i got my first prescription free. call or click to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. stories making news later today. 12:30 eastern, texas governor rick perry speaking at the virginia republican party's grassroots luncheon. later that hour president obama will speak at a north carolina manucturing plant as he pushes his new jobs bill. at 4:00 eastern, senate majority leader harry reid will discuss the bill as he hosts his first town hill on twitter. suzanne malveaux still in war-torn country of afghanistan. >> we'll be checking in in a second. i'll keep the seat warm. >> you're taking care of things for us. good to see you. >> good to see you. let's get started at thetosh of the hour, shall we? i am the aforementioned t.j. holmes. we'll be checking in with suzanne malveaux in a bit. let's get up to speed.

air force one is about to land here in just a bit at raleigh-durham national airport, north carolina. an important battleground state, as you know, in the 2012 election. president obama is going to visit a small business. one that the white house says will benefit from his new jobs bill. after that, the president will press congress once again to pass his plan and pass it immediately when he delivers a speech at north carolina state university. also republicans picking up a new york congressional seat that's been in democratic hands. get this -- since 1923. queens businessman and political newbie bob turney handily beat his democratic opponent. he says the victory shows president obama is in trouble. >> been asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington, and i hope they hear it loud and clear. [ applause ] >> we have been told this is a referendum, and we're ready to see, mr. president, we are on

the wrong track. [ applause ] >> that new york congressional seat was left over when anthony weiner resigned. you probably remember why. also, new senate candidate elizabeth warren is out introducing herself to voters in massachusetts today. democrats see the harvard professor as their best chance to beat republican scott brown and retake the seat that was once held by ted kennedy. warren led the panel that oversaw the bank bailout program. president obama wanted warren to lead a new consumer protection bureau, but senate democrats, rather republicans, prevented that from happening. also today, members of congress, three democrats and one independent, are announcing a bill this hour, one they say will safeguard social security. the legislation's goal -- keep the retirement program on steady financial footing for the next 75 years. this move comes as governor rick perry, the man leading the republican presidential field now, attacked social security as a ponzi scheme. also, freedom for two americans held by iran in doubt

today after some hopeful news earlier. a lawyer for josh fattal and shane bauer was said to have reported that they would be released today after bail is paid. a new report says the a judge is only considering bail. the two accidently strayed into iran while hiking two years ago. [ gunfire ] this went on for some 20 long hours. afghan and nato forces have finally now defeated the taliban who attacked the american embassy in kabul. all six are dead. the mailants targeted the embassy from the top floors of an abandoned building nearby. that attack and three others in kabul tuesday killed seven afghan police officers and civilians. the lawyer who won an acquittal for casey anthony is now stepping into another

high-profile case. jose baez says he's been hired by the man who's the only suspect in the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba. aruban police have been holding gary giordano for more than a month. he says his companion, robyn gardner, vanished while snorkeling. police suspect otherwise. casey anthony's parents are speaking out for the first timeitime since the not guilty verdict. cindy anthony telling dr. phil her daughter suffered from seizures or perhaps a brain tumor. she thinks this may have contributed to casey's party girl behavior. >> your theory is that she is a victim in this in some way. a victim of an illness, a tumor, a -- something? >> i truly believe that. there was never any signs that casey was an unfit motherment she was an awesome mother. looking back now, i'm almost wondering if she didn't develop postpartum schizophrenia or some

type of issue after her pregnancy. the hormonal type of illness. i mean, and that's my perception because none of those behaviors were exhibited prior to her pregnancy. >> you'll remember a jury acquitted casey anthony of murder in the death of her daughter, 2-year-old caylee, in july. dr. phil asked the anthonys if they thought their daughter was involved in caylee's death. they never gave a direct answer to the question. also, a european astronomer -- astronomers said they found 50 new planets outside our solar system. they call 16 super earths. scientists are particularly fascinated with one super earth about 35 light years away. its distance from its star suggests it could have water which is necessary for life, or at least life as humans know it. this is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question is, is

government responsible for those in need in carol costello is in new york. hello. >> reporter: hello, good morning to you. here are some depressing numbers. america's poverty rate has jumped to 15.1%, over 46 million people. what defines poverty? if a couple has two kids and a family income of $22,314 per year, they are poor. ann valdez is living in poverty. a single mom, she gets by thanks to food stamps and medicaid. >> we are in poverty. we have educations, we have abilities, we have aspirations, we have families. we have the same thing that apple pie america has. >> reporter: maybe you sympathize with ms. valdez, maybe that's the best you can do in these tough times. personal responsibility is hot these days. government aid is not. you certainly heard that in the tea party debate when wolf

blitzer asked what should happen to a hypothetical 30-year-old man who'd been injured in a car accident and had no insurance. >> that's what freedom is all about. taking your own risks. this whole idea -- [ applause ] >> that you have to compare and take care of everybody -- [ applause ]. >> are you saying that society should let him die? >> no. >> you heard the cheers there. there are some in america who ask -- why should we, the taxpayers, help those who don't take responsibility for their own lives? why should the government dish out long long-term unemployment benefit or food stamps or welfare? so the "talk back" question -- what is our government's responsibility to those in need? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> carol, thank you very much. we'll check in with you shortly. and also to the viewers, here's a rundown of stories that we are covering. first, the taliban's day-long

siege on the u.s. embassy in kabul is over. [ gunfire ] suzanne malveaux has toured the building insurgents used to launch their attacks. she'll join us live. also, a new report on the future of social security doesn't look too good. our money experts will tell us exactly when the funds run dry. also, presidential candidate ron paul, he riles up the crowd at the cnn tea party debate and joins me live. he talks about that moment and his ideas. why filing for bankruptcy could hurt more than it could help you. also, a little later, doc oz will be here to talk about his study on arsenic levels in apple juice. even though i'm a great driver, and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving habits, so you can save money. [sighs] amazing.

