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playing golf with netanyahu. okay? >> espn issued the following statement. he says -- they say, we have decided to part ways with hank williams jr. this is espn. his contributions over the past years, success of monday night football has always been about the games and that will continue. williams hit song has been a theme for monday night football for a decade and now williams is offering up a different version of events. here is what he says. quote, after reading hundreds of e-mails, i have made my decision by pulling my opening october 3, you, espn, step order the toes of the first amendment, freedom of speech. so therefore, me, my song, rowdy friends are out of here. it has been a great run. hour two, brooke baldwin. the future of apple after steve
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jobs. and it is now cheaper to buy a home than ever before. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. dan lothian, let's begin with you there at the white house. dan, we listen to the president this morning answering many questions and not only did he take on republicans, he's taking on, again, millionaires. >> reporter: that's right. what we are talking about here is that surtax to pay for the president's jobs bill which senate democrats are pushing 5.6% on those making over a million dollars. we did not see or hear a full-throated endorsement of this from the president. in fact, though, what he said was that he was comfortable in that he thought that this approach from senate democrats was fine. the president supporting this as a means of paying for this jobs bill which, of course, that's been the big issue. how to pay for all of this. >> president obama, though -- >> will congress do something? if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing
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congress. if congress does nothing, then it is not matter of me running against him. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> reporter: of course that was the president talking about how he wants congress to make some movement on his jobs bill and he wants to see this passed in one piece. but he's also -- i guess realizing that that's -- it is possible that that may not happen and so the president says that he will continue to hammer away at congress until all of those other elements do get addressed, brooke. >> that's what i was going say, if he needs the whole thing or perhaps in part. dan lothian, thank you very much, the white house. next, we want to talk more about the death of apple founder steve jobs. cas casey, apple customers are known for their loyalty. what makes them so loyal to a man many of us certainly never
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knew? >> reporter: well, you know, in the words of one customer we spoke with this morning, it is because the products work. he put it as simple as that. it is very unusual when you see the ceo of a company pass away that you will see that customers -- the company's customers pour out in tributes as if it was a member of the family or community passed away. over here you can see since steve jobs' death last night, people have been leaving flowers, notes and apple stickers. thanks for the magic. we will miss you, steve. even a quote from dr. seuss, don't be sad because it is over. smile because it happened. someone even left a card here for steve jobs. let me read it to you. it is brief but very, very telling. dear steve. we will miss you very much. my dad bought me my first apple ii in 1977 when i was 12 years old. your vision and commitment to the extraordinary is both inspiring and magnificent. god bless you. love john s. from an apple customer. it says it all. >> it does.
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amazing how much he and his innovations touched so many people. casey, thank you so much. next, reaction to the passing of steve jobs. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. how is wall street reacting? >> we are not seeing a lot of movement with shares right now. shares of apple are down less than 1%. that's how it has been all day today. the reason is because jobs had already planned and executed a succession plan. there's already another ceo in place. also jobs told his employees seven years ago that he had cancer. and apple also has been really open about his illness recently and the company has been very good about preparing the investment community for this day. and that preparation has been going on for some time now. investors really had already priced in the idea of apple without jobs. brooke? >> also, news on the mortgage rate front. this is great news if you are in -- looking for a home. what they have never been below
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4% ever. >> yeah. exactly. this is historic. especially if you are looking to refinance now is the time. mortgage rates really have not been cheaper ever. you know, the 30 year fixed is falling below 4% for first time ever, 3.94%. if you are looking for a 15-year fixed, dirt cheap. sitting at 3.26%. happening because of concerns over the slowing economy and what that is doing is pushing investors to get out of stocks and into really park their money in bonds especially ten-year notes and that's pushing down these yields but, unfortunately, it is not helping the house market too much. potential home buyers not jumping in to take advantage of the lower rates because of worries about the economy and job security. i guess we can just refinance and be happy with that. >> yes. important distinction. re-fi. good news if you want a re-fi. still ahead, pretty stunning report from the group that advised against mammograms important women. do you remember that news? controversial at the time. find out now with the same group is saying about men and what you
