regarding all of these diarrhea, bruising, or not sleep well. some people may have muscle cramps... or loss of appetite or may feel tired. questions. >> i didn't get a translation on in studies, these were usually mild and temporary. that one. mom. talk to your doctor about aricept. don't wait. alzheimer's isn't waiting. i think it's coming up. go ahead. once again, live to hollywood, florida. they have the towels around the baby, is that the deal? okay. bunch of beach goers, live from >> translator: what are your concerns regarding this and we would like to know if mexico is our affiliate out of miami, going to be certified and if you these beach goers have jumped to the rescue of this little baby will help in applying resources whale. apparently the two whales, for the initiative. there's the mom and the baby, got stranded in shallow waters we've also heard about attempts off the coast of hollywood, against the life of president florida there, and this is the phillipe calderon. do you have any knowledge of baby, they're trying to keep warm and trying to keep from this? we're also concerned about coming up on the beach but national security and concerned apparently, the mom is up on the about visas, et cetera. beach. one of the affiliates, wsvn's we would like to know is there any possibility that you might chopper, actually, is above

turn this around that we might not have any limit on visas? there, hovering above bringing us this shot. we're going to follow this and >> i'll just address the -- hopefully, we'll be able to see a reunion between the mom and the baby and they'll be able to number one, we have been very -- get shoved back off into the ocean. but right now, doesn't look so good for the mom, but the baby, they're just trying to keep warm we have already seen resources and trying to keep it from coming up onshore in the shallow waters. transferred in order to help president calderon in what is a the top u.s. commander in very courageous effort to deal afghanistan tells "the wall with a drug cartel, set of drug street journal" the taliban are gaining the upper hand. cartel that's are not only in the words of general stanley resulting in extraordinary mcchrystal, it's a very violence to the people of mexico but are also undermining aggressive enemy. we have to stop their momentum, institutions like the police and stop their initiative. it's hard work. why after all this time are things getting better for the judiciary system that unless stopped will be very damaging to taliban and apparently worse for the u.s. and nato forces fighting them? the country. with respect to the conduct of >> reporter: well, kyra, it's not that the taliban are this battle against the cartels, winning. it's the fact that they're not you know, i have great losing. after eight years, this taliban conference in president

insurgency that has a fraction calderon's administration of the amount of troops that the coalition troops and that the applying the law enforcement afghan army has is still technique that's are necessary to curb the power of the cartels fighting the fight, being resilient. by doing so in a way consistent they are attacking u.s. and with human rights. coalition troops with thousands and we discussed this in our of u.s. marines and coalition troops flooding the country. bilaterally meeting. it has still been the bloodiest summer in the war on terror here and i am confident as the in afghanistan. several dozens of coalition national police are trained and trips killed by the taliban by as the coordination between the successful tactics, primarily the military and local police the roadside bombs, ieds that officials is improved, there's going to be increased they've planted that have been killing many coalition troops, transparency and accountability particularly this summer. and that human rights will be n >> we also have been talking awhile about the drug trade and the funding of the taliban observed. the biggest violations are the through these drugs. it's their currency. cartels kidnapping people and what are coalition forces doing extorting people and encouraging to dismantle the drug economy in corruption in the regions, that country? that's what needs to be stopped. it's been an ongoing problem, obviously. that's what president calderon is committed to doing and i'm >> reporter: you're absolutely committed to helping president right, it has been an ongoing problem and it continues to be a calderon accomplish as long as problem. we've been to helmand province, he is president of mexico.

the drug capital of the world, afghanistan provides over 90% of the world's opium. most of that coming from helmand province. and we actually spoke to coalition troops. coalition troops that were training the counter-narcotics >> on the question of visas, it's important to understand the police. and we have been to drug burn after drug burn, 22 times, at one of these burns, but the mere imposition of visa is due to one fact is that these poppies are thing and one thing only and still growing, that the narco that is the dramatic rise in leaders are still very powerful past years and this year in and that they're using these particular of the number of poppy farmers, using the poverty bogus refugee claims being made in afghanistan, to actually help from mexico into canada. this drug trade. it's important to understand but when we spoke to some of these poppy farmers, that they that the decision first of all has nothing to do with the were actually being helped by actions of the mexican government. u.s. a.i.d., they were teaching the mexican government has them how to plant wheat, plant cooperated with us in efforts to vegetables, feed your family this way, make an income this stem this particular problem, to way. when we spoke to those poppy limit this particular problem and continues to work with us in farmers, they told us this is ways we might reverse it. the kind of help that they need. but the underlying problem as i they need this civilian effort. said to president calderon and they told me to tell a message to the world don't bring us guns others, the underlying problem and bombs, bring us this type of is in the canadian refugee laws help and general stanley

and far too easy in canada to mcchrystal has stated time and time again, particularly this make a bogus refugee claim as a summer, that with this increase of troops, they will be bringing way of entering the country tli. that civilian effort and they we have to change that. will be bringing advisors within it is unfair to those that are these troops to help the afghan legitimate refugees and unfair people. kyra? to hundreds of thousands that >> thanks so much. straight ahead, mother are working their way through nature wreaks havoc across asia. the immigration system. if you thought hurricanes were we will continue to work with bad, we will look at where not mexican authorities to try and one, but two typhoons are limit this problem, but in the creating some challenging and life-threatening situations absence of legislative change, today. also, live pictures once it is very difficult for our again from wsvn, our affiliate government to control this, other than through the imposition of visa. in miami. it is the only tool available to hundreds of beach goers coming us right now. we need additional tools from out to try and reunite this baby our parliament to stem the flow of bogus refugee claimants and whale with its mom. also to have additional tools to deal with this kind of problem. earlier today, or just a little while ago, rather, we saw the mom up on the shore there. she had gotten stranded and couldn't actually get back into >> alex panett amount, canadian the water, and then we were able to see through our affiliate, wsvn, the chopper there, the little baby and the baby was

trying to find the mom. well, as you can see, the swimmers here keeping both mom press. >> translator: very important to and baby warm with towels, us. first of all, my government has trying to get the mom out of an absolute and categorical those shallow waters, back into the ocean to reunite with baby. as you can see, it's tough. commitment to rights we're fighting against organized crime it's not easy. is precisely to preserve the trying to get a heavy whale off human rights the mexican people, to safety, to security and the sand there on the edge of personal safety and integrity. the beach, and reunite with the and the right to have a safe baby and get back off so they can take off, hopefully happily family. their right to work without ever a we will continue to follow it. being really molested or we are watching live pictures for you. perturbed in the struggle for the safety of the mexican people, obviously, we have a strong commitment to protect human rights of everybody, the victims and even of the criminals themselves. and this is how it has been, this is how it will continue to be. and this is how the federal police will act. the attorney generals and armed forces will act. in all of these cases there have

