>> seeing the lines here, seeing the need for services in so many ways is very clear evidence that we need health care reform this this country. >> reporter: as the sun was setting remote area medical treated 500 patients. and there were cars lining up for the next day. >> don't be late. >> thank you. >> reporter: remote area medical pays for equipment and services thanks in large part to donations and later this summer they'll hold events in other parts of the country, including southwestern virginia and indian rereservation in utah and even in los angeles until washington fixes the health care system, stan brock says he'll be in business. cnn, knoxville, tennessee, we're pushing forward with the next hour with kira phillips. >> in the hands of the taliban, almost three weeks after his capture, a u.s. soldier says he's scared he'll never go home. but his home town isn't losing

hope. motive for murder, byrd and melanie billings weren't just killed. their florida home was robbed. the local sheriff says robbery may not be the whole story. it's one of biggest stories in all of human history, mankind's arrival on the moon, happened 40 years ago today and we're pushing forward with this question, what's next? i'm kira phillips live. you're live in the cnn newsroom. >> we're watching children's national medical center in washington, the site of a presidential round table on president obama's number one priority, reforming health care. he is expected to speak momentarily, not just to doctors and nurses around him, but also to lawmakers from both parties struggling with the cost of expanding coverage.

the president warns it will cost far more to do nothing. we'll bring you his comments live as soon as he steps up to the mike. a young scared american soldier fears he'll never again see his family or girlfriend he hopes to marry. bowe bergdahl was captured nearly three weeks ago. the taliban threatened to kill him in troops continue targeting civilians. u.s. and nato forces deny attacking civilians. in a video posted online saturday, bergdahl talks about his loved ones. >> i have my girlfriend, who is hoping to marry. i have my grandma and grandpa. 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. >> private bergdahl's home is just outside of haley idaho. bergdahl is well known in the town, danced at the ballet school, friends kept it quiet at the request of the family so it wouldn't compromise his safety. a spokesperson explained why moments ago. >> we have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and concern towards bowe and the family. the situation is extremely difficult for everyone involved. we like to remind all of you that our sole focus is seeing our beloved son bowe safely home. please continue to keep bowe in your thoughts and prayers. and we would ask for your

continued respect for your need for privacy in this difficult situation. >> chris lawrence has been talking to the u.s. military about private bergdahl's capture. chris, what's the military saying about the tape? >> they are calling it a violation of international laws of war. they are saying that the taliban is using this video for propaganda purposes. you kind of made reference there, the military has known the identity of this young private for weeks now but have been keeping it private because this is what they didn't want to happen. one a concern for the soldier's safety and two because they didn't want to use it for propaganda purposes and now, of course the taliban has released this video. in another part there is a part where private bergdahl makes a plea somewhat to other families of soldiers and marines back home, saying you have the power to pressure the government to bring us home. there's a lot they'll look at to

see whether or not in fact it's private bergdahl's own words or whether he was coerced to say certain things. >> would the u.s. mount some rescue mission if possible? >> first, they would have to locate him, when you talk about these kind of operations, it's all kept very close to the vest because the ultimate goal is to protect the life of the soldier. there was a reference by private bergdahl and captores that he had been taken to kand da har. they believe he may have been been moved around certain times. they can't verify the fact about kand har. even when they do locate him, there's a second question of whether mounting any sort of rescue mission might put his life in greater danger. that's a very, very difficult situation to make. >> we're about to find out a whole lot more about the murder case in florida where a couple with a house full of special

needs kids was robbed and killed. the sheriff in escambia county plans to question three more persons of interest, make at least one more arrest and tell us about another motive for the killers. byrd and melissa builders were shot to death while nine children were at home. a killing spree over the weekend near the tennessee/alabama line. 30-year-old jason shaffer in custody. he is estranged wife tracy and teenager and plus a man that worked for the family business all dead. six killings total. they say the couple had had problems and were living separately. >> i knew she was having problems with him as she was already having her own personal problems as we all do to deal with. she kind of had a hard time in life but she was a very kind-hearted person and

definitely loved her children and loved her family and was a typical concerned mom. >> today we learned that the spree began with the fatal beating in alabama. right now it's unclear how the other five died. michael vicks a free man today. he got out of federal prison in may and was on home confinement for the last two months of the sentence. he is trying to arrange a meeting with the commissioner. he was suspended indefinitely because in 2007. i mentioned the president's appearance at the d.c. children's hospital while we wait for his public comments, let's bring in elizabeth cohen. >> first let's talk about kids though, because president obama is at a children's hospital and there are really sobering

statistics about uninsured children. one in five is uninsured, or 12% don't have medical insurance. what's interesting is that most parents do work. these mostly are employed people that don't have insurance for their child. this is obviously a huge point of health care reform to try to change it and get the children insurance. >> there's a number of stumbling blocks they are going against and how much is he going to address the controversy? >> it will be interesting to see how much he gets into that. in the beginning of health care reform, everybody was on the same page and everybody wants the children and adults to have insurance but the question is, how do you do it? do you, for example, tax the very rich. are you going to do that to pay for it. are you going to tax people who have benefits or insurance from their employers, how do you go about doing it. it has got people at each other's throats at this point.

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we choose to go to the moon. >> that's one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind. >> our world hasn't been the same since. the moon is still pretty much the same. 40 years ago neil armstrong and buzz aldrin left the first footprints on the moon. astronauts showing off their fancy foot work with a spacewalk. "endeavour's" crew is hooking up at the observatory. it's the second spacewalk in three days. another tricky issue, a broken toilet. not like you can call mr. plumber but the station has another one for the six astronauts on the outpost and they are doing their business in the shuttle flue. soon the shuttle program will

follow in its footsteps. nasa is offering the program late next year. what's next? >> three, two, one. booster ignition and liftoff of quts endeavor. 30 years of flying astronauts in a reusable space plane, now a chapter in history books. >> it makes me want to cry to think this is the ends of it. >> reporter: it leaves a gaping hole behind. because of nasa budget cuts, the next generation vehicle, the rocket and orion capsule, key components of the program won'ting ready to fly astronauts until 2015. until then they have to car pool with the russians to get to space. thousands of shuttle workers not