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should not be doing. plus, -- >> my son. today would have been his 17th birthday. >> a mother begs for change after her teenage son suddenly dies. we will tell you what she is demanding. also just in to us here at cnn, we are getting word on a major development involving the raid that killed osama bin laden. what pakistan is doing to the doctor that helped lead the cia to the world's most wanted terrorist next. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! [ guy ] ring, ring. hold on a sec... progresso... i love your new loaded potato with bacon. that's what we like to hear. where was i? oh right... our rich & hearty soups.. people love the thick cut carrots... we do too! where was i? progresso. right, our new rich & heart soups... [ ring, ring ]
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the doctor accused of playing a key role in the u.s. assassination of osama bin laden now facing a charge of treason by pakistan. the man allegedly set up a fake
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vaccination campaign to allow u.s. intelligence to acquire dna that helped locate the al qaeda leader. let's go live in islamabad with more. what else do you know? >> reporter: brooke, i think it is important to clarify that these are simply recommendations made by a commission set up in pakistan. these are not binding recommendations. it is not clear if actually this -- a doctor is going to face treason charges. but this was a commission set newspaper pakistan to find out how osama bin laden managed to live here for apparently years and they also were charged with investigating the u.s. raid on the bin laden compounds. they made three recommendations. one of them is for this doctor, his name is shaquille. he tried to help the cia locate and identify osama bin laden. they are recommending he be charged with treason. you will recall that this was a doctor who allegedly set up a
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fake vaccination campaign and got two nurses and the nurses went around the town and giving vaccinations to children. the plan was for these nurses to use the syringe or blood samples from the bin laden children and match them with bin laden's sister's dna and bin laden's sister, of course, passing away last year. that plan didn't work. nevertheless, caused a lot of outrage here in pakistan. the question why was the pakistani doctor helping the cia behind pakistani's authorities back? now the commission recommending he be charged with treason. another recommendation, brooke, by the commission coming down tonight is for the three wives of osama bin laden and his daughters to be free to go home. two of the wives from saudi arabia, one from yemen and commission saying they should be free to go home and questioned them and don't need them any longer. not clear if that will happen. it is not clear yet what washington thinks about this or if they have weighed in on this matter. >> okay, okay.
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recommendations, as you explained. one of the issues you mentioned commission wanted to find out how long bunl manage e osama bi managed to live there. did they find a an answer to that? >> reporter: well, that's one of the things they were charged with. based on the recommendations here, they didn't come up with any answers as to how bin laden managed to live in pakistan for so long. of course, there was a lot of outrage from all sides coming after the raid. lot of people outraged how he was living here. and they were outraged by the u.s. raid on the compound. it seems with this recommendation, these three recommendations coming down, this commission only addressing the concerns, outrage, about the u.s. raid on the bin laden compound. not so much on the outrage as to why he managed to live here for so long. >> reza sayah, thank you. now it is interesting happening here, you are about to see it.
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rapid fire. beginning with attorneys select ad are jury in the trial of the underwear bomber mutallab. he was carrying an explosive in his underwear and pleaded not guilty. the trial is supposed to start next tuesday. in kansas city a couple of begging for the return of their missing baby. she's 10-month-old lisa irwin. her mom gave her a bottle, put her in her crib monday night and gone by the time her father who works the overnight came home around 4:00 that morning. the windows were open, the lights were on. police did say that the screen looks as if it was tampered with but admit they have few leads in this case as of now. fbi using specially trained tracking dogs to help in this search. the parents, as you can imagine, are frantic. >> anybody that might have her, that can drop her off at anyplace safe, fire station or hospital or church, no questions asked.