been a very xrup house effort to a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, try to protect human rights in you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. all cases. and anyone who says the contrary choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. certainly would have to prove just 2 aleve have the strength... this, any case, just one case, to relieve arthritis pain all day. where the proper authority has not acted in a correct way that the competent authorities have not punished anyone who has abused their authority whether they be police officers or soldiers or anyone else. we have a clear commitment with human rights, we have met this commitment and we will continue to do so. not because of any money that might come or come through, the initiative or what's said in the u.s. congress because we have a strong commitment to human rights and i certainly in a personal sense for several decades now and i have always had this commitment. i have some details about what

you have pointed out but in any case it certainly won't be the first or last occasion on which we might hear something about an attempt against my personal -- about my life and my person but once again, the government just can't stop and can't be deterred. we know that we are destroying their criminal organization. we're hitting them hard. we're hitting at the heart of the organizations. we're making them back away. and we know, they know we're not only taking a initiative in the struggle against crime, but we're actually being able to protect and defend our country better as time goes by. this is not a type of vengeance of getting back at anyone, but we want to make sure that mexico is a safe place to live in.

that we will be able to move forward in this, we're not just talking about organizations but rather the basic objective is to provide security, safety for the american people. this is smil mexican people are entitled to, they can go out to the streets and play and go to school, they can make progress and to fulfill the aspirations that mexico be a free country, free of delinquency and that mexico be a safe country. we're not going to be intimidated nor will they put a stop to our efforts. i certainly hope that mexican we got two typhoons society recognizes these all of hammering asia. this is how it looks in the the efforts we're making along coastal areas of china and this lines, the police force who taiwan. torrential rains sent nearly one have been victims of attempts million people fleeing from rising flood waters there. and cowardly acts by the the typhoon spawned a mud slide in one village in taiwan, criminals by mexican marines and burying hundreds of people. at least two dozen people were soldiers and different attorney killed in china. in western japan, a second typhoon has killed nearly two dozen people, we're told.

general's offices we're more people missing. committed to have a safe mexico and safe country, these are the heavy rain triggered flash value that's we believe in and flooding and landslides. it's certainly stronger than any the typhoon is expected to skim threat that can be made against the heavily populated area of tokyo tomorrow. us of any type whatsoever. let's bring in our once again, we have had meteorologist, chad myers. he's been following this for us dialogues with prime minister harper on several different late morning to midafternoon. what do you say? occasions as we did on this >> amazing how the atlantic occasion about the summit and hurricane season really hasn't the matter of visas for mexican even started yet and then the pacific is really going. visitors, we've talked openly, that's just a function of the water temperature, air temperature and such. really, the part of the problem frankly. and certainly mexico certainly with this part of the world, here's the pacific ocean and i'll put it into play for you. feels very bad about this we will get all the way down into taiwan. decision, about this rejection, as we do, it's the topography that was part of the problem. the topography of taiwan is so even though, of course it is a privilege of the canadian steep that when this water, when government to stipulate this. it gets in the way of a good all of this rain from the relationship of what prime minister harper and i are doing. typhoon, you mentioned typhoon, to have relations between the you talk about a cyclone, talk two countries and the about a hurricane, they're all the same thing but the explanations prime minister harper mentioned, there is a difference would be what ocean they're in. problem with this bogus claim the eastern part of the pacific and atlantic, they're called problem and this has led to an hurricanes. get on the other side of the pacific where we are here, they abuse of the system.

so we're going to try to work are called typhoons. then you get into the indian together to collaborate together. we're doing this here in mexico to try to do away with the ocean near india, that area over there, they would be called underlying causes of this abuse cyclone. but they are all the same regarding the general system for rotating mass of stuff out receiving refugees in canada. there. so what are we looking for here? we will get rid of this guy for once again for me it's clear you and take a look at what's coming into possibly hawaii. that as the president of mexico, we knew this thing was going to die, felicia. not a very big storm right now, that i have the obligation of even the center of circulation not where that convection is. ensuring that a specific topic on the bilaterally agenda not that is great news, because we are going to see this thing make deter reaching our full a run at hawaii, only as a potential of other matters on the agenda. tropical depression. they will get rain, they could once again here lies the great still get flooding. this is still a very mountainous opportunity in this particular island, so if you get a lot of area of economic complement of the two -- of the three rain, we could see flooding here. that's the only threat at this countries's economies and this point. big waves but not the storm one take our whole region up to surge and not a cat 3 or cat 4 storm. >> let's talk about waves or the a higher state of tide just a little bit. competitiveness. look at these live pictures with these are the lines we've been me out of hollywood, florida. working along and i think we have been making great strides actually, i misspoke when they in a sense and we will continue to work along these lines in a had all the wet towels on the

frank and open way with prime whales. i should have known better, not minister harper and president keeping the mom and baby warm obama. but trying to keep them wet so they don't dry out there in the sun. but now, chad, just a few minutes ago, it was looking >> it's actually two-part. pretty good. first part of the question for they were pushing the momma whale back out into the water and kind of connecting her with the three leaders, primarily for president obama. the baby, but now it looks like all the towels have been taken i would appreciate it -- use the off and the whale is up on microphone. >> i would appreciate it if the shore. prime minister for the benefit doesn't look like good news answer in french as well. right now. >> no, but if you look at what all the people are holding on to, they have a sling under this considerable concern outside the whale now. united states, i'm wondering see, it's almost like now we're what you discussed about buy going to try to turn this thing around and point the nose in the right direction, and maybe it american and what power you personally have to rescind this can help itself off the beach. measure and whether you intend to use that power? i'm sure that this whale on a not completely related followed a little pup in, probably its little young, came over a sandbar and all of a topic, health care has been an sudden, stuck in this almost issue of tremendous debate in tidal pool, if you will. your country and canadians have what would be nice is if we looked on with fascination as could find out where this water our health care systems become a is going out, it would be called political football in your a rip current, dangerous for country. swimmers, great for ocean life i would like to ask prime because they get taken back out