needed will lose their jobs. workers who are needed may not be around. and further delays are possible. an obama administration ordered blue ribbon panel is reviewing nasa's direction after shuttle end, ie the constellation program which they say is fuzz zi on direction. >> i don't see if that organization within nasa producing constellation doesn't begin talking to the potential customer base, they are going to ends up with something that no one is interested in using. >> insists constellation is purely vision narry. >> to solve a multitude of issues and that's where this first was envisioned to think about space station, lunar, beyond maybe to mars. safer for astronauts, the constellation program is

supposed to be everything shuttle is now. for decades the shuttle problem was malign and too costly and too risky and unreliable. now what do you hear? too bad it's over. john zarrella. >> the first guys to walk on the moon think next leap should be a mission to mars. big supporters of a trip to the red planet. they are in washington today and urging president obama at a bold by go where no man has gone before. armstrong and his crew mates are scheduled to meet with the president next hour. president obama and his guests have all been the subject of classic conspiracy theories. ahead of today's anniversary, all of folks that think the lunar landing was a hoax have come out of the wood work. and no reason the american flag

should have been rippling since there's no breeze on the man one of reasons. professor thompson tackled that one. >> it was waving and the reason it was waving was not because there was wind because as we say there's no wind on the moon, no atmosphere. however, to make that flag stand out and go straight, you've got to add this ribbing to make it go because it won't fly straight. and every time they touched that little pole it sent vibrations through the ribbing and then therefore the fabric so it looks like it's vibrating. i thing the flag is the biggest argument against the moon landing being a hoax. if you watch the coverage of them trying to get the flag to stand up, it looks like keystone cops, can't get it in the ground. you wouldn't make your astronauts look so silly. >> professor thompson saying stop the lunar lunacy.

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a quick reminder we are waiting for president obama's remarks talking about his reform on health care. we'll take that live as soon as he steps up to the mic. >> whether you're out west or in the east. tricky weather could trigger a nasty day for you. >> it was a great weekend in a lot of spots. we do have a threat of severe weather through the middle part of the plains, not a big story here. this is right in the middle of tornado alley. one of things last night though, look at louisville, down to 56 degrees. these are all record lows and the highs are comfortable with this lower humidity. 85 atlanta, only 94 in dallas. i know that's kind of tongue in cheek for you but you had so many string of days in a row

over 100. 94 is probably going to feel like a day in the park for sure. the hot weather has moved west, all the way back towards about almost to san diego through yuma north of l.a. into the valley, very hot today. temperatures will exceed 115 degrees. that's without the heat index. that's without sitting in the sunshine. you get in the sun at 110 or 115 it's even going to feel hotter than that. high pressure across parts of the east right now. that's the cool air that pushed to the south as this high moves to the east. it's called the dirty side of the high, you move the moisture and the humidity back up into it and literally you can't expect whether like this to be with us for the rest of the summer. we do have a little bit of a disturbance out here the u.s. still wait up there. we'll walk that flare-up of cloud cover to see if it does

anything. coming up in the 2:00 hour. google earth is now google earth and moon. now you can see the moon on google earth. we'll zoom in and show you. obviously today a big day in apollo history. coming up at 2:00. >> they keep expanding that, don't they? >> they had google ocean. now they have google moon. they risk their lives to go where no man had gone before. four decades later, does anybody remember their names? you'll be surprised by what we found out. how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal documents and deliver them directly to you. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side.

straight to the president at children's national medical center in washington talking about reforming health care. >> michael nap and kathleen quigley, i just had the opportunity to talk to doctors, nurses and physician's assistants and administrators and we talked about some of the strains on the health care system and some of the strains our health care system places on parents with sick children. we spoke about the amount of time and money wasted on insurance driven bureaucracy and the growing number of underinsured and uninsured,

where women can't always afford maternity care and parents can't afford checkups for their kids and end up seeking treatment in emergency rooms like the one here at children's. we spoke about the fact it's hard even for family who's have health insurance to access primary care physicians and pediatricians in a city like washington, d.c. you've got all of the doctors in one half of the city. very few doctors on the other half of the city. and part of that has to do with just the manner in which reimbursement is taking place and the disincentives for doctors and nurses and physician's assistants in caring for those who are most in need. we spoke about where we're headed if we once again delay and defer health insurance reform. these health care professionals are doing heroics work to save

the children. but they are being forced to fight through a system that works better for drug companies and insurance companies than for the american people that all these wonderful health professionals entered their profession to serve. over the past decade, premiums have doubled in america. out-of-pocket costs have shot up by a third. deductibles have continued climb. even as america's families have been battled by spi raling health care costs, we talked about this year after year, unless we act and act now, none of this will change. just a quick statistic i heard about this hospital. just a few years ago there were approximately 50,000 people

coming in to the emergency room. now they've got 85,000. there's been almost a doubling of emergency room care. in a relatively short span of time, which is putting enormous strains on the system as a whole. that's the status quo. and it's only going to get worse. if we do nothing than families will spend more and more of their income for less and less care. the number of people who lose their insurance because they've lost or changed jobs will continue to grow. more children will be denied coverage on account of asthma or heart condition. jobs will be lost and take-home pay will be lower. businesses will shuder and we continue to waste hundreds of billions of dollars on insurance company boone dogles and inefficiencies that add to burdens without making you healthier. the need for the reform is

urgent and indisputable. we all know there are more efficient ways of doing it. we spoke to the chief information officer here at the hospital and he talked about wonderful ways in which we would potentially gather up electronic records for every child, not just this hospital but entire region, and how much money could be saved. and how the health of these kids could be improved. it requirements an investment. now, there's some in this town that are content to perpetuate the status quo, are in fact fighting reform on behalf of powerful special interests. there are others who recognize the problem but believe or perhaps hope that we can put off the hard work of insurance reform for another day, another year, another decade.

