this hour, health care reform and republican pushback, both face the cnn truth squad. a kidnapped afghan journalist is dead. his western colleague rescued. a daring raid condemned by some as a nato double standard. and if you dare brag about your sex life, stay away from the mike. open mike night at the general assembly. a lapse in judgment? surely. a conflict of interest? maybe. a political career in tatters, well, you'd better believe it. hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com pushing forward now on the number one question on health care reform in america. what's next? for president obama, a follow-up to his prime-time speech to

congress, this time to a friendly audience of nurses. >> now's the time to act, and i will not permit reform to be postponed or imperilled by the usual ideological divergence or -- we don't need more partisan distractions. if there are real concerns about any aspect of my plan, let's address them. if there are real differences, let's resolve them. but we have talked this issue to death, year after year, decade after decade, and the time for talk is winding down. the time for bickering has passed. we're not the first generation to take up this cause, but we can, and have, to be the last. well, talk is not winding down on capitol hill, and some of it's about the president's heckler from last night. more about that in just a minute. meanwhile, partisbipartisan going on in the senate, but they want commitments. the president is expected to meet with so-called moderate

senate democrats at the white house. for what it's forth former senator turned vice president, joe biden, said he expects a bill on the president's desk by thanksgiving. brand new figures from the census bureau, 46.3 million americans did not have health insurance in 2008. that is up from 45.7 million in 2007. those are people who went without coverage for the whole year. counting those who had coverage and lot of it would push the totals even higher. now back to the big fallout over two little words from the president's appearance on capitol hill, words not spoken by the president, but by south carolina republican congressman joe wilson. you heard him shout it from the house floor. you see him on the graphic behind me. well, wilson promptly apologized, and as you may have seen live here in the "cnn newsroom," just minutes ago, the president turned the other cheek. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> you accepted joe wilson's apology? >> yes, i did. i'm a big believer that we all

make mistakes. he apologized quickly and without equivocation. and i'm appreciative of that. i do think that, as i said last night, we have to get to the point where we can have a conversation about big, important issues that matter to the american people without vitriol, without name calling, without the assumption of the worst in other people's motives. now, earlier today the congressman talked about his own motives. >> it was spontaneous. it was when he stated, as he did, about not covering illegal aliens, when i knew we had those two amendments. and i say that respectfully. and we need to discuss the issues, and i'm happy to do that. and i'm going to run go vote. >> do you feel that -- >> earlier talk about possible sanctions seems to have fizzled. not so the fortunes of wilson's democratic challenger in next year's election. rob miller has raked in $200,000

in campaign contributions just since wilson's outburst. the question remains -- did the president misstate the facts? why don't we ask josh levs and the cnn truth squad. josh, what did you find out? >> hey there, kyra. it's been interesting to hear the claims going on throughout the day. because what a lot of people are talking about on both sides are documents we link you to at the truth squad at cnn.com/healthcare. the first thing i'm going to tell you is there's no final bill. i can't emphasize that enough. it's so important to under. but what a lot of people are pointing to is the house bill. i'll go to a line in the house bill right now, because i want everyone to see. this is something the president points and many of his supporters. this right here. nothing here shall allow federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the united states. in short, this house bill specifically says you cannot give subsidies, federal subsidies, to illegal immigrants. so, a lot of the president's supporters say, hey, check that out. but what we're hearing from republicans is this report from the congressional research service. i know it looks tiny on your

screen. what they're saying, this is a nonpartisan group. they looked at the bill and said, wait a second, it does not contain any restrictions on noncitizens participating in this exchange whether they are here legally or illegally. this is confusing, which is why we have this for you. take a look at this graphic. there is this thing called the health insurance exchange that people would use to look at different plans and choose one for themselves. well, the congressional research service is saying, the next screen, immigrants, even if they are here illegally, would be able to buy a plan by using that. if they wanted to, they could make that choice. but the trick here, kyra, is that basically there are already millions of illegal immigrants who are buying health insurance. so, this idea that illegal immigrants might be able to buy health insurance through an exchange wouldn't revolutionize the way things are right now. now, one more point on this. because this is really important. what a lot of people are saying is that there aren't strict enough rules in this legislation to determine who is here legally or not. that's what they want. stricter rules.

democrats have rejected some republican ideas for how to make things stricter. that's why you have the debates going on right now. >> there was a republican response. >> yeah. >> did you truth check that? >> yeah, this is interesting. check out this quote from last night from the republican response. >> i read the bill democrats passed through committee in july. it creates 53 new government bureaucracies. >> we -- we wrote that down for you. and i'll show you really simple. the answer right here on the graphic. he said there would be 53 new bureaucracies. we took a look at what the 53 would be. it's not exactly 53 new bureaucra bureaucracies. some would change current programs. one would exist temporarily. one might maybe would exist if some things happen. they are groups that would have ombudsmen and we decided the 53 figure is misleading. let me tell everyone, again, cnn.com/healthcare is your place to go, every time you hear a

claim, plus if you see something you want us to check out on the truth squad. send it to us there, it's easy to comment. and we would love to hear what you're hearing so we can give you the facts. >> thanks, josh. >> you got it. it's coast to coast and it's anti-big government, the t.e.a. party express has arrived in scranton, pennsylvania, but it's not the only express this town. our own ali velshi also in scranton. he's on the cnn express. tell me where you are and what's going on, ali. >> reporter: all right. i'm in the court square in scranton, pennsylvania. you can see the cnn express there. and right behind it, you see the two with us b the two buses of the t.e.a. party bus. over my right shoulder is the demonstration. more than 1,000 people protesting higher taxes and government intervention and cap and trade, environmental legislation and, of course, protesting health care. in fact, the current speaker just said that this health care reform, kyra, is the first step towards socialism and the next step is communism. there are all sorts of things

going back and forth. dale, pass me that flag. there are all sorts of protests going on that sort of demonstrate the kind of feeling around here. i want to just show you this flag that somebody presented to us. it's meant to mean american revolution, two, the second american revolution. there are flags around here that say "don't tread on me." so it's a real -- fairly anti-big government gathering right now that people say we can't afford health care. government has to get out of our lives. they can't run things better than others can. that's basically the tone over there. i've got some people over here who feel that health care has to be reformed now, and that's -- that's pretty much the division lines we're seeing across the country, kyra. >> well, let me ask you. you know, you've been following all the various forums across the country, right, specifically on health care? and we've seen how fiery those have become. how many people have showed up to go at their congressmen or congress women or senator, what's your take on the t.e.a. party movement here? same size, smaller, bigger, growing? what's your sense? >> reporter: this is smaller

than many of the other stops. there's no question about that. by my estimate, maybe 1,000, maybe a few more than 1,000 people. a lot of towns have been much bigger. i think i heard about 10,000 in chicago. so, it's not as big, but they're leading toward this big rally in washington on saturday. and they're hoping to get a lot of steam. now, there are vehicles -- there are a number of them around me -- that vol tfollow the t.e. party express around. they seem to gain some steam. there is a good mass of people. who feel the media in general is not representing their view about being anti-big government all that effectively. kyra, as you know, this is our third week where we've been driving around the country stopping all over the place talking to people and i've had a range of views from anti-big government to fix health care now. we've been talking to people about the economy. so, i think most of america has some opinion on this, but this is not the biggest rally the t.e.a. party express has had in its tour. >> got it. ali velshi, great to see you.

