show, check out my podcast at cnn.com/podcasting and remember this is the place for all your medical questions. thanks for watching. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. more news on cnn starts right now. hello, everybody. from the cnn center in atlanta, this is "cnn saturday morning." it's a a great morning. you see the sun coming up over atlanta. it is august 8th. good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. >> i'm rob marciano in for t.j. holmes as betty comes from her two-week trip. >> not really a vacation. >> hard work. >> welcome back from vietnam. >> did some charity work over there. i will be talking about that later. glad to have you in for t.j. >> hope you get along. it's been three weeks now. >> he'll be back next weekend.

>> some of the things we'll be talking about, the financial crisis hit one of the largest counties in alabama and the law enforcement, they're facing layoffs and there's been a call for the national guard to come in and help patrol the streets. >> the county could have to slash its operating budget by as much as 50%. basically dismating public services and stagnating any potential growth. >> sean callebs has the story and i'll talk to the sheriff and a state representative about this dire situation. >> plus, i'm going to take you to the rural areas of vietnam where people live on less than a dollar a day. find out how you can help those struggling to survive. >> but first, we want to let you know how eunice kennedy shriver is doing this hour. >> she remains in critical condition in a massachusetts hospital. her family at her side. the 88-year-old shriver is the sister of former president john f. kennedy. her daughter maria shriver and maria's husband governor arnold schwarzenegger have arrived at the hospital. they arrived yesterday.

sean kelly with wcvb is standing watch this hour. what is the latest and do you know what is ailing mrs. shriver? >> no, we haven't gotten an update from the shriver family about exactly why she is here in the hospital, but we know that she's been here about a week in the intensive care unit. it's still early here at the hospital so we haven't seen any of the shriver or kennedy family members arriving here, at least at this hour. last night at about 7, 7:30 we did see her son mark and his wife leaving the hospital. there was also a photographer from the cape cod times who captured maria shriver, her daughter, as well as the california governor, arnold schwarzenegger, leaving the hospital. we are told that family members and it is a very large family, they have been at her bedside periodically throughout this week, including her husband, her many grandchildren, as well as her children. the only public statement we've got son far is a written one from the family basically thanking everyone for their prayers. betty? >> an indication of some of the health difficulties that she's

had over the last several years? >> right. it's been a tough decade for sure. back in 2000, she was actually in critical condition because of an infection she suffered from -- suffered after surgery. she battled back from that. and then there's been a series of strokes over the years as well. it's also believed that she suffers from addisons disease, something president kennedy suffered from as well. these are all health problems that she's been able to battle over the years, so as family members arrive back here today, we are waiting to see exactly who will show up, but again it is early so as we've been told, they've been coming throughout the week. >> okay. sean kelly with our boston affiliate wcvb, thanks for that update. a major victory against terrorism this morning. police in indonesia say they've killed a top story suspect. it happened during an 18-hour fire fight. noordin top is accused of killing hundreds of bombings in western targets on bali and

jakarta. police say his group was planning an assassination attempt on indonesian's president. >> a top taliban chief is believed to be dead killed in a u.s. drone attack this weekend. officials aren't ready to say they are 100% sure he is dead. >> how confident are you, is your government, that baitullah mehsud is dead? >> 100% certainty can only be achieved after dna testing and a lot of physical evidence has been processed, but other than that, there are a lot of pointers that most people believe that baitullah mehsud is dead and his own group has announced that. >> our call perry reports from islamabad that taliban members gathered late this week for what seemed to be a major funeral. it's believed baitullah mehsud ork traited the assassination of ben na zir bhutto. well, we do have some encouraging numbers from the

latest jobs report. unemployment fell last month for the first time in more than a year. but in the president's words, quote, we have a lot further to go. elaine quijano joins us now from the white house. elaine, what is the president saying about it this morning? >> betty, the president is cautiously optimistic about these latest job numbers. they showed a drop in the unemployment rate from 9.5% to 9.4%. now that is the first time it's dropped since april of last year. nevertheless, white house officials certainly aren't doing any victory laps just yet. the president did talk about these numbers in his radio address, his weekly radio and internet address. take a listen. >> this month's job numbers are a sign that we've begun to put the brakes on this recession and that the worst may be behind us. but we must do more than rescue our economy from this immediate crisis. we must rebuild it stronger than before. we must lay a new foundation for future growth and prosperity and

a key pillar of a new foundation is health insurance reform. reform that we are now closer to achieving than ever before. >> reporter: now the president arguing there once again that getting the economy back on track in order to do that, that health care reform is very much needed. but republicans, betty, are continuing to say, look, this is just going to be too costly, what the democrats are cooking up is going to cost people too much. nevertheless, in these unemployment figures, important to keep some perspective here, betty. the unemployment figure, 9.4%, that translates to 247,000 americans losing their jobs last month. betty? >> all right. you know the president also taking issue with the way the political fight is being waged. what's he saying about that? >> the president, betty, is really trying to slap back at some of his critics. keep in mind all of this is happening as congress is out, lawmakers are getting a chance back in their home districts to really get an earful from constituents on a number of issues, including health care. well today, the president tried

to push back against some of the criticism that he called outlandish rumors that, for instance, reform he said will promote youth nay shah, cut medica medicaid. the president bottom line said that's just not true. he said there are always going to be people trying to exploit differences for political gain but he argued this isn't about politics, this is about people's lives. >> elaine quijano joining us live today, thank you. president obama's focus over the next few days will be on the economy. the whole continent, not just the u.s. on sunday and monday he will be south of the border for a summit with mexican and canadian leaders. then on tuesday he holds another town hall meeting on health care. this time, in portsmouth, new hampshire. on wednesday, the president hosts a white house reception for new supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. in fact, she is going to be sworn in today and it's going to happen live right here, 11:00 a.m. eastern. watch it on cnn. and this weekend, the obama administration enters its third

