going to stick around, you know for a couple of days. so, not too shabby. get outside this weekend. you have no excuse, by the way, you have to get out there and do something outside for a couple hours. if you can. 46 degrees, valentine, nebraska. 49 in cedar rapids, iowa, a record as well. cincinnati, 54, 59 degrees in huntsville, alabama. if that is not cold enough. how about snow for you. yes, pictures out of copper mountain, colorado. they are having an action sports camp there. and they have been kind of holding on to their reserves of snow up there. and piling it altogether in one place. so the kids can enjoy some real snow while they learn some real tricks, wow. look at the air. from snow boarding. great stuff there. take a look at more temperatures what is going on at this hour. you know we are still looking at 70s. maybe a come of low 80s. even dallas up at 90 degrees. really nice. to get rid of the triple digits. the cold front will continue to push southward and make its way

along the gulf coast. then just kind of stall out here. so we are looking at the cool snap to last us really probably through your weweekend. an at least into monday. there are showers and thundershowers. as a consequence of this. for the most part. benign weather this weekend. we'll be watching the plain states for slight risk of severe thunderstorm this afternoon. fredericka. >> fantastic. thank you so much, jacqui jeras, appreciate it. i'm fredericka whit fooechltd you are in the cnn "fuse room." u.s. f-15 eagle fighter jet crashed in afghanistan early this morning killing the two crew members. the area where the jet went down is considered relatively peaceful. and commanders don't think any hostile fire was involved. the death toll in yesterday's indonesia hotel

bombings is now at 9. that number believed to include the two suicide bombers who set off explosions at two jakarta luxury hotels. eight body were found in the wreckage yesterday. and the ninth turned up today. no claim of responsibility. but investigators suspect a splinter group linked to al qaeda may be responsible. americans are remembering the man who was the face and voice of the "cbs evening news" for nearly 20 years. walter cronkite who pioneered the role of television anchorman, died yesterday at his home in new york. at the height of his career, cronkite was regarded as the most trusted man in america. cnns john roberts says that, quote, anything that came out of walter's mouth, you could believe. because you knew he believed it. walter cronkite was 92. cronkite covered some of the biggest stories in recent american history, assassinations of john f. kennedy jr., martin

luther king jr. assassination, the vietnam war. walter gate to mention just a few. we are going to talk about his legacy now with host of cnns "reliable sources." so your most vivid memory of walter cronkite? >> well, in person, it would have been two years ago when i visited him in his manhattan apartment. he slowed down, a little hard-of-hearing. he was sharp and full of opinions as you might expect. >> what did y'all talk about? >> we talked abouten part his decision, wasn't really his decision to step down in 1981. he was a relatively young, 65 years old. truth is that for all the praise heaped on him now, cbs kind of forced him out to make room for dan rather. and i think that he was still had some bitterness about that. felt he could have gone, five, six years. cbs didn't make much room for him on the air after that. i think there was resentment there as well. but i remember watching, in october of 1972, when walter cronkite devoted 2/3.

14 minutes of the "cbs evening news" to the watergate scandal going nowhere fast, richard nixon on the verge of being re-elected. the fact that he when newscasts mattered devoted time and stood in front of charts and explained that help put the story back on the media radar in a way that i'm not sure anybody could have accomplished. >> it was his simplicity that many people were remember in which how he tried to convey the news. how he did convey the news. that was kind of the -- i guess, really, forward thinking approach to what we use now as graphics, et cetera, the tools you were talking about. >> he wasn't flashy. wasn't a showman. could have been your uncle, at the dinner party. explaining the news. i think he had disdain later for the shout shows that some cable networks put on. but also, i mean he didn't have that much to work with. they didn't have fancy graphics on television in the early 60s. you couldn't go to vietnam for a

