is everyone onboard? we are live on capitol hill this morning. president obama's off-the-record remark calling kanye west a quote, jackass gets picked up. what is and isn't fair for tweeting at work. we begin with a major late-night development in the murder of yale graduate student annie le. police now have a person of interest in custody. 24-year-old raymond clark, technician who worked in the same yale lab building as annie le was taken from his apartment in handcuff last night. police obtained warrants for dna and other evidence to determine if clark is connected to the murder. >> we are also making sure there's not other potential suspect society we are avoiding the issue of tunnel vision and looking at everyone that had access to that building. at this point we looked at about 700 hours worth of video. we interviewed over 150 people.

some interviewed a second time. we have over 150 pieces of evidence seized so far. >> following developments from the yale university campus in new haven, connecticut, this morning. good morning, mary. >> reporter: police described they would be taking saliva, fingernail and hair samples from raymond clark. also at the same time he was taken into police custody, there was a search warrant executed for his apartment in middletown, connecticut. now, investigators are trying to look to see whether any of that evidence, dna evidence, could be matched to the 100 pieces of evidence they say that they have already. and police say by the end of the week, they should be able to determine whether clark is, in fact, linked to this murder or whether he will be cleared. and he was expected to be released if he cooperated. no official word this morning on

his whereabouts. >> mary, what was it that led them to clark in the first place? >> reporter: police really wouldn't elaborate on that but they did say that they have been watching him from the start. because there were questions last night did he try to get away, is that why they had done this at this point. they wouldn't answer any of those questions but said they have been watching him. and in their words, we have been with him since they took this case over. and, you know, hours before this was announced, we know there was police presence at his apartment complex, neighbors told us that the police had been there for more than 24 hours. >> mary snowe in new haven for us this morning. thanks so much. could be good news for the president's plans to overhaul health care. senator max baucus, one of the so-called gang of six lawmakers will roll out his version of a reform bill. the three republicans and three democrats have been hammering out the details now for months and may continue to work on it because the republicans and in

the gang are still not sold on the plan. as we talk about whether or not they are getting closer to any type of agreement what should we be watching for in the next few hours? >> reporter: you may say what do you mean? senator baucus actually put out a plan last week. this is the bill that will go to the senate finance committee that the senate finance committee will pore through line through line and make amendments to and getting details of this at 10:00 a.m. eastern and at noon eastern, senator baucus is expected to unveil formally this plan and noticeably absent, we are expecting other members of the gang of six, other two democrats, other three republicans that he has been talking with, that said, they are still at the bargaining table but they still have some issues that they could be working out really into next week, even as this amendment process and committee goes forward. charles grassley also at the table with this gang of six said, unfortunately, we are

operate under an artificial deadline set by the democratic leadership and the white house. there are still some serious outstanding issues that have yet to be resolved. he went on to say we have been clear from the start that we are willing to stay at the table. the do or die day for whether there's going to be some bipartisanship here, republican and democratic buy-in the finance committee, could go all the way up to the end of this amendment process for the final vote in the senate finance committee. maybe as early as next week. certainly the beat goes on. >> what are the big hang-ups in the bill now for critics on both sides of the aisle? >> reporter: right now everyone is looking to what the senate finance committee is doing. the house, house democrats aren't moving forward because they want to see what comes out of the senate finance committee, seen as the best chance for some sort of bipartisan compromise here. the big hang-up for liberal democrats in the house, of course, there is no public option. this is a plan that includes a nonprofit health cooperative system governed by the patients

it serves. some of the issues that are still being hashed out among the gang of six, for instance, for senator grassley include decreasing the overhaul costs. it is about $880 billion. he would like to see it less than that. there's concern about the federal -- about federal money funding abortions. something senator grassley does not want in there and this group has been working on and concern that federal money could subsidize coverage for illegal immigrants. a flash point this committee is trying to work on and sort of set up a verification process so illegal immigrants can't benefit from this health care overhaul. >> all right. official slap on the wrist for south carolina republican congressman joe wilson for heckling president obama during his health care speech to giant session of congress one week ago today. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie!

>> the two paragraph resolution passed by the colleagues in the house yesterday states wilson's outburst was a breach of decorum and degraded the proceedings. the vote was mostly along party lines and wilson did apologize to the president and the president accepted that apology. former president carter speaking out about the public protests against president obama during an interview with nbc news' brian wilson. carter said racism is behind the comment to president obama and it is something that concerns him. >> overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he's a black man. that he is african-american. i live in the south. i have seen the south come a long way. i have seen the rest of the country share this attitude towards minority groups. particularly african-americans.

that racism still exists. i think the bubble up to the surface because the belief among many white people, not just in the south but around the country, that african-americans are not qualified to lead this great country. >> cart woernt to say he believes president obama will be able to, quote, triumph over the racist attitude that's the basis for today's negative environment. >> we will be talking about that later with political white house correspondent henderson. some say that it is actually -- something that has been under yu underdiscussed. we will get her take on it this morning. new this morning the obama white house is in favor of extending three key provisions of the controversial patriot act. a letter to congress, the administration supports post-9/11 authority to access business records, monitor so-called lone wolf terrorists and conduct roving wiretaps.

all provisions implemented by president bush set to expire at the end of the year. in you swine flu vaccine good to go. the food and drug administration approving the h1n1 vaccine on tuesday. human services secretary sebelius says the first flu shot should be available starting early next month. she says eventually there will be enough vaccine for everyone. children, pregnant women and health care workers will be at the head of the line. things got out of hand at the new yankees stadium last night. a bench-clearing brawl erupted between the yanks and toronto blue jays. the bottom of the eighth inning after two toronto players were already hit by pitches. that's when pitcher carlson threw behind yankee catcher jorge posada. posada glared at the mound and eventually drew a walk. when he came around to score, posada then stuck his elbow out and grazed carlson and that was all it took. the two players charging each other and both benches and bullpens emptied out. carlson ejected from the game. fines and suspensions are likely to follow.

>> they complain what happened at the u.s. open. my goodness. the president calls kanye west a jackass in what was supposed to be an off the record comment. flies around the world of twitter. how much tweet is too much tweet? we will talk about that coming up next. nine minutes after the hour. so, what do you think?

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of the morning. president obama thought his comments about kanye west were off the record. they came during an interview with cnbc. here is what he said. >> the remark was overheard by people at abc who then tweeted about it. so just what is fair game for tweeting while you are at work? regina lewis is aol's consumer adviser and author of "wired for a week" and joins us from dulles, virginia. let's just illuminate for folks at home what the tweet was that

sort of launched a thousand conversations saying, quote, president obama called kanye west a jackass for his outburst at the vmas when taylor swift won. that's presidential. abc news says it was wrong for that tweet to go out. i guess they -- caution here is be careful what you tweet these day. >> yeah. they are saying the threshold to be the same if it was published on abc.com which raised all kinds of questions within the journalism community. it extends beyond that. everybody else at work and that's got a lot of companies scrambling to update their business code of conduct and acceptable use policies around social networking which tweets would fall under. >> i guess, you know, the twitter guidelines, facebook guidelines. "wall street journal" says business and pleasure should not be mixed. folks at ibm are telling their employees to stay away from controversial topics. it is a new twist of business but have to have social networking policies. >> absolutely. it can happen very quickly. you certainly want to know your

company's policy. generally speaking there are two kinds of twitter accounts or social networking profiles. companies sponsored and run by the marketing department or the pr folks versus an individual account. and this is where the lines blur because most people have things that they are talking about that are personal and professional. the second that you coast -- even if it is just in your information area that you work at x-company, odds are now your company is going to say okay, so all of this is fair game because you are representing us. that's why the ibms of the world encourage people to write in first person so that it is clear that it is your point of view and not the company's and if needed, maybe asked this, should i put a disclaim their says anything i post here doesn't necessarily reflect the use of my client. >> sports in particular have -- unique challenges and unique issues to tackle. u.s. tennis association warned athletes during the u.s. open not to tweet about matches, court conditions, injury status, et cetera, saying that could

constitute illegal gambling. >> yeah. every industry has their own nuances. a public company, forward looking thoughts that could spark insider trading? are there patents? proper pie terry information. this goes back to the president's off-the-cuff remarks that are considered off the record, what if i happened to see a bunch of guys in suits in the lobby and started to tweet that wow, they looked happy, i smell a merger? that's the kind of comments just based on what you see. you have to play it out in your head. what you wish for. on the most effective tweets, the ones just like the kanye west words out of the president's mouth are the ones that are controversial and spread very quickly. abc pulled that tweet down. it is too late. it is already out there. >> a challenge for companies always to stay ahead of the new technology. this is exploding as well. might there come a day when they have to monitor people's use of twitter and facebook or maybe restrict it and what about people who do tweet or use facebook during working hours?

what should they keep in mind? >> we, you should keep in mind if the company owns the computer, they may have rules about hey, on work time, that's out bounds. our computer and we are paying you. watch that. people are doing this on their cell phones as well. everybody has a personal cell phone. so we are -- where do you draw the line? also, most companies don't want to forego the potential upsides, most engaged employees are commenting own industry blogs. they like that. that reflects positively on the company. so they just need checks and balances in place so you get the upside without potential downdied. >> regina lewis, great to check in with you this morning. appreciate it. everyone is looking for signs that the recession is over. christina romans will be joining us after the break to talk about what the fed chairman had to say about it. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay in full to avoid interest...with full pay.

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♪ welcome back to "american morning." glad you are with us. we have christine romans with us. she is smiling so that means the recession over. did you tweet that yet?