minister harper and president into the deep water. obama whether there are elements right now, probably the waves of the canadian health care just coming over the sandbar system which are worth here. it's very difficult to get the whale back. also, something else they were doing with the towels. emulating? >> well, first of all, with respect to the buy american whales, just like us, can get a provisions, i want to assure you very, very significant sunburn your prime minister raises this as well. they want to get -- keep that -- with me every time we see each i even saw for awhile, people having umbrellas out there. other. that's important to note, he's but this is a sad situation right now. expressing his country's this has been going on a long concerns, i think it's important time and this whale is now to keep it in perspective, that in fact we have not seen some suffering. >> i'm being told it's a beaked sweeping steps towards whale, doing a little research on the computer. protectionism, there was a very it looks like if this is the particular provision that was in our recovery package, our momma, they can -- average stimulus package that did not weight can be 12 tons. you can just imagine, it doesn't extend beyond that. even look like they're trying to it was wtl compliance, it was get momma back into the water right now because they were, they were trying to push her out for awhile. not something that i thought was i don't see sight of the baby, either. necessary, but it was introduced >> the baby was there, and they put the baby right next to the at the time when we had a very mom's nose thinking maybe they could actually get things back,

severe economic situation and it and there's no real reason why was important for us to act this happens. people have been asking me, are they sick, i hear whales do this quickly. and not get bogged down in on purpose. debates around this particular the most likely part, is this was a momma and pup, small provision. prime minister harper and i have discussed this and there may be little whale swimming alongside. the whale got -- the small whale got over a sandbar, something that the small whale could get out of but now when they got on shore, you can stand on the m mechanisms they can work with beach and know what these waves provinces enallow for cross feel like just getting pushed and getting pushed and getting pushed. that's what the rescuers are border procurement processes trying to deal with, they're trying to push him out and mother nature and the ocean that expand the trading trying to push him back in. literally need a complete tidal relationships. this has in no way endafrpgerled change or maybe some type of help from something mechanical and that's just so difficult. the billions of dollars taking this is actually now at this place between the two countries, point in time with that whale on land now, just becoming hard to it was restricted to a very particular aspect of our coverry watch. >> yeah. it's not good. i think we will tear away from package. with respect to the health care that. they were still holding on to the baby, too, trying to keep debate, we are having a vigorous debate in the united states and that baby from coming on shore. i think that's a healthy thing. doesn't look good for mom. we are trying to get a marine the reason it's necessary is

because we are on a currently biologist on line. unsustainable path. thanks, chad. nothing against rochester, we spend far more per person on minnesota but i know a few people who won't be rushing health care than any nation on back. passengers and crew of a commuter flight stuck there overnight, not in a hotel or earth. the -- our outcomes in terms of even an airport, but get this, various measures of well being on the plane. no food, crying babies, stinky don't rank us at the top. bathroom. we're not doing better than a get me off. lot of other advanced developed onships and hurt your pride ♪ countries that are spending much ♪ it's the credit roller coaster ♪ ♪ and as you can see it kinda bites! ♪ less per person. individual families are being ♪ so sing the lyrics with me: ♪ when your debt goes up your score goes down ♪ bankrupted because of the lack ♪ when you pay a little off it goes the other way 'round ♪ of insurance. ♪ it's just the same for everybody, every boy and girl ♪ we've got 46, 47 million people ♪ the credit roller coaster makes you wanna hurl ♪ without health insurance in our ♪ so throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em around ♪ country. and for those who do have health ♪ like a wanna-be frat boy trying to get down ♪ insurance, they are always at ♪ then bring 'em right back to where your laptop's at... ♪ risk of private insurers ♪ log on to free credit report dot com - stat! ♪ eliminating their insurance because of a preexisting vo: free credit score and report with enrollment in triple advantage. condition or because of -- they lose a job or have changed jobs. so the final aspect of it is our health care inflation is going

up so rapidly that our federal budget simply can't sustain it, nor can businesses that are so what do you think? increasingly having to make decisions whether to hire more workers or eliminate health care, whether they stop providing coverage or force more costs on to workers. how do we change it? when it's one sixth of the u.s. economy there are going to be a lot of opinions. and congress has moved forward and we're closer to achieving a serious health reform package than we have been in the last 40 to 50 years. there's going to be a vigorous debate. i said the canadian model works for canada. would not work for the united states, in part because we've evolved differently. we have an employer-based system and a private-based health care system that stands side by side with medicare and medicaid and

our veterans administration health care system. we've got to develop a uniquely american approach to this problem. this, by the way, is a problem that all countries are going to have to deal with at some level. if medical inflation continues at the pace it's going, everybody's budget will be put under severe strain. so what we're trying to do is make sure we've got a sensible plan that provides coverage for everybody, that continues the role of the private marketplace. but provides people who don't have health insurance falling through the cracks in the private marketplace, a realistic and meaningful option of the and we've got to do it in a way that changes our delivery system so that we're not engaged in the kind of wasteful inefficient medical spending that is so costly to us. so i suspect we're going to have continued vigorous debate. i suspect that you canadians will continue to get dragged in by those who oppose reform, even

though i said nothing about canadian health care reform. i don't find canadians particularly scary, but i guess some of the opponents of reform i think i'll go with the basic package. think they make a good man, i good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. thing that's a mistake. i suspect once we get into the fall and people look at the actual legislation being proposed, that more sensible and honestly, hats off to the passengers and crew, because i think i would have lost it. recent arguments will emerge and dozens of people trapped aboard we'll get this passed. a teeny, tiny commuter plane on sorry to take so long on the the tarmac, all night. question. believe me, it gets much worse. listen to this nightmare from joe fryar. >> reporter: rochester international airport was an unexpected pit stop friday night for passenger lane kristin. >> to make a long story short, [ speaking french ] we stayed the entire night on the runway in this plane. >> reporter: his continental airlines flight was supposed to fly from houston to the twin

cities but thunderstorms forced the small plane to land in rochester around midnight. express jet airlines operated the flight and says the crew reached its maximum work hours in the air, so another flight crew had to be flown in. in the meantime, the airline would not let passengers off the plane because tsa screeners had gone home and passengers legally couldn't get back on the plane. plus, the airline says the [ speaking french ] airport didn't have enough personnel to let passengers sleep in the terminal. so nearly 50 passengers spent the night on the plane. >> everybody in the plane was kind of moving, trying to find positions to sleep in. >> we did have a good discussion there wasn't any room. the plane was getting warmer. there were at least two babies as president obama said. i'm happy to see the provinces nearby me who cried and screamed and the federal government have come to an agreement to work almost the whole night. collectively on this matter, the smells were getting worse. the bathroom was getting worse. which is largely actually within the babies obviously had started going to the bathroom. their jurisdiction since this >> reporter: passengers were finally allowed off the plane concerns subnational 6:30 a.m. when tsa screeners

