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california, might be a small town. but right now it's showing that it has a big heart for a girl who disappeared 18 years ago. they never forgot jaycee dugard. let's get right to the town. what are they doing right now? >> reporter: yeah. this is wrapping up right now, fredricka. but i can tell you that this community is swelled with pink joy today. more than a thousand people came out in pink t-shirts with dogs that had little pink scarves around their neck, carrying pink balloons to celebrate the safe return of jaycee dugard. for many this was a familiar setting. just eight years ago on the anniversary of her disappearing, they walked this route. today they walked it in a reverse route. joining us live, one of the folks who were out here ten

years ago and happy to be back here today. brook is a mother as well. tell us a little bit about the emotions out here? i saw tears. i saw hugs. it just was overwhelming. >> it is such an exciting day. we are ecstatic that we found jaycee and that she's alive. this community never, ever gave up hope that we wouldn't find her. so in a way it's a dream come true because it's a dream that we have really hoped for and we're thrilled. there is tears of joy. but really joy. we're excited. >> reporter: thanks so much for joining us. a really neat event here. fund raising going on as well. at the end a number of pink balloons were released, kind of symbolizing a show of support for both jaycee dugard and her young daughters. >> generally how far is this south lake tahoe, california, to the place that phillip garrido, the suspected kidnapper, suspected rapist's, place of residence? >> reporter: that's about a three-hour drive away from here.

so, you know, a pretty good distance. >> all right. cara fin strom, thanks so much. south lake tahoe, california. police are trying to figure out if phillip ga ree do is linked to 1989 kidnappings and murders of two young children in reno, nevada. to years before he allegedly kidnapped jaycee dugard near the colorado/nevada border. they don't know if he's linked to the earlier case but they say they'd be crazy not to consider it. after a summer of setbacks, president obama is hoping to jump start his health care initiative this week with a high stakes speech to congress. cnn's kate bolduan is at the white house. >> reporter: president obama returned from vacation to face a crucial week ahead in the health care debate. top white house aides insist the president will spell out his specifics for reform when he speaks wednesday to a joint session of congress.

>> they'll leave that speech knowing exactly where the president stands, exactly what he thinks we have to do to get health care done. >> reporter: at the same time, cnn has learned the white house is quietly talking about drafting its own health care bill. a kind of contingency legislation. and is leaning toward a plan that would trigger a public insurance option only if health care reforms failed to meet certain goals. white house officials dodged questions sunday about whether the president would sign a bill that doesn't include a public option. >> he believes the public option is a good tool. now, it shouldn't define the whole health care debate, however. >> reporter: it's a contentious issue that has the white house squeezed from the right and the left. >> we need credible, comprehensive, universal health care with a good robust public option now. >> i think if the democrats embrace the public option even in the form of the trigger they're going to shoot themselves in the foot. >> reporter: political analysts say there's a lot riding on the president's short visit this week to capitol hill. >> he can talk about, you know,

various alternatives and ideas. but at the end of the speech, it seems to me folks on capitol hill and around the country have to have a much clearer idea what kind of a bill he feels he needs to sign. >> reporter: recent numbers show that the president has some hard work ahead there. according to to a cnn opinion research corporation poll, a majority of americans say they feel more secure under the current health care system than with the president's proposal. fredricka. >> kate bolduan at the white house, thank you. you can watch president obama's address on health care reform before a joint session of congress right here on cnn. also get analysis from the best political team on television. 8:00 eastern wednesday night, right here on cnn. another test for the obama white house. the president's televised message for school kids facing an angry backlash from many parents. the administration now plans to release the transcript of the

planned speech tomorrow. here is some of what people are saying. >> the president talking to students, you know, the embrace of technology as a young student, i would have been so excited as a kid to have the president talk to me. so i think it's a great opportunity for our students. and we're going to embrace it. >> trying to bring his views all into the school. and, you know, with the school kids and things. so, no, i don't think it's a good idea for him to do that. >> you don't have to be in school to see president obama's speech to kids. tune in to cnn. again, we'll carry it live, noon eastern, on tuesday. a announcement came in the middle of the night. in the middle of a holiday weekend. white house environmental adviser van jones has resigned. jones insists that he's the victim of a vicious smear campaign, but he's quitting to avoid becoming a distraction. he was under heavy fire by conservatives who accuse him of