just the other day, one republican senator said, and i'm quoting him now, if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his water loo, it will break him. think about this. this isn't about me, isn't about politics, this is breaking america's businesses and breaking america's policy. we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. not this time, not now. there are too many lives and lively hoods at stake. too many families who will be crushed if insurance premiums continue to rise three times as fast as wages. too many business that's will be forced to shed workers and scale back benefits or drop coverage unless we get spiraling health care costs under control. the reforms we seek would bring

greater competition and choice and savings and inefficiencies to our health care system and greater security and stability to america's families and businesses. for the average american, lower costs and more options and coverage you can counts on. it will save you and your family money if we have a more efficient health care system. you won't have to worry about being priced out of the market. you won't have to worry about one illness leading your family into financial ruin or you won't be able to afford treatment for a child who gets sick. we can and must make these reforms and we can do it in a way that does not add to the deficits over the next decade. the bill i sign must reflect my commitment and the commitment of congress to slow the growth of health care costs over the long run. that's how we can ensure that health care reform strengthens

our nation's fiscal health at the same time. now, we always knew that passing health care reform wouldn'ti be easy. and always knew doing what is right would be hard. there's just a tendency towards inertia in this town. i understand that as well as anybody. but we're a country that chooses the harder right over the easier wrong. that's what we have to do this time. we have to do that once more. let's fight our way through the politics of the moment and pass reform by the ends of this year and commit ourselves to deliver gs our country a better future and that future will be seen in a place like children's hospital when young people are getting the care that they deserve and they need when they need it and we don't have an overcrowded

emergency room that's putting ee mormous burdens on this excellent institution. i think we can accomplish that but we're going to have to do some work over the next few weeks and months. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> president of the united states there at children's national medical center in washington. it was the site of a presidential round table that he had with fellow doctors and nurses talking about his ideas to reforming health care and critics of the democrat's reform plans, most of them -- not all of them, republicans say they would violate first rule of medicine and that is do no harm. costs would go up, critics warn and choice would go down and mandates on employers would cost jobs. this morning gop chairman michael steele hammered home those points and a few more on "american morning." >> 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. in america we don't allow one man to roll the dice with our entire nation. we do not allow one political leader to risk our health care system and entire economy. we do not allow one political group to gamble with the faith of generations. we have never allowed one political party to experiment with the future of our country. that is until now. >> now whether you have health insurance and love it and hate it or hate it and love it. the white house calls it a stake holder and that's what elizabeth cohen will be talking more

about. she'll tell us what reform will mean to you. a giant fire ball in southern afghanistan, u.s. marines hitting the taliban where it hurts. the mission, a night time raid in a market town in the helmand province. explaining what happened just before the explosion. >> right now the marines back here are rigging 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 that these c-4 plastic explosives are being placed here is because these chemicals are believed to be used to process heroin, 90% of the world's heroin comes from afghanistan and a bulk of that from this

very province which has not really been under the control of the afghan central golf 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 later produced, using these chemicals. in addition, the marines found chemicals used for i am pro advised explosive devices, making this 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. >> one small step for man, one

giant leap for mankinds. >> on this 40th anniversary, we thought it would be fun to see who remembers the daring men who defied the odds and made the journey. richard ross posed the question to curious new yorkers. >> reporter: this should not be the world's most famous moonwalk. this is. >> one small step forman. >> that is one of america's finest moments, not only for america but for the world. >> reporter: who are these men? >> wow, that's a good question. >> reporter: on the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon, people have gotten spacey. >> these men, i haven't the slightest idea who they are. brain surgeons or doctors. >> i don't know, maybe some actors. >> the auto executives that went to d.c. for the hearings. >> cheney. >> cheney did not fly there.

>> snap out of it. >> reporter: we've all been a little moonstruck since the landing. these people believe moon rays help them live longer. in california thousands get behind the annual moon over amtrak july day and drop their pants as passenger trains roll by ♪ fly me to the moon >> reporter: people always want or threaten to go to the moon. >> do you want to go to the moon? >> reporter: has he ever threatened to send to you the moon. >> all the time. >> we've been to a half dozen places on the moon. that would be like going to a half dozen places on earth and saying we're done ♪ i would like to visit the moon ♪ >> reporter: armstrong said one small step for man, what would you say. >> i made it up here. >> looking good. >> wow, is this what is up here? >> one small step for womankind.

>> ladies, you can lose waegts weight here. >> you'll weigh one sixth of what you weigh here. >> the moon does at night. >> the sun is going from behind it shooting the light. >> okay. >> reporter: there's a new movie called moon which keeps an astronaut up there for three years alone. do you want to go to the moon? >> if i have a space suit with air, yes. >> reporter: displaying a flag that's been to the moon is a worldly man named moon. >> i have some special alternative to this moon because my name carries the moon. >> reporter: we did find someone who recognizes the astronauts. >> very lucky people that came along at the right time and were apart of "apollo 11". >> richard roth, cnn, new york.

apollo 11 touched down at 4:17 p.m. four decades ago today. this afternoon at that moment, wolf blitzer will celebrate the anniversary with buzz aldrin. reform in the u.s. health care system is a process with too many questions and not enough answers. the question at the top of the list, what's in it for me?

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friends sue susie, bob and mary. >> i invented them to talk about what health care reform means to you. the bottom line is we want to know what does it mean to me. let's look at these three people, they are in three different places in life and different situations. let's start here with mary. she is age 23. she's looking for a job. a recent graduate. what does health care reform mean to her? let's take a look. under the senate, the senate would allow her to stay under her parents's insurance until age 26. but for the house, she could only stay under her parents insurance until age 22. she might be better off with the senate bill until age 26. now, let's take a look at our next person. his name is john. he is self-employed but can't get health insurance. if you look carefully, you can tell why. his back is hurting him.

no insurance company will touch him and that really does happen. will he be better off under health care reform? i think the unee quif cal answer is yes. the reason why, he's in a really bad place right now can't get a whole lot worse. insurance companies could not discriminate against him because of his preexisting condition. let's look at mary -- susie, a really interesting situation. she is happy. so you might think, what's the big deal? you have to wonder, will she be happy when health reform comes around. she's employed and has insurance. this gets so complicated to people who are employed and have good insurance, i'm going to come over and we're going to chat about this. >> let's talk about the difference public insurance and private insurance. a lot of people don't trust the

government. anything that is government related makes them nervous. so here's the concern with her. the concern for people who are employed and have good insurance, under health care reform somehow they would get switched to public insurance instead of having private insurance they have now. under one study that's been done, it says that 50% of all people who are currently employed and have insurance that 50% of them would end up going to a public plan. that analysis has been criticized by the obama administration and say it's not true. there is this concern, people with private insurance, if they switch to public, will they be happy. >> it will be interesting to follow. thanks, elizabeth. >> can't squall itcall it a brie to nowhere. does a bridge that carries 250 cars a day deserve to be at the front of the line when it comes to stimulus money? with more calcium and vitamin d...

