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hello there everybody from cnn center in atlanta, georgia this, is sunday, july 26. i'm t. j. holmes. >> it is 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in chicago. 3:00 a.m. in phoenix and we appreciate you starting your sunday with us. >> we always say the time in chicago because our executive producers in charge of this show -- >> that's her shout out to her family. >> she's from chicago. there you go. all right. the vice president, what do you
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think i'll say next. yes, he said something that many people say that maybe he should not have said. he said something about russia this time. political advisors said it could cause serious damage to the u.s.-russian relationship. we'll have more on the story and removing the foot from the mouth coming up. >> also, he's a mean and lean on the golf course. he's an amazing athlete. a boating trip with his family four years ago turned tragic. >> i looked down. >> jordan thomas lost his legs but managed to survive. now he's fighting for better health care for families who can't afford it. first let's look at some of the stories developing overnight. first one to tell you about some of these demonstratations across six continents. tokyo, los angeles, berlin,
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france, new york, washington, seoul, demanding the release of hundreds of iranians arrested during protests over last month's elections. they are wearing the color green. united for iran and several other human rights groups have organized demonstrations. just about everybody. you enjoying your day off today, so are the astronauts in space. yesterday, 13 astronauts along the space station had a bit of a break after a week filled with tough space walks. one more planned for tomorrow and on tuesday some of the astronauts will leave the station aboard the space substitutele "endeavour." >> the obama administration opening its first major talks with china. the president will be kicking off a summit with the chinese president with remarks starting tomorrow and then on tuesday
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he'll be tackling health care and answering questions from aarp members during a teletown hall meeting. >> the vice president joe biden is wrapping up a trip overseas. but his candor is what's making the big news. >> his getting us talk. the vice president is bending the political niceties, making comments about the russian government that no one else in the obama administration seems to be saying at least, not saying publicly. here's some of the comments he made saying they have a shrinking population base. goes on to say they have a witherring economy. they have a banking sector that may not be able to stand in the next 15 years. they are in a situation where the world is changing before them and clinging to something
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in the past that's not sustainable. you can believe the russian government is perplexed by some of these comments. "new york times" is reporting the chief foreign policy advisor to russia's president is quoted as saying if some members of obama's team and government do not like this atmosphere, why don't they say so? if they disagree with the course of their president, we just need to know this. robert gates circumstances youing a statement saying, working together to advance security and prosperity for the american and russian people is the focus of our effort to reset relations. the president and vice president believe russia will work with us not out of weakness but out of national interest. we asked about some of the remarks on behalf of the vice president. >> damaging to international relations because the united states wants to, needs russia to help us with iran, help us with
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north korea, help us on energy issues, on nuclear proliferation. russia is a weakened run the, that's true, it's been important for the obama administration to reset that relationship and what's central to the russians is to be treated with respect. >> a senior advisor to the president is on with "state of the union" with john king and talk further about the vice president's remarks. let's turn to the governor of alaska. she can only have that title for a little while longer. sarah palin leaving office today. had a little party to say good-bye. had a picnic. she's seen in the middle. she was serving up food and chatting with everybody. she will officially hand over her duties to the lieutenant governor later today. we had him life on the show a couple of weekends back. he's announced he'll be running for his own term.
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>> he doesn't have national aspirations. we saw moving trucks. she's leaving more than a year before ten of her term. >> we have a question for you this morning. what do you think she should do next? i posted that question already this morning, brooke, asking people what they think. most of them are not being that nice. i will ask you all please in all seriousness i'm asking what should she do? a lot of people think she should stay at home with her kids and be a mom. some say she should get back in the political game. send in your comments. meanwhile the president. he's pushing for health care reform. >> the president says they currently pay 18% more for health insurance than larger businesses. we talked about it. in his weekly and internet radio
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address he's outlining his plan to level the playing field. >> under the reform plans in congress, small businesses will be able to purchase health insurance through an insurance exchange. a marketplace where they can compare the price, quality and services of a wide variety of plans. many of which will provide better coverage at lower cost than the plans they have now. they can then pick the one that works best for them and their employees. small businesses that choose to insure their employees will receive a tax credit to help them pay for it. if a small business chooses not to provide coverage its employees can purchase high quality affordable insurance through the insurance exchange on their own. low-income workers, folks more likely to be working at small businesses will qualify for a subsidy to help them cover the costs. no matter how you get your insurance, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to