having extremist views. they point to a petition he signed in 2004 saying bush administration officials may have allowed the white house attacks. robert gibbs reacted to the jones resignation this morning. >> what van jones decided was that the agenda of this president was bigger than any one individual. the president thanks van jones for his service in the first eight months and helping to coordinate renewable energy jobs that are going to lay the foundation for our future -- >> did the president want him to go? >> the president accepted his resignation because van jones, as he said in his statement, understood that he was going to get in the way of the president and ultimately this country moving forward on something as important as creating jobs in a clean energy economy. >> earlier today i talked with cnn's senior white house correspondent ed henry about the jones resignation. is this an indication that the white house is kind of aks

wesying to pressure or did the white house ask van jones to resign? >> reporter: i think they pretty much did give into the pressure. it had been building for dais. the white house hadn't really pushed back very hard. they let this fester. in some of the comments that van jones had made were just kind of beyond the pale. even people in the white house acknowledge, especially signing on to the petition of this group that was charges years ago that busch era officials knew about the 9/11 i tacks and let them happen for their own political reasons. people in the white house very high up realized this gentleman was not going to survive that and didn't want the president being tied to that. >> ed henry there. the search for fraud in afghanistan's presidential election leads to ballots being tossed. maybe tens of thousands of votes simply thrown out. carol, when you replaced casual friday with nordic tuesday, was it really for fun, or to save money on heat? why? don't you think nordic tuesday is fun? oh no, it's fun...

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a bomb blast today in afghanistan killed a u.s. service member. six americans have been killed in afghanistan in the past six days alone. 51 lost their lives there last month. that's the highest monthly total since the war began nearly eight years ago. afghan president hamid karzai is close to winning a second term. but afghanistan's controversial election is still under a microscope as claims of election fraud continue. cnn reports from kabul.

>> reporter: the independent election commission released more results today from august 20th presidential elections. they say they tally around 74% of the country's votes. president hamid karzai, the incumbent has a comfortable lead. his name rivals dr. abdullah abdu abdullah. the iec stating they had to throw out votes from 447 different polling stations because of fraud. this has been an election marred with fraud even before election day. the electoral complaints commission receiving over 2,000 complaints, nearly 600 considered priority a, meaning strong enough that they could actually effect the outcome. >> reporter: the independent election commission has been completely impartial and nus ral in activities in fulfilling its duties throughout the process. >> reporter: just yesterday dr.

abdullah held a press conference where he again was pointing the finger toward the karzai campaign for fraud. this time also toward the iec saying they were also engaged in fraud. the iec has denied those allegations. so has president karzai's campaign. president karzai's campaign say they're not speaking up at the moment because they would rather have the institutions handle the situation rather than interfering with democracy. cnn, kabul. cnn's anderson cooper takes you inside afghanistan all this coming week. reporting live from the battle zone. "ac360" airs weeknights 10:00 eastern. china says people convict e of syringe attacks could face the death penalty. the protesters were demanding more police protection, and a

crackdown on the native muslim uighurs. protesters blame them for the attack. this part of china has been wracked by ethnic violence between the weuighurs and millis of chinese who have moved there from other parts of the country. remember the 1970s blockbuster movie "jaws"? we'll tell you why some beaches in new england are closed this weekend.

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the beaches of chatham, massachusetts, are quieter than usual this labor day weekend. it's not because of the weather. it's the recent great white shark sightings off the coast of cape cod. affiliate cvb has more. >> reporter: environmental police had a busy day in the waters off chatham, trolling the area where sharks have been spotted since thursday. the state's top shark expert had what he calls one of the best days in his career, tagging two great white sharks with a modified harpoon dart. the first ever tagged in the atlantic. he says the tags that use satellite based technology will reveal crucial information in the coming months.

>> the behavior of the ecology of these sharks is information we need in order to adequately manage them, conserve them, set up rules and regulations as a fisheries agency. >> reporter: one of the great whites was tagged within 75 yards of a popular chatham beach, causing officials to close all beaches. >> it's a common occurrence for these sharks to be in our waters. swimmers should be aware of that. they should use appropriate caution. >> what did you do? >> shark? >> reporter: while there's been no shortage of shark jokes. do you know what the danger is to be wearing that cast in shark infested waters in massachusetts. >> we have sharks in new jersey, too. the ones that can really hurt you are the lone sharks. >> reporter: the sightings have helped businesses. the captain says people are calling, asking not only about seeing seals, which are a favorite shark meal, but about being taken to the area where the sharks have been spotted. >> shark sightings have helped our business.