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you're looking at the three states that have not yet passed a budget for 2010, north carolina, connecticut and pennsylvania. get this. starting in two weeks, state workers in the keystone state get nothing on payday. susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange with more. >> reporter: well, there are 69,000 state workers in pennsylvania. think about it. they work so many different businesses that we deal with on a daily basis, whether it's dmv, the court, prison systems, social services, and the legislators themselves. so these state workers got 70% of their paycheck friday. that was for june. june employment. and it's going to get lighter than that. the next two weeks, they're going to get nothing until this budget impasse is resolved. so far, it's 17 days and counting, and even after a budget is signed, employees won't still see their cash for several days and they won't get any interest on the money owed. what are they arguing about, kyra?

over how to close a $2 billion budget gap. >> you've got nearly 70,000 workers who aren't getting paid, and then you're creating an even bigger crisis. >> reporter: no question about it. what do you do in the meantime? well, there are a few dozen financial institutions that are offering no interest or low interest loans, primarily credit unions, food banks are stepping up to provide emergency supplies. there may be some temporary eligibility for food stamps, and welfare. pennsylvania as you mentioned is one of only three yet to pass their budgets for fiscal 2010. connecticut and north carolina, they're operating under temporary spending measures so that's the difference here. pennsylvania is not, and those state workers are feeling it right now. >> susan lisovicz, thanks. you might need a long red light to figure this one out. lots of drivers in eugene, oregon totally stumped by this

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shovel ready and raring to go. a bridge in wisconsin is getting overdue repairs thanks to uncle sam's stimulus money. yes, this bridge does go somewhere, it's just that there aren't a whole lot of people going there and there's the rub. jessica gomez explains. >> reporter: at rusty's backwater saloon in wisconsin, it's dinnertime. >> we're going to rusty's. sweet potato fries. >> reporter: to get to rusty's, many drivers have to cross this bridge, a bridge the county says is falling apart. >> the deck has deteriorated to the point where the concrete is just starting to disintegrate.

if you were to take a hammer on this deck it would go through it like butter. >> reporter: plans to replace the bridge have been in the works for a few years but portage county just couldn't afford it, until now. >> when the stimulus program came about and they said, you know, if you've got shovel ready projects, we're willing to give you some money to do it, we jumped at the opportunity. >> reporter: some money turned out to be about $850,000 in approved stimulus funds. even though bids have now come in around $640,000, critics are questioning the project. >> when you have a bridge that very few people travel versus one that hundreds of thousands of people travel every month and we ought to restore the integrity of those before we restore the integrity of the less important ones. >> reporter: transportation officials estimate 250 cars cross this bridge every day and while they acknowledge there are hundreds of other busier bridges in need of repair across wisconsin, they say this bridge was given priority simply because it was shovel ready. people here point out that the bridge doesn't only lead to

rusty's, it's part of an integral road for emergency crews, a local paper mill and country club. >> it's not a bridge to nowhere. >> reporter: the debate on this project seems to be water under the bridge. construction is set to begin next month. in portage county, wisconsin, for cnn, jessica gomez. pushing forward with many aspects of the growing war in afghanistan, a small town in idaho won't breathe easy until bowe bergdahl is home. he was captured by the taliban three weeks ago and seen over the weekend in an online video. four u.s. troops killed today in a roadside bombing. for the month of july, the u.s. death toll is at 30, the highest since the afghan began. and these fireballs represent poppy seeds and chemicals that will never turn into heroin and money for the taliban. u.s. marines uncovered the stuff in a raid and blew it up while cnn's cameras rolled. now back to private

bergdahl, a soldier who fears he will never again see his family, hometown or the girlfriend he hopes to marry. the taliban threatens to kill him if foreign troops continue targeting civilians, a tactic u.s. forces and nato deny. in a video that surfaced saturday, bergdahl talks about his loved ones. >> my girlfriend, who is hoping to marry, i have my grandma and grandpa. 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, that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again, i'll never be able to hug them. >> private bergdahl's home is just outside hailey, idaho.

folks have been handing out yellow ribbons as a show of support. he danced at the ballet school and was often seen riding his bike. a circle of friends had known that bergdahl had been captured but kept it quiet at the request of the family so not to compromise his safety. a spokesperson for the family explains why. moments ago, through the police. >> we have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and concern toward bowe and our family. as you know, the situation is extremely difficult for everyone involved. we would like to remind all of you that our sole focus is seeing our beloved son, bowe, safely home. please continue to keep bowe in your thoughts and prayers and we would ask for your continued respect of our need for privacy in this difficult situation. >> as we mentioned, four u.s. troops were killed in afghanistan today and that

raises the total killed to 30 in july alone, the highest since the war began. the death toll for allied troops is also at a record high. we will talk more about it with paula newton. she's in london. it's so hard to talk about a story like this when you have only got numbers because it really doesn't justify the men and women that are being killed in these wars. they have families, they have loved ones, they have children, and so many people become desensitized at just a number. >> reporter: absolutely. i think comparatively in terms of what we have been through in iraq, you look at the numbers and think well, comparatively, but that's just not the way to look at it. and kyra, now when we go through this death toll, you know, on paper we had seen this. i saw this as far back as january and february. generals in the field briefing me saying look, we're expecting this spike, but each time it happens, it again causes those same commanders to reassess, at least they tell me, why they're in the field, how they're handling their strategy in

afghanistan. key problems are the ieds. i went through anti-ied training at bagram air base and there's only so much that can be done, mainly because the taliban have been working at this for more than two years, boobytrapping key roads, and this continues to be a huge problem for soldiers on the ground. >> something the soldiers are also dealing with, of course, tremendous problem with the poppy fields in afghanistan and the drugs that are not only ravaging that country and the people that live there, but they're coming to the united states. the dea here now sending more agents over there to try to help in the drug war. >> reporter: look, the drug pipeline going from afghanistan, make no mistake, ends up on the streets of the united states and on the streets of europe. that is still the key problem, ravaging economies and borders along the way. the problem, what was so shocking to me was we have an offensive going on right now, u.s. marines and they had basically kicked the taliban out of a bazaar. it was a drug den.

