. good morning, everybody. from cnn in atlanta. this is cnn sundays morning. >> good morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. 3:00 a.m. in los angeles. we have a lot of news to bring you this morning. let's get right to this, a developing story out of afghanistan. an american soldier believed to be held captive in afghanistan shows up on a video and appears to be alive.

>> according to the associated press, the man that you see there is the american soldier who went missing from his base in eastern afghanistan last month. the a.p. provided a portion of this video to cnn. shows the man at some point, talking at some point and also eating some food. the full video clearly shows the man's u.s. military dog tag, his name and i.d. number. cnn has not been able to confirm this information and the pentagon has not released the man's identity. the man addresses a number of topics. >> scared i won't be able to go home. it's very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> the video contains no demands for his release and at one point the man is directed to make

comments to the american pebble. he talks about his family and his fears about never seeing them again. >> my girlfriend, who i'm hoping to marry. my grandma and grandpa. i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day. when i'm gone i miss them and i'm afraid that i might never see them again, and that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again. i'll never be able to hug them. >> the military is distributing pamphlets you see them here in eastern afghanistan in an effort to find the missing soldier. the taliban has claimed responsibility for his capture days after the soldier first went missing. the american along with three afghan soldiers were captured by

low level militants who then sold him to a war lord clan. >> last night, don lemon spoke to a military analyst who has written about afghanistan and asked about the 20-minute long video and its intent. >> reporter: this is a direct message. >> they are very good at that. the insurgents and al qaeda are very good at making dvds, getting messages out and what we saw of captives being sold up the chain. this, unfortunately, has happened before with afghans, people who have been kidnapped by common criminals, and in high level confinement they could be in the next cave to bin laden. >> also in the video the soldier said the date was july 14th. our barbara starr has been working this story and continues to work this story.

we'll check in with her live in a half hour. >> be indonesian police say they believe they recovered a laptop computer that belonged to one of the bombers. >> they believe the bombers were among the victims. >> reporter: the police are still working to identify three bodies that they have recovered at the scenes of this twin explosion in jakarta. there's speculation they may be the bodies of the terrorists, the suicide bombers, but still too early to say for sure. we know, certainly, that there have been six confirmed victims, three australians and new zealandians and there's some doubt over the nationalities of those other two bodies. police are still working to confirm the identities of those three other bodies to check if they are the terrorists or, if in fact, perhaps one of them is

the body of another guest. in terms of the scene here, as you can see, both hotels are still closed and sealed off. the police have a tight cordoned off while they do their work inside. no word when either hotel will be reopened. both are allowing guests to go back in and getting their possession. u.s. president obama has issued a statement saying the u.s. government stands ready to help the indonesian government respond to and recover from these outrageous attacks as a friend and partner. president obama, of course, spend some of his childhood here in jakarta. there is that affiliation from his past. and certainly in the statement they reflected the fact that the indonesian authorities have done a lot to try to clamp down here and there's been a lull in attacks. the current thinking in who is responsible, there are some links police say between the

types of explosives used here and the types used in previous attacks and found in a cache of explosives. they think it points to jemaah islamiyah, an islamist group that has carried out a number of attacks across indonesia in the past decade. >> police in two southern states are investigating six killings, and one suspect is in custody. five bodies were found in two houses in fayetteville, tennessee. another found in huntsville, alabama. huntsville is about 30 miles south of fayetteville. a police sergeant in huntsville say tennessee authorities told him a man has, in fact, confessed to all six killings. among the victims were two juveniles. most of the victims are related. the motive is a domestic dispute. jacob lee shafer is now in custody. there are no other suspects in this case.

shafer is charged with five couldn't of murder. he's expected to be charged with murder as well in huntsville. >> 44 people hurt when one train slammed into another on san francisco's light rail. all of them are expected to be okay. this happened right in front of a platform of commuters. >> the train barreled in, not slowing down. the driver's head was down, like he was asleep or passed out. couldn't tell but he was not looking up. he was not slowing down or braking. no signals, nothing. you could tell he was not going to stop. he just crashed right into the rear of the other train. >> the conduct orcrashed when he miscalculated a term. president obama takes his push for health care to middle america. let's look at his schedule. tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. the president will meet with the crew of apoll low 11.

