happier because communal capitalism has allowed them to keep the voice of the people alive. allan chernoff, cnn, brooklyn, new york. >> as long as they stop buying those $9 salads, they might be in better shape. >> exactly. well, you can continue the conversation on any of the stories you saw here today, head to our blog at cnn.com/amfix. hope to see you right back here tomorrow. >> thanks very much for joining us. the news continues with heidi collins and "cnn newsroom." that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 40 years ago today, apollo 11 astronauts became the first men on the moon. where were you at that moment in history? go to my blog or now you can share your thoughts by phone. good morning, everybody. i'm heidi collins, it is monday, july 20th. thanks so much for being here. first, straight off this morning, we want to talk about your health care. this morning, our white house

correspondent is covering the president. he is expected to make a new pitch for health care reform today. so we'll have that for you. also, our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has the very latest on a u.s. soldier captured by the taliban. in fact, he's been seen in a new taliban video. an exclusive in southern afghanistan. our ivan watson is embedded with u.s. marines. we'll talk to him as soon as he becomes available to us. first off, protecting your health. are you willing to pay more to reinvent the nation's health care system? if your answer's no, then who should foot the bill? and later this hour, we'll hear from the head of the republican party. first, though, new signs of compromise in washington. here's suzanne malveaux. facing a tough week ahead, president obama is trying to recapture the spotlight in the health care debate. >> i will not sign on to any

health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. >> reporter: this after a devastating announcement on friday by the congressional budget office that the administration's health care bill would raise health care costs and add $239 billion to the deficit over ten years. the white house dispatched their head of health care kathleen sebelius. >> this is a work in progress, the good news is the health and senate are actively working and share the president's goal that overall cost haves to come down for everyone. >> reporter: and the president's top money man peter orzag took up the argument. >> he will not sign a bill that isn't deficit neutral. >> reporter: they seized on the deficit announcement. >> those were pretty damning words. >> reporter: the bill will not have republican support. >> this is a bill that shouldn't pass at any point. either before the august recess or later in the year because

it's not good for the country. >> reporter: the obama administration is pushing hard for the bill to be on the president's desk before the august recess, but many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that's too ambitious. >> sure, we wish we had more time, but the president has given us a deadline, we're working under it. >> our suzanne malveaux from the white house with more on this. suzanne, there are some new poll numbers out this morning showing support for the president's handling of health care down. might this kind of shift be fuelling mr. obama's schedule for the week? >> reporter: well, heidi, you bring up a very good point, which is the reason why you're going to see the president out this week at the children's national medical center later this morning. also holding this prime time press conference wednesday because aides want to build on this momentum. they are afraid of losing steam, momentum, that's why they're pushing hard, stressing this sense of urgency here that they need to get this done. if it's a deadline or a goal by that august recess point, that's the reason why you're seeing

this big, big push from the administration because if it doesn't happen soon, they feel like they're going to lose some of that momentum and it's not going to happen, heidi. >> thank you, suzanne. and, in fact, cnn wednesday night at 7:00, the moment of truth with steve harvey live from time square. then at 8:00, the premiere of "black in america 2" part one. that will be followed by president obama's press conference at 9:00, and at 10:00, "black in america 2" continues, wednesday night on cnn. two days after a video showing a captured u.s. soldier was posted online, we have not heard again from that soldier or those who are holding him. the pentagon has identified the soldier as army private first class bowe bergdahl. he was captured nearly three weeks ago. in the 30-minute video bergdahl

a pee appears to be under duress. back in his idaho town, just a few people had known he was the soldier captured on june 30th. but out of respect and fear their comments could make the situation more precarious, they kept quiet. and now with his identity released and with permission of his father, the soldier's friends are speaking out. >> bowe, if you see this, know that we love you and we are praying fervently for you and prayers are going up for you from all over the world. stand tall and stand firm and to all of our valiant men and women in uniform, know that the american people believe in you, support you, and are 100% behind you. and we thank god every day that you have our backs. >> like the people who live in his idaho community, the military had previously kept his

identity under wraps. and barbara starr with what officials are able to say today. barbara, we're probably going to get a whole lot more details about this in coming days. what do we know right now? >> well, heidi, private first class of idaho disappeared on june 30th from his combat outpost in eastern afghanistan, this 28-minute video now surfacing. his captors ask him a number of political questions about the war, and of course, because he is being held, his answers reflect that he is in captivity. let's get right to it. let's hear from bowe bergdahl about how he feels. >> scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> the military, of course, continuing to search for him and you reflect his family's trying to keep this private.

they've asked not to be approached by the media, but over the weekend they issued a brief statement in which his family said "we hope and pray for our son's safe return to his comrades and then to our family and we appreciate all of the support and expressions of sympathy shown to us." a lot of this is being kept very quiet, heidi. the feeling in the u.s. military is if they can keep this fairly low key, it only enhances their chances of finding him and getting him back. heidi? >> absolutely. do we know any more details about the circumstances surrounding his capture? >> well, again, the official account i have to tell you is that he simply walked out of his combat outpost with other afghans and he was captured as soon as he left the security of the post, the outpost of where he had been stationed. it remains to be seen once he is released when the official account really comes out what

the circumstances really were. on the tape, private first class bergdahl said he was captured when he fell behind on a patrol. he was on patrol, perhaps the last man in formation and was captured when that happened. that's not what the military's been saying and of course it remains to be seen when all of this is resolved what the final story really is, heidi. >> all right. barbara starr, i know you're following it closely. thanks so much. sure do appreciate that. meanwhile a fighter jet crashes in southern afghanistan today. the fourth wreck in three days. the crew ejected safely and is now being treated. the other incidents, including a u.s. fighter jet crashed on saturday where two crew members were killed. there was also a civilian helicopter crash and a military helicopter hard landing. nato reports none of the aircrafts were shot down. afghanistan accounts for 90%

of the world's heroin supply. u.s. marines were involved in a nighttime mission to destroy chemicals involved in one drug-making operation. cnn's ivan watson went along on the mission. here's what he found. >> right now the marines back hereging these chemicals with explosives, c-4 plastic explosives, you can see them getting ready for what will be a controlled explosion in a couple of hours. the reason for this, the reason these c-4 plastic explosives are being placed here because these chemicals are believed to be used to process heroin, more than 90% of the world's heroin comes from afghanistan and a bulk of that comes from this very province in southern afghanistan, which has not really been under the control of the afghan central government in years. part of the reason why this operation over the course of this month is such a big deal is because the marines have moved

