saying? >> some do, some don't. you have to see what's propped up by the government and what is real. the latest news is the gdp on friday morning and it was better than expected and we can't say that for most economic reports we get. our economy contracted 1% in the second quarter. this is a first of three readings so it's not the final call on economic activity but it was better than the 1.5% projected and better than the first quarter of the year where we saw our economy shrink by 5.5% so it's a lot better than that. you have stimulus spending kicked in more in the second quarter and that's not going to be here forever, don, and we still need the economy to grow. it's great that it's slowing at a better pace than before but we need it to grow, so we can add jobs, don, and as you know, that is the key, add the jobs or you won't fix anything. >> you mentioned the gdp report, the president spoke about it on friday, let's listen to him, poppy, and then we'll talk.

>> okay. >> today's gdp is an important sign that the economy is headed in the right direction, and that business investments, which had been plummeting in the last several months, is showing signs of stabilizing. >> so let's talk about unemployment, as you said, because if you're still jobless, right, if you still don't have a job, then you probably don't feel like the economy is rebounding because you don't have any money coming in. >> how can you, right? we have 6.5 million jobs lost in this recession alone from december, 2007, until now, many more underemployed people, people not making enough money and what you see on the screen, the june jobs report, unemployment rate ticked up to 9.5%, a lot say it will top 10% or 11% in the not too distant future and you have about 500,000 people that lost their job in that one month alone so let's wait for the july numbers, let's see what happens but don, what about the unemployment checks people are living on right now, paying their mortgage with and what we're hearing from

the "new york times," come september, come the fall, 1.5 million americans will see their unemployment checks stop and then what are they going to do? >> let's talk about what was, it used to be the biggest investment for most americans and that was their homes. >> yes. >> what about home sales, any movement there in. >> some great news this week. let's be positive for a second. monday we got a new home sales report that showed an 11% spike, when you look at the month of june, that's great, but you have an $8,000 first time home credit from the obama administration helping things out, it will disappear in december. we did get a positive home price index report on tuesday that showed, that was very unexpected, home prices increased about a half a percent in 20 major cities on average when you look at the month of may so two positive home reports. something you and i talked about, the producers a lot, what about commercial real estate? i saw a friend who worked in the industry and said "let me tell you the fallout from the housing

sector will pale in comparison to the fallout from the commercial real estate industry." we're keeping an eye on it. >> poppy harlow, cnnmoney.com, we appreciate it. the economy was a hot topic on the morning talk shows and a top adviser to president obama is drawing some extra attention for refusing to rule out a middle class tax hike to pay for health care reform. let's bring in cnn political analyst bill schneider. any time you mention middle class tax hike, any time you mention taxes a lot of people get nervous especially when times are already as tough as they are now. >> i should think so. most people identify as taxpayers and president obama got elected on a pledge not to raise taxes on middle income americans, and he said 95% of americans will not see a tax increase. if taxes do go up they will be at the highest levels and that's what's been proposed by many of the plans now being considered for health care, that's why when the members of the

administration start talking about tax increases not primarily falling on the middle class, a lot of people get nervous. what does that mean? "not primarily falling on the midd middle. class." are middle class taxes going up for health care and the deficit? >> it doesn't mean middle class taxpayers are exempt from anything saying primarily. >> there's a history of washington in the country of raising taxes and disguising that, done by republicans and democrats calling them fees for services, calling them charges but not calling them a tax hike because tax hike is a poisonous word, the way ronald reagan built the republican coalition was on the foundation of low taxes and that's the cornerstone of the republican faith and you can bet if there's any indication that taxes are going to go up for middle class americans, the republicans are going to jump right on it. >> that language is like the fine print, you got to read it. >> exactly. >> bill schneider, senior

political analyst, thank you. >> sure. president barack obama came to washington promising to change the tone between democrats and republicans but his rival in last november's election say things haven't worked out that way so far. republican senator john mccain told cnn why he thinks so. >> just before the inauguration, the president had a dinner in your honor, and he said you're an american hero and a guy who reached across the aisle and that is the tone he set when he came to washington. at this point has he failed to be truly bipartisan? >> i'm afraid they have and look, they've got the votes. we understand that. they had the votes in the stimulus package and the budget and the omni bus and the s-chip, all this legislation and they have picked off sometimes two or three republicans but that's not changing the climate in washington. >> much was made about the first 100 days. what about the second 100 days of the obama administration? let your voice be heard. cast your vote at cnn.com/reportcard and get the