100 days with some feedback from the public. and the overall reviews have been fair at best. paul steinhouser cnn's deputy political director and looking at reaction to president obama's first six months. good morning, paul. where do you want to start? >> let's start with the big guy himself, right? you got it. let's take a look at president, barack obama. how do americans grade him? we did a poll, rob, on the second 100 days and we asked americans to give the president a letter grade. from our national poll, cnn research corporation, he gets a c-plus. i guess some people ask, well why didn't he do higher, but there's a lot of things going on, especially i think the economy may be one of the reasons that the president is being dragged down a little bit. also, health care as well. it's tough for anybody to get a high grade when you're a president, such as an a. that would maybe equal like an approval rating in the 90s and that rarely happens. >> couldn't do it even with an harvard law degree, this guy couldn't get an "a"? >> i guess not. >> the health reform push, the

president's reform program. again rating intense interest, to say the least. what's the -- was that intensity reflected in some of the poll results? >> it is. our poll shows americans are divided on whether they approve or oppose the president's health care proposal. overall on health care the president got a c-minus. that's a lot lower than his overall approval rating for everything. what else our survey showed, rob, it showed people who opposed the president's plans on health care are more likely to go to these town halls and speak out than people who support the president's plans. i guess we're seeing that in a lot of these town halls across the country this past week. >> angry people are typically a little more vocal. from the big guy to congress, you graded them. how did the lawmakers do? >> not as well as the president. they got a c-minus. no surprise here. i think about every national survey this year has shown congress has a much lower approval rating than the president. and we see that with this c-minus that congress gets. we did break it down by party

and democratic leaders in congress got a slightly better grade, slightly than the republican leaders in congress. >> all right. from congress let's go to vice president joe biden. secretary of state hillary clinton. how do they grade? >> the number two, joe biden, gets a c. for hillary clinton, she got the best grade of all, she got a b-minus. i think the reason here is that americans, i think they are more supportive right now of what the administration is doing when it comes to foreign policy than domestic policy. you have so many controversial things like the stimulus, health care and other issues. when it comes to foreign policy a lot less controversial it appears with americans and that's why hillary clinton gets the best grade, b-minus. >> vice president joe biden a c, couldn't do better than that because? >> there have been some gafs out there that made the news and may be one reason he's a "c." not a horrible grade. maybe he will do better next time. >> i always believed going through school, "c" was not a bad grade at all. >> paul steinhouser, deputy

political director, good to see you. >> quite the overachiever, weren't you? >> florida republican senator mel martinez announced yesterday he is stepping down with nearly a year and a half left in his term. he says there's no specific reason, just his desire to move on. florida governor charlie crist plans to run for martinez's set in 2010. crist has to pick a replacement to finish martinez's term but he promised he will not appoint himself. help and hope for families who live on less than a dollar a day. a humanitarian mission to vietnam and a look at why missions like these are facing tough times just ahead. >> and later, why the national guard may be forced to come in and patrol alabama's largest county. and reynolds wolf tracking hurricane felicia. >> you silly little freaks. we have a lot to talk about weather wise. extreme heat, chance of severe weather in the western great lakes and into the ohio valley and a hurricane in the pacific. the full scoop coming up in a few moments.

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telling me the foundation of these homes are krak cracking. >> imagine if that's the frame to your window and you're like what's going on here. the combination of the extreme heat and moisture and then heating once again. it will cause issues for people. people have to bring in some workers to fix things up and -- or do some do it yourself kind of work. makes for busy weekends, no question, especially in texas where highs are going right back up into the 90s once again. certainly some rough times. one things that's been very warm also has been part of the pacific, especially some of the waters we've had in parts of the pacific. we had a map up here moments ago, now it's disappeared. trust me with this. we had hurricane felicia that is a category 1 storm that is churning its way toward hawaii. as it gets closer it is expected to weaken as it interacts with cooler water. we will put this in motion. upper level winds and water temperatures into the 70s and as it gets closer to the big island

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you to santa barbara, santa barbara happens to be the spot for this weekend's getaway. santa barbara, california, is just about an hour north of los angeles. but it seems like a world away. >> santa barbara feels like a mediterranean village on the pacific. all the buildings there are white stucco with red tiled roofs, palm trees everywhere, beautiful beaches. >> reporter: completed in 1820, the santa barbara mission plays hosts to tourists and worshippers. another landmark is the county courthouse with free tours monday through saturday. >> it's amazing that this building is a fully-functioning, daily courthouse. you walk in the front door and you think you've stepped into a museum and into a different time frame. >> reporter: one block away, are the shops and restaurants of historic state street. >> state street has beautifully landscaped pesaos. it's a wonderful place to spend

