thanks for coming. you were great tonight. shawn, nice to see you. i'll see you afternoround. that's it for tonight's "larry king live." good morning. hey, from the cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." t.j. is off. i'm rob marciano in for him. >> good to have you. ni=k3ujñ be. maria shriver has blown to be with her mother. we'll update you with the information of john kennedy's sister. then this -- >> they booed, booed, booed. then the other group that was

down in front and they were standing up clapping like crazy. so it was one group against the other kind of thing. >> people wanting information on the president's health care reform plans. it gets disruptive and sometimes violent. and take a look at this. a little girl's smile. she wants to be a tiecher, but the distance between poverty and hope may just be too wide. join me as i take you to the rural areas of vietnam where people live on less than a dollar a day. we want to start with this. unis kennedy shriver is listed in critical but stable condition this morning. she is the sister of president john f. kennedy and probably best known for founding the special olympics back in 1968. there's no word yet on what may be ailing the 88-year-old. family members including her daughter maria shriver and her husband california governor arnold schwarzenegger are by her side. three more regional baivgs have gone bust, bringing the

total number of closures to 72 this#rú year. the latest to fail are community first bank in oregon and first state bank and community national bank both in sarasota county, florida. officials estimate this crowned of closures will cost the )jfdi $185 million. we are just a few hours away from officially having a new justice on the supreme court. judge sonia sotomayor gets sworn in a little later this morning, 11:00 eastern to be exact. she was confirmed by the senate this week. sotomayor becomes the first hispanic-american and only the third woman ever to be named as a justice. want to take you overseas right now. police in indonesia say a top terror suspect has been killed in a lengthy overnight fire fight with an anti-terror squad. this is the same leader believed to be responsible for those bombings of two western hotels in indonesia last month. let's take you to dan rivers who joins us live from bangkok. how did police get this guy

finally? >> reporter: well, it came after they arrested two men who led them to a house in central jarva in indonesia where this massive fire fight took place. it lasted for 18 hours if you can believe it. a very ferocious gun fight with the anti-terrorist scene peppering this building with bullets until finally they were convinced that they had killed all of the men inside. they think among that men is a man who basically is the most notorious terrorist in indonesia, thinking he is responsible for a string of bombings across this country for the past ten years really, including the most recent one just three weeks ago on the hotel the marriott and ritz-carlton and jakarta that left seven people dead. >> give us some background here about this terror network. did they carry out other attacks

as well? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, they have carried out this sort of reign of terror. the bali bombing was probably their most deadly attack in 2002, left 202 people dead. that was a massive car bomb on the holiday targeting australia backpackers primarily. they hit the australian embassy, the marriott hotel, they hit bali again in 2005. so there has been a litany of different attacks as well as more local attacks, even as far back as 2000 they were bombing churches on christmas eve. a very long running campaign leaving hundreds of people dead. now the police see this as a major victory against this group that the man is associated with and they feel they have the group. >> dan, joining us live, we do

appreciate it. this could be a make or break month for health care reform. both chambers of congress are off on summer recess but some democrats aren't getting such a warm welcome. anger from constituents over their plans to reform health care. the associated press says one democrat's office has even received death threats but as our gary tuchman reports, some of the debate can't even agree what is3p$u.ñ driving all of th anger. >> reporter: is this democracy? demagoguery? or both? congressional town hall meetings during august recess used to be rather sleepy affairs. not anymore. there are images of president

obama with a mustache like hitler or looking like the joker and also elected representatives hung in he pa ji. some like arlen specter -- >> medicare and social security -- >> reporter: and missouri's claire mckiss kill are hearing it from extremely unhappy americans who don't like the idea of health care reform. people have been arrested, others have suffered minor injuries with the pushing and shoving. democrats like florida's kathy caster have barely been able to get in a word edgewise. at her meeting, reform opponents were sieging because hundreds of them were with stuck outside the town hall because they couldn't fit in the room. protesters held signs on the other side ofâ, the window. the congresswoman had to be hustled out. in texas, congressman lloyd doggette tried to talk. he, too, was drowned out. one used his artisanry to depict

the congressman in an unsavory way. >> the crowd was certainly angry. i suppose some had a negative reaction to the poster that said lloyd doggette traitor to texas, devil to all people. >> reporter: how did it come to this? depends on who you ask. the democratic national committee says these confrontations are orchestrated by the republican partry yi and the democrats have unleashed this video. >> now republicans and well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs just like they did during the election. >> reporter: the word "mob" is insulting to folks on the other side of the argument. many say they're exercising their rights. one pennsylvanian said this -- >> i feel like my constitutional rights are being taken away from me right before my eyes. i don't like the direction that we're going. they're taking away our freedom of speech and the silent majority is finally fed up with

it. >> reporter: now liberal a advocacy group has sent out an e-mail to supporters saying they have a plan to fight back against these radical right-wingers, raising hundreds of thousands in donations. it's not only the weather that's hot in august. now the political temperature is boiling, too. gary tuchman, cnn, new york.óv:v been a quiet start to the atlantic hurricane season. reynolds wolf alongside me. two of us in the weather center. the pacific now heating up. felicia, what's the deal with her? >> gosh, hard to believe 36 hours ago we were talking about a category 4 hurricane, now just a storm that's barely category 2, going to category 1. take a look at it. it's out there. couple of things standing in its way. we were talking about this stuff. cold water in the way, also stronger windsment by the time this thing limps toward hawaii, it could be a fairly weak system. we're talking about maybe a