on tuesday meetings at the white house but that evening he and the first lady will attend an event celebrating country music. on wednesday he meets with iraqi prime minister. at 9:00 eastern that night he holds a news conference and cnn will bring that live to you. on thursday he's in cleveland to discuss health care reform and later a fundraiser for the democratic party in chicago. on friday the president meets with the secretary-general of nato and then catches a parade. every single day jam packed. >> we were talking about this yesterday. yellowstone national park, i need to hurry up and go. >> we say hurry up because there's a hot bed of volcanic

activity that is taking place there. reynolds wolf took a trip to check it out. >> reporter: now the epi center for this seismic activity has been here in this lake, out to the middle. they've had 1,000 quakes reported. >> reynolds will explain why the most devastating quake on american soil could happen in wyoming. >> i'm not going to tell you what this story is about. i'll let you see betty in a hard hat and we'll go to a commercial. ing it. gecko vo: businessmen say "hard work equals success." well, you're looking at, arguably, the world's most successful businessgecko. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people.

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♪ a little queen latifah this morning. this is not just her concert. she's singing in celebration of nelson mandela's 91st birthday. this happens johannesburg. mandela day is official there. >> also the concert in new york as well to benefit mandela's aids foundation. big names all around. queen latifah is there. the french first lady was

around. a lot of big names. stevie wonder. >> it was interesting. speaking of all things interesting, we got our man reynolds wolf here to talk about yellowstone. >> how do you follow nelson mandela? you're right. i did make a trip out to yellowstone. when you think about the most unstable place on the planet you might think it's somewhere on the volcanic island in the pacific. but really the most unstable place on the planet is yellowstone national park. i want to give you and idea how incredible and how amazing this spot truly is. from its majestic peaks to roaring waterfalls, to wildlife, yellowstone national park draws millions of visitors. now this incredible park is actually situated inside a giant caldera or crater formed from a

volcanic eruption. another eruption is inevitable. the question is when is it going to happen? this geologist monitors the volcanic activity at yellowstone. one of the most unstable places on earth. magma flows as close as five miles under the surface. recently yellowstone experienced a series of quakes over a short period, that is known as a swarm. >> yellowstone has lots of swarms and that's part of being in a volcanic system. what was interesting about the swarm that happened between december 2008 and january 2009 is that it was one of the larger ones we've seen. >> so large, in fact, a flurry of online discussions began, asking the question, is this swarm a sign of the next big volcanic eruption? scientists believe there have

been at least three tremendous volcanic eruptions in the past 2.2 million years. this geologist says an event that large would have a global impact. >> the amount of ash ejected into the atmosphere and stratosphere would affect the globe. affect airline traffic. would affect the weather. >> the epi center for this seismic activity has been out here in yellowstone lake, right out there towards the middle where just this year they had more than 1,000 quakes reported. >> he had migrate over a period of a week towards the north, towards the outlet of yellowstone lake and then the swarm subsided. >> the questions continue. is the volcano at yellowstone on the verge of erupting? >> we don't know if there ever will be another big catastrophic

eruption like there was 640,000 years ago. we do think there will be eruptions, but could it be something like an assault. >> scientists will continue to monitor the volcanic activity with remote stations like this one. they don't expect an eruption any time soon and the signs would be unmistakable and much greater than the recent swarm. >> you would see tremendous seismic activity. we would expect the ground surface to be swelling, geisers might close others might open. it would be obvious something big was in the offing. >> a various obvious warning of the next big, potentially earth changing event. so if you have an eruption like the one 640,000 years ago it could kill millions of people.

amazing. gases released in to the atmosphere would change the weather around the planet, stop airplanes in mid-flight because engines would be clogged up. good news is that in terms of this happening, not likely to happen tomorrow or neck week so if you have those plans of going to yellowstone -- >> don't cancel your flight. >> scientists agree it is eminent. maybe happen several thousand years from now. >> right now there's not enough size anybody activity to show it will happen any time very soon. >> exactly. if you go there today, yellow stone, a chance you'll feel the ground shake a little bit. it will do that a few times. you like that effect. in fact, from december to january they had over 1,000

earthquakes. this could happen. you'll feel a shake but doesn't mean we'll have the big pop. >> now that you attempted to dismantle our desk. that's why we keep him in the "weather center." all right, thank you, reynolds. >> stay with us. our reporter is paying tribute to walter cronkite. >> reporter: some people are remembering walter cronkite. they say when they think of dr. martin luther king jr. and others are calling him a father figure. how does he relate to the next generation of journalists. our i-reporters are weighing in. ( sighs )