into areas where the taliban have been able to operate freely where drug cartels have been able to operate freely in the fields around this town where we're located right now. you can see miles of poppy fields growing there where the heroin is and later produced using some of these chemicals. in addition to this, the marines have found chemicals used for explosive devices, the deadly weapons that have helped make the bloodiest month yet for nato forces in afghanistan. in a couple of hours, we expect before the sun comes up that these shop market stalls here in this busy bazaar will go up in smoke. >> all right. we've got the opportunity now to bring in our ivan watson who is embedded with the u.s. marines. live for us on the phone from helmand province. what can you tell us at this point? >> reporter: sure enough, the explosion did go off before dawn this morning. we should have some video of

that massive explosion in the chemical fire that burned for at least an hour after that controlled explosion. now in addition to this, it's very important to note, heidi, a year ago the marines a smaller detachment moved into this area, it made a push in clash with taliban insurgents. in that time frame, i was told by the marines that they were not going to target the narcotics industry here. it's a booming $3 billion trade on this visit with the marines. it's a much larger detachment, the u.s. military presence in afghanistan is being doubled since last year. the narcotics industry appears to be targeted. the marines are gathering more than a ton of poppy seeds, probably the next season's harvest, and they're going to send that up in smoke in the next 24 hours here. good question, though, how do replace that economic activity to the impoverished farmers here? that's a big challenge for the

afghan central government and the diplomats if and when the marines can push the insurgents of this area. >> understood. and ivan, you're right, we did have that video while you're talking there, incredible, huge, huge explosions. appreciate you being there and, of course, we'll keep in close contact as well as we can with you. ivan watson reporting for us. meanwhile, a lender that's considered a life blood of america's small business teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. we'll tell you about the new hope that the cit group can be saved. i'm jacqui jeras, the temperatures are either too hot or too cold for this time of year. taking its rightful place

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wall street making a boost today on reports that a rescue package could keep cit group out of bankruptcy. well, why should you care about that? well, it specializes in loans to small and mid-sized businesses,

the companies that keep millions of americans, of course, at work. let's get the latest now. christine romans is part of our cnn money team. what do we know about the emergency funding here? >> well, cit being very quiet and cautious this morning. waiting for an official announcement, but discussions and numerous reports from the financial times others that cit was able to get some emergency funding, some emergency financing from its bondholders to the tune of $3 billion. if that is, indeed, the case, and this company gets breathing room, heidi, to try to restructure itself so it can go on and continue to be that top lender to small and mid-sized businesses. >> obviously we know that partially that's why this company is so important, but is there more that people should understand here? >> well, look, this is a company that is sort of the name that you know if you are a small business owner, you're trying to start up say a dunkin donuts, or a manufacturer to serve those

household names, the company that does the financing if you're starting up and factoring, that is forwarding you some money while you're in the process of manufacturing and selling your products so you can keep your operational money flowing. the biggest small business lender, 1 million customers, operating in some 30 different industries, but very big in retail and textile, also restaurants and it is the top lender to women and minority-owned businesses, as well. this is as the ceo said last friday the bridge between main street and wall street, and most on that bridge at this hour are closed trying to see if they can keep them open. >> well, you have to ask. why did washington decide they wouldn't bail this one out? >> it's interesting, looks as those the administration has decided that the system has healed enough that this company should be allowed to go it alone. it got more than $2 billion in funds from the bank bailout last fall, but it has not been allowed to participate in some of the other bailouts this spring and some

government-backed debt issuance alike. what the treasury said is even during periods of financial stress, we believe there is a very high threshold for exceptional government assistance to individual companies. essentially, this one's going to have to go it alone. and it's a real test, i think, heidi, and a new phase in the bailouts. on the one hand, there are people who are advocates for small businesses say, look, washington is abandoning small business and it has helped the big, you know, the big guys, the big banks all along the way. but on the other hand, this is saying, look, the financial system is healthy enough that we should let the system work, we should let the bondholders and other banks come to the aid of this company if, indeed, it needs to to avoid bankruptcy. you have to stop somewhere on the bailouts. you can't bail out every company forever. >> christine romans, appreciate it, thank you. >> sure. will wall street surge on this latest glimmer of optimism? at the bottom of the hour, we'll

check in with susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange. a public memorial is being planned for walter cronkite, the legendary man who died friday. a memorial service will be held at new york's lincoln center. but details about that are not being released. cronkite was once voted the most trusted man in america. his call-in presentation on cbs news reassured so many people through crisis. over the weekend, we learned cronkite will be laid to rest in his native state of missouri. he'll be buried beside his wife of 64 years, betsy.

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trying not to panic as swine flu spreads across europe. britain is the worst hit with 55,000 infected last week alone. people are getting more worried. officials say people should go about their lives, but should wash their hands regularly. we've been telling you that a lot here. they also say pregnant women should stay away from large

crowds on public transportation if they can. british airways and virgin atlantic are now saying passengers suspected of carrying the virus will need that doctor's note in order to fly. h1n1 better known as swine flu is also taking its toll south of the equator in countries where swine flu is in full swing. some feel we may see the same thing when our flu season begins this fall. elizabeth cohen has been tracking the virus for us and joining us now with more on this. >> it kind of sounds like, elizabeth, officials are bracing themselves for this challenge this fall to keep this thing under control. >> that's right and the reason why is that most people don't have immunity to it. when seasonal flu hits, at least some of us have already seen it. however, for h1n1, most of us have very little, if any, immunity. take a look at what's happening in australia for what -- the height of flu season.

july 6th, they had about 5,000 cases of swine flu. check this out, july 17th, 11 days later, those number of cases more than doubled. it's a wow. that's a huge, huge difference. and they now have -- i'm going to point this out, though, 31 deaths. when you see that many people sick, it's probably more than that, to have 31 deaths. this virus is spreading throughout the population, people are not dropping dead right and left. i think that's an important point to make. >> absolutely. so remind us again, who is most likely to get h1n1? >> well, this is one of the most interesting thing about h1n1, sometimes you think it's going to be old people or babies n this case, the bulk of the cases are people between the ages of 5 and 24. a lot of young people, kids and young adults, and that's unusual. >> there are different degrees of how sick people get. who is the most likely to get severely ill? >> that is similar to seasonal flu. the people who are most likely

to get severely ill are pregnant women and also people with medical conditions. people who have asthma, who have lung disease, all sorts of medical conditions. those are the folks who need to worry if they do get sick. and those are also the folks where if there's not enough vaccine to go around, they're going to get it. >> can you do anything to prepare for this? >> find a babysitter. the reason i say that is there's a study out just today that says that school closings actually work. when you start to see swine flu in a school, closing down that school actually works to stem the spread of the virus. i think we can expect to see quite a few school closings. parents need to come up with a plan b, and all of the usual stuff that you you're mom told you. wash your hands, good hygiene. that sort of thing. >> sounds severe when you do a school closing. >> but it's working. >> appreciate that. elizabeth cohen, we know you're staying on top of the swine flu for us. reflecting on apollo 11, 40