tropical storm, maybe even a depression. but what it will do, it willing bring beneficial rainfall to the big island. let's show you video of people getting ready. better to be safe than sorry. people doing what they can to prepare for it. you can see piling up sand on the beaches. looks nice there. filling up sandbags. and again just preparation for the storm. hard to believe the pacific is the earth's largest single feature. this storm as it's chugging away could bring enhanced rainfall and heavy surf. they're going to keep their eyes on the storm. let's give you an idea what's happening on the magic wall. we'll enlarge this image and put this into motion. you can see the storm now a category 1, just over 1,000 miles frmil miles from hilo. it will get weaker and weaker as it interacts with cooler water. water temperature is about 80 degrees or higher to have the storm maintain its strength or get stronger. upper to mid 70s is where it's

headed. strong to upper level winds, it will continue to fall apart into tuesday you and perhaps tuesday midday and into the afternoon, we'll see this pass the islands and move toward the west. same time back home, what we're seeing this morning is a rude awakening for people in wausau, wisconsin, scatter the showers and storms. we'll zoom in, chicago a lot of cloud cover for the time being, later on showers and storms will roll on through. nothing severe but the potential we could see later of some flash flooding in spots like madison where we have temperatures 68 degrees, rochester, 71, and then back over in grand rapids, temperatures this hour mainly into the 60s. the reason why we're seeing this precipitation happen pretty simple, we have this area of low pressure chugging its way to the east. as it does, it will interact with the line of moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico. that could give you storms in the afternoon. as we wrap things up, we'll be seeing in the afternoon high temperatures soaring to 98 in

memphis, 92 in memphis, over to boston and new york, highs in the 70ss. 96 in vegas, 105 in phoenix. that's what you get this time of year, hotw4#ñu stuff in parts valley of the sun. that's the latest. back to you. >> it is summertime and we're feeling it. rob, you went on the road yesterday and broke a few things while you were there. >> a little clumsy. that's true. went to the longest yard sale in the world. i wish you were there. it was right up your alley. >> you think? what did you bring me back? >> i brought back a frying pan, but i thought that was sexist. >> you may want to keep that one. not that great of a cook. we'll show you what you can pick up. what, 654 miles long? >> here i am breaking something. oh, goodness. it's embarrassing. i did pay for that. i overpaid, as a matter of fact. >> how much was it? >> well, listed for $2. i'm sure i could have gotten it

down to 50 cents or $1. but i paid her 3 bucks. i got a free water out of that. boy, so much junk you can't even believe it. we'll take you there and show you the junk, in some cases the junk is other people's treasure. >> true. and "cnn saturday morning" takes a look around the world. our first stop, china. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. so tasty and nutritious it's hard to believe it's dry dog food. chef-inspired. dog-desired.@i chef michael's canine creations.

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music. there is a reason. well, the reason for the season. it gives you an idea of what's happening around the country. case in point, some of of the big events you may want to consider. today marks the beginning of elvis week in memphis, tennessee. >> if you've never been to graceland, you're not an american. >> wow, good thing i've been there. quite a statement. >> something else kind of cool, what's happening over in iowa. fireworks enthusiasts are going to gather at the annual convention of the pyrotech nicks gild. should be a lot of fun. in chicago, the 80th annual picnic p bill ind)eá million people along the parade route. not only that, but with this time of year, you've got to think about football and in canton, ohio, today is the introduction ceremony for the pro football hall of fame along with the duinductees. good times. those are just a snapshot of

what's going on. >> and why aren't you live at the pyrotechnics convention? >> they don't want me within a hundred miles. >> we don't have enough insurance for that. >> probably a court order. >> there you go. >> you should have been at the junkyard sale. >> that's what i heard. >> you keep calling it junk. >> it depends on which part of the country you're from. either a tag sale, a garage sale, a yard sale, or a junk sale. >> well, to be quite honest, would you say a lot of this stuff out there was junk? >> quite a bit of it is junk. there's stuff like sports memorabilia out there. >> maybe one of the frying pans you purchased. >> frying pans for sure. the kids got out there and certainly had a good time. that coca-cola sign over there was over 100 bucks. >> with a bullet hole. >> that was an extra 50. that coke machine right there, 350 -- i don't even know if it works. called the wofrld's largest yard sale happening this weekend along highway 127, 654-mile rule. i stopped off to check out some

of the bargains yesterday, in d dunlap, tennessee. >> reporter: looks like a hamster ball. you have to use your imagination at the world's longest yard sale and you can find anything you need. water kettle, a gas can. these tires look pretty new, high performance. not sure what those are. something for the kids, a baby carriage, all sorts of eclerk ick things. you naik it, they've got it. forget about the multithousand dollar kitchens. you can come here get everything, bunt cake pan, the cast iron frying pan. talk about kbre talk about years on that sucker. all yours for 12 bucks. you're reading that right, $150 for a goodyear sign. this coke sign right here, 80 bucks. this coke machine which may or may not even work, $350.

