we'll treat it first. most families in china earn less than 1,000 u.s. dollar as year. the 15 cents is affordable health care. but reeed. 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. currently that's to cut against medical bills. the government is imposing a better health care system will mean that they save less and spend more. that will be good for economic growth. to do that, they have sun verse sal health courage of 20/20.

>> here is tony harris. >> good morning, everyone. this is august 10th. the top stories in the cnn "newsroom." >>. divers look for bodies in the hudson river. a growing appetite in small town america. good morning, everyone. i'm tony harris and you are in the cnn "newsroom."

temperatures are reaching a pitch and the chanting, the yelling, the hard to reach the debate through all of the noise. to determine what happens with health care reform, we'll cut through all of that noise and get to the issues and the real concerns. we are hearing some of those concerns and questions in a town hall meeting that is wrapping up right now in missouri. it is sponsored by democratic senator clair mckas sill and covering the town hall in missouri and she joins us live. brianna, you just heard moments ago and the folks at home heard as well, there's been so much

noise with some of the town halls, particularly with the house members, we're talking about a senator here. what's been the tone of this town hall event? >> tony, this event has been very civil. in fact, i have to watch my voice because senator mckas skill is 30 feet away from me and i don't want them to hear me in there. certainly senator mccassil is a democrat that supports that she is trying to disarm them. >> and brianna, let me follow up with a quick question. i thought maybe we had some sound from the town hall and it sounds like we have it going on. i wonder how much time senator

is spending to address maybe misconceptions, false hoods about the bills taking shape right now. >> oh, did we lose her? >> we'll try to get back to her in just a moment o we want to give you a bit of the flavor of the town hall meeting going on right now. let's listen in. with the question of how much time, this is a town hall meeting where people have a number of concerns, not just about health care.

but i'm wondering how much time the senator is spending on that particular topic. >> she's really trying to hit a lot of points, tony. obviously what she's trying to do here, as we listen to her, is debunk some of the concerns and address some of these concerns head on. she has been asked, you know, is this going to be socialized medicine and a single payer system. she is adamant, no it is not. she actually said to people here, if you have friends who say it's going to be, you should bet the money it's not going to be because it's a bet that you will win. she was asked if there's going to be money for abortion. she said that she is reading the bill page by page and there's no money in the bill. at least the senate's side bill from the health committee there, that is going to have money for abortion. she said that she addressed this issue of end of life care, tony, because one of the things we've been hearing a lot about, especially on conservative talk radio, is this idea and this charge that there will essentially be forced ut nash sha.

and she said that is an absolutely. she said the 81-year-old mother asked her to look in the bill and see if it was there and she said she checked the bill and there's nothing about that in the bill. she said she's really trying to debunk these charges head on. >> when we talk about the bill that the senator has read or is in the process of reading, we're talking about a bill taking shape and still has to be merged with much less what is going on on the house side? >> yeah. and she said that she's not addressing the house side. she's taking a look at -- tony, i want you to know that we are breaking up right here. the meeting up. >> can we grab the senator? >> what do you think? i think we have a full discussion and hopefully correct

some really bad information that is out there that is just flat wrong what did you think was important to say, this is true, this is not true, et cetera? >> the most important thing, i have an 81-year-old mother that is increed bldibly to me. and the notion that our government would ever do anything to cut short or dismiss the quality of life for our seniors, it's so offensive to me as an american. it's just a flat lie. and hopefully i would reassure america that that's not going to happen. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you. >> tony, there you have it. she put it to you right there.

that's exactly what she was trying to do here. tony, one of the big questions about these events has been who all is -- how many of these events people come from out of town. you've heard about grassroots versus astro turf. i put that question to someone inside. actually, two people, two acquaintances from right here in town and one of them is for this federal health care reform push and the other is against it. both of them looked around the room and said, i recognize about two-thirds of the faces around here from the very immediate local community. >> that's good. and a great guess. how about that timing working out so we can grab the senator on the air live with us. great work on this topic. for weeks and weeks now, we appreciate it. thank you. >> let's take a look. where does health care reform stand right now in congress? three house committees are working on separate versions of a legislation. those three version also have to be merged into one bill for the

house to vote on. this is very important. on the senate side, two committees are working on reform plans and those would have to merge into a plan to go before the full senate. then the negotiators work out differences between the house and senate versions and if the final bill passes, it goes to president obama for his signature. so while there is there is still a lot of hard lij slate tif work to be done. we just want you to keep that in mind as you follow the debate and the reporting. we've been hearing from you on our blog and i have two quick ones. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> are you ready to take this on? >> i am. >> jake is retired and has bluecross insurance along with medicare with the new plan will

i still have to pay $200 and it's probably the elderly and the reason for that is that the elderly already have medicare. they already have government sponsored insurance. reform is for people under the age of 65. he really doesn't have to worry about his medicare. as i understand this question from jake, he has chosen on top of medicare, he decides that he wants a private plan as well, which a lot of seniors do. so he's asking us, should they cancel it. i would say no. whatever he feels he needs now to supplement his medicare, he's going to feel he needs after care reform. >> time for one more? >> sure. >> lydia from pittsburgh who

writes, well, current access to specialists, tasks and doctors choice, available through ppo plans be reduced or eliminated under the proposed plan? >> this is the mother of all health care reform plans. when you see people going ballistic at these meetings, this is what they are saying. i'm happy, i don't want anyone to take away my choice for doctors, my choice for hospitals, ability to get treatments. there are two sides to this. they would say, look, if you're happy, health care reform is not going to change anything for you. if you like the way things are, nothing is going to change. now, some republicans and some democrats would say, look, the minute you put out a public policy -- in other words, a government-sponsored health insurance, like medicare, for the rest of us, private health care insurance companies are not going to be able to compete. they would go with government-sponsored insurance

and things will change. >> exactly. >> none of us have a crystal ball. you don't know what is going to happen. but it is possible that all of a sudden, all of a sudden all of us got government-sponsored insurance. >> again, thanks for your help and we'll continue this discussion in a bit. all right. elizabeth cohen, later this hour, we will talk live with former labor secretary robert rice about this being a leadership moment for congress and the president and what needs to be in the final bill. he joins me at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. it's being called the summit of the three amigos. the economy, h1n1 flu virus. and going from all the way to maine and beyond. but, first, the latest numbers. let's take you to the new york

stock exchange. and take a look at the big board. the dow, as you can see, is down 9, almost ten points. we're following the numbers throughout the day for you right here in the cnn "newsroom."