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we just want to have her back. >> we just want our baby back. please. bring her home. our two other boys are waiting for her. please. just drop her off anywhere. we don't care. just somewhere safe. where she can come home, please. >> we checked. there have been 278 baby abductions in this country since 1983. all but 12 of those children were returned home safely. in california burglary takes an odd twist here. let me tell you about kraig stockard who was turned in to police by two men that broke into his barn. there they found one of 30 cds filled with child pornography and what they thought would be blank discs. the burglars called the police and what then find found. stockard was arrested. dnks a. trying to figure out what do with the burglars. a bill in florida aims to stop heat related deaths among children athletes. a grieving mother that lost her son while he was away at football camp who says do it for him. >> this is my son.
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today would have been his 17th birthday. the best birthday present we could give to d.j. today is to make sure that this doesn't happen to another child bypassing this law. >> she wants the bill passed. the state senator sponsoring the bill says new jersey is the only state with guidelines in place right now. representative gifford being honored this afternoon. he served in the navy for 24 years. also there, his wife who survived that attack in january when a gunman shot her in the head. take a look at the photo here. democratic leader pelosi ploosz just posted. here it is. just from the ceremony of giffords and kelly have a book coming out next month. perhaps another sign of the harsh economy. costco, say it ain't so, raising fees 10%. annual fee for individuals now, 50 bucks. it is going to be $55 starting
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in the new year. executive membership will rise to $110. listen to this. you own your home fare and square. or so you think. thousands of people in danger of losing their dream homes because the government says they don't own the land. could this nightmare scenario actually happen to you? i will talk to one of these frustrated homeowners who is scared straight right now. don't miss that conversation.
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thousands of homeowners in the ozarks, missouri, are furious and worried sick. this after learning that the land they legally bought might not be theirs after all. they have been told that their dream homes, dream condos, owned
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by a utility company by the name of amaeren. this lake was made in 1939, excuse me, '31 as part of the dam project. the federal regulatory commission regulates the lake, the dam, and hydroelectric plant. when ameren renewed the license in 2008 they submitted the plan to make the lake to manage the lake in and shoreline. federal regulators want to keep a handle on development in the resort area. but a lot of these homes, go structures, docks are considered inside the boundary line and could be in federal jeopardy. federal regulators want all the structures removed. that has a lot of homeowners there in limbo. including karen walker who is good enough to call in. she is calling me from st. louis. just so i understand this, you and your husband, you know, your retiring and buy a dream condo
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on this lake, ten years ago. paying your taxes. you are taking care of it. someone walks up to you and what do they tell you? >> well, they said don't do any improvements on it because we are not sure that you own the property. so we purchased it. building was built in 1984. and it had several owners. you know, we thought relatively safe and we were conservative and in what we purchased. we financed it and got title insurance. all of the things that responsible people do. and then after -- nine years of being there, now we find out that we may not own it. >> take me back, though. ten years ago, when you are doing the appropriate things, as you just outlined, were there any red flags, anything that said to you maybe that land wasn't owned by who you thought?
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>> no, no. absolutely not. we are pretty conservative people and we, you know, we -- picked up the -- property because it looked at a small community, small condo community. and it was well maintained. they had a strong reserve. so, you know, we thought we were doing everything correctly. and then to find out, you know, nine, ten years later that potentially you are going to lose that total investment. it is really unsettling. it is like there's nothing beneficial that i can see that would come out of tearing those condos down. and a lot of things would be detrimental to the financial health of the people who own those properties as well as to the community and lake itself. >> you were telling -- talking during the commercial break, this is or what you thought would be your little slice of heaven. tell me, karen, how many people are in the same situation as you? >> i'm sorry, can you repeat
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that? >> how many people are in the same situation as you in bill low? -- in limbo? >> there are 1,200 residents. in my buildi residences. in my building adjacent to it is also -- has about nine people. and then along screech owl, the name of the street, there are people who have put all of their retirement funds into their homes. now they need to sell them and move to where their kids are and they can't. >> why can't they? why can't you just sell and get out? >> because mob is going to buy it. the banks don't want to loan money. the realtors don't even want to show it because, you know, they are concerned about the liability of showing something and selling something where there's a disputed title. >> you sit and you are stuck. i'm sure you never thought, karen in a million years that this could happen to you.