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at ten minutes past the hour, take a look at video justice in from the insurgent attack in afghanistan. [ background noise ] [ crying ] >> this was after -- just after a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a school bus in kabul. you saw the children. none were hurt. militants were targeting the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters. took almost a full day of fighting before afghan and coalition forces killed the attackers. taliban claiming responsibility for the siege. the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, though, downplaying the attack. >> these were five guys that rumbled into town with hpgs

under their car -- rpgs under their car seats. there were unconfirmed reports that they were wearing burqas as disguise. they got into a building and did some harassment fire on us. you know, this really is not a very big deal. our suzanne malveaux is in -- has been inside the building where insurgents launched that attack. suzanne, i'll get you to respond if you can. i don't know if you were able to hear the soundbite. but to hear u.s. officials saying there was really not a big deal. that was his way of characterizing it. is that the way that you would characterize it? >> reporter: you know, sure, he said it's no big deal. we spoke with the ambassador earlier when he responded to another attack. and they're really trying to downplay this. it is a very big deal to the families of the seven who were killed in that attack, the 17 who were injured. clearly to a lot of afghan people on the ground who were

fearing for their lives, when you think about what happened -- this was downtown, it was a residential area, an area where you had nato compound, the u.s. embassy, intelligence offices, it's supposed to be a very secure area. so for the people here, it is a very big deal. it's a very big deal if they are not able to actually secure that place and have u.s. and nato troops eventually leaving. so it is quite significant. it's understandable that that's how they're playing it because they want to pollster the afghan police and the afghan army and say, look, you guys are doing a good job because you're going to have to do a good job in the future. we had a chance to go down, t.j., to the building, to learn details about how all of this unfolded, how it came about, and really what kind of job they did in that 19, 20-hour span. i want you to take a look. six guys in a vehicle pulled up. fiech were wearing burqas to disguise themselves as women to bypass security.

they took the burqas off, brandished weapons, and all entered this building. six police officers guarded this building. you can see this is where they stayed. the television, the remote control. you also see bedding here. this is where the terrorists on the first floor first confronted the police. they shot one officer, and then they threw him over the ledge. this is the sixth floor. when the terrorists got up here, you can see they cut all the power lines, the phones, the lights, to make sure that it was dark. that they didn't have any communication with the outside world. also we're told one was injured here and tended to his wounds while waiting for help. here on the 12th floor is where the final showdown was. there's evidence of it everywhere. you've got the spent shell casings, you have got pieces from explosive grenades. if you take a look around, there are hundreds and hundred of holes on the wall here. clearly a fierce fire-fight that went on here for hours. well into the morning, to get the terrorists.

i'm told this is where the last terrorist was killed. you can see the old scarf that's left behind, holes in it. an empty water bottle. an old shoe with bloodstains. and on the wall, evidence of him being shot here. even splattered brain matter in the gravel. i want to give you perspective. we are in the building on the 1 th floor on the -- 12th floor on the east side. here's what the terrorists saw. if you go a half mile, you see the orange building? that is the u.s. embassy. if you go over to the left, the white building,ings that the nato compound. this essentially gave them a clear shot to continue firing throughout the evening. so t.j., you can see how it's set up. really because it's under construction, the building that was abandoned, there's open space. 360, all around, where you can see resident, you see all of the primary buildings, the targets. that is where they actually were able to stage their attack and to do so for hours. now, you heard from the ambassador, he said, well, we

are harassed. it was no big deal. i talked to the governor of kabul. he kind of said -- tried to say the same thing, like, hey, it worked out in the end. the police were able to get these guys. could have been worse. i also talked to the afghan people and a couple of officials who were not happy with how this went down. they essentially said, look, the communications could have been a lot better between the international forces as well as -- and the local forces, that they were not talking well enough to each other, and then there was another fear with the afghan police, that they were just kind of shooting randomly all over the place and that some citizens feared that they were going to get caught in the crossfire and were not going to come out well in all of this. so, you take a look at both sides, t.j., there's a lot of work that needs to be done on the ground to make sure that the afghan people are secure and that u.s. and nato combat troops can come home in a timely fashion so that the afghans could take over their own security, a lot of work as we saw over the last 20 hours because of what had happened.

>> are they taking a look at this as some kind of security oversight, that this building is sitting there, sitting there for a while, unsecured, open spaces, like you mentioned, and it's -- with that proximity to the u.s. embassy and other important buildings? >> reporter: you know what they're doing is they're certainly taking a second look. this is a building for three years that was pretty much abandoned, right. they had six afghan police guarding the building for the reason. it is such an important area, they might have thought that that was secure enough. they've realized that is not the case. clearly six guys from the taliban were able to commandeer this building, take out those police, killing one of them, and causing quite chaos, a chaotic situation and for this community. >> all right, suzanne malveaux in kabul. thank you once again.