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stocks are set for a higher start on wall street this morning as investors keep their fingers crossed for a possible deal to help cit. susan lisovicz in the new stock exchange with more on that. and a look ahead to the market's action. >> hello, heidi, the dow was up 5 for 5 last week, its best weekly point gain since march. the nasdaq, meanwhile, heidi collins is riding an eight-session win streak. i should bring out that cow bell back out. >> i know, i'm always wondering where it is. >> we're not looking at that big of an open. i'm a little bit restrained

here. cit's battered shares in the pre-market up 85%. all things considered, the trouble lender stocks now less than $1.50 a share. published reports say the board of the small business lender has approved a deal of $3 billion in emergency financing. cit, of course, has been scrambling to raise money after the government decided not to provide additional assistance last week. well, we've seen stocks rising. well, the appetite for risk means oil prices are edging higher for the fourth day in a row, trading right now about $64.50 a barrel. the jump comes thanks to a rally. nothing compared to what we saw a year ago. the first minute of trading, yes, the dow, the nasdaq, the s&p 500 all up about at least 1/3 of a percent. last week, all of the major averages jumped by 7% or more. we really, whether we're going

to see duplicate this week depends on more earnings. we're going to get a crush of companies reporting caterpillar, morgan stanley, boeing, apple, american express, many others on tap. a lot of folks, heidi, say, what we saw last week raised the bar for the rest, you know, to follow. >> yeah. >> that's one of the reasons why it's the major averages were up so high last week. we'll have to -- >> well, we're watching. we like the plus signs, obviously. susan lisovicz, thank you. >> you're welcome. reinventing the nation's health care system. the criticism adds up and the white house backs down. the obama administration says it will trim costs and even ignore the august deadline it set for congress to act. the leading republicans say their party will never support the reforms or the risks. >> candidate obama promised change, president obama is conducting an experiment. he's conducting a dangerous experiment with our health care and with the quality of our lives.

he's conducting a reckless experiment with our economy. and he's conducting an unnecessary experiment with our tax dollars. experiments that will transform the very way of life of our country and its citizens. the president is rushing this experiment through congress so fast, so soon, that we haven't had that moment to think if it would work, or worse, to think about the consequences to our nation, our economy, and our families if it doesn't work. the barack obama experiment with america is a risk our country can't afford. it's too much, too fast, too soon. >> rnc chairman michael steele speaking a few minutes ago, he's still speaking now at the national press club on health care reform. meanwhile president obama has repeatedly said he does not want a government-run health care system. his vision, creating the option of government coverage and making private insurance companies more competitive with their rates. cnn wednesday night at 7:00, the moment of truth with steve

harvey and tom joiner live from time square, and then at 8:00, the premiere of "black in america 2" part one. that will be followed by president obama's news conference on health care once again coming your way at 9:00 eastern.

that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> where were you 40 years ago today? probably in front of a television watching neal armstrong become the first man walk on the moon. that was then, and this is now. this morning, the apollo 11 astronauts are reuniting at nasa's headquarters in washington. and then this afternoon, president obama welcomes them to the white house. the astronauts are expected to call on the president to support a manned mission to mars. coming up in just a few minutes, in fact. we'll be talk with the first

african-american female astronaut. we'll get her thoughts on the 40th anniversary of apollo 11 and the future of the space program. and that giant leap paving the way for another out of this world event scheduled for today, taking a stroll in space. astronauts on the shuttle endeavor are planning a second space walk from about 11:30 a.m. eastern. wrapped up for the first space walk over the week. attaching the final piece to the international space station. jacqui jeras standing by to talk more about the cooler temperatures and i don't know if you want to talk about the situation. >> you would think, i know, we talked about this over the weekend, that was the big deal. 11 men and 2 women sharing one bathroom. >> not pretty. >> not pretty. bummer for them. you know what's been pretty, though? >> the weather. >> the weather has been

unbelievable. this is july, like reality check, right? it's not going to be lasting forever, by the way. in fact, we're already a little bit more active with showers and thundershowers across the nation's midsection. you can see this cluster and line of thunderstorms from kansas through oklahoma and stretching down into parts of texas. let's go ahead and advance that for you and take you into the dallas area where showers and thunderstorms are starting to develop. stronger stuff to your north and west, and this will be diving on through right through the i-20 corridor. we'll take you down into the houston area where light rain showers are moving on in. if you're trying to travel along the interstate or by the airway, we're going to start to see delays as a result of that. now, we're also looking at showers and thundershowers across the mid-atlantic states. we're expecting light showers to move into washington, d.c., and this will become a little bit more widespread into the afternoon hours for today. hey, look at the record lows from yesterday. 63 in atlanta, 60 in charlotte,

augusta at 58, and 62 degrees there in columbus. i guess we have a live picture to show you out of the atlanta metro area where it's just absolutely gorgeous. high temperatures in the low 80s. but we do have a big change on the way. i hope you enjoyed it and got out over the weekend because gradually throughout the week, we're going to watch this heat start to bubble up a little bit across the southeast. i wish i could say we would then in turn cool down across the southwest, but not quite so much. >> yeah. too good to be true for too long. we'll check back later on. >> okay. a confession in the deadly terrorist attacks in mumbai. the lone surviving gunman talks in court.

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about from australia. a 15-year-old girl returning home from studying abroad finds out her entire family had been bludgeoned to death while they slept. australian officials say the girl's parents, her aunt, and two younger brothers ages 9 and 12 died from wounds to the head and upper body. they believe they were killed in their home in a suburb of sidney sometime this weekend. police say there were no signs of forced entry and nothing was stolen from the home. we have developing news this morning from the deadly terror attacks in mumbai, india. indian officials say the only surviving gunman captured after the attack confessed in court. back in november, at least 10 heavily armed men killed more than 160 people after they planned a series of attacks in the country's financial capital. live from mumbai with the latest on this confession. good morning to you malika.