live show. had to wait for the tape to be flown in. i look at the early broadcast. didn't really have working teleprompters. look down on his notes every few seconds. memorize what he was going few say. through all that people trusted him for several reasons. he had the warm personality. he seemed not to be full of himself. frankly some people in television these days are. and he just, a guy who had been a wire service reporter, upi, covered world war ii. had gone on bombing missions. he spoke with the authority of a guy a working stiff reporter and still liked to get out in the field the that was part of the secret of his enduring apeel. >> he was one of a kind. you heard from a number of network anchors who talked about how he was an inspiration. how that very example you gave made him the reporter's reporter. he wasn't the guy that was on the desk. he said you had to be involved in the story. you had to get out there. if not to be a reporter you had to get out there to be the best anchor too. >> which is why he went to

vietnam. came back with the famous assessment of how the war seemed to be a stalemate at a time when the government certainly was not. viewing it that way. that helped influence public opinion. i think also, no journalist today could be the most trusted in america, a more cynical age, media are not held in anywhere near the high esteem they were then. the three network newscasts don't command a huge audience share they did in the age of cronkite and brinkley. he was the product of his time. he reflected his time in so many clips filling the airwaves in the last day or so. really an extraordinary person, journalist, reporter. >> talking more about walter cronkite on "reliable sources" tomorrow morning. what do you look forward to in terms of who you are hoping to expound on their experiences? >> we have an all-star cast of people ranging, connie chung, don hewitt, fir producer, i want to talk more about the journalist and the reporter that walter cronkite was. everybody knows he was a nice guy and we look him. i want few seize a little bit

more on how he made a difference journalistically speaking. >> and the reach. what an incredible reach. thank you so much. good to see you. >> good to see you, fred. >> you are logging in sharing your comments on the blog. your memories of walter cronkite. dan writes. walter now shares a place in heaven with colleagues like charles kuralt, timoro russert peter jennings. the world will never be the same without you, walter, somehow i know better knowing you are watching over us. shorty writes i watched with my parents, walter cronkite and the moon landing, we were just as giddy as he was. and michael armstrong writes, walter always covered the most important breaking news. i wouldn't be surprised if ted koppel learned his trade from this legend. you can tell us more of your thoughts on water cronkite, cronkite, rather. just log on to cnn.com/fredericka on my blog. and also on facebook.

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breaking news we continue to follow now. cnn confirmed that authorities say in fayetteville, tennessee, five people have been found dead. just about 35 miles north of huntsville, fayetteville. taking place in fayetteville on south lincoln road for anyone

who may know the area. unknown the circumstances. police do believe this is a homicide. the bodies were found early this morning. we don't know who found them. we really don't have much more information than this. we are going to continue to follow it for you to give you the latest information on the five people found dead in tennessee. police so far, investigating it as a homicide. more information as we get it. meantime, president obama is helping america's biggest civil rights group celebrate its 100th anniversary. in an address to the naacp annual convention in new york he said african-americans have made a lot of progress but he told the crowd there is still a lot of work to be done to end discrimination for all minority groups. >> because civil rights laws were passed, black mayors, black governors, members of congress serve in places where they might once have been able not just to vote but even take a sip of water.

and because ordinary people did such extraordinary things, because they made the civil rights movement their own, even though there may not be a plaque or their names might not be in the history books, because of their efforts i made a little trip to springfield illinois a couple of years ago where lincoln once lived and race riots once raged and began the journey that has led me to be here tonight as the 44th president of the united states of america. but make no mistake -- the pain of discrimination is still felt in america. by african-american women paid less for doing the same work than colleagues of a different color and a different gender. by latinos made to feel unwelcome in their own country,

by muslim-americans viewed with suspicion sim please because they kneel down to pray to their god, by our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights, prejudice has no place in the united states of america. and 100 years from now on the 200th anniversary of the naacp, let it be said that this generation did its part, that we too had faith that our past has taught us full of the hope that the president has brought us we faced in our lives and all across this nation, the rising sun of a new day begun. >> there was that speech and yet there was another talk involving president obama in a much more intimate setting where a handful of african-american journalists were invited and took place, the interview did. the conversation on "air force