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the eagle has landed. >> oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> we'll be busy for a minute. >> i'm speechless. >> one of the very few times when walter cronkite was actually speechless, a man who has seen so much history and actually carried the world, carried the u.s. us americans through those moments in history. that moment in particular, one of his favorite, one of the favorite stories he ever covered, 1969 in july when we first saw man land on the moon. >> he said, in fact, that was his favorite. the 40th anniversary of the landing coming up tomorrow. so a lot of people looking back at that moment and looking back at the life of walter cronkite. we've been looking at some of those moments this weekend.

the assassinatisa >> it's so great to see especially in the news business. so many times we bring you devastation around the world but to see these great moments where we can sit together and find real joy in them. walter cronkite did that in the landing of man on the moon. we've been looking into this. josh, i'm sure a lot of people are weighing in. >> reporter: it's interesting. since his death we've heard from so many pep who worked with him. a lot of bigwigs in the industry and government. this is why i really like to turn to i-reports at a time like this. hear from people who grew up watching him. i'll show you a couple of examples. >> walter, for a lot of us, represented a father figure because i know he was. the same age as my father.

but he was just like a warm and caring person. he made you love him. he made you trust him by what he said, by what he did. the world is much worse place without him. i wish we had more people like walter cronkite. >> it was walter cronkite that america turned to on april 4, 1968 when we found out that the late reverend dr. martin luther king had been assassinated. he was the first, middle and last word in news from the time i was a little boy until the day he left cbs. it was through walter cronkite that i became a news junky. thanks, walter. i appreciate it. >> now i also want to give you a taste of the next generation. one of our frequent i-reporters attended arizona state university walter cronkite

school of journalism. kyle paid a visit there. >> he wanted to be the next wave of journalism. it was definitely something what he new and pass it on to student that will hopefully be one day be like him. >> also got discussions going on through the newsroom blog, facebook, twitter. show you on the graphic where you can weigh in. twitter.com. here's an example if we go to facebook. from tom, i grew up in guam listening to walter. like old radio days when families would huddle around the radio for news. his voice was the sound of the news. betty, t. j., it will keep going

tore several days. tomorrow, the anniversary of the moon landing. >> in fact cronkite's funeral will be on thursday in new york city and he'll be cremated and buried to his late wife in missouri where he's from, indeed. talk about people reflecting on their thoughts and memory, we're getting a lot on our facebook and twitter pages. continue send them in and we'll share them on the air. >> i have some breaking news we want to pass along about a helicopter crash in afghanistan. this happened in the southern part of afghanistan. we'll put up this on a map for you. what we're get right now from the associated press is this helicopter, a civilian helicopter, nato's largest air base there in southern afghanistan. no word on casualties just yet but don't know how many people may have been on the helicopter. not a military helicopter but a

civilian helicopter that has gone down. we'll continue to keep an eye on this. we have, of course, seen a number of crash, a string of helicopters to go down over the past several days even. only one of those had to do with enemy fire. we saw the fighter jet, two crew members were killed in that. the military not saying that crash had anything to do with enemy fire and this one, this is a civilian helicopter, not saying enemy fire had anything to do with this one just yet either. we'll keep an eye on it. >> it makes it interesting because we have an f-15 jet go down, two crew members die. no hostile fire reported. now this crash. a u.n. helicopter going down. no report of hostile fire either. you don't know. is it the weather conditions. malfunctioning of the aircraft. a lot of questions right now. when it comes to that u.n. helicopter, we still don't have

a casualty report as of yet. when we get those numbers we'll bring them to you. a man held captive in afghanistan shows up on videotape and u.s. officials say it may be a missing american soldier. >> also we'll continue to talk about health care, how is this whole debate affecting the president's poll numbers. we'll be live in washington. stay here. be proactive about your health with... this great-tasting chewable fiber supplement harnesses the goodness of real fruits and vegetables to provide you both natural fiber and protective antioxidants. its special blend of antioxidant vitamins c, e and beta carotene help support your long-term health and vitality. feel your best every day, even when you're on the go. try fiberchoice plus antioxidants. brand power. helping you buy better. it's what doctors recommend most for headaches. for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees... and back. for little bodies with fevers..