wow, this is pretty amazing. >> reporter: absolutely. a really dramatic turn around today in an indian courtroom which led everybody in the courtroom, the judge, the media, the prosecution, even the defense lawyers completely shocked. this was not what anybody had expected for months now the lone gunman has been pleading not guilty to 86 charges against him. and all of a sudden, this morning, he stood up in the courtroom, asked to speak to the judge and these are his words. he said, sir, i plead guilty to my crimes. and he then went on to detail how he came to india that night from pakistan, how he and nine other terrorists boarded the boat, traveled to india, and how they carried out the terror attacks that night. after months of saying he had nothing to do with it, this is a very dramatic revelation from the one terrorist who survived last year's attacks. >> well, do we have any idea now? as you say, this is such an amazing surprise. any idea what will happen next

now as far as his confession? >> reporter: that's a very good question. the court now faces two options. first of all, they have to decide whether this confession was made voluntarily or whether it was made under duress. they also have to ask themselves if he's doing this to try to pass on the blame to other people. is he trying to pass the blame on to his dead accomplices? is he doing this because he's getting messages from groups outside india, for example? and then they have two options, they can accept his confession at face value, give him a sentence and close the trial, which is more likely that will go ahead with the trial just because it's the proper thing to do. they have to give him a proper chance to defend himself and want to go through all of the evidence they have against him. >> all right. malika, we sure do appreciate the excellent reporting. and i know hillary clinton is there this the country, as well. and i imagine this topic will

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we choose to go to the moon. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> i don't know about you, i still get goose bumps every time i hear it. just like 40 years ago, dr. may jemson made history. in september of 1992, she blasted off towards the space shuttle endeavor. she was the first african-american woman to go into space. she's joining us now live from houston this morning. don't you still get goose bumps when you hear those words? >> i get goose bumps when i hear the words, see the footage, and when i see a shuttle takeoff or we talk about what we're going to do in the years to come. >> yeah, i imagine it is quite a big day for you. tell me where you were 40 years ago today. >> well, i was in chicago, i was going to chicago public schools, and my parents were -- we knew that we were going to watch the event, we watched the landing,

and then i think i fell asleep and they woke me up for the actual descent out of the capsule, so it was very exciting. i always kept the house in an uproar to make sure we were following space exploration because i wanted to be involved and i thought it was very important for humans. >> this was a day that influenced you pretty greatly i imagine for your future. >> well, i always wanted to be involved in science and technology, so i ended up chemical engineering and a number of other things. i always thought space was one of those places that we as humans needed to be involved in. where we were going to explore. >> it's just cool, isn't it? i also know, obviously, as we've stated here you were the first african-american astronaut. did that add some pressure to when you went up in endeavor? >> well, i was a first african-american woman to go up in the space, and the only one in -- >> there you are now. >> okay. in the nasa program at that time. but you know, the pressure, i think, more comes from

internally. you want to make sure that, first of all, you have to do your job. and so for me, i wanted to be involved in space exploration no matter what. but i think the other thing that being a first. does it help to give you a platform from which to think about and talk about things? and for me that platform is really, you know, what has all of this meant to our world? what does science and technology mean to our world? and the fact that all of us have been involved? if you look around the globe, every culture, every society has had astronomers, people who try to understand the heavens. and so it's very much a part of who we are as a species, let's say. >> yeah, and i'm getting a kick out of watching you do the walk to the endeavor. looking at some of that footage from 1992. it's great, great stuff. this week we're focusing on black in america. i know that after you came back from space, you said some of those things that the u.s. needs to do more to recognize the contributions of both women and minorities to the society.

it's 2009 now, do you think of any of that has been accomplished? that recognition? >> well, i think we have accomplished a lot of that, but i think we focus on single individuals, who have done quote unquote unique things. but every day, if you go and look at the people who are helping to put together the shuttle, the technician, women and african-americans and hispanics, all kinds of people. what we need to do is to understand that all of this this technology, this design work goes on with the contributions of all the talent that we have in society. so what we need to do now is really focus in and say, okay, what are we going to do in the future? how do we develop all of our children's scientific potential and expertise? they don't all have to be professionals, but they need to be science lit rate. >> i think we have to have a vision that the american public understands and that they

understand how much space exploration, whether with people on board or robotic missions or telescopes, how much it's changed our world and how much it has tooffer. and let's go to mars immediately. >> you're getting on board for that one. all right. dr. may gjemison, thank you for joining us. our ireporter from greenville, south carolina, sent us these pictures. he played a very small part in apollo 11's return to earth when he was just 10 years old. his dad charles was a nasa tracking station director. his dad had greg help make last-minute repairs to a nasa antenna that had problems after apollo landed. greg was the only person with an arm small enough to reach in and make that fix. here's his dad, charles force, along with greg and astronaut neil armstrong.

he even got a thank you note for making those repairs. here's a picture of discovery on the launch pad and a picture of greg's dad with the first president george bush. we are asking you to call in with your memories from the moon walk. here's what peggy from iowa had to say. >> caller: we were having a family reunion at the time and everyone was in awe at this great thing that happened. i think it was one of the best things that ever happened to the united states and i would like to see the program continue on. >> very cool. so we are also talking about the moon walk on our blog today. our question is would you travel to the moon today, if you could afford it? here are some of your responses. let's head over to heidi's mac. go ahead and give us your comments. the first one says this.

of course, i would travel to the moon without any hesitation. however, i wonder what is the fee for that first checked luggage? i thought that one was pretty good. and then, good morning. i couldn't see going on the moon. we have rocks and sand down here. i wouldn't mind taking a couple of orbits and seeing what space looks like. we appreciate that. by phone, by blog and by esp. we want to hear from you. call this number. you can see it hopefully on your screen. 1-877-742-5760. that's the hot line to heidi or go to cnn.com/heidi. we'll take your comments. meanwhile, there's an awful lot going on in the next hour of the "newsroom." cnn crews are in place to break it all down. suzanne malveaux is at the white house. >> reporter: president obama is engaged in aggressive public relations campaign to sell his health care reform plan. he's going to be speaking before the children's national health care center and to push that

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saturday afternoon crash injured 48 people. four of them seriously. investigators say if the auto pilot had been on, the train would have slowed before the collision. the friend of a tennessee woman found dead in a family killing says she and her husband had been having marital trouble. the husband, jacob shaffer is in custody facing six counts of homicide. his wife and her sons, brother and father are among the dead. scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> a u.s. soldier held by the taliban speaks in a newly released video. private first class bowe bergdahl seen for the first time since his june 30th capture in southeastern afghanistan. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining us now live with the latest on this. barbara, likely to get more details about this in coming

days. remind everybody what we know at this point. >> reporter: indeed, heidi. private first class bowe bergdahl, 23 years old, of idaho, was captured back on june 30th. if you look at the map, he was captured in a remote, rugged area on the afghanistan-pakistan border in a place called paktika province, where he was stationed. by all official accounts, he simply left his combat outpost with other afghans perhaps trying to walk into a town or village. we don't really know, and was captured at that point. now we see this 28-minute video where his captors ask him a series of very political questions. he, of course, being held captive, answering under duress. let's hear a little bit more about how private bergdahl says he feels right now. >> i have a girlfriend who i was

hoping to marry. i have my grandma and grandpas. i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day that 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 u.s. military making a statement, heidi, that they condemn in their words this public exploitation and humiliation of a prisoner. that from the u.s. military, private bergdahl's family asking for privacy, issuing a very brief statement saying that they hope and pray for their son's safe return. heidi? >> do we know any more details about how he was captured and where he might be right now? >> well, you know, the hunt goes on as far as we publicly know.