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we're returning to base after a long patrol along the same road that we came down, so any taliban who have been watching us would know that we're going to be using this road, so we have to be very careful. >> reporter: this city now lives in the shadow of the taliban. the taliban control neighborhoods here. in fact, this is a taliban neighborhood. >> it was just a couple tourniquets their really holding all that blood from come pouring out of his legs. that's why they have to take him to the operating room. >> three different cnn correspondents and three different in-depth looks at what's going in afghanistan right now. seven years and some 364 days after the attacks on 9/11, they're still there. the stakes, the risks, as high as they ever were. august, the deadliest month for u.s. troops, american men and women putting their lives on the line, every minute, every hour,

every day. americans like nate dabney, an army combat flight medic. his job? to race against death. here's cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. >> reporter: one hour. that's it. minutes began ticking down when word came that two men, both civilians, about 40 miles from here, were critically wounded. without help, they could bleed out and die. >> if they are an urgent patient, we have timelines where we need to be moving extremely fast. i mean, within minutes. we don't mess around. when that bell rings, we run. and we get out here. we get all geared up, and we take off. >> reporter: right now we're in a medevac black hawk helicopter. it's the fast as i've ever traveled in one of these, 1,200 feet off the ground. we know there are two patients who need help, that's all we know. we don't know how bad off they are. we will triage on the scene. it's what these guys do. i'm with an elite medical dustoff crew. the name goes back to vietnam. it was the radio emergency call

signal to chopper in the combat flight medics. they are a go team. 24/7 they steal moments of time to save lives. >> our job is to get people up and out of here in that seconds. because it's seconds count. >> reporter: for nate dabney and his team, most missions are about rescuing american military. >> they're leaving this gate every day on foot and in vehicles. knowing what's out there. and if they can do that, then i'll do anything to make sure that they get out all right. >> reporter: but today, the call came to save afghan locals. it's a critical part of the u.s. strategy to win the hearts and minds of afghan civilians. we are now into the golden hour. most trauma patients who die of blood loss die within an hour unless we can stabilize them. so, we have 20 minutes to fly. >> go! >> reporter: 20 minutes to get the patient on the chopper. 20 minutes to get the patient to a hospital. it's one golden hour. >> so, when i got in the

aircraft, my mindset is airway, oxygen, stabilization of the chest. fine-tuning this down to the very last second is the most important thing. >> reporter: but with the dustoff teams, the challenge is not just getting to the patients, but about getting out of there safely. >> this is probably the most dangerous place in afghanistan. couldn't see any security out yet. here we are coming into this area, you know, you can see it when we're going. it's six-foot-high cornfields and water and mud everywhere. not very many ways for us to get out of there real quick if we had to. so, i was worried. >> reporter: for so many reasons, that fear is always looming. >> hey! >> reporter: dabney surprised me when he pulled out this picture, these are his three boys. >> i've discussed with my wife. even written a letter for her to read to him -- to them. um, when it comes to that kind of thing, you hope that they're proud of you. one of those things you try not

to think about. >> reporter: it must have been a tough letter to write, though. >> it was. it was a real -- in fact, it probably took me about, you know, being a dad is probably the most privileged and most important job you could ever have no matter what you do. i mean, you know this. and but at the same time showing them what being a man's really about, you know? fighting for your country. sacrificing for your country. things that are more important than, you know, staying home and avoiding this kind of thing. >> reporter: as for today's mission, dabney and his dustoff crew cheated the clock, again. it's now clear the two men they flew in to save will survive their terrible wounds. and nate dabney is expected to be here in afghanistan until the beginning of next year. it can be a very busy job for them, up to nine to ten of those medevac missions in a single day. incredible work. also wanted to give you a quick

update on the boy, malik, that we've been covering all week. it's been a bit of a roller coaster for him over the past couple of days. taking a look at some video there. he had a bit of a fever which can happen after an operation like this, but it really did slow him down for a period of time, which made the next couple of days even more impressive. as you can see, he's walking there. i remember, we were concerned that he might not have any strength on the left side of his body, but he's putting weight on that left leg. able to walk with just a little bit of assistance from his father. we also got a very special report about malik tomorrow, uncovering some details about his story, which we just uncovered and have not yet shared. it's a remarkable stuff. certainly stay tuned for that. back to you. >> incredible stuff. and there's plenty more. all this week san 58, anderson cooper and michael ware are reporting from afghanistan from the battle zone. check out their reports on "ac360," that's tonight at 10:00 eastern, only on cnn. hurricane fred still chugging along in the atlantic,

in a state that really needs the rain is finally getting some, right, chad? >> texas could really use it, and they're getting it today. they had a lot yesterday in san anton antonio. they even had flash flooding. watch out what you ask for, because you go from a category 4 drought all the way to flash flooding in one day. fred a category 2 hurricane, it was a category 3 yesterday. traveling up to the north atlantic. the water gets cold up here, it's close to 80, but still, so cold for a hurricane that it just doesn't matter anymore. this thing will eventually completely die off. there we go, category 2 now. watching it wiggle and wobble around, nowhere to go. by the time it gets up to the colder water, 30 miles per hour. you have to realize that that is still 3,000 miles from miami, so we are not in the least worried about that at all. talking about the showers in texas right there. we'll pan around for you. here's the weather that we're hoping to really get some -- some saturated ground here. we don't want -- any more flash flooding, but move the rain

around a little bit, that will help. i tell you what, though, we'll have stories coming this fall on what crops didn't survive at all in parts of texas, because it has been just one -- not only an agricultural drought but a devastating drought for many of the ranchers as well. scattered showers from arkansas and oklahoma and also up to the northeast. we'll pan you back around here. a few showers for new york city, but for the u.s. open tonight it looks okay. the showers could sneak in later this afternoon and evening for the open. we'll see. all of the tennis activity outside, kyra? >> all right. and what a bummer about our marietta mauler. your own community, we were all behind her 100%. >> i didn't even realize this, she lives about ten houses from me. >> really? >> in a different subdivision, someone told me, well, no, she lives right there. i didn't know. >> you need to stop by there and tell her how well she did and how much we all paid attention to her success. >> we believed. >> yes, we did, just like on her tennis shoes. top stories.