>> we won't know when the recession is over. they haven't spoken on this yet. but ben bernanke basically saying technically this thing over. earlier in the spring he was talking about the so-called green shoots of economic recovery. he gave his first speech yesterday since being reappointed as fed chief and says technically this is the end of the recession. listen to it in his words. >> technical perspective, the recession is very likely over at this point. it is still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time as many people still find that their job security and their employment status is not what they wish it was. >> from a technical perspective, you know. a lot of things that can happen from a technical perspective and does not feel that way to you. anybody sitting out there without a job and saying well, technically the recession is over but i don't feel like it. you don't have a job. you are right. the stock market, though, for months has been telling us that

what technically ben bernanke is saying may be true. there has been a bull run of 2009. have you stocks yesterday a new high for the move, new high for 2009. think of it, you guys, last fall, seriously financial system collapsing every morning another hit. all of this concern about actually the system that we were living under and there has been a recovery along the way. we were talking about the 529s, for anybody putting away a little bit of money all year, little bit of money all year for a very long term, there has been some bit of a recovery here. we are still all down substantially from where we were at the peak. >> get another 5,000 points on this and we will be happy. >> rally up to the collapse of a lifetime. we feel a little confused. >> number is 59.2%, new normal and what it will feel like for you. ben bernanke said the jobless rate will come back quite slowly. >> that will be the interest rate i will be earning on my savings account after the recovery is complete.

>> how much i'm still down on my personal -- no. 59.2%. this is percent of the working age population with a job. >> that's scary. this is different than saying 9.7% unemployment. >> you will hear that 9.7% unemployment rate. 90% of the population is working. no, it does not mean that. there are -- number -- percentage of the population is not working is too big. people in the military and some in prison and disabled. retire. >> people that choose not to work. >> many of the people that choose not to work want to get back in and there's no opportunity for them to get back in. that gives you 59.2% of the population has a job and that number needs to be higher. >> all right. thanks. still ahead, we are going to be talking more about what former president jimmy carter said that racism is behind much of the animosity against president obama. we are going to be discussing his remarks and also how it relates to a big move in the house on congressman joe wilson.

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♪ welcome back to the most news of the morning. our nation's capital vacation destination for the towering monuments to past presidents. this morning the city is bracing for a new wave of visitors. thanks in part to dan brown who is turning his attention to washington and the secretive free masons in his new book, "the lost symbol." >> there is an unusual building in northwest washington that's

the setting for the opening scene of dan brown's new book. it is had headquarters of the scottish of free miss henri on the southern jurisdiction of the united states. we got a chance to take a look inside. this is the actual room and the ceremonial altar where the startling ritual in the opening scene of dan brown's new book, "the lost symbol," takes place. a secret initiation ceremony inside baileding that free masons of the scottish rite call the house of the temple. in this case, truth is definitely more boring than fiction. >> he has his candidate drinking wine out of a human skull. >> reporter: that doesn't take place here? >> i have never seen it. >> reporter: any wine drinking at all. >> not that i know of. >> reporter: he says this is a formal meeting room where ceremonies do take place but explained free masonry is not a secret sinister society. >> free masonry is simply the world's oldest and largest

fraternity. >> reporter: after all, george washington, the most famous f e freemason was wearing the ceremonial apron when laying the cornerstone of the capitol. the book's arrival was shrouded in some mystery. >> serious stuff. >> reporter: washington's tourism bureau is fully embracing the novel and all the attention. >> right in washington, d.c. >> reporter: even partnering with a publisher to market the book and city with this video. >> discover powerful connections as the d.c. insider. plan your trip to the nation's capit capital. >> reporter: elliott ferguson is president of destination d.c. >> i think the book expose it is readers to a different perspective of washington, d.c.n eighbolse gardens and temple on 16th street. >> reporter: as for the scottish rite, arutro is still reading the novel but says so far no harm no foul. >> if people understand it is a work of fiction everybody will enjoy it. >> reporter: as for tourism,

local trolley company is considering a special tour based on the book. and officials at the masonic temple which gives thousands of visitors a year say they wouldn't be surprised if the number of tourists jumps now that the book is out. >> it is all very fascinating stuff. >> yeah. head to d.c. now and check it out. >> one of the real interesting things -- you can do this on google or if you have it on your computer is if you take a look at the capitol building and if you flip it on its end and you see the way that the streets come out from the capitol building, it forms the compass and square which is the symbol of the freemason. >> see that. >> everybody is going -- got it right here. >> fold a dollar in a certain pattern and way -- >> all sorts of masonic symbols on the dollar as well. it is all there. just about half past the hour now. a yale lab technician in custody this morning in connection with the murder of annie le. rinld clark is not a suspect. just a person of interest at this point. he was taken into custody so police could compare his dna

with evidence from the crime scene. clark and le worked in the same university lab building. new information this morning about the alleged terror plot uncovered here in new york. we first told you about it yesterday. sources tell cnn the targets of the raid were afghan nationals that attended the same mosque. several people were questioned but later released an officials say that no explosive devices were found. first time sources can recall afghans being involved in any alleged plot to attack the united states. this just in. serena williams is sorry. try as she may, williams cannot escape the controversy around her tirade directed towards a line judge. serena says she was in the moment and doesn't really remember the now infamous outburst. williams was fined $10,000 for that. also, separate fine of $500 for racket abuse. serena's apology tour continues this morning and will be our guest at 8:15 eastern. make sure you are around for that. the house formally reprim d

reprimanding joe wilson for saying you lie. that outburst stoked some of the public protests against the president. now former president jimmy carter is saying the majority offing the aingering directed at the president is because he's a black man. listen. >> overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he's a black man. that he's african-american. >> joining me to talk about this is malika henderson. joining us on the phone, leslie sanchez, republican strategist. jimmy carter's statement striking coming from a former president to say that a lot of the animosity is because president obama is a black man. what did you think about those comments made by former president carter? >> well, jimmy carter has some

credibility along this issue. he was the first big official to come out publicly against segregation in the '60s and '70s. he is in many ways saying what a lot of people have been saying, elected officials are average americans, what they have been saying or thinking in saying off the record for a couple of months now. i think that -- in some ways joe wilson censure we saw yesterday was a forum for them to express what they have been thinking and really push back against what they see as in some ways some rhetoric that's based on race, based on some people's inability to become comfortable with barack obama as president. >> you know, alan wilson, congressman joe wilson's son, weighed in on that and he basically called any allegations of racism regarding his father ludicrous. he said there is not a racist bone in my dad's body. tuesday unfortunate people made that jump. people can disagree on issues of

substance but when they make the judgment top race it is lied krus. he is saying in no way, shape or form is his dad a racist. and the fact he screamed "you lied" had nothing to do with race. what do you think of alan wilson's comments? >> i think it goes to the fact that, i mean, you make allegations of racism and they are very difficult to prove. racism or claims that people have racialized thinking. it is a very nebulous idea. even though the idea of race is very pervasive, racism is certainly pervasive as well. it is very difficult to prove. so that's why, for instance, you haven't seen a lot of people say this publicly. and even the -- it is an issue that's coming up for the white house. they pushed back on it and say that people are under a lot of stress, the economy, and really shaken now. and that it isn't necessarily race based. it is part of politics as usual. >> let's bring leslie isn't chaez into the situation. former president carter went on to say, leslie, many white people, not just in the south, but around the country, think an african-american is not

qualified to lead this great country. he called them abominable circumstances and one that great -- grieves me and concern meese deeply. what do you make of the allegations of racism made by jimmy carter? >> with all due respect, this is another example of the president -- you know, expressing solely his own opinion mp i don't think it is reflective of a larger population. and this is -- this is the same we have all of 2008. that there -- hint of racism the president -- we could never have an african-american as a president. he wouldn't be qualified, wouldn't get support from the black community. i think that what -- this president was able to do is bring people together and show this country has moved and n a very significant way beyond that. i think in many ways, this is another type of effort to paint individuals especially individuals from the south and in a way that's not there. and it is not reflective of the political realities of today's

america. >> and i want to ask you about the representative david scott. he is a democrat from georgia and said this racial undercurrent of president obama is something that has been the least discussed aspect of the presidency. he says that, you know, there is a historic event in african-american being elected president and that more -- sort of not really discussing or examining some of the racial issues involved in that. what's your take? >> yeah. i mean, that's with a lot of folks are also saying. essentially there isn't enough discussion about it and if you look back at president obama's campaign for the presidency, he didn't talk about race a lot either. when he did, he got to pushback and made that speech last spring or spring of 2008 about race and jeremiah wright controversy. when he did -- when he discussed race, there was a comment he made about the fact that he wouldn't look like the other presidents on the dollar bills and people thought that he was playing a race card. so i think people do want a -- a lot of people essentially want him to discuss race more.

and in some ways because he isn't, there is this vacuum that created an environment for people to say things that might be based on race. >> will's conservatives who charged that, you know, there's -- if you criticize a president at all, people are going to call you a racist. how do you balance -- disagreeing with policies and not making it appear or at least not stoking which is what some democrats are saying is happening that maybe these comments are not racist but it is stoking underlying racism. how do you balance disagreement with going over the line? >> no. i think to be fair, it is inexcusable. joe's behavior is inexcusable. everybody understands this is -- in the past, it was -- ironic -- very strong sense of respect to the president. and that is what i think americans expect right now especially in an economic

downturn. for there to be reasonable discourse debates and to the extent you see these salacious statements, i think that -- it is open -- it open it is door for that type of criticism. to say that it is -- race oriented is -- is an old tactic. i don't think it is completely fair. and in many cases, it completely dismisses the fact congress is so incredibly unfavorable and seen as -- unpopular right now because they are -- looks like class. >> and -- finally, i want to ask about this, the form to admonish joe wilson. it was basically along party lines. some republicans that voted for it. the bottom line, this is a good conservative argument and one that some independents are making as well as barney frank said aren't there other things to do with the time here? what's the reaction from this formal censure of joe wilson? >> well, i think that barney frank said what a lot of folks are thinking. waste of time, slap on the

wrist. it is essentially meaningless. that there is a lot of work to do for this congress. they need to take up health care. i think that's why you saw it happen so quickly. there wasn't a lot of celebration. pelosi didn't come out and say this is what we need to do. they did it quickly. they are moving on and trying to -- turning to health care. >> i want to thank both of you for your time this morning. thank you for being with us. >> after allowing it to slip through the cracks several times, investigators are digging deeping into what phillip garrido has been up to all of these years. they are out there searching his home again today. the latest on that investigation coming right up. (announcer) time brings new wisdom