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20 minutes past the hour. time to hear the best from last night's late night comedians. we'll start with conan o'brien taking a crack at newt gingrich. >> last night they tried to make it more interesting, did you notice that, on cnn? at the debate, gave them nickmakes it. michele bachmann was "the firebrand." and rick perry was "the

newcomer." newt gingrich was, "the guy who ate all the snacks in the green room." nice. texas fgovernor rick perry stopping in richmond after speaking at liberty university. we have more from jim acosta, good to see you. he's leading in the polls and was like he said even a pinata at a couple of the last debates. how is he still handling being out front and being the target? >> reporter: well, you know, this is an interesting event today, t.j. he is here in virginia, which is not exactly a terribly important primary state for the republican party. that primary is scheduled for march 12, but it is a very important battleground state in the general election, so it has some people wondering is rick perry showing some of his texas-size confidence pie coming to the commonwealth of virginia before taking care of business in places like iowa and new hampshire.

there is an important element from a political standpoint to rick perry's campaign in coming to virginia. that is that he went to jerry falwe falwell's university in lynchburg, virginia, south of here in richmond, at liberty university to give a speech to students there. and that is a very influential university, and jerry falwell's obviously influential in the evangelical conservative movement in america. and he did talk it his faith in front of the crowd, which listened to his speech just about an hour ago. perry was obviously campaigning on the issue of jobs, delivered an economic message, as well. here's what he had to say. >> you have the right like every american to speak your mind. you have the right to insist on change, to tell the people in power that you will not have your inheritance spent or your future mortgaged. your voice matters. use it.

this country is your country, as well. don't leave it to a bunch of washington politicians to tell you how to live your life. [ applause ] >> reporter: now this is a virginia gop fundraiser that rick perry will be talking to in about an hour from now. he is supposed to be handed some boots from the governor of the state, bob mcdonnell, who is now the head of the republican governors association. that is the job that rick perry had that he was basically doing double duty with while he was also governor of texas, and just to give you a signal as to how important rick perry thinks virginia is, he was given this invitation, organizers say, before he was a candidate for president, t.j., when he was still just the governor of texas. but what we understand from talking to organizers is that perry accepted that invitation just a couple of weeks ago. so the organizers this event had just two weeks to get this ready

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he made on the 9/11 terror attacks that got him booed at tuesday's debate. also, dr. oz making a housecall here with a warning about store-bought apple juice. saving social security is already one of the hot issues in the battle for the republican presidential nomination. gop front-runner rick perry has called the program a ponzi scheme and a failure. when capitol hill three democrats and an independent are putting together a plan they claim will safeguard social security for another 75 years. >> despite a lot of right wing rhetoric to the country, social security is not going broke and has not contributed one penny to our serious deficit problem. according to the social security administration, social security today has a $2.5 trillion surplus. surplus. while the cbo and the cbo has

reported that social security can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 27 years. >> so what's the truth here really? our alison kosik joins me now. always good to see you. so what about some truth here? if nobody touches the program, leaves it alone, how long can it last under its current system? >> reporter: and t.j., i'm glad you're sitting because you pay into this. every hard-working american pays into this. guess what, the social security administration says social security is going to run dry in 25 years. in the year 2036. do you know what the number-one problem is? our aging population. remember, social security, it's a self-supporting program. workers pay for it through p payroll taxes. as baby-boomers get older, payouts will soar. since baby-boomers had smaller families, there won't be as many active workers to pay into the program. the social security administration breaks down the

numbers like this -- take a look. right now about 42 older americans are out there. and in 2036, that will almost double 78 million. also, there's a fund that the social security administration can tap into, and it does. it's the payroll tax surplus that's built up over the years. guess what, t.j., that will run dry, as well. t.j.? >> what happens in 2036? money stops going out? >> reporter: no, it's not going to happen like that, but they won't be able to pay 100% of them. a portion will be paid. about 70 -- 77% of social security checks will be paid. the government is still going to have income. payroll taxes from currents workers. the thing is -- current workers. the thing is, it's not going to be enough to cover all of the retirees. t.j.? >> what are our options now? >> reporter: yeah, that's the big question here. you know, the options, frankly, they aren't very popular. and the social security administration acknowledges that. they propose this -- there could be a couple of things. increase the retirement age with -- which that doesn't go over

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you have been weighing in on our "talk pack" question. today, is the government responsible for those in need? carol costello has been going through your answers. what are they saying? >> reporter: oh, they have a lot to say about this one. let's get going. from ben, "the government should serve as a bridge between assistance and self-sufficiency. mechanisms should be in place to move recipients along a continuious path toward self-reliance." from j.j., "there's a difference between the federal government

being a safety net vs. a way of life. in the ideal world, every american would pull themselves up by their boot straps, but we live in the real world. the reality is it's not that simple for everybody." and, "if we can afford welfare programs in the form of subsidies for highly profitable business corporations then we should also hose in need." . and "give grants for education or job training. as the saying goes, give a man a fish, he eats for a day. teach him to firsh, he eats for the lifetime." and from com, "what's the point of having a government if we can't help our most at-risk citizens? we might as well live in armed survivalist compounds." i'll be back with you at five minutes past the top of the hour. >> see you again shortly. stand by. we promised you ron paul. i saw him, he's getting ready,