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as you say, you and your husband were conservative. it got us wondering maybe this could happen to someone else. what would your advice be to sm someone looking to buy property? >> i really -- i don't know. i mean, i think we did everything right. i guess that, you know, just make sure that there is no easement of any kind that -- you know, attached to that property. you know, our home, we have an easement for the utilities to come and fix their wires. and cable to fix things. you know, just have to do your homework on easements. >> enjoy the lake as long as you can. we are going to check back in with you and see what ends up happening here to you and 1,200 other s aresidences. >> i would be happy to stay in touch. i just think that the -- it is not even a common sense answer
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to say -- to remove the structures. and they are well maintained and they add to the economy of lake and ozarks. they are good hard-working decent people and to have their homes destroyed is just nonsensical. >> karen walker, thank you. good luck. coming up here, more of our breaking news here from the medical world. same group that told women not to get mammograms now has warning for men. we have the reasons you need to hear. plus this. >> to watch the president of the united states give up on governing, give up on leading, and spend full time campaigning. >> strong words from the speaker of the house. john boehner and other republicans ramping up criticism as president obama's campaign season heats up. campaign season is speeding up. why some voters will get their chance in the booth sooner than they thought.
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paul steinhauser now with america's choice. paul, let me get this straight. first there could be votes for 2012 this year? >> yes. 2011. this is supposed to be a 2012 election but first votes may be in 2011. mad dash by some of the states that move ahead. let's go to the calendar and i will explain the play-by-play. it started last friday when florida announced, guess what, guys, we are holding our primary on january 31. well, the four states supposed to go first that didn't sit very well with them. south carolina announced they will hold their primary on the 21st. you can see there last night nevada said guess what, we will hold our caucus on the 14th of january. brooke, that leaves new hampshire and iowa, two states that will go first, well, new hampshire might have to go as early now as january 3rd. if that happens iowa may have to move up until december. everything getting accelerated for people like me who cover this, i guess christmas vacation
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and is out the window. for voters, it is important, too, because they are going to have less time to actually meet and greet and understand where the candidates stands on the issues. >> who other than you and many people out of d.c. who will not be getting their christmas and hanukkah, et cetera, vacations, i guess. who benefits from this? or maybe hurts from them shifting earlier? >> that's a good question. here is who i think maybe it benefits. maybe mitt romney. front-runner in the polls right now. why mitt romney? because he's some people said -- say he has been running for president for five years now and did it last psych and again. he already has the ground dwam, teams, early states. somebody like rick perry, though, who just started the campaign about eight weeks ago, he is trying to get those people organized there. now he will have a lot less time to do it. still ahead here, he is on trial for a brutal home invasion, left a mother and two young daughters dead. today lawyers made a huge move. a manhunt under way for a guy
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police say broke into a car and posted a little something on his victim's facebook page. wait for this one. also, sunny hostin is on the case. i want to show you a rare look at steve jobs who died last night at the age of 56. this is the jobs we are used to seeing, master of the stage who could bring the audience to its feet. but everyone has to start somewhere. we want to share video with you. taken of jobs getting ready for his very first television interview. the year, 1978. take a look. >> look at that. look, i'm on television. hey. >> isn't that amazing? >> yeah, it is. >> in new york, too. >> no, no serious? >> yeah. in new york. put tonight your ear. see what it is, talk back. they are going to talk to you. >> this is not the real thing. just want a picture of me now. >> they will sit you here. >> gosh. >> whenever you would like.
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do you have some water, steve? >> well, i'm going to not have to sit here until you are ready, right? you are going to let me go away and come back? this is it. >> if you have to do anything, do it now. >> oh yeah? >> you want to go to the bathroom or anything? >> no. but you can bring me some water. >> after we get a shot of him, he is free to walk around. the show isn't for another half hour. he doesn't have to sit there for a half hour. >> all right. >> hold on. >> that would be good. you mean to tell me -- you need to tell me where the restroom is. i'm deathly ill and ready to throw up at any moment.