obviously for the vintage collector and one more reason that one man's junk is certainly somebody else's treasure. at least here in dunlap, tennessee. a lot of people are excited to be there for sure. if you are going to be out and about this weekend doing the yard sale thing, "country living" magazine has some tips. be prepared. there's a lot of items you want to look through so you've got to know what you're looking for. numbey[m>m two, be ready to bu have cash on hand in small bills. they don't have exact change. and i learned after breaking something they don't take the corporate american express card. and expect to haggle. that's part of the fun, negotiating certainly part of the process. and if you want the best bargain, be fashionably late. early arrivals may get the best selection but you'll pay top dollar. arrive late if you want the deal. number five, be realistic. examine every piece that you make sure you want. can it be fixed? is it working? is it worth buying? i found a lot of the stuff there

yesterday not exactly worth @wv' buying. >> did you find people were just cleaning out stuff in the house and said, in this recession, maybe we can make some money off of it? >> these people collect year round. some of these people buy property along the stretch to come here once a year collecting all their junk all year and then reselling it. >> wow. >> they make thousands. >> we saw from the prices on the coca-cola prices that were hefty for a yard sale. >> i suspect they're a little cheaper today, but pretty proud of their stuff. >> on sunday, even cheaper, right? great stuff. if you can't find a yard sale in your area, you should be able to find a dollar store, right? >> yeah. they must be making a killing in this economy. they sell name brand stuffs for usually a dollar or less. >> hence the name. so what do americans think of the economy and how president obama is handling it? we'll check in with cnn's deputy political director.

in a country where people make less than $1,000 a year, getting good health care can be difficult. >> now china is experimenting with a plan that charges 3s a year to cover 30 basic illnesses

with seven common medications. here's cnn's john vause. >> reporter: this man is bed ridden, broke and dying. to get treatment, we need money. i don't have money for hospitals, he said. a year ago he was healthy, then his kidneys began failing. within a month, hospital bills wiped out the family's life savings, almost 7,000 u.s. dollars, so he borrowed from his parents. when their money ran out, joe said the hospital sent him home. his wife gin works double shifts at a beijing tooth factory, her wages barely cover the cost of joe's medication this is a hormone, and on and on, she goes. total, 150 u.s. dollars each month. we just eat noodles, she said. eating well and eating to fill our stomachs is the same thing. joe's story is common in a

country where hundreds of millions can't afford even basic health care. but not here in this small village in northwest china. under a trial program, this doctor charges patients just one yuen, 15 u.s. cents. annual insurance premium about 3 u.s. dollars and the government covers the rest, the treatment of 30 mild illnesses like colds and coughs, prescriptions are limited to 74 types of medication. if you have a small problem, we'll treat it first and hopefully it will improve and not become serious, the doctor says. most families in china earn less than 1,000 u.s. dollars a year. for lee, 15 cents is affordable health care. but she still worries. we can't afford to treat major illnesses she says. we're afraid if it's serious

we'll have to spend a lot of money. but health care reform is also important to this economy. the chinese have an incredibly high personal saving rate. that's a hedge against high medical bills. the government is hoping a better public health care system will mean they save less and spend more. that will be good for economic growth. to do that, the communist party have promised universal health coverage by 2020. welcome news for most chinese. but too late to help joe and so many others just like him. onvau >> well, here in the united states health care is getting heated. take a listen to some of the i[xt$is week. >> get off of me! >> back up! >> that doesn't sound too civiliz civilizeded, doesn't it? it's citizens against lawmakers

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recognize that picture? 40 years after abbey road, hundreds of people go there this morning to recreate the iconic beatles cover. beatles fan unite. welcome back, everybody. i'm rob marciano in for t.j. holmes. he is a big beatles fan. maybe he's there. >> i doubt it. many showed up recreating that famous photo. we'll give you more details on

that. in the meantime, welcome back. you are watching "cnn saturday morni morning". >> it's august 8th. hope you're having a great weekend. get you to the top of the news. california governor arnold schwarzenegger and his wife are in massachusetts today to be by the side of her mother, she's hospitalized in critical but stable condition. kennedy-shriver is the sister of john f. kennedy and perhaps best known for founding the special olympics in 1968. she is 88 years old and has been weakened in recent years by a series of strokes. indonesia's most wanted man has apparently been killed in terror raids there. police and terror suspects battle it out for 18 hours overnight. you're listening to a bit of that battle. law enforcement sources say the leader was killed in that fire fight. he is accused of being the ringleader behind the deadly bombings in baly

is believed that he also played a part in last month's bombings at the marriott and ritz-carlton in jakarta. u.s. military officials have identified the four marines killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan on thursday. 21-year-old corporal christian guzman rivera of florida was 1 of the victims. guzman had been taking classes at miami-dade college and according to his myspace page had dream of becoming a firefighter. lance corporal tra advice, sergeant jay and another were with also killed. rob, you probably know better than anybody. it's about that time of year, isn't it? >> it is. this thing was a monster, category 4 at one point. on a weakening trend on the way to hawaii. >> it's going, going, going. it's a category 1 storm. its position still far off from hawaii, about 1,000 miles or so give or take from hilo. it is gusting to 115 miles pe$1

hour, wind right at 90. it is expected to weaken. to put it into motion, forecast continues to make its way toward the west. it is expected to interact with stronger upper level winds, that combined with also very cool sea temperatures will cause the thing to weaken as we get into tuesday and wednesday should bypass the island and should do so possibly as a weak, minimal tropical storm or a depression. keep in mind, a lot of things can happen so it bears watching. meanwhile, high temperatures today, you'll be watching the thermostat rise up in places, temperatures going up to 98 degrees in dallas. when you bring in the highqt@>k humidity, plenty of it in the lonestar state, feel like up in the triple digits along the i-35 corridor, houston same story, 95, chicago at 91, in chicago you may see a scattered showers, possibly thunderstorms xs we could see those linger not only parts of, say, illinois or back into minnesota but even the great lake state of michigan.