more people are asking about it and they do come out to see if they can see a great white. >> it's too bad, jacqui jeras. because the weather has been beautiful there. >> i know. >> you didn't get the beaches, like, the last two weekends. >> sometimes you don't even need to see the shark, but just hear that music and you don't want to get in the water. >> isn't it like everybody's greatest fear? >> i know. it really is. we're going to talk some more about "jaws" and this sighting in new england a little bit later on in our chat room of what's going on in chatham, massachusetts. >> i'm going to have a hard time getting in the water anywhere after your story. >> they're always out there. it's just the differences when they are seen and when caught on videotape or, you know, then people realize, oh, yeah, this is the ocean. >> yeah. >> they are there. >> uh-huh. that's their home, not ours, right. >> that's right. >> something to think about. anyway, if you're thinking about going on the beach and out in the water across the northeast.

we have some really very beautiful conditions really overall, here. i want to go ahead and show you what the temperatures have been doing. it's almost a little on the cool side. look at that. we're still looking at 60s. >> too cool for me. >> boston. new york city, 72 degree. philadelphia, about 71 there. you head up into maine, still looking at some 60s, too. a little bit on the chilly side. >> just a little too cool to get into the water. that's what i'm saying. >> so have your backyard barbecue, instead. make the best of it. do what you got to do. we do have some showers and thundershowers going on on the coast of the carolinas, north carolina in particular. a little wet and into south carolina. we've also been seeing some occasional showers and thunderstorms along the beaches, especially along the atlantic coast here in florida. stormy weather on occasion along the i-10 corridor. widespread across southern mississippi. things are kind of popping up in the nation's midsection. it's really hit or miss.

not everybody's getting it. denver metro area looking at some light rain showers coming into your neighborhood. then the real steady rain where some of the worst weather in the country is for the weekend, unless you like to stay indoors and get the fireplace going instead of the grill, seattle and down into the portland area. a live picture to show you from our affiliate in seattle. there you see the overcast skies. rain expected today. temperatures lucky to get into the mid-60s. only going to be about 61 this afternoon. and snow in the higher elevations. a couple of feet. >> oh, my gosh. >> i know. >> going to be a long winter there, something tells me. >> it's kind of always that way. >> oh, okay. >> isn't it? >> i don't know. i'm thinking labor day? >> it is a little more indicative of winter, certainly. tomorrow, of course, labor day. a lot of parades, celebrations taking place. we're going to see more widespread showers and thundershowers across the ohio river valley.

looking good in the northeast. hit and miss again. you should get the beach. if you do see thunderstorms make sure you go inside. into the pacific northwest you're going to stay on the cool side and get a little breezy, too. tropics. just taking a peek, a new wave coming off the coast of africa. national hurricane center has put a medium probability of development on this. fred, if it happens, do you know? >> well, i'm thinking about what you're going to say. >> what's the name. >> oh, wait a minute. where are we? >> fred. >> believe it or not. >> what was the last one? oh, yeah. eri erika. >> models are are doing pretty good in pictures of developing it. as things continue with that wave, it could be fred eventually. we'll let you know. >> mm-hmm. a force to be reckoned with. >> stay away from us. >> thank you, jacqui. right now time for some top stories.

san diego chargers star linebacker shawne merriman is probably wishing sunday was game day instead of jail day. the 25-year-old was arrested earlier this morning after his girlfriend, reality tv star tila ta kila claimed he attacked her. he was booked on charges of battery and false imprisonment. this labor day weekend is a working holiday for two of the astronauts aboard the international space station. among the items on their to-do list today, installing some new station antennas. firefighters say they're making considerable progress in that massive wildfire that's been charring the hills above los angeles. the 11-day-old blaze is half contained now. it has blackened more than 250 square miles and made cash strapped california burn through more than $40 million. trying to pull it out of this fire. two firefighters have died.

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a week after senator ted kennedy's funeral, there's plenty of jockeying, but no real front-runner in the senate race to replace him, or is there? let's talk to -- there we go. good to see you. she's a boston herald state house bureau chief. i wonder if people have been a little reluctant to throw their hat in the ring, express, you know, real interest in this given that senator kennedy was buried just a week ago? >> well, i think -- i think to some extent, yes. to another extent, because this special election is so short, many of them are going right

ahead, certainly local attorney general martha coakley has already announced and she's in. because she really needs to raise the money for this race. but you're right. it's a very delicate political situation for many of the candidates. they've got to decide how quickly they want to get in and they've also got to decide whether they want to contend with potentially another candidate. >> okay. so coakley's in. u.s. congressman steven lynch, conservative, possibly in, too. then there's talk of joe kennedy. >> right. >> how serious might he be about this? >> well, it's really hard to know. pretty much he's talked to lots of former colleagues and friends throughout this entire week. it's sort of been joe kennedy watch for all the local newspapers. and as he calls them and figures out what exactly he wants to do. he's obviously got a lot going for him. he's got the name. he's got a good amount of money. but when he left congress about ten years ago, he sort of seemed like he didn't want to come back. so he's got to deal with that