what i was so struck by was the fact that they were actually processing that drug there. they had very high grade chemicals, something we wouldn't have seen two or three years ago. the u.s. military is now trying to disrupt that production in afghanistan and they know it's key. it could be responsible for more than 90%, really, of all the heroin on the street today, and that's a staggering amount. at the same time, people there will tell you that they have no choice but to participate in the drug trade because that's their only livelihood. that's the underlying problem here. >> tomorrow, we will talk more about the drug trade and also with the head of the dea on that exact issue. paula newton, thanks. money is so tight that an ohio boy is selling his toys just so his family can pay the bills. you will meet the generous 11-year-old and his dad in "cnn newsroom." you're looking at live pictures of a couple "endeavour" astronauts marking the 40th anniversary of the moon landing

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go up. good to know. both candidates for governor say they will reopen the stops if elected. tough economic times inspire an ohio boy to help, well, one tonka truck at a time. daddy's out of work so the 11-year-old is selling his own toys to help with the expenses. it's not the first time zach mcguire has been generous. he sold kool-aid in 2005 to help katrina victims and set up a cocoa stand to help california wildfire victims. the boy's father is touched by his son's generosity, as you can imagine. >> i prayed to god, let me win the lottery as i'm sure a lot of people do. this is better than the lottery. >> zach mcguire and his father join me now live from toledo. zach, tom, good to see you guys. >> hello. >> so zach, can you hear me okay? >> yep. >> okay, good. hey, look, when dad started going through a hard time with work and you realized things

were tough on the family, tell me what you decided to do. >> i decided to sell my toys to help save the house. >> and tell me why you picked your toys. why sell your toys? >> because that's the stuff i really don't play with anymore and do anything with. >> so you're not going to miss them? >> i'll miss them, but -- >> it's what you had to do? >> yeah. >> yeah? so did dad ever say to you all right, zach, times are a little tough right now, we're going to have to cut back on the extra things? >> no. i don't think he did. >> he didn't. so dad, when you saw what your son was doing, that must have just tore at your heartstrings. >> well, yeah, it definitely broke my heart. zach is a wonderful, giving child and he would give somebody his last dollar, and then try and figure out what he was going to do himself. i've been so sick and tired of

having to tell my child no, we can't do this or no, we can't go there. these economic times are just horrendous for everybody across the country, but zach, he's always had a high level of responsibility and he wanted to do something to help out, so his idea of selling some of his toys that he didn't play with anymore, i thought it would be a good thing for him to learn responsibility and earn some money. i don't want anyone to think that we sold all of zach's toys. that's not the case. >> he got to save some of them. >> yes. yes, he did. >> so zach, where does your sense of compassion come from? you seem to have such a big heart. where did you learn that? >> from my mom and dad. >> yeah? how did you learn that from mom and dad? >> because they have been teaching me to act in a christian attitude. >> how much money have you made so far by selling your toys?

>> i actually don't know. you would have to ask my dad. >> are you the accountant here? is it a special sale? >> well, we're not sure of the total dollar amount of the toy sale itself. it was never designed to bring in a lot of money, but i do want to thank everyone from across the country. we had no idea this was going to get national exposure -- >> so have people been pitching in from across the country? >> yes. yes, they have. it's been very humbling -- >> oh, my gosh. >> as human beings, we let our pride stand in our way a lot of the time, and i think this is a case where god is working through other people to help us, and sometimes it's hard to receive. we're used to being the ones that give, and it's very humbling. very humbling. >> well, zach, you know, i tell

you what, you're getting us all emotional. i can hear the ahhs in the newsroom. zach, as you look at your dad and his reaction and how much he appreciates you, i mean, do you even realize the impact that you're making on the family and all of us and everything that you're doing? >> yep. >> you do? does it make you feel good? >> yep. >> so how do you gather people to come and buy your toys and get them to come see your stash? have you been calling folks or going door-to-door? how have you gotten your customers? >> we set up in the front yard when it's a good day and in the back in the garage when it's supposed to rain, to attract them. we have a big sign painted white with black letters that says "toy sale." >> right before i will let your dad do the 30-second pitch, we will explain to folks about that. zach, what is your message to

other kids your age that may have a lot of toys and a lot of things to offer up, and your message to other families like yours, too, that are really struggling right now in hard economic times? what do you tell them? >> they could offer to sell their toys like me, or through a small stand of some sort, raise a little money to buy food or -- >> you're one amazing young man, zach. >> thank you. >> you are so welcome. dad, you know about our 30-second pitch. we love giving folks an opportunity to basically give their resume in 30 seconds as they're looking for work. we have done it with all different types of folks here in the united states from vets to college students and now talking to you, we found out about you obviously through your son and his efforts. so you ready to give us your 30-second pitch? i know you're in construction work, correct? >> yes. i'm a carpenter by trade, but i

hold a class a contractor's license here in toledo, ohio. >> okay. >> i've done work outside of toledo as well. >> all right. we have your e-mail up. i understand this is a brand new e-mail, hire tom mcguire at yahoo.com. give me your 30-second pitch, okay? go for it. >> my name is thomas mcguire. and i am a licensed carpenter/contractor. i specialize mostly in residential renovation and remodeling. primarily kitchens, basement finishing with traditional style construction, custom garages, custom decks and additions, and light commercial work on the commercial side of things. i'm willing to travel outside of the state of ohio but i prefer to remain resident here in toledo, ohio. >> look at that, right on the button, 30 seconds. zach, i will give a couple extra seconds. tell us why your dad is so wonderful.