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♪ welcome back to the most news of the morning. time to fast forward now through stories that will be making news later today. this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the health care reform bill that from snosh senator baucus makes its public debut. rolling out the red carpet. paparazzi will be there. so-called gang of six have been sweating the details for months. still the three republicans in the gang of six aren't onboard. it is a gang of three at this point. this afternoon at 2:15 eastern, house republicans will call for

increased transparency to accountability to president obama's czars. right now there are about two dozen zars reporting to the obama white house and none of the so-called high-level advisers are subject to congressional approval. at 12:30 eastern, senate committee will hold hearing to discuss an independent review of future plans for human space flight. including a possible return to the moon. a report submitted to congress last week warned that nasa was hugely underfunded and on a, quote, unsustainable trajectory. if you are at nasa you want to be on a sustainable trajectory. that's how you get to where you are going. >> exactly. moon, mars. you need a trajectory working in your favor. this morning police in northern california are going to be back out to search the property of nancy and phillip garrido. they are the two allegedly that kidnapped and held jaycee dugard captive for 18 years. investigators are looking for clues that might linking the garridos to the disappearance of two other young girls during the 1980s. dan simon is following that for

us. >> reporter: when this case first broke late last month, police said they were going to look at nancy and phillip garrido as possible suspects in other crimes, including kidnapping. now police are back out at the house and plan to be here the next several days and looking for evidence that might tie the garridos to pair of kidnappings that occurred 20 years ago in this area a. the first case involving eileen misheloff. the second case, michaela garecht public she was 9 years old when abducted. that case has drawn a lot of attention. jaycee dugard was held captive for about two decades. they say she and michaela garecht look like each other. about the same age when they disappeared. the second thing is this. police say that a composite sketch of the suspect in the garecht case bears a striking resemblance. if you look at them side-by-side they look like each other. i want you to listen to the

mother on michaela garecht who is desperately hoping the search will yield some answers. >> i am hoping that this will lead to a resolution and i'm hoping that it will lead to a positive resolution. i know that if jaycee dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home after 18 years. >> reporter: police say the search will continue for at least the rest of the week. one of the things they are using while doing this search is some ground-penetrating radar equipment to look for anything that may be buried beneath the ground. including bodies. >> we know those two families are looking -- we interviewed the parents on our show a few weeks ago. and they want to know what happened. >> can't imagine what they have been going through for all these years. the investigation continues. dan simon, thanks so much. 44 minutes after the hour. we will be checking out what's going on with some weather across the country. lot of flooding in the south and taste of autumn coming up in the southeast.

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♪ you see the white house with a pew lights on this morning. 46 minutes after 6:00 in d.c. right now 69 degrees. it will go up to 75. keep the umbrella handy. showers in the forecast today. >> see the masonic symbolism p in the white house there.

>> can't stop. >> it is everywhere. rob marciano is at the weather center. checking in on the extreme weather. got some more flooding in texas and northeast about to get a little chilly. >> yes. you guys are going to start to feel like fall. especially northern new england. you will feel a bit after nip in the air. across the south, another day of really soggy weather. area of low pressure not moving. everything is rotating around and precipitation field sex panneding. got into gentleman yeah yesterday. video coming. 20 homes forced to evacuate there. and i was just a nasty, nasty day. especially across northern parts of georgia. where else do d we see a lot rainfall? arkansas especially. record rain in texarkana. 4.84. little rock, arkansas, four inches. greenwood, mississippi, and monroe, louisiana, soing a bunch of rain. we will look for this to con throughout the day. especially across parts of southern arkansases that's where most of the rain will fall. flash flood warnings.

here is the forecast the next 48 hours. brightolors in the maps. if you are doing travel today, atlanta, dallas, memphis will see rain. especially atlanta. new york city metro, couple of scattered showers. again, i think that the bigger story will be how chilly temperatures will get. 60s today. new york, 60 degrees. boston, 60. could dip down to 30. >> rob, thanks so much. from movies and music to television shows, just about everything is on demand these days. could books be next? >> wore mott talking about e-books you can download to your amazon kindle. we are talking about physical books you can hold in your hands. becky anderson has more on this week's "edge of discovery." >> reporter: the book shop in london recently added over 400,000 titles. they didn't need to add more shelves. just this.

it is called the espresso book machine. you won't find a latte but you can find rare titles. it only takes about five minutes for the espresso to print, cut, and bind a book. >> amazing. what an amazing thing. >> reporter: out of print books cost $15 plus three cents per page. it can also print unpublished works giving writers a chance to see their own name on the cover. >> this machine, oh, how wonderful. wonder machine. new authors. i must go straight there. i rushed down here and there it was. i immediately thought how fantastic. >> reporter: he will soon have a catalog of over 1 million titles. it might be a while before it comes to a bookstore near you. there are only 22 machines like this one in the world. becky anderson, cnn, london. >> interesting machine. if it proves popular, some -- many other -- if your

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from kanye west, another apology for ruining taylor swift's night at the music video awards. this time a personal apology to taylor. caany reached out to the singer after she appeared on "the view" yesterday to describe what happened sunday night. >> well, i think my overall thought process was something like -- wow, i can't believe i won. this is awesome. don't trip and fall. i'm going to get to thank the fans. this is so cool. oh, kanye west is here. cool haircut. kanye west is here. cool haircut. what are you doing? and then ouch. and then i guess i'm not going get to thank the fans.

>> surreal. where's the mike? okay. as we know, alls well that ends well. beyonce, class act, let her go ahead and give her thanks to the fans anyway. she handled it in stride. she is 19 years old. >> i think kanye is doing an introspective moment now. figuring out where he wants to go with his life. taylor swift, meanwhile, continues to do this. speaking of speaking out, president bush's former speechwriter, matt latimer, has a new book coming out. a tell-all. has interesting, shall we say, behind the scenes looks at the president's thinking and we will be talking about that coming up next. stay with us. this you don't want to miss. >> weighs in on sarah palin and hillary clinton. >> certain part of hillary clinton's anatomy to be specific. 55 minutes after the hour.

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♪ why can't we be friends welcome back to the most news of the morning. 57 minutes past the hour. there's another tell-all about the last white house that's about to hit book shelves. it is called "speechless." it is by president bush's former speechwriter matt latimer. in it he claims the former commander in chief was plain spoken and blunt about last year's presidential candidates say being hillary clinton, quote, wait until her fat keyeser is sitting at this desk. but he says that the former president didn't exactly say keister. good morning. this book is getting a lot of brushback from former top bush aides we corresponded with. they say the president described in this book is not the man they know. >> given braefing -- >> reporter: new portrayals of a president taking his plain-spoken vernacular to personal levels. matt latimer, speechwriter for george w. bush the last two years of his presidency, writes mr. bush made disparaging

comments about several major political figures at the time. excerpts from the book "speech-less" are posted. when barack obama gave a blistering speech against his administration bush fumed this is a dangerous world and this cap isn't remotely qualified to handle it. this guy has no clue, i promise you. another quote, if b.s. were currency joe biden would be a billionaire. we tried several times for a response from the president's and vice president's press offices and got none. no one at president bush's ochs responded to our repeated calls and e-mail. ed gillespie, former counsel for president bush, one of matt latimer's bosses, tells us latimer's recollections don't ring true to him. >> it is possible he was at meetings that i wasn't in. i don't recall that. president bush has been nothing but gracious towards president obama and vice president biden. >> reporter: latimer says president bush was not too

impressed with the republican ticket earth. after sarah palin was tap ad as john mccain's running mate, "i'm trying to remember if i ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. what is she, the governor of guam? >> the notion he didn't know who sarah palin was, i can tell you flat out is just not the case. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by former bush aide jason who was loaned out to the campaign. latimer was not a significant figure at the white house. quote, you would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a lineup. we tried to get reaction to that from matt latimer's representative and didn't respond to directly to those comments. instead pointed to us general praise of the book by various pundits. we were told matt latimer can would not do any interviews until his book was released next week. >> have you that and then president obama off the record saying kanye west was a jackass. can you as president ever say anything anymore off the cuff without people -- >> not when there's so much

money to be made in the world of publishing. the pattern is always the same. former administration insider writes a tell-all book and says all these things and all of the people that were in the inner circle say i don't remember that. that person is crazy. why would you listen to them? >> exactly. >> they still sell a lot of books. it is the washington gig, i guess. >> that and picking out the symbols of freemasons. dan brown's new book is out. at the top of the hour. welcome. it is wednesday, september 16th. >> good morning. thank for being with us. here are the stories we will be breaking down for thank you next 15 minutes. new information this morning on the man in custody in the case of murdered yale grad student who was found hidden in a wall on her wedding day. we are awaiting dna tests from the person of interest. raymond clark. we are going to go live to new haven for the latest on that. former president carter saying race played a role in the "you lie" outburst during president obama's speech last week. carter said he thinks quoted overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity

towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. today we will give you a chance to weigh in on that explosive charge. swine flu vaccine gets the green light. the food and drug administration just approved two versions that should be available next month. one a shot and one a nasal spray. is it safe for expect tan moms? elizabeth cohen is with one of the first pregnant women to get the shot this morning. she will be bringing that story to us in just a little while. major development this morning in the murder investigation of a yale grad student annie le. police are calling this man that you see here, raymond clark, lab tech at the university, a person of interest. and he is being forced to give dna samples to investigators. le's body was found stuffed inside of a wall panel on sunday, the day she was supposed to be married. according to the new haven police chief, they had their eye on this co-worker of annie's all along. >> we know -- knew where he was at all along.