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[ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this time. uh, don't have to gas up very often. so you have to go to the bathroom? no. yes you do. thought these were electric? yes, it's a uh, a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station?
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both sides rested in the man of killing the mother and two young daughters. the defense tried to portray the defendant as a victim here, childhood abuse, multiple concussico concussi concussions, drug use. is that the crux of the defense?
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>> i think so. certainly they are trying to make sense of the monster to this jury because we know how horrific these crimes were, brooke. i think that they are also trying to say he was unable to make decisions because of his limited cognitive functioning based on the fact he was abused as a child. based on the fact that he was adopted and abused as a child by a foster kid that was taken in by his parents. and never received psychological counseling. asked to prey on it, that sort of thing. did they get very far with that defense? i don't think so, brooke. it was a very quick defense case about a day and a half. this is such a horrific, horrific crime. i doubt that that really scored a lot important the defense, trying to explain the monster, trying to get empathy from the jury. i don't think that worked. >> speaking of horrific, have you the evidence, photographs, his statement to police. was the defense able to mitigate
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any of that? >> not in my view. i mean, bottom line is this is -- i have always said not a case about guilt or innocence. we know joshua is guilty of these crimes. he confessed to the majority of them, brooke. this is a case about the death penalty. this is a case about whether or not he will be put to death. i think we will hear a lot more of mitigation next week when perhaps we go into the penalty phase here. but right now, this is not really about guilt or innocence. this is about trying to save his life for this defense team. >> do you think that his life will be spared? >> you know, having sat through the first trial, brooke, hayes' trial, he was convicted and sentenced to death, i don't see it. they tried to play the game -- blame game here and tried to say really stevens hayes was the more guilty of the two. will that rule the day, win the day? i just don't think so. i have spoken to so many people who are against the death
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penalty in connecticut and told me if ever a case qualifies for the death penalty, it is this one. >> okay. second case, kind of a lighter note, i guess, cautionary tale for cripple names. man in georgia who steals this woman's purse, who knows why he did this. but he pulls her cell phone out of the purse, snaps his own picture. here it is. what he didn't realize is that this woman's phone was set to automatically upload photos to this woman's facebook page which didn't even realize could you do that. obviously the police are thrilled about this. when did they bust this guy, like today? >> probably. i mean, that's a pretty clear picture. the police feel pretty confident they are going to find this guy. bottom line is, i mean, that's one of the best mug shots i have ever seen. it is so clear. perhaps it is one of steve jobs iphones in a homage to him and show you how technology has helped law enforcement. i have my ipad with me every day
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here on the set. this is just another example of the legacy of someone like steve jobs that has been brought into our world. >> hash tag, stupid criminal. sunny hostin, now this. >> obviously i heard of and it seen it on television. i think that it expresses the frustrations of the american people feel. >> as these voices, these cries get louder, protests grow. president obama talks about whether he will push for prosecutors -- prosecutions, i should say, against wall street power players. that's ahead. also up next, are prostate exams dangerous? that is what one group is now suggesting. the same group that caught fire for advising women against mammograms. elizabeth cohen has the breaking news here. a cnn exclusive. our 4 new rich & hearty soups really have people talking...