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. good morning, everybody. welcome back. i'm t. j. holmes. >> good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. we have some breaking news right now. we understand a civilian helicopter has gone down in afghanistan. i want to take you straight to the ground right now and get a live report from ivan watson. i'm being told he's not ready at this point. we're trying to get that signal up for you. here's what we know. it's a civilian helicopter crashed at nato's largest base in southern afghanistan, not known exactly how many people were on board and if there are, indeed, casualties as a result of this crash. what we've been told so far is that at this point it's not believed this helicopter went down because of hostile fire. >> all right. we got an a.p. write up out of moscow. not sure if we should go with this or not. a.p. is reporting some updated information. we'll try to see if we can pass

it along to you. we're getting some initial reports here about what happened from the associated press for this. this is coming to us out of moscow. ivan watson on the ground is now ready. what can you tell bus this helicopter crash? there's our ivan watson. can you hear me okay? you hearing me okay? decent appear ivan is hearing me. ivan this is t. j. and betty in atlanta. >> reporter: i hear you fine. there's, unfortunately, a long delay in our satellite communications. i'm in a remote -- i hear you fine, t. j. unfortunately there's a long delay here. about this helicopter crash, it occurred before noon local time at kandahar air field, to the east of where i'm located now.

a civilian helicopter crashed. the spokesman for that air base is not giving any details about whether there were any injuries or deaths at all. he has not even identified really what kind of a helicopter it was, aside being a civilian contractor. and he did say, though, this was not as a result of hostile fire. this has been a difficult day for aircraft around afghanistan. we're getting reports from the u.s. military of a military helicopter making a hard landing, t. j., in eastern kunar province and there were injuries, some of the crew have been treated, have been rushed to medical care after that took place. no reports of insurgent activity behind that crash. t. j., yesterday we had for the first time a war plane, an f-15 strike eagle which went down. the u.s. military ruled out any hostile fire in that plane crash but the two american crew

members aboard that war plane were both killed in that accident. this has been a difficult month for the nato and u.s. forces in afghanistan. the bloodiest month yet of this war, which has been going on for more than eight years since the overthrow of the taliban. at least 50 people killed, u.s. and nato service men and women over the course of this month and the month is still far from over and you still have some significant military operations under way here in this province, some 4,000 marines capturing opium fields, an area used by the taliban to funnel weapons and fighters and drugs from the nearby pakistani border up into central afghanistan. t. j.? >> our ivan watson there for us in afghanistan. we appreciate your and the updates here about what's happening there. a civilian helicopter that went down. >> we have very little information as to exactly what

happened, what brought that down. what we know, there was no hostile fire but we're getting a lot of wire reports as to what might have occurred. >> we'll keep on top of that as soon as we get more information. we'll pass it along to you. also, news out of afghanistan, an american soldier believed to be held captive there, now showing up on a video and looks like he's alive and well. >> two u.s. defense officials confirm the man seen in this video right here is the american soldier who went missing from his base in eastern afghanistan last month. now the a.p. is distributing this video, at least a portion of which has been provided to cnn. what it shows is what you're watching right there, a man sitting, talking, at one point eating some food. the a.p. says the full video clearly shows the man's u.s. military dog tags including his name and i.d. number. cnn has not been able to confirm

this information and the pentagon has not released the man's identity. when the man speaks into the camera he addresses several topics including his thoughts on being held captive. >> scared i won be able to go home. very one nerving unnerving to b. >> there's no demand for the man's release and he's prompted to make comments to the american people. he talk about his family and his fears he may never see them again. >> my girlfriend, who i was hoping to marry. my grandma and grandpa. i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day. when i'm gone i miss them, and i'm afraid that i might never

see them again and that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again, i'll never be able to hug them. >> the military is distributing pamphlets in eastern afghanistan in an effort to find the soldier who has been missing since june 30th. the taliban has claimed responsibility for his capture days after the soldier first went missing a senior u.s. military official said the american, along with three afghan soldiers were captured by low level militant whose then sold them to a war lord clan. all right. barbara starr has been talking to her sources about this video. she's joining us now on the phone from washington. what's the latest you've learned about this? >> reporter: good morning to you. the pentagon still very publicly quiet on any official comment on this, obviously, since this soldier went missing on yooun 30th. there has been a very your again

but quiet hunt, obviously, to scour that eastern afghanistan area to see if they can find him and get him out of there. this video, though, certainly the proof of life that everyone had been looking for, that he is alive. i must tell you there is a reference on the tape to the date of july 14th, an indication that he was well up until that date. u.s. military official tells us they have every reason to still believe that since then that he is alive and continuing to be held. and they are just continuing that hunt for him, but looking at this video, frame by frame they tell us to see if they can glean any clues about where the video was made and any clues about how and where he's being held. betty? >> upon the release of this video, there were any demand that came with it? >> reporter: not as far as we know per se. but it should be said that over