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as we focus on health care reform and the ailing economy in this country, half a world away, millions live on less than a dollar a day and health care options, well, they're often nonexistent. i'm talking about vietnam where i was born. i just returned from a humanitarian aid trip along the mekong delta that illustrates the importance of international aid organizations, even during a recession. our journey begins at the crack of dawn.

as relief supplies are loaded on to a bus. we're headed away from the hustle and bustle of how chi men city, formerly known as saigon, to poor southern villages in southern vietnam. it's a long and bumpy ride. once we arrive, the heavy lifting begins. all this aid was donated through the profit my family developed called help the hungry. now that this boat has been loaded with supplies we're headed to remote villages along the mekong delta to give you an indication of how the poverty in this area, the local red cross says families here live on less than a dollar 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 find those already in need. hundreds gather at the shoreline. they'll take the food, clothing and hygienic supplies back to their huts. in fact, some are so small, even

a child can't stand up inside it. what's harder to believe, a family of five lives here. she says they've lived here for about three years. in a corner is their makeshift kitchen. they scratch 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 heartbreaking 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. this is life for the people who live here. 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 we've been making those annual help the hungry trips to vietnam for the past nine years. i can tell you, it can be difficult getting people to donate to international aid organizations and many non-profits are in trouble right now, especially the smaller ones. it is a subject that carol instern knows very well. she is the president of the u.s. fund for unicef and joins us now live. carol, thanks for your time. to give our viewers some perspective here, how much do americans give to international aid organizations? >> good morning, betty. well, there are about 2 million non-profits in the united states and when you think about that, 2

million, 501-c 3s and only about 10%, a little less than that this past year, i believe it was 8%, were given to international causes. >> so what impact would you say, we're looking at only 8%, but when you consider the fact that we are in a recession, a lot of people don't have a lot of extra change and many people even argue that there are people here who need the money, how difficult has it been to get funding for those organizations? >> well, i think we've had to work twice as hard to get what we get. you know, one of the things that we often say to people is, here in america we have some really tough choices to make this year, but the children we serve at unicef, they never had a choice to start with. one dollar less here is ten dollars less there. we've had to work twice as hard to get every dollar we've gotten this year. >> help us understand what that truly means on the ground to those people in need, if you get a dollar less here? >> well, first of all, a dollar, for example, in our world buys 40 liters of water. that's enough to sustain a child

for 40 days. so one dollar less, truly can be the difference between life and death in a child, every single day as we go about our business here, 25,000 children die of causes we know how to prevent and that's in a good economic time. so imagine what's going to happen as the economy continues. >> so what are you telling people? what are you asking of the donors out there to get them involved, get them invested in helping people half a world away? >> well, a couple of things. one, i think it's important for americans to recognize the lack of choices that the children around the globe have. you know, everything from even in america when you're born you're registered. in other countries, people don't even know you exist. education is guaranteed here. education is not guaranteed in other places. every child in the united states has access to inoculation. every child in another place doesn't. when you start to look at the equations, you start to understand that children have to be defined by their age, not by the borders.

it's not their children versus ours. it's children. the strategies, we have to tell our story loud, we have to be the brightest and the best, we have to make sure we can really show you where your dollars are going. things like charity navigator, better business bureau ratings are so much more important than they've ever been right now in terms of being able to show our efficiency. >> that's important for people to see the faces they've helped. i can tell you on our humanitarian aid trips with help the hungry, there are children there that would love to go to school. they simple cannot. it's not because there aren't any schools. one they may be far away, two their families cannot afford to buy the food, the books, the pencils and papers to send them to schools. these are things we often take for granted here in the united states. at the same time there is a valid argument and people will say to you, look there is hunger and poverty right here in the united states. what do you say to that? >> again, i start with the fact, though, that a child here has access to services. a child here can go to a

shelter. a child here is guaranteed an education. a child here will get health care if they get to a clinic. there isn't a clinic to even go to. you know, my first time in the field, i sat with a mom who had just given birth and we compared our birth stories. she went into labor working in the fields, walked four hours to get to a clinic where there wasn't even a doctor. as opposed to jumping in my car and running over to the hospital. >> the stories are heartbreaking and i've seen many of them and witnessed children that have horrible wounds, parents that have passed away, they don't know what's happened to them, living on their own, and there's not anyone to help them. that's why these organizations are so very important. thank you for your time and the work that you do. >> thank you very much. >> and thank you for the work you did in vietnam. ninth year in a row, how is this year any different than the last? >> this year i think we were able to go the distance, meaning that not only did we go along the mekong delta and help village after village but we went all the way to the

cambodia/vietnam border. there are a lot of people there that don't get any sort of aid. it was important for us. there's a picture right now, to be able to help those that are often forgotten. beautiful children, children with bright futures, they just don't have the means to get the kind of education, the kind of health care, that will sustain them and this is a shot of us not only providing food, but providing shoes. many children don't even have that. it goes back to the story the little girl i showed you, they live in a hut, five of them. three children, their two parents live in a hut that is so small, they can't even stand up inside of it. that puts the poverty in perspective when we talk about those in need around the world. >> those pictures that you see their faces light up, i'm sure even those images don't do it justice. >> it doesn't. i remember one year this lady came up to us after we had given out all of our aid supplies and she was crying and i felt so bad because i had nothing else to give and she said, i'm not crying because i'm not getting anything. i'm crying because you came here to help. >> that's fantastic.