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last hour we broke the news on cnn we can expect new recommendations coming from the group of scientists telling men not to get screened for prostate cancer. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here with the story. here to explain no screenings. >> i know that is confusing to people. they don't screen for cancer. this is the same group were telling women in their 40s don't need mammograms. when they saw the piece you and i did, they said this is a tremendous mistake for men to be told not to get prostate cancer screening. this group, as well as many
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other respected doctors, say look, prostate cancer is usually a very slow growing and not going hurt you. you might find the slow growing prostate cancer when you go to look for and it you treat it and you can make a man impotent and incontinent when the treatment when the cancer would never hurt him to begin with. a very slow growing cancer, much of the time. but sometimes it is a fast-growing cancer. the problem is you can't tell. and so men who have had fast-growing cancers say how can you say not screen? screenings saved my life. other men where they found a slow growing cancer and now today are inpotentin and continent they say i wish i never knew. knowing led me to become impotent and incontinent. "what to do to do." all a man can do is look at the statistics. when you screen for prostate cancer, less than 1% chance you are going to find a really
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threatening cancer. 47 times more likely to find a cancer that's never going to harm you but that if you treat it the treatment could harm you. so you just have to decide -- >> awareness. >> yes, awareness and having -- you -- is probably the single most important time to be an empowered patient. it is a difficult decision to make whether to screen for prostate cancer. you have to sit with your doctor and talk to them about what you want to do. >> where do we read? >> we are going to put it up on cnn.com/empowerpatients. still to come here, a noisy scene at the occupied new york protests today. large crowd of protesters gathered shouting "we are the 99%." from new york to philadelphia, houston, dallas, nashville, washington, d.c., these occupied wall street movements really now spreading to more cities across the country today. in fact, these are images now
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from this is philadelphia and nashville. anywhere from a couple of dozen to a couple of hundred people are showing up and multiple cities to protest, a variety of issues. issues such as calling an end to the fed. asking to boycott testing, do something about a variety of issues, protesters consider social and economic inequalities and to prosecute wall street executives over the financial crisis. just this morning, if you were listening to the president, he was asked about this. he addressed these wall street protests today. take a listen. >> on the issue of prosecutions on wall street, one of the biggest problems about the collapse of lehman's and subsequent financial crisis and whole subprime lending, fiasco, is that a lot of that stuff wasn't necessarily illegal.
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it was just immoral or inappropriate or reckless. >> last night in new york, some of the protests did get a bit rowdy, handful of protesters cried to crash through a police line to get there on to wall street. there were other scuffles between police and protesters, two dozen people, we are told, were arrested. coming up, word of an apparent feud at the white house. find out why the first family is fighting. who could this be over? plus, some of the biggest names in sports in the buff from tennis to hoops. stars are showing off their bodies completely nude. coming up next, the racy pictures and hear why they are getting naked.
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time to get answers to your financial questions. with me now, the president of consumer education. smartcredit.com. personal finance expert. greg is 32 and has three different investment portfolios, roth i.r.a., 401(k). at his age should he be aggressive in all portfolios? is he better off to be more conservative? >> i'm thrilled to hear at his age he has three different portfolios. that's wonderful. retirement accounts absolutely be aggressive. i love the 80/20 mix between stocks, bonds. appropriate allocation at his age in those accounts. assuming that third account is a taxable account, in that account, if he has funds that he may need to spend in the next one to five years, with those funds, he would want to be more conservative and not take a lot of risk.
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literally we are talking cds and money markets, be uber aggressive with the remaining balance. >> pay off his credit cards, should he pay off the cards or should he keep the money in his account? i think i know the answer. >> really easy one. look, you are paying way more interest on those credit card balances than you are earning in the save accounts. here what i would suggest. take enough money out of the savings account to fund a sufficient emergency fund. six to 12 months of expenses in case you lose your job. take the rest and pay off the credit cards immediately. really if you look at the netted-net he has no savings because he is giving it away to the credit card companies. >> good idea. if you have a question, you want answered, just send us an e-mail to cnn help desk at cnn.com. this is $100,000.