yale police are asking for your help to find a misses grad student who was to be married on sunday. they haven't heard from her since tuesday. annie lee who is in medical school was last seen at her lab. her purse, her cell phone, money, credit cards all left behind. the suspect in the shooting death of an iowa high school football coach is in court today. mark becker is charged with first-degree murder in the june killing of ed thomas. becker once played football for thomas. the question now, is he competent to stand trial? police say days before the shooting, becker led them on a high-speed chase and was arrested and order to a psych ward. well, he was released from custody at some point before that shooting. on the jobless front, some better-than-expected numbers. the new unemployment claims dropped to 550,000 last week and continuing claims fell by almost 160,000, the lowest level since april. more from the "cnn newsroom" straight ahead. whether i'm at the batting cages...

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homeless but not hopeless. a young california woman ended up living in a walmart parking lot after losing her job. but she kept her spirits up and her sense of humor. now her experiences have helped her turn her life around. her story now from cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: most fairy tales start as a nightmare. for 24-year-old brianna carp it began when she lost her job as an executive assistant, and ended up living in this los angeles walmart parking lot. in a trailer she'd inherited from her father, who she barely knew and who had recently

committed suicide. >> i was left with a truck and this camper which i was going to sell, but coincidentally this happened to me. and i was, like, well i have this. >> reporter: brianna had her dog fez. and and an old laptop computer which would prove to be her lifeline. >> being homeless the first night in the walmart parking lot was the scariest and i was panic and afraid. >> reporter: for five months she lived they walmart and used the freewipy at starbucks to look for jobs and sending out resumes. she also started writing a blog. >> i was trying to be cheerful. i started the blog with a tongue-in-cheek way to write about micry chronicles. >> reporter: but matt barnes read it, who asked her to write for his site and he's now

brianna's boyfriend. and then a reality show was looking for someone, and brianna was chosen for an you a dus, but she bombed. >> i laughed about bombing the interview. i laughed about it, i made fun of myself. >> reporter: instead of giving up, brianna decided to take a chance and e-mail carol's advice site. >> i'm living in a walmart marking lot. >> reporter: she asked for a second interview, signing her message -- >> homeless, but not hopeless. >> i thought she's so ready to work. >> reporter: her response to brianna's e-mail appeared in the august edition of "elle" magazine, miss homeless, my dear, you knocked me out with your courage and spirit. she offered brianna an internship and a chance to write a fashion blog for "elle. "with " >> i think she's a new voice and a voice we haven't heard. >> reporter: brianna is now

living in this trailer on a friend's property outside los angeles. she's hoping people will see her story and realize that with a lost job and a little bad luck, just about anyone can end up living in a walmart parking lot. she's also still looking for a full-time job. ted rowlands, cnn, los angeles. some afghans claiming nato treats them like second-class citizens in their own country, and they point to a deadly rescue operation as a prime example. (announcer) what do people notice about you? people notice my devotion to family. people notice my love for animals.

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the fight for afghanistan rages on nearly eight years to the day after the trigger on the fight was pulled. let's talk about a story that's stirring up some controversy right now. it's the rescue of a british journalist from his taliban captors. his afghan colleague was killed in the nato mission and his body was left behind. that has some afghans feeling like second class citizens in their own country. so cnn's atia abawi went to look into it. >> reporter: a group of afghan journalists primarily working for international organizations are condemning the death of

afghan journal iist sultan munm, that saved stephen farrell, they are calling his death inhumane that they did not care about his life as much as the british journalist's life, they are asking for an investigation by the international forces and the afghan government. they are condemning the taliban refusing to report news from the taliban for at least three days. they are actually asking the taliban and other groups not to use the abduction of journalists as a means for political and military purposes. many afghan journalists here feel that they're treated as second class, even though they're the ones who continuously risk their lives on a day-by-day basis. journalists throughout the world, from africa to asia, from iraq to afghanistan, it's the local reporters who are out in the field first. getting the story first. risking their lives. and in the end, it's the international media that gets the most attention when something should happen. and many of these journalists

feel that they are not respected in the same way, and they're demanding that respect here in afghanistan. atia abawi, cnn, kabul. three weeks after the arrest of alleged child kidnapper and rapist, phillip garrido, police have scoured a trio of properties connected to a former business associate. jim molino said phillip garrido did freelance printing for him. and they confiscated videotapes and dvds, all that during their search. police would only say it's part of a larger investigation into garrido. >> they went through everything. they went through my drawers. they went through my garbage, they went through everything personal. >> i don't understand why they came here like that. because there is no link between us and him, other than business and buying his printing products. well, this is the uc berkeley security officer credited with breaking the case in which garrido is accused of holding jaycee dugard captive for 18 years.

officer allie jacobs got a key to the city. friends say her intuition as a mom and a cop really paid off. the wall street swindler bernard madoff. the u.s. secretary of state from massachusetts explained to a potential witness how to dodge questions from the securities and exchange commission. take a listen. >> you know, you don't have to be too brilliant with these guys. because you don't have to be. you are not supposed to have that knowledge and, you know, you wind up saying something had is either wrong or, you know, it's just not something you have to do. >> the 71-year-old madoff is serving a 150-year sentence for bilking billions of dollars from investors. authorities have called it the biggest ponzi scheme ever. today, one of madoff's prized waterfront homes was put up for

sale by the government. the price tag? more than eight million bucks. new numbers on the housing crunch, and as usual, it's a sobering story. realtytrac says the number of homes repossessed by the banks last month was down 12% since july. the number of foreclosure filings over that period fell, too, but by just half a percentage point. california, with lots of adjustable rate mortgages, still leads the nation in total foreclosure filings. florida is number two, michigan, with its struggling economy number -- or is third. one reason that fewer homes are being repossessed, well, the government's assistance program for homeowners is kicking in. since last month, the u.s. treasury department said the banks have sent out 571,000 offers to reduce monthly mortgage payments. that's 19% of the almost 3 million homeowners who are eligible to modify their home loans. in this housing market, buyers definitely have the upper hand, and they know it. people all across the country are haggling and they're getting sellers, rather, to cut their asking prices. but some do better than others.

susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange with more. susan, where do the buyers actually have the most success negotiating right now? >> somewhere very close to you, kyra. it's time for that beachfront condo, perhaps. because more than half of the top 25 cities with the biggest discounts were in florida. this is a survey from zillow.com, a lot of our viewers know it's a real estate website. nationwide, buyers negotiated a 3.3%. in real dollars, that's an average $7,000 off the listing price. and, remember, this is on top of discounts the seller may have already made to just -- to get you to the table. the top cities to haggle? vero beach on the east coast, where buyers negotiated a more than 10% discount. sarasota, on the gulf coast of florida, an 8% discount. atlantic city, or as we folks here in new york city call it, a.c., an 8% discount. so, lots of beach -- beach

communities, which are seeing some very nice discounts, kyra. >> all right. well, where are these places so negotiable compared to other cities? >> well, it's really supply and demand. that's always what drives price in real estate. in this case, let's just talk a lot about supply, because florida has a glut of inventory. this is one of the epicenters of the real estate bubble. so, it's no coincidence as you mentioned that florida has the nation's second highest foreclosure rate. we've been seeing improvements. you talked about that, where we're seeing improvements -- improvements in the nchl foreclosures declining. not true in florida. we've seen them increase, whereas, for instance, we've seen buyers in california paying over the listing price. lots of foreclosures. lots of interested parties. moving down the inventory. but, florida still has a big glut. and would-be buyers are -- are

haggling successfully, kyra. >> we always love to haggle. you and i love to haggle and negotiate. love getting the good deals. >> there are some deals. but, of course, as long as you have money to put a good deposit down, you know, and plan to live in it. this is not speculative investment. this is a roof over your head. >> thanks, susan. >> you're welcome. whispered sex talk is coming across loud and clear at the california capital. we'll take a listen to the x-rated tape that shamed a lawmaker into quitting. uh might want to send your kids out of the room.

the shuttle "discovery" is dodging space junk and thunderstorms on its return trip. it's supposed to land in florida tonight, but, first, nasa says the crew must navigate past floating debris. after that, stormy weather near the landing site could extend the trip by a day or two. president obama's speech last night seems to have helped his cause, at least among americans who actually watched. a cnn/opinion research poll is out. going into the speech, only a bare majority said they supported the president's health care plans. after the speech, the number jumped to 67%. we should note that these numbers only reflect the opinion of the people that watched the speech, and more democrats than republicans tuned in. ellen is the new paula on

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well, if you see a certain guy on a florida street corner, don't give him change. give him a job. i'm talking about dean hamilton. he's really taking a unique approach, shall we say, as he pounds the pavement looking for work. hamilton is a unique kind of

panhandler, if you will, standing on a street corner in a suit with a sign begging for a job. he's our "30 second pitch" today. dean joins me from plantation, florida. dean, good to see you. >> nice to have me. thank you very much for having me. >> well, it's our pleasure. of course, you caught our attention when we saw one of the local affiliates get this video of you out there on the street corner. tell me what happened. what kind of job were you working in? and did you know you were going to get laid off? how did it go down? >> no, i did not know i was going to get laid off. it was pretty much unexpected. i got a notice that in two weeks my position may not be actually available to me, so i decided immediately, the moment i got notice, that i'm going to be almost out of a job, i just drove out. and i would say it had to have been divine intervention. i actually drove straight to the sign store, and i decided to purchase a sign. i didn't know what at first to put on it, and, you know,

moment's notice -- in a moment's notice i was just inspired by, i'm quite sure, by the whole experience to write what i did and that's basically how i got here. >> let's take a look at the video, and let's take a look at you and the sign. and tell me the type of reaction that you got. were people nice? were they mean? did they stop and say, hey, come city me or, you know, can i have a resume? tell me what kind of response you got. >> well, the response, i must say, was overwhelming, and i wanted to thank everyone that responded. a lot of people called, just encouraging words, and also encouraging me just to, you know, keep the faith. i wanted to be a message of hope to those who are unemployed. don't give up, you know. it's something we all sometime have to face. and god forbid, that anyone would have to find himself in this position with a family and, of course, no job, you know. it's very, shall i say, it's eye op opening, to say the least. a reality check sets in, and you start thinking about all the things that possibly could

happen. and for one, it was -- it was -- it was just overwhelming. the response was great. and i got overwhelming. i got a lot of calls. i want to thank everyone that called. >> i hear the phone ringing. you hear the phone ringing? i wonder if it's shsomebody calling you for a job. >> it might be. >> is that your phone? >> it is my phone. >> it's someone saying you look really good on cnn or it might be a job. we'll get right to the "30 second pitch." does that sound good? >> it sounds good. >> look right into the camera. i know you can't see. but look right into the camera and give it to our viewers. we'll start the clock. dean, are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> he's got his sign, too, i love it. i don't know if we can take a wider shot. if the photographer can hear me. great. we'll try to get a wider shot as we start the "30 second pitch." all right, dean, take it away. >> all right. hi, hiring managers, my name is dean hamilton, and i'm interested in any challenging position you have available.

i'm willing to even carry water for oprah if she's available. so, here i go. i'm interested in a career opportunity that really challenges my in any challengin job you have. i have over eight years of experience in customer service. and in my previous position as a customer advocate lead, i enabled supervisors, i would like for anyone who has an opportunity to give me a chance to redeem myself and provide for my family. god bless you, whoever chooses to hire me. >> i love it. hold the sign up a little bit higher. there we go. we have gotten the phone number, we have got you, we have got your e-mail on the bottom of the screen there, and oprah winfrey, if you are listening, dean says he would be happy to carry your water for you, but i'm sure you could do a lot more for oprah, you're a graduate student for goodness sakes, you're a graduate student, you have all kinds of stuff to offer. >> i would be willing at this

point to accept anything that's available that would give me an opportunity to provide for my family. i'm willing to do basically anything right now. i'm open. >> what's that? go ahead. >> i'm wide open to options, even a reality series. >> really? what would be your idea for a reality series? >> basically something like this, helping people to find jobs, going with them on interviews. i have a lot of ideas, i'm waiting for producers to call me. i have a lot of ideas, call me. >> anthony.hamilton detroit 47@gmail.com. >> dean, great to see you. >> thanks very much for the opportunity. you don't want your school kids to hear the president talk about staying in school, but you'll gladly load them on a bus and take them to a stadium to hear the former president speak. isn't that interesting? we'll be looking into that next