he was where we expected him to be when we served the search warrant. we have been with him since we took this over. we have always known where he's at. we have always known. >> our mary snowe is live in new haven with new information in the man taken into custody. what do we know to this point? >> reporter: well, john, good morning. we saw raymond clark being led out of his home in middletown, connecticut and handcuffed. as police issued a search warrant on his apartment and also police offered a search warrant on him essentially to take that dna evidence. evidence that was taken from saliva and hair. the police are going to take the samples and see if they match any of the evidence, 150 pieces of evidence they say they seized so far in this case. police say by the end of this week, nell know whether he will be arrested or he will be exonerated. they are stressing that he is a person of interest at this

point. lab technician who works at yale. 24 years old. and he had access to the building where annie le's body was found on sunday. and we do know, john, there has been police presence at his apartment complex. police have said that they have known his whereabouts since they took over this homicide investigation late sunday. and at that apartment, neighbors say that the police have been there for more than a day keeping is yokeep ing surveillance. it is believed he lives with his girl friend and a person by the same name is listed in the yale directory as lab technician. now, police are also stressing that they are looking at everyone else and don't want to have tunnel vision in case there are other potential suspects out there. and that they say they have been going over some 700 hours of surveillance video to take a look at anyone that had access to that lab.

police say that he will be released and cooperate. we are waiting official word to see his whereabouts at this time. john? >> mary snowe for us covering the case in new haven, connecticut. thanks so much. with more insight on what police are doing to crack the case we are going to be having don clark, former fib agent, coming up with expert analysis of how they will catch her killer. >> on capitol hill, congressman joe wilson has been officially reprimanded by lawmakers in the house for yelling "you lie" to president obama. resolution passed among most party lines. this is the first time the chamber has ever disciplined a lawmaker like this for shouting at the president. wilson did not apologize like house democrats wanted and said the vote was just a waste of time. here is a listen. >> political game playing. that's what the president says shouldn't occur. but they proceeded with the game playing. i believe, as i stated, that i

apologized immediately to the president. he has been very gracious to accept the apology. the vice president accepted the apology. president on sunday night during "60 minutes" again accepted the apology. but now it truly is time to work on health insurance reform. >> he got the most mild form of censure saying it was just an inappropriate -- >> very mild rebuke. >> inappropriate outburst. mostly along party lines. but interestingly enough, one person weighing in on this whole situation, former president jimmy carter speaking out on wilson's outburst saying it is another sign that racism is playing another role. here is what he said at. >> the same respect as if he

were white. this has permeated publicly ever since i have been involved in the 1960s. in our country, it is different. the president is not only head of government. no matter who he is, no matter if you disagree with the politics, you ought to treat him with respect. fell so bad. overwhelming majority of democrats and republicans. >> president carter also added another example. he said protesters that compare him to hitler. some of you are pretty delighted over whether race is a factor in the protests against the president. check this out.

>> these people hollering racism on these tea parties are so -- it has nothing to do with race. >> the tea parties are being -- being held around the country are festering a deep racial divide. how many blacks are among those tea partiers, one or two? >> what do you think? is race in play here? leave your comment on our blog. cnn.com/amfix. new this morning, senator baucus, leader of the bipartisan moderates, known as the gang of six, set to unveil his version of the health care plan this morning. three republicans and three democrats in the group have been hammering out details for months. the republican negotiators reportedly still are not happy with some parts of the bill. and not ready to sign on to it yet. >> second day of vice president joe biden's unannounced visit to iraq. meeting with iraqi officials in baghdad. as he put it, he is there to listen. pool reporter traveling with

biden said a mortar hit the green zone while he was there. they were told to take cover. the vice president is okay. this is biden's third visit to the country this year. arlington, texas, students who weren't shown president obama's back-to-school address now can't go see former president bush speak either. 500 fifth graders were supposed to see former bush speak at the new cowboys stadium. but the district canceled that field trip after a community leader criticized what he called a double standard. forget roger federer lost in an upset in the u.s. open men's final, dominating headline from the grand slam tournament was and still is that profani profanity-laced outburst by serena williams. williams says she was in the moment and doesn't even really remember what happened. now that she apologized she wants to move on. >> serena williams will be here next hour to talk about this and her new book which we have here. "on the line." it is a book about her life story. her memoir from growing up in

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more on our enveloping story as authorities are trying to crack the yale murder case. they could be a step closer to finding out who killed annie le this morning. police searched the home of 24-year-old raymond clark. they are also searching clark himself under what was called a body warrant in order to test his dna. joining me live this morning to discuss the late nest the yale murder investigation is con clark, former agent in charge of the fbi's new york division. criminal division in new york. thanks for being with us this morning, don. they say this is a yale university lab technician, this gentleman. they say he is a person of interest in this case, not a suspect. yet, we saw him led away in handcuffs. you see the video this morning. what may be going on right now

as they try to get more information in this case? >> well, they can probably call it a person of interest. whatever they want to call it. i like to call it a suspect. lead somebody away in handcuffs and they are probably a suspect. what they will do mao is going to take -- scrape hands and do everything they can to get as much so they can do dna testing and compare it to whatever they may have found on the body at the scene. >> it is very interesting. they have a lot of evidence, i guess, at their fingertips now. they talk about reviewing 700 hours of surveillance video from that building. they say that they have gone over 150ing and collected 150 pieces of evidence, interviewed more than 150 people. some of them twice. it sounds like they really -- you know, pulled out all stops, trying on get to this. here we have this one person, raymond clark, so is he going to be released then again? if he's not under arrest, they are not -- not technically calling him a suspect but processing some dna.

>> well, i -- i would think that they may be very close to being able to put the handcuffs on him and calling it an areceive situation and call him the suspect in this case. like you say, they have gone lou a lot of information. i think they have done a terrific job in a short period of time of really boil thing down. with all of the technology and everything, i think it is going to be unlikely that we are going to see this person walk away. >> you know, the coroner ruled her death a homicide. the state's attorney in new haven asked the medical examiner's office who -- i guess they had a cause of death. they asked them not to release those autopsy findings. the quote is because they want to make sure they can facilitate their investigation. medical examiner as office did comply with that. what's that tell you, if anything about what they are trying to figure out right now in this investigation? >> well, i think that they probably have some very, very good leads. obviously, they did to be able to pick up this suspect, this person that i'm going to call a suspect tip. so i think they have very, very good leads. i think good police -- there are

sometimes things you can't let get out prematurely. you have to hold close to the vest to put your case together. i suspect right now that the reason that they are holding something close is that they may be very close to solve thing particular mystery and they don't want to get it out prematurely and cause damages. >> much was made over a quote from the police chief when he said they want to make sure there aren't any other suspects. they said clark was not a suspect, technically a person of interest. what about the possibility that maybe other people were involved? why would he use that language? >> well, i think that's a catch-all phrase there. we are going to make sure we weed through everything. that's good police work. you do want to make sure there wasn't an accomplice there. if there was, you want to be able to identify that person and bring that person into the fold as well. >> meanwhile, what's it say

about security, if anything sne? there's a lot of students on the campus and zunstudents that go there that are scared. this was a highly secure, at least supposed to be, facility. you needed cards to get in. we are looking at the pictures of the lab. lot of jitters after this situation happened. >> well, you know, it is like -- if someone breaks into your home, you know. you can't say well, i don't know want go back there again because it is not secure. i mean, you cannot be 100% secure at all times. there's always some little object that you can get in or get out of. so i think that the bill in this -- sxur. will they look around and see if they need to tweak something else -- try to make sure nothing else like this happens again, i would think so. they will tidy up the loose ends. >> don clark, former fbi special agent in charge in new york.

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welcome back. a developing story now. the swine flu vaccine getting fda approval. >> it should be available for everyone next month. clinical trials already under way for pregnant women who are high on the priority list. why would a woman expect agbai by step up and volunteer to get a shot like this? senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen takes a look. >> reporter: would you volunteer to be a guinea pig to be one of the first people ever to receive the h1n1 flu vaccine? yesterday i spent the day with a

pregnant woman who was one of the first to sign up. amy wolf is off on a historic medical mission. she's about to become one of the very first pregnant women ever to receive the new h1n1 flu vaccine. >> my first gut reaction was oh, no, what's she up to now? >> reporter: amy's husband isn't the only one that has reservations about the experimental vaccine. eight months into her pregnancy, amy's not 100% sure either. but still she makes her way to the study at vanderbilt university. >> arm pain, tenderness, fever, feeling achy. >> going through the waivers and all the medical things you have to sign, you almost feel like you are signing your life away. i will say that makes me nervous. not just me. you know, i have a baby. >> reporter: amy, that works at vanderbilt, signs the forms and gets the h1n1 shot. so why did she do it? >> all of a sudden we are in the middle of babies "r" us, you are not doing it because you may get

paid for it. i go i don't know if i'm getting paid for it. >> reporter: she says the $300 she received for joining the study isn't why she did it. she wanted to get the shot because she is scared of swine flu. and what really clinched her decision, on monday, she found out her neighbor's son got h1n1 and now he is in the hospital. >> it terrified me. i was scared to death. i mean, pregnancy hormones and all, i just started to cry. >> reporter: amy wants to protect herself and her unborn baby. amy just got her h1n1 vaccine. will that vaccine protect her child from h1n1 once he is born? >> what we are wanting to do is vaccinate women early enough in their pregnancies so they can give the antibody to their unborn child. >> reporter: in the end amy got the swine flu vaccine for both of them. >> i hope it is the right thing to do. i will never forgive myself if it isn't. but i think it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the swine flu vaccine is expected to be

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♪ tell me lies ♪ tell me sweet little lies most news of the morning. 25 minutes past the hour. imagine you went to school for years. your only goal was to try to break into the world of finance. then it happens you get an interview and land a job of your dreams. and your company goes bust. markets across the globe tank. you are the bad guy to everybody out there on main street. christine romans. >> some of these kids really just worked, worked, worked to get this type of job on wall stre street. boom, some of the youngest workers at the banks gone bust. what did they do when they worked their whole life for a job in finance? barely get there and see wall street go into a spin. meet these three recovering wall streeters. mimi connery traded pinstripes for black leather.