one" among those journalists, cnns political analyst, roland martin. he is now joining us from new orleans. good to see you. >> glad to be here. >> explain. how did you get the invitation to be on board? >> actually several of us from the black press, black enterprise, essence, b.e.t.com, american radio urban networks, black enterprise and amsterdam news in adiagnosis to being with cnn i am with essence and tv one and tom joyner morning show. >> you do it all? >> i have no problem with jobs. >> that's good. >> the whole idea wanted to have a conversation with the black press frankly who our audience is. headed to the naacp. it was a great opportunity to be on "air force one" as journalists we sit here and say no we are impartial we stand back. we all, you know, are enthralled

with riding on the most famous plane in the world. a great experience and opportunity to ask the president some pointed questions. >> what were some of the questions you asked? >> first, asked to comment about the case in philadelphia, where the day care school, mostly minority kids were denied an opportunity at the swimming pool. he said, this is important. he touched on naacp speech. he talked about this whole notion we are not really a post-racial world. people are experiencing discrimination. yes it is indeed better. he talked about new orleans and katrina and rebuilding effort here. i specifically asked him, what is the most important issue in black america? and he said, without a doubt, it is education and closing the achievement gap. so, that's really, one of the issues in new orleans for the convention, and a symposium on young black men and education. that's really what it boils down to. how do we confront the idea when in detroit 25% young black men graduate from high school. in chicago, 35%, graduate from high school. the reality is black parents for

decades they have been emphasizing education and this generation is falling further and further back and that really has to be the most dominant issue in black america. >> each reporter invited had one question which to ask. that was yours. i understand a question that was also asked involved a criticism coming from republican national committee chairperson michael steele, what was his response to that criticism from steele, obama is not doing enough to address the need of the black community? >> ebony/jet magazine asked him that question. he said michael steele needs to get his own house in order, when it comes to the republican party and outreach to african-americans. pretty much laughed off michael steele and blew his response off. frankly he is absolutely right. look you can sit here and say african-americans want to hear more than just the president talking about, you know parents, talking about education, and, they want to hear specifics.

the reality is what is the agenda from the gop. i have long argued that african-americans should look at republican and democrat party. you are not articulating a message appealing to people of color they are not going to listen to you even if your chairman is an african-american. >> did the president address or reiterate what we have heard him say already -- it is not my purpose to serve any one particular group. not to be the president of black people, but of all america, and if those are -- those who are disenfranchised happen to beep mostly black or something other, then he would hope that, he has said this before here, would hope that whatever issues he tries to bring forth, whatever new initiatives it would be applicable to everyone. >> absolutely. again he is not a block president. he is a president who happens to be black. he said when heap is confronted the economy, talking health care reform, that is going to obvi s obviously affect african-americans. a report cam out this week

showing the significant numbers of black unemployment numbers especially in alabama, new york, as well as illinois. so when you talk about the economy, and so that affects african-americans. the health disparities, lack of insurance, we have african-americans do not have, job with benefits can't have health insurance. absolutely he is looking to help all people. but he also recognizes that there are specific things his administration can do to appeal to those areas, most hit, talked about charter schools. he talked about economic empowerment zones, how do you rebuild inner city. monday they rolled out the urban affairs initiative knowing full well most african-americans frankly live in major cities in the united states. so that was certainly a part of it. yeah, he is not going to say, here is my black agenda. he has to say here is my agenda for all americans that encompasses african-americans. >> roland martin, thank you. congratulations to get the ticket to be on air force one. i know you are wearing your journalist hat, come on, what kind of souvenir did you walk

away from, snapshot, what? >> actually, on my facebook page, i have the video up and photos. we were doing all kind of stuff. chief flight attendant loves watching cnn. he made sure we got some of the presidential m & ms with a seal on it. those of us who love chocolate had to get that. >> i know the president has said his daughters really like the m & ms too. >> right. although i did say president doesn't like wearing french cuffs. i wouldn't mind the presidential cuff links. >> we're just saying. >> i'm just saying. >> thank you. appreciate it. enjoy new or leans. >> absolutely. >> well our special correspondent, soledad o'brien will be bringing us a new look at being black in america. black in america 2 premieres july 22nd and 23rd. only here on cnn. and then tonight, first african-american president visits africa. anderson cooper takes this