even into say detroit. speaking of detroit, we had a shot of detroit which has vanished. hopefully we'll get a shot later. they'll see cloudy skies. with that, chance of thunderstorms. certainly thunderstorms along parts of the i-10 corridor later today. keep that in mind. other than that, fairly nice and dry in parts of the four corners. you are up to speed. that is the latest on your forecast. we'll wrap it up. of course, we'll give you the latest in the tropics and what's happening in the rest of the nation all morning long. good times. >> thank you, reynolds. some people are just ticked off about proposed changes to our health care system. and they're using town hall meetings s show it. one forum in florida got so out of hand it turned into a pushing and shoving match when an overflow crowd was turned away. it wasn't better inside. watch what happens when democratdemocrat congresswoman tries to speak. >> we're making progress -- >> get off of me!

>> get away! >> go! >> i can't understand anything that they're trying to say. everyone is yelling at the same time. so is this public anger just part of the democratic process or something more insidious? there are accusations that the gop is bussing in folks and coaching them on how to disrupt the town hall meetings. so i spoke with politico.com's senior political reporter jonathan martin about that. the first thing i asked him about was the democratic national committee ad posting online. i want to play it for you. take a look at this. >> their goal is to stop the change americans voted for overwhelmingly in november.

>> it will break -- >> i hope he fails. >> this mob activity is straight from the playbook of high-level republican political operatives. they have no plan for moving our country forward so they've called out the mob. >> and i want to know why these people ignore -- >> call the republican party. tell them you've had enough of the mob. >> that's one side of it. let me get your take on this, jonathan. what is going on behind the scenes? is this truly the democratic process at work, or an attempt at disrupting public meetings? >> i don't think the ad you showed is airing on tv. only web video. nevertheless, a few things. first of all, i think it's the democrats nationally are trying to do a political jujitsu, trying to gain strength for something that appears to be working against them. they're trying to portray these town hall protests as extreme in trying to sort of damage the

fight against health care by portraying the opponents of it as these radicals. you saw in that web video they're trying to conflate those who don't believe president obama was america with some of these folks as the health care town halls. there may be overlap, but it's no accident that they're trying to conflate the two, portraying the opposition as radical. now to your question, is there genuine emotion about this health care issue? absolutely. there's no question about it. is there also a orchestrated effort to try to get folks to turn out for the town hall meetings? of course there is. it's happening on both sides. folks here in d.c. are trying to rally support for and against the health care bills at these congressional town halls all over the country. because of now the fact that it's happening on both sides, you're seeing ratcheting up of outbursts. at first it was isolate here and there, mostly from conservatives. now you're seeing some real sort of clashes back and forth

because both sides are now really engaged, trying 0 get their folk uz ott during the process to the town hall meetings. >> it's happening in several states. let me ask you this. what does it say when you have david axelrod meeting with democrats and providing a way to handle the meetings. >> they don't want to have the august recess totally dominated by people out in america crying out against the health care bill. they want it to be seen in the media, especially in the local media, local tv, that there are two sides to this. that there are equally passionate proponents of president obama's health care reform. that's why you saw president obama's aides telling senators yesterday on capitol hill, look, anything that the other side does we can double that. so they are now mobilizing their support. president obama's political operation is trying to get their supporters out. >> essentially you're saying this fight has only just begun. >> exactly. i think it's only going to get more heated from here.

the more folks are engaged, the more people see the tv reports, when a town hall happens in y=ôo show up and expression their views. that said, this shows folks on the extreme of both sides. where is the vast middle on this issue? >> and where are the concrete answers? i think a lot of people watching this just want to know, look, there are valid questions out there. where can we go get answers and actually get a solid answer and not shouting and shoving? jonathan, we are out of time. wish i could speak with your the time. >> no shouting here. >> this is very civil. appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> absolutely. >> we'll keep it civil this morning. >> so far so good. >> that was very civil. no shouting. maybe a little bit of celebration for this news. for the first time in more than a year, the unemployment rate is down. >> it fell8á0ke to 9.4, much b than expected. but do americans feel more comfortable spending? that's the big question. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser has been

checking the polls for us. here's what he found. >> did morning, betty and rob. the economy continues to be the top issue with measures by far so what do americans think about how the economy is doing right now? take a look at our poll, a national poll we released this week. you can see here only about one in five americans think that the economic conditions in the country are good today. another 44% say somewhat poor. look at the bottom there, 35% say the economic conditions are very ú one good thing, though, that 35% is the lowest number of people saying the conditions are very poor in about a year and a half. what do they think about how the president is doing, whether his policies are helping? take a look, 44% of the people that we asked said they think the president's economic policies are making the economy better as of right now. add in another 11%s to say that, you know what? in the future what the president is doing will help out. but still four in ten say what the president is doing is not helping the economy. finally, this is interesting.

who are americans blaming for the economic mess we're in right now? you can see that 44% are blaming the republicans. i would assume a lot of that going to the previous administration. about 23% blame the democrats. you can see right there one in four say that both parties are equally at blame here. so i think from that last number you can think that president obama has a little breathing room when it comes to the economy. betty, rob? >> so what are your opinions on health care? will the president's plan help your family? send us your thoughts. you can reach us on facebook, also twitter. plus, today marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic abbey road picture, the beatles crossing that street. they took the picture about five minutes ago at 6:35 eastern time. that marked the anniversary. we'll talk about that and reminisce when we come back. >> they recreated it today. we've got a lot more news that we are following this morning for you. stay right here.