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deny you coverage because of a preexisting coverage. >> he believes the proposal could improve coverage for thousands of employees. >> kate baldwin spoke to several small business owners in the washington, d.c. area to get their perspective. >> reporter: president obama in his weekly address is pitching to small businesses across the country saying they will only benefit from health care reform. >> these are the mom and pop stores, restaurants, beauty shops, construction companies that support families and sustain communities. right now they are getting crushed by skyrocketing health care costs. >> reporter: we talked to two small business owners who face similar challenges every day. david guernsey employs 170 people in virginia. brian england has 18 employees at his maryland auto repair shop. both small businesses that
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provide health insurance to their workers but both admit it's getting harder and harder to keep up. >> top line is not going up. gross profit is not going up. expenses in terms of health care will go up. >> rent and health care. that's third in line. >> reporter: these men and their employees are keeping close watch on washington and the health care debate. one idea england supports requiring employers to provide coverage. he says it would help level the playing field for him against competitors. >> every erit gets worse, the rates go up, more employers stop providing coverage and it makes a big problem for the ones that are left. >> reporter: guernsey feels expanded coverage could comes with an expanded price that small businesses can't afford. >> if the rekwirmt were such that the kind of coverage we offered were dramatically
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different, dramatically more comprehensive and the cost accordingly would go up significantly that then would be a problem. >> reporter: instead he hopes small businesses will be allowed to pool their coverage to help drive down prices. president obama supports allowing small businesses to buy coverage through an insurance exchange where he says they could shop for different cheaper plans for their employees. now wednesday mr. obama heads to north carolina and virginia to continue selling the white house reform efforts. indicate bald wwin, cnn, washington. >> nancy pelosi with an exclusive interview with john king on "state of the union." john king hosts "state of the union" starting at 9:00 a.m. this morning. something is brewing in massachusetts and one woman is
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spilling the beans. >> brewing, i thought it might have been beer. >> coffee. >> reynolds is a fan of both. good morning, sir. >> yes. in equal amounts any time today. one thing we're going to be doing is drinking coffee or beer. this morning we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms not only in parts of the eastern seaboard but portions of the deep south. the heat we're expecting in texas, what's unusual the heat wave expected for parts of the pacific northwest. we'll give you some numbers. that's coming up in a few moments right here on "cnn sunday morning." to help me brear all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways.
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what was supposed to be playing? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. we'll never know. rolling stones, i think. mickager would not be proud. >> this is always fun to watch. people take this seriously. let's show you this video. this is in akron, ohio. weather didn't cooperate too well. >> you know, you don't really need great weather. you greed gravity, four wheels and a crash helmet.
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time for parents and kids to get together. these race box racers have been going down the hill. it's a huge tradition. one of many great events that will take place this weekend. another one, gilroy, california the garlic festival. good times. >> they get crazy. garlic capital of the world. >> you leave with your clothes smelling. >> big thing there. >> lumberjack world champion in hayward, wisconsin which anyone would love to pick up an axe for that. then go to annie oakkley festival in greenville, ohio. among today's inductees rickey
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henderson. he moves faster than that. all time leader and should be a shoo-in for the hall of fame. maybe joe jackson one day will be indukcted. he looks good. what we'll talk about is weather. great times here in atlanta. beautiful weather. but parts of the country can't say the same. rough storms popping up and heat wave in places where you wouldn't expect it. pacific northwest. the first thing you'll see as we take a look outside in atlanta, just a nice condition, a few scattered clouds but later on today the temperatures will go up into the 90s. as we go the magic wall, some low 80s in the downtown area but when you get out toward the west, dallas and houston going up to the 90s. take a look. seattle going up to 87 degrees. later on today we can see the temperatures range from 95 to
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102 degrees. very unusual for this time the year. that heat wave is something that's tough for people to deal with. a lot of people in this part of the world don't use air conditioners. something else, nashville and chattanooga hoping for clear skies. this frontal boundary is pushing slowly to the south and southeast will bring a chance of scattered showers, possibly some small hail. and bloomfield, rain drops there. south of altoona you're in good shape. more rough weather develop along parts of the eastern seaboard into new england and of course back in the southeast we could see rumbles of thunder in mississippi, louisiana and arkansas before the day is out. that's a wrap on your forecast. let's sends it back to you. >> we appreciate you kind, sir. >> let's get a little bit of a reality check here this morning on what's happening with the billions of dollars that are supposed to be rescuing our
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economy. >> reporter: good morning. we're hearing that there are half truths from threat and right. there's some serious checking. we'll tell you about the alleged billions of dollars in tax relief and tell you about the signs you may seen out there on the highways and how much they might be costing you.