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tuesday, president obama challenged america's students to not let themselves or the country down and here's one reason why, the growing stem worker's crisis. stem is short for science, technology engineering and mathematics. quite simply, schools are not graduating the number of highly skilled workers the defense industry needs. that's a reason for all of us to worry. here's chris lawrence. >> reporter: the navy's newest missile is one step closer to being fired in combat. but it takes scientists to build these weapons and the brains behind america's arms are in danger. a new report shows american students have fallen behind other countries in science, high

schoolers rank near the bottom in math, behind astonia, finland and china. >> a lot of other industries just go to india. >> we have a very interesting challenge that's not shared by a bunching of our industry peers. >> reporter: google can grab the best brains from anywhere in the world. that won't fly when you're working on the pentagon's classified projects. so defense contractors need a large pool of american math and science whizzes. >> we're restricted to people's clearances, and those clearances generally have to be in those positions. >> jenny elroz was paid to work for the missiles. >> i had to tell the navy crew,

okay, it's doing this. so i actually had a role. it was exciting. >> reporter: now she's taking what she's learned back to her classes. jenny is one of 20 teachers selected for the program. >> so i saw a lot of you with the right answers. >> reporter: her school is about 90% latino. >> people come in with identities like i don't do math, i can't do it. >> reporter: teachers are in short supply. the secretary of education said it's time to stop paying everyone the same and give more money to teachers like jenny. the national education association opposes paying teachers solely based on what they teach. but with this program, teachers salaries stay the same. >> my internship was at ratheon.

>> reporter: there was some concern that some of these teachers would give upary jobs and take jobs in the defense industry. so they had to agree not to take a job with any of the participating companies for five years. we all know political rhetoric can get pretty heated. but how much does it get down right steamy? california lawmaker, apparently a member of the tmi party is out of a job. tours for you, open mike is best for karaoke night. here's thelma gutierez. >> this is mike duvall, a conservative republican and self-described family values politician, caught in a very embarrassing conversation here in the california state assembly. >> she wears a little eye patch. >> repeatedly boasting about sexual exploits with a married

woman to a fellow committee member before a meeting. >> so i've been getting into spanking her. >> you are. >> yeah, i like it. >> reporter: he was talk about a liaison with a lobbyist who works for a firm lobbying for a utility company. >> so the other day she came in here with her under. thursday, and so we had made love. >> after being removed from two committees, he decided to resign. >> we have such huge issues before the legislature. and to have this become a distraction, he felt his responsibility was to step aside and to resign and to go home. >> duvall had been awarded the ethics in america award by chapman university in 2000. he received a 100% grade from a family values group. and he has been an outspoken foe

of gay marriage. >> what's in mike duvall's career is not the fact that he's unfaithful to his spouse. what killed his political career is that he talked about it in front of an open microphone. >> an episode that closed the door on his service in the california assembly. thelma gutierrez, cnn, los angeles. pushing forward into the next hour, 46.3 million americans roughly equal to the combined populations of california and georgia t census bureau says that's how many people went without health insurance for all of 2008. it's a jump of roughly 600,000 for 2007. and dana came out hours after the president's prime time address before congress. and came up today in follow-up remarks to the american nurse's association. >> one part of the problem is the uninsured. >> not only the povr rate last

year at the highest rate since the early 1990s, but also that the number of uninsured rose in 2008. and we know for more up to date surveys that since the recession intensified last september, the situation's grown worse. over the last 12 months, it's estimated that the ranks of uninsured has swelled by over 6 million people. >> the president laid out his top priorities for reform, included coverage for people who don't have it and no change for people who do have it. who would have predicted the whirlwind by two little words. words the president didn't say. the speaker was a congressman you probably never heard of before last night. listen closely to the president being heckled by south carolina republican joe wilson. >> there are also those who claim that our reform efforts would ensure little legal immigrants.

the reforms i am proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> it's not true. >> wilson promptly put out a paper apology and spoke in person in a calmer voice this morning. >> i last night heard from the leadership that they wanted me to contact the white house and say that my statements were inappropriate. i did. i'm very grateful that the white house in talking with them, they indicated that they appreciated the call and that we needed to have a simple discussion about the health care issues and i certainly agree with that. i will tell you this, that it was spontaneous. it was when he stated as he did about not covering illegal aliens when i knew we had those two amendments and i say that respectfully, and we need to

discuss the issues and i'm happy to do that. >> and just a little later, the president turned the other cheek. >> yes, i do. i'm a big believer that we all make mistakes, he apologized quickly. and without equivocation, and i'm appreciative of that. i do think that, as i said last night, we have to get to the point where we can have a conversation about big important issues that matter to the american people. without vitriol, without name calling, without the assumption of the worst in other people's motives. >> well, if there's an upside here, it's got to be the war chest of wilson's democratic challenger in next year's election. according to the democratic campaign committee, rob miller has already raked in 200,0$200,n

contributions just since his outburst. 2/3 report the president's plan, 53% backed it before the speech. 75% thinks the president will pass the proposals. that audience was more democratic than the country as a whole. think back to monday now and the president's speech to school kids. remember those school districts that refused to show the speech in classrooms, claiming that the content was partisan or otherwise inappropriate? what if those districts have no problem sending districts out of school to hear a speech by former president bush. we get that story now from reporter chris hawes. >> i was just baffled when i learned that. >> it describes a, quote, amazing opportunity. a speech by former president george w. bush, and former first

lady laura bush. in two weeks a select group of 500 to 600 sixth graders will be bussed to hear the speech at cowboys stadium. it's part of an education kickoff that includes players and other speakers. >> so why on earth should they go to the event at cowboy stadium? >> we actually had a field trip that was scheduled several months ago. >> aisd learned of president obama's speech last week. the pastor is not buying it. >> it's such an inconsistency, it's so plblatantly obvious tha there's favoritism and impartiality. >> only wayne obul responded saying, quote, sometimes we go to the zoo, sometimes we go to the aquarium, sometimes we have a unique opportunity we get to go to.