>> and that has always stuck with me. >> look forward to your tenth year and thanks for sharing that experience. >> thank you. >> betty rolling up her sleeves for a good cause. rolling up your sleeves in alabama's biggest county, including birmingham, they're facing dramatic budget cuts and the number of their officers and a sheriff's department, they're being sliced almost in half and residents say they're downright scared. we'll talk about that next. >> later, showdowns over health care. a spirited debate or mob action? we'll delve into it.

budget cuts could pull police off the streets in alabama's most populated county. the sheriff of jefferson county which includes birmingham says he wants the national guard to come in. residents say things are a mess and the governor, well, he could call lawmakers back for a special session as soon as monday. here's cnn's sean callebs. >> reporter: i went for a ride along with jefferson county deputy michael jackson in a section of the county hit hard by crime. >> feel for the people that's living out here because like i said, the ones approaching me, they're all scared right now. >> reporter: the county, which includes the city of birmingham, is in crisis. dramatic budget cuts mean more

than 300 of the nearly 800 sheriff department's employees will be out of work, off the streetrs, and officers are fearful crime will skyrocket. the people that you've talked to, are they really scared? >> they're terrified. you have a lot of elderly people living out here, they're living alone, and they rely on us to have their back. if we're taken away, who are they going to have? >> reporter: to avoid what officers call open season for criminals, sheriff hail is urging the governor to consider sending the national guard to alabama's most populace county. hail has been told he may have to cut his budget by as much as 50% next year, from $60 million to $31 million. >> what i'll have left after furlough is enough to work the jail and a small group to work five or six beats within the county. >> reporter: what led to jefferson county's broken government, part of the pinch can be blamed on the recession. but the big problem, the county instantly lost about $70

million, or 25% of its annual budget, from an occupational tax on income it had collected since the 1980s, even though lawmakers repealed it about a decade ago, courts only mandated that the county stop collecting that money. >> we are at during the darkest hours this county has ever lived through. >> reporter: betty fine collins is the county commission president and says there's no quick fix. the commission has already ordered furloughs for 33% of the county's employees. >> you cannot have more expenditures than you have revenue, so what's the largest area of expense, personnel. which is why we have 1,004 people on leave without pay. >> reporter: michael morrison worked three years in the county zoning and planning office, he predicts major problems. >> it's going to slow down county road construction, it's going to slow down things like road maintenance, bridge maintenance, debris pick-up after storms. >> reporter: look at this

massive line. people are waiting eight and nine hours to renew auto tags. cuts mean there are only three people working inside and a lot of frustrated people outside in line. >> it's insane. i mean you've got these people over here that want this thing and these people over here that want this thing and nobody will communicate to fix it. we could be in a kindergarten class watching this. >> reporter: sheriff hale has pushed back and refused to furlough his employees. but if the commission can't come up with the money and the sheriff's budget is cut in half, deputy jackson says there will be a lot of people who suffer. >> with this cut, you know, we lose 50% of our personnel, it's letting the bad guy know, hey, it's -- we can pretty much go and do whatever we want to do or any part of jefferson county. it is the sheriff ver sauce the lawmakers and you are looking at jefferson county mike hale, profiled in that report, joining us live from birmingham this morning. sheriff, you want the national

guard to come in. are things that crazy, that out of control, that we should call in the national guard? >> well, look, i have my finger on the pulse of criminal activity in this county. my first -- the first thing i asked the governor to do would be to -- and did ask him -- if he could fund us in the month of september, if he could not do that, then i'm going to lose about 300 deputy sheriffs. those are the deputies that work patrol, work detectives, and i asked him if he could -- if he would consider activating the national guard, especially the military police, components of the guard, that have experience working in law enforcement. >> can you appreciate the fact that when citizens see the national guard come into place, it's either a disaster, some sort of short-term emergency. if it's for policing that's a scary thought. do you believe the residents are scared in that county? >> i believe this.

i believe that young mother with a child that calls 911 and needs somebody's help there in two minutes and it's going to take 20 minutes, that's wrong. i believe that these child stalkers that are stalking children that when we cut -- when we pare back and don't have any deputies that can investigate convicted sex offenders and track them like we're supposed to, i believe that's wrong. i believe the legislature in its wisdom gave the county commission guidance to fund public safety. they have put me on -- with the quality of every other county department, the citizens of this county want to be protected. >> sheriff, i certainly can feel your passion for law enforcement and we certainly want to have as many officers out there as possible. but every municipality, every state budget is in crisis mode and there have to be cuts somewhere. you've been asked to cut how much cutting have you done so far? >> i have -- i have cut out a small amount of civilian

interns. i have enough funds to go to the first of september. then i have some funds that my office has that i will pay about $1.5 million in september. i will effectively cut my office in half at that time. all i will have is the jail and instead of running about 35 beats a shift, i'll run about six beats a shift. if this happens in september with no help, the citizens of this county will see what the next year will be like. it's just not -- it's not going to be good. >> some people are saying, well, you're not being a team player here, you're not working with the group, you're not at least trying to do what you're asked to do. some people feel like you're playing chicken here, with the lawmakers. if they don't go out there and pass the laws and get the money they need, you're going to pull officers off the streets and all heck is going to break loose? >> let me tell you, the team i'm on are the people of this county. i'm not on the county commission team. when i was -- when i had sued them recently and was ordered to negotiate with them, not one