and answer some questions about that if he does decide to jump back in. >> just pull that screen back up again. we saw two other figure. we just mentioned the first two. but is it capuano. >> yeah. he would probably defer to kennedy. i think there's a lot of waiting to see what joe kennedy is going to do. another u.s. representative ed marquee is also waiting to see. >> and schilling? >> say again? >> and schilling? >> yes. curt schilling. >> he already kind of took himself out before he put himself in? >> i think he likes to see his name out there. i certainly think he likes to discuss his own politics. but i think most people get the sense he's probably not going to be running. >> what about people in general? are they anxious to get this horse race going? massachusetts, a big political state. most people usually salivate over a good race.

but in this case is it a little difficult for people to be excited about someone who might -- who would be replacing senator kennedy? >> well, i think everybody who runs has to walk this delicate line. but i do think that everybody admits, they can't fill senator kennedy's shoes. it's just impossible. but i know because the senator had such a long illness, he was diagnosed over a years ago, a lot of candidates unfortunately, as much as they wouldn't like to admit, have been looking at this seat for over a year. so they sort of are able to say where they're coming from. i think they're very eager to get this race under way and get going and try and get some work done, i guess, for the people of massachusetts. >> it's still unclear whether it will be a special election. that's not until, what, january? or if the governor might be able to be a little convincing and be really serious about maybe an interim appointment? >> well, it will be a special

election. the final day will be january 19th. no matter what, we will have the special election. what they're looking at is to have a temporary appointment. somebody who can sit in there until we choose and the voters have their say. so that is still what's up in the air. they're going to be having a public hearing this week about that. they're going to have all sort of heavy hitter. national. senator kerry is going to be there to come in and talk about it and support it. >> any leanings toward that temporary appointment? >> yeah. it seems as though folks on beacon hill are warming up to it. i think a lot of lawmakers are reluctant because they sort of voted to do something very different only four years ago or a little bit over four year. so that's what's making -- you know, keeping them indecisive. but it looks more and more like they're going to go ahead and have the temporary appointment. >> sorry to cough in your year. i couldn't suppress that cough. thanks so much.

appreciate it. of course, we'll be talking again over the coming weeks to see what happens. >> thanks for having me. all right. washington state university is dealing with a nasty dose of the swine flu. more than 2,000 students got sick with the h1n1 virus during the first two weeks of school. no deaths have been reported. and no students have actually been hospitalized. the school is dulling out free flu kits. there's also free hand sanitizer at the concession stands during yesterday's stanford washington state football game. the head for centers of disease control and prevention is confident in the safety of the new swine flu vaccine. he said his kids will get a shot when the vaccine is available come this fall. >> this is a flu vak sane made in the same way the flu vaccine is made every year. it's a new strain. every year we add new strains into the flu vaccine. the way it's being made, the content of it is similar to the

flu vaccine that literally hundreds of millions of doses have been given. my kids are going to get this vaccine when it becomes available. we have very high confidence in the safety of influenza vaccination. >> all right. countless volunteers took part in clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine. among them with the hendy children of frederick, maryland. their father is a pediatrician. i spoke with the entire family about what it was like preparing to test the unknown. dr. hendy, let me begin with you. you're a pediatrician. i'd like to know, was the family influenced by your point of view on whether the h1n1 vaccine, the trial, was something to take part in or was this an independent decision your children, sarah and josh, made? >> i think we all made the decision together. of course, me being a pediatrician did help influence it. you know, unfortunately, i'm one of the people that have to see all the children that get really sick from even the seasonal flu. one of the most important things

that we do as pediatricians and primary care doctors is preventative care. probably the most effective part of that is vaccines. i was very happy to be able to enroll my children in the vaccine study to get them protected as soon as possible. >> i can't wait to talk to sarah and josh. jamie, let me speak with you real quick about your concerns. did you have any trepidation about your kids being part of a clinical trial? >> not really. i thought that the risk of them getting the swine flu would far outweigh the risk of the shot. it was really a no brainer for me. also the fact that my husband, because he is a pediatrician and he was really urging for the kids to do it, that also made the decision much easier. >> were there kids in your kids' schools, say, last year, when h1n1 was introduced to a lot of us for the first time, were any of them infected last year? any friends of your kids? or schoolmates of your kids? >> we did know two kids this