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we are joaned joined by suzanne malveaux. what is the focus of the three talks? >> all three of the leaders are going to be joined by a press conference. don't expect a grand announcement. it relates to everything from whether it's drugs or the swine flu or even murder across the border. all smiles in the cameras. but in the space of 20 hours, it's serious business starting with the swine flu that started here in mexico and since has spread throughout the world.

with the fall flu season expected to be more deadly. a senior official leader says they need to contain their efforts to contain it. >> we want to keep our borders opened and make sure our medical establishments are working with each other to prevent this. >> trade is another key issue. the u.s.'s crumbling economy has met job losses in canada and new mexico. how they steer us out of the devastating neighbors. >> mexico is our second largest commercial partner, second largest destination and third largest partner. >> mexico is also a partner in the war against drugs. the president is far from winning as the drug cartels gain strength. president obama says the u.s. shares responsibility and provides the market for mexico's drugs and it has made the cartel so powerful. the u.s. has sent $1 million in aid to help fight the battle

until it's reassured that the mexico military is not involved in -- emphasizing that the defeating the cartels in the long run would require the commitment and confidence of all of the countries affected. >> reporter: it was a friendly, warm conversation and because of the cord yell relationship that they have developed. the meeting taking place right now, they are expected to address climate change as well as energy. >> and if you would, suzanne, give us a deeper context on the conversation that these men will have, have had on the issue of

drugs. it's a very big problem. there was a lot of progress that has been made but since then, more than 11,000 or so people have been killed in this drug war and what we're seeing, tony, and it's an alarming situation where now the violence has spiked again. it's increased and it's very, very troubling to both sides, both americans as well as mexicans. so that is why this is being pressed. and this is one of the major issues here, is that the mexican government is asking for it, it needs more help from the united states. we have heard from president obama. we've heard from secretary of state hoil clinton, both taking partial responsibility saying that the u.s. provides a strong appetite for drugs and you have cash and guns being provided to mexico. but the mexican government says, we need your help, we want your help if it's getting ready. traveling as the three amigos summit in guadalajara, mexico. the leaders of canada,

mexico, and the united states will hold a joint news conference in the next hour and you will, of course, hear it live here in the newsroom. it's scheduled for 12:30 eastern. that's 9:30 a.m. pacific. small towns across the united states, alean na cho looks at the growing problem in maine. >> reporter: picture perfect maine. home to lighthouse, lobsters -- >> heroin, heroin, more heroin. >> it's very available out here. it's scary. >> thousands of miles from the drug cartels of mexico, she's a new mecca for heroin use. he says he's seen it all but not this. >> that's incredible. >> yeah, it is. >> detectives are working around the clock and dealers are making a killing for fast cash. >> exactly.

>> and the addicts remain the youngest, getting high on $5 a hit. >> a six pack of beer for high school kids. >> we tend to think that a drug is a drug is a drug. but the craving for the drug happens months and months and months after putting it down. >> treatment for addiction in maine was up 40% last year. some are not able to kick the habit, like 17-year-old bethany who died of a heroin overdose in 2004. why maine? >> people think, wow, nothing goes on up there. law enforcement is way behind the fines. it's just a relaxed -- i can blend in better up there. >> and it never ends. the day of our visit, a heroin arrest is front-page news. >> do you think that you will win? >> if we didn't win, think about

how bad it would be if we didn't do what we do. >> for every ten one get away but we're still going to stay in the fight. >> beginning with the simple prescription for oxycontin, a painkiller and also an opiate. then realizing that you can get the same high on tear win for a tenth of the cost. $5 a hit, heroin is cheap and it's available and the demand has never been higher. i'm alina cho sna nine people are killed in a collision of a helicopter and a small plane. we are following developments right here in the cnn "newsroom." ththththththththththh

let's do this. a look at the hudson river where right now divers are searching for the small plane that collided with a tourist helicopter over the weekend. it happened between new york and new jersey. the search is extremely difficult in the murky water. let's see where things stand right now in the search, in the investigation. our susan candiotti are where the tangled chopper wreckage was brought up. susan, do divers have a good idea about where in the water the plane actually is right now? >> they tell us that they think they do, tony. they've been back in the water for about four hours now. and they believe that they have pinpointed by using sonar and other means to try to find the

exact location of where the wreckage is of that small plane. let's slide off me for a moment here and take a look at the motorized graph that is one of two that is out there at the present time. they always have two dive teams working. and we saw not long ago a couple of divers go down into the water down below. it's anywhere from 30 to 40 to 50 to 60 feet out there. they think this is the general area east of where the helicopter was found where the small plane may be located. of course, two victims on that plane remain missing. sunday be began with waters up to 50 feet deep. divers worked in near zeer row visibility. >> the divers had extremely challenging conditions. and at times the visibility was no more than one foot in front of them. our investigators have advised

me that a helicopter sustained significant damage. >> recovery teams transfer victims for motorized rafts to a police boat. the process of identification and autopsies is well under way. by early afternoon, a crane using heavy chains pulled the sightseeing helicopter from the bottom of the hudson river. trapped inside the wreckage, two more victims. investigators will examine every bit of twisted debris. the company in business since 1986 has had several accidents in the last 14 years. >> there is a record of eight accidents and one incident involving liberty helicopters. the first accident was in 1995. >> in this july 1997 accident a. chopper landed in the water but no one was hurt. in a statement, a spokesman told cnn that the company is "cooperating fully to get all of the facts.

at this time their priority is to help the family of their pilot and, of course, the family involved in the accident. pilot jeremy clark romp he hadly engaged to be married was killed. on the small plane, 15-year-old douglas alt man, his brother and uncle lost their lives. they put together a video tribute to him on youtube. >> we're coming out live to one of the places operated by the new york police department. there's a small tent on the back of that boat and occasionally it's one of the places where, if divers find small pieces of debris that is easily manageable, they can bring that up and bring it over to that boat to be brought to a pier.