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well, a beatle mania today

because 40 years after the magic we are talking about the beatles today at,g because just a few minutes ago fans recreated that picture we just saw. >> i had no idea that picture was taken i guess on abbey road. we're told the photographerer had about ten minutes to take the shot. he took it at exactly 6:35 a.m. eastern time on this date 40 year ago. there it is. >> cnn's errol bernette has more on the iconic shot and what it meant to music history. >> reporter: come together. the first track from the last album recorded by the beatles. and it was put together here at abbey road studios in london four decades ago. today you can fine the exterior walls of the studio affectio,í messages from fans. this man said they called their

last recorded album abbey road because this was their second home. >> well over 90% of all of the music was recorded, the real heart and soul of all the music at abbey road. >> reporter: with most of the album complete on august 8, 1969, the beatles stepped outside the recording studio here on abbey road to shoot the album's cover. it would become the one of the most iconic images in music history. george harrison, paul mccartney, ringo star and john lennon. it made the cover world famous. some artists who have imitated the walk. as you can imagine, tourists the world over have made the trip to the famous black and white stripes to have their own history. >> abbey road studios reckon

about 125,000 people a year cross abbey roadment i think it's more than that. we're talking 3,000 a week easily, if not more than that. a lot of people. >> reporter: richard porter is a beatles fanatic. he owns a beatles coffee shop, foubded the beatles london sam club and created a walking tour of the milestone beatles location. on this day, he welcomed 55 tourists from around the world. >> this is number 3 from 1968 to the mid-1970s this building was owned by the beatles. >> reporter: it is a testament to the impact the beatles had on music, popular culture and musicians for decades to come. so although it adds a few seconds to a driver's commute, even the crew and i couldn't resist. >> wow. does that brick you down memory lane or what? it brought back memories of the

sesame street version. >> kermit and cookie monster hit notes that were just unforgettable. >> and we're learning from our floor director who studied abroad who said to try to recreate that picture today there is difficult because it's a busy street. lucky trying to get a few people across at the same time. >> i assume even with the pictures now there's a fair amount of security. maybe they blocked it off so people could -- >> recreate it. >> they're amazing composers. >> no question. >> and the picture is just so iconic. there you go. another look at it today as we're looking back at abbey road and the anniversary. >> paul mccartney playing here in atlanta next weekend, vip tickets all yours for $400. >> a mere 400 bucks. you got me a couple, right? moving right along to secretary of state hillary clinton who is in africa this weekend. here is new video of her arriving overnight. we'll take you to south africa live for more on the purpose of this trip.

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she's into it for sure. her african tour is focusing on renewing america's commitment to trade with africa. not too bad, would you say? >> not bad at all. nice liqueiqueuyly choreographe. this morning clinton is in south africa where she met with the new president and before that a date with the world statesman. she had an audience with former president nelson mandela and a private viewing at his archives. we are live in joe hansburg with the latest on this trip. boy, she has packed a lot into it. >> reporter: yes, indeed. this is a seven-nation tour that takes the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton to almost every region of the african continent. of course, she's been to kenya. she's now in south africa. what we've seen so far during this visit, betty, is that

hillary clinton is really implementing president barack obama's strategy of the convict intent that he outlined during his visit. now in south africa u.s. and south african relations have been pretty prick eliy prickly bush administration. one of the reasons why because of disagreements on zimbabwe. the obama administration seems more accommodating of south africa's quiet diplomacy in that country and trying to resolve the crisis in zimbabwe. let's take a look. it was more than niceties from arrival to departure as u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with her south african counterpart on the second leg of her seven-nation africa tour. they agreed to forge stronger ties and improve trade relations. they even said they agreed to work together on the issue of

zimbabwe. zimbabwe president robert mugabe's party has been accused of intimidating, harassing and even arresting opposition in an attempt many believe to seize control of the country's parliament. but there was no pressure from mrs. clinton for south africa to act. >> well, there is no need for promises. south africa is very aware of the challenges posed by the political crisis in zimbabwe because south afr ica has 3 million refugees from zimbabwe. >> reporter: earlier this week, the south african president promised zimbabwe foreign minister that he will encourage mr. mugabe to fast-track the agreement mugabe stands accused of consistent ll ll lly;:jñ flo.