the last several days there have been a number of statement from a variety of taliban, so-called commanders and officials in that region, threatening his well being if the u.s. doesn't get out of the area. that sort of thing. there have bean number of very strong taliban statements in the recent days. this 28 minute video is fairly benign but certainly this young man is being held against his will and some of the statements that are being made by him need to be reflected with that in mind. >> no doubt. we're also awaiting word to see what the defense department has to say regarding this video, the soldier's identity and all the other details surrounding it. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining us by phone this morning. barbara, thank you. >> an update here. we'll keep an eye on the breaking story in afghanistan where a helicopter went down pap civilian helicopter. the russian state news agency

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let's check the schedule. tomorrow the 40th anniversary of the moon landing the president will meet with the crew of "apollo 11." on tuesday he and the first lady will attend an event celebrating country music. on wednesday he meets with the iraqi prime minister. at 9:00 eastern that night he'll hold a news conference. thursday, he's in cleveland to discuss health care reform and attend a fundraiser for the democratic party in chicago. on friday the president meets with the secretary-general of nato. later he'll catch the sunset parade in washington. president obama wages the health care reform battle with his popularity on the decline. cnn deputy political director and friend of our show joins us now with a look at the latest poll numbers. he remains personally popular, if you will, with the american

public, but not always crazy about his policies. interested to see these new numbers. >> reporter: noticeable drop. take a look. this is our cnn poll of polls. the question, of course, how is the president doing in the white house? you can see, 57% is the average right now. still a very good number. nice approval rating that any public official would like to have. it's dropped four points. that's noticeable. when a president starts out of the white house everything is new. ate tough job. you see these numbers come down. >> give us some historical perspective. >> reporter: the previous guy was right at 57%. george w. bush back in july of 2001. bill clinton was at 48% back in july of 1993. george herbert walker bush at 66% way back in 1989. six out of ten americans gave ronald reagan a thumbs up six

months into his presidency. >> paul, because he has been so popular, a lot of folks have been hesitant to come out and go against the president. the numbers dropping a little bit there. how much or how important will public support be in this whole health care debate for the president? >> reporter: public support is so crucial. the president's approval numbers matters because he's trying to get major legislation through health care, immigration. the more popular the president, the more clout he has as he deals with congress. if that number starts to slip that's troubling to the white house. >> paul, we'll be talking to you again this morning. thank you. we'll see you soon. for our viewers here, cnn wednesday night the moment of truth, live from times square. at 8:00 the premier of black america 2. first part of the series. it will be followed by president

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we'll create jobs, just a matter of getting this thing opened and that will happen in a couple of months. take a look at city centre. >> how many buildings is it comprised of? >> you're on about 67 acres of land. there are over 20 different buildings here. >> welcome to city centre the newest edition on the vegas strip. this is an $8.5 billion project. >> a lot of casinos will put the gaming right up front. >> right. >> you decided to put it towards the back? >> yes. >> why? >> we don't need to put it in everyone's face. in the old case casinos were front and center. it forced people into the casinos. that's insulting. people want to gamble we will have a wonderful casino but that's not the heart of city centre. >> instead he's making art and

culture the focus. he's hired some of the world's top designers to develop this urban metropolis and fill with it $40 million worth of contemporary art. getting city centre funded in the midst of a recession has been a real challenge. it narrowly avoided bankruptcy earlier this year. >> we came very close to having to shut this project down. >> now work is under way on the center's casino, four hotels, high rise condo, entertainment venus and retail shops. >> how important is the city centre to the future las vegas? >> probably 20,000, 30,000 people in the environment that's working on projects that relate to city centre. then when we open, we'll have about 12,000 new jobs. there's nothing in the u.s., no auto company is creating any jobs. you know, no bank. no developer. no hi-tech company. nothing in the united states is creating more jobs than we are. >> how is that possible given

it's the largest property on the vegas strip? it's called building up. because there are several high rise hotels and condos in a small space it's creating more jobs in the average strip property. so while city centre is simply too big to fail you can bet he's still feeling the pressure. >> darn right i do. there's enormous pressure. this has to perform financially for our stake holders. it has to perform economically for the community. it has to perform for the people we're going to employ. it has to perform for the state to increase the state's tax base. it has to, i think, perform to that we're more than a gaming company. >> all right. so a lot of pressure and when city centre does open in december, not too long for now we'll see if the gamble was a good one. back to those 40,000 jobs it is said to create, 12,000 are still available but you have to hurry