>> it looks like tough, tough work ahead. susan candiotti, susan, thank you. >> let's bring our rob marciano here. we're talking about parts of iowa. cleaning up after a double dose of storms, a couple of waves of severe weather moved across the state. what was that? yesterday? >> we should have the video loaded. the national weather service said it's big-time hail. >> a couple of minor injuries and you can see with those trees that come down, it could be a lot worse. >> good deal. let's move on and show you where that line of thunderstorms is likely going. we now have -- basically i'm going to fire along this front.

the front is not moving a whole lot and we typically don't move to where you're wanting to -- they saw pretty toasty temperatures over the weekend. they are seeing a bit of a relief. this entire watch box is in effect until local time. you've seen rough storms across upstate new york. they have since weakened. what is building, though, and including philadelphia, heat indices up and over 100 degrees easily with the humidity, measured at 99 degrees in the shade across washington, d.c. i want to update you on felicia, now a tropical storm with 45 mile-an-hour wind. it's going to be heading towards hawaii, either as a very weak

tropical storm or depression. the winds aren't going to be as big of an issue, tony, even though it's going to take a fairly direct hit. it's going to cause coastal flooding. it's pretty mountainous in there. and then flash flooding, the call over the next 36 hours. >> all right, rob, appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. when the economy is in turmoil, why not talk to someone who was working in washington when times were better? former labor secretary robert rice live next in the cnn "newsroom." (music playing) well, this is new...

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you know, if you're not quite sure what is in the health care reform plan, and you're not alone, in an effort to combat some of the rumors of this miss conception circulating, the white house has launched a website from rationing to ut nash sha. raids and sometimes rude voices, what the impact? robert is a professor at uc berkeley and former labor secretary. his latest book is called super capitalism. he's in california. good to see you again. good to see new the newsroom. >> good to see you tony. >> i've got to ask you right off the top, how concerned are you that some of the noise from some of the town hall events, certainly that wasn't the case just moments ago at the

mccaskill event in missouri, drowning out questions about health care reform that need to be discussed. >> what needs to be in the bill? you've written about this, the bill reconciled by the house, the senate and signed by the president? what needs to be in it? >> well, number one, you've got to find some way of insuring as many of the 45 million americans that don't have health insurance as possible. and by the way, these days, because people lose their jobs so readily, almost anybody can be without health care. number two, there's got to be some way of increasing the health care costs. they are increasing dramatically not just for the government but for individuals in terms of

co-payments and deductibles and premiums. thirdly, there has got to be some way to make sure that we get our -- you know, good quality for our money. we know from a lot of studies that even though the amount of money varies dramatically across the country in terms of what we are paying for health care, the quality doesn't vary at all. there's a lot of waste in the system. those are the three goals. get rid of the waste. do something about tapping the extraordinary cost of health care costs and also cover everybody. >> you know, we've been really trying to focus and drill down on a particular scene in this debate and we've heard from a couple of borders at the public auction that it's being called is a nonstarter in this reform effort and what do you think of the idea of a public auction? is it absolutely necessary? and balance that out against what we're also hearing is that maybe a plan, including co-opens may be the way to go?

>> i agree that a public co-option is important because private insurers otherwise have no incentives to provide low costs and high quality. i mean, the fact that they are competing against a public option. people can keep with keeps them honest, and their costs down. that public auction would be not for profit, low administrative costs. it's just a way of making sure the private insurers do their jobs. >> as a representative on capitol hill, i was just curious, can you leave washington really believing health care reform is needed and then find yourselves swayed by some of the tough town hall events? i guess i'm asking here, isn't this a real conviction leadership moment for these representatives? >> oh, certainly. some sort of universal health

care -- >> about 70 years and the only two presidents who got through the noise are, number one, lyndon johnson when he got congress to pass medicare. now, those are the only other expansions. there's been a small expansion in terms of those two presidents. they benefit by leaving the details up to congress. but also being willing to come in and knock things down and make tough deals and intimidate and you've got to play the game pretty well in washington if you want to get anything done. it's the kind of town where a friend is somebody who stabs you and says, wow, okay. that leads me to this last question. but i've got to sneak it in

here. would you be approaching it differently? >> i think barack obama is doing the deal. he and his team have got to be very specific about what they want and part of the problem with the sporters of obama's health care is they don't know exactly what they want and pretty tough with members in congress. you know, this is what i want. this is a line in the sand. i am not going to sign a bill that doesn't have it and if you're not with me, you pay a price. >> yes. secretary rich, thank you very much. >> yes. cnn begins a health care reform trip. this is going to be fun. you know why? the bus that is leaving the trip listen to your concerns about health care reform. i'm ready to go.

i've got my sunglasses on. i'm so ready to hit the bus. these have prescriptions in them. the bus is parked right outside. they are downstairs. you told people where we are going. we'll get there in a few hours chattanooga. we'll get to franklin, tennessee. we'll probably spend the night there and move into kentucky. we'll end up probably friday night if all goes well in des moines for the mother of all fares. we want to know what everybody else was unable to get to a town hall meeting we're going to be asking people, what's on your mind? what's happening? >> you're going to broaden the discussion and talk about some of the issues number one topics, right? >> well, this tour, this bus

tour when i did it before has been the number one place for us to really understand what people will doing. we have these great polls that live in towns too small to come and visit. towns too small for us to go and visit. we're literally going into those places and there's nothing like it when it pulls in, people come and talk to us and tell us what is on their mind. we're going out there with the idea of collecting ideas about health care but we want to know what is trouble people. what message we can take from them and bring back to these shows on cnn and let people know, this is what america things. >> ali, are you on facebook or fwiter or anything else? >> i'll be tweeting about where we are and what we are eating. >> because we will be hitting

county fairs. >> you know me, tony. >> yes. >> business first and business later. >> have a great trip. we'll try to follow you all of the way out of the stairs. ali, we will follow every step of this trip. >> you'll be following me for the week. >> and then we'll talk to you on the phone. >> good. >> no doubt health care is on your mind. what if could you take your questions straight to the obama administration? hmm? communications director for the white house office of health reform, she's been on this program, answering your tweets and e-mails all in the 11:00 hour. tweet her or send your question to cnn.com. >> on wall street, stocks closed on friday and the investors don't seem to be in a fine mood. felicia taylor, good to see you.