along that afghan-pakistan border. last week the u.s. military distributed a number of flyers to local people in the area asking for any information about private first class bergdahl. again, this discrepancy. he says he fell behind on a patrol. the u.s. military says he walked away from his combat outpost. we're not likely to know the full story in a public fashion until the situation is resolved, heidi. >> i think you are exactly right on that. i know you're working the story hard. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr this morning. thanks. wall street getting a boost today on reports that a rescue package could keep cit group out of bankruptcy. why should you care? cit specializes in loans to small and midsize businesses. companies that keep millions of americans working. let's get the latest now. christine romans is part of the cnn money team. >> reporter: furniture retailer bob sicay has weathered many

storms at his store in middleborough, massachusetts, but he's never seen one like this. >> i'm not about to call it quits and throw in the towel. i just feel sorry for the manufacturers that i wowed lose. >> reporter: his is one of a million small businesses that depend on the cit group, the latest lender to face financial ruin. cit was denied a bailout last week by the federal government because its failure wasn't deemed detrimental to the financial system as a whole. cit did receive $2.3 billion as part of the initial bush administration bailout last fall. but this time, the treasury department issued a statement citing, quote, a very high threshold for exceptional government assistance. bottom line, cit wasn't big enough to get help. the national retail federation says that was a mistake. >> what we're saying is that cit is too important to fail. it literally finances the lifeblood of the retail economy. >> reporter: they specialize in factoring lending. it keeps businesses afloat so

they can stay operational while they wait for the money to roll in. >> if ci st. not there, that 80% or 90% up front cash that the supplier needs in order to produce more goods to sell to another retailer isn't available. and consequently is likely the supplier will go out of business. maybe from the big picture, cit is too small to deal with, but from the bottom end, this is where small businesses are. >> reporter: he doesn't know why the government bailed on cit's bailout, but he fears that decision may mean lights out for small businesses across the country. >> cnn's christine romans joining us with auloser look here. what's going on at the moment with cit? >> we're waiting for official word this company has been able to work out emergency financing of its own. emergency financing that doesn't involve the united states treasury in other bailout. as you know, this company got more than $2 billion from the first bank bailout last fall but it has not been allowed to participate in any more of these

victims since then. this is a company that's turned to its bondholders and looking for alternative financing and numerous reports are this morning that it has managed to secure a $3 billion deal, at least to buy it some -- at least to buy it some breathing space so it can keep the money flowing for small and midsize businesses while it tries to restructure its debt and go forward from here. the company not officially commenting on that but we know they were working all over the weekend trying to secure some kind of emergency financing. >> i bet they were. christine romans for us. just a few minutes ago, we got a very broad picture of the economy and maybe where it's headed. according to the latest figures. the index of leading economic indicators went up more than expected last month. it's the third straight month, in fact, of gains. the index of leading economic indicators is often used to eq economic activity. typically, the index turns up before times of economic expansion. speaking of, let's get a look at those numbers on the big board.

the dow jones industrial average up about 75 points or so resting at 8819. those are numbers we haven't seen in awhile, folks. keep your fingers crossed on that one. also this morning, your health, your money. those two issues are colliding now in washington. are you willing to pay more to reinvent the nation's health care system? with growing criticism over president obama's proposed overhaul there are new signs of compromise in washington. here's our white house correspondent suzanne malveaux. >> reporter: facing a tough week ahead, president obama is trying to recapture the spotlight in the health care debate. >> i will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. >> this after a devastating announcement on friday by the congressional budget office that the administration's health care bill would raise health care costs and add $239 billion to the deficit over ten years. the white house dispatched their head of health care, kathleen

sebelius. >> it's a work in progress. the good news is the house and senate are actively working and share the president's goal that overall costs have to come down for everyone. >> reporter: and the president's top money man, peter orszag, took up the argument. >> it has to be deficit neutral. the president will not sign a bill that is not deficit neutral. >> reporter: republicans seized on the deficit announcement. >> those were pretty damning words to be honest with you. >> reporter: the senate's minority leader says the bill will not have republican support. >> this is a bill that shouldn't pass at any point, either before the august recess or later in the year because it's not good for the country. >> reporter: the obama administration is pushing hard for the bill to be on the president's desk before the august recess. but many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that's too ambitious. >> sure, we wish we had more time. but the president has given us a deadline. we're working under it. >> suzanne malveaux is joining us from the white house with more on this. suzanne, why is the white house

pushing for such quick passage of this health care legislation. >> it's an excellent question because really the white house is concerned they're going to lose momentum here. they feel they've gotten a certain push forward. they want to capitalize off of that. the longer they wait, the less likely it is that they are really going to be able to get this thing through. that's why you see the president is going to be out today talking about the national children's health center. he's also going to be holding this primetime press conference on wednesday. this is the fourth in his first six months in office. obviously, trying to put forward his message, take advantage of the bully pulpit, take advantage of the media, put his message out there and make a real concerted push to members of congress to get this thing passed before there's no appetite for this at all. >> we also saw this morning rnc chairman michael steele talking about it from the national press club. some of the objections from the republican party there. we're watching it all. we sure appreciate it. re-inventing the nation's health care system. the criticism adds up and the

white house backs down. the obama administration says it will trim costs and even ignore the august deadline it set for congress to act. but leading republicans say their party will never support the reforms or the risks. >> the president is rushing this experiment through congress so fast, so soon that we haven't had a moment to think if it would work or, worse, to think about the consequences to our nation, our economy and our families if it doesn't work. the barack obama experiment with america is a risk our country can't afford. it's too much, too fast, too soon. >> president obama has repeatedly said he does not want a government-run health care system. his vision, creating the option of government coverage and making private insurance companies more competitive with their rates. just a quick reminder. we will have live coverage of president obama's remarks on health care reform. he's going to make them at 1:05

eastern, 10:05 pacific. 40 years ago today, two men amazed the world and walked on the moon. we'll hear from one of the astronauts who played a major role in apollo 11's historic mission. first, jacqui jeras is in the cnn weather center with some cooler temperatures this morning down here on earth. not on the moon, right? >> no, always cold out in space. however, summer trying to make a little comeback this week. enjoy the cool temperatures while they last as things are going to be changing. and we also have much stormier conditions on the way. that's going to impact your travel. we'll have your forecast coming right up. more than any other brand... of pain reliever. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast. so you can stop headaches... and feel better fast.