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this hand during a heated exchange about 9/11 and what was behind the terror attacks. take a listen. >> they want to kill us because of who we are and what we stand for, and we stand for american exceptionalism. we stand for freedom and opportunities for everybody around the world, and i am not ashamed to do that. >> as long as this country follows that idea, we're going to be under a lot of danger. osama bin laden and al qaeda have been explicit -- [ booing ] >> they have been explicit and wrote and said that we attacked america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia. you do not give palestinians a fair treatment. and you have been bombing -- [ booing ] >> i didn't say that. i'm trying to get to you to understand -- it get you to understand what the motive was behind the bombing. >> and congressman paul joins me live from the capitol. sir, thank you for being here. let's start with that. are people misinterpreting or

maybe even oversimplifying what you're saying? because some people took your response as saying the u.s. brought 9/11 on itself. is that what you were saying? >> obviously not. i'm an american, you're an american. i don't blame you. i blame bad policy. there's quite a bit of difference. you know, what i'm saying is not new or strange. it's been around a long time. the cia is actually the one that introduced the term "blow back." and the 9/11 commission acknowledged this. as a matter of fact, after 9/11, we removed that base from saudi arabia. so it's nothing new. i think if you ignore the real cause and claim that we're being attacked because we're free and prosperous, we're missing the boat. as a physician i always have to know the cause of the disease and correct it. and to ignore the cause doesn't solve our problems whatsoever. but to turn this around and say that we're exceptional and we have to do this, i think we are exceptional. i just resent and resist the

temptation to force our exceptionalism on others through force. once you do that, you lose all your credibility as being exceptional. >> but haven't al qaeda, bin laden in particular, in a letter he wrote to the united states, he did talk about the palestinians and how these -- there's a lack of support for them. he also mentioned america's freedoms and what we're allowed to do. he mentions things like gambling and how women flaunt themselves around. he did mention some of those freedoms and wanted to impose islam on the rest of the world. so isn't that the freedoms the united states have? don't you acknowledge that bin laden himself has also said this is why we attacked you as well? >> there's only been a couple of individuals who studied this. michael shure, the cia agent that studied bin laden more than anyone else, along with robert pape had has investigated and detailed every suicide terrorist attack that he could find. he says 98% of the suicide

terrorism attacks against us, the main motivation was occupation and religious beliefs had nothing to too with it. >> we're talking about 9/11 -- >> wait. yeah. you don't see suicide terrorists coming out of iran, and they are radical islamist. they do not come from saudi arabia. but they -- they come from places that feel abused, and they did -- 14 out of the 19 came from saudi arabia because of the bases there and our puppet government there. and the cia was aware of this, knew about it. and for us to say and be in denial and say it has nothing to do with it and that they come here because we're -- why don't they go after the countries that are freer? why don't they go after switzerland or go after sweden or ireland or somebody? they don't attack those countries because they're free and prosperous. so it makes no sense because we have to -- in order to justify our policy in the middle east, islam has to be the enemy, and i think that's wrong. there are radicals in the islamic community, the muslim

community, but that is not the sole reasons why we have this problem. >> i'll leave that topic and turn to another part of the debate from the other night. and another part where we certainly got the crowd riled up. this is when our wolf bill clintoner was asking you the -- blitzer was asking you the question, the hypothetical about a 30-year-old who chose not to have medical insurance. let me get your reaction first, sir, to when wolf blitzer asked you -- he said, would you just let him die? and several people in the crowd, you could hear some clearly yelling out "yeah," and aplauing, yes, we should let him die. what is your reaction to people in the crowd having that attitude? >> no, i can't -- you know, it's so overly simplified to do -- to explain a fill u philosophy on how you -- explain a philosophy on how you care for people in 30 or 60 seconds. all i know is if you compare good medical compare and compare famine, the countries that are more social stick have more famines. if you look at africa, they don't have any free market

systems and property rights. and they have famines and no medical care. so the freer the system, the better the health care. and for somebody to turn around and say there's one individual who didn't have this care, you know, all of a sudden you hate people and you're going to let them die? i spent a lifetime in medicine. to turn that around like that is foolish. and besides, i -- and tried to explain that, and i practiced medicine in a time when we didn't have government dependency which is now bankrupt, by the way. they were taken care of. no people getting thrown on the streets. people got taken care of. and churches and other volunteer organizations, they still -- i still have a hospital that is a charity hospital in my district that is a burn hospital. and nobody has to pay if they don't want to, or they can't pay. >> okay. >> this idea that the world will not provide for people if you don't depend on government, freedom provides more prosperity and better health care than all the socialism and welfarism in the world. >> but i guess you hit on it

there, sir. who pays -- somebody still has to pay for those folks through charity. somebody still has to pay for them as a neighbor. if someone makes a conscious decision, i'm not going to take care of myself. so the question i guess certainly wolf was trying to ask you, is your option just then to let them die? and i was asking what was your response or reaction to the crowd saying, "yes, that's what we had should do"? >> in my answer, he said something about -- you mean you should do nothing, that society has no responsibility? i said no. but i understand it differently. i want the maximum medical care and the maximum prosperity for everybody, and it doesn't come from big government welfare, bankruptcies that we have now. what good is the government system of compare if it goes broke? i mean, our quality of care is down drastically in these last years. all this idea, the government is always going to be there to take care of us. this whole idea of turning it around and saying, oh, you people who believe in freedom, you have no compassion.

i believe -- nobody can compete with me about compassion because i know and understand how free markets and sound money and a sensible foreign policy is the most compassionate system ever known to mankind. so if you care about people, you have to have -- look to the freedom philosophy and limited government. >> all right. we'll leave it here. i want to get your answer because a young man asked a question that i thought of one of the best i've heard in a debate. he didn't get it answered. the young man who said out of every dollar that i earn, how much of -- of it do you think i should keep? he didn't get a lot of answers to that. i'll ask you that, sir. of every dollar that an american earns, how much do you think he or she should be allowed to keep? >> i didn't get to answer it, i'm delighted you asked the question. my answer is 100% because i don't believe in the income tax. it's a bad system of collecting revenues for the government. >> 100%. all right then, sir. we will see -- i think a lot of people liked that answer actually, congressman paul. we appreciate it. >> i hope so. >> we appreciate you being here.

we'll certainly see you down the road. >> thank you. >> all right. we're about 13 minutes to the top of the hour. we'll be right back.

as we get close to the top of the hour, ten minutes away, we all know that bankruptcy has been on the rise as the economy has been on its down the past sl years. the last resort for a lot of people alison kosik with me here. what are some alternatives before bankruptcy? >> oh, yes.