commissioner showed up. i'm not on their team. i'm on the people's team and i'm going to do everything i possibly can to keep these citizens safe. i would ask that the commission do what i did yesterday. i walked those long lines, i talked to everybody in that line that you just showed. they are dissatisfied with the commission and they want their sheriff funded. i doubt very seriously if any of the commissioners have walked that line in the courthouse and apologized to them for what's going on. >> all right. sheriff mike hale, boy, you have a tough job ahead of you. i don't envy that. but we appreciate your work and serving the public there. hopefully this crisis is solved at some point. >> i agree. >> thank you. we're going to hear from the other side of this equation, a state representative talks about the broken government, that's next when we come back. wellbeing. we're all striving for it.

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returning to broken government, at least in a county n alabama. the governor there considering calling a special session to deal with the crisis. the sheriff, you may have just heard, wants the national guard to police his county and state representative john rogers is in the middle of it all. he represents jefferson county which includes birmingham and he joins us live from birmingham.

representative, where is the sheriff on this? he wants to call in the national guard? what do you think about that idea? >> well, if it gets to that point where we need protection, of course we need the national guard and anybody else we can bring in to help police this city, county and state. >> let me cut you off there with all due respect. how did this county get into this mess? there are counties and municipalities all over the country dealing with this recession and financial crisis. how did you guys get into this mess if. >> you got to go back to the bond swaps, the economy, the whole shooting match. bad business deals. you got a county commission who can't find its way out of a paper bag. one gets out the top they're pulled back down. they don't want any help. they don't know where the credit cards are. they don't know who owes them. they missed collecting taxes about $20 million of taxes. they have an $84 million

reserve. they don't have to do this. they have $84 million in reserve. i think they're punishing the sheriff, trying to put pressure on legislatures. >> you have $84 million -- >> they got $84 million in reserve right now. >> how do we get it out of there? >> the only thing the county commission says, i want to use the money to save people's jobs and spend money on the sheriff's department. that's all they have to do. they're trying to punish folks and trying to put pressure on us to do things they want to do. >> where are you going to be monday? is there going to be a special session? do you think the governor is going to call that? >> i think he'll call it today. we had to make sure everything was constitutionally sound, everything was right and our ducks linlds up in a row so we can get in and out in five days. i'm looking forward to calling it today and go into session by 6:00 monday evening. >> i want to read a quote from a "new york times" article based on some business from moody's

investor services kind of gives some perspective, not just about safety, it's about your financial crisis and trying to get money outside the state. outside of the city of detroit it's fair to say we haven't seen any place in america with the severity of problems that they're experiencing in jefferson county. that highlighted in a "new york times" as a citizen, as a legislature, how does that make you feel to have that kind of national notoriety at this point? >> you know, any publicity is good, but that's bad publicity. i think we're a better county, city and state than that and that's why the governor is stepping in. i think that we can solve our problems, we've got to get the right forces in place to solve them. we have a broken government, but we can fix it. they're fixing theirs, we can fix ours. we're going to fix it. we're going to go into session. >> give me plan a, how are you, your colleagues, the governor and sheriff going to work together to fix it? >> well, we're going to re-enact the occupational tax bringing in

close to $78 million, back into the coffers, and include everybody. it will only be for a short while. it calls for a vote of people in 2012. the county has time, hopefully, to realize they're going to have a shortfall in five years, phased out over five years, if it's not voted for. but we're going to reinstate it immediately and allow them to get the money. they got $23 million in escrow. they'll get a chance to get escrow money as well as get the money coming in from the taxation. >> well, it certainly sounds like you're being optimistic and that's good to hear, representative john roberts from jefferson county, if that session is called on monday, good luck to you in solving this crisis and the rest of the summer looks like it may take several months, if not years, to fix this problem but we certainly wish you the best. thank you for joining us this morning. >> just pray for us. >> that too. you got it. >> we need prayer to help. >> amen. thanks for joining us, sir.

>> absolutely. august is a make or break month for health care reform. lines, they were long and tempers were short at a health care town hall meeting in michigan. the forum at romulus, michigan, at times turned into a free for all. the story from mayor mcdonald from our affiliate wviv. >> reporter: congressman john dingell drowned out by the boos and jeers from an angry town hall, to hear what they think about national health care. the 81-year-old could barely get a word in edgewise. crowds started showing up early to wait in line, both those for and against yelling it out before the meetinger got under way. >> just say no! >> reporter: once inside, it was a freeforall at times. >> it got really heated and really loud. it was a lot of chanting, a lot of booing, some clapping.

it just -- at one point it felt like people were more worried about drowning each other out than listening. >> reporter: dingell's wife debbie vowing to set up another town hall. >> make sure we can very quickly schedule another town hall meeting and get as many people as you want to get here. >> reporter: so many questions about what the obama health plan really means. >> something has to be done in a way of reform, but not to redo our whole health care system. >> there's going to be more division in this country than ever and the majority of people want this bill stopped. >> reporter: marcia, who was invited as a speaker tonight and supports the idea of national health care, had a hard time being heard over the crowd but her message is this. >> i believe that it's immoral for us to have individuals in this country without health care. people are dying every day because of that. >> one of the forgotten issues in this health care debate over reform, that being fraud. >> and a rookie holdout

controversy in the nfl. michael crabtree has everybody talking.