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we choose to go to the moon. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for manmind. >> where were you 40 years ago today? probably in front of the television watching neil armstrong become the first man to walk on the moon. that was then. now the apollo 11 astronauts reunited just a little while ago for a news briefing at nasa's headquarters in washington. just saw buzz aldrin there. he shared some of his thoughts on space exploration. >> and i think we're getting back to what nasa and what the country really likes to see, and that's exploration. to me, exploration is going to some place you haven't been before. >> later today, president obama will welcome the apollo 11 crew

at the white house. the astronauts are expected to call on the president to support a manned mission to mars. so tell us where you were when you heard about the moon landing? we're launching hotline to heidi today. you can actually call in with your story. we love it. there's a number on the screen. 1-877-742-5760. we are also talking about the moon landing on our blog. the question today, would you go to the moon if you could afford it? go to cnn.com/heidi and just post your comments there. from walking on the moon to a stroll in space, shuttle "endeavour" astronauts gearing up for a second space walk. it's happening around 11:30 a.m. eastern today. the astronauts wrapped up the first space walk over the weekend. they are attaching the final piece of the space lab to the international space station. jacqui jeras joining us from the severe weather center. we're getting a little bit of good news for some parts of the

country. cooling down, but probably not for long. >> yeah, things are already starting to change a little bit. we're starting to see the humidity increase and the storms are starting to become a little more widespread and gradually those temperatures will start to return. but still really pleasant across much of the east. where the hot air is across the west and meeting up with that cooler air is where we have the risk of severe weather. we'll be tracking that threat of severe storms from the u.s.-canadian border into texas. there's not much in the way of severe storms at this hour, but we have some stronger thunderstorms, and this impacting your travel. you can see the showers and storms making their way into dallas. so it's going to be a little bit rough driving in this area over the next couple of hours. if you are trying to travel, we have a ground stop in effect at dfw until 9:30 local time. they've got to wait to get around those thunderstorms or wait until they pass. also some delays in atlanta, not weather related, due to some high volume. i'm thinking everyone wants to get here because the

temperatures have been so fantastic. hasn't it been great? >> so beautiful. >> i love it. >> the people in arizona, by the way, they were wishing they had -- they would love a cooldown. this is a live picture from ktv. the temperature in phoenix, 93. that's starting your day. that's as cool as it's going to be all day. a high around 113. excessive heat warnings are in effect here again. we're looking for a slight cooldown. you should be down there maybe 106, a little closer to where you should be this time of year. at least it's moderating a little bit. record lows over the weekend in a plethora of cities. in fact, we had so many we could only tell you about a few. 63 in atlanta. 60 in charlotte, 58 in augusta and 62 in columbus. you can see that cool air really just kind of straddled here across the east while the heat is here. we're going to start to see that lift up and we'll watch the heat start to bubble up into the

southeast gradually over the next couple of days. high pressure has been in place here bringing us that nice northerly breeze and now we're going to watch that slide eastward. as it does, those temperatures increase, but so does the humidity so it's going to be feeling like a hot and muggy summer in the deep south like it should by the end of the week. >> heidi, when you say bubbling up and talking about the heat, it sounds horrific. >> that's what it should be doing. >> that's a reality check. jacqui, appreciate it. some aging athletes face new limitations while others seem to keep defiantly beating the clock.

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him. and he is not the only athlete who is doing incredible things in his middle years. i guess we can all define middle years how we want to. it changes as you yourself get older. but, for example, lance armstrong won the tour de france seven times. he's now ranked third in that competition, even though he's 37 years old. and there are many competitors much younger than him. dara torres, 41, three silver medals. people are doing incredible things. >> how are they able to do it? it's got to be a case by case basis. >> it's a combination of three things. obviously, they have incredible genes. you've got to have the lung capacity and the muscles and all that stuff. and some of that is just sort of god given. second of all, they have the kind of mental acumen that comes with getting older. i don't know if you would agree with me, but in some ways you get smarter. >> golf, there's a lot of

mental, obviously, going on there. >> as you get older, i like to think you get smarter. >> no question about it. >> in your 30s and 40s, i like to think you are smarter than in your 20s. also their crews are really trained to work on the older body, the stretching that needs to happen, the training that needs to happen. it's kind of different than training a 21-year-old. and they have crews who know that and helpers who know that. >> but not everybody can defy the odds. >> no. at least that's my excuse. >> that's why you aren't in the olympics. >> otherwise, it would be. >> you would have a gold medal by now. not everyone can defy the odds. we've seen that because some athletes have tried to come back from their glory days in their late 30s or 40s. it hasn't always worked. for these three it did work. >> it's fascinating to watch all of it. eliz beths cohen, appreciate it. with home values way down in detroit. see the real estate market there as an investment of a lifetime. others say it could be a risky bet.

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certainly to investors. so why didn't the markets take a hit last week? for one thing, cit is still a fraction of the size of the financial titans that threw the market into a tailspin last year, including lehman brothers, which, of course, bailed washington mutual, which was bought at a fire sale and aig, which was seized. it has about $65 billion in managed loans, and it has already sharply cut back its lending over the past year. also, most of its loan goes to small businesses, not to companies with listed stocks. stocks rallied 7% last week. investors have been able to quarantine cit's problems because they don't seem to have the same broader risk to the market that lehman or bear stearns did. cit shares right now are up 98%, but still trade at under $1.40 a share. that goes to show you just how

close it was to the brink last week. the broader markets each up about 0.5%. the positive mo continues and certainly the factor that cit may be saved, at least for the moment, is telling in terms of sentiment today. >> i got you. the other optimistic factor is what corporate america is telling us. quarterly report cards, right? >> this is the time of year. it's the time of discovery. what corporate america tells us, not only about what's happened in the past but what they see for the future in so many different things. on prices that they charge to consumers, on demand, on what they see in terms of hiring. very telling. the earnings that we saw last week was just a handful, but they're very important because they were coming from some big banks. citigroup, jpmorgan, goldman sachs. also important tech companies, including intel. so they've raised the bar in a sense, but because we've heard some -- from so few it may be

flawed. we get many, many more this week. lots of reports, caterpillar, morgan stanley, boeing. nearly half of the dow 30 will report this week. could be a completely different story but we'll monitor it all for you. >> very good. appreciate it. thank you susan. the nation's financial crisis. nowhere are people hurting more than in california. today, governor arnold schwarzenegger plans to meet with top lawmakers. they are looking for ways to slash the state's budget and close a staggering $26 billion deficit. california has been operating without a budget and without cash for nearly three weeks now. the state's been forced to pay its bills with ious. unemployment in michigan now tops 15%. the highest jobless rate for any state in 25 years. and one in every 74 homes in the state is in foreclosure. take a walk through northwest detroit and you'll find row after row of bank-owned homes.

some of them abandoned. others vandalized. but for some, there may be an up side to it all. cnn money.com's poppi harlow explains. >> this house in northwest detroit recently sold for $7500. just $4,000 would have bought you this one right across the street. you may have missed the investment opportunity of a lifetime. >> we have actually a waiting list of people to rent and to buy. >> reporter: this man thinks he didn't. michael alexander has purchased 250 homes in detroit. betting the motor city will rise again. >> when we find a nice street like this, we try to buy all of the available inventory on the street. >> why on earth is this a good place to put your money to work? >> well, that's a good question, and i get asked it a lot. we're buying homes in that particular market range, and we're able to offer them at better prices so since everyone is going to need a place to live, we're offering value.