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matter which type you file. if you want to learn what your options are, find a certified consumer bankruptcy attorney in your area. go to abcworld.org. if you're looking for alternatives, before you decide on going for bankruptcy, first reorganize your budget. figure out where you're wasting money. work out a credit program. or go to debt management program that won't impact your credit rating or score. consider selling certain items that you don't need anymore. consider take on a second job. bankruptcy as you said, should really be a last resort.

>> ailson kosik, thank you. an apple a day keeps the doctor away. apparently, i haven't following the advice. a doctor has just stopped by to see me. dr. oz is in the house. we're going to be talking about amle juice today. an investigation into ar essentialic, next. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards?

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all right, as we get closer to top of the hour, don't forget to vote for today's choose the news. chinese invisible workers, border tours, and then text 3 for the best bathroom. that winning story airs next. what are you laughing at, dr. oz? i couldn't help it. he started to chuckle a little bit on that last story. we have dr. oz. >> thank you very much. >> a serious topic to talk to you about. arsenic and apple juice. what were you looking for in this study and what did you find? >> on today's show, we decided that we would tack al topic about, as we take oprah's spot in most of the country, i wanted

to make shows louder, so we decided today to figure out is there really arsenic in our apple juice. so, we sent out 36 samples from all over the country. we found out that the epa allows ten parts per billion of arsenic in our drinking water. we found that the levels were higher than that. >> now the apple juice that you're talking about. >> routine, regular apple juice. how is that possible? there's no evil empire out there. in america, we ban the use of arsenic as a pesticide. we ban this use as a pesticide because we're worried about it, because it can cause heart disease. so, we don't want to have it around. lot of the countries have not

banned arsenic. 60% of the apples used for apple juice in this country have come from overseas. >> they have called you irresponsible. part of the argument, we could have a different standard for arsenic levels in water and apple juice, because it's more natural occurring in apple juice. or beganic, you don't have to worry about it. inor beganic, you have to worry about it. >> before we taped the show, we have been getting bit of reports coming out. we had the whole conversation on droz.com. what i'm asking for here is clarity. the amount of arsenic that's appropriate we need to talk about.

the trade groups are all welcome on my show. i don't want to have the american public quibble about whether inorganic or organic. >> is not that a difference between organic and inorganic -- >> sure there is. i'm absolutely on base with that. the question that i need to find out, i asked for this information a couple of weeks ago. we reran, we kept being told that the arsenic levels that aren't saying what they are. >> see, the other part of the fda that's coming after you, i should post some of those lefrts, they're saying part of the argument that you're testing and the level that you're coming

back we don't know which it is. if it's the arsenic, that's high, it could be organic. >> we're looking at both. we shared our laboratory information. it's all on our site. i want to have the conversation. i don't want folks to decide on their own that it's too complicated to figure out. someone should be looking at the border once in a while if what we're getting is really what it's supposed to be. so there's got some methodology to figure it out. we're getting some clarity. i'm all about clarity. >> should people be worried about the apple juice they're drinking right now? >> i think folks have the right to know.

i don't think we have identified a child getting sick from arsenic poisoning. if there are going to be issues, that will happen over a long period of time. we have time. let's have the conversation. >> dr. oz, good to have you here. good chat. >> i like the way the set looks. >> yeah, it's nice. >> come on back any time. >> good to see you as always. all right, we're at the top of the hour now, time to get you up to speed. let's start over in afghanistan, this attack that dragged on near the american embassy in kabul is over. and those responsible are now dead. this is new video that you're seeing here. yes, those are children, frightened, they're crying because a rocket-propelled grenade just exploded near their

school van, not far from the abandoned building that the taliban used to fire on the american embassy. suzanne malveaux has been inside the building that the insurgents used as their staging ground. lot of people are amazed that this building wasn't as secure as it should have been. >> reporter: sure, i mean, it's rather surprising and alarming. lot of people scratching their heads and thinking what next here? there's a lot of blame to go around here, t.j., obviously the international community is trying to hand over power to the afghan police and the army. big question is whether they're up to the task of doing that. they're looking at the international forces saying we need better communication there. a chaotic situation yesterday. a standoff that lasted nearly 20

hours. we went to this building this morning. we were surprised they were taking out a dead body, the body of the sixth terrorist insurgent who was inside of that building. we got a real close-up look of what transpired in that building. how this came about and perhaps some suggestions and answers on the other side of it in terms of how to do better next time. six guys in a vehicle pulled up. five of them were wearing burqa. they took the burqa off, brannished their weapons and then entered this building. this is where they stayed, the television, the remote control, you see the bedding here, this is where the terrorists on the second floor, first confronted the police, they shot one officer and then they threw him over the ledge. this is the sixth floor, when the terrorists got up here, you can see they cut all of the power lines, the phones, the