♪ still haven't found what i'm looking for ♪ >> well, things are never dull in the nfl. as fans are enjoying this hall of fame weekend and the unofficial start of preseason play, the league is mired in a rookie holdout controversy while at the same time battling a case

of twitter jitters. rick harro is a sports business analyst and joins us live from west palm beach. good morning, rick. >> good morning. heading up to cleveland for that hall of fame game. akron/canton the official/unofficial start of the nfl season tomorrow. everybody is going 16-0 and everybody is going to the super bowl. you read the press all over the country that's what they say. >> that's what their job is preseason. your job is to break down some of the stuff happening right now. boy, this kid michael crabtree is some player, but he's skipping out on training camp, holding out for more money. nfl apparently doing nothing. and then the sports blogs are all about it. breakdown this dispute and what does it mean for the future of first round drafters. >> he may be some player but he's unproven. i'm not sure how good a negotiator he is. a guy from maryland was drafted three spots ahead of him by the oakland raiders and even though he might be great and quick and everything else, he's not guaranteed those dollars based on the slotting the nfl has and he was drafted three spots lower than a guy the raiders paid

about $24 million in guaranteed for. he is threatening to sit out the season and saying, i'm better, quicker, faster, i'm more known. well the niners may have something to say about that. plus it would change the whole system of how the nfl treats its draft picks. good luck to michael crabtree but i'm not sure he's going to succeed on this one. >> this may set up a tricky precedent going forward. what do you think? how much is he asking for and is he going to get it? >> asking for anything above $23.5 million guaranteed. this world of -- >> come on. >> layoffs, that's gutsy by the way. i think he better concentrate on catching passes and figure out later on. >> hey, listen this news could break on twitter of all things, nfl not crazy about the players twittering all the time. what's the problem here? >> well, the problem is, the first amendment comes up again protecting trade secrets in the work place and such and just like autographs way back when

and yelling to fans and cell phones, you have to be able to draw the line. the nfl has 700,000 hits from its athletes on their twitter pages. terrell owens over 111,000 of them. teams like the dolphins and bills and patriots have legitimate places and pro hi businesses and this is one of those examples. the issue, by the way, is 140 characters to tweet, i'm told, and only 14 if you say, i broke my leg. you got to be able to put very strong conditions. it's protecting your interests, not only telling the players what they can and can't do. >> interesting. we're kind of being wrapped. i want to get your thought on eli manning becoming the second highest paid player in the league. what's he going to make, almost $100 million for six years, is he worth that? >> going to make nearly $100 million. you have to be able to show your fans something during the offseason. steve ross, by the way, made commitments with guys like mark anthony and jimmy buffet, investors just signed a deal with the artist last night.

this is like that, the giants have to sell tickets, nearly $100 million over six years, manning may be there until 2015 when the signing is confirmed, it will show up at the box office as well. they have the $1.5 billion stadium they have to take care of. there will be pressure on him. like everybody in tampa, i'm going to go up to hall of fame and figure that out in the next couple days. >> all right. here's the hopes that football gets through surts. good luck in ohio, my friend. >> there you go. still ahead, candid words from jermaine jackson, what he's learned since michael jackson's death that has actually surprised him. >> keeping an eye on hurricane felicia this morning and getting ready, it's still a category 2 hurricane. moving west toward hawaii. thoughts are it may weaken over cooler waters but residents are taking no chances. ththththththth

from the cnn center this is "cnn saturday morning." good morning, everybody. i'm rob marciano sitting in for t.j. holmes. betty nguyen, back from being -- >> finally. >> not off on vacation, but a humanitarian effort we've been telling you about all morning. >> great to be back and glad to have you here. t.j. is taking a couple days off, back next weekend. we are talking this morning about health care and hearing plenty about it in reform. what about health care fraud? >> they were overcharging for a procedure that wasn't done. >> we investigate why tens of billions of dollars are just lost to health care fraud every single year. >> we go on the road to see if stimulus money is getting the

contractors fast enough. but first, we want to update you on eunice kennedy shiver. >> she does remain in critical condition in a massachusetts hospital, her family at her side. the 88-year-old shriver is the sister of former president john f. kennedy. her daughter maria shriver and maria's husband california governor arnold schwarzenegger arrived at the hospital yesterday. other kennedy family members have arrived as well. political analyst for "time" magazine mark hall prin joins us by phone. what has mrs. shriver meant to the kenne clan. she wasn't hasn't been in the lime light for many years. >> she has famous brother, husband and daughter. she's been one of the leading members of the kennedy family both inside the family, people think about senator ted kennedy as kind of the papatriarch, she the matriarch, and all her years