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beautiful summer day across much of the country and includes some cooler than usual temperatures. very much welcome, right, jacqui jeras in the weather center. i liked it. usually like it really hot. but i liked it this morning. >> it was awesome. can't tell you how many comments on my facebook page. what's going on? what's with the great weather? so fantastic. and is it in usual, yes it is. unusual enough. >> it's july. >> and this is a handful of what, is probably a good dozen records that were broken today. valentine, nebraska. 46 degrees. 49, cedar rapids, iowa. getting ready for the great bike race across iowa. that kicks off. beautiful weather. cincinnati, 54.

and 59 in huntsville, alabama. why is this happening. high pressure in place. a big cold front has dropped on through. it's all the way down here. by the gulf coast. allowing this cool canadian air to push on in. we'll get a reinforcing shot of the cool air pushing in tomorrow. tomorrow's lows will be colder than today. more records will likely be set. overall, the weather is really quiet here. not a lot of showers and thunderstorms on the map. we do have a risk of some severe weather. right in there. across parts of colorado and western kansas into the panhandle of nebraska. stretching down towards the panhandle of texas as well. but this is just a slight risk. we are not expecting anything major here today. if you are trying to travel overall, things are really great here. we do have a couple of -- delays. we also have a closure here at teterboro. closed. runway construction. nothing big going on. delays, 45 minutes at jfk. 55 at newark. due to gusty winds from the front that blew on through.

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flown to singapore for treatment. police say the remains of another person have been found. that raises the death toll to nine including the suicide bombers. tributes are pouring in for walter cronkite, 60 minutes creator don hewitt called cronkite, quote, a consummate television newsman. cronkite anchored the "cbs evening news" from 1962 to 1981. he died yesterday at his home in new york. walter cronkite was 92. the senate judiciary committee may vote as early as tuesday on judge sonia sotomayor's nomination to the u.s. supreme court. cnn senior political correspondent, candy crowley reports after this week's confirmation hearings she seems to have a clear path. >> reporter: it is all over but the voting and the probable nays are letting it slide. >> i don't think any member of this side will support a filibuster or any attempt to block a vote on your nomination. >> reporter: it ended well for judge sonia sotomayor, she spent three days answering all

questions while saying nothing about her take on controversial hot button issues. >> senator, would you want to judge -- would you want a judge or a nominee who came in here and said, i agree with you, this is unconstitutional before i had a case before me? >> reporter: no clue from the witness table where a justice sotomayor would come down on things like limits on abortion or property rights or gun ownership. legal questions, political dynamite. >> people now understand the role of the court in modern society when it comes to social change. that's why we fight so hard to put on the court people who see the world like us. that's true from the left. and that's true from the right. >> reporter: it is why republicans were intensely critical of sotomayor's public speeches including her most famous words that "a wise latina would more often than not make

better decisions than a wise white man." they think it smacks of identity politics and a judge with an agenda. she says she was misunderstood in her 17 years on the bench show race, gender and background do not color her decisions. republicans are still deeply suspicious and otherwise confused. >> what is creating this cognitive dissonance for many of us, and for many of my constituents who i have been hearing from is that you appear to be a different person almost in your speeches and in some of the comments that you have made. >> reporter: it was a pretty cordial affair, questions were pointed but polite. even if she didn't answer, sotomayor seemed to appreciate the effort. >> i love that you are doing my job. and i love that i am doing my job as a judge. i like mine better. >> i think i would like yours better as well. although i doubt that i could ever get to the stage of a confirmation process.