>> mrs. clinton was ác same. >> we will continue to implement the agreement that they signed. >> reporter: just how mr. mugabe will be persuaded to all of a sudden play fair when he has ignored such calls before remains a mystery. as for millions of zimbabwens who have fled their country are pinning their hopes on the secretary of state to push south africa for intervention in their country will be sorely disappointed unless mrs. clinton is before her meeting with mr. zuma on saturday, mrs. clinton paid an old friend of her husband's a courtesy visit. she toured former president nelson mandela's archives which mr. clinton helped set up. >> for you to look at these were notebooks of his correspondence.

>> reporter: during the mandela/clinton era, u.s./south africa relations were at an all-time high. in recent years they have resumed a more frosty character. but judging from the meeting of the two country's top diplomats friday, it appears the honeymoon period is back well, at least in the eye ofw the public. well, what president obama has said about africa is that, yes, africa has huge problems, but president obama wants africa to do is stand up on its own feet and take charge of those problems and solve those problems itself. so that's what we've seen u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton implementing and carrying forward during her trip so far here on the continent, betty. >> thank you so much for joining us live from johannesburg. we do appreciate it. secretary clinton spoke to fareed zakaria.

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good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. coming to you live from the cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." it is august 8th. look who's with me this morning. >> my pleasure and honor to be beside you. t.j., i wait weeks for t.j. to

take here i am filling in for t.j., taking well-deserved time off. >> yes, he is. health care town meetings get a little bit disruptive with some yelling and screaming. >> and take a look at this. a hut so small children can't even stand up inside of them. that is life in southern vietnam. i'm going to take you there and show you how you can help families struggling to survive. let's get you caught up on the top stories happening overnight. a shootout police in indonesia say they've killed a top terror suspect. he was 18-hour gun battle with anti-terror forces. he is blamed for the 2002 bombings in bali that killed more than 200 people and just minutes ago police said his group was planning an attack on indones indonesia's president.

a town hall meeting for health care reform becomes a platform for voicing disapproval and voicing it very loudly. at this forum in tampa, florida, got so out of hand that it turned into a pushing and shoving match. several town hall meetings in fact on health care reform have deteriorated into screaming matches. eunice kennedy-shriver listed in critical but stable condition at a massachusetts hospital this morning. she is the sister of john f. kennedy and perhaps best known for founding the special olympics in 1968. no word on what may be ailing the 88-year-old. we'll have a live report from outside the hospital next hour. well, this may be the make or break month for health care reform. president obama knows it. in his weekly address, he goes after those he believes are spreading lies about his plan. >> if you like your doctor, you

can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. and while reform is obviously essential for the 46 million americans who don't have health insurance, it will also provide more stability and security to the hundreds of millions who do. right now we"8y,3÷ have a syste works well for the insurance industry but that doesn't always work well for you. what we need and what we will have when we pass health insurance reform are consumer protections to make sure that those who have insurance are treated fairly and that insurance companies are held accountable. we'll require insurance companies to cover routine checkups and preventive care like mammograms and colonoscopies or eye and foot exams for diabetics so we can avoid chronic illnesses that cost too many lives and too money. >> the president will push his message care reform plan next week. it's the focus of his hall

meeting in new hampshire. >> some of them have gottenx ugly. the democrats talking health care reform with their constituents. >> shoving, yelling, you name it. how many americans do these opponents really speak for? for that, let's go to cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser with the latest on poll numbers. >> good morning, betty and rob. what do americans think about health care? such a big issue right now. we put out a cnn poll national this weekend. it shows overwhelmingly americans think something needs to be done, to bring down cost and insure millions who don't have nshts right now. but at the same time, our poll shows that overwhelmingly people like the health insurance they have. pi specifically what do they think about president obama's proposal? about 50% of americans say they favor the president's healthi#h care proposal, 45% are opposed. you can take from that americans are split. about 30% of americans say the president's plans would help my

family specifically. another 44% say that they don't think they would be personally helped but they think that the president's proposal would help others. and about one in five at the bottom don't think the's plan will help anybody. we've seen a lot of the town halls so far over the last week, some of them getting boisterous and noisy and some confrontations. take a look at this from our poll. this is very interesting. we asked, are you energized to go out to town halls to speak out? you can see right here that of those who said they were likely to attend 48% of obama opponents said they were likely to attend, only 37% of supporters of the obama plan said they were likely to attend. so you can kind of get from that that people who are opposed to what the president is proposing are much more energize ed go ou to the town halls. betty? rob? >> for more on the health care make or break month, check out my blog, cnn.com/betty.

well, for the first time in more than a year, the unemployment rate dropped in july by 11%s. >> a little bit of good news. ed henry tells us while the news is positive it's not much consolation to the 9.4% still unemployed. >> reporter: upbeat jobs report is little comfort to greg thomasen who just feels fortunate the unemployment benefits he collects at the one-stop career center in washington, d.c., were recently extended. >> for me me, i'm just glad they did. but there's no jobs. i mean, you can't -- i go out every week and i get the same story. >> reporter: but a couple of miles away at the white house, the president had a much of rosier view of the impact of his stimulus plan. >> this morning we received additional signs that the worst may be behind us.