results on cnn's national report card thursday night 8:00 p.m. answer. answers for the navy captain michael scott speicher. he was the first to be shot down in 1991 when his jet fighter was hit on the first night of the war. his remains were never found until last month, an iraqi civilian told u.s. marines in anbar province that speicher's body was buried at the crash site and excavation turned up bones that were positively identified as speicher's, for friends and family, who had been trying to learn his fate for 18 years, their long search has come to an end. >> it's a bittersweet ending. i mean it's great that we have finally accomplished an ending but it is bittersweet. on that end if he was found alive look what he's missed.

his children are in college and what kind of life would he have led being a prisoner of war and there was always speculation he was tortured and beaten and you know, so it's, like i said, bittersweet. >> a short time ago we received this written statement from the speicher family who called the captain a brave and wonderful father, husband and naval officer who responded to the call of duty without hesitation. their statement goes on to say, "we thank the active duty men and women whose diligence has made this happen and hope that this process has prevented another of our service men and women from being left behind. we will miss him, and we will never forget. thank you for your thoughts and your prayers." chris lawrence has been following the story and joins us now live from los angeles. chris, we're also just hearing from the white house as well on this from president obama. i'll read the statement in a minute. what are you hearing from the pentagon? >> reporter: >> the big thing we just talked to the family spokesman a little

while ago and they do expect to get a classified briefing from the military either monday or tuesday, but in his answer the one big question they had and they now know for sure that captain speicher did not die in some iraqi prison. this has been a mystery that has gone on for nearly 20 years and there were all kinds of questions, you know, was he captured, was he tortured? all this time the answer was buried in those iraqi sands, and it really all was solved by one single tip, when that iraqi citizen came forward and told the u.s. troops about that crash site, when the marines got there, they talked to another iraqi citizen who said he not only remembered that american jet crashing, but that he was there when they found him dead and buried his body. the marines collected evidence, found skeletal fragments and bones, flew them back here and

the team of military pathologist matched the jawbone with captain speicher's dental records and confirmed it was indeed him. >> this has been going on 18 years now. back in january of 1991, when this happened, then joint chiefs chair and also the secretary of defense made the announcement and i want you to take a look at this, because it is two very familiar faces even today. >> would you please describe the plane that went down on the american side, the type of plane, number of casualties? >> it involves a single casualty. i don't know that we want to identify the aircraft, do we? >> what other information do you have about casualties? >> all i can give you at this time is that the total u.s. losses are one aircraft and one individual. >> dick cheney and colin powell,

total u.s. loss as they said one aircraft, one individual, this was on the first day, the first casualty. >> that's right. there have been some criticism over the years that the military did make some mistakes along the way, starting just hours after captain speicher's plane was shot down, in which the pentagon there with defense secretary dick cheney basically declaring him dead. the military later changed that to missing in action, or i should say killed in action but body not recovered, years later that would be changed back to missing in action, so the family has been through some ups and downs and there's been ongoing debate over the years because a lot of people in the military thought that he may have been ejected safely, that he may still be alive, there was a lot of push from a lot of people in the military to keep looking for him, but again, some, also some pushback from others who thought that certain missions couldn't be risked, you couldn't risk the lives of certain soldiers to look for what they thought were just remains at that time, so

this has been an ongoing thing and you saw the family thanking a lot of the military members who kept up the push over the years to try to find him. >> now we know what happened. thank you very much for your reporting, our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. we just got this statement from president barack obama minutes ago. "i am grateful to the marines who pursued the information that led to captain speicher's recovery so that he can now come home. my thoughts and prayers are with this family and i hope that the recovery of his remain also bring them a needed sense of closure." that's from the president of the united states. coming up in just a few minutes we'll speak with one of speicher's old navy buddies who can talk to us about the kind of man he was, in just a few minuteses on cnn. let's go to iran and another story developing, the swiss ambassador is trying to get more information on three americans arrested friday by iranian troops. the swiss embassy represents u.s. interests in iran because the u.s. and iran have no diplomatic relations. the three americans apparently strayed into iranian territory