with the special olympics, doing more probably for helping the mainstream and help the lives of people with learning disabilities than almost anyone else in the country over the years. >> like many people in her family, she's dedicated her life to service it appears. >> she really has. she had a sister who had special needs and well before this was kind of something people did on a broad basis, she helped found the special olympics and really popularize them not just in the united states but around the world. as you said for the last few years because of her health problems she hasn't been very visible for many years, for decades. she worked to make sure people with learning disabilities had a chance to be part of athletics, being part of the mainstream of american life, and for that, she is in her own right a historic figure, not just as it so often cited her associations with other family members. >> no doubt. as we look at the hospital where she is being cared for right now, it's interesting the statement that came out

essentially said she has been hospitalized and really didn't say much more than that. do you have any indication as to what may be her ailment? >> she's had, as we've said, a number of health ailments over the years. her husband has alzheimer's. they've been dealing with a lot of medical problems. it seems pretty clear this is, whatever the cause of her hospitalization is overall, this is a pretty serious time and, of course, senator kennedy, her brother, has been up at his home in the same area dealing with his health problems. so this is a pretty intense period for the kennedy family. you see them gathered now and i suspect they'll be gathering again soon to deal with senator kennedy and his health issues as well. >> no doubt. mrs. shriver, at 88 years old, she has been awfully resilient throughout the years, despite all of those health problems and, of course, you mentioned senator kennedy who is dealing with his own battle, brain cancer. this is a family that has faced a lot of obstacles. >> well, of course the tragedy not just of the assassination of

her two brothers, something that, you know, most, obviously, most people don't have to deal with, but they've had other deaths and other tragedies. she's lost other siblings and she has been someone who's lived into a long life, played a role in recent history as well, we should mention. one of the very first people not just from the kennedy family, but one of the first prominent people to tell barack obama many years before or several years before he decided to run for president, that she thought he would be president and it was up to him to run and that had a great influence on the president to make his decision, he has told people. >> all right. mark halprin thank you for joining us, from "time" magazine, joining us by phone as we continue to watch the condition of eunice kennedy shriver and we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. >> we wish her the best. lived a long life. >> 88 years old and again, we don't know the exact cause of her hospitalization, but she has suffered from a number of ailments throughout the years.

>> all right. on to what's happening with the supreme court. big doings today. >> it is a big deal today. we got a swearing-in ceremony that's going to be taking place that, of course, for judge sonia sotomayor. she is going to be sworn in two hours from now at 11:00 a.m. eastern and you will be able to see that ceremony live right here on cnn. >> stick around for that. or dvr and play it later today. sotomayor was confirmed by the senate on thursday. the vote was 68-31. she will become the 11th supreme court justice but only the third woman and first hispanic-american. >> one of the forgotten issues in this health care debate over reform, is fraud. senior correspondent allan chernoff reports on just how widespread this problem really is. >> reporter: the problem is fraud. tens of billions of dollars is lost to health care fraud every year. it's a major reason our health insurance premiums keep rising and medicaid and medicare are training the tresh -- training

the treasury. for all the talk in washington of controlling health care costs the issue of fraud is getting little attention. teresa knew her podiatrist was cheating blue cross blue shield of michigan when she read her insurance statement. dr. jeffrey cook had billed thousands of dollars to surgically remove dozens of warts when teresa only had a discolored toenail. >> it was like robbery. they were overcharging for a procedure that wasn't done. >> reporter: teresa called blue cross which investigated. ultimately leading to the arrest and imprisonment of podiatrist jeffrey cook. health care fraud perpetrated by doctors, pharmacists, even organized crime gangs, is rampant. a senate investigation found medicaid in recent years paid nearly half a million claims to people posing as doctors who were dead. such fraud costs every american. it drives up prices for medical insurance, treatment, and draws.

>> it's a domino effect that ends up with the consumer. somebody has to reimburse for it, somebody has to fund that, and it gets passed down. >> reporter: that's why major health insurance companies have special investigations units to weed out fraudulent claims. >> we want to get that money back. >> reporter: this and other investigators estimate fraud accounts for a minimum of 3% of all health care spending, $72 billion a year. other experts say the figure is more than three times that, topping $200 billion. >> if we do not reform health care, premiums and out of pocket costs will continue to skyrocket. >> reporter: president obama warned health care reform is needed to get medical costs under control. one of the biggest culprits, fraud, gets little mention in the congressional reform effort. >> they are certainly aware of this problem. they don't seem to know the magnitude or the seriousness. they don't seem to be acting with the kind of urgency that i would like. >> reporter: the health reform bill approved in the house,

1,018 pages long, devotes only 40 pages to the issue of fraud. it and bills in the senate would add $100 million a year to combat fraud, waste and abuse. that's the amount of health care fraud occurring in the country every 12 hours using the most conservative estimates. that level of corruption is one of the big reasons on medical bills rise steadily every year. yet the big push in washington has been to provide health coverage for more americans. experts warn if fraud isn't addressed more aggressively, american taxpayers will be paying billions more than needed to provide health insurance for those who don't have it. allan chernoff, cnn, new york. about 100 iranians who were arrested during the post-election demonstrations are back in court today as their trials resume. >> they're accused of plotting to overthrow the government. opposition leaders say the detainees have been tortured and coerced into confessing. human rights activists are

calling on the u.n. security council to declare this crimes against humanity and refer the manner to the international criminal court. indonesia's most wanted man has apparently been killed in terror raids there. law enforcement sources say noordin top was killed during an 18-hour fire fight. he's accused of being the ring leader behind a deadly bombings in bali in 2002 and it's believed he also played a part in last month's bombings at the marriott and ritz-carlton hotels in jakarta. >> hillary clinton is on a seven nation tour of africa this morning. she met with president jacob zuma in a bid to improve strained relations between their countries. later today she will be visiting a housing project in cape town and meet with former president f.w. declerk who helped end apartheid. we're keeping a close eye on hurricane felicia this morning. >> reynolds wolf in the weather center. where is it right now. >> it's about 1,000 miles from hawaii and that thing is going to continue to make its way