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many financial experts say it's a great time to start a small business. >> in today's money and main street we meet an out of work air force veteran who is getting a clean start by becoming her own boss. >> reporter: in the eight years that she retired from the air force, laurie lawrence has had three different jobs. she quit one and was laid off twice. after the last layoff in february she started rethinking her options. >> i started thinking i'm tired of going through this. what would i really enjoy. >> reporter: although her dog is too old to need much grooming, she set her sights on opening a dog grooming business in the atlanta suburb of peachtree city. money was tight so she opened a fruit stand. >> it's not doing what i had hoped to do, but it's more money than i had last week. >> reporter: she's only bringing

a few hundred dollars a week. compared to that dog grooming looks like a gold mine. >> people think $42 million last year on their pets. how do i get in? i want in. >> reporter: she attended a number of sba seminars and goggled business plans and other start ups and then drafted her own. small business experts offered to take a look. >> she has a specific idea in her head, and about what this is going to look like and what the consumer will walk away with. >> reporter: they helped laurie reduce her start up costs from $147,000 to just $35,000. they showed her how to save money on labor and equipment. they suggested she look for free advice online instead of hiring an attorney and cpa. and they are helping her negotiate a better lease in a down and out commercial real estate market. >> in your plan you have things like pet sitting, dog taxi.

retail, a bakery, all those things ways of adding more revenues on to the basic wash your dog. >> reporter: for the time being, dog washing is all laurie offers, but she hopes to be providing the pampered pooches in her area a full range of services by the end of next month. >> and you can catch a new money and main treat this thursday morning on "american morning" starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. also want to get you more details on breaking news, that civilian helicopter that went down in afghanistan. >> we'll have more details about that coming up right after the break. also president obama tackling health care this week. how is he going to get his message out? i've helped somebody.

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renown. welcome to cnn center in atlanta, georgia. hello, to you all, i'm t. j. holmes. >> i'm betty nguyen. 7:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 6:00 a.m. in dallas, 4:00 in los angeles. we want to thank you for starting your day with us. we have a lot of news to bring you. let's get to our breaking news story out of afghanistan. we know that a civilian helicopter has gone down. for the latest, since there are new numbers on those affected by this, let's take you to ivan watson on the ground in afghanistan. what have you learned so far, ivan? >> reporter: hi, betty. i apologize, a helicopter taking off from the base i'm at. east of here is where the grim news was, less than four hours ago a civilian helicopter, a contracted company crashed during takeoff from kandahar air field. i got off with a spokesman from

that base. 15 people killed. they are not releasing the nationality. none of the passengers or crew were military. this was not as a result of any kind of hostile fire. there will be an investigation. betty, this is the third crash in the last two days. earlier today there was also a hard landing, an emergency landing by a u.s. military helicopter in eastern afghanistan, in kunar province and we're told hat the passengers and crew were being treated for injuries. we don't have further details on that except there wasn't hostile fire. yesterday we had a strike eagle, the first we believe u.s. war plane that crashed in the pre-dawn hours with two crew members killed. very difficult day for aviation. despite that we traveled with marine helicopters and i believe we have some video we can show you, traveled ahound hround hel

province. 10,000 marines have been moved into this area, 4,000 launched an offensive earlier this month, moving into areas that the taliban insurgents had controlled. during our trip and we stopped at several bases it was very clear i was in the same area last year, betty, the small operating bases have tripled in size. the base i'm at now has several hundred american, british soldiers, marines, now some 2,000 personnel, a sign that the u.s. and the nato allies are ramping up their efforts here trying to reach out and extend the afghan government's authority in this very contested region where poppies, drugs are produced in massive quantity than ahead of the august 20th presidential election that's scheduled to be taking place then. >> very quickly, ivan, i want to

get back to the crash, the civilian helicopter today where 16 people have been killed. you listed a string of other crashes including a jet yesterday. none of them having to do with hostile fire. any indication what is going on? is it weather related? is its mechanical? any idea? >> reporter: you know, i've been asking spokesmen and they range from nato spokesmen to u.s. military spokesmen here in afghanistan and down at headquarters down in qatar and the answer i've gotten is no hostile fire and an investigation is underway. that's all we're getting from authorities. afghan government officials we talked to based in the ghazni province, we spoke with them, they said the crash site has been sealed off by foreign troops on the ground preventing any afghan forces from getting