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to the racy pictures trending all over today. soccer superstar hope solo, other top athletes, getting totally naked for the world to see. featured in "espn the magazine." snowboarders, gymnasts. 22 of the world's best sports athletes completely in the buff. issue celebrates their incredible -- look at that -- physiques. tomorrow's news today. let's fast forward. the government releases the jobs report for the month of september after a month of roller coaster swings on wall street. also, mitt romney may be campaigning on his economic record. the presidential candidate is talking foreign policy at the citadel tomorrow. plus, zsa zsa gabor's husband holds a news conference to announce he is running for mayor of
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he's running for mayor of los angeles. he says he wants to tackle homelessness and unemployment. also, beverly -- the 1985 chicago bears will be at the white house. legendary team never went on the visit because of the challenger explosion soon after. president obama gets a new celebrity adviser and let's just say hips don't lie. plus, this. >> you took scott. you took scott. that's not fair. >> a family feud of sorts brewing at the white house. apparently, the obama family fighting over secret service agents. joe johns has the political pop, next. it does something to your heart. i think what people like most about the grilled food is the taste. the flavor comes from that oak wood. the shrimp, the fresh fish, the steaks. it locks in the flavor, it seals in the juices so that when you put the fork in it,
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come in one of these days and as you know, her -- >> that they don't. we'll just leave it there. take a look at this. ♪ as wolf blitzer mentioned, her hips don't lie. shakira getting into politics r sort of. we'll bring in joe. you do know that wolf has like a total crush on this woman, yes in. >> absolutely. it's a good day if you can show video of shakira and talk about politics at the same time. >> what's the story? >> all right. usually, people getting named to advisory commissions in washington is right up there with watching grass grow in terms of excitement, but this is a little different.
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this time, it is shakira. she's been named to the president's advisory committee on education alex lens for r hispanics and has worked on a lot of efforts to sort of expand, improve, early childhood care, education, around the world. the white house put part of a resume up on the website. the first thing we got was her full name, which i didn't know. she's been involved in a number of global educational efforts. founded the barefoot foundation in 1995, which operates schools, educational products. in colombia, south africa, haiti. last year, she collaborated with the world bank, the barefoot foundation, to start an initiative on developmental programs for children across latin america. 2008, the honorary chair for
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education's global action week. she's actually been involved to some extent in politics for quite a while. who knew? >> i lived in mexico city for a second studying there. i think her first album, means barefoot. amazing. >> multitalented individual there. >> she is. let's talk about michelle obama. there's a bit of a white house family feud over members of the secret service. >> she went over to the secret service headquarters, spent a little time talking there with people who helped to protect the president of the united states and the first family, they do a lot of other things, they fight terrorism, and she sort of disclosed a secret that none of us knew and people in the white house specifically, the first
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family, do in fact have favorites among their secret service agents. let's listen. >> sasha will come in, it's like, you took scott. malia's like, you took scott, it's not fair. then i'll say the same thing to barack. why did you get beth? dinner table conversation. >> so, there's a guy who worked for the secret service who definitely has employment security at least through january of what? the year after next. >> i guess so. do we know what it is about these guys that they love so much? >> no. i mean, we do know that other presidents have certainly had their favorites and i assume other members of the first family, but i don't think they got all the way down into the details, but scott seems to be -- >> fodder at the obama house. thank you very much. and we're getting news into cnn. obviously, helicopter flying,
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perhaps carrying water. there's this grass fire in oklahoma. they're dropping water on this mile long stretch of burning grass trying to help in this effort. let me tell you where this is. lincoln county, oklahoma. chad was telling me, the winds out of the south at 20 to 30 miles per hour. i'm told according to cushing fire, the fire at least a mile long swath of land. there are homes in the area. don't know of evacuations or homes that have burned yet, but multiple agencies there. 30 mile per hour winds now i'm being told. multiple agencies working to try to put this out. lincoln county, oklahoma. also developing now, the prime suspect in wednesday's mass workplace shooting in california is believed to have been killed. the santa clara county sheriff says today, officers shot and killed a man who matches the description of shariff allman,
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but a coroner still has to confirm the identity. they said yesterday he went to his meeting and just began firing. killing three people, injurying a handful of others, is still not clear why, but officials describe him as disgruntled. his co-workers are thankful for their lives. fr >> very fast. everybody was running. >> just hit the ground? >> i ran. >> i did get reports back that one of my members is okay. when the shooting started, he jumped out the window. >> officers say after the attack, he shot and injured a woman as he tried to carjk here. one more shot live images of this grass fire in lincoln county, oklahoma. multiple helicopters trying to, trying to begin to douse this thing. national guard here i'm told. national guard offering help

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