procurement. our respective trade ministers arrived. three hours later, they left rochester and flew back to the have been talking and officials are talking and and president twin cities on that same plane, with the restroom that was now obama and i will be discussing out of order. >> i think there are a variety this at greater length in our of options they could have upcoming meeting. on american health care debate utilized, not the least of which is to call the manager of the on the system of health care, as airport, say that we have a situation that we consider an we know, as you know well, emergency, we need you to bring canadians support their own some people back in to reopen the terminal, we will pay for health care system. it. my only as soon as is this is an american debate and a responsibility of the provinces. >> okay, we reached out to express jet, which operated the >> ginger thompson, "new york flight for continental airlines, and here's what they had to say. express jet's priorities were ensuring customer safety. times." >> i'd like to start with we apologize for the extended president obama, please. delay and inconvenience these customers experienced. we will take whatever steps are necessary to prevent this given the fight that you're situation from occurring again. having to wage for health care, and this came from continental. i wonder if you can tell us what service provided to customers on this flight was completely you think the prospects are for unacceptable. we're apologizing to our customers and will be offering immigration reform for them a full ticket refund and a comprehensive immigration reform

which you said is your goal. certificate good for future travel. and whether you think that the blows you are taking now on all right. that's just ridiculous, plain health care and the democrats and simple, what we saw happen are likely to take around the there in minnesota. it might be a bit extreme, too, midterm election will make it hard, if not impossible to but a "usa today" study of government data actually shows achieve comprehensive immigration reform in this term, between october of last year and may of this year, 577 planes sat and what you told president calderon about that. on the ground for three hours or president calderon, i would like more. to hear about your thoughts on about 200,000 passengers had the pleasure of going nowhere. honduras. there have been some in latin put up your tray tables, we're america who have said that the pushing this forward with kate united states is not acted hannah, executive director of strongly enough to return flyers rights.org. president zelaya to power. first of all, what happened i wonder if you could talk a here? does this surprise you? little bit about how you feel >> well, of course it doesn't about what the united states surprise me, because every day, should be doing or could be somewhere in the u.s., there doing to restore democratic were 1231 of these incidents order in honduras. just on taxi out in 2008. and prime minister harper, a few we had 278 this june that sat months ago the homeland security for three, four, five, six, secretary of the united states seven and eight hours on the went to canada, or at least tarmac. they call our hot line, it aggravated canadian doesn't surprise us at all. what shocks me is that people sensibilities when she compared

the canadian border to the would come anywhere close to mexican border. believing that it's a safety and i wonder what you think issue, getting people off a plane when they're stuck for about that and how you feel nine hours and god makes the about the united states using weather. the airlines decide to keep some of the important strategies passengers out on the tarmac. adopted on the southern border >> so what happened to our in the north. passenger bill of rights? thank you. >> well, we're working on it. the house has approved what i >> that's all? >> that's all, mr. president. call a watered-down bill. it does not have a mandatory time frame. but the senate has bipartisan >> well, first of all, i don't legislation that was just unanimously passed through the know if you're doing commerce committee last week that has a three hour maximum prognosticating about the and has all of the essential needs that these people would have needed while they were on the plane, formula, servicing midterm electilections which arr the toilets, water, food, and it a year away. i and we'll do just fine. and i think when all is said on requires every airport in the country to have a plan. health care reform, the american people are going to be glad that so that if a plane lands on a we acted to change an diversion there, there has to be an emergency number so someone can come open the airport and unsustainable system so more people have coverage and we're allow the poor souls in. bending the cost curve and we're one more thing. tsa had nothing to do with this getting insurance reform so flight. people don't get dropped because this was a domestic flight from

of repreexisting conditions or houston to the twin cities. other issues. >> so who failed these passengers? >> the airline and the airport so understand though, i'm not both failed these passengers but acting based on short-term in particular, express jet, because they did not make an political calculations. i'm looking at what's best for emergency call to get those passengers off. the country long term. >> so what should these passengers have done? if i had been making short-term without getting in trouble, without getting arrested, political calculations i wouldn't be standing here as without i guess bottom line, president because nobody without getting arrested because they can't storm the door, calculated that i could win the right? >> well, that's the problem. what can you do? presidency. i've been in the situation with respect to immigration myself for nine hours. reform, i continue to believe that is also in the long-term the threat of federal arrest is there if you touch an exit door interest of the united states. without permission of the crew, we have a broken immigration you are under the threat of system, nobody denies it. federal arrest as a terrorist. so what you want to do in these and if we continue on the path we're on, we'll continue to have situations is -- what we love is tensions with our mexican when people call our hotline, neighbors and we'll continue to have people crossing the borders which you can find on our website, if you call the hotline from the plane, we tell you get in a way that is dangerous for photographs, get video of the them, unfair for those who are toilets, get video of the babies screaming so that we can prove applying legally to i am great. we'll continue to have employers to congress the kinds of conditions that are really on

who are exploiting workers these planes. because they are not within the when i talked to the victim last legal system and so often times night for over an hour length, receiving less than minimum wage he said it was more horrifying or don't have overtime or being than anyone could possibly describe. abused in other fashion. >> let me ask you this, because that's going to depress u.s. the air transportation or air wages. it's causing ongoing tensions transport association gave this statement. although we fully understand the concerns, we continue to believe inside the united states. that a hard and fast rule it's not fair and it's not right. and we're going to change it. requiring mandatory deplaning of now, i've got a lot on my plate. passengers after three hours will have numerous unintended and it's very important for us consequences. to sequence these big meaning i guess you've heard this before. initiatives in a way where they >> it's the same thing every time. they say the same thing. don't all just crash at the same and those congressmen and time. and what we've said is in the senators and airlines that fall when we come back, we're going to complete health care believe them say it's the exact same phrase. reform. have we ever looked at the we still have to act on energy unintended consequences to those poor passengers? legislation that has passed the you know, i've been on the phone house but the senate will have all day long with different its own ideas on how to approach press outlets, trying to find the victims and the problem in it. we still have financial these events is that it's regulatory reform inthat has to completely destroyed several get done because we don't want a days of their lives trying to get to where they're going. situation where irresponsible >> what you're telling me, if actions in the global financial