>> nice to see you too, tony. a little bit of a pull back after that nice rally that we had on friday. a little pull back in stock is not a big deal interest rates will remain unchanged it. let's take a look at the dow industrial. it's up thr of one percent. it's a pretty quiet monday. >> yeah. we'll check in again in the next hour. good to see you. >> thank you. >> health care reform has our eye reporters stirring the pot this week. plus, take a look at this. an uninvited guest crashes a wedding. but that's just the beginning of the story. we're back in a moment.

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you know, many of you are weighing in on the health care debate. let's go to our i-reporter desk. share, share. >> hi, tony. so congress is in recess. many lawmakers are using this opportunity to hold these town

hall meetings. let's go ahead and take a >> the reason we're having health care rallies because our representatives aren't getting it, are not listening to us or hearing it. i don't thing it matters whether you're a republican or democrat. we do not -- or liberal or independent or martian. we do not want the horrible extras thrown in when people can't even survive properly. >> sometimes people need to do what's human, human thing, to look after other people that are less fortunate than what they are. when i see health care protesters commenting and screaming and yelling at these town meetings, it makes me think the same thing. makes me feel sorry for them, sorry they are so concerned

about themselves and not worried about what other people need or have or don't have. >> here's what we want you to do. health care reform is an issue that you are passionate about. we want you to go to ireport.com. if you're planning on attending the health care town halls across the country, grab your camera and take photos and videos and share with us at cnn, we've been getting great exams from a health care rally in denver shot last week. get involved, go to ireport.com. >> in case you missed it, the nation now officially has a new supreme court justice. >> i sonia sotomayor do solemnly swear. >> that i will administer justice --

judge sonia sotomayor begins her week as the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. >> i sonia sotomayor do solemnly swear -- >> that i will administer justice without respect to person. >> that i will administer justice without respect to

person. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and that i will faithfully and impartially -- >> and that i will faithfully and impartially. >> discharge and perform. >> discharge and perform. >> all of the duties incumbent upon me. >> all of the duties incumbent upon me. >> as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations and welcome to the court. >> by the way, that is sotomayor's mother and brother by her side. she becomes the third woman to serve on the nation's highest court. you will hear from president obama live next hour in the cnn newsroom, scheduled to hold a joint news conference with the leaders of mexico and canada as

they wrap up a summit. and we'll take you back to a town hall meeting in missouri, democratic senator clair mckas hill getting an earful. dozens dead and missing and million more forced to flee.

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ever crashed a wedding reception or know someone who has? the pilot had to bring this -- did you see the plane, single engine plane down 100 yards from shore after his engine quit. there it is. guests at the wedding reception watched it all happen and the bride said she promised guests ab exciting time and the pilot sure provided that. >> my engine stopped. i lost all pressure, all of a sudden and there was a large bang and the propeller wasn't going around any more, i was around 4,000 feet then i have four or five minutes before i have to land somewhere. >> i was telling people, well,

we said it wouldn't be boring. >> yeah. and after coming down the pilot was taken to shore by someone riding a personal water craft. >> let's get going. president obama south of the border, he is in mexico for a north american summit, white house correspondent susan mall vaux, we talked about the leaders addressing the issue of illegal drugs. let's talk about the h1n1 virus, how are these three cooperating on the virus, getting ready for the upcoming flu season? >> i have to tell you, the first thing in customs you're greeted by a custom agent who has a bottle of purell, you have to get it on your hands before you get the luggage. that is the process in mexico. the last trip the president took was in mexico city. i was with him in april. that is when the whole thing started to perk late.

the president was not aware of it. one of his aides got sick and ended up being okay in the end. the president was never exposed to the swine flu but everybody was clueless back then. a lot has changed since then. since then the u.s. government and mexican government have been working closely, also with canada, to share information and talk about the number of vaccinations, what needs to be put out there in the public. there was a lot of concern and even talk tony before, about possibly shutting down the border. in a did not happen, was not necessary. that's the kind of thing they want to come forward. they will release that joint statement, look, we'll continue to talk to one another and cooperate. we're going to try to prevent a sense of panic that could take place in the fall and they expect things will get much deadlier because of the swine flu virus. >> for those that weren't with us, let's circle back on the

issue of illegal drugs, put in context why this is such a hot issue really at the top of the agenda for these leaders. >> reporter: this has been an ongoing situation where you had the mexican president, calderon, three years ago, said i'm going to crack down on the drug cartels and it got a lot better, actually, tony. since he has taken office, things have started to turn, the drug cartel is getting more powerful. 11,000 people have been killed since he's taken them on and it's been a frightening situation over the last six months or so. seen the spike in violence, there is concern over what is happening. the mexican government was quite pleased when they heard president obama comes to mexico city saying we do, the united states share some responsibility in all of this chaos because of the appetite that americans have for drugs and also the flow of guns, illegal guns and cash that's going to these drug cartels that makes them so

powerful. that has been a relief to the mexican government. we still more health from the united states. we need more aid and that is one of things that they've talked about in the summit today. >> our white house correspondent, traveling with the president in guadalajara, mexico. we appreciate it. the leaders of mexico, canada and the united states hold a joint news conference this hour and you can be live coverage in the cnn newsroom. it is scheduled for 12:30 eastern. 9:30 a.m. pacific time. we have heard a lot of shouting at town hall meetings on health care during this make or break month in the debate. the tension was toned down at the meeting that just wrapped up last hour in missouri. it was sponsored by democratic senator claire mccaskill and our congressional correspondent is joining us now. some of these town halls have gotten hostile and fiesty. what did the senator experience

