifying. really, i think it did a lot of good to melt even the most

hardened of hearts. we've had a tough road to get to this compromise, but knowing that gabby put aside everything and came to the house to cast her vote, even in spite of everything she's been through, i think it made, you know, all of us realize just how important what we do is every day in that chamber and how important it is that we work together. >> wasserman schultz was one of the only members of congress who knew giffords was coming. she got a call from giffords's husband saying giffords was refuse to go miss thr refusing to miss this vote. i was very definitely moved. >> we got a lot of e-mails saying in one word, wow. it was something. >> yeah. >> because of the debt ceiling crisis that came down to the wire, american taxpayers are on the hook for 1.7 billion dollars. the extra interest the feds will have to pay in order to get investors to buy treasury bills the last two weeks.

the sale of those t-bills helps fund the government. >> the interest rate had gone up on there, it wouldn't have cost us if this was settled two weeks ago. the house which adjourned for summer recess last night failed to approve a bill that would fund the faa. the only possible resolution is if the senate approves the bill and that is apparently unlikely. now for what this all means to you, first, the federal government is expected to lose estimated $1.2 billion in taxes on air travel and 4,000 workers will remain furloughed and mostly administrative positions and not affecting your safety in the air but that means air traffic personnel are still on the job. construction projects are on hold. this just -- by the way, that 1.2 billion and add it to the 1.7 billion we told the government has to pay in extra interest for now up to 3 billion because of delays. because the government has stop collecting certain taxes on

ticket sales, delta says it will give refund to passengers who paid those taxes but through during the partial faa shutdown. the refund applies to people who bought tickets before july 23rd. don't miss randy babbitt who will talk about the fight under way right now to fund the agency. tsa adding another layer of security at our nation's airports. it may soon have officers talk to passengers much like they do at airports in israel. the conversations might include questions like where are you visiting from? what are your plans during your trip? and based on those responses, officers will be trained to look for potential signs of trouble. some critics call the plan too time-consuming and warn it could lead to racial profiling. some of the most iconic images from late '60s and '70s coming up next.

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♪ you may not know the name barren waldman but he is a big part of rock 'n' roll history. he was "rolling stone" first chief photographer from its start up in 1967 to 1970 covering some of the greatest rock icons of that time. >> i want his life in my next life! >> that's right. >> many of the photographs he took are in a book. barren joins us now. man! what a life you must have led and are still leading! >> had i known how much fun i was having then, i would have tried twice as much at the time. like what did i miss? >> so you came in. i'm wondering what this was.

i didn't know this was what "rolling stone" used to look like. that was from 1968? >> yeah. it started out actually looking like this and it looked like a newspaper. it was folded like this and then we realized we couldn't sell enough newspapers like that. we wanted a magazine and folded it and gave it a cover. that is frank zappa. >> we have another cool picture in your book. i'm looking through this book. there's so many great things to read about and so many great pictures but let's start with you very favorite from the book jimi hendrix. >> the reason that is my favorite is that, you know, there are two ways to photograph. you can good into somebody's home and you get intimate photographs and get exciting photographs on the stage. the problem you have to remember. we didn't have mtv, we didn't have video or youtube. in one photograph we had to capture the whole feeling of a particular concert. that picture does it, you know?

that is a perfect picture. i don't know how i could improve on it. i had access to the stage. i could be on the stage. i could be back stage and i was on stage with jimi hendrix that night and he felt like i was playing with the band. i felt like -- i really did feel like i was part of the band, that i was playing icons and these guys were playing. seriously. >> how many pictures did you have to take to get that photo? >> interestingly enough, you know, in the old days when there was film there were 35 pictures on each roll. if you got two or three, man, i nailed it. looking at the contact sheets, 20, 25 off each one 37. i was so in tune with these guys, unbelievable. >> zappa. he had a reputation for being exsent rie eccentric. >> his music is not accessible lick steve miller was or the beatling are really accessible. so i couldn't talk music to

zappa. he lived at the top of laurel canyon, the movie the old silent movie stars own this log cabin? i went up there. it turns out behind his house all of this road grading equipment. they had started a development and left it there. it was all just resting. so he says, come o let's go out. i thought i'm going to have to direct him. he said, come on, let's go out. the first thing he did, he climbed up on the tractor. like he is driving the tractor. >> he was just setting up the pictures for you? >> i said, frank, thank you. >> we wouldn't expect anything less from frank zappa. there is a cave. he goes into the cave. he comes out of the cave. goes into the cave, comes out of the cave. frank, what are you doing? >> but you're getting good pickets. >> i had one interview with frank zappa and it didn't go well. he is a tough guy. it was awful! i admire his work but he is a tough guy or was a tough guy to

talk to. mick jagger, can you take a bad picture of him? >> probably not. i figure you can't take a bad picture of jimi hendrix, you cannot take a bad picket of mick jagger. london, i was there to record them recording the rock opera. the end of the day of the reorganized pete townsend was saying let's go have something to eat. afterwards, he said my friend mick is over there making a film at this house in kensington. he said let's go and stir it up a little bit and see what is going on. i walked in with my camera and there they are shooting the film "performance." he had these great, big lips! that was very fun. >> let's talk about jerry garcia for a second. >> okay. >> you got a picket of him and he didn't really know what was going on there. >> this is true. what happened, they came over to the studio. we finally were going to do a cover story about the grateful dead. i was going to shooed like richard and one by one by one.

he comes in the studio, puts his hand up like he is waving at me. i didn't think anything of it. i put the picture in the soup. i look at it and up comes his pigments and his hand, how did he do? this how did he do? this long story short, i found out -- >> he is missing part of his finger. >> i didn't know that the it, see? i thought he was just doing -- flipping me the bird. >> how come i can't see the interesting trick he has with one of his fingers? >> that's it. i found out he was chopping wood with his brother one day. the brother said hold it here and he held it there and then it happened. the first time he showed publicly and openly and happily that he was missing a finger. >> good for him. janis joplin. i love her. what a strange and shy person. >> wonderful, wonderful moment with janis joplin i. "rolling stone" could only

publish black and white with one cover. they called me and wanted a full shot of janis in performance. do you have anything? no. we need you in performance because she lived only a cup blocks away. >> i am sorry. so awful! such a compelling story. >> sorry about that! >> go on. >> i'll go fast. i'll go fast. i need a color picture of you in performance. do you have anything coming up? she said no. i said i tell you what we set the lights up in the studio as if you were on stage and you come over, you can lip-sync, right? so she comes over with a little tape deck and a mike and i turn the lights on and she starts lip syncing and starting singing a little louder and a little louder. pretty soon, she is singing full tilt, 150%. if you ever see januaryis, that is what she is singing. an hour, she gives me a concert, my own personal concert.

>> i'm with you, carol. i want his life when i come back. the book is great. "every picture tells a story." fantastic. we will take a break since carol's alarm telling us we have to do that. >> time to get up now! >> not a nice way of telling a guest -- >> you have to get that out. hurry up! >> we're taking a quick break. be right back. sed by other travs and now you want to try the real deal. yes, is it true that name your own price... ...got even easier? affirmative. we'll show you other people's winning hotel bids. so i'll know how much to bid... ...and save up to 60% i'm in i know the lady in leather travels on three wheels. wait, is that code? that's my secret weapon... ...naomi pryce see winning hotel bids now at priceline. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance

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