>> candy crowley joining us now from washington. candy, tuesday, clearly the white house is ready for its first confirmation of a supreme court nominee. >> yes, they are. now they will have, there is still a process that has to go. some times congress is like watching paint dry. but they will next week likely, the committee, will go ahead and pass the nomination out, senate judiciary committee, and then they have promised before the august recess, that in fact, they will have that confirmation. so well before october. which is when the next session supreme court starts. >> is there a feeling that this administration in the first four years just might be seeing that they're going to be at this crossroad again. if not once, but potentially twice more. >> yes. there are justices that you look at on the bench who are well into their 80s. and this is what presidents wait for, frankly, because it is their, one of the biggest marks that they make on history.

i think next to war, or things that happen overseas it is just huge to be able to name a supreme court nominee because you can affect the balance of the court and they're on it for so long, decade. they are well into their 80s as they do it. there is also ill health. but as we learned with justice souter when he announced his retirement he simply wanted to go home and spend some years there. there are any number of reasons. you don't really know who is going to hang on, who is going to put in their resignation. but presidents really look at this as one of their most solemn and powerful duties. >> souter fairly young at retirement. >> yes, yes. especially for the supreme court. >> candy crowley, thank you so much. appreciate it from washington. so this brings us to age at just 55, sotomayor could serve for decades. we wanted to get reaction to this, the confirmation hearings from the next generation of lawyers. i spoke with some law students

from emory and university of georgia about their chosen profession and the sotomayor hearings. you are all third year. right? >> yes. >> you are all third year and are you feeling more inspired, more encouraged, more certain now than ever about this field that you have chosen? or are any of you at a -- a point where you are starting to reconsider, is this what i want? >> is this a question about the economy? >> you can look at it any way you want to. the economy is a major influence here. >> absolutely. i think the hearings are a bright spot in the legal world when in past year and a half it's been nothing but darkness. something that i think we are -- we feel needed frankly. hopefully this will continue that turnaround toward the positive. not that it is going to turn around the recession.

but at least in the legal world. it will brighten our days. >> in some sense this is the best of the legal world on display. this is the -- complete opposite of the bad lawyer jokes. this is -- this is it, a supreme court justice who has this incredibly compelling life story. >> i'd lock to practice law for a few years. but i think the aten, that the sotomayor confirmation hearings has got me thinking about judicial opportunities. >> i think, you know, my mom is an irish immigrant. the judge's parents were immigrants. they worked really hard to provide her a life. she worked really hard to get even further. she probably -- i mean, her parents probably never dreamed that she would be nominated to become a supreme court justice. the idea that even in tough economic times in very partisan times that if you work very hard

and that you live well that you can achieve these really unimaginable dreams, that's what is so inspirational about judge sotomayor's story. >> you are all certain she will be confirmed tuesday? >> yes. >> barring any, graham's meltdown. she'll get confirmed. >> i think she may get republican votes. >> definitely. >> she has in the past. and there are republicans coming out now saying that they're going to be voting for her. i think that speaks, she is a great candidate. and i think that speaks to it, her, second, her second district nomination, she did get support from both side of the aisle. >> she was appointed by bush originally. >> right. >> senior. >> well, sonia sotomayor would be the first latina to serve on the u.s. supreme court. and our rick sanchez talked with

some hispanic women in the miami area who don't mind being called wise latina women. he talked to them about that phrase and other things. >> latina women for many people that are watching you are maid. that's why i don't like the name maria. maria means being a made. so sonia, is saying i'm not a maid. >> are you serious? >> i went to law school. >> does anyone else feel that way. do you fight the stereotype. >> daily basis. >> show up to court. people thought you were the court reporter, or people thought you were somebody's assistant. >> or somebody's wife. >> all right. well i had a chance to talk about, talk to rick about his conversation with these women. and this was his impression. >> this woman raised herself up from a boot strap. made it in the projects of the bronx, the projects, which means, she didn't -- >> tough cookie. >> she didn't have a father. they're lecturing her on things like, on things like