summer that probably had it from a summer camp. and the one friend that went to camp with my kids was out for about a week. so my kids did get to see that firsthand. it was really, really sick. and his brother was really sick, too. >> okay. so, sarah, let me begin with you. 9 years old. give me an idea of what the trials have been like so far. what have you had to do? did you get a shot already? >> yeah. i only got one shot. >> and did you feel anything afterwards? did you feel sick or did you feel just fine? do you feel any differently? >> no. >> were you nervous about taking this, being part of a trial. >> no. >> really? and so, josh, what do you know about this h1n1 virus. josh, you're 7. i'm wondering from you, do you know what's going on here, why you got another inoculation, why you got another shot?

>> i only got one. >> you got one. do you have a pretty good understanding about why? what you're protecting yourself from? >> i don't know. >> well, as long as you're feeling okay now, right? and so dr. hendi, as long as the kids feel pretty at ease about this, they're not expressing that they feel discomfort at all, we are talking about a clinical trial, and a lot of folks who are waiting for this vaccine to be available in mid-october are saying they need the time to think about it. they're afraid they might get sick from the vaccine as opposed to being protected. >> you know, it's an inactivated vaccine just like the seasonal flu shot. it's being made the same way. same side effect profile. josh actually played football the night he got his first shot and did pretty good. so, you know, it's no different. parents should think of it no different than the seasonal flu

shot. there'll just be two strains, two different types of flu going around this winter. seasonal flu and the swine flu. >> will they also get the regular flu shot, too, in addition to the clinical trial, the h1n1? >> you can want get it at the same time they're going through their trials. the soonest possible time they can get it after the trial, they will. we've been giving it out at our practice the last three weeks at a pretty good rate. those people greting their flu shot like they should. >> i guess i should be asking, maybe i should ask first, you and your wife, have you both been part of the trials, too, or are you poised to get the vaccine? >> i wanted to. unfortunately, for the kids they come up to our practice, university of maryland comes up to our practice to run the trials. for the adult studies you had to drive down to baltimore five separate days and we just couldn't do it. otherwise i would have loved to and would have participated. one of our nurses -- >> jamie, are you plans on getting it or convincing your husband to. >> absolutely.

absolutely will get the swine flu shot. no reservations at all. >> okay. all right. dr. hendi, jamie, josh and sarah, thanks for all of you for participating in our conversation. making us all a little smarter and getting an understanding of what to expect if we so choose to get the vaccine come mid-october when it's available to everybody. despite some scary projections, most americans think the u.s. has a handle on the h1n1 virus. in a new cnn opinion research poll, 59% say the government can stop an h1n1 epidemic. 40% don't agree. 66% plan to get vaccinated, and 32% say they'll skip the shot altogether. cnn.com has a special section devoted to h1n1, included is dr. sanjay gupta's guide for parents on how to deal with a child who has the virus. and how to protect them. go to cnn.com and click on h1n1.

what started as a missing boy case in pennsylvania is being treated like a homicide case now. the body of 4-year-old wyatt smitsky was found saturday in a septic tank near his home. an autopsy was done today, but a coroner says more tests are needed to determine exactly how the boy died. police say they expect to file charges once final results are in. and a young boy who was missing for two years in a child custody case has turned up. illinois police say he has been hiding with his mother in a tiny secret room in his grandmother's house. the boy's mother is charged with felony child abduction and the grandmother is charged with aiding and abetting. authorities don't think the boy or his mother left the house during those two years at all. a look at other top stories now. health care, education, and 9/11

figure prominently in president obama's agenda this week. he'll push health care reform in a joint session of congress on wednesday. tuesday he'll stress the importance of education to the nation's school kids. on friday he'll pay a visit, a special visit, to the pentagon for a 9/11 memorial. saying he's a victim of a vicious smear campaign, white house environmental adviser van jones has resigned. his exit comes after controversies over comments that he made about republicans and a petition he signed suggesting the government may have allowed the 9/11 attacks. at least nine people are dead after a ferry sank in the southern philippines. dozens more are missing. the philippines coast guard transferred more than 900 people to safety on nearby ships. one passenger says he saw pampbts talking to children, to people on lifeboating when the ferry began to sink. this coming friday marks the

eighth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. if it happens again, is the u.s. prepared? how safe are we? we're taking an in-depth look next saturday, september 12th, during the 4:00 p.m. eastern hour of the "cnn newsroom." you can leave a comment on my blog at cnn.com/fredricka. we want to hear from you about what you think the state of u.s. security is. you may look at hand washing a little differently after this. how common liquid soap that may be in your own cub board is helping to to pair the bay bridge.