into that crash site so afghan officials could not add any details as to the cause of this crash. i really can't give any further explanation, betty, as to why these aircraft have been going down. >> it's very curious, nonetheless and we're waiting to hear the latest on those investigations. thank you, ivan. also want to tell you about this important story. an american soldier believed to be held captive in afghanistan, shows up on video and appears to be alive. >> this is according to the associated press. two u.s. defense officials confirm the man you're seeing there in this video is the american soldier who went missing from his base in eastern afghanistan last month. it shows the man as you see there, see him talking for a bit. you also see him eating. the a.p. says the full video clearly shows the man's u.s. military dog tag and i.d. number. cnn not able to confirm this

information and the pentagon has not released the man's identity. the man expresses his thoughts on being captive. >> scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> the video contains no demands for obtaining the captive's release and the man is prompted to make comments directly to the american people. he talks about his family and his fears he may never see them again. >> my girlfriend, who i was hoping to marry. my grandma and grandpa. i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day. when i'm gone i miss them and i'm afraid that i might never see them again and that i'll

never be able to tell them that i love them again, i'll never be able to hug them. >> the military is distributing pamphlets in eastern afghanistan in an effort to find the soldier who has been missing since june 30th. the taliban has claimed responsibility for his capture. now days after the soldier first went missing a senior u.s. military official said the american, along with three afghan soldiers were captured by low level militants who then sold them to a war lord's clan. we'll continue to follow this story for you. >> turning to politics. marking the 40th anniversary of a giant leap for mankind and high level discussions with international figures. a couple of things on the president's agenda. judging from his weekly address, health care is at the top of his list. >> i want to be very clear, i will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. and by helping improve quality and efficiency the reforms we

make will help bring our deficits under control in the long term. those who oppose reform will tell you one our plan you won't get to choose your doctor, that some bureaucrat will choose for you. that's also not true. michele and i don't want anyone telling us who our family doctor should be and no one should decide that for you earth. under our proposal if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. if you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. period. end of story. >> let's bring in our political director and friend of our show, paul steinhauser. nobody opposes health care reform, necessarily, just disagreement about how we should get there. how will the president get his message out this week about the way he wants to go with health care reform? >> reporter: he's going all the way because he's going prime time on wednesday night. he'll hold a prime time news

conference from the white house and you would expect some of i had opening comments will be about health care. questions from reporters will be about health care. when the president goes to prime time it's a big deal and it's a big deal for this presidency. the next day the president leaves washington and goes to cleveland, ohio, where he'll talk about health care reform. that was from his saturday radio internet address. he had an event this past friday on health care. this is the number one issue for this white house right now. as you mentioned most americans when you ask them, yes, they agree health care reform is need but the devil is in the details. >> the devil is in details. americans backing the president? >> reporter: overall. on some specifics on health care they are not any more. >> all right. we appreciate you as always, paul. we'll talk to you again very soon. the president is going prime time kind of throws the monkey wrench in our programming plans.

on wednesday night is the plan, the moment of truth with steve harvey and tom joiner, live from times square. at 8:00 black in america 2. but what we'll do is at 8:00 you'll see the first hour of black in america 2, pause at account for the president's press conference going until 10:00 and then at 10:00 the second hour of black in america 2, we'll show it to you. again right here wednesday night on cnn. >> let's get the latest on the weather outside. reynolds wolf has been watching it for us and he joins us now. reynolds, what are your looking at in particular when it comes to severe today? >> what we're seeing and feeling, some cool temperatures in places like detroit. 35 degrees. well below normal. 61 in chicago. later on potential for rough weather in texas and portions of the central plains. we have that cool weather. i had a chance to take a cool trip to yellowstone where we saw