while hiking in the kyrgyzstan region of iraq. one as joshia fatale from elkins park. >> my husband and i are eager for the best welfare and conditions for our son, josh, and for the other two companions he's with, and that is our only concern, his welfare, and the best conditions for him. >> and a fourth american hiker from the group, sean mcfessel is at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. he didn't go hiking with the others because he felt sick >> it has been a deadly weekend for fighting in afghanistan. three american troops were killed in the eastern part of the country. at least six other nato troops were killed yesterday including several americans, in july, 75 nato troops were killed in afghanistan, the deadliest month

for international troops since the u.s.-led invasion began back in 2001. in tel aviv, israel, mourning and shock after two teenagers were shot dead at a center for gay youth last night. hundreds of people showed up for their funerals and meantime police are looking for the shooter who witnesses say was wearing a mask. protesters are condemning the attack as an assault on their freedom. >> we're all under shock. we didn't expect such murderous attack. this is the first time something like that is happening in israel, and we are not going to sit quietly and let this pass away. we're going to fight for our freedom. >> police are treating the shooting as a hate crime against the gay community. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for respect and tolerance, and he is promising justice. the man who allegedly sparked a bomb scare at new york's laguardia airport yesterday has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric

examination. police say 32-year-old scott mcgann was arrested with a backpack containing wires, batteries and a trigger attached to it. it led to a large scale evacuation of the new york airport. laguardia was shut down and thousands of passengers had their travel plans disrupted. mcgann is charged with placing a fall bomb in a mass transportation facility and making a terrorist threat. if convicted he faces up to seven years in prison. more than 250 people killed so far this year, that's life on the street in chicago. why? you're going to hear from a gang member who says there's no way to stop this violence. and how do you fix a $24 billion deficit? the state of california may turn to marijuana, and new fuel to keep the cash for clunkers program alive, but for how long? and here's how you get on the air here, twitter, facebook,

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the obama administration feels the cash for clunkers program will end if the senate doesn't approve an additional $2 billion for it. the popular government rebate gives consumers cash incentive to trade in old gas guzzlers for fuel efficient vehicles. transportation secretary ray lahood says he expects the current $1 billion in funding to run out by the end of this

weekend. the lahood administration will continue the program until the senate acts on the proposal. ford is expected to report good news tomorrow and it's rare news for u.s. automakers. cnn learned that ford will announce its first monthly increase in sales in almost two years. sales, ford officials say, were spurred on by the cash for clunkers program. cnn's poppy harlow spoke with members of a ford family about the company's future. >> lena whitman worked as an engineer at ford from 1960 until the early '90s. following his father's work at the automaker during the great depression. >> for me, it's provided a great living, it's provided an opportunity to send all my kids to college, it's provided satisfactory income in my retirement. >> reporter: lino's first and only job out of college. three decades later his son followed in his footsteps. >> probably the first thing that

interested me about it, is ford, we have like a family day and i always remember that as a kid, used the shear breadth of what was there and even then as a kid the engineering or the intuition of all the interesting parts and stuff like that. >> carl has been an engineer at ford since 1991. in fact, all three of lino's sons have worked at ford, something you see a lot of here. >> i think it's the most defining element of this company, it's a family company. i can't tell you the number of places i can go in our company where people come up to me and say i'm fourth generation also or my aunt and uncle knew your father and your grandfather. >> reporter: but times have changed and layoffs have mounted. when lino worked at ford in the late 1960s, the automaker had more than 29% of u.s. market share. today that number has fallen to 15%. >> what has happened to the industry? people have found great desire to buy foreign cars, i guess.

we want to become a country that assembles parts that's one thing, become a country that assembles and designs and innovates the parts, that's another story. >> poppy joins us from new york. what is the family's outlook for the future of ford and the u.s. auto industry as a whole? they've got some knowledge of this. >> they do, the father, lino relies on ford for his pension. the son worked there for about 20 years and it's interesting, carl, the son you heard from, he is one of the lead engineers, don, on the new 2010 taurus. you saw it in the video. we might be able to show you some more. that car is a goal by ford to revamp its image to look like a lot of the cool foreign cars you see, to bring more people into the showroom and say hey, look at this car. i drove on it in that test, on the test track and it is a sporty car, it's very fast, it's sleek on the inside. they are trying to revamp their image at ford and it's interesting, the son is leading that project to do so.