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>> reporter: she is hooked on coffee. >> i had my first shot of espresso when i was 14 and it was amazing for me. >> reporter: with a dream of opening a coffee house she went to seattle to learn at the aprons of the best. she returned to boston and last fall launched voltage coffee, a catering company. >> this is where the magic happens. >> reporter: she knew her business acumen could use a jolt. >> i wrote my business plan. >> reporter: she then took her plan to the small business administration and was directed to axion usa a company specializing in microloans. she began a partnership with samuel adams. >> i love lucy's dedication to the quality of her product and i'm a big believer that, you
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know, a great product and the patience that an entrepreneur brings to that. >> reporter: she started her voltage with $2,000 and $4,000 loan. >> so the grinders, my tables, the membership cost, licensing and my cost for a few months with the commercial kitchen facility that i use. >> reporter: now she's focused on a tore front but she has to incorporate, find a space and get a loan. >> i need someone to give me 180 grand. a good chunk of chain. >> reporter: despite the economy she remains undaunted. >> i'll keep working at it. i won't let up, boston. i don't care. >> and you can catch the new money main treat this thursday
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♪ the nation's economic stimulus package, billions of dollars in countless claims. >> a lot of claims out there. how many of them are true? we'll take a look at some of the truthfulness with our reality check. >> reporter: hey guys. all right so trillions, billions or million, it seems like all this recovery money is flying around because lawmakers keep talking about it that way. but it hasn't hit you with. along with this money are a lot of claims. we need to break it down. hey, bill. let's start off with this. you were looking at a claim from president obama, $43 billion. >> it's a claim he made many times as he talks about the economic stimulus. >> delivered $43 billion in tax relief to american families and businesses. >> we looked into that and found there's fuzzy math.
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the 43 billion includes some money that was used for the fix for the alternative minimum tax and of course the amt is a tax that was set up in the '60s to try to limit, put restrictions on the wealthy but it has gradually affected the middle class. every year congress put as fix in. obama is counting that in the 43 billion and we decided in talking to some experts that's not correct to do that, that's really exaggerating the impact of the stimulus. we gave this a half true. he's right about the other parts that make up the 43 billion but the 8 billion, we felt he wasn't. half true for this one. >> speaking of half truths, this is on the other side. one claim from republicans, senator bennett who talks about road signs out there. tell us about this. >> bennett is correct that the obama administration has encouraged states to put up
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these signs. but the obama administration has not required them, and the other part of bennett's claim they have spent millions to do this. it may or may not be true. we haven't been able to get a good accounting on how much money has been spent on signs. we're not sure. we gave this a half true. >> let's go with the latest. you guys have a steady supply which is why we love looking at your website every day. all right, guys, back to you. what should the former vice presidential contender sarah palin do now that she's no longer governor? she's leaving office today. we're asking you that on facebook and twitter. send us your comments. we'll be sharing some of it. >> solid solidarity for iranians around the globe. why some cities were seeing green as part of the bigger message for global action.
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hello again, everybody. welcome back to "cnn sunday morning." let's talk tuesday and decision day here. the senate judiciary committee expected to vote on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. some republicans on the panel are backing the nominee but jeff sessions the senior republican on the panel says he's not revealing yet how he'll vote. he also says he remains troubled by some of her responses at the confirm hearings and with democrats controlling the senate sotomayor appears heading for confirmation. >> everybody needs a day off. what would you be doing on your day off? golf. a cookout. not an option when you're in space. 13 astronauts on the international space station had
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a day off on saturday, just hung out a bit, i guess. they had a tough week. a lot of space walks. another spacewalk coming up tomorrow. then the shuttle "endeavour" planning to come home on tuesday with seven astronauts aboard. look at the scene. that's los angeles. yesterday hundreds rallying against alleged human violations in iran. demonstrations took place in new york and hundreds ever cities. >> they are showing support for people in iran. they want release of hundred of people arrested during the protests over iran's disputed presidential election. >> take a look at these pictures. elm very passionate about the issue. in paris, tokyo, london, berlin. we went to one of those demonstrations and here's a
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report on the global dave action. >> reporter: a river of green in times square, new york. protesters draped in the official color of iran's opposition movement condemning the iranian government for hundred of arrests and an often brutal crackdown since june's election. >> when people are being oppressed the world is being oppressed and we have to stand together. >> reporter: the rally in new york part of what organizers called a global day of action. similar rallies in nearly 100 cities. in washington, d.c. thousands gathered at the offices of the u.n. then marched to the white house. in london hundred headed for the iranian embassy. >> enough is enough. how many people have to sacrifice. how many people are dying in my country. >> reporter: in amsterdam an appearance by iranian human rights lawyer. at a rally in berlin the cousin
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of a 19-year-old protester whose body was finally delivered to his mother after he had been missing for weeks. >> his death is a national tragedy in iran as well as i think a tragedy worldwide. 19-year-old boy getting shot because of his opinion. >> reporter: in new york the green flag crowd marched to the u.n. headquarters where protesters called on the u.n. and international community to do more. >> out of sight is not out of mind. iran cannot succeed in closing off this country. we hope to mobilize governments to put pressure on tehran. >> reporter: many of these people at this gathering are convinced the june 12th elections in iran were rigged. they are against the regime itself. their focus today is to free the hundreds ever detainees arrested by iranian authorities after the election. on saturday a few small protests
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inside iran too. in a major square in downtown tehran cars hombged and crowds chanted for freedom more than six weeks after the disputed vote iran's opposition most is not only active and die if i jan but its message is still heard across the world. >> we'll turn to the week in politics now. a lot coming up this week. you know you'll hear about health care reform this week but also be hearing about sonia sotomayor. a big week for her. let's turn to our deputy political director, paul ste steinhauser. >> tuesday, the senate judiciary committee is back in session and we expect they will vote this time. they were going to vote last week but the republicans asked for a week's delay. democrats have a majority on the committee, 12 democrats, seven republicans. you expect she would passing committee and goes to the full
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senate. the full senate says it will vote before they break before their long summer recess by early august and that's what president obama had asked for the full senate vote on son gentleman sotomayor's confirmation. republicans said they will vote for sonia sotomayor when the full senate votes later. >> it looks like she will get the job in the next couple of weeks before they take off. so there's that. it seems the president wanted a quick one. seems he's getting it. health care. nothing quick happening on health care. the president is talking about it every single day. that will continue, i assume this coming week. >> we heard him yesterday on his radio, and internet address and you'll hear him this upcoming week. tuesday the same day the senate committee meets on sotomayor, the president will partake in a teleconference and town hall on health care with the aarp and taking questions from members of the audience. that's not all. he gets out of town.