>> alexander's company invests between $10,000 and $20,000 rehabilitating the homes which they say they've been able to flip for a 20% to 30% profit. even with buyers scared, alexander says he's been able to rent many of these homes at attractive prices. but it's far from a safe bet. home values in detroit are down 45% from their peak in 2005, and the city continues to battle a high crime rate. >> this house, since we've acquired it has been broken into. and i didn't know that until just a minute ago when we walked into the kitchen. >> really? >> but if you'll turn around you'll see someone has kicked in this door. >> and poppi harlow joining us from new york with this. >> lat last image of the picked in door. are there parts of detroit that real estate investors say are just too worn down to invest in? >> absolutely. that man that we spent the day with bought 250 homes but they are all in this neighborhood that looks pretty good. that's in stark contrast to other places.

places like this where every home in the block is foreclosed or run down parts of the city. there are areas where he said i will just not put my money there because what you have around are all these abandoned apartment buildings, abandoned buildings. even if a home is only $1,000, there's no way i'm going to find a renter. look at that area. who wants to live there. no way he'll find a renter or buyer. that's the problem with detroit. sflr pockets of hope but there are a lot of places that look just like that, and that's a scary thought. >> i want to quickly bring you something. >> the facebook -- >> yeah, facebook. we had a lot of people write in about this. take a look at what ivan wrote in. he said the factor that will determine whether this is successful or not is jobs. if detroit stops losing jobs and some new manufacturing starts up, this could work. but if detroit keeps losing jobs it won't matter how cheap the houses become. i think he's exactly right, heidi. surging unemployment, over 15%.

even if a shouse 1,000 bucks, you still have to fix it up and pay the taxes. you can't do that if you don't have a job. >> i'd love to get an update about that. >> we will. >> talking about shooting more movies and all kinds of stuff they are doing in detroit. >> spending a lot of time there. they need all the attention they can get, heidi. >> poppy harlow, thank you. reinventing the nation's held care system. the criticism adds up and the white house backs down. the obama administration is now vowing to trim costs in hopes of reaching a bipartisan agreement. it's even hinted it will ignore the august deadline it set for congress to act on this. lawmakers continue their debate on the reform as democrats search for ways to rally support. the republican party's top man, chairman michael steele, says the gop will never support the overall. just last hour he blasted it as "risky experimentation." later today we'll hear more from president obama. he's due to issue a statement on

health kay reform at 1:05 eastern. cnn will carry those remarks live. jacqui jeras standing by in the severe weather center with more on the weather across the country. good in the southeast. still boiling hot in the southwest. >> yeah, i know. but changes are on the horizon, heidi. really you need to get outside and enjoy this weather. hopefully you did it over the weekend. but if you got an extra vacation day to burn, maybe today, tomorrow might be that one if you live east of the rockies. because we will see a gradual increase in the temperatures throughout the week. in the meantime, we had a couple of record lows this morning. but just a ton of them over the weekend. louisville, kentucky, 56 degrees. 56 in joplin. 57 in texarkana. temperatures are going to remain cooler than average. we're look at this level across the upper midwest into the great lakes and parts of the

southeast. we'll watch that balance out a little bit. unfortunately, i wish i could say the heat is going to wane a bit in the west. maybe just a touch. you'll still stay pretty extreme. excessive heat warnings remain in effect for the phoenix area. if you get up to 116, that will be the hottest day of the year so far, and the heat advisories stretch further up to the north. they are moving into the san joaquin valley now. we should drop down to about maybe the 105, 106 range by the end of the week. high pressure in place. pulling in that cool air. but this high will start to pull offshore. when it does that, it's going to start to pull up some tropical moisture and make things a lot stickier here across the east by the end of the week. and we also want to show you the threat of severe thunderstorms today. kind of the division between the cooler air in the east and the hotter stuff across parts of the west. so severe thunderstorms could be breaking out anywhere from about the u.s.-canadian border towards parts of texas. we've already got stormy conditions this morning in

texas. the dallas area, ground stop in effect at dfw right there. but those storms aren't at severe levels that will likely happen later today. >> thank you jacqui. michael vick is a free man. an attorney for the former atlanta falcons quarterback said vick was released from federal custody today, as scheduled. this will stay on probation for three years. he'd been on home confinement following an 18-month penitentiary sentence for dogfighting charges. vick hopes to meet soon with the nfl commissioner roger gooddell to talk about whether he can return to the league. if he is allowed to play in the nfl again it will not be with the falcons. they released him in june. in concert with iran's opposition movement, iranian musicians in the u.s. raise voices and awareness.

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condemning what it calls the public exploitation and humiliation of an imprisoned u.s. soldier. the taliban released a video over the weekend of private first class bowe bergdahl of idaho. u.s. soldiers have been moving through afghanistan paktika province handing out flyers in search for the soldier. bergdahl was captured june 30s. they're half a world away from iran's election dispute. these iranian artists feel the pain of the protesters and now are adding their voices to the opposition's cause. >> reporter: in a lounge in manhattan's lower east side, a group of young musicians take another step towards stardom. but their thoughts are a half a world away, they say, in the islamic republic of iran. >> since the event started

unfolding in iran, it's all that i've been consumed with. i haven't really been thinking about anything else. >> reporter: johnny b. doesn't fit the common stereotypes. but he's iranian. for the past month, the lead singer of electric black has seen the iranian government's brutal crackdown on mostly peaceful protesters. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: rahm says he's heartbroken, too. >> i wish i was back there in the streets right now with my brothers and sisters. >> reporter: three years ago the lead singer for hypernova was in iran where rock 'n' roll is considered un-islamic. play it in public and you can spend the night in jail. today it's iranian protesters landing in jail. >> these kid out on the streets are risking their lives in the name of freedom and justice. and we over here on this side of the planet feel very powerful. >> reporter: then came the idea to simply raise awareness. so musicians hypernova, electric black and the escandalian band