>> just because he's a nice guy and just loves to help people like me. >> you love to help him. zach and tom mcguire, what a fabulous family. tom, you've got to be so proud. zach, we're proud of you. thanks, guys. >> thank you. struggling cafe gets a bailout from customers and the community. probably not something you would see at starbucks, right?

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through this difficult time. when they come to you and they say thank you, aj, for helping me with this problem, that's where we get our joy from. that's what motivates us everyday. well, the recession was grinding them down but a little new york coffee shop got its fix, thanks to a caffeine loving community. here's allan chernoff. >> reporter: it started with a left wing radical activist who wanted to create what he called the anti-starbucks, a communal cafe, bookstore, debate parlor and performance space. boxtop, he called it, short for

voice of the people in latin. >> my vision was to create a place that people could come together and voice their opinions and share and cross-pollinate across the political spectrum. >> reporter: in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, brooklyn's ditmus park, it was becoming the people's cafe but just as the recession was taking hold, he opened a second location in manhattan. >> the recession bit me in the butt. i literally saw the economy come grinding down to a halt in front of me. >> reporter: enter debbie ryan, a friend of a friend with a smattering of nonprofit business experience. she quickly discovered well-meaning employees were running voxpop into the ground. >> somebody ordered a salad, they would run across for $7, run across the street to the organic market and buy a salad for $9 and come back and sell it. i'm like okay, there's a problem right there. >> reporter: debbie had the manhattan cafe closed, yet vox

pop was $190,000 in debt, behind on rent, taxes and fines for health code violations. >> the soundest business decision would have been throw in the towel, file bankruptcy, call it quits. >> reporter: instead of a bailout, vox pop found its rescue in a buy-in. a community buy-in. the cafe sold stock to its customers for $50 a share and in ten days, raised $64,000. nearly 200 people invested to keep their cafe open. families like the mitchells, who put in more than $1,000. >> what this place provided was unique for the neighborhood. >> we have to think about where we put our money but that was a no-brainer for us. we believe in what they believe in. >> i consider it a good investment for my neighborhood, for me, for my kids, for my coffee addiction. >> reporter: shareholders are a long way from seeing a profit. vox pop is still paying off debt. but investors say they couldn't be happier because communal

capitalism has allowed them to keep the voice of the people alive. allan chernoff, cnn, brooklyn, new york. chad myers keeping an eye on all the extreme weather around the country. it was a lot nicer here today, that's for sure. >> it was a beautiful weekend. i know i can't say that for everybody but in atlanta and charlotte all the way to the gulf coast, it was amazing because this front, a cold front came all the way from canada, pushed the humidity away, pushed it down for you people in florida, sorry, you had it. you really got it. also the showers as well. but today, really, the only real threat of severe weather will be right here through the plains and it's basically tornado alley anyway, although i don't think there's a huge threat of tornadoes today. it is literally only going to be a threat of some hail. we also are seeing here a couple shots out of miami. really see dark clouds here. we are getting airport delays out of miami right now. can't see the clouds there from our tower cam but they are there. south of miami-dade down to about florida city, i just

looked at the radar, really raining very hard. let's just put this into play. we will see a couple things. we will zoom in and this is going to be the road that will take you to the florida keys, heavy rainfall here sliding off to the east, then heavy rain here across even as far north as toboka, seeing a couple showers and thunderstorms, although not severe with that, no hail, no wind, heavy, heavy rain and maybe a little 30 mile per hour wind. it's not really a day on the beach you might want to spend. showers and thunderstorms across dallas because you are cooler now, you are in that frontal boundary where it's warm and hot to the south, only 94, kind of tongue in cheek, but only 94 for you, dallas, because it's been over 100 degrees for so many days in a row. the hundred degree weather is back out here in phoenix, back through the valley, through yuma and into fresno and bakersfield. the temperatures you see today that we will tell you about tomorrow that break records, 110, 112, 114, whatever the numbers will be, those are

numbers that are in a box, literally in a shed-like box out of the sun and with breezes blowing through that shed, so this is not the sunshine temperature. you get out there at 110 degrees and stand in the sunshine as well, your body will feel much warmer than that and so will the pets. make sure they have shade and water out there today. >> chad, thanks. it may change the way you look at the lunar landscape forever. a look at what google's doing to mark the moon. a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day.

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do you know what other historic event also took place during the moon landing? buzz aldrin took communion. at that time he says he kept quiet about it because he didn't want to detract from other, well, the bigger picture of the mission itself. aldrin, who's a presbyterian, prepared by having his pastor consecrate a communion wafer and small vial of wine. he administered communion to himself after the lunar module landed. little-known footnote to that day. just a reminder, you can follow the apollo 11 mission in realtime on twitter. the project is called relive apollo 11 and it's been put together by the smithsonian's national air and space museum. the profile name is relive apollo 11 on twitter.com. while people were glued to their tv sets to watch apollo land, a documentary film maker was capturing the intensity of the operation to get there. we take a peek at the restored

director's cut. >> i chose myself during the launch to be in launch control, in the firing room, and they even printed up a badge for me, which is apollo 11 firing room badge number one, which looks hand-printed because they didn't print any other badges. >> reporter: you were the only civilian there? >> yeah. you know how they say tigers can smell your fear, animals can smell your fear? well, i smelled fear from all these people. there were hundreds of people in this huge launch control center. each one of them was scared that it might be his little thing that would go wrong and blow the whole launch. and i've never smelled anything like that since. >> reporter: did you get the sense that they all felt they were making history? was there that feeling there? >> everybody knew that. i mean, this was the big one. i was just thinking to myself some day, somebody's going to ask me what did i feel at this