today? >> reporter: it was civil in a word, tony. it was really civil. certainly it had the potential to become unruly, senator mccaskill was aware of that as she tried to disarm the critics in the crowd. here's the situation, we're in south eastern missouri, a rural conservative strong hold and senator mccaskill is a democrat who supports the public option, the government-run insurance plan. we asked her as this town hall meeting broke up just about the tone of it and what she thought. >> this is missouri manners at its best. people had really strong opinions in there but i think we had a good full discussion. i think he was able to hopefully correct some really bad misinformation out there. people are getting information that is flat wrong. >> reporter: it seemed that was one of the things you were doing, confronting the charges head on. we were talking about that live. what did you think was important to say, this is true, this is not true, et cetera. >> the most important thing, i have an 81-year-old mother that is incredibly important to me

and the notion that i would ever or our government would do anything to cut short or dismiss the quality of life for seniors is so offensive to me as an american. as the aarp said, it is a flat lie. no rationing of health care being proposed. no notion that people are batting about that somehow elderly people will be dismissed and be told you can't get health care. hopefully i was able to reassure people that not in america, that's not going to happen. >> reporter: senator mccaskill got pretty tough questions today, most of the questions coming from critics of the democrat's health care reform push. she was asked if there was money in the package for abortion. she said absolutely not. she was asked -- addressed some questions about this being a government take over of health care, going to a single payer system and she said that's not going to happen. one of other things i think a

lot of people have wondered about the town hall meetings, who all is in these meetings? are these people from local surroundings? i did ask a couple of people acquaintances of each other from this town, ken net, and one for health care reform and one against. and they said they recognized a lot of the faces in the crowd. certainly there was something they didn't recognize. they said about two-thirds of the faces in the crowd they recognized as people from this immediate area. >> you know, quick question, you mentioned one for and one against. is that same person against the democratic plan so far as we know it, in favor of health care? >> reporter: someone is talking in my ear. can you repeat that question? >> you were talking to people, one who is in favor of health care reform and one who is against, at least a democratic plan. i'm wondering, was that person who was against the democratic plan, is that person generally speaking in favor of health care

reform? >> reporter: i think the person, that one particular person, tony, what they said to me wthe were really suspicious of anything they didn't have details. that i thought was an example of someone who said, i don't understand what's going on here and i'm not going to sign on to something that i don't understand. we heard that from some people that wanted to know in senator mccaskill had read the bill. there were other people i spoke with that said they want things to change but they are really, really gun shy about the government being involved in such a way. they say they look at the way the bailout went, the government got so involved and see it as being the same kind of thing. they say, i look back historically and i think it's a bad idea when the government gets involved. we heard that from more than a few people. >> we want to hear more of what the folks are seeing to you. brianna, thank you. let's look at where health care reform stands right now in

congress. three house committees are working on separate versions of the legislation. those three versions will have to be merged into one bill for the house, the entire house to vote on. on the senate side, two committees are working on a reform plan. those would be merged into a bill to go before the full senate. then negotiators work out differences between the house and senate versions. if the final bill passes, it goes to president obama for his signature. there is a lot of hard legislative work to be done. keep that in mind as you follow the debate reporting this month. cnn is hitting the road and ali velshi will travel through georgia, tennessee, kentucky and missouri and ending in iowa. ali is live with us before he heads out on the health care road trip. i wanted to have you back this hour. this is fantastic, that you in particular are doing this

because i think you have a real sense for how this health care reform debate can potentially impact the broader economy. >> reporter: right, we all want good quality health care and good access to health care. obviously if money were no issue, we would have that. this is a financial issue. as we're pulling out of this financial crisis, as we're talking about the recession ending, there are many, many meshes who are very frayed this is the thing that will put us back into a crisis. we need to understand what people are worried about so we can understand what we have to learn and what we have to communicate. this is a two-way street. it's so exciting we're getting out and into the towns we wouldn't necessarily get to. maybe there aren't town hall meetings there. we're going to go to chattanooga and we're going to go to -- >> iowa. >> reporter: we're going to go through tennessee and kentucky and through southern illinois, through missouri and iowa, and this is what we're going to do

it on. this is the cnn express, which you've seen many, many times before. it's hitting the road again. it is all packed and ready to go and all wired up. we can broadcast from here while we're moving and pull in when we think there's an interesting story. people see this thing, if you do see us anywhere across the country, give us a honk. if you see this bus parked anywhere in the country, come and see us. there will be seven of us on the bus, traveling for six days, it's going to be a great, great time. >> i know you're on the facebook and also tweeting, right. >> reporter: we're going to be tweeting. my address at ali velshi and bus has its own address at cnn express. we're going to talk about who we're meeting, it will be on cnn.com and on cnn all week. we want to get a pulse, no pun intended on the nation on health care. >> i want folks to be able to find you to see you and talk to you. >> reporter: if you're nowhere near the bus, tell us what

you're thinking. >> travel well, my friend. >> reporter: we will, thank you. it is a make or break month for health care. is your representative holding a town hall meeting? are you going? what would you tell your elected official. share it with us by logging on to cnn.com/tony, we'll read your comments in about 15 minutes or so. the search for the final two victims of that tourist helicopter small plane collision over the hudson river going on right now. seven of the nine victims recovered. susan candiotti, any new details on the search or the investigation. >> reporter: i'm keeping a close eye. that's why i keep checking back and forth to see whether there's any particular to point out to you. nothing in particular stands out but, of course, we can tell you it's been about five hours now since divers have been back in the water. they have pinpointed, and this

part is new, some wreckage from the small plane. we knew they knew the location of it. and we know that the divers were down there. they did find something and they hope to bring it up. whether it's too large to bring up by hand or whether they have to bring the crane in, we don't know yet. of course, this is a fairly large chunk. they will bring in a crane as they did yesterday to bring up the helicopter debris, which was a big bunch of twisted metal. and, you know, one of other key things that we're hearing again and happens every time you have sadly a crash like this, are there enough rules governing the pilots that take off day in and day out here along the hudson river. a lot of sight seeing tourists for one thing. they are supposed to be able to keep track of each other. it is a voluntary rule right now, the question is whether the faa should impose more restrictions about that. and it is something that we ask