created freedom glory project. >> this is a song to all the people, the brave ones who stood up against the oppressive. >> reporter: just days after the disputed vote in iran, the group wrote and dedicated a song to iran's opposition movement and started playing sold-out shows in new york. some say a concert on the lower east side of manhattan can have little impact on an opposition movement a half a world away that's facing a fierce government crackdown. there's a part of this that wants to stand up and let our voices to be heard. >> reporter: reza sayah, cnn, new york. the only surviving gunman captured during the mumbai terror attacks is talking. officials say he confessed today in a mumbai court. back in november, at least ten heavily armed men killed more

than 160 people during a series of attacks in mumbai, india's financial capital. all the other known suspects were killed during the attack. indian officials say the man's confession came as quite a surprise. they say right now they are trying to verify if he is, indeed, telling the truth. americans being recruited for al qaeda right here on american soil. the feds say they've been on the case since 9/11. cnn tonight at 6:00, we get to the root of this secret terror recruiting in "the situation room." make sure you stick around for that. meanwhile, this. the space shuttle drawing closer to a forced retirement. so where does the u.s. space program go from here? the classic flavors of tuscany inspiration for...

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we choose to go to the moon. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> we are asking you to call in with your memories from the moonwalk. here's what edward had to say coming to us from texas.

>> caller: i was 19 years old when they touched down. i was in the coast guard. i was a cook and cooking breakfast for a crew of eight men. >> thanks so much for that, edward. also we are talking about the moonwalk on our blog over on the heidi mac. our question, would you travel to the moon if you could, in fact, afford it. we've gotten a couple of responses on this. so once again, just go to cnn.com/heidi. post your responses. the first one says this. from matthew he says, of course i would travel to the moon to stay. i don't know what that means, but then this one coming in from laura who says, yeah, i would go to the moon so i would be 100 pounds less and eat all the space food i want. yum. good idea. by phone, by blog, by esp, we want to hear from you. 877-742-5760. and give your thoughts on hotline to heidi or go to

cnn.com/heidi. it's a different countdown ticking away at nasa. in just about 14 months, the space agency is set to retire its space shuttle program. what happens to the u.s. plans for space now? cnn's john zarrella has some answers. >> three, two, one, booster ignition and lift off of "endeavour." >> and now there are seven. the number of space shuttle flights left. nearly 30 years of flying astronauts in a reusable space plane, fixing crippled satellites and a telescope, building a space station. soon just a chapter in history books. >> and it just makes me want to cry to think that this is the end of it. >> a huge mistake, says nasa scientist dave la crohn. >> i think that's just a shame to abandon one of the most impressive, refined,

sophisticated capabilities that this agency as a whole, human side and robotic side, has achieved. >> reporter: besides the technological abilities lost when the last shuttle flies in september 2010, it leaves a gaping hole behind. because of nasa budget cuts, the next generation vehicle, the aries rocket and orhine capsule, key components won't be ready to fly astronauts until after 2015. until then, nasa has to carpool with the russians to get to space. thousands of shuttle workers not needed for the new vehicle will lose their jobs. workers who are needed may not be around if more budget cuts further delay the next generation of spacecraft. >> the more that gap widens, the more these highly skilled engineers and technicians will find work elsewhere. >> and further delays are possible. an obama administration ordered blue ribbon panel is reviewing nasa's direction after shuttle

ends. i.e., the constellation program which is fuzzy on direction. >> and i just don't see that if that organization within nasa that's producing constellation, doesn't begin talking to their customer -- potential customer base, they'll end up with something that no one is interested in using. >> reporter: they insist constellation is clearly visionary. >> it behooves us to build an architecture that can serve a multitude of applications. that's where this was first envisioned to think about space station, lunar, beyond, maybe to mars. >> reporter: it's less expensive than shuttles, safer for astronauts. it is supposed to be everything shut cell not. funny how perceptions change. for decades, the shuttle program was maligned as too costly, too complicated a vehicle, too risky, too unreliable. now what do you hear? too bad it's over.

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depression is not often openly talked about in the black community, and black women are often unaware that's what they suffer from. it's one of the stories special correspondent soledad o'brien brings to us. >> reporter: terry williams is a

successful publicist who has had a long list of top tier clients. on the surface, she always looked like she had it together. but on the inside -- >> it was so dark. it was the hardest thing in the world to just get up, to shower and to dress and to put the mask on. because you had to put the mask on. you had to walk out that door and pretend that all was well. >> even a background in social work didn't help terry see she was suffering from depression. you're a social worker. you know what that means. >> exactly. >> reporter: how come you didn't know that's what you had? >> you don't. you just don't. >> reporter: some mental health experts say there's a reason black women often don't recognize they're depressed. >> it's definitely something that hasn't been talked about in our culture, and so people don't

know what the signs and symptoms of depression are. >> reporter: because it's unrecognized, depression often goes untreated. and some health experts say ignoring their mental health may be causing black women's physical health to suffer. contributing to high rates of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. >> and it has to do with -- i call it the body screening. you know, somehow it has to get out. something has to break down eventually. and so we are breaking down in numbers that are astounding. >> i think i'm vulnerable. >> it was after a mental breakdown that terry williams got help in the form of therapy and medication. >> i was highly irritable. i snapped at people. >> reporter: she decided to share her story in a book. and with audiences around the country. she's been moved by the response. >> when i speak about it at these events, i can't tell you the number of people who come up

to me after i speak and say that's my story, in tears. >> how many say that's my story, too, are black and female. >> overwhelmingly female. black and female. black women carry the nation, carry our communities. you know? we are nurturers. we're caretakers and feel like we have to be there and do for everybody. >> reporter: brenda galleon is the oldest of five children. and was the one the family turned to after her siblings became ill and her mother was diagnosed with cancer. she cared for everyone but herself. she was worn out and gaining weight. >> i don't recall ever crying. i did not have time to cry. so 65 pounds could have been mostly tears, you know, just stuff on the inside that wasn't -- or i didn't have the ability to get out.

>> it never occurred to brenda to see a therapist. like so many generations of black women. she turned to god instead. >> we grew up in church. and when things were beyond what i thought i would handle, i'd pray about it. >> dr. michelle balimani understands the importance of the church to black women because she's also an ordained minister. she spends her career trying to build a bridge between church and therapy. letting women know they are not turning away from god by seeking help. >> i preach that god can heal in many ways. same way that you go to a doctor to get your leg fixed if it's broken. you can go to a therapist. if you need to put your own gas mask on first so that if you are going to be taking care of all these other people, take care of yourself first so you can do a better job at it. >> now with her own gas mask in place, terry williams hopes her words can help o