this were to happen to me, that markets can precipitate another i'm hosed -- >> you're hosed. crisis. that's a pretty big stack of >> there is nothing i can do. >> absent -- bills. fortunately what we've been able >> except caugll your hotline a to do is begin meeting with take pictures. democrats and republicans from >> call your senators right now the house and the senate, because our bill is going to the floor before september 30th. we have a stake holder here and secretary napolitano is coordinating these discussions we're holding in congress and i would and that before the september 30th at the hart building. year is out, we will have draft it's extremely important that people be active right now, whether or not they have ever legislation along with sponsors been in a stranding, if they potentially in the house and the know they couldn't tolerate it senate who are ready to move or they're afraid it might this forward and when we come happen, they should be on the phone to their senators saying back next year, that we should please pass the three-hour be in a position to start maximum and the bipartisan acting. legislation as it's been passed now. through the commerce committee. am i going to be able to snap my the other thing you can do is call us. what we do is we call the local fingers and get this done? no, it's going to be difficult airport. what the airline didn't do is and require bipartisan koops call the airport. i get on the phone at 1:00 a.m. and i find the airport manager for that airport and i say if cooperation. there will be demagogues that you want every media outlet in try to suggest that any form of the u.s. over at your airport pathway for legalization for right now filming that poor jet those who are already in the or will you please open your airport and go get those passengers off. united states is unacceptable. >> i want to get your cell phone and distribute that to all our

and those are fights that i'd viewers. >> it's on our hot line. have to have in my poll numbers are at 70 or if my poll numbers >> it's on the hotline, are at 40. flyersrights.org. that's just the nature of the kate, great stuff. really appreciate it. i can't believe this even u.s. immigration debate. happened. >> me, either. >> it's absolutely wrong. but ultimately i think the on every level. american people want fairness. thanks. and we can create a system in this story woke everybody up which we have strong border at our morning meeting today, security and we have an orderly and the team had all kinds of process for people to come in, ideas about, well, what we but we're also giving an should all do in that situation. opportunity for those who are now we want to hear from you. already in the united states to shoot us a tweet and we will try be able to achieve a pathway to to read some of them this hour. in the deep waters off the citizenship so they don't have to live in the shadows and their hudson river, searching for bodies and answers right now. children and their grandchildren the key question, what caused saturday's collision between a can have a full participation in small plane and sightseeing helicopter, all three people on the plane and six in the chopper the united states. so, i'm confident we can get it were killed. all but two bodies have been done. recovered. strong currents have forced divers out of the water but they excuse me -- i know this wasn't hope to recover the plane later directed at me. i want to make one quick point today. a crucial aspect of that investigation, too many aircraft on honduras because you repeated flying low over new york city. something that i've heard >> this is a congested corridor

before. the same critics saying that the so i think we're going to have to see what the investigation develops, what the facts tell us, and then we will look to determine recommendations to united states has intervened prevent something like this from enough in honduras are the same happening. the safety board investigates people saying we're all about 11 midair accidents every intervening and yankees need to year. we have seen over the last ten years those accidents have get out of south america. resulted in about 158 we've been very clear in our fatalities. our charge is to make sure that belief that president zelaya was accidents like this don't happen. we're going to try to look at removed from office illegally, everything to make sure that it that it was a coup and that he doesn't and we will make recommendations. should return. we have cooperated with all of >> some of the crash victims are the international bodies in being mourned half a world away. the tourists on the helicopter, sending that message. very close friends, making a dream trip to new york, were if these critics think that it's from italy. the pirate of the chopper, a appropriate for us to suddenly native of new zealand, was engaged to be married. once again, we're monitoring act in ways that in every other the situation in hollywood, context they consider florida. live picture coming to us from inappropriate, then i think what that indicates is that maybe wsvn. a beaked whale came up on shore in the shallow waters and you can see the beach goers there, even rescue crews trying

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president obama has tackled this migration issue. now, aside from defending the right of the mexican laborers in the u.s., that one day instead of the mexican people trying to leave the country because they are hungry or have to risk their lives, we need an economic theme where we have great investment coming from the u.s. and opening here the labor opportunities that the mexicans so need. i think president barack obama has responded to the topic on or issue of honduras, whatever we had discussed and agreed what needs to be done to build the international actions that have been taken in order to reestablish the democracy in honduras to strengthen the delegation that is about to meet, to build the actions that

president for costa rica, carrying out in order to reestablish the constitutional law in honduras. this is not about a person or another. this is not about president zelaya himself or per se, it is about the constitutional and democratic lives that ought to be defended in regard to the international legal framework that we have all agreed upon. and one more expression, i could general motors is finding a new way to sell cars. the automaker is teaming up with co-inside in the con tradition ebay, a move that will take the dealer parking lot straight to your laptop but will it be highlighted by president obama. enough to return the automaker those who have rejected about to profitability? felicia taylor at the new york the intervention of the united states in the region of those stock exchange with more. what kind of cars is gm trying to sell? who are now claiming for the >> reporter: well, they're going determination or the to be selling chevys, buicks, intervention of the u.s. in the region, no matter how legal this gmc and pontiac in terms of models and the years are 2008, action might be. we have to resort to 2009 and some 2010 models. international law and so the trial period begins international instances beyond the intervention of one single tomorrow and it will last for

about four weeks and pretty much it's only going to be happening state or even more, the initially in california. intervention of one single 225 california dealers are going person to resolve such a dispute to list about 20,000 vehicles and issue. and if the program is this is the path to be taken. successful, then they will expand it nationwide. today we congratulate ourself the goal obviously is for gm to that's president obama is return to profitability so it's trying this new way of selling cars on ebay. leading the administration for the united states. but in the past that happened i don't know. would you buy a car on the but in the future, we don't know internet? >> i don't know. because when it comes to buying who might be president next. a car, expensive car, any kind and i am not of those who share of car, really, you like to take the idea that the u.s. are it for a test drive. >> reporter: exactly. >> can gm realistically overcome elected as the ultimate judge that kind of thinking? and ultimate sovereign resolver >> reporter: evidently research shows that car shoppers already through the intermediation of use the internet, especially the affairs in our countries. when it comes to buying a used yes, we have to open the path to car. already happens on ebay. and they do a little research. that makes sense. i would definitely go to the internet to do research to buy a the international organizations to the regional group we have car. but we don't know yet. gm is hoping that getting formed such as the rio group and directly involved in the online sales will give buyers some groups that befriend honduras security about buying this vehicle online. but you're spending thousands of and befriend central america and dollars so one reason that gm and ebay are testing it out in