the national transportation safety board chairman, deb hearseman about earlier today. >> we'll see what the investigation develops and what the facts tell us, then we'll look to determine regulations o to prevent something like this from happening. >> reporter: part of the way they are trying to do that is to interview a number of eyewitnesses and talk to pilots that use the corridor and talk to the air traffic control towers and you'll have a lot of politicians weighing in on both sides of this issue. mayor bloomberg has said time and again, he wants to keep this economy pumping by keeping these sightseeing tours in business. >> susan, let's pull the video up again of the helicopter coming out of the water. were you there yesterday for this moment? and you describe today so well. look at that and you talk about the twisted debris. that must have been quite take

sight. >> reporter: it was quite a sight. when you think about how that helicopter looked when it took off. you know, the conditions, tony, were a day like this, bright and sunny. it was almost just like this, two experienced pilots. what went wrong? and the other tragic thing about looking at that debris is that we knew that when they brought it up, we had been told there were two victims that had been trapped inside they had to extri indicate from that debris. >> susan candiotti for us in hoboken, new jersey. the taliban taking back control in parts of afghanistan, startling statements reportedly from the top u.s. commander there. we will go live to kabul next. )d

a dozen u.s. troops killed in afghanistan so far this month, follows the deadliest month for american troops in that war. the top u.s. commander says the taliban are gaining the upper hand. stanley mcchrystal tells the wall street journal it's an aggressive enemy, we have to stop the momentum and

initiative. joining us live from kabul, why after all of this time are things getting better for the taliban and worse for the afghan and foreign forces fighting them? >> reporter: well, the simple answer here, tony, there are many answers but the simple one is the government of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan don't trust their own government. many parts of the country, they actually turn to the taliban for protection. and when they see the coalition troops, they see them as backing the afghan government. i was speaking to a former poppy farmer who told me he has to turn to the taliban to protect the land because he has the afghan national police, a police officer who protects them, saying you're going to farm the lands but the profits belong to me. so then he turns to the taliban for their protection. that's one story of millions of,

tony? >> one more quick one for you atia, we heard the drug trade is funding the taliban. what are coalition forces doing to dismantle the drug economy in the country? >> reporter: the coalition forces have been working for years right now to dismantle this drug profit. afghanistan provides over 90% of the world's opium venues to produce heroin. the majority of that comes from helmand province. we're seeing several dozens of civilian casualties, last month being the deadliest month, not only for u.s. soldiers but coalition troops. they are still fighting that battle. cnn obtained a copy on the drug trade in afghanistan and they are stating that the drug money, over 7500 million dollars goes

to the insurgency, they have 50 major drug traffickers in their kill or capture list. in the coming months will be if they can actually capture the drug bear rons, some of them are related to the afghan government. >> atia, thank you. iraq reeling from the string of coordinated bombing, killing 48 people, wounding more than 24$240 others. most of the blast were in baghdad. but the deadliest attacks happened in a village near mosul. the attacks along with five on friday that killed 50 people are raising fear that's sectarian violence is again on the rise. an investigation into a deadly shooting is under way in baghdad's green zone. an iraqi millry spokesman says a british contractor faces charges in the killings of two

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very quickly i want to show you these live pictures. live pictures right now, guadalajara, mexico. there you see the leaders, president obama, felipe calderon and there you see canadian prime minister steven harper arriving for the news conference scheduled to get underway in six minutes, 12:30 p.m. eastern time. agenda we're talking trade, always about trade, isn't it? illegal drugs and the h h1n1 virus. let's get you to chad myers. in the severe weather center.

you have an update for us. >> yes and you saw in taiwan, don't worry about interrupting me, i completely understand what's going on here. here's fell eesh sha. as we take a look, only a 35 to 30-mile-per-hour storm. people talk to me all the time, how come you can't get anything right on the weather? the forecast was right on the money the entire time. it was a category 4 hurricane and we knew it would get in colder water and look at it. it is a mess, almost not there literally. that's what happens when the computers get it right as well. here's taiwan, the rain was just coming down for days with a typhoon morakot, you can see the other things that have

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once again live pictures from guadalajara, mexico. welcome back to the cnn newsroom. any moment now, we expect to see president obama, mexican president felipe calderon and

stephen harper to step to the microphones, we're going to try to ditime this to we get to president obama's remarks as soon as he begins. we expect that calderon will begin the news conference. we'll try to time it to get right to the president's conference. news conference scheduled to begin any moment now. all summer long investors have been cheering a wave of reports showing the economy is stabilizing but today stocks are stuck in neutral. well, according to what you showed us last hour, yeah, it's on hold a bit. >> the losses have gotten a little bit worse. the rally is on hold for right now. the recent ride has been pretty fantastic. let's look at the chart from the beginning of year. the dow is at its highest level of this year, you can see on chart we had a little bit of a dip earlier on but things have

been pretty much to the upside. since march 9th it soared 43%. we've seen rising home prices and increased sales and good news on the job front last week, all of that playing a part in this but the surge could leave stocks vulnerable. one analyst says the emphasis will be on road ahead. investors want to know the economy is going to stay stiblized and corporate profits headed in the right direction. paul krugman, says the worst is past but the real recovery is at least two years away. on wednesday, we'll get the fed's take on the economy, has to do with interest rates. expectations are they won't do anything and leave the rates where they are right now. in the meantime there are positive signs. freddie mac swung to a second quarter profit. the mortgage giant says it doesn't need any more government aid. freddie shares are soaring, 80%. but still trade at just $1.35 a

share. fannie mae is up 35%. and priceline says that it is actually making money too. second quarter earnings jumped 24%. people are traveling, which is a surprise to me. leisure travel is strong and priceline's shares for its part are up 13%. overall the market is still trading to the downside. the nasdaq is off about a half a percent and the s&p is in the same range percentwise. >> like you, i've been really surprised at how well leisure travel held up during the recession. it really has though. that's the simple truth of it. >> it's crazy. i was on vacation a couple of weeks ago and the airport was packed with people. >> we appreciate it. thank you. toned downtown hall meeting on health care reform. lots of questions but no shouting at the meeting that