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♪ working for a living ♪ working for a living >> all right. let's talk about the cash. yours, in fact. money to build and repair roads and bridges is a big part of the $787 billion stimulus plan. >> a yeah, but some contractors are complaining the money is not moving fast enough. cnn's kate baldwin reports from rockville center, new york. >> reporter: your stimulus dollars at work. sealing cracks and replacing concrete slabs on new york's southern state parkway. the first stimulus-funded highway project to break ground on long island. cost, $1.7 million. that should be music to the ears

of mark huff, head of the long island contractors association. so it may rusurprise you to hea this. >> here we are in the heart of the construction season and 40% of the work force here on long island is still not working. we haven't seen construction that low in the work force in decades and the stimulus program hasn't put the people back to work as to this point. >> reporter: nearly six months after president obama signed the stimulus bill, hearst complains transportation dollars are only trickling down. >> generally, too much red tape? >> too much red tape. by the time we get to work and the money flows and gets here, we will be in the dead of winter. we won't be able to put the shove until the icy ground. >> reporter: sherry morian runs a construction company that recently won a stimulus bid to replace this aging bridge in pennsylvania. >> it has to be designed. you have to get permits. you have to get environmental clearances. you have to get coordination with the utilities. it still has to go through the agency and get all of their

approvals. >> reporter: but wait. transportation officials insist recovery money is moving faster than ever. new york expects a total $1.1 billion for highway and bridge projects. >> the recovery act funding is going out. people will see their dollars at work. from my perspective, what will happen next is the motorists on long island will be complaining about all of the construction. >> reporter: and in washington, the secretary of transportation says the focus is not only on fe speed. >> we want to make sure it's done by the books, no earmarks, no sweetheart deals. >> reporter: the question is, are all the checks and balances causing a stimulus slow down? d.o.t. estimates every $1 billion of transportation spending will create 11,000 jobs. contractors warn if more money doesn't hit the ground here soon, this ground could very well be frozen until next construction season. kate baldwin, rockville center,

new york. >> we want to get you a refreshing break from all those reports about unemployment. meet john engleson, an employee at the grand hotel in minneapolis. we're going to bring him up. there he is. he's managed to hold on to his job for 50 years. that's right, folks. he began working as a banquet captain at the age of 17 when the hopes was the minneapolis athletic club. then in 1999, he became the hotel doorman. >> during the winter it's not so fun. but i don't mind it. the worst thing is getting splashed by the busses. >> well, he says he has opened doors for many celebrities over the years, but don't ask him to name names. engleson always a true professional, says his lips are sealed. >> he's like a character out of a cartoon movie. >> all dressed up with the hat and everything. the beauty of it, 50 years at the same place. that is almost unheard of these days, especially with all the

layoffs we've been seeing. >> doormen out there take note, he hugs. maybe that helps. >> good job. >> some more good news on the job sector front. gm's new 2010 buick la crosse is driving up the work force. an official at gm's fairfax plant in kansas city says since they began preparing to launch the new model a month ago, the company has added between 100 and 150 employees each week. that's not a bad-looking ride. tiger used to drive that. my mom, she rolls in it too. >> hey, we all should do it. >> looking good. >> we're going to be talking about this, coping with grief after losing a sibling. >> especially when your little brother was the one of the most famous people in the world. jermaine jackson, we talk about of course michael, he talked to larry king. >> he opened up about his pain and some of the controversy surrounding michael jackson. >> in the months since the death, have you learned anything about your brother that surprised you?

>> i've learned how people really didn't realize the type of human being he was and how they had a misunderstanding about -- >> all that, from such a young boy, seems to have gone away. >> because there was never no truth to that. >> do you think there was anything -- >> i'll tell you something. we know the facts because i know my brother and they took something that was so wonderful -- you've been to neverland. that was divine for children who were less fortunate, wheelchairs, terminally ill. for them to take that, meaning the media, and make it just a horrible place, i mean you were there, you saw it. >> what did all that do to michael, those stories? >> it hurts. because he's a human being and he had to say how much more do i have to give? i mean, he's a great humanitarian and as well as just a great entertainer, he's a bigger humanitarian. he's done so much.

people who needed liver transplant s he would pay those. in israel he would walk the floors and find out who needs what and pay for things. this guy was incredible. >> here's an interesting note for you. a coroner's report on what killed michael jackson, well that has been delayed indefinitely. >> that saga continues. we'll give you the latest on almost as it warrants. >> who knows, maybe if it does come out, you will see it on cnn. something else you're going to see, about an hour and a half from the swearing-in of supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. >> after a solid senate confirmation, sotomayor is on the fasttrack to take her new position and we'll have live special coverage of the ceremony, you don't want to miss it, right here at 11:00 a.m. eastern hour. welcome to the now network. right now

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