yavi went green. ryan stroker looked on the sunny side. it has been quite a year for these fired wall streeters. >> grateful for the experience i had. mott for bankruptcy. mark i going under and lost jobs. but for the business background. >> reporter: new gig for this former investment banking analyst at lehman brothers, she is on tour with the rock band third eye blond. running the lead singer's foundation. >> going on tour with the band is quite an experience. not that different from very many banking in terms of hours. >> reporter: avi once spent long hours and now felt lost when it crumbled. >> i immediately started yaulg my friends. >> reporter: he sees green as a modern day gold rush. he started a company to sell the tools, training and education to

help people get these jobs. ryan, former merrill lynch subprime mortgage trader, recently launched a new line of sunglasses with his girlfriend. >> for people who had talked about doing for something so long. you quick lynn find those to answer that. >> reporter: these three all took advantage. taking what they learned on wall street, a place they never thought they would leave. >> kind sleep for a week. i was very excited. it was may dream, my goal. >> reporter: hard work and the lure of big money. >> the guy who was 27 sat next to me and from bear stearns, made $750,000. >> reporter: wall street blew up before these three could get that far. what have they learned? >> when you go to work, you should actually be passionate about what you are doing and that's not just the day-to-day

task. i think it is important to take a step back and see what you are contributing to the world. >> reporter: what would gordon be doing? >> selling blue -- >> ryan recently took a new job on wall street. two of those are doing their own thing. one has gone back to wall street. i asked they will, look, think about your friends and people you used to work with at merrill or bear stearns or lehman brothers, what are they doing now? most have new jobs. they say they know a few people looking for something on wall street. most of them have been absorbed. started something new and taking their skills and moving on to something else. >> they are all high achievers. they were able to sort of pivot and move on. >> drive, drive, driving that they were -- you know, got them the jobs i on wall street, taken to something else. you are going have a bad reputation. you can't go around with a

t-shirt with i used to trade for lehman brothers. no, i don't advertise i was trading subprime mortgages. they were on the bottom of the ladder trying on do their job every day and blew up in front of them like it did everybody el el else. that's the myth. everybody missouri one guy like that and that's what keeps you going at that job. you see one guy get a bonus like had a and that's why people stick around. >> like this guy at citigroup. $100 million. >> wow. that's a lot of money. >> six numbers. good piece. thank you. you can read more about christine's story and rest of the banks gone bust series. cnn.com/amfix. we are coming up to the half hour mao and check of the top stories. police have a yale university employee, lab technician in custody this morning. connection with the killing of yale grad student annie le. authorities will not say whether 24-year-old raymond clark is a suspect. instead they are calling him a person of interest.

mary snowe reports that police are taking clark's saliva and fingernail samples, hair samples for dna testing. take a look at this. incredible video of an out-of-control bus in flames speeding across a bridge in southeastern china. china's state run media says it happened sunday. luckily no one was on the bus at the time. the report says after the bus caught fire, the driver pulled over and got everyone off and that's when the bus took off on its own. that's something you don't see every day. >> amazing. the company that started video rental revolution blockbuster falling victim to technology the company says it is closing as many as 960 stores by the end of next year. more and more block busters' proves are being eaten away by online company like netflix, video on demand from cable and satellite companies. fed chief bernanke says the recession is very likely over. but he admitteds there's still a tough road ahead. there's still sites and towns across the country where it is hard to breathe a sigh of

relief. one city hit the hardest in the recession is lansing, michigan. for months we have been checking in with lansing's mayor and keeping tabs on how people there are doing. the marriage is back with us again. mr. mayor, it is great to see you. what do you think? when ben bernanke, fed chairman, says the recession is likely over, are you seeing sinsz of recovery in lansing? >> some signs -- look, i hope he is right. and gm certainly is doing well. as they -- as they right size. we have been fortunate to be adding shifts and work. but we are working to diversify our economy. look, there's a long way to go. president obama is to be credited with doing a lot, saving the auto industry, tackling health care. reregulateding wall street which needs to happen. needs to be commended on all those fronts. i would say it is premature at this point to say the recession is over. it ain't over for a lot of our people. it is not over for working people. it may be over for wall street. but i will tell you, there's still a major disconnect between wall street and main street. even in the banking crisis. the way that was handled. the banks at the top have seen

relief. our community banks aren't feeling the relief. what they are feeling is clamping down on credit. we can't get financing for a lot of great projects. they still can't get financing done. it seems like we have been sort of red lined here in michigan and other working areas. you know, heartland of this country, industrial heartland. >> the auto industry is such a huge part of your economy. you have 6,000 people now working for general motors. down from a high of 30,000. so you have got 24,000 jobs there that have been eliminated. at least temporarily and i expect, too, many of those jobs are never going to come back. >> there's no question about that. look, some of that happened over time. some of this was the shift to robotics. we have great plans plants, making better cars than ever before. people are being retrained for what we hope will be the future economy, the green jobs, green energy revolution that's taking place. we want to be a part in that. we are working to try to make that happen. ing the fact is that there is still a lot of work to do. there's a lot of people hurting. i talked before with you, john.

we have to put the "p" back in gdp, gross domestic product. we need to get people working again. a lot of people are not feeling the effects of the recovery. >> do you have any faith that this new manufacturing czar is going to be able to spur more manufacturing in this country? we have talked in the past, mr. mayor, about the hollowing out of the american manufacturing base. >> absolutely. look, that's a very hopeful sign, john. ing the fact that the president understands the important answer of manufacturing because up until this point we kept hearing from folks, you know, democrat, republican, you name it, saying manufacturing is over. this is a thing of the past. if we give up on manufacturing we are giving up on being a first rate economy. advanced manufacture sing where it is at. most productive people in the world in places like lansing, michigan. they can make the green products and whatever products. they can do it and do it very well. so i'm delighted that the president did this. ed montgomery, it is going to be a great thing to have somebody really looking -- ron bloom looking out after manufacturing. we need do that. we need to cultivate

manufacturing p t way other countries do. look out for american workers the way other countries look out after their workers. that means looking at free trade and let's not forget the president is standing up to china and he just stood up on tissue of tires being dumped in this country. so we have the hope we are going to be looking at fair trade as opposed to free trade. the president is to be commended for doing that. >> looking into trade war with china. mr. mayor, between this time and last time we talked to you the whole cash for clunkers program took place. real boom for dealers. general motors sales were up 30%. some people have come back to work in lansing as a result of that. are you seeing any further ripple effects? is that something you can build on? is that just going to be a temporary bum in the economy. >> john, i have to share with you a woman from south lansing just told me last night, she said she walked by the dealerships. she walked by a hyundai dealership and chevy dealership and saw a lot more clunkers sitting in the back of the

hyundai dealership. she is right on. the mrn citizens are smart. they want to mo why are we subsidizing the purchase of foreign vehicles? they said why wasn't it just american vehicles subsid sized with this? why would we promote people buying foreign vehicles? see, they get it. the american people are sharp. so we have to look out for american workers. look, this business about a trade war, the president is to be commended. why is it every time an american politician stands up for american workers, it is protectionist or trade war. you about other countries do it all the time. our economy tors do it all the time. you can't go do business in china without having a partner that owns 50% to 51% of the business. why is it the double standard? we have to get rid of the double standard. we have to not be shamed of standing up for american workers. look, we go to war. we have to level the playing field. we need fair trade, not free trade. democrats and republicans, ross perot stood for this. dick gephardt stood for this. we need fair trade that works

for american people. >> that's a point on which you get an awful lot of agreement from people across the country. mr. mayor, it is great to see you again. thanks for dropping by this morning. see you again soon. speaking of agreement, on partisan lines that the congress voted to censure joe wilson after he screamed "you lied." was this a waste of time? joe johns keeping him honest. when this school district added aflac to complement

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welcome back to the most news in the morning. the fallout from the you burst by republican joe wilson continues. the house passed a resolution criticizing him for heckling the president. our joe johns is looking at what might be the real question, what's the point?

>> the house vote on joe wilson was supposed to be about upholding the dignity of the institution of the house of representatives. even shesome democrats are wondering whether it would have been better just to drop the whole thing. what are they doing? what's going on here? the complex health care debate, afghanistan, and the economy all ramped up to a fever pitch and yet, what are they focused on on the floor of the house? >> what's at issue here is of importance to this house and to our country. >> reporter: that's right. today they debated whether they should approve the mildest possible rebuke of south carolina republican joe wilson. he is the guy that launched out of obscurity with the two words he shouted at president obama -- "you lie." >> that's not true. >> reporter: you know what happened incomes. under pressure from his own republican leaders, wilson apologized. then created a campaign video making about to be a

truth-telling crusader that brought in $1.5 million in contributions from people who support him and presumably what he said. to be fair, his democratic opponent also raised about that much. >> which brings us to today. and your tax dollars at work. the bold debate over whether wilson should be punished. congressional democrats called for a so-called privileged resolution of disapproval. even though some democrats admit that right now the congress has more than enough on his place. don't you think the resolution is waste of time? don't you have more important things to do? >> that's like they don't -- call me. hey, what do you think? i say let them -- already made an incredible -- embarrassed himself. he embarrassed the congress of the united states. i think the nation. this outburst. and i -- i would just walkway. that's my own personal opinion. i would walk away. we have important things to do. >> reporter: congress voted to punish joe wilson.

here is the deal on the resolution of disapproval. only three dozen members of the house have ever been sanctioned by a vote of the whole house and this is the first time for yelling at the president. but it is tote -- no fine, no expulsion. your office is right next to wilson's. >> that's right. yes, it is. >> reporter: how is that working for you? >> a lot of cameras standing out there. >> reporter: some democrats welcome this because their fund-raising went up but perhaps more importantly, it rallied their base. >> there you go. how things are done in washington. >> love joe. so your office is right next door. what do you think? >> how is that working out for you? tell us what you think about the whole "you lie" saga. admonishing representative wilson a waste of time or something important to do? go to cnn.com/amfix.

we would like to hear what you think.