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about hot and cold, let's show you a little bit of the cold. snowboarding in july. really? it's happening at copper -- oh, my goodness, look at that. the ski area actually was closed for the winter, so crews had to save as much snow as they could so that these professionals, obviously, they don't look anything like a matumateurs -- can't do that. we fall on our face easy enough skiing, we don't need a snowboard to do that. >> certainly a great thing to see. highly unusual to see snow this time the year. >> in july. >> the cool temperatures we're about to show you is amazing. not in a bad way. >> we need a little break from the heat. >> we'll be fooled by this. >> enjoy it while it lasts. >> in atlanta a great shot

outside. it is a beautiful day. i mean just picture perfect. policemen tip of sunshine. temperatures this hour in the atlanta area, take a look. i got these for you. coronerly 65 degrees in atlanta. but some areas outside of the city low 60s. a nice morning for you. later on today temperatures will be warming up. 55 in minneapolis. 55 in detroit. going a little bit higher 85 in atlanta, 85 in washington, 83 in boston, 73 in chicago and 78 degrees in minneapolis. there's a reason why we're dealing with this cool down. high pressure been setting up over part of the midwest and winds over high pressure goes in a clockwise fashion. east low pressure. spins counter clockwise. these two working together crates a wind tunnel and pulse in that cool air from the north, drivers in the southeast and getting great breakdown in terms of the heat. meanwhile as we make our way back out towards the west, a

chance of severe storms for parts of the texas coast. galveston, houston or corpus christi. a better shot in the front range of the rockies. portions of new mexico, texas, kansas and nebraska before the day is out and out to the west, southern california picture perfect conditions. the surfing will be phenomenal. another thing that's phenomenal, yellowstone national park. recently i had a chance to go out there and see the sites and i met an incredible american and you'll get a chance to meet him right now. it's the reaction you hear nearly every 90 minutes at yellowstone national park. after 43 summers at the old faithf faithful geiser sam finds it incredible. he takes notes and explains it to thousands visbilitying each day. >> each eerupts lasts about four

minutes. one minute up high, about 130 feet and then it starts down the last three minutes coming back down. >> for sam there's lots of questions. >> you got about an hour. >> okay. >> how many times your going to get that question? >> you're out here rooming for about two hours at a time, and people stand and watch me answer that question. they say you should put a sign on your chest. don't you get tired of that? no. i never do. you're talking to people. and that question comes up and then right after that two or three more questions. >> let me guess, when does the geiser erupt and where is the bathroom? >> how many gallons of water does it spurt out? >> how many gallons of water. 8,000 gallons of boiling water every hour and a half. >> sharing that information is all natural for this former science teacher. >> where else can you find a job where you get to be outdoors, talk to people, ethe lights turn

on their face, give them some information they are so excited about it. i'm thrilled about it. how do you get a job like that? i'm not going to tell you. grab a seat here folks because it will sell out. >> while he calls it a job he doesn't think of this as work. >> i'm 77 years old. how much longer will i work a 40 hour week. i don't have to work a 40 hour week but i love this. i probably would do this for nothing but don't tell the park service that. >> every once in a while when you go out to do a story and your intent is to do the story about the super volcano but every once in a while you find a gem. you mentioned you have been years before. >> went there with my father when i was about 11 year old. i remember sitting on a bench there looking at my watch going how much longer? how much longer because i couldn't wait for old faithful. >> he's been there 43 years.

you probably saw him or heard him. he's an mazing guy. former school teacher. started off going there with his wife and three kids when they were very young and his wife works in the gift shop. if you have a chance to go out to yellowstone, say hi to sam. buy something at the gift shop. they are delightful people. can you ask him anything. he's heard it all. he's really a treasure at that national park. >> that teaching background probably helps him so much. can you tell. >> he's 77 years old. when he's able to do that. >> he answers the same questions over and over again. absolutely. someone was saying maybe he should have a countdown clock until the next time old faithful blows. >> great idea. >> maybe we'll get that for him. >> our josh lev has his eye on some of the best stories on the web for you. >> good morning, josh.

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deed. we hear a lot about stories, what families are doing to get by in this economy. but this is a new one. >> a boy, actually reached into his toy closet to help his family out. good morning. >> reporter: it's really interesting. this is a family that has done a lot of charity work, helped katrina victims and the father lost his job. the boy went into his toy collection and became this big community event with all these people turning out. let's look at a little piece of the story. >>it's what you're doing that matters and how you're helping people. >> i prayed to god, let me win the lottery as i'm sure a lot of people do. this was better than the lottery. this is worth more because other people reaching out to us. >> reporter: and our affiliate there is saying that there are

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one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> what a historical moment in history, 40 years ago come monday. we're asking you this morning to share some of your memories of watching that with us today. we're getting a lot of them. some good stories too. let me go to my twitter page an linda says she was a camp counselor at the time. in fact, a director borrowed a tv from a store in town and gathered the entire camp to watch. it was grainy black and white picture but they saw it all and then go down here to our 4808 -- some of these names are interesting -- he says he was 9 years old sitting in front of a 10 inch black