ford fairing better than general motors and chrysler, not going through bankruptcy but thousands of layoffs at ford so the outlook hopeful. we're going to get some very good numbers from ford on monday, and you know, the outlook hopeful but questionable what happens to the industry. the full report's on cnnmoney.com. >> let's continue to get positive news about the economy, housing, sales and jobs we hope. thank you, poppy. >> you're welcome. nearly 20 years have passed and tonight finally family members have an answer, an american fighter shot down hours into the first gulf war, now his remains are recovered. plus if you light up, you have to pay up. can pot smokers in california help fill in the state's big budget hole?

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all right, if you are just joining us tonight, the remains of the first u.s. casualty from the gulf war in 1991 have been located and they have identified. navy pilot michael scott speicher was shot down over iraq on january 17th, 1991, but the body was never found until just last month, buried in the desert near the crash site in anbar province. let's go down to jeff

richardson. he served with speicher in the navy in the mid 1980s and said he stayed in close contact with the family, joins us from jacksonville, florida. thank you, sir. >> thank you, don, thanks for having me on. >> how are you doing in. >> very good and how are you? >> doing okay. probably a lot better than you. it must be terrible to hear this. you didn't serve with him in the gulf war, did you? did you go on that mission with him? >> no, that's correct. we served from '83 to '86 out of cecil field in florida. >> if you served with him i imagine you knew him pretty well. >> i did. our relationship was scott speicher, i called him spike, was the pilot and i was the plane captain. i was the guy who got his plane ready for launch and recovery, when he came back in, so we had to have a good rapport with each other, because his life depended on it and the aircraft as well. about his personality, i really sometimes have a hard time talking about how cool a guy scott speicher is, was, because

it sounds cliche but he's a fantastic guy, the guy you want to go party with when you go off the ship. he's also the guy who is going to sit next to you sunday morning in church services. great family man, some of those stories come from talking to his family and friends past the years. >> you said, i noticed that you said is/was. it's kind of hard for to you say was, isn't it? >> it is. bittersweet is the term i've heard it being called today. it was a gut punch this morning when i saw the news, but it was also a relief as well. >> it brings you right back, doesn't it when you look at the pictures from 1991, it brings you right back. we're looking at pictures of you at the walk. you can see cnn where you are? >> i can't see it but i'm familiar with the shots. >> you're standing at the wall. tell us what you're doing in this video here? >> this morning, someone had put up a letter from one of scott's friends, dated this morning saying hey, it's kind of hard to envision that this actually is going to come to this today, but

i was kind of reflecting on what it's like to be a veteran, to take the oath of office, and to, as part of that, you know, defend the constitution the way scott speicher did, to his ultimate, to his death unfortunately. >> you've been in contact with his family recently? >> not very recently. i've met with buddy harris and fantastic, fantastic family. i've seen the kids off and on growing up, and they're doing very well. they've been very well taken care of. scott speicher couldn't have asked for a better step-in father than buddy. >> you know, people who have been asking what it's like for the family but for those of you who are not in the military for civilians, maybe we don't understand it or feel it as much as veterans do. what does this mean to the men and women who serve in uniform so proudly for the united states? >> at first it was a lot of, i don't know if animosity is the right now but questioning what

happened, why did this -- we have teams whose sole job it is to come in and rescue downed pilots. why didn't they go in? i attribute that to secretary of defense cheney saying the plane and speicher died. knowing everything that transpired since then has led to changes and n rules of engagement, changes in the way downed pilots are classified and the way things are investigated before presumptions are made. i think the military hopefully has learned a lot at the cost of scott speicher. >> jeff richardson who served with scott speicher in the navy in the mid 1980s, and as a family friend, we thank you so much. >> thank you very much. some swear by medical marijuana, they say it cures their, what ails them. now the state of california says pot may be just the fix it needs. and the scary streets of chicago, you'll hear from a man behind some of the deadly