discrimination. on things like how much money. there was a justice who asked her do you think you can survive on the salary of a justice? this woman grew up in the projects. you're asking her. >> no salary. >> she knows exactly. >> another woman quoting martin luther king, saying do you understand what martin luther king meant. it almost seems and to many of these women that's the point they're making like, do you know who you are talking to? maybe that is not necessarily fair. but it is up for americans. >> did they walk away with any sentiment about whether this confirmation hearings was conducted any differently because of the fact that sotomayor was a latina? >> they didn't specifically say that. they didn't say that they thought it was being done differently. they just thought that the perspective that they understand as latina women, that you understand as a woman, that i understand in many ways as a

hispanic is something that some of these men that sat on that commission will never understand and can't understand they haven't been there. which goes right back to what they told me to begin with. in america, as we move forward, we need to be able to understand different perspectives more than we did in the past. they made the example of the fact that for the first 100 years, every single man who sat on the supreme court was a white anglo-saxon protestant male. do you think they didn't bring some of their perspectives and prejudices with them. of course they did. >> we heard from alito, he said yes, especially as a father. he brings his perspective as a father. when he has cases involving children he can't help but bring that life experience to the equation. >> it all comes back to her record. and there, most of them, the women i talked to and even most of the senators who have been talking to her, saying, you know your record is impeccable. >> believe it or not, there is more from rick and from those ladies that he spoke with in our

4:00 eastern hour we want to bring to you. don't want to miss that conversation. and our josh levs has been looking through a number of comments that many of you have been sharing with us about sonia sotomayor. and beyond. what are they saying? >> fred, great weekly tradition. during the 4:00 hour, we focus on this issue. what goes on simultaneously, which i really like this online discussion that a lot of people are taking part in. a lot of you saw the hearings, parts of it at least, you have a lot thinking about it. want to weigh in and have your view heard. you are going to. taking part. let's zoom in quickly. first, let's go straight to this. cnn newsroom. this is how you reach us -- easiest, short cut in the world. come on, people. also, facebook page. one more here, show everybody, the one with my pages. we are using those too. every which way. facebook.com, twitter.com,/joshlevscnn. tell us what you think. let me encourage you. now let's zom in. some of you have things to learn

about her positions where she stands what she has been through. we will show you a little bit on cnn.com. educate yourself. zoom in here. a lot of photos. which look good on tv. check out. just click sotomayor at the top of the page. going to talk you through all soufrlts things including comparing her with current supreme court justices and this, sotomayor's key rulings. look at issues like the environment, finances, health, civil rights. it will talk you through some of the key rulings. get yourself educated. take part in our discussion. fred, during the next hour i will pop in with some of the comments. >> i know. there are lots of comments. starting to get many, many, many. shared quite a few already. but more later. josh, appreciate it. thank you. >> you bet. changing lives in some of brazil's toughest neighborhoods. we introduce you to a "cnn hero."

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for decade, walter con cite was the face of cbs news, called the most trusted man in america. an entire generation in to walter cronkite for the events that defined oous era. >> this is walter cronkite reporting. >> the eagle has landed. p. oh, boy. >> thank you. >> phew, oh, boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> walter, say something, i'm speechless. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time.

so some 38 minutes ago. >> old anchormen, you see, don't fade away, they just keep coming back for more. that's the way it is friday, march 6, 1981, i'll be away on assignment and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> former cbs anchorman dan rather is remembering walter cronkite, the man that he replaced. >> he was literally a living legend. and now a legend in memory of the very best in journalistic craft. in many way, in many important ways, he defined the role of a network anchor. >> this is perhaps one of walter cronki cronkite's most famous

broadcast, announcing that john f. kennedy jr. had died of gunshots in dallas, president obama recalled this moment. he said that cronkite, quoting here, crystallized the grief of a nation. 2 

okay. we promised jacqui will be back with lunch and it's out of her garden. >> i'm trying. >> i i'm very impressed.