>> reporter: while 247,000 more people lost jobs in july, the president noted that's far better than what he inherited. >> we're losing jobs at less than half the rate we were when i took office. we pulled the financial system back from the brink while we've rescued our economy from catastrophe. we've also begun to build a new foundation for growth. >> reporter: republicans insist the stimulus may be working on the margin, but has not provided the jolt the president originally promised. >> you have to define working. they've set the bar that says we're going to have the second great depression and we didn't so it has to be working. >> reporter: while the president acknowledged there's a long way to go, he struck a very optimistic tone. >> i am convinced that we can see a light at the end of the tunnel but now we're going to have to move forward with confidence and conviction to reach the promise of a new day. >> reporter: but greg thompson, a heavy machinery operator, suggests while some jobs may be coming back, wages are plummeting. >> i guess some people say,

look, i'll pay you so much. i say, that's half what i've been getting. they say, well, if you don't want it, we'll get somebody else that do. >> reporter: the vice president's top economist jared burnstein was a bit less optimistic than the president on cnn.com. bernstein said the white house is not entirely confident that unemployment will keep trending downward. he said it's still entirely possible it will reach 10% by the even of the year. ed henry, cnn, the white house. meanwhile, overseas a top taliban chief is killed. >>e iing on less than $1 a day. my trip to vietnam to help the hungry.

a successful strike in pakistan. a u.s. drone attack has apparently killed the top taliban commander there. there are still questions surrounding. >> how confident are you, is your government, that he is dead? >> 100% certainty, margaret, can only be achieved after dna testing and a lot of physical evidence has been processed. but other than njzq1ñ there area lot of pointers that most people believe he is indeed dead and his own group has anoubsed that. >> if they can indeed confirm

the death, it would be a major victory for american and pakistani forces there. eliminating a man who ordered attacks. cal perry has more. >> reporter: the face of terror in pakistan. his resume reads like a manual of death and destruction. the pakistani government believes he has been behind the majority of suicide attacks across pakistan. both u.s. and pakistani officials suspect he was involved in the assassination of the former prime minister along with high-profile attacks like the bombing of the marriott hotel. >> a murderer and a monster, he is the man or he was the man who was behind the killing of pakistani police, pakistani soldiers and officers, and pakistani men, women, and children. we think that he has fuelled many groups in this country, extremist sectarian groups among

them, that he has had links to the killing of many and basically this man is not somebody that any other pakistani wants to own as a fellow citizen. >> reporter: his death has not been confirmed and getting forensic evidence to prove it may bejpbr÷ impossible. but witnesses say a missile fired from an unmanned u.s. drone struck a house in the early hours of wednesday morning, officials say there is a "high degree of confidence" he was killed based on reports trickling out of the region. >> two hours after the strike a big funeral took place in that area, which is very unusual because once the drones have hit, normally the taliban do not get together in big=?xñ numbers. they want the p5f1piility of a]- but in this case they couldn't help it. >> reporter: last year he boasted in public that he had hundreds of suicide bombers ready and willing to attack u.s. targets inside afghanistan. and while a u.s. official tells cnn that the pakistani taliban could easily nominate a

successor, both the u.s. and pakistan have reason to hail this as a victory. both have reason to put the man out of business. cal perry, as we focus on health care and reform as well as the ailing economy in this country, half a world away millions live?sc÷ ons than 1 $1 a day. i'm talking about vietnam where i was born. i just returned from a humanitarian aid trip that really illustrates the importance of international aid organizations, even during a recession. our journey begins at the crack of dawn as relief supplies are loaded onto a bus. we're headed away from the hustle and

the nonprofit my family founded called help the hungry. now that this boat has been l d loaded with supplies we're headed to remote villages along the delta. to give you an indication of how poverty stricken this area is, the red cross says families live here on less than $1 a day. it's important that we distribute the humanitarian aid before the potentially deadly monsoons flood the region. but you don't have to look far to those already in need. hundreds gather at the shore line. they'll take the food, clothing, hygienic supplies back to their huts. in fact, some are so small even a child can't stand up inside it. what's even harder to believe, a family of fiveyksi lives here. she says they've lived here for about three years. in a corner is their makeshift kitchen. they scratchlyslr out a living fishing from the same murky canals where they bathe and get

their drinking water. they can't even afford to keep their children in school. her 12-year-old daughter only made it to the second grade. yet when i asked what she wants to be when she grows up, her face lights up as she says she wants to be a teacher. it's a hafrtbreaking battle between hope and poverty that continues to play out as we go from village to village all the way to the vietnam/cambodia border. but this is life for the people who live here. and it's a difficult life. no matter how much we bring and how many times we come, you never leave feeling like you've done enough. there's so many people in need here, which is why we continue to come back year after year. proving the poor are not alone in their struggle and maybe, in some way, it will instill the kind of hope and determination needed to rise above seemingly impossible odds.

and as always a very difficult journey, but as i mentioned, the need is is just so great. we've been doing it for nine years now and raised well over $100,000. our next big mission along with bringing humanitarian aid, of course, is to build water wells. because as you saw in my piece there, people are bathing and drinking from the same murky canals. this trip was special for me because we went so far into the interior that we even reached the vietnam/cambodia border. ta taking a look at some of the children we were able to help, not just food aid but also shoes. this was a little girl, a recipient of tennis shoes. a lot of these children don't have shoes, toys. they don't have access to education and barely enough food to survive. this is why this is so important and something really near and dear to my heart. for more information, you can go to help the hungry.org. we've got the website up right there. and also going to have more information on this throughout the morning. it's really a special journey

for me and one that means a lot. >> i remember it like it was yet last year's piece when you came back. you've been doing it nine years. >> nine years. >> are conditions getting worse, better? what makes this year different from years past? >> i wouldn't say necessarily they're getting better because this is a third world country so poverty is just rampant, especially in those rural areas where you have farmers basically living off of the land and doing the best they can. but when it comes to like the monsoon season, which we got in this season well ahead of that, it can inundate the area with floodwaters and that becomes not only devastating but deadly. it's important to get the aid to them before then. >> welcome back. i know it's a spiritual journey. >> thanks, rob. i appreciate that. in the next hour, while charities here in the united states are seeing fewer donations, so are international charities. i'll talk to unisef about how they're coping. ♪ i am stuck on band-aid® brand ♪