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good morning. shot of central park this morning. the reservoir there. you can see the ball field. partly cloudy. 65. it is not getting much warmer today. going up to a high of 66. a few showers today. cooler. so, boy, shoring in autumn already. >> little early, don't you think? considering we didn't get summer until the later part of july. rumble in the bronx last night. both benchs cleared as the yankees took on the blue jays. started when two toronto players were beaned with pitches. jessie carlson threw a pitch behind posada. later that inning, posada bumped carlson while crossing home plate and that's all it took. both players were ejected and possible fines and suspension news in the works. toronto 1-2. score was 10-4.

>> jumping up and down. trying to get like a look inside. >> what's going on? rob marciano is checking the weather across the country today. he is at the weather center in atlanta. we have wet weather down to the south. cool weather in the northeast. >> yes. feel more like october than september in places like the bronx where the yanks and the blue jays will go at it again. by the way, when you are 20 games behind the yankees, dom in an first place now, it is -- you know, hard to kind of suppress animosity. let's behave tonight, gentlemen. heavy rain across the south again today. that's going to be the main weather story. this is not moving. if anything, actually, some of our computer models have it backing up over east texas. that will be an issue for no only today but days oncoming. cool weather across the southeast, a couple of showers with the front. that will continue to cause problems for you folks. two to three inches across parts of southern arkansas. over four in some spots yesterday. flash flood watches and warnings

not only through today but through tomorrow as well. all of this area of low pressure you saw it and everything rotating around it. most of the heavy stuff now is across parts of arkansas. but it is stretching out across the southeast. we had heavy rain across parts of northern georgia. last night, and that stretching into parts of the western carolinas. here's the forecast for rainfall again. bull's eye will be across little rock with a couple more inches expected there. daytime highs held down because of the rainfall. 73 degrees expected in chicago. high of 65 in new york. 60 degrees in boston. come on, john. get your blue jays in order. behave. >> i was at the game with the orioles sunday and the yankees beat them by a whole lot. or yoms didn't sound off. then again, none of them got beaned. >> they are your blue jays. the canadian team. you have to -- we talked about manners all week. >> you are, of course, a yankee

fan. >> i am. living in atlanta, quite frustrating. >> rob, thanks. we are going to continue the talk of what's going on with the acorn controversy. our special investigations unit reporter abbie boudreau is digging into the latest controversy, latest allegation made against acorn when it comes to undercover videos. we have a new tape we will show you coming up.

48 minutes past the hour. welcome back to the most news in the morning. a fourth undercover video out where it seems to show an employee of the nonprofit group

acorn giving tips to a pim and prostitute and may be the most damning one yet. >> a former employee admits she has firsthand experience operating an escort service. she says heidi flies is my hero and claims she shot and killed her abusive husband ten years ago. it is important to note that the shooting has not been confirmed. the senate already voted to block some federal grants to acorn. now republicans in congress want the president and irs to cut ties with the organize as well. >> acorn is responding to the previous three sting videos. as abbie boudreau found out it is not going down without a fight. >> reporter: the three videos show acorn workers apparently offering help and advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute. acorn's spokesman calls it a right-wing setup some a sham is what it is. orchestrated sham. it is journalism by borat creating news rather than report

the news and in doing so in a d, not genuine way. and trying to trick people who are trying to help people. >> reporter: so far acorn fired four of the workers from the videos. and has start add nationwide review of its local offices. yet it questions the motive of the filmmakers and suggests the tapes were doctored, though it's not been able to produce any evidence to back that claim. >> we've been demanding the raw footage, the unedited tape, the undoctored tape to really try and figure out what was really going on. >> reporter: in the it laest undercover video from brooklyn, new york, filmmaker james o'keefe and his colleague hannah giles walk into an acorn office looking for help setting up a fictitious brothel using underage girled from el salvador. rather than call the police a staff member advises them to hide their income in a tin can.

>> i put the money in a tin. >> and put the grass over. >> reporter: d.c. workers advised the pimp how to get his money, and protect his good name after he tells them he intends to run for congress. >> what you're going to have to do is say you're giving a gift from somebody. >> okay. >> but the money got to go in the bank. >> reporter: and baltimore weighed in how to hide the fact that the brothel was going to be staffed by young girls brought in illegally from el salvador. >> the girls come, they really not going to be employees because -- you're not going to issue them w-2s at the end of the year. they are under 16 so -- but, on

the other portion of the return you show them as a dependent. you can use them as a dependent because they live in your house. especially if they are under 16. >> reporter: we tried to contact all of the workers in the three cities without success. abby beadreu. >> ynn has called in to the fbi since we're talking about two states and the district and international sex trafficking allegations. the department authorizes acorn to give people housing advice. we've also called asking whether hud plans to investigate this. we're waiting for a response from hud. >> good work from abby. fascinating story. serena williams has a new book out, she talks about growing up in the world of tennis, how it got her out and where she's going with her life. there's also that controversy at the u.s. open as well.

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washington redskins to change their name because they find that word offensive. yeah. so the team will now be known as the maryland redskins. welcome back to the most news in the morning. a tell-all book about the last white house is about to hit the shelves. it is called "speechless." by president bush's former speech writer. he claims that the former commander in chief was rather, shall we say, plain spoken and blunt about last year's president candidate saying about hillary clinton, quote, wait until her fat keysster is sitting at this desk. brian todd picks things up from there. >> good morning. this book is getting a lot of brushback from former top bush aides who we corresponded with. they say the president described in this book is not the man they know. >> have to give him a briefing. >> reporter: portrayals of a president taking his plain

spoken vernacular to personal levels. matt latimer writes in a new book that mr. bush made disparaging comments about several major political figures at the time. excerpts from the book are posted on "gq's" website. he writes after candidate barack obama gave a speech president bush fumed -- this guy has no clue, i promise you. another quote, if b.s. was currency joe biden would be a billionai billionaire. we tried for a response from the president's and vice president's press office and got none. no one at president bush's office responded. former counselor to president bush who was one of matt latimer's bosses say latimer's recollections don't ring true. >> it's unlikely and i don't recall that. the fact is president bush has

been nothing but gracious toward president obama and vice president biden. >> reporter: latimer says president bush wasn't impressed with the republican ticket either. after sarah palin was tapped, latimer writes bush said i'm trying to remember if i've ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. his eyes twinkled then asked what is she, the governor of guam? >> the notion that he didn't know who sarah palin was i can tell you flat out is just not the case. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by former bush aide jason wrecker who was loaned out to the campaign. you would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a lineup. >> reporter: we tried to get reaction to that from matt latimer's representative. she didn't respond directly, pointed us to general praise of the book. we were told matt latimer would not do interviews until his book is released next week. back to you. >> brian, thanks so much. that brings us close to the top

of the hour. wednesday, the 16th of september. thanks for joining us. i'm john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. these are the stories we're going to break down for you. first, new information today from police in new haven, connecticut. they have a person of interest in the murder of annie le and they are in the process now of collecting dna evidence from raymond clark, also searching his toopt see if he's tied to the killing. he is a lab technician at yale university. we're getting a live report coming up. health care refofrm with or without republican support. the leader of the bipartisan so called gang of six unveils his own health care reform bill. so what's in it? and is it the chance for bipartisanship or is bipartisan dead? and her profanity-filled shouting match at the u.s. open still making headlines. now serena williams says she was in the moment and doesn't remember what happened. now that she apologized wants to move on.

she's going to join us to talk about that and her new autobiography "on the line." this morning police in new haven are focusing on a person of interest as they are saying in the murder of yale grad student annie le. 24-year-old raymond clark was taken into custody last night, a lab tech who worked at the same yale medical research building as le. investigators are taking samples of clark's dna to compare with evidence from the crime scene. mary snow live in new haven with the latest on what's going on right now. so, i don't know if it's semantics, they don't want to say suspect at this juncture. they are processing him. what's going on? >> reporter: that's right. kiran, they are referring to him as a person of interest. and he was released overnight after cooperating with authorities. and that had been anticipated. police say they executed two search warrants. one on his apartment and one essentially on him so they could

take physical evidence, dna samples, from hair, saliva, finger nails. police say what they are trying to do is see if the samples match any of the evidence they have seized. they say they seized some 150 pieces of evidence from the crime scene. what led them to name him a person of interest. only they would say that his access to that laboratory where annie le's body was found on sunday, restricted access. they would not elaborate other to say he had been under surveillance. >> we've known where he was at all along. he was exactly where we expected to be when we served the search warrant s. we've been with him, you might say, since we took this case over. so we've always known. there is never an issue where he was at. >> reporter: and neighbors at his apartment complex in middle town, connecticut say they have

seen a police presence up until yesterday for more than 24 hours. it is believed that he lives with his girlfriend and a woman by the same name is listed in the yale directory as a lab technician. police are being careful to say he is not labeled a suspect and say they don't want to have tunnel vision, that they are continuing their investigation to see if there are any other potential suspects out there. they do say they should know by the end of this week whether or not raymond clark will be arrested or whether he will be cleared. kiran. >> in the meantime as you said he's released. there are jitters around on and around the yale university campus there could be a killer in their midst. in this situation i understand that police are trying to be careful, not calling him a suspect, but if indeed he ends up being responsible for this murder he's released, out. are they tracking or keeping him under surveillance? >> reporter: well, one would assume they are because they had been keeping him under surveillance for the past couple

of days. they are not officially saying that, but he has also hired an attorney. also you know, that lab building where annie le's body was discovered on sunday, on the yale website parts of that building are, today, being reopened. >> mary snow for us in new haven, thank you. it could be good news for the president's plans to overhaul health care. in a few mours senator max caucus will roll out his version of a reform bill t. three republicans and three democrats have been hammering outs the details for months and may continue to work on it because the republicans in the gang still aren't sold on the plan. brianna koehler is live on capitol hill. what should we be watching for? >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. eastern we expect to get the details of this bill, this bill that's going to go to the senate finance committee which will begin voting on it in this form