the pastor still says that the students have a right to hear the busses speak. >> my mama told me two wrongs don't make a right. i don't know how you can make a right. >> cn has just received a statement from the arlington school district and here's it's take, it's a little long so bear with me. while president obama's address was not shown live, the decision was made to record the speech so that teachers could utilize it as the structural resource at a time appropriate to the district's curriculum, by tuesday afternoon, teachers could record the speech off the internet. the students will travel to the new dallas cowboy stadium which will be one of the largest education programs in super bowl history. the students will also hear from

legendary dallas cowboys and the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush and laura bush, the honorary chairs for the youth education program. parentses of students in the randomly selected classes must provide written permission to participate in the event as is the practice with any field trip. nearly eight years to the day, the attack that started the war in afghanistan. nato is catching some heat for a rescue mission. an afghan colleague was killed and his body was left behind. and that's leading afghans to feel they are second-class citizens in their own country. a british woman and child were also killed. and last month's presidential elections is still not valid. hamid karzai has 54% of the vote.

he's on the front lines and so are you. now he's going to show us how the state and the rirvsks are a high as they ever were for -- if you don't know what it's like to be a marine in afghanistan, this will be a real eye opener. it's far from home in every way you can imagine. >> control base jaker may not be much to look at, but for the marines of the first battalion, it's become more of a home. >> you may have seen people living overseas on bases that have all the comforts of home. but jaker base is not like that. there's about 15 marines here at any given time. the conditions here are extremely difficult. temperatures here can reach 120 degrees. there's no air conditioning in the tents, no respite from the heat and dust. the marines call this moon dust, it's a fine powder that coats

everything and gets everywhere, from weapons to clothing, even food. there's nothing you can do about it. >> how do you cope with the dust. >> it is what it is. you can't beat it so you just go with it. >> you just give? to it. >> nothing seems to bother the sergeant, he's had to deal with a lot more than just dust. >> reporter: you have been hit with two ieds? >> two, yes. >> reporter: is that lucky or unlucky. >> i think it's lucky. >> burning excrements in the searing heat is the worst job. >> it stinks. >> reporter: do you anger somebody and they assign you? >> no. >> just at the wrong place at the wrong time? >> reporter: around the clock, patrols come in and out, marines move supplies, there's constant movement at jaker. >> there's a new job and that's

it. that's what it's like 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> yes, no burger king. >> reporter: there is food, of course, but it's all prepackaged, males ready to eat. as for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym. for golfers, the whole place is a sand trap. there is no privacy here, no place to simply take a break. >> the bathroom facilities here are primitive to say the least, there are pipes in the ground, which are obviously the pipes are for and then the toilets, there's four of them, they're communal. in the guard tower, tim myers as mitts he often gets frustrated, but being here is a dream come true. >> i have wanted to do it since i was a little kid. >> reporter: do you feel like you're doing something good here. >> yes. >> reporter: despite all the

hardships of life on a small afghan outpest, there's a feeling of brotherhood. >> this place is actually a nice home. >> reporter: anderson cooper, cnn, helmand province, afghanistan. dr. sanjay gupta is also in afghanistan. he's been following the progress of a 4-year-old boy who tried to get away from the fighting and ended up with severe head injuries. >> sanjay, anderson and michael were sent back to put together some remarkable stories from the battle zone. here at home, there are more than two million job openings, it sounds like a lot, but is it? we're going to dig deeper and find out who's hiring. with unbeatable prices on tresemmé tres two hairspray beauty costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. some lunch.

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it. even though there's jobs available, there's not many of them. >> the labor department there was just under 2.5 million openings in july. sounds like a nice, big number, right? when you consider that there are 14.5 million of us out of work and lots of people consider that a low ball number, that means there are at least six people for every job opening and because of that, so many of us are staying put exactly 1% of workers quit their jobs in july, kyra. >> so where can people find these two million jobs. >> we talk about this, i mean this has been a very consistent trend during this recession. education and health care. half a million jobs open in july in those two fields. why is that? amount of us are going for vocational degrees, academic degrees, to reinvent ourselves to make ourselves more

attractive to employers and health care, physical therapists, occupational therapists, child care, registered nurses, what else? computer and math sciences, these are highly specialized, high paying, for instance ibm has been hiring and retraining 4,000 jobs. when you think about it, kyra, when your computer breaks down, can you fix it? i have a very special relationship with our tech support staff and i'm sure that is true all across the country. >> yes. >> those are jobs that are growing. >> well, pay attention to this guy, because he got pretty creative and you might be able to help him out with all your connections. misery definitely loves company. so if you're looking for a job right now, you may have heard of this group. pink slip mixers, it's a way for jobless people to actually socialize and network to find work and these mixers have spread across the country, no surprise there, and guess what? the guy who started it all, edwin is out of work himself. so we have invited him to sell

his skills in our 30-second pitch. he's going to have his own pink slip party right now and we're crossing our fingers for him. edwin joins us live from san francisco. so edwin, can you hear us okay? >> i sure can. >> i wanted to make sure you're plugged in with me. are you sure this is not just an opportunity to find a hot date. there really is a purpose here for work. >> yeah, there's a purpose there for work and i think it's -- our events are a way for people to get to meet people, you know, and just have a lot of fun. because i think it's important for employers to know who you are, aside from what you know. >> tell me what you were doing, what what happened and how you came one this idea. >> well, what i was doing prior is i was a commercial real estate lender, i was a middle market, i financed construction projects between 2 million a$2 $15 million and then the banking

crash started in 2008. and i was let go from the banking industry. >> so there you were, you lost this great job, you were doing really well, tell me how you came up with this mixer idea and how you actually got people who were out of work and, you know, struggling for money to take the time, to, you know, spend money on gas, spend money on whatever it costs to be a part of this, to buy a new outfit, these things are pricey. >> i started because i went to the l.a. economic summit last year in 2008, and they were predicting that there was going to be a recession if not a major recession in 2009. since i heard that, i decided that if banking is going to suffer, if commercial real estate is going to suffer, if commercial lending is going to suffer, i better do something about it. i created pink slip mixers.com for people to have a way to meet other mid to upper level professionals, because let's face it, job fairs are for entry level and i wanted to make this

an experience from where a lot of professionals meet in a social environment. because everybody wants to work with people that they know and like. >> are you ready for your 30-sect pitch? >> i'm ready for my 30-sect pitch. >> my name is edwin and i'm a social media p.r. professional. i think every company needs a way to integrate their website into a comprehensive social media program. i have social proof as evidenced through my pink slip mixers.com concept that was built on community participation. i say website content and blogging is your company's credibility, but your social media is your company's personality that people buy into. if your company needs to share your personality with your community, you need to hire me. what i did for pink slip mixers.com, i can do for you. follow me on twitter, i am at