just wrapped up a short time ago in kennet missouri. claire mccaskill responded to a wide range of concerns of what it will include and how much it will cost. >> there is nothing in the bill that funds planned parenthood, not one dime for any abortions, there's nothing in the bill that mandates any kind of abortion coverage. that's just simply not true. finally, how are we going to pay for it? that's one of hard things. i won't vote for a bill that's not deficit neutral. i won't vote for a bill that is not deficit neutral. >> but questions persist about whether the outrage expressed at some health care town halls is being orchestrated. the top republican says they are an attack on citizens and the senate's ranking democrat says the meetings violate the democratic process. >> town meetings are not bean bag, i've had hundreds and sometimes folks get upset. part of america, part of our

process. this is clearly being or kes traited and these folks come down from a texas lobbyist. >> attacking citizens for expressing opinions about an issue of this magnitude may indicate weakness on the mer mits. >> the republican party says it is not behind any coordinated movement. some have encouraged people to show up at the meetings. rarely has anger at congress boiled this hot. let's talk to paul stein haaser. let's get to polling here. does our new cnn polling tell us anything about these town hall outbursts that's helpful. >> it sure does. look at this number, it was conducted a week ago. who's more motivated to go out and attend the health care town hall the answer is opponents of the president's plan, 48% said they would attend most likely a

town hall, only 37% of those that support the president would be likely to attend the town hall. it seems the motivation is more on the opponent side. >> this health care debate could actually have a pretfy big impact on next year's congressional elections. what does the poll show about which party americans want running congress? >> you're absolutely right, how they vote this year could impact re-election next year. all 435 seats in the house and third of the senate are up for grabs. these are brands new, just released them today. 44% of americans say it would be better if the democrats control congress. 34% say republicans. that 10-point margin is down from 15 points earlier this year. also, we asked about favorable, do you have a more fafable opinion, 52% give democrats a thumb's up. that's a six-point drop for the democrats earlier this year.

the democrats' demiz, we don't see a gain by the republicans here. paul, appreciate it, thank you. beyond capitol hill and beyond the town hall meetings there are real people suffering, no health care or poor options. tomorrow remote area medical. a volunteer based group will host a free medical and dental clinic. it is expected to be huge. like it was in wise, virginia. we told thyou that story a few weeks ago. here's dana from wjhl. >> 65, 66. 285. >> reporter: before dawn friday morning, hundreds of people wait for their number to be called. >> i got here about 9:00 last night and i'm 790.

>> reporter: for many camping out was necessary. by sunrise tickets were gone. >> at midnight and over a thousand -- >> last year at midnight -- optician chris hall worked with them for ten years. >> seeing a growth, seeing each clinic becoming larger. >> reporter: without the clinics -- >> wouldn't get what i needed. be without. >> i wouldn't be getting glasses. >> it's not your typical doctor's office with tents and trailers spread out around a fairground. 1600 patients each day will be served. 11 pairs of glasses will be given out. 28 pairs of den tours will be fit and over 3,000 teeth will be taken out here behind me. volunteers give time and supplies. >> a set of dentures in my practice is $2500, that's a pretty good sum of free work when you consider donating their part too. >> it blows my mind how many

people who are here who don't have medical care. >> volunteers share what they can. >> the feeling when you're driving home from wherever it is, knowing you just turned out a thousand pair of glasses and that's a thousand people seeing sharper than they were earlier. >> reporter: in wise virginia, dana watch ter. >> to learn more, or find out how to help, go to ramusa.org. live pictures now. let's go back to guadalajara mexico. the mexican president, felipe calderon opening up the news conference there. president obama is there and canadian prime minister steven harper is there as well. you've got questions, plenty of questions about hergt care

reform. earlier i posed the questions to elizabeth cohen. first comes from jake who writes, i am retired and have blue across insurance along with medicare. will i lose the medicare with the new plan? will i still have to pay $200 and to $167 for medicare a month, can i cancel my blue cross? >> blue cross. you know what, if there's one group of people who need to worry the least about health care reform, it's probably the elderly. the reason for that the elderly already have medicare. they already have government-sponsored health insurance. ry form is about helping people under the age of 65. he really doesn't have to worry about medicare. as i understand the question from jake, he's saying that he's chosen on top of medicare, he decided he needs a private plan as well. supplement medicare which a lot of seniors do. he's asking should he cancel?

i would say no. whatever he feels he needs now he'll feel he'll need after health recare reform. >> time for one more from lydia from pittsburgh. will current access to specialists tests and doctor choice veilable through ppo plans be reduced or eliminated under the proposed plan? >> this is the mother of all health care reform questions. this is really what they are saying, look i have private health care insurance. i'm happy, i don't want anyone to make any changes that will take away my choice of doctors or hospitals or ability to get treatment. there are two sides to this. what president obama and the democrat woz say, if you're happy health care reform will not change anything for you. if you like the way things are, nothing is going to change. some republicans and some democrats would say, look, the minute you put out a public policy, in other words, a

government-sponsored health insurance like medicare, for the rest of us private health care companies will not be able to compete. you know, none of us has a crystal ball. it is also possible, let's say that did happen, all of us had government-sponsored insurance, maybe you would have just as many choices and doctor options as you do now. you don't hear people in medicare scream bg that. people in medicare seem for the most part pretty happy with the choices they have. i think that's important to keep in mind. >> there you go. your questions answered by our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. what if you could take your health care question straight to the obama administration? well, you can in the next hour of cnn newsroom, communications director for the white house office of health reform, linda douglas is answering, just tweet

her at kyracnn or send your question to mailtothechief at cnn.com. let's take you to guadalajara mexico. as the news conference gets under way, we'll time this so we get you to the president's comments. meantime, more than 650,000 americans using up their unemployment benefits by next month, 1.5 million by the end of the year see a problem here? we'll get our poppy harlow to break it down. when you think about all you can do in an all-wheel-drive subaru... you'll find there is a lot to love. that's why we created the subaru a lot to love event. where you can get a great deal on any new 2009 subaru. and see theee really is a lot to love.