looks better than the base until my garden. it got wilty for signature in the light. but for those of you following us, we planted a recession gu d garden. and gardening is huge this year. sales are up by 30%. a lot of that reason is because people are trying to save money. so we were trying to see if we can save money. so far, i'm doing better than expected. >> so you are plucking things from your garden, putting it on the table, salads and everything else and it's working. >> i've got some roma tomatoes and the base just about done so i'm iing to try and dry it out basically send if i can use it. >> you can chop it up and freeze it. basil, uh-huh, it's fantastic. >> thank you for that. >> just thought i'd help. >> the green beans i love. that's my favorite part. next year i'm planting like twice as many because we eat them every day. >> not even all deform and crazy looking. >> i actually have one strawberry left. i thought they were done but i

had one left. so it's not enough to have maybe feed my family every day but good for supplements, that kind of stuff. no garden is without its trouble so we brought in our expert to help us out. >> well, it's about about two months since we planted our recession garden and as you can series, made a lot of progress. already picked some vegetables, sugar snap peas, strawberries and also tomatoes are just about ready to be picked but it hasn't been without problems. so our garden expert is here to join us and help us with a little bit of troubleshooting. >> jacqui, i am so proud of you. we've gato natos, talk to me about the straw berries you harvested. sugar snap piece, you've done a fabulous job. >> but it hasn't been all peaches and rose since this time, i've had problems with animal, we put up the chicken wire. pests, the number one frustration of gardeners, my husband and i had to invest $10 in chicken wire to keep out the

rabbits and kwirls and squirrel s and $5 for bird netting i made a good decision about this, i was not able to get ahold of you because you were out of town so i did some research on the internet and a lot of people will use that as a valuable resource to help them for troubleshooting. i learned that i can just take a little bit of dish soap and some water and that will help take care of afids. they were little tiny green bugs all over the sugar snap peas. a big no-no according reeves, the dish soap i used has deten gent in it. >> that will burn the cells of your plantses, that's why i'm seeing damage down here. you should have used a soap. >> reporter: or better yet, he suggested an organic insecticide. he said you should tour your garden every day to look for problems. >> if you find an insect chewing on the leaves, identify it and

then use the appropriate means to control t you can use organic as well as synthetic ways to control inseconds. many times just picking off the leaf and discarding it is the best thing do first, but if it's a spreading disease there are organic ways to control it as well as synthetic pesticides that will control it too. >> >> reporter: the next concern i have has to do with the discoloration of these plants, like the green beans and pep, they're producing grebe beans. >> sure, sure. >> they great but sickly in terms of the leaves. >> if you put your hand to your e, you can hear tthem talking t and saying please feed me. >> reporter: ray suggests fertilizing your garden three weeks throughout the summer. thanks, walter. so we'll continue to keep you update and a we'll find out whether or not we saved that money and just how many vegetables and fruit we gather. >> okay. i am so impressed.

that garden looks good. >> thank you. >> yes. >> so much better than expected. but i have help from walter. not everybody has help from walter. so you're probably going to get on the internet or read books. as you can see, not maybe not all of the methods are the best but check it from a reputable website to make sure you're doing the right thing. >> that's so great. >> most nurseries have a little info place, go during a time when it's not so busy. not a saturday afternoon kind of thing but go when there are fewer people there and you can ask them questions about what to do. >> i've enjoyed this journey since you started in the spring and now fwruts of your labor. it's so impressive. >> i'm going to pick my cucumbers and show them today but they needed to grow much more. >> i look forward to the cucumber display. >> we'll have more to come. >> appreciate that. let's talk about something else. she faced