lights to make sure it was dark that they didn't have any communication with the outside world. also, we're told one of them was injured here and tended to his wounds while waiting for help. here on the 12th floor is where the final showdown was, there's evidence of it everywhere. spent shell casings. and if you take a look around there are hundreds and hundreds of holes on the wall here. clearly a fierce firefight that went on here for hours well into the morning. to get the terrorists. i'm told this is where the last terrorist was killed. you can see the old scarf that's left behind. holes in it. water bottle. on the wall, evidence of him being shot here. some perspective, we're in the building on the 12th building on the east side. here's what the terrorists saw if you take a look and you go beyond a half-mile, you see that

orange building that is the u.s. embassy, if you go over to the left, the white building is the nato compound, this gave them a clear shot to continue firing throughout the evening. so, t.j. the reason why the police, the afghan police allowed us in, they're trying to show the image here, that, look, we did a good job, we managed to capture and kill these insurgents and things could have been a lot of worse. you have the american ambassador crocker saying the same thing. they're invested in that line and that message that things are getting better. you talk to other folks who talk to some government officials and they're looking at this, this was a terrible situation, it was a chaotic situation and there is a lot of work that needs to be done. either way you look at it, afghanistan is going to change,

it has to change. because u.s. troops and nato troops are going to be coming home that's the plan, by the end of 2014. >> sue soon malveaux for us in kabul. some presidential politics, the president pitching his jobs bill at the small business in north carolina as we speak later, the president will press congress to pass that jobs package, when he speaks at north carolina state university. yesterday, he was pushing his jobs fix in ohio. >> maybe there's some people in congress who would settle our differences at the ballot box rather than work together right now. i got news for them, the next election is 14 months away and the american people don't have the luxury of waiting that long. >> the latest cnn research poll asks, who do you trust more to handle the economy?

obama, or the republicans in congress? 46% say the president. 37% say the republicans in congress. elizabeth warren announced on her website today that she's in, she's running for senate, the democrat, the best chance to beat republican scott brown and retake the seat once headed by ted kennedy. also, texas congressman ron paul, he's shrugging off those boos that he got at the presidential debate on monday night. paul suggested that american intervention abroad led to the terrorism, 9/11. he rejected that characterization when i talked to him just a few moments ago. >> in order to justify our policy in middle east, islam has to be the enemy, i think that's

wrong. there are radicals in the islamic community but that's not the sole reasons why we have this problem. democrats might be a little rattled today. they have lost two house elections. bob turner will take the house seat for new york's 9th district. this is a pretty big upset because a democrat has had that seat since 1923. >> this is an historic race. we have been asked by the people of this district, to send a message to washington. and i hope they hear it loud and clear. >> also, republican mark amodei won in nevada. special elections in both in new york and nevada were necessary due to sex scandals. federal government released

its final roreport on the bp oi spill. the report found all three companies violated federal safety regulations. 11 workers died when the oil rig exploded in 2010. 200 million gallons of oil spewed into the gulf of mexico. also freedom for two americans held by iran, in doubt today. lawyer for josh fattal and shane bauer that the bail had been set. but today, an iranian news agency said that the judge is only considering bail. they say they accidentally strayed into iran while hiking two years ago. and have you seen this video yet? these folks came together to save someone. they pulled a motorcycle rider underneath the car.

they had to lift the car and pull that man out. the car was on the fire. they were putting their lives at risk. listen to them now. >> when i saw it was a fire, a accident, i didn't think about myself. i thought about this poor guy underneath the car. and i thought that the car was going explode. >> the motorcycle rider is 21-year-old utah state student brandon wright. despite his appearance in the video, he only a few broken bones and a road rash. he posted a big thank you on his facebook page. time for you to get the chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day and today's question, is the government responsible for those in need? carol costello joins us again from new york. >> hi, t.j. here are some depressing numbers for you. america's poverty rate has jumped to 15.1%.

over $26 million people. what defines poverty -- if a household has $22,314 they're in poverty. >> we have educations, we have abilities, we have aspirations, we have families, we have the same thing that apple pie america has. >> maybe you sympathize with ms. valdez. personal responsibility is hot these days. government aid is not. you certainly heard that in the tea party debate when wolf blitzer when he asked what should happen to a hypothetical 30-year-old man who had been injured in a car accident and had no insurance. >> that is what freedom is all about, taking your own risk.

this whole idea of you have to take care of idea -- >> but congressman, are you saying that society should just let him die? >> you hear the cheers back there. there are some many america ask, why should we the taxpayers, why should the government dish out long-term benefits the talk back question today, what is our government's responsibility to help those in need? facebook.com/carolcnn. here's what's ahead on the rundown, another food safety issue. also new mraents discovered outside our solar system. could they support life as we know it. and president obama's re-election team goes after online rumor. and a u.s. businessman being

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of the new super rocket, nasa said right along, look, we have to stop shuttle to build this new rocket. they ended the shuttle program. they have finally announced the new rocket. in my respects it's kind of sort going to look like a shuttle. it will have a huge engine manning the middle and boosters on the side. ultimately nasa said that this rocket will be able to take humans first to an asteroid by 2025 and then to mars in the 2030 time period. we'll have to wait and see if that all pans out. one of the sponsors of this, kay bailey hutchinson said today, this will ensure that we don't become a second-bearing program. >> an outline that has been put

forward, we are pushing the envelope. we're going to the next level of space leadership. and this today, i believe is the commitment that america is making to assure that we're not going to be the also-rans. we are going to continue to be the world leader. >> reporter: now, the total cost over the next five, six years, $18 billion. for the robert and for the capsule that will go on top of it. $3 billion a year is what nasa is going to ask for to start building this thing. it's the beginning. we could be going to mars in a little bit. >> before we get too excited here, you just mentioned a few billions. you said they have to ask for, what are the chances that they get this money?