moment, and i was trying to think what do i feel, because -- >> reporter: what did you feel? >> as it rose up to clear the launch pad, there wasn't any sound yet because it was so far away. it took 15 seconds for the sound to get there. >> reporter: why was it three miles away? >> everything had to be three miles away, everyone, including technicians, because in case it blew up on the launch pad or shortly after launch, it could throw debris that far away. >> reporter: one of the most breathtaking moments of the film is of course the launch, shot from how many different camera angles? how did you get all that footage? >> that's kind of a funny story. i was looking through one of their technical manuals and i happened to notice in the specs there were 240 engineering cameras that were triggered automatically on the launch tower at the time of launch. if nothing blew up and if some

hose didn't disconnect properly, they were just going to chuck it out. it was no longer of interest to the technicians. >> reporter: wow. you chose not really to make a thing of the astronauts themselves. we don't really hear from them in your film. why was that? >> i didn't want to feature them as heroes. i wanted to tell it like a story told around the campfire. the only people that i ever actually interviewed were the little old ladies that made the spacesuits. >> when they're up there in space, you know what parts you've worked on and i just say well, i hope that part don't fail, because i would feel it was my fault if it did. >> i was surprised when i went to film there, that the space willsuits were all made by little old white-haired ladies using sewing machines that literally dated from the year 1900 because they were so accurate to run so slowly. >> reporter: did people feel proud -- >> everyone felt proud. it didn't have anything to do

with anything american because the people around the world didn't think of this as an american act. they knew it was an american rocket, american astronauts. they just thought of these astronauts as being representatives of them so that they all felt that we stepped on the moon, not just armstrong. >> let's face it, unless you're an astronaut, you will probably never get the chance to fly to the moon but you can get an interesting look at the lunar landscape with your computer. chad myers, let's talk about what google is doing now to the moon. >> those guys have so much time on their hands. >> we should have invested in this years ago. that's our biggest mistake. >> i love those guys. i met them, we went to new york, we talked to them about a lot of things but now not only google earth but now google moon. you can go on to google earth 5.0, download the entire program. not google maps, google earth 5.0, and you can get the earth on there and you can somehow, i don't know how, i don't know, pink floyd would be very proud but you can get the dark side of

the moon and you can see some of that on the other side. every one of the dots here, though, some type of information. either from a lunar landing, you can see apollo 14, 11, there's 17 right there. not going to find 13 on here because it never made it to the moon. we will zoom into a couple things here. we have a little bit of a play model here. we will play this whole thing. we will play it right down into here's the lunar lander, right here, from apollo 11. it will flatten out, you can see basically not the lander, obviously, but a model of what the lander was, then right here are these little symbols. those are actually panoramic pictures, you can zoom right down here, this is literally the picture from the moon at the time in color as they brought it back here. there's the camera being taken, here's the shadow of the other astronaut. not just for 11, but for 14, 15, 16, 17, then if you go up here to 15, you can actually see, remember that little car they drove around? they drove around in the car on the moon? you can actually see where they put that thing and where the car

went. you even have a little bit of a track on to google earth. >> i thought you were talking about mr. magoo for a minute. you're talking about the space truck, the four by four. there's a name for that. >> i forget what it was. >> we'll get back to that. thanks, chad. as art imitates life, his art, well, let's call it modern lunar. his life, an astronaut. you have questions. who can give you the financial advice you need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough questions. that's why we brought together two of the most powerful names in the industry. introducing morgan stanley smith barney. here to rethink wealth management. here to answer... your questions.

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>> we have a waiting list of people waiting 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 the nice street like this, we try to buy all of the available inventory on this street. >> reporter: 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 are 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. >> reporter: alexander's company invests between $10,000 and $20,000 rehabilitating the homes which they say they have been able to flip for a 20% to 30% profit. even with buyers scarce, 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

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we know robbery was one motive but the law says there is another. we're about to find out more about that murder case in florida, where a couple with a house full of special needs kids was killed. the sheriff in escambia county says he plans to question three more persons of interest to make at least three more arrests and tell us about another murder. byrd and melissa billings were shot to death july 9th while nine of their children were at home. the clock has run out on michael vick's sentence. the ex-atlanta falcons quarterback released from custody today after doing time for dog fighting. vick got out of prison in may and spent the last two months on home confinement. he's still got three years on probation. vick wants to return to the nfl. the league suspended him indefinitely back in 2007 and the falcons released him last

month. so far, no teams publicly said to be looking to take him on. a few weeks ago we reported on americans going abroad for stem cell therapy that they just can't get here. since then, patients battling life-threatening diseases have called and e-mailed us. we found more controversial research, more unproven results and more critics. here's a follow-up from drew griffin of our special investigations unit. >> reporter: barbara mckie n's workout in front of a wii may not seem like much until you consider where she was one year ago. she has copd, an incurable lung disease that should be killing her. instead of dying, she says she's getting better, using oxygen only at night now. even her family physician is amazed. she believes stem cells from her own body are helping her improve. barbara is a patient of an american doctor working through

this hospital in the dominican republic. he is a florida cardiologist who also runs a company called regenocite therapeutics. what he is doing cannot be done in the u.s. >> these procedures work and it's substantiated by objective data we are collecting. >> reporter: the procedure, draw a patient's own blood, send it off to a lab in israel, where it's transformed into what the company calls regeneocite. according to the company, the cells are then reinjected into the body to rebuild damaged areas. >> we end up with between 40 to 80 million stem cells and they also activate them and educate them to want to become the end organ of whatever tissue that we're looking to regenerate. >> reporter: if that sounds impossible, it's because those at the forefront of stem cell research say it is. >> there is no such cell.

there's no cell called a regennocite. >> reporter: dr. irving wiseman is president-elect of the international society for stem cell research. >> i'm disappointed and shocked that somebody would prey on a family that has an untreatable disease with the promise of a therapy that has no scientific or medical basis. >> reporter: dr. greco says he's not conducting any fda approved clinical trials. such trials are usually conducted before treating patients. too expensive, he says, but he will seek fda approval by the end of the year. he also shrugs off criticism of nonbelievers. do you think the head of the international stem cell society, research society, and the head of stanford medical center's biology stem cell department is just behind the times? >> i think that they just need to be more educated. >> reporter: he conducts information seminars in florida

retirement communities and says over the past 18 months, he has treated more than 100 people with various illnesses. he claims 80% responded to treatment. in his seminars, he talks about hopes and possibilities, careful not to promise results. you're treating them, you're not scamming them. >> no. no, we're treating them. >> reporter: the fda has not sanctioned the treatment in the united states because it has yet to be proven safe or even effective in humans. but that is all science. what's harder to explain is the experience of barbara, who says the moment she felt her own stem cells injected into her body, she felt healing. >> i'm sitting out in the humidity talking to you. i didn't even step out on this porch before i got my stem cells. couldn't do it. >> reporter: drew griffin, cnn, naples, florida. team sanchez working hard on the next hour. what have you got? >> what do you know about the health care plan in canada?