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since the recession started, california has been a financial basket case. now some people see a golden opportunity to help the state get out of its slump by legalizing and taxing marijuana. cnn's dan simon reports from san francisco. >> reporter: marijuana is california's biggest cash crop, valued at $14 billion, worth more than grapes and vegetables, but the state doesn't get a dime from it. state lawmaker tom amiano wants to change that. >> there are hard second looks with our economy in the state. >> reporter: ammiano sponsored a bill that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana. according to the state tax board, legal pot to californians 21 and older could bring the cash-strapped state nearly $1.4

billion in revenue. >> i think you would have some kind of retail outlet, and it could be a walgreens. it could be a hospital. >> reporter: the idea got a boost from governor schwarzenegger, who has spent months trying to avert a budget catastrophe. >> and i think that we ought to study carefully on what other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana. >> reporter: most lawmakers right now do not support broad legalization. so advocates are also working towards a 2010 ballot initiative that would let voters decide, and according to a field poll, 56% of californians support legalization. on the local level, meanwhile, the easiest way to cash in is by taxing medical cannabis. oakland last week became the first city to impose a tax on dispensaries. city councils in los angeles and san francisco and santa cruz are discussing similar measures. it might seem odd for

dispensaries to back the idea and want to pay more in taxes but they welcome the chance to be seen as legitimate, valuable businesses. steve d'angelo runs a dispensary in oakland. >> criminals don't pay taxes. citizens do pay taxes and our hope is that the movement will be seen as a group of citizens rather than a group of criminals. >> reporter: given the political environment, if it makes the ballot it's possible that voters could legalize marijuana in california as early as next year. of course then all the details would have to be worked out, how you regulate it, tax it and where it would be sold. and then there's the question of the federal government, right now it doesn't even recognize medical marijuana. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. all right, here we go, time for your comments. jenniferkeysos. "our nations founding fathers grew cannabis and even allowed payments of taxes to be made with the crop going to many materials." "this is not good, this will

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this is a story we have been paying particular attention to on this show. it is the violence in chicago. it is really getting out of control. it's really out of control. the "chicago tribune" can reporting more than 250 people have been killed this year alone, six people were shot outside a church on the city's west side just yesterday. the shooting is believed to be gang related. now i spoke with dr. gary sclutkin the executive director of cease-fire, what his organization and group are doing to curb the killing. >> the police department is doing all that it can and the chicago police department is doing an excellent job. they can provide an additional presence in areas which things are extremely hot. however they may not be able to always know what's going on when one person is mad at another because of someone having looked at someone else's girlfriend at a party or because someone owes someone some money or something like that, and that's where the cease-fire intervention comes

into play. >> so here is a unique look at one source of chicago's problem, a current gang member talks about what's going on in the city. he really dishes it out. he is taking it as well, and he'll be lucky if he dies of old age, because he'll probably die much sooner if he continues doing this. cnn's brooke baldwin reports. >> reporter: we're in a car headed to the city's southwest side, area with known pockets of basically gang activity and going to this interview, talking to a current gang member who is willing to share his story about the violence in chicago but only willing to do it as long as we keep him in the car, we don't show his face and don't drive into any other neighborhoods, any other gang turf to keep him and our crew safe. do you have any idea how many people you've shot in your

lifetime? >> nope. >> are did you ever feel remorse for anything you've done? >> no, i'm not going to say that. >> reporter: born and raised on chicago's streets, this man, who insists we call him bob, says he joined a gang when he was just 13. >> it was actually friends could be honest with you, i thought at this point. the rush you get from what you were doing. it's like a drug. you can't get enough of it. >> reporter: shootings in chicago have set grim records this summer. according to police, even though homicides are down, shootings are up, more than 6%. this week, 15 people were shot in a single night. midday, midday, broad daylight, what are they doing? >> making money, dirty money. >> reporter: heroin, the drug of choice on these streets, according to bob. a corner dealer can bring in up to several thousand dollars on a good day, but if someone doesn't pay up, bob says that's when the shooting starts.