you could also hire a lot of people. >> that's the key, putting the work force back to work, all of those skilled labor that was losing its jobs after the shuttle program. they both said, there seems to be broad support within congress to fund this major program. seems to be broad support. but you're right, until that money is actually appropriated we'll have to wait and see. >> john zarrella, good to see you on the big space news,s a tromer ins said they discovered 50 new planets outside of our solar system, super earths. one of those planets in particular could be home to life with an atmosphere similar to ours. you're looking at an artist rendering of what this super earth could look like. chad myers, to hear this is

pretty cool. a super-earth. >> bigger than earth. you know we have never seen it. we won't see it until next year until they build a bigger telescope. the sun that's going around is wobbling because of its gravity. that's how these telescopes know that there's actually going around the sun up there. the thing is, hd 185. this thing needs to be called goldilocks. >> why? >> because it's just right. 77 degrees. that's what they predict. they think it's 77 degrees. that makes liquid water not ice and not steam. how about that? >> all right. >> something else to worry about, uars satellite.

guess what, it's falling from space. it was decommissioned five years ago. it's falling down. it may crash down depending on where it goes. it's the upper atmosphere research satellite, started there in 1991. the heaviest piece could be 300 pounds. this is big as a bus, a school bus, it's going break up and be scattered around. the debris field could 500 miles long. the biggest piece at 300 pounds, that will leave a mark. >> should i stay inside tonight, what should i do? >> not tonight. it won't come down until late september, early october. it will be on my website. >> make sure you remind me. >> the likelihood it splashes in

the ocean. >> appreciate it. coming up -- what in the world did target offer on its website that got everybody to that website and caused it to crash. ailson kosik will tell us all about it, stay with me. wait, what? i have the hotels.com app so we can get a great deal even at the last minute. ah, well played get the app. tels.com. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal.

well, target's website crashed. why? well, an italian designer's popularity is getting the blame. apparently the retailer wasn't prepared for all of those shoppers who rushed online to buy, what, alison kosik?

>> it's the fashionistas, m osho -- missoni, for target line. it's only being offered for a limited time, until mid-october. some people lined up at target stores as well yesterday, too. but some missoni items are already out of stock. if you want to get them, you may be out of luck. some people are questioning me on twitter, who is missoni. they're known for those zig zach patterns that you see on dresses and shirts. the target, i'll tell you what, nobody has sparked this kind of interest. the demand yesterday was bigger than black friday. recession, what recession? >> i think i was probably one of

those questioning you on twitter, asking, what in the world was missoni? what about walmart, they have to be watching this and something had to be percolating? >> they are launching an initiative, walmart, to support women. they're going to spend $20 billion to buy products from women-owned businesses. now, they have to hope meet these goals within the next five years. it's women who do most of the family shopping. i would say, it's a good idea to keep them on the company's good side. they don't want to alienate their own company base. how are the markets doing down there. >> we got stocks slightly higher right now. europe is still a mess

financially, some hopes that steps are being taken to improve the situation. here at homes, retail sales came in for august. back to school month, but doesn't seem to be dragging down stocks at least not at the moment. t.j. >> alison kosik, thank you for all of that. president obama wants to stop personal attacks before they even get going. a personal website is his weapon against smears and rumors. stay with me. ♪ [ male announcer ] each of these photos was taken by someone on the first morning of their retirement. it's the first of more than 6,000 sunrises the average retiree will see. ♪

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here's the rundown of some of the stories that we're working on, president obama's re-election team asks for you help to fight rumors with a new

website the man who has defended casey anthony has another new, high-profile client. the government is cracking down on e. coli. president obama's campaign, is out with a new website aimed at stopping of online rumors and smears before they start. it's a website called attackwatch.com. cnn political contributoor hilay rosen joins us. >> it's unseeming for the president's own campaign to be out there attacking opponents. what they do have to do is make sure that no charge goes unanswered, that's the first rule of politics. one way they'll do that is to

make sure when someone is out there attacking the president on any issue they've got answer. you're going to see the other campaigns do the same thing. >> a pretty good idea, the president, it sounds like you're almost building up a new following of people to fact-check, all of your supporters keeping your eyes on those blogs that are endless, and rumors online that are all over the place. >> politics have totally changed. it's a very engaged sport right now. a lot of what we have seen over the last several years, really has happened because some citizen out there has noticed their candidate doing something and has brought it to somebody's attention. so, feeding in stories to your democratic candidate or republican candidate, feeding in the youtube moment that you captured at a townhall meeting. or sitting at the deli eating a

sandwich. >> hilary, let's turn to new york and that election, republican bob turner won that special election, heavily democr democrat district. a democrat has held this seat since 1920s too much made of this that obama's in trouble? >> well, my instinct is that there's too much made of it. first rule is, like, don't tweet pictures of yourself without your underpants because you're turn all of your constituents. it was anthony weiner's seat. it wasn't a particularly liberal democratic seat. while republicans will try to make a lot out of this, this was a district that barely supported president obama the last time around. having said that, the fact that

it's an isolated seat, and there will be a lot of media around the republicans taking charge, you know, the white house is going to have to pay attention to this. because members of congress being asked to go out on a limb for the president, we want to get this economy moving, you know, they're going to want to make sure that the white house and the democratic party has its back. if they can't support these candidates in these races it gives them pause. >> the last thing here, elizabeth warren the right person, the person, the best chance for democrats to unseat scott brown in massachusetts if. >> i love this race. i'm going to be watching it so closely, you have somebody who's the antipolitician in elizabeth warren. a professor, consumer advocate, perceived to be the nice lady, truth telling, who's smart and accomplished and also single handedly brought some of the

wall street reforms to washington to encourage them to be enacted. and president obama embraced this, against an another antipolitician scott brown, this is going to be sort of a matchup of the senate. >> people are already drooling over covering this. elizabeth warren. we're just past the bottom of the hour. the lead defense attorney in the murder trial of casey anthony, has gotten another high-profile client. he'll be helping an american businessman in aruba in the presumed death of a woman that he ee's traveling with, stay wi me. introducing the schwab mobile app.