>> you know what? a lot of people in canada think it's a lot better than what we have here. >> a lot of people here think it's a joke because apparently people have to wait in line for hours or years or days. >> but a lot of people go from here to there to get drugs. >> that's what's going on right now in this country. it almost seems like some people on one side will tell you the canadian system is absolutely deplorable and others will tell you it's a panacea, the greatest thing in the world. some are saying the health system we have in this country is the best in the world, then you have people saying we got to take it apart and start over because it just doesn't work. somewhere, there's got to be some truth. you know what i will do at the top of the show? i will interview the former minister of the canadian health services and just ask him, what's good, what's bad about your health plan there, mister, and i'm doing it for you. because i want you to be informed. me, too. >> thanks, rick. we all want better health care. cheaper, everything, better

service, not a long wait. >> we just want answers. after awhile you listen to like radio stations and you come away -- >> it's like what's the right plan. see you, rick. you'll hear the names neil armstrong and buzz aldrin a lot today. alan bean, not so much. that's okay. the fourth man to set foot on the moon is content to leave his story to artwork. >> reporter: the painting he is working on is called the spirit of apollo. >> it's not too good. >> reporter: bean, 77 years old, ought to know a little something about that spirit. in november, 40 years ago, he became the fourth human to walk on the moon. >> the earth, the planet, where we came from, north america, where we launched, america that paid for it. >> reporter: the walls in his houston studio are covered in a history of the apollo program, done in acrylic paint. a history no other painter could have realistically captured.

>> these paintings are the only paintings in history from anywhere else but this earth. one of mine that's a favorite done years and years ago is that's how it felt to walk on the moon. >> reporter: his love affair with the easel and brush began long before he flew on apollo 12. as a young navy test pilot, bean took night school classes. when he left nasa, his hobby became a profession. painting apollo was a no-brainer. >> got my apollo badge on. >> reporter: today, his paintings start at $20,000. many of his works are on display at the national air and space museum in conjunction with the apollo 11 anniversary. a coffee table book has just been published, too. >> this is gene holding up mankind rock. >> reporter: his paintings are more than just his impressions of the lunar visits. the moon is literally a part of each work of art. >> that's a piece from my past. >> reporter: bean took the patches from his moon suit, name

tag, apollo and nasa emblems and ground part of them up. seems a bit crazy, right? >> then it dawned on meesh, thee dirty with moon dust. >> reporter: each painting he sprinkles with a touch of moon dust. for the texture, he takes the hammer he used on the moon and works it into the paint. he uses a moon boot, too. >> before i'll paint, i'll make the texture of a moon boot right there. here's the back of it, here's the tread. >> reporter: when he first started painting, he said some of his apollo buddies looked at him a little funny. now, some own his paintings and a piece of the moon. john zarrella, cnn at the kennedy space center in florida. you can read all about the 40th anniversary of the moon landing online. point your browser to cnn.com/moon. take a live picture now as we wait -- okay. we are waiting to hear from the president of the united states as he actually met today with

the apollo 11 crewmen and we will take -- actually, we will have that in just a second, i am told. there they are. they told the president they want the next mission to be a dedication to mars. they met with barack obama. let's go ahead and listen in. >> very rarely do i have such an extraordinary pleasure as i have today to welcome three iconic figures, three genuine american heroes. to have neil armstrong, michael collins and buzz aldrin here beside me is just wonderful, and i think that all of us recall the moment in which mankind finally was untethered from this planet and was able to explore the stars, the moment in which

we had one of our own step on the moon and leave that imprint that is there to this day, and it's because of the heroism, the calm under pressure, the grace with which these three gentlemen operated, but also the entire nasa family that was able to, at great risk, oftentimes, and with a great danger, was somehow able to lift our psyches, not just here in the united states but around the world. we now have a wonderful nasa administrator and the deputy administrator, we are confident that they are going to be doing everything that they can in the decade to come to continue the

inspirational mission of nasa, but i think it's fair to say that the touchstone for excellence in exploration and discovery is always going to be represented by the men of apollo 11. and so i'm grateful to them for taking the time to visit with us. the country continues to draw inspiration from what you've done. i should note just personally, i grew up in hawaii, as many of you know, and i still recall sitting on my grandfather's shoulders when those capsules would land in the pacific and they would get brought back, and we would go out and we would pretend like they could see us as we were waving at folks coming home. and i remember waving american flags and my grandfather telling me that the apollo mission was an example of how americans can

do anything they put their minds to. i also know that as a consequence of the extraordinary work of nasa generally, that you inspired an entire generation of scientists and engineers, that ended up really sparking the innovation, the drive, the entrepreneurship, the creativity, back here on earth. and i think it's very important for us to constantly remember that nasa was not only about feeding our curiosity, that sense of wonder, but also had extraordinary practical applications, and one of the things that i have committed to doing as president is making sure that math and science are cool again, and that we once again achieve the goal by 2020 of having the highest college graduation rates of any country on earth, especially in the math and science fields. so i think on this 40th

anniversary, we are, all of us, thankful and grateful to all of you for what you've done and we expect that there's, as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up at the sky and are going to be the next armstrong, collins and aldrin, and we want to make sure that nasa is going to be there for them when they want to take their journey. thank you so much. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you very much. thank you, sir. thank you, everybody. >> the president of the united states with the first astronauts to walk on the moon together there at the white house. it's been 40 years on this day since the apollo 11 crew made history. that does it for us. right after the break, rick sanchez will take it from here.