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goes down to north carolina on wednesday and then virginia. town halls in both states both on health care. you'll hear a lot from this president on health care. north carolina, virginia, two states with big elections this year and next year. >> and the president, maybe the republicans i guess smell blood or see some vulnerability on behalf of the president or at least maybe some weakness here with the public kind of falling behind in support of the health care reform plan. do they have the best ideas or the best messenger for who are they going to put out there to go after the president and battle him on health care reform >> one of those messengers is michael steele, the chairman of the republican national committee. he's been very outspoken. he's spoken against the president's halt care reforms and you'll hear more from michael steele this week. on friday in san diego he'll be the big speaker at the
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republican national committee summer meeting. the governor of minnesota and somebody who is thought as a possible contender for the presidential nomination for 2012 will be speaking there as well. >> maybe, possible. >> am i kouchg it a little bit? >> just a tad. appreciate it as always. >> thanks. >> this morning on "state of the union" which comes up at 9:00 eastern time right after us, house speaker nancy pelosi an exclusive interview, her first sun show since president obama's inauguration, will discuss health care reform, professor gates controversy. john king starting at 9:00 a.m. >> t. j., vice president joe biden can be shall we say candid when he speaks. what he said that has russian officials asking for a clarification. watch out if you're watering your lawn in texas you could be breaking the law. live pictures from houston.
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all right. reynolds, we're talking about texas, extreme weather because we're talking about extreme heat this time around. >> we have a live picture. some extreme heat. beautiful picture this morning. drought stricken and some folks are saying you can water your lawn. >> rough times in texas. the thing is and we were talking about this during the break, this is the time the year when it's supposed to be dry in texas. they get most of their rainfall in winter an springtime. texas missed out on getting that rainfall in march, april and may and now we're hitting this dry time. there's this tremendous deficit. last year and before i say that let me put this into play. i'm not saying that we want a hurricane or tropical storm to hit the state but last year when we had two tropical systems hit texas there was no word of drought. >> in some way that was helpful. >> no question. let me show you again this great shot we have of austin. this is actually a few feet
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taller hand the u.s. capitol. a beautiful thing to see. if you go out there it's light tan in color because it's made -- i lived in austin for three years. >> that's right. >> funny the things you learn. you learn how to go to places like salt lake, eat great barbecue. you understand texmex. good times in austin. yeah. let's show you what else we have. let's show you some temperatures we expect in parts of texas. 96 in dallas. right along the i-35 corridor, going southward into houston. certainly hot. where we'll see a warm up is in parts of the pacific northwest. we have an excess jeff heat watch in effect for places like portland, oregon, today, tomorrow all the way through wednesday, temperatures range anywhere from 95 to 102. we're going to talk more about that coming up later plus the potential of severe weather not only in part of the deep south but also to the eastern seaboard.
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let send it back to you. reynolds, we appreciate you buddy. >> thanks, reynolds. the once vibrant black town heads for the history books. does anyone care? thomson city disappears. a tiny alabama town. why does it matter and who is trying to save it. >> a boating accident caused this young man to lose his legs. now he's determined to help others. we'll tell you how. not a steroi. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. in six different ways?
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♪ what a wonderful world what a wonderful world. what a better world thanks to one young man you're about to meet here. we're talking about the battle for health care reform. mind-boggling numbers and bitterly partisan politics, but for one teenager, the issue became very personal when he suffered a horrific accident in florida. jordan thomas lost both of his legs and then subsequently found a new mission in life happen here's his story. >> reporter: jordan thomas plays a serious golf game. it's par for the course for this talented athlete who spent his childhood excelling at sports even on summer vacations he showed off his fashing skills. four years ago in the florida keys the family's boating trip went wrong.