next week. also keep an eye out for a noon press conference from senator max baucus, the chairman of the senate finance committee has been leading these gang of six negotiations. and as you mentioned these three republicans in these talks still not on board. that said they also have not walked away from the table. and we're expecting negotiations could continue to go on into next week as the senate finance committee starts going through this bill line by line and having votes on changes. senator charges grassley of iowa, the top republican on this committee, issued a statement yesterday that says in part, unfortunately we're operating under an artificial deadline set by democratic leadership and the white house. there are still serious outstanding issues yet to be resolved. we've been clear from the start that we're willing to stay at the table. so, do or die day going to be the final vote in the senate finance committee. that will be really the last chance to see if there is going to be republican support in the

senate finance committee, john. so, this still could go on for a few days here. >> all right, brianna keilar for us on capitol hill. before we go, let me ask you, what are the hangups on both sides of the aisle? >> reporter: liberal democrats have an issue they think there is not enough coverage perhaps for low income americans, middle class americans, maybe the package needs to be bigger than the $880 billion that max baucus is proposing and most importantly they are kind of upset that it doesn't include a public option. this is the one bill in congress that doesn't. it includes a health care co-op. senator grassly actually wants to decrease the overall cost, has a couple issues, wants to make sure federal money isn't used for abortions and make sure federal money would not subsidize coverage for illegal immigrants. >> thanks for that. coming up we're going to talk health care and more with two of the best political minds. james car industrial and ed rollins. former president jimmy

carter is speaking out against some of the big health care protests at a town hall in atlanta. carter said that racism is behind much of the anger toward president obama including congressman joe wilson's outburst. during an interview carter said it's something that concerns him. >> an overwhelming portion of the intentionally demonstrated animosity toward president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. that he's african-american. i live in the south, and i've seen the south come a long way and i've seen the rest of the country that shared the south's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly african-americans, that racism in connection still exists and i think it's bubbled up to the surface because of a belief among many white people, not just in the south but around the

country, that african-americans are not qualified to lead this great country. >> carter went on to say he believes president obama will be able to, quote, triumph over the racist attitude that is the basis for today's environment. president obama has something to say about kanye west at the video music awards. but he didn't intend for everyone to hear it. the off the record comment with cnbc. >> were your girls as hacked off as mine were that kanye gave taylor swift the joe wilson treatment? >> i thought that was really inappropriate. you know, it was like she's getting an award. why are you butting in. i hear you. i agree with you. >> so does that count as the first question? >> the young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. she's getting her award.

what's he doing up there. he's a jackass. >> speaking of kanye he is offering up a personal apology. the rapper reached out to the singer after she appeared on "the view." >> well, i think my overall thought process went something like, wow, i can't believe i won. this is awesome. don't trip and fall. i'm going to get to thank the fans, this is so cool. oh, kanye west is here. cool haircut. kanye west is here. cool haircut. what are you doing there? and then ouch, and then i guess i'm not going to get to thank the fans. >> she said that she did accept kanye's apology and as you know she did get a chance to thank

the fans thanks to beyonce. >> both of them classy ladies. kanye not so much. it was a rumble in the bronx, both benches cleared as the yankees took on the blue jays. it started when two players were beaned. the jays seemed to answer when jesse carlson threw a pitch behind jorge posada. both players were ejected. there is a consideration of fines and/or suspensions. toronto won 10-4. >> there you go. the yankees are indisputably in first place. >> and toronto isn't. >> talking about her all morning, her memoir on the line. serena williams joining us next.

♪ a little bit of a mash up to get your day going. good morning to new york city where it's cloudy and 66 degrees. that's going to be the high for the day. it will stay in the mid 60s, a few showers later on and some wind as well. welcome back to the most news in the morning. the u.s. open was filled with amazing tennis, upsets, but the drama, serena williams dropping an f-bomb or two.

>> when questioned saturday she didn't have much to say. on monday she won the doubles title with her sister and wanted to clarify how she felt. here's a listen. >> i don'ts think that's necessary but for me to speak about that i've let it go and i'm trying to better -- to you know, to move on. >> i'm a very sincere person. i wanted to offer my sincere apologies to anybody i may have offended. >> here to talk more about this as well as her new book is serena williams, telling us about "on the line." >> thank you for having me. >> this is supposed to be a book tour but a bit of an apology tour. what are your thoughts about what went down? >> well, yeah. like i said, everyone says things that they do and everyone, you know, has moments. no one is perfect. i think everyone can see that when i played at the u.s. open everyone sees me as a little bit

sometimes -- which is one of the reasons i wanted to write "on the line" because it talks about my faults and how i kind felt from number 1 to almost 200 in the world and that fight i had to do to come back. >> there are so many interesting stories. you play through a lot of matches, and so many insights into your personality and what drives you. you have a match book that you write sayings in. one of the sayings, almost seems prophetic leading into chapter 3. you write, quote, they want to see you angry but don't let them see it. play angry but let them see confidence. play angry but let them see patience. play angry but let them see certainty. play angry but let them see determination. how powerful a motivator when you're an athlete when you're out there is anger? >> well, for me i really emotional player. i really give everything i have when i'm out on the court. and i think people see that when i play. i'm always yelling come on, you know, sometimes i throw my

racket down. i'm just that person when you go out there like wow, she's exciting to watch because she is so into the match. i think that note that i wrote myself then was just it's okay to be angry but to also stay calm and just have a way of doing it. >> you're also a faithful person. you are a jehovah's witness. what is more powerful motivator, faith or anger? can you explain that to us? >> well, i think faith is the most powerful motivator of all. i think that if you have a strong faith that is really a good strong background, good strong backbone that you can have. i think that has been pretty much a really good thing in my life. just always having a strong faith. >> one of the things in the wake of this, a lot of people wa weighing in. one person, said if you care about the integrity of your sport you throw someone out of the game for a while and the u.s. tennis association is looking into this. do you think this is over or do

you think that these additional fines or other things are going to come out in the wake of this? >> i mean, if you look at all of the stuff that happens in tennis, all of the stuff that's used and all of the things that are said, this isn't the first time this has happened. this kind of happens a lot. there's lots of players that not only in tennis, in different sports as well that show their passion. there's lots of players that show their intensity, anger, and it's okay to get angry. it's the way you handle it. >> roger federer dropped an f bomb. is this sexist, is it so shocking because it came from a woman? >> i'm not sure because there was you know, incident in the finals where you know, roger may have said some things but i'm not here to talk about roger, i'm here to talk about me. i don't point the finger at anyone. i'm total responsible person and i definitely take things on myself. that's again why i wrote this book "on the line" you can see me like an open book so to say.

>> you talk extensively about your background growing up and many players who are passionate, who have been known to throw rackets and smack cups around. john macenromcenroe's more famo moments. >> you kanlts be serious, man. you cannot be serious. the question, jerk. come on. >> so he has been sanctioned for verbal abuse but never threatened anyone. i wonder, reading through your book and all of that, you know, there was an implied threat in what happened on saturday. i'm wondering where does that come from? >> well, i think there is a difference between anything implied and anything done like that. people when athletes are really out there, you know, athletes go and they do the best they can, they give every ounce of energy that they have in that moment because this is your one moment.

as an athlete your career traditionally isn't that long. so i think that whoever goes out there and just shows the passion, determination, that's the best you can do. >> you share a lot about yourself. you are really a hero for a lot of young girls, young people in general wanting to play tennis and just wanting to achieve and reach the top. you talk about what it was like to go from the top all the way back down, suffer with your injury, with your knee, then to come back again. what was the lesson you learned? >> it was difficult. i was on the top of the world like i said, and then next thing you know i'm almost 200 in the world. one, i had a major knee surgery that no one really knew about. and it was more major than what people thought. then the second fact was my sister was murdered and this was a difficult time for my family. and i talk about this a lot in the book how i was able to deal with it, how i was able to overcome some things that happened to me that i never talked about. and how i found out about my sister's passing and things like that. it was a really super emotional

time for me and i think that you know, being in the public eye there's a lot of things that personally i don't talk about and i thought this was a good opportunity to kind of come on the line and that's why i named the book "on the line" and talk about things that i did k well, things i did bad and can learn from. >> we're going to have much more. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll talk about you are -- you are a world class athlete and you still have body image concerns. so we're going to talk about that as well as other interesting things from the book. right now a quick break. people o get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world.

welcome back to the most news in the morning. >> we're back now with our number two tennis star, serena williams, she's number one for us. >> she has a new book "on the line." you may have heard during the u.s. open, we're here to talk about -- talk to her about that so on to her memoir, more about her life. you do, you have a chapter in the book about your sister who was killed in september of 2003. you were in toronto at the time. and that set you into a tailspin emotionally and professionally. how difficult was that for you to deal with? >> well, it was really difficult. my sister, me and my family, we are super close. my sisters did everything for me. at the time utende was helping me out with stuff and i would see she has three kids who would always be together. at that point i think it moved a

little bit to l.a. and my first big move, i wasn't with venus even though i still lived with venus in florida. when i was in l.a. i had my own space and hung out with my sister a lot. it was a difficult time for me. and it was a difficult time for you can imagine any family that lose someone super close to them. >> the emotion still just below the surface. >> yeah. when i talk about her i obviously get emotional. but talking about it helps and that's what i learned that you know, you can't hide your emotions, you talk about them and you can feel better. >> it's interesting because you wrote how you didn't tell your family how much you were hurt by what happened. and by the loss of your sister but you sought out their pain. how did that help you? >> i had a really problem with just speaking out how i felt. then i felt better just going out there and talking to a third party which i never thought i would do. and you know, sometimes you get

to the point in life when you are just willing and have your mind open to accept any type of healing that would heal you. for every person it's different. for me, i think that was one of the things that helped. >> one of the things was a trip to africa, you toured the famous slave castles, the door of no return. of that time you wrote, quote, i came away thinking i was part of the strongest race in human history. my approach to the game changed as well. the next time i held a racquet in my hand is thought there is nothing that can break me, on the court, off the court. anywhere. what was that the gave you such strength coming out of that? you went on to the australian open after that. >> yeah. it was almost godsend that i had that time. at that point in my life i didn't know what was going to happen in the next few months. i saw what my ancestors went through with all of the slave castles and everything and all of the torture and everything that you know, my ancestors went