>> either about gang or money, that's it. it's never going to stop. i don't care who you lock up or anything. it's never going to stop. >> reporter: bob says he's been locked up three times, most recently serve six years for attempted murder. one of the reasons we can't show you his face is because he has some specific markings of a gang member, tattoos, facial tattoos all up and down his arms and rocks of this recent horrific beating. he's been shot, stabbed and this among bludgeoned with baseball bats, left on the streets to die. >> it was more of an issue of brain damage. >> reporter: dr. michelle gitlor was part of the medical team at mt. sinai hospital that helped save bob's life. while doctors have to alert police about shooting victims, according to the american college of emergency physicians, there is no federal law requiring doctors to track the number of gunshot wounds.

the doctor says it's an epidemic that goes underreported. >> to put it in perspective, for the h1n1 or swine flu, alerts go out through all the hospitals on how to recognize it, how to treat it, how to report it. so that's 20, and this is 2,000. so i'm a little bit confused about why this isn't as emergent a public health issue. >> reporter: dr. gittlor is the only reason bob agreed to do this interview. he made her a promise to teach kids that they have a choice. >> they don't have to turn into gangs. they just feel like they do at some point. i'd never know how i'd live my life. i don't want them to do the foolish things i did. >> reporter: his love for the gang remains. he is not getting out. still, he is surviving the streets to see his 31st birthday. >> i think we're not meant to be

here forever regardless. it's bound to end. it would be nice to end the right way, though. >> reporter: there's always the chance he may not make it to 32. brooke baldwin, cnn, chicago. >> fascinating report, brooke baldwin there in chicago. we're going to continue to follow that story, until we get to the bottom of what's going on in chicago, to see what they're doing. it's bad enough someone secretly taped espn reporter erin andrews in her hotel room, but how will this affect her ability to do her job or her income? how will it affect her life? our sports analyst, rick horrow will join us with some answers.

competitive swim something supposed to be all about the controversial high-tech racing suits, right? not really. well, except michael phelps wearing last year's infear yo

speeder lzr, arch rifeed allow milorad cavic in the 100 meter butterfly at the world championship in rome. both men hit the wall at under 50 seconds, both setting the world record, a fever pitch this week with cavic even casting doubt on one of phelps' gold medals in beijing. hmm. all right. another page in the saga of the secret video taping of erin andrews nude in a hotel room. paparazzi are camping out in front of her atlanta area home. here is part of the 911 call she made last week. >> de kalb 911. >> i was in the news recently about being in a hotel naked, and i have paparazzi outside my window and i was told by law enforcement if i did to call 911. >> you'll meet with an officer

if they come out? >> they're sitting in a car outside my house right now. i would like to tell the officer to have them leave, because the cops have told me to call them if they're outside my house. >> ma'am, what's your name? >> my name is erin, last name is andrews. i'm all over the news right now. >> i'm not really -- >> i'm the girl that was videotaped without her knowing without her clothes on in the hotel. >> really? >> and i got two [ bleep ] sitting outside my house. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i'm just -- i did nothing wrong and i'm being treated like [ bleep ] britney spears and it sucks, i'm sorry. >> let's bring in our sports analyst, sports business analyst rick horrow who joins us from west palm beach, florida. she said through no fault of her own, she's now considered really kind of a sex symbol, because of what happened. can she still be a reporter for espn, though or do you think this is going to distract her

from every event she is covering in. >> no, don, put it in perspective. this is a victimized person who was thrust into this through no fault of her own, quite clearly. she's an award winning journalist. we're working very diligently to make sure she doesn't become the story and she continues to deliver the information in a first-rate way. and when the season starts, it won't be about erin andrews, it will be about the football games for the fans that she trans mitts the information. to at least that's the hope. >> you know, just real quickly before we move on. i mean this does appeal to a certain demographic. she was on the phone with the lady. she said i never heard of it. i don't know about being in the news. quite frankly, i heard very little about it. so i'm just wondering if it is as big as she is making it out to be or that people are believing it is or just within this world that this is such a huge story? a lot of people don't know about it. >> she's maging it out to be a big story.