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just hours after these photos were taken, jordan jumped into the ocean to test the waters. >> the wake pushed him under the boat and i remember just being underneath the boat and hearing the motor go and i knew immediately what had happened. i looked down, all i saw was just red every where. >> reporter: the boat's propellers slashing jordan's legs. his parents, both doctors had to act fast. they were five miles from shore. >> he had a lot of bleeding, of course. we had to work quickly to control that. >> reporter: so perhaps if he didn't have that experience as doctors knowing how to stop the bleeding or lessen the bleeding, perhaps you would have lost him? >> yeah. i think so. >> in an instant i lost my legs.
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>> reporter: while recovering he visited a wing where children lost limbs. >> i found out that a lot of insurance companies put a $5,000 cap on your legs and mine is 22,000. so 17,000, what do you do? >> reporter: at age 16 with his family's help he started the yord thomas foundation helping disadvantaged kids get the pros they ticks they need. >> i decided i wanted to make something positive out of this negative event. >> reporter: the foundation has raised $350,000 which pays for prosthetics for three children. one of them 6-year-old noah parton. doctors had to amputate noah's leg. his primary insurance funded the first prosthetic leg but had no knee. >> a standard leg. doesn't do nothing. >> reporter: that became difficult as noah learned to
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walk. he needed more frequent upgrades that insurance didn't cover. >> they don't want to pay for it. >> reporter: jordan's foundation did. >> do you like the knee >> yes. >> reporter: how does it work? just like that. >> yeah. you can do this. watch. >> reporter: wow. this issue has garnered national attention when in may a new jersey congressman introduced a bill. >> what i think they ought to cover is the same percentage of a cost they would for a knee operation or heart operation. if you got a deductible of $500 and they pay the rest that's what they should do for a prosthetic device. >> reporter: for yord the only time you'll hear him mention the word handicap is on the golf course. he's driving home the message that anything is possible. >> helping these kids and seeing that it motivates you to get
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more money from people and help more people and have that desire to keep helping people. it's a good thing. >> pretty impressive 20-year-old. you don't often hear 20 years olds or at the time 16 doing things like that. he's getting a little bit of attention. he won this past spring the international youth and philanthropy award and next month he's getting the national courage award. stiff competition, being 20, beating out michael j. fox, mohammed ali. one of the people you walk away from and say wow. >> he's a heck of a golfer. >> he is. that's one of the ways they are raising money for this foundation for the kids. they are looking for a fourth person but having this massive golf tournament in chattanooga coming up this fall. he enjoys it. he loves getting out there. he's not letting this slow him down. >> i'm glad he turned a horrible
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experience into a great thing. and that little kid. >> something we take for granted, a knee, an ankle. great. >> looking forward to the follow up. >> let's check with the vice president's explosive and critical comments about russia's past, present and future. >> said something a lot of people thinks he shown have said. sarah palin is leaving the governor's mansion today. is she relaunching a political career? what do you think she should do? send us your comments. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid.
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♪ rain drops on the windshield, a storm moving in ♪ a tiny town in alabama made up mostly of african-americans. it was founded by blacks more than 100 years ago. >> however, now, it's headed for the history books as part of our what matters series. we go to thomson city to meet those trying to save it. >> reporter: images of a town. time has truly forgotten. every where, boarded up homes and business, broken windows along the street renamed martin luther king drive, a much different picture than when residents said hobson city was a great city for blacks. one of america's black surgeon generals graduated from a high school in hobson city.
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>> played a very key role during that period of segregation to see leadership, to see black leadership. >> reporter: this two mile long sliver of land an hour east of birmingham was founded by blacks, for blacks in 1899. and historically significant accomplishment in a state like alabama, with its famous racial history. it became a city when blacks were kicked out of the neighboring towns because the black vote turned an election. even segregation of governor george wallace showed up to a groundbreaking of the town during a failed re-election bid. >> is the idea of hobson city the first black city in alabama, does that mean more to you, your generation than it does to the young people we're watching just a few minutes ago playing? >> absolutely. we grew up in the '60s with the
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civil rights struggle, so we know that -- we know the sacrifices that our families made so that we can live where we live now. >> reporter: today, where there were once dozens of black owned businesses, there are only three. this small print shop. a barber shop. and a gas station/convenience store. >> there was a baseball park. pavilions where they danced and you could stand around on the outside and look on the inside. >> reporter: now all that is long gone. the decay has been decades in building. this is what's left of hobson city's fire department. there was no police department. drug dealing is rampant. >> you don't have a police force >> we don't. >> is it a problem? >> crime is a serious problem in this community. >> reporter: what killed hobson city. the town leaders said ironically
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it may have been the city rights movement. desegregation made shopping and living anywhere so many residents left hobson city behind. >> i think desegregation did. not just hobson city but i look at other african-american communities where you have your grocery stores that really provided for the people in the community. >> reporter: eric stringer and bernard snow are determined to restore hobson city to its past luster. they founded the hobson city community and economic development corporation. >> you could have let it go. you could have let it be absorbed by edison -- >> nobody wants it. >> that was never an option? >> nobody wants it. >> from my perspective i didn't want anybody to raid hobson city's legacy. >> reporter: last month their group drew up a plan to bring a
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tax base and draw new residents back into the community. the group has applied for state and federal grants. while they await a response, they are reaching out to foundations and planning fundraisers. their vision? >> it's a business commune that has a revenue tax break. there's a rich history that we don't want it to fade. >> reporter: tony harris, cnn, hobson city, alabama. >> how about all those old pictures. the fact it was founded by black and now just three businesses. >> looks like it's going away. good to see them trying to save it. the meyer was making a point you hear many people make, yes dehe is gray investigation is a wonderful thing but required blacks to stop doing what they were doing supporting each other and pulling the money in all one area. this is what happened here in atlanta as well, a vibrant place at one time. when things opened up you goes elsewhere for other opportunities.