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once again waiting for president obama to appear at the news conference in gaud la ra, mexico. there you see, looks like president calderon has passed the torch over to stephen harper. so the president looks like will be the last to speak. but we are following this for

you and when the president does make his remarks we'll take you there to guadalajara live. the pace of job loss is slowing but the next bubble in the recession could be about to burst. unemployment benefits are running out for hundreds of thousands of americans. cnn money.com's poppy harlow has the breakdown from new york. this one could be tough. >> you know, we folked so much on the unemployment rate and got news on friday that the unemployment rate has fallen. still at 9.4%. what about those people whose unemployment benefits are drying up? we know 650,000 will be the case by next month, 1.5 million by the end of the year. that's according to the national employment law project. their benefits will run out, even with the extensions. what you need to know the benefits vary state by state. we used to see the standard rate

and that has changed due to the stimulus package. as long as 79 weeks in some states like michigan, 15.2% unemployment, 79 weeks of unemployment benefits. look at alabama, kind of falls in the middle. 59 weeks of unemployment benefits, that state has 10.1% unemployment. then a state like utah that is really riding out this recession, according to the numbers, relatively well, 5.7% unemployment in utah. 46 weeks of unemployment benefits there. it really varies state to state. we've seen pressure on lawmakers to pass another extension, so more unemployment benefits. with the job losses slowing a little bit. there's opposition to that idea as well. in your state, what is the maximum amount of unemployment you're entitled to, tony. >> tens of thousands of people have already used up their benefits, i wonder how they are getting by. >> they are struggling. it's a safety net. when it breaks they don't

anything left. there's a gallery i want to point to putting a face on this entire crisis. let's show you mary ortega, 42 years old. i talked to her on the phone this morning. lost her retail job in may of 2008. her benefits ran out last month. so she doesn't have any right now. and she told me she may be eligible for additional unemployment benefits. just filed for that extension. she's waiting to find out. in the meantime she's gotten a part-time job at local malls. she hasn't heard from 80% of the jobs she applied for. patrick irwin was a writer and benefits ran out last month. lost his job in december. applied to target and number of other retailers, target told him he was overqualified so she couldn't hire him. he said, it's like someone pressed the erase button on my entire working career. i feel powerless.

we'll try to bring real people on here and show you how they are dealing with this. >> i have been there in those shoes and it puts a lot of pressure on a household. let's take you to guadalajara. we're waiting for president obama to make his comments. you're listening to the canadian prime minister sharper. we're waiting for president obama to make his comments. when he does, we'll take you back to mexico. still to come in the newsroom, taking emotion to an artificial level. a machine teaches men to smile.

let's get you to gaud la ra, mexico. >> as well as my good friend, prime minister stephen harper and want to thank of people of guadalajara, mexico, for the incredible warmth they've shown us on my second trip to mexico as president.

here in mexico the word is -- in canada it is --. no matter how we say it, we come here today three nations, one continent because of the challenges and opportunities that we'll be facing together, like our magnificent surroundings today this city could not be a more fitting venue. we see the richness of mexico's heritage, its art and architect tour and vitality. and we see all of possibilities of mexico's future, the innovation, high tech industries and entrepreneurship that makes one of our hem is sphere's most dynamic cities. we see our continent coming together, mexican, canadians and americans as tourists as neighbors and business partners, each bringing unique traditions, each bound by mutual respect. in the 21st century north

america is defined not by our borders but by our bonds. that is the spirit that defines the summit we have here today. first, we agreed that we had to work together to restore common prosperity. the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto toledo, we are building on the progress at the g-8 summits and restore economic growth and create jobs for workers, including workers in the north america auto industry. because so much of our common prosperity depend on trade that flows across our borders, billions of dollars worth of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to protect this and recommitted ourself to the infrastructure investment and common sense regulation and intellectual property upon which

trade drives. we are among each other's largest trading partners as we work together towards lasting pro pert. i would know our common prosperity depends on legal migration, all three have been enriched by our ties of family and community. i think of my own brother-in-law who is canadian and the many mexican-americans who found home in los angeles and texas and in my hometown of chicago. at the same time, americans, mex cans and canadians expect the borders to be safe and secure. that is why my administration will continue to fix america's broken immigration system in a way that is keeping with our tradition of being both a nation of laws and immigrants. because our future prosperity depends on clean energy economies, we built on the bilaterally efforts to invest in renewable and green jobs and committed ourselves to the

historic goals announced last month in italy. nations will take the lead by reducing emissions about 80% by 2050 and work with other nations to cut global emissions in half. indeed we made progress toward the concrete goals that will be negotiated at the copenhagen climate change summit in october. i want to commend mexico for the leadership in curbing green house gas emissions and president calderon for building clean sustainable economies. second, we reiterated our commitment to the common safety and security of our people. our three governments have worked closely and responsibleably. we continue to take all necessary preparations and precautions to prepare for the upcoming flu season and protect the health of our people. this challenge transcends borders and our response.

we also resolve to continue confronting the urgent threat to our common security from the drug cartels that are causing so much violence and death in our countries. as i said on many occasions, i commend president calderon and the government for the determination and courage in taking on the cartels and the president reaffirmed his government's commitment to transparency and accountability and human rights as they wage this difficult but necessary fight. the united states will remain a full partner in this effort. we'll work to make sure mexico has the support it needs to dismantle and defeat the cartels. and the united states will meet its responsibilities by continuing our efforts to reduce the demand for drugs and continuing to strengthen the security of our shared border. not only to protect the american people but to stem the illegal southbound flow of american guns and cash that helps fuel this extraordinary violence. third, we reaffirmed our

commitment to common values including peace and democracy and human rights. in particular we discussed the coup in honduras. the president zelaya remains the president for the sake of constitutional order must be restored. we'll continue to work with others, especially the organization to achieve a negotiated and peaceful solution. finally we pledge to continue all of these efforts. i look forwards to welcoming prime minister harper in accept and both of my friends at the g-20 summit from i hope to resip pro indicate the hospitality. no nation can meet the challenges of our time on their own. we can work together, what the nearly half billion people in

north america expect from us. that's what we will do. thank you very much. >>. >> translator: good afternoon. president obama, there are certain questions about violation of human rights here in mexico and all of these problems fighting drug trafficking. are you going to certify mexico and how can we move forward with the initiative? we've also been concerned about any attempt against felipe calderon's life. we know about certain threats and insecurity that prevails. this, of course, is certainly related to your country. we're concerned about the visa problem too. what comments would you have