pink slips, send me an e-mail and hire me right away. >> you got the double bell. you got a few extra seconds, that's already, great job. keep us posted, let us know what happens with, all right, edwin? >> appreciate it. top stories now, police in new haven, connecticut are looking for a missing yale grad student who was to be married on sunday. 24-year-old annie lee hasn't been seen or heard from since she was last spotteded tuesday on campus. friends describe her as conscientious, energetic, excited about her upcoming nuptials. if you have seen her, you're asked to call your local police department. a van was spotted on campus in just the past two weeks. do we have a picture of it? well, we have a picture of the vehicle, all right, it's kind of hard to say look out for a vehicle when we don't have the

picture. two men are actually reported to offer rides to female students suggesting that it's a new free service, that van actually looks exactly like the van there on the usc campus. school officials are saying to watch out for the campus cruiser vans which escorts students by request, there's a big difference between the one that these two men are driving. california police are expanding their probe of phillip garrido, accused of holding jaycee dugard captive for 18 years. dvds from a former business associate of garrido. the police say the search is part of a large investigation into the 58-year-old convicted sex offender. now back in the day, the greeks thought that the ferry man rode you to the after life in a ricketty old boat. how do you think they feel about a 70-year-old pontiac.

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even a tropical storm. here's some showers, they may sneak into new york for the u.s. open today, although they're still more than 100 miles away. and some much-needed rain, we'll take the brain, a major outarea right here. >> meanwhile the university of southern california is on the lookout for a vehicle spotted on campus for the past two weeks. two men inside reportedly offer rides to female students suggesting it's a new free service. school officials say this van looks awfully similar to their campus cruiser vans which escorts students by request. so once again, students at usc need to pay attention to that picture. it's an ad designed to stir up controversy.

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together are creating one heck of a controversy in berlin. >> reporter: yes, this ad campaign certainly is causing a real stir, both here in germany and internationally. before i tell you anymore about why, judge for yourself. let's take a look at what's involved. >> reporter: it's a fairly standard sex scene like you see in the movies. bodies in the throws of passion, sexy stuff until you see who the leading man in this particular love scene is, adolf hitler. the tag line, aids is a mass murder. basically we wanted to give the virus itself a face, and this cannot be a beautiful face. and that's why we hit on adolf hitler, he says. the clip's designed for a jvrn aids lobby group called rainbow to remind people to use protection. it's pegged to the world aides day.

but some other aides awareness groups say the campaign is sensationalist and counter productive. it unconsciously says there are good and guilty murderers who pass the virus on and that's not the case. groups like in are asking rainbow to pull the campaign. the ad agency itself says it never expected this kind of attention. of course we expected some reactions and we have been prepared for this, but not for 40,000 or 50,000 clicks per day. youtube has removed the ad from its site, but rainbow says it's message must be heard, that the ad will save lives. now the group behind this campaign, kyra, say that awareness of aides has fallen even though the illness itself is increasing in scope. there's 28 million people who have already died as a result of this disease.

so it is one of the biggest mass killers in history. on the other side, of course, those people who are aides sufferers and those people who carry hiv but haven't developed full blown aids, this is far too offensive for it to be associated with saddam hussein, hitler or stallen. >> obviously the sight of adolf hitler is not a comfortable thing in that country. and there are laws that for bid nazi symbols in germany. does this fall into that in any way? >> it doesn't, this has not been sensored as such. it's up to individual tv stations to decide whether or not they're going to run it. as you said, there are laws against certain nazi symbols, the swas sticker for example, but this doesn't fall into that category. one of the networks we spoke

with today, rtl had aired a clip of this online campaign on one of their news programs just to see what the reaction was. the reaction was so strongly opposed to running the ad is that they decided to pull it from their sister networks. it's not universal censorship among a government body, but self-censorship by any of the networks that might be airing it. news broadcasts have to get your attention to be effective. but it's also possible to alienate the people you're trying to influence. joining me now with opposite views, kelly mccann, ceo of aids foundation houston. and the ceo of the san francisco aids foundation. kelley, let's start with you. what do you think? >> when i first reviewed this ad, i'll admit, i was shocked

and my jaw dropped. but i was shocked by the power of the message, not because the message was offensive. i thought that while controversial, this was an important way of getting awareness of hiv increased and also a way of really driving home the point that aides is a killer. >> would you want to see it here in the u.s.? >> yes, i would. i know that the sexual images would probably limit the audience here in the united states. but in an era where many americans are experiencing prevention fatigue and they're tuning out hiv messages, i would like to see this aired because this is an ad that certainly gets your attention and gets you talking about this very important topic. >> mark, you know, it's a topic that needs to be talked about, it needs to be addressed. you're the policy guy that worked with barbara boxer that was involved in getting the legislation out there to make a difference. what do you think of this way of exposing hiv/aids and the horrors behind it?

>> this ad is very destructive. the good part is it's provoking, it may get people's attention. what you have to do is you have to help them understand the behaviors that protect themselves. putting aside the hitler image makes people who have hiv into victims or perpetrators, which again is the wrong message, we don't want to say that people who have hiv are mass murderers, it alienates them, it stigmat e stigmatizes hiv further. more over, when we get people's attention, we need to fixture out how to help them protect themselves. we need to tell them that using condoms is an effective school for hiv prevention, and that's not in this message. >> kelly, with your experience, i have to say this is pretty scary to look at. i have to say it made me extremely uncomfortable.

have you seen scare tactics work, when it comes to trying to get people to not have unprotected sex? >> while i won't say necessarily scare tactics, because i don't necessarily qualify this ad as a scare tactic, i think it is a very controversial but a secretive and an innovative way of getting the aids message out. we had 50,000 or more new hiv infections in our country every way. i think it's important to device a variety of messages that will reach all kinds of people. one of the things i like to add, i don't believe that this ad mall lines people living with aids. i don't think this that ad puts people on a par with adovt dolph adolf hitler, it vilifies aids, not the people who have it. and i'm okay. >> we do need to declare war on

aids and the way to do that is not to again turn people into victims by it or to make people who transmit hiv perpetrators. it's to give people solutions about how they protect themselves and respect the dignity of other people. there's no way you can win this war by doing it in a negative fashion. we need to help people with positive messages that help them change their behavior and respect other people who are struggling with this disease. i hear what you're saying, prevention and positive messages and supporting people, totally get it. but tell me what has worked at this point. with such high numbers and such a high death toll, and the spread of hiv/aides, tell me what has worked or what is working right now that you see is making a difference in the way that you're saying that you support. >> what is making a difference is that we know that condoms are highly effective, getting people