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that should be a good thing but sometimes that community is lost. >> great story. tony harris there. you can learn more about the efforts to save hobson city and how you can help by going to the website at the bottom of your screen. hobsoncitycdc.org. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is "cnn sunday morning", july 26th. hello to you all. >> it is 7:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 6:00 a.m. in hayward, wisconsin. big news there. lumberjack championship going on in wisconsin. and 4:00 a.m. in the garlic festival, gilroy, california. thanks for starting your day with us. what won't he say?
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vice president joe biden is spouting out some pretty candid comments about russia. political advisors say it could cause serious damage to the u.s.-russian relationship. >> now the white house doing a bit of damage control this weekend. we'll have more on that story coming up again. not the first time we've seen him say some things that maybe he wished he didn't. >> we'll get to the reactionary comments. >> they will be reacting to this. people in new york may put up a keep out sign, beware of sign. a woman put up a sign that said keep out hispanics. there it is. hispanics keep out. we'll have this story for you in just a moment. also let you know where in the country it's happening. should people be able to post signs on their property telling whoever they want to tell stay away. i know you'll have some comments. you want to be sounding off on this one. send us i reports and our blogs.
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post-honduras president zelaya is expected in washington on tuesday to talk with state department officials aimed at returning him to office. but just yesterday zelaya returned to a border crossing in nicaragua. troops say they did not arrest him because he stayed in a neutral zone. zelaya is accused of treason and abuse of power. secretary robert gates is heading to the middle east later this morning and his first stop is israel where he will reiterate the administration's opposition to iran's developing nuclear weapons. the defense secretary will also visit amman, jordan. the obama administration opening its very first major talks with china this week. the president will be kicking off the event with some remarks tomorrow and then tuesday. we'll take some health care questions from aarp members during a town hall meeting and then the president will be pushing this message wednesday traveling to both north carolina
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and virginia, talking health care. >> alaska's governor sarah palin leaves office today. she will be former governor when she wakes up tomorrow. she was at a fare well picnic in her honor yesterday in anchorage. serving up some food, doing her thing. you know, used to be one of the jobs. standing up there. palin will hand over her duties to the lieutenant governor later today. again, this is coming a year before her term actually ends. for more on governor palin's next move and a lot of people speculating about what she will do next let's bring in a friend of our show, paul steinhauser. first, just how did this process work? does she load herself in a u-haul and get out of there? >> she's been pack up the governor's residence in alaska.