california, evidently residents befriend gaut guatemala. in california are a little more tech-savvy than the rest of us in observance of the and that might help the program international law and the rules have success. we'll see. we'll find out in the coming we have settled ourself, we have weeks if they're able to do it. looking at the markets today, to perform a group of friends of we're seeing a little pull-back. that's pretty normal considering honduras that through, with the the rally we saw on friday. people taking a little bit of profit. the dow, keep in mind, is at a help of the -- and their coming nine-month high and up about 43% since the low point reached in actions. march. right now, the dow is up about three-quarters of a percent, the nasdaq off more than that. >> they have been meeting so tiny pull-back ahead of the regularly on management of our federal reserve meeting that begins tomorrow, where we're shared border. likely to see interest rates i thing we have good cooperative remain unchanged. >> thanks, felicia. relationship in that regard. we're doing our part to help obviously always work to be the unemployed right here in the done. let me be very clear from the "cnn newsroom" with a segment we call the 30-second pitch. canadian perspective, we look at we have a success story for you. remember a.j. o'malley? our border as the line between the two closest countries on he passed out his resume on a earth. we have the largest trading street corner. the pitches were hilarious. relationship of any two

countries on earth. >> i'm a very determined, but we also share a security outgoing individual looking for a career in the financial sector concerns. i've said repeatedly, i'll say of the business world. initially i'm looking for somewhere i can sink my teeth again new york ci into and show my dedicated no such thing that is a nature, and i'm looking to security, that is not a security advance my career -- aww. to canada. canada has been a sted fastal >> you should have heard what lie of united states and nor add the other one said. a.j. tells us he started his new for many years. job today with a wealth we want to address the issues management company and his the united states wants to address and do so in a way that buddy, sean o'malley, starts a new job next week. if you want to be part of the doesn't impede congress or pitch, it seems to be working. impede the great social go to cnn.com/kyra. interaction which has made our two countries so close over the we will have the entertaining pitches posted there and you can also tweet us. decades. i'm just going to also weigh in a little bit as a friend of the dallas. detroit. different rates. united states on that question that was posed to president well with us, it's the same flat rate. obama. same flat rate. if i were an american, i would boston. boise? same flat rate. be really fed up with this kind alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. of hypocrisy. the united states is accused of if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. meddling, except when it's accused of not meddling. dude's good.

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states is the united states that leads on issues of values but is very supportive of multilateral attempts to deal with challenges that we all face. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> shoulder to shoulder in mexico, eyeball to eyeball. town halls across the united states. we are watching president obama on his whirlwind summit with the president of mexico and prime minister of canada. also, as you heard, the leaders are talking economy and environment and drug war and swine flu. ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat! for president obama it's a brief interruption in the push for health care. we're pushing forward on all of us in guadalajara. even if h1n1 hadn't crashed the party, it also came up in the

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one former worker, 22-year-old vincent johnson, pleaded guilty friday to allowing the injury of a disabled person. he got a two-year suspended jail sentence and promised to testify against the other defendants. jury selection begins today for another former worker. we'll keep following it. team sanchez back there working on the next hour of "cnn newsroom." what have you got going, rick? >> what possible reason could there be for people being stuck on an airplane, a small airplane, mind you, one that only has 50 seats, for nine hours? should i get any closer? wait, let me get closer, for nine hours. >> i'm with you. it is a story that got us all stirred up today. that's why we wanted to book katie from the organization that's pushing for a passengers bill of rights. it's ridiculous. absolutely ridiculous. there is no excuse. they were totally -- every passenger was failed on every level. >> it defies common sense. when a story defies common

sense, it needs to be told, it needs to be drilled down on and we need to look into it, and that's exactly what we're going to do. we're going to be talking to passengers. we have also already talked to the airline and we talked to the guy who's getting blamed for this, the guy at the airport who has said well, we couldn't let them in because somebody locked up the airport and didn't let any tsa there. we have all angles of this covered for you. i know you love this story. the other story we're doing, by the way, is this. this is curious. the possibility, we all know there's a lot of americans hooked on prescription drugs, right? but think now about the possibility, this is a cnn exclusive we are going to be sharing with you, that some americans are so hooked on prescription drugs that as a result, it's a gateway to them becoming heroin addicts and using heroin. in other words, they're not starting with drugs, then maybe using prescription drugs. no. the prescription drugs like oxycontin are leading them to use heroin. we have the story nailed for

you. we will also be talking to somebody who was affected by that story directly. and that goes around and around with a story we're following about the obama administration possibly doing a deal with the pharmaceutical companies. big pharma. it's all there at 3:00. >> let's get back to the outrage, dozens of people trapped on that commuter plane. we have been asking for tweets throughout the day, rick, and all night, no food, no relief from the crying babies, stinky cabin. you know what we're talking about. we actually wanted to know what you would do in that situation. maybe rick, you can tell me what you would do. i would have called 911 to report that the airline was holding us against our will and subjecting us to inhumane treatment on tarmac, request rescue. >> i like that. >> you like that one? >> yeah. >> here's one, she would have called my attorney and told him to get the paperwork started. and i would be tweeting my complaint from my phone. what would you have done? >> you know, the last thing you want to do is encourage somebody to do something that's against

the law, but wouldn't it have been difficult, i mean, if you start feeling claustrophobic enough, it's a small commuter plane, barely enough room to stand up, no leg room. you're in a situation like this for nine hours. at what point would it not almost behoove you to stand up, go towards the door and tell the flight attendant, just please, open the door. you know what happens then, you get arrested. suppose it goes to a jury. what jury's not going to understand your own level of stress at that point? i don't know. tough question. >> small airport, nobody was there. let them off the plane. get an escort, get them off the plane. it wasn't like it was hundreds of passengers. >> we found out the airport was open and they could have been allowed in, according to the airport manager. he says don't put this on me, that's not true. >> all right. we'll be watching for more. thanks, rick. we'll be right back.

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votes are cast in congress, but minds are made up all across america. a month-long recess for lawmakers is a make or break month for health care reform. that includes the white house, which is now launching an online realty check in answering questions that you sent in to mail to the chief. the white house says it's fighting myths with facts. video clips address such claims as rationing along with down it earth topics including medicare and small business and veterans. >> i'm here to tell you quite simply, if you're eligible for va health care you'll remain eligible. there is no impact on va health care. the president's budget expands

access to the va to an additional 500,000 veterans who have previously denied coverage. >> linda douglas appears on that site too, communications director for the white house, office of health reform. she joins me now live. are we going to have to fact check your reality check. >> reporter: i certainly hope not. we're give the plain facts about how the legislation that is being written on capitol hill right now, four of the five committees already, what it's going to do and who it's going to affect. not going to cut your medicare benefits, this very disturbing scare tactic of saying it's going to be uj naz i can't. is not true. if people want advice about a living will, medicare will cover that service for you. we're trying to give people the facts. we learned during the campaign when people created falsehoods when you give people the facts, they pay attention and want to

know the truth. >> we took advantage of plugging our mail to the chief since we were going to have you. we want folk to look at the new online opportunity in addition to sending questions and concerns about health care, we have a number of tweets and e-mails, we'll get right to it. >> revolution 3, would a disabled person and baby with severe disabilities be refused treatment in any situation? >> absolutely not. that is completely false. there is nothing in any law that anyone is even talking about that would have anything to do with effecting a decision that is made by a senior what to do at the end of life. this is about how you get health insurance. this is about creating affordable options for people who have trouble affording health insurance. this is about giving protections to consumer soz the insurance can't deny coverage because you get sick. that's what insurance reform is.