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sunny, good to see you as always. jose baez, he was in the news constantly there for months and months. now, he has another high-profile case. how did these two get hooked up? >> apparently, he's now representing gary giordano, gary's father here in the states hired and maintained jose baez. he's meeting with gary giordano right now in aruba, and we know that gary has been held for quite some time now on the suspicion of having something to do with the disappearance of his then-girlfriend that went with him to aruba. t.j., it's really interesting. because we know that jose baez can't practice law to aruba. legal system is really different. apparently he's been retained just in case there's some sort of legal proceedings that might

take place in the united states. who would hire jose baez? people hate him just as much as they hate casey anthony. so, a jury is likely to hate him as well and perhaps, you know, sort of transfers those feeling on gary giordano. another school of thought, perhaps now jose baez is making a name for himself as the attorney that takes on people that aren't necessarily guilty. for those people who perhaps think that casey anthony is indeed innocent of the charges. even though we know that she was found not guilty. he's making a name for himself as the go-to attorney. when you're in big trouble. the case against gary giordano, at this point, looks pretty significant. >> for people -- >> you're looking at me funny. >> for people who aren't necessarily guilty. you'll probably remember this,

something that chris rock said, he was talking about johnnie cochran, you can't hire johnnie cochran you look guilty. but then you go home. will that be the case? maybe now, people will look at giordano, well, maybe, something's a little sketchy there if he has to get this guy to defend him? >> that's the conventional wisdom. if you're in trouble, when cochran was alive, you hired johnnie cochran. we saw some real magic in the courtroom from jose baez. i think we saw some really masterful moments. he really connected with the jury. he's very much the reason that casey anthony is a free woman today. >> all of that criticism that he got today. he turned out looking brilliant to some people the last one we have to get to is conrad, murray

the doctor accused in the death of michael jackson, how do you find a jury not familiar with this case? >> i don't think you can. i think the most you can hope for is finding a jury that can be fair. and i do think that's certainly is possible. i said it before and i'll say it again, i think it was a wrong move not to sequester the jurors here. t.j., we have spoken many times about this. i believe they can find a jury is fair. finding a jury that knows nothing about this case, is impossible. >> okay, good to see you. coming up here -- we'll be checking in with the good doctor, every year hundreds of americans get sick from eating food contaminated we coli.

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so, the u.s. government says it's going test for six more strains of e coli that in some cases got into the market. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is talking about why the government didn't check for them in the past. >> reporter: i would say, the answer has to do with the amount of e. coli that they're taking about here. they have been testing for all of these various strains of e. coli. there's one common strains. six strains that are in trace amounts. now, obviously the attitude is changing. they're saying, if the food

tests positive for any strain of e. coli, it can't enter the food supply. fda and usda can issue recalls with regards to food. it amped up inspections around these foods. one thing that i'll point out, with regard to these six strains, not everybody thinks it's a terrific idea. the meat industry is saying, look, this is just going to cost a lot of money and it may not lead to a significant health benefit. the two sides are at play there as well. t.j., lis teteria is a differen back tear yashgs they think that have traced this back to cantaloupe, particularly in the rocky ford area of colorado.

what's fascinating, t.j.s how you sort of trace this back, figuring out who got sick where. it's a real medical mystery sometimes. listeria is a problematic system. with weakened immune systems, pregnant women. so, again, t.j., potentially good news as far as e. coli goes in terms of keeping our food safer. >> thanks as always to our dr. sanjay gupta. catch sanjay gupta special on diana nyad's extreme dream. quarter to the top of the hour. that's the president of the united states, he's on the road, like he said that he would on

the road, his joint session speech to congress, last week he was talking to jobs. he said that he was going to go on the road and sell that package and he's doing it now. he's in north carolina. he could tell you, he's just getting started. he's at north carolina state. talking to them, we'll see the president often probably in the next few days and weeks selling that package directly to the american people, trying to get congress as he said, pass the bill right now. we're monitoring the president's remarks. one day you're in, the next day, you're out. heidi klum's word in the fashion word and that was the word for iconic label j. crew. here's your fashion backstage

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let us say hello to carol costello once again. the question of the day, is the government responsible for those in need? >> very passionate discussion generated by this question, t.j. this is from chris, if the government doesn't take care of

our fellow americans in need, what make this country different from the developing countries around the world. this is from mike the real question that needs to be asked, is, how is it we can provide aid to other country that we can't afford to be giving away. this from jad -- this is from michael -- it's not the government's responsibility to take care of everybody. that's why we have private charities and churches we should take care of each other and not rely on the government for everything. government help only breeds dependen dependency. please continue the conversation at facebook.com.

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well, checking some stories making news across country. massive wildfire in minnesota has grown tenfold in a days. it's burning north of minneapolis. also vice president joe biden is going to northeastern pennsylvania frida