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she will make comments and official lie hand over power to sean parnell. a fellow republican so the governorship in alaska stays in republican hands. this comes a long time before her term actually end her first term as governor of alaska. >> she's been playing it pretty close to the chest, at least what she wants to. she's been vague. i want to support other candidates. i want to do this for the party. i want to help the country. okay. what is it? do we have any specifics on what she's going to do now? >> no specifics. she stays mum this weekend. she wouldn't take questions from reporters. her spokeswoman said there's no master plan. she will be writing a book which is interesting and as you mentioned, t. j., she wants to go out there and still fight for the causes that are important for her and go across the
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country and campaign for candidates whose issues and ideas she agrees with. now you're going to see her two weeks from now in steamy valley, california at the ronald reagan president library. she's expected to speak to a republican woman's group and that's considered sacred ground for conservatives. put this together and you have speck laying that maybe the former vice presidential republican nominee will want to run for the top spot herself in 2012. >> i certainly have at least two follow up questions but your english is not so good this morning so i'll let you go. thanks, paul steinhauser. good to see you. giving you a hard time as always. we want to hear from you this morning as well. what should sarah palin do next you can contact us on twitter or facebook or on our website. nancy pelosi in an exclusion jennifer interview discussing health care reform, the state of the economy and professor gates controversy. she will be talking to onking about that, "state of the union" with john king starting at 9:00
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a.m. eastern time. >> vice president joe biden wrapping up a trip overseas to both georgia and the ukraine, but it's his candor that's what's topping news. in an interview with the "wall street journal", the vice president has abandoned the typical diplomatic niceties and saying a few things in the russian government that no one else in the obama administration has been saying publicly. take a look at a couple of comments. he said they have a shrinking weather base, a withering economy. they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to with stand the next 15 years and they are in a situation where they are clanging to the past that is not sustainable. "new york times" is reporting this that the chief foreign policy advisor to russia's president is saying quote, if some members of obama's team in government do not like this atmosphere why don't they say
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so? if they disagree with the course of their president, we just need to know this. the white house, as you can imagine, reacting as well. robert gates issuing this statement. working together to advance security and prosperity for the american and russian people is the focus of our effort to reset relations. the president and vice president believe russia will work with us, not out of weakness, but out of national interests. oftentimes you see all kind of signs outside of people's homes to tell people to stay away. sometimes it says beware of dogs, some say keep off grass. i was working in arkansas once and saw a sign that said trespassors will be shot, survivors will be shot again. people use all kind of signs to keep people away. but never one like this that says hispanics keep out. that might shock you. >> that's a first. >> yes. but some people not shocked to see it any more in one particular town in texas. they have been seeing it for a
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while. janet saint james reports. >> reporter: sign reads hispanics keep out. it's posted for all to see above the door of this home in this small town. folks here pretty much mind their own business but this message is hard to ignore. >> it does offend people. it is something that, you know, is offensive, but, you know, it's his property. >> reporter: these neighbors are among those who would like to see the sign taken down and then wondered for months why anyone would post it in a mixed race neighborhood. they agreed to accompany us to find out. >> we're here because of the sign that's posted on the roof of the house. >> what about it? >> some people are upset about it. >> you know, i don't care. i'm upset about them coming over here illegally too. >> reporter: this 72-year-old woman who declined to share her name shared instead with us her
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desire to be left alone by certain people. >> this is our privilege as an american to protect our property. >> okay. >> this is our property. >> don't you think it would be okay just to post a sign that says keep out to everybody and not target one particular race? >> i don't want to keep out everybody. >> reporter: police say the sign doesn't violate no laws and is an expression of freedom of speech an expression that the mayor says is not shared by most in town. there have been no official complaints to authorities. neighbors say they are practicing tolerance. janet saint james, channel 8 news. tolerance. tolerance of her, obviously not tolerance of her neighbors in a lot of ways. amazing story. amazing nobody complained to the police. >> i have a feeling after the story aired down in dallas, there will be action taken.
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but, again, person's rights, her property. >> say what you want to say. nothing illegal being done. what do you think about it, legal or not. send us your comments. facebook being twitter and you know where to fine us on the blog as well. by all means we want to hear what people think about that. >> it used to be an old fort and now the last line of defense for american troops in afghanistan. we'll take you to the front lines. >> our reynolds wolf keeping an eye on extreme heat, now some possible storms. >> absolutely. really watching two parts of the country, one is the deep south the other is in the northeast where just yesterday in new york they had some storms. we have some video to share with you. straight line winds knocking over power lines and trees. we'll show you what they can anticipate later today. that's coming up in a few moments right here on "cnn sunday morning." announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid.
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♪ sunday morning, rain is falling ♪ t. j.'s favorite song. that is up there with his john denver song. >> i do love it. >> love that song. perfect sunday morning song. good morning if you're just joining us. pretty busy day. >> we're ripping up t. j. >> pretty busy weather weekend talking kind of drought situation in texas and storms in
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the northeast. >> it really is feast or famine. texas has been desperate for rainfall. hasn't seen much all this year. part of the northeast plenty of rain. just yesterday, brooke, take a look, they had storms developing, caused damage, trees ripped down, power lines. watch this video. we'll see a shot of a rainbow. you see the damage of trees. that's not good. power outages not good. there you go. >> there's a rainbow. >> you saw it for a few seconds. >> that's all we get. >> we got one minute to show you what will happen around the rest of the nation. more action will unfold around part of the northeast. this frontal boundary will come right through this area, very humid air, daytime heating is the catalyst that can give you some thunder boomers. there's a chance you can have more storm daniel. absolutely. even parts of the southeast we can see it develop in the tennessee valley late afternoon rumble of thunder in pluses like arkansas.