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crews on the bay bridge have some tough work ahead. take a look at live pictures right now from san francis francisco/oakland bay area as the bridge gets a seismic retrofit. workers are rushing to repair a significant crash in the steel link that helps hold up the eastern span of that bridge. they're trying to get it fixed before the labor day holiday is actually over and people get back to work. so these time lapse photos right

here that were taken as work crews discovered the crash in a steel support bar on the side of the bridge, if you look right there, traffic was halted thursday as repair work got into full swing. a cal tran's spokesman describes that crack. >> the question is how big the crack is. the crack is significant. enough that you could see it from the ground. it's 120 feet in the air. >> so you might be surprised about one of the materials actually being used to get the bay bridge back in working order. engineers are relying on gallons of dove liquid soap. >> reporter: it's perhaps the biggest engineering feat for cal tran. replacing a section of the bay bridge midair that weighs about 7,000 tons. among the million dollar gadgets used, this is one of the major

tools. that's right. dove dish washing soap. a common household product that may be sitting near your kitchen sink. cal transengineers say it's cheap and makes a great lubricant. >> they run on teflon pads instead of wheels. they lubricate it with dish soap. so it's really slippery and slick, so there's no friction and it can move. >> reporter: the soap is being used to lubricate these two rails. less friction means workers have an easier time sliding the old section out and rolling the new section in. cal trans workers say the soap has been working like magic so far. >> there are plenty of dove dish washing soap to go around. >> reporter: why dove and not the other brand? just like you it shopped around. dove gave the agency the best deal. workers say really any soap would do the trick. not only is the soap soft on your hands, but engineers say

it's also gentle on their rail system. >> that was kron reporting. some of the replacement sections that engineers will have to roll into place on the 70-year-old bridge weigh 3,600 tons. parts of busy ventura boulevard under water after a huge water main break in l.a.'s studio city. several homes had to be evacuated as thousands of gallons of gushing water flooded the strip there. it was several feet deep in some stretches. the water flow was stopped in the end after about four hours. the section of the boulevard will be closed for at least a couple of days now. no school on monday for some kids in georgia. we're not just talking about labor day. a growing list of schools where the three rs are taught in just four days. carol, when you replaced casual friday with nordic tuesday, was it really for fun, or to save money on heat? why?

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jay k jacqui and i talk about all kinds of interesting things. what's more interesting than "jaws"? >> it is serious. thankfully, folks are staying out of the water. they're heeding the warning. seeing that big great white, that's convincing enough to me, i'm out. >> yeah. >> it makes us all think about "jaws," that 1970s movie. it's classic. it's great. >> not too far from where this actually is happening. >> you told me that yesterday. i was thinking the new jersey coast. but you were absolutely right. >> martha's vineyard. >> martha's vineyard. i couldn't wait to look up a little bit more after you said that. so the extras in that movie, how much do you think they were paid? >> when was it filmed? '74. >> yeah. how much do you think. >> $65. $65. a lot of folks who were on the beach and the boat house, the

famous boat house where they were talking about how we're going to get this shark and all that. the town said, okay. you can build that boat house. they wanted it there particularly because the water was about 35 feet deep. spielberg and others who were part of the movie, they knew that was shallow enough for the mechanical shark. they said you can build the boat house, but you have to dismantle it when the movie's gone. >> so it's not there anymore. >> right. >> we just hope we don't have real life "jaws." >> you walk around atlanta this weekend and start thinking about other movies like "star wars." why? dragon con. a festival or conference, sci-fi -- >> it's crawling with people. all over the place. >> people are into it. it's serious. not even halloween. they dress up in all sorts of -- >> they're into it. >> but the cool thing? it really is a family affair.

people of all ages who are into it. >> my 5-year-old likes to dress up. >> maybe next year. >> maybe not. it's more than just dressing up, right? it's huge for gaming and sci-fi and fantasy. they've got comics and a lot of authors come to this. >> a lot of fun. especially on the holiday weekend. in is a lot of fun, too. take a look right now. take a look at these nuptials. the bride gets the giggles here. why? >> i've been scared of this all my life. >> it's a good thing everybody had a great sense of humor about it. andrew and his bride melissa, well, he forgot his, you know, apparently he was trying to .