camera people were parked outside her roam over something she had no control over. i can certainly understand. that hopefully this dies and we move on to covering football which is what she does in eye first-class way. >> it's been yanked from the internet as much as attorneys can have it yanked. because sometimes they get it out. there. >> g. >> let's move on. we wish the best of luck to her. again, victimized. that is horrible. all right, let's talk about the advertising dollars for sports magazines. they're not exempt from the effect of struggling economy here. >> yeah. well, let's do this one quickly. it's about unemployment. we want to have good news. 50 top newspapers sports departments, 48 of them cut budgets. 300 sports writers and others are out of work. nothing more crappy than an unemployed sportswriter f you want to think about advertising, by the way, except for "sports illustrated" for kids, every other magazine circulation ad rates have gone down. >> how does that drop in ad dollars, translate into broadcast industry? >> well, the broadcast industry

really needs to continue to focus on its favorites. and that segues into a fan poll done, by the way, being talked about the biggest sporting events, not surprisingly. what is the biggest sport? sport, sport, sport. 24% of us think it's our favorite sport. doubling that of major league baseball. college football is next. and then nba and men's college basketball. the training camps for the nfl opened this week. here's my prediction. based on the stories we've seen, every team goes undefeated this year. 16-0. and a 32-way tie going into the super bowl with dolphins hosting. that's my prediction. >> i can only imagine what your rec room looks like with all of that stuff you have. >> you can see the top five sporting events, or events that didn't make the espn list. tell us about those. >> yes, sir. number five, all the events i've gone, to the stanley cup finals, game seven in detroit. and then tampa bay a few years ago. very important because of its uncertainty and drama.

number four, super bowl, the last ten, lucky enough. this is the helmet from the one in phoenix, amazing game, patriots and giants. steve ross, the dolphins hosting one this year in miami. pro bowl, super bowl back to back. first time in one city in history. third, the masters. where can you get a masters hat the last ten years including a couple of tigers wins, sandwiches for a couple bucks including the tradition? >> hey, go ahead. make your point. i want to ask you one more thing. >> got to be quick. number, two world cup. germany, transformtive. you and i go next year in south africa, okay, that's going to be a big one. and number one, the opening ceremony at the olympics, salt lake city. that is the hat from that. where else do you get all of the nations in the world parading in one place? >> you buy, i'll fly. listen, i have to ask you, i butchered his name. the pronouncement throws you off more. his name is millroad cabbot.

>> that's correct. >> close to correct. tell me about this. this suit is causing all sorts of problems for swimming. they actually banned the -- the coaches said we don't want this suit. and they abided by it. >> i'm your legal analyst. i'm going to talk about a swimsuit. bottom line, it does cut through the water. there are certain things that make this technologically advanced enough where it may shave some time off scores. still, the guy opens his mouth and michael phelps got them. even though there is a swimsuit controversy, it will go on way past these championships. look for it to be a big issue between now and the olympics in london and every year in between. >> there you go. i've been looking for something new on this story, someone to guide me through it. and rick hor yoe did it. if you wear that hat, i'll give you $50. >> oh, wow! what did you say? >> if you wear that hat. >> i'll think about giving youed 50dz. >> you'll think about it. there it s you and i in south africa. we got a date next year, pal.

>> with that hat, i'm not going to answer that yet. >> i did make you speechless? am i speech snls are you speechless? >> the whole studio is laughing. and in my ear, wrap now and move on. they're laughing. thank you, rick. you're always a lot of fun. >> see you next week. >> in just a minute, soledad o'brien and rolan martin lead a group of african-american voices. they'll discover unique issues facing african-americans. cnn & essence, reclaiming the dream next on cnn. imodium multi-symptom relief p) combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there.

starts of the work week is just hours away. >> most of the showers and thundershowers across the northeastern corridor. we'll see this lingering through parts of the southeast. when he heavy rain and thunderstorms pushing through the area. newark and new york city and the philadelphia area. the rain was heaviest this morning. caused some flash flooding in the area. we had some street closures. we had high water rescues. and also some damage at the

trenton airport due to strong, gusty winds. we're working this story. we're going to have pictures for you a little bit later on as we head into the evening hours. 10:00 eastern time. we do have a tornado warning which is in effect for summer set and another county this maryland. can you see the storm is south of salisbury moving off to the east. the water spout over the bay but now it's moved over land. we haven't seen any thunderstorms with that. so we'll continue to monitor that situation f you're traveling, though, unfortunately, this is not a good picture. it's better than what it was a couple hours ago. at least i can give you that. atlanta, and hour and a half. laguardia, two hours and 20 minutes. so tomorrow we're back to work. it's back to reality for a whole lot of people. except don lemon has the day off. i almost called you john