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. lots of debate going on this morning. we're trying to figure out our favorite beatles song.

th tweet us and let us know what you think, what you know and what your favorite is. >> we're asking that this morning. send in your thoughts on it, which one was it? getting a lot of p%ínx0dv weighg in. some people saying "strawberry fields," all these other songs. let us know, facebook, twitter. we'll read them on the air. in the meantime, recession weary americans are learning to stretch their dollar. >> maggie lake found there's no better way to do it than the dollar store. >> reporter: these folks are searching for bargains at their neighborhood dollar store in new jersey. they're constantly surprised at how far their dollar goes each and every visit. >> the appeal is to get 20 things for $21 instead of g getting maybe two or three things for $21. >> reporter: shoppers are taking notice. dollar stores are thriving in this recession. family dollar recently reported a 36% jump in quarterly profits.

sales at dolla/- opened for more than a year soared 13%. business is so strong that major dollar retailerers plan to open hundreds of new locations this year, even as scores of other chains close stores. we're here at a dollar tree store, one of the chains benefitting as americans try to stretch those paychecks. we decided to come and see what $20 is going to get us. oh, toothpaste. first things first, the essentials. paper plates, definitely. bargain hunting is nothing new for american consumers, but these deep discounters are taking it to a new level. household cleaning products, these are the same things that are same brands sold in other stores but they're only $1 here. other must-haves, aluminum foil, $1, drain cleaner, $1, clean ex ex-1. wolfgang puck, $1. usb computer cables, $1. some products are sold in smaller products than you'd see

in the supermarket. even so, savings are substantial and $20 really does go a long way. >> sometimes you find bargains on different things you usually spend a lot of money for in different places. i always shop here first before i go to a regular department store. >> to see if they have it. >> exactly. >> reporter: retail watchers say it's exactly that behavior worrying the competition. >> dollar stores take a bite out of walmart, especially if you're in the community where they both live together. kind of their entry price point. i go to the dollar store first, then i fill out when i'm in walmart. >> reporter: now it's estimated that nearly half of all u.s. households shop at dollar stores each month. even shoppers who can afford to buy elsewhere. and a lot of them are leaving the store satisfied. >> very good. got everything we needed at a great price. >> reporter: maggie lake, cnn, new jersey. >> wow. hey, guys. alongside reynolds wolf in the weather center. we're talking about weather.

reynolds is in for a new car. >> a lot of heat in texas. >> funky things. what it does a lot of times in texas is the combination of the heat and water cause the foundation on the houses to shift. weird stuff. >> the foundation guys stay this business. >> another weird thing that happens in texas that has nothing to do with homes but it's a texas thing especially in dallas, rearview mirrors in the dallas area, no joke, a lot of time you'll have mirror rz where it gets super, super hot, the interior of the car where it gets 130, 120, where the adhesive that holds the rearview mirror loosens and things will fall. you'll come out and there's your mirror hanging. >> who needs to know fehat's going on behind you? let's look toward the future, what's coming. >> story of my life. >> the past is history. >> it is. a look at the future, the sun coming up over atlanta. take a look at that, the sun coming up over the city, make

thin things warm up to 93 degrees. nice, typical day for summertime. nothing unusual as we take a look at the magic wall, 89 degrees in the nation's capital, 79 degrees in new york, back over to houston and dallas, mainly mid to upper 90s, 96 in las vegas, 105 in phoenix. the west coasth3vu looks very n for you. 79 degrees in los angeles, 68 in san francisco. pismo beach, the surfing will be unbelievable today. speaking of water and temperatures, cool water and just to the west of felicia will cause the storm, which is weakening as we speak, to continue to weaken. we sense the forecast, dropping to a tropical storm as we get into early monday. tuesday, storm getting very close to the hawaiian islands, possibly making landfall on the big island as a minimal tropical storm, maybe a depression, bringing enhanced surf and definitely a chance for heavy rainfall, which would not be a bad thing for the big island. that is the big weather story. all up to speed, back to you you at the news desk. >> thank you, reynolds. >> you're from texas.

ever have that, the rearview mirror fall off the wind shield in. >> because it's so hot. yeah. then you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. tires melt. >> the foundation of the homes are shaky as well. >> they start to crack. >> never heard of that. a lot of things about texas that betty fills me in on a daily basis. shaky ground, the economy as well. u.s. charities with international missions are having problems. >> small ones may not make it. there's so much need now we're looking at the big picture in our next hour. i'll be talking with a key player at unicef, the united nations children fund. ster... ♪ and slower. ♪ elk mountains, colorado. where's yours? 100% natural nature valley granola bars.

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