all of other stuff you're hearing is absolutely made up. >> there you go, for the reason to have your online reality check. mockingbird 101 what lessons did you learn from clinton's fail reform effort? >> the special interest that want to per wait the status quo and a system raising cost for consumers and exposing to consumers situations where they can't afford their health care, they'll always come out in force and try to block health care reform. we learned that with the clinton effort and it's true again the defenders of the status quo will come out in force and spread misinformation. this time we think we're ready for them and the country is clam orring for change. inaction won't be an option this time. >> you can tell by the number of questions from our viewers this is something definitely on the

front of every mind in america. the 500 b savings in medicare through the health care bill, why not use that to strengthen medicare instead of using it for the new health care system. >> that is one of most important things we can do with health insurance reform. part of the money will get rid of waste and fraud, which eat up billions and billions of dollars inside the medicare system. we'll lower cost for seniors with the prescription drugs they buy when they get up to a high level of spending and going to be producing preventative care with no cost to the senior, to the consumer. we're going to be increasing efficiency. if you're a senior, we want to encourage doctors to coordinate the care so they know which doctor you saw last and who gave you what medication. these are great improvements in the efficiency of medicare and we've determined that with these changes we're going to strengthen the medicare trust fund so it will survive years beyond what the act wearial

people are telling us is now the case. >> will life insurance companies have access to the data base that houses medical test results? that's interesting. >> never heard a question like that and the answer is no. your information will be private. again, this is health insurance reform, this is about people who don't have access to affordable health care, don't get good insurance through their work. they'll finally have a place to go for affordable options with additional consumer protection. if you work for a big company right now and have good health insurance through your company, nobody will make you change that. that's going to stay the same except you'll have access if you want to move or change jobs to the additional consumer protections. that's all we're talking about here. >> if my employer goes with a government plan and takes away the plan i have now, will i still get to choose my own doctor under the government plan? >> there will be many plans to choose from. your doctor will most likely be

participating in one of those plans just as is the case right now. if you get your insurance through why are work, you might have your access to your favorite doctor or second favorite doctor, but the point is the doctors are going to be participating in all of the plans. you'll have access to many of those plans and your employer is very unlikely to drop your coverage. the congressional budget office has concluded very, very few employers will want to drop coverage. if you like what you have now at your work, probably nothing will change. >> also wants to now, will the generic prescriptions seniors now have still be free or will they lose their meds or will the drugs cost them money? >> the drugs will -- whatever you're paying now will stay exactly the same. in addition to that, in the legislation, we are going to begin to shrink and get rid of the doughnut hole. if you spend a lot of money on

medication because of the way the law was passed, there's a big gap of couple of thousand of dollars of expenditures you have to pay out-of-pocket. we're going to tackle that and you'll get a discount when you fall into that category of spending. drug prices for seniors will go down, period. >> linda douglas we appreciate you answering questions for you. road trip, the cnn express is back on the road. chief business koernts ali velshi on board, rolling through kentucky and illinois before the final destination, the iowa state fair. talking with real people about health care reform. ali, i bet you have met all kinds of interesting people. >> reporter: it's really important for us in this discussion to hear from the people like the guest you just had, to hear from politicians, to hear from those town hall meetings, but so many -- in fact most americans aren't getting to any of those places, we're taking the cnn election express,

along the route you just described and talk to people and understand what their concerns are. what they want from their health care system, what they are concerned about and generally speaking talk to them about the economy. find out what's bothering them and we'll come to you and all of our shows on cnn every day and report back about what we're hearing. we'll get the other side of the equation. i waited until you were on air to kick this off. we're about to leave on the bus. we're headed north to chattanooga, that's our next stop and we'll talk to people along the way. >> let me see the bus. >> reporter: this is it. this is it there's seven of us in here, we'll hit six states in six dates. i have to hand over my mic. kyra, we'll see you on the road. >> ali velshi, there he go.

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20 agents have been charged. one of the associated press reporters digging on the story joins me now live from mexico city. martha, i was reading your investigation this morning and it caught my attention because usually we hear about the corruption within the mexican police, the mexican military, also the government, and now we're hearing that our agents on all levels, local, state and federal, have been caught in this corruption sting. what shocked you the most when you made the request and got all these documents? >> well, what we learned and what was surprising to us was the extent of this. there's almost a culture of this that the department of homeland security is trying to crack down on and the justice department is trying to crack down on. we found that there's been, as you said, 80 different law enforcement agents on the u.s. side who are currently -- have been sentenced, are convicted and have been sentenced. we have also learned there have been 2,000 different disciplinary cases within

customs and border patrol, including more than 100 that were clear cases of corruption. frankly, what surprised me the most were interviews that we did with law enforcement acts who are currently in custody, who described again and again a culture of being approached and offered bribes, being asked to smuggle. these are people who are paid moderate incomes and for whom $1500 to turn their head the other way on a particular day means a lot. >> and that grabbed my attention, too. you talked to this former agent, now in jail, talking about this mexican man that just approached him at one of his checkpoints and said hey, you know, i'll give you $5,000 if you just let this guy come through, and he actually said i thought nah, i can't do that. then i thought my life's a mess, everyone does it, if i'm caught, i'll just say the guy got past me. i'll do it once. i could use the money. well, he didn't just do it once. he did it 66 times. >> right. his case was really an example.