to use condoms more frequently, every time they have sex is a proven prevention strategy, getting people tested to understand their hiv status so they can get in treatment if they're positive or engage in reducing risk behavior so they don't transmit hiv to others are very proven ways of reducing risk behavior. and thereby attacking this disease that continues to ravage the united states as was said about 50,000 cases of new hiv infections are occurring here. and we know how to prevent them. >> kelley, is that enough? my feeling is that you're going to support exactly what mark said, but would that in addition to something like what we're seeing in germany be the way to create more conversation, create more awareness, because it's truly been unbelievable the type of attention that these psas have created, even those that created the ads, didn't expect it to go worldwide like it has

and receive the 100,000 hits aday. >> you're absolutely right and i do of course agree with all of those proven prevention strategies, but raising awareness and overcoming the complacency that i think a lot of people have developed because of new effective treatments for hiv, i think many people have developed a very complacent attitude about hiv, so they're using condoms on a regular basis, they're not following through with safer sex practices. anything that will allow us to generate discussion, raise awareness, and sometimes even reach out and grab us and shake us into reality, frankly, we support that. >> well, it definitely grabs our attention. final thought, mark, because we got to go. >> i want to fundamentally disagree that with anything, we should not do anything, we should do the things that have the biggest impact, that does get people's attention and drives them immediately to change their behavior. >> we're definitely talking about it and that's a positive thing. mark and kelly, thanks to both

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wichding down in the debate. last night he said the number of people without health insurance climbed last year to 46.3 million and increas. melanie oudin isn't so much an end, but a true beginning. cnn's larry smith joins me to explain. and it's true, obviously she wanted to take it all the way to the top. i think all of us wanted to see her take it to the top. she's 17, she's an amazing player, she is on her way. >> we see the hard work that all these players put in, whether it be football, tennis, or golf, whatever it is, she spends four hours on the court and then hours after that in workouts. last nights i spent the evening with some of her closest fans at the club where she trains to become almost the best. >> they cheered as if they were

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woznicaki. >> i wanted to win more than anything, losing isn't good enough, but i really think about it and i really have had an incredible two weeks and i should be very proud of myself. >> i love listening to her and her host remarks, and she said it's been an exciting two weeks, i'm not a celebrity, i'm a normal kid and i have to go back now and work harder. she's not satisfied with this and that's the best thinks. >> we got to interview her on ""american morning."" >> it's hard, it's definitely different than what i'm used to. i'm used to just going out and playing tennis. but these two weeks have been more than that, it's been lots of media and different things happening and people knowing who i am now and just a lot of things. but all in all it was good for

me and it was a good learning experience. >> i first met her three weeks ago when we did a story on her that we ran here on cnn, at the time, nobody was there, last night they said don't ask about her boyfriend and don't ask about her work ethic. i said i don't care about number one, but number two i already know. >> you would love to have a 17-year-old that well spoken, that mature, that talented. she's a real gem. we'll be watching her career. straight ahead, another horror that we have been watching. the horse is often called man's closest companion. prepare yourself for this one. i was hoping it was nothing. grandma! what a nice surprise! mom, it's sunday. that's when i knew i couldn't wait. mom's doctor said these were signs of alzheimer's, a type of dementia, and that prescription aricept could help. he said it's the only treatment proven effective... for all stages of alzheimer's.

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about just how much money is being spent by people who influence this bait. that's significant and we're going to be talking about that. but there's something else i'm going to be talking about today. everybody's talking about this joe wilson character and how he said to the president, you lie. that's what he said to the president. people now are apologizing, he's apologizing, but has anyone asked you, well, what was he talking about? and is there a possibility he might be right? they were talking about illegal immigrants and whether illegal immigrants are going to be covered in this plan. we're going to fact check this afternoon. in other words is the president not telling the truth? >> thank you, mr. sanchez. >> it's always an absolute pleasure to be with you. horse owners in south florida dealing with something pretty tough to deal with and it might actually shock you, it's

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yesterday morning. it's got to be one of the most grizzly assignments that our john zarrella has undertaken and i got to warn you, this is a pretty disturbing report. >> the dirt road leads away from the ten-acre pasture where she last saw her horse alive. back here, nobody would have ever seen them. at the end of the road next to a palm tree was where geronimo was found. kathy got the call from her dad. >> he said don't come, because it's not very nice. >> reporter: geronimo had been slaughtered. >> not only was my horse stolen, he was butchered. he was tied up to a palm tree. >> so all these are blood stains? >> yeah. and from up here to down there, but geronimo is the type of horse, that my goodness, if you had an apple in your hand, he was your best friend. >> the meat had been carved from

his bones. >> reporter: this is part of geronimo's mane? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: it's part of a growing black market for horse meat in south florida. richard examines the rains of another slaughtered horse. he's an investigator with the spca. >> i found a puncture wound under the chin, it probably took a while for this horse to die. in most cases, the horses are actually butchered alive. >> police say they have seen cases of horses slaughtered for their meat in the past, but nothing to this level. while police can't confirm a black market economistxists, bue pretty sure these horse killings was motivated by profit. >> the main goal was not the killing of the animal, but their main goal was twaefr activity they were engaged in post mortem. >> reporter: it's illegal in the united states to buy our sell

horse meat, a delicacy in some caribbean and north american nations, horse meat can bring up to $40 a pound. but they're paying a lot more meat that can make them sick. >> these horses see veterinarians on a monthly basis, they're being pumped with all kinlds of drugs, antibiotic, steroids. >> the foal in the next stall was left unharmed. they are professionals in the way the horses are butchers and their remains hidden. ive yvonne roerds can attest to that. >> reporter: 20 horses now have been found, roughly 20 since january. police say what they aren't clear on is whether this is one group or multiple groups that are engaged in this activity. but i can tell you, out of those

scenes and what people tell us s is, it's barbaric what these people are doing and when you see it for yourself, it is barbaric. >> we'll stay on top of the investigation. that does it for us, we'll be back here tomorrow 1:00 to 3:00 eastern time. rick sanchez takes it from here. the illegal immigrant question that caused this congressman to call the president a liar would not ap. y >> would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> joe wilson getting it from both sides, what is the illegal immigrant question? we wonder, what would happen in the house of commons if someone had done the same. never before in the history of the u.s. has so much been spent to influence a debate. it's official. lobbyists, television ads, political