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back in texas very hot. pacific northwest doesn't get that warm but that's the case not only for today but next couple of days we have currently an excess jeff heat watch in effect all the way through parts of say down into portland back. temperatures from 951202 through wednesday. certainly a big mess there. in terms of your temperatures in texas, mainly 90, new york and boston mainly into 80s. that is the latest on your forecast. let's send it back to you. we appreciate that. thanks. u.s. marines have been battling the taliban for control of southern afghanistan's rural area. one grouch marines holding an ancient castle being attacked with everything. >> we sent ivan watson there, his look at how a government is coming together behind the ancient mud walls. >> reporter: there is a timeless quality to afghanistan,
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sometimes you really feel like you're going back in time when you visit here and now more than ever, because we're walking on the ramparts of a century as old afghan fortress. and the remarkable thing about this structure is that the u.s. marines, a modern fighting force are using this as a military base. they are protecting themselves behind these walls from insurgents who have been operating out in the fields and the canals and gullies out there. the insurgents have fired rocket propelled grenades at this lotion, fired small arms and lobbed deadly mortars into this castle. we had a loud night in the castle last night because the marines were hunting for a suspected insurgent more star team outbeyond the walls.
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to help the patrols they were firing illumination round. the work that's being done here is so important because there's an experiment underway. within the walls of the castle are the beginnings of a fledgling district government. afghan national police officers and afghan national army soldiers and they are part of the ticket for an exit of u.s. forces from afghanistan. it's got to grow up here, this local government in an area that was until just a few weeks ago controlled by the taliban. and that makes the work that these men are doing right here in this guard tower so important. they are protecting this experiment in establishing and afghan government from the insurgents in the field just out there. >> day before yesterday we had a couple of mortar round hit right outside of the post and inside the castle. >> have you had to retaliate?
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have you seen any of the fight sners >> yes. we had a man suspected of being the fort observer for them right outside here about 1,200 meters. >> my job is to help the company with their indirect fire so i have a part in help to deter these mortars that they have been firing at us, sir. we came up here and spotted their fort observer. we returned fire. hopefully we deterred them. >> reporter: this is incredibly dangerous work. the marines that have been here with the delta company have not had an easy time of it over the past two weeks. three of their comrades have been killed in two separate incidents during what has been the bloodiest month yet of this eight year war in afghanistan, the u.s. has had record losses this month as have nato forces.
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this is the season for fighting, summer in afghanistan and the summer is far from over. ivan watson, cnn, in southern afghanistan. a retired school teacher getting call she never imagined. >> someone discovered a painting she made at the age of 15. we'll have that story. good morning. >> you never know how you might impact other people and the story of this woman, 88-year-old who never became a professional artist, a perfect example. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big. gecko vo: 'course, geckos don't literally sweat... it's just not our thing... gecko vo: ...but i do work hard, mind you. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people.
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♪ wake up, john. the year was 1936, a teenage girl put together this simple painting. >> go from then to now the pain is discovered and so is the artist much josh has the story. >> this is so nice. this one came to us from khou. it's about a family in houston, moved into a house, found this old painting in the attic and loved it.
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it became part of their family. they wanted to track down the artist. it took them years. take a look at what happened. >> last night, the family finally arrived. >> does that bring you back a lot of memories? >> yes. >> listen to this question. >> are you happy >> absolutely. i'm thrilled. i think it's wonderful. >> to people here, you're a famous artist. >> oh, my. >> she decided to let them hang on to the paining. a retired school teacher that didn't know she had any paintings that mattered to people. they are going to keep it. something else. a couple of other great stories we're getting from our affiliates. one from arkansas, thought you might like this. we got this video, cardboard boat race. take a look at this. you'll enjoy this one. this happened over the weekend. apparently it's an annual
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tradition. it's growing and growing. thousands of people are turning out for that. i was just reading they have several different categories an you get trophies and you can only use cardboard and decorations. i love it. >> how are they keeping the cardboard floating on the water? >> i was reading about that. apparently there are ways of structuring it where you can make that work. they have a couple of experts who are willing to work with our people. our affiliate, katv -- the dynamics of making cardboard buoyant, i don't know. >> we got our own thing going on there. arkansasians. >> you learn something every day. >> any way, check it out. you can see that plus some cool video and photos.
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>> we've been talking about cnn "black in america 2." apparently we need to do an arkansasan in america. black america 2, one of the main issues in the black community, single ladies and why these single ladies aren't married ladies. >> coming up on this morning's faces of faith one prominent minister, talking about marriage and divorce and how the church can actually help strength ten e family unit. that's coming up in our 8:00 hour. ?p8(ñvand it's not a st. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long.
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>> she even said, the reporter asked why not say everybody keep out and she said no i want them to keep out. we asked you to comment on that. we got some in already. we're getting a few things in. i'll start with the twitter page. she's exercising her right but plain ignorance. hopefully lly no vigilante act will take place. >> one more here. you got to believe in a person's right, albeit insensitive to stand their ground and express her opinion even when contrary to others. it's what america is all about. that makes a good point. america is just not about us all living in harmony but our rights to express ourselves if that opinion is contrary to somebody else or offensive. sometimes there's an ugliness. >> interesting
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