i mean, i interviewed him and he was very sorry that he had been caught, but what he said was this is what's happening, and i spoke with, like i say, about 12 other people who are also currently doing time or we communicated on the phone as well, and they all talked about this pervasive corruption going on. >> and what do they tell you? as i read through and hear what these agents told you and local sheriffs, how they were running drugs and they were totally corrupt, what was the common i guess confession here, that was easy money? >> it is easy money and it's being offered very, very aggressively. there's a broad context here. in late 2006, mexico's president felipe calderon declared war on the cartels and since then, the mexican side of the border has been having a lot of huge, violent problems, right? 11,000 people killed since then. well, that has put a lot of pressure on the u.s. side, where

customs and border patrol has almost, i guess they've increased their force by about 50% and at the same time, hiring all these new agents, it's now the nation's largest law enforcement agency, customs and border protection, and by adding all these new agents, they have added a problem with these strong cartels pushing for holes to bring their drugs through, holes to smuggle people through as well. in one situation, customs and border protection told us they had caught four cartel members who were actually making their way through the job application process, and took polygraph tests, at which point they realized these are people who are already corrupt and trying to get jobs within the agency. >> unbelievable. stop pointing the finger just at mexico. it looks like dhs has its work ahead of that organization as well, to keep those guys out of the system. great work. it was a fascinating investigation, really appreciate you joining us. >> thank you.

our other top story. august is make or break month for health care in america. we're pushing forward with a closer look at town hall meetings across the country. some have gotten out of control. a public forum over the weekend in memphis was so heated that law officers working it had to call for backup. one scheduled for tomorrow in missouri has been canceled over safety fears. we're also looking at a meeting earlier today that actually went pretty well. meanwhile, the cnn express pushes the issue forward with a bus trip. our chief business correspondent, ali velshi, is taking the issue on the road, getting feedback from people in six states, starting here in atlanta and ending up at the iowa state fair later this week. ali joins me somewhere in georgia, i believe. we saw him, what, about ten minutes ago leaving the cnn center. where did the cowboy hat go, buddy? >> reporter: the hat's in the front. i don't need it for shade here right now. we're just trying to get all systems going. we have just left you a few minutes ago.

speaking of feedback, you might hear some. we're moving right now, heading toward chattanooga where we will talk to people about health care. we want to get to the bottom of a few things. we want to establish what ordinary americans out there are thinking, what they're worried about, what they've been hearing, what they want out of their health care system. i think it will be very useful for this debate, while congress members are out there talking to their constituents or in some cases, having great difficulty talking to them, for us to cut through all the filters, have this bus pull into small and medium sized towns and ask people exactly what they're thinking and what they want, bring that information back to you so we're having a real two-way dialogue here. that's what we're excited about. by the way, we'll be hitting state fairs and county fairs so i'll be getting my fill of fantastic summer fare food. >> little cotton candy, caramel apples and what's the sticky thing with the powdered sugar? >> reporter: oh, the waffly

things. funnel cakes. >> there you go. thank you. >> reporter: funnel cakes, corn dogs, anything on a stick. >> fabulous. we'll be checking in with you. >> reporter: you haven't seen this for awhile but you've seen this technology, right? we're moving. you can see this, i'm on the cnn express, and that's the highway behind me. we're moving, we can do this so we can be talking and moving around while we're doing it. we will be talking to you a lot over the course of the week. >> we can't wait to meet your new friends. thanks. senator claire mccaskill of missouri held a meeting in a rural area of the state. pretty calm, no fireworks, but plenty of questions. brianna keilar was there. >> it reads like something -- >> reporter: this town hall event was very civil and certainly, senator claire mccaskill knew it had the potential to become unruly. this is a rural conservative stronghold and senator mccaskill is a democrat who supports the government-run insurance plan. as this meeting broke up today, we asked her about the tone of the event.

>> 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 i was able to hopefully correct some really bad misinformation that's out there. people are just getting information that's just flat wrong. >> reporter: senator mccaskill was asked if there would be money in this health care reform package for abortion. she said there would not be. she also confronted a concern of many of the people in the audience that this health care reform package would move the u.s. towards socialized medicine. she said that's not going to be the case. and a lot has been made about who is at these meetings. at this one particular, were these foclks from the local are or outside the area. i asked two gentlemen, one who was for health care reform, one who was suspicious of it, and they said looking around the room, they recognized about two-thirds of the faces so they felt that a lot of the people at this meeting were from kennett and the immediately surrounding area. certainly senator mccaskill

faced really tough questions today and they were mostly from critics of the democrats' health care reform plan. brianna keilar, cnn, missouri. >> it looks like an exception. senator mccaskill had an event slated for tomorrow at a high school in st. louis but it was canceled. why? a meeting last week in st. louis got so out of control that police actually arrested six people. the school was worried for its staff and students and senator mccaskill and the white house say there's a lot of misinformation out there stoking that fury. here's elaine quijano. >> it reads like something brought up in germany in the early 1930s. >> reporter: anger is boiling over. tom harkin got shouted down at this health care meeting in iowa. in georgia, signs the debate is taking a toll. >> those of you are here who have taken and came and hijacked this event that we're dealing

with here. >> reporter: democratic congressman david scott lashed out after a doctor from his district asked -- >> why are you voting for a health care plan that has shown not to work in massachusetts and why are you going to institute that? >> reporter: at first, scott said he wasn't sure how he would vote. then, he let loose. >> don't come and take advantage of what these individuals have done. you want a meeting with me on health care, i'll give it to you. >> reporter: in texas, for republican congressman michael burgess -- >> this looks like home. >> reporter: the crowd stayed calm, but some of the questions, pointed. >> when the republicans control congress and the senate, why didn't you introduce and pass health care reform? >> reporter: in austin, supporters of health care reform are getting fired up. this crowd booed as republican senator john cornyn tried leaving after touring a community health clinic.

and more fuel to stoke the fighting. on her facebook page friday, republican sarah palin wrote the america i know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with down syndrome will have to stand in front of obama's death panel so his bureaucrats can decide whether they are worthy of health care. such a system is downright evil. in his weekly address, president obama fired back at opponents. >> let me start by dispelling the outlandish rumors that reform will promote euthanasia or cut medicaid or bring about a government takeover of health care. that's simply not true. >> reporter: this week, the president heads to new hampshire for a town hall meeting on health care. later, he'll visit montana, home state of max baucus, a key democrat trying to negotiate a deal on health care reform. elaine quijano, cnn, the white house. let's take a look at where health care reform stands right now in congress. three house committees have passed separate versions of the

legislation, which now have to be merged into one bill. the full house can vote on. on the senate side, two plans have to be merged, assuming a bipartisan measure ever gets out of committee, and if bills pass the house and senate, negotiators work out differences, well then both houses vote again. if the final bill passes it goes to president obama for signature so there's still a long road ahead. far from the halls of the capital, health care issues hit home for many of families. little jessica is just one of them. we will have her story straight ahead this hour. also, we're watching a situation right now in hollywood, florida. live pictures we will take you to here. looks like a baby whale. baby whale looking for his mom, we are told is beached. live pictures coming from our miami affiliate, wsvn. we're following that for you right now. these days, when you have to spend,

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