through. if they can survive this and i'm part of that family tree, then i felt like at that point i could survive anything. later in australia i had gotten so much bad press being fat, about being too big and never being able to win another grand slam, never going to win another tournament or anything. so you know, i thought that maybe it was godsent that trip. >> you write about the body image, a lot of people would think that you don't have those insecuritiys that a lot of us have. you are in incredible shape. what are your insecurities about your body? >> you know, as everyone knows i look up to my sister spree news. growing up she's just a year older, like 15 months so we're really close. and she's thin and she's really tall. i'm a little smaller, shorter but i'm more curvier. so, always wanting to be like venus like why can't i have those leg, be thinner. i think it's important to learn that everyone's not the same and

you have to learn who you are to love who you are and in australia when they -- all the press was bad about me being fat and you know, that was definitely a moment where i realized, well, am i going to believe this or am i going to get more fit, you know, and at the same time love who i am. >> so as you put the experience of the u.s. open behind you and you go on, there is another match book entry that i thought was interesting where you write on page 210, quote, breathe. remember, there are so many more important things. this is so small. do you kind of take that with you now as you go forward? >> absolutely. absolutely. because i'm doing so much with different charities. i opened a school in kenya last november. when we cut that tape, i thought that was the best moment of my life. i never, even when i held up the wimbledon trophy or first won the u.s. open i never felt better than helping those kids who didn't have anything. and we donated hp computers,

they had a wonderful time. i'm going back to do another one. that makes me realize in life there are so many more important things than yourself. >> it's wonderful to know. you work so hard at tennis, working hard through the charities. what does serena do for fun when you have a little bit of time? >> i love to read. that's why i was able to write my book. i love to read, i love going to the movies. i like cooking. i want to take some cooking lessons one day. maybe i'll be actually good at cooking and not just like cooking. >> the book is "on the line" a fascinating look at tremendous athlete. serena williams, thank you for dropping by. >> pleasure to have you. >> 27 1/2 after the hour. lehman's younger workers. where are they now.

wonderful to get a chance to talk to serena williams. we're going to post that later. >> she's also candid in her book as well. and you can see as you go through her history, you can sort of see some of the building blocks of why what happened on saturday night might have happened. doesn't excuse it, just you know, explanation. >> passionate girl. young woman. sure is. welcome back to the most news in the morning. thanks for being with us. imagine you have gone to school for years and your goal is to break into the world of finance. >> it happens that you land the job of your dreams, then your company goes bust, markets tank, our christine romans minding your business. >> good morning. a year ago they were walking out the door, shell shocked. what they wanted blows up. that's what happened for some of

the youngest workers at the banks gone bust. what do you do when you worked for a job in finance to see wall street go into a tail spin. meet three recovering wall streeters. >> reporter: mimi, avi went green, and ryan looked on the sunny side. it's been quite a year for these fired wall streeters. >> grateful, personally. for the experience. >> you're grateful? >> not for bankruptcy and the market going under and lost jobs but for the business background. >> reporter: new gig for this analyst. she's on tour with the rock band third eye blind running the foundation. >> going on tour with the band was quite an experience. actually not that different than investment banking in terms of hours. >> reporter: avi once spent long

hours trading credit default swaps. he felt lost when it crumbled. >> i started calling my friends trying to find out what the next big thing is. everybody said green, i have to get into green. >> reporter: he sees green as a modern-day gold rush. she started a company to sell the tools to help people get these jobs. and ryan, a former merrill lynch subprime mord traitor launched a new line of blue blocker sunglasses. >> this separates the people who talked about doing something for so long so you quickly find those who actually take advantage of that and that's fun to see. >> reporter: the three all took advantage. taking what they learned on wall street, a place they never thought they'd leave. >> i couldn't sleep for a week when i found out. i was excited. it was my dream and my goal. >> hard work and the lure of big money. >> a guy who was 27 and sat next to me was brought over from bear

stearns, made 750. >> $750,000 bonus. >> wall street blew up before these three could get that far. what have they learned? >> when you go to work you should be passionate about what you're doing, and that's not just the day-to-day task. i think it's important to take a step back and actually see what you're contributing to the world. >> what would gordon geko be doing. would he be in green technology? >> that's very possible. >> ryan actually got another job on wall street, he's back. when i asked these kids, some of them are 31, you know, the 20s and early 30s, what happened here, do you mourn the loss of this wall street life? this wall street culture? they said look, you take this into the next thing. you start a company, start a business, trying something else. it's that work ethic, that drive, you know. they're going to be fine. >> you can mourn the loss of the

3 quarter of a million dollar salary before bonus. >> that one person who gets the big bonus and that's enough to keep people going for the long time. a lot of people. at these guys level. >> christie, thanks so much. read more about the story and see the rest of our series, head to our blog at cnn.com/amfix. >> we're checking our top stories. new information about the alleged terror plot uncovered in new york. sources telling cnn the targets of monday's raids were afghan nationals. several were questioned but released. officials say no explosive devices or explosive-making materials were found. it's the first time that sources can recall afghans being allegedly involved or even suspected of being involved in a plot to attack the u.s. the food and drug admission approving the new swine flu vaccine. kathleen sebelius says that the first flu shots should be

available starting early next month and eventually there will be enough vaccines for everyone. right now on the priority list, children, pregnant women, health care workers and those who deal with infants under the age of 6 at the head of the line. president obama hosting a rally to boost chicago's bid for the 2016 summer olympic games. the president's hometown is in a tight race with rio de janeiro, madrid and tokyo. chicago officials had hoped that the president would fly to copenhagen for a crucial meeting but the white house says that as the health care fights continue he has to stay home. but, the first lady michelle obama is going and given her popularity that may be as good if not better. >> might be. there is no letting up for president obama when it comes to health care. he is going to make the round this is weekend followed by an appearance on monday an david letterman. joining us to talk about that and all things political from new orleans this morning, democratic strategy ips and cnn political contributor james

carville not to mention co-chair of the super bowl committee. and with us here, republican strategist and senior cnn analyst ed rollins. before we get to the president making the rounds on the sunday shows, then letterman, let's talk about jimmy carter, what he said yesterday to brian williams and nbc. he said that a lot of this anger and opposition to president obama is because he's black, suggesting that racism is alive and well in america. he said it quas quote an abomb inable circumstance that grieves me and concerns me very deeply. ed, you're on the other side of the fence. has he got a point? >> no. he's off base on. this. opposition to this spt about his policies. i think we got past a lot of racism and had a great campaign. and 53% of the american public voted for obama. i think that was a milestone in this country. and i think to basically blame

opposition on racism is absurd. >> you agree with that, james? >> well, look. i think some of the opposition. you can't say all is. but i wouldn't say none. some of it. i don't think what president carter said was particularly helpful. i think some of the stuff rises itself. it can be commented on and i think his statement was overly broad. i certainly believe some opposition has to do with race but i think other doesn't. we have to be careful what kind of brush we paint with here. and also be careful who wields the brush. i agree this was not helpful. >> when you look, james, at some of the posters that were out there, some of the protest events over the last few day, one of them had president obama dressed up as a witch doctor, is that parody or racism? >> no. i mean look. again, i would say some is.

i don't think there is any doubt but i wouldn't go so far as to say every person out there was motivated by race. and there's some opposition we got to real itz isn't absolute answers to everything. look, it's always been something that we have in the united states i suspect even though we have an african-american president it's not something that's going away. but to make a broad sweeping statement probably not the most helpful. >> another book out of the bush administration from exspeechwriter matt latimer who wrote about president bush talking about then candidate obama saying, quote, he came in one day to rehearse a speech fuming. this is a dangerous world he said, this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle it. this guy has no clue, i promise you. >> does that sound like president bush? >> no. not the president bush i know. i think a lot of people may have had reservations about president obama's experience and it is a dangerous world but i don't

think that george bush that most know would make disparaging remarks about a candidate, his own party or the other. >> any time one of these former insiders comes without a tell-all book, they write something that would seem to indicate that maybe one of the members of the former administration said controversial things everybody from the former administration was close to the president piles on. you think this guy has a rein to tell what wasn't true? >> i think this dweeb needs to be glove slapped. you work for the president of the united states and the president says something in his office he is entitled to a degree of privacy. i'm not very impressed with him. i'm not impressed with levi johnston or any of these people. bush may have said, may have not said. people say things in the office, people say things in their house, and people work in the white house ought not to go out and publish this. i don't really -- i don't give one wit's dam about this punk that wrote that book. >> james, never mincing words.

senator max baucus -- >> just the way i feel. no sense. >> don't sugar coat it. >> we have never minced words. >> don't sugar coat it. tell us what you really think. >> i think when you work with somebody they are entitled to have moments and call people what they want and you ought to keep it to yourself. if everything would have been embarrassing. >> part of the prenup with mary. >> senator max baucus announcing his health care plan, none of the gang of six willing to sign on. is this going to get republican support? >> no. i think realistically, it's going to be a fight to get some of the democrat, senator widen isn't very satisfied with it. senator rockefeller is not very satisfied. i think it's a long hard battle. >> james, we said the president is making the rounds of the sunday shows, appearing on letterman on monday. is it possible to get too much president? is he diluting his message by

doing so many interviews? >> you know, they are really trying to build this up. i think to help themselves a little with a speech, trying to build on that. anything is possible, but they are concentrating a lot of energy. there's a lot at stake here and they want to have this plan because if you do the math the president is more popular than the congress. so i think they are trying to put him more on the front. that's the strategy behind it. it's not without danger but i think on the whole it makes sense and it's a pretty good strategy. >> james car industrial, ed rollins, great to see you. thanks for joining us. this sunday president obama sits down with our john sing. sunday 9:00 a.m. eastern here on cnn. still ahead we're going to have more on the search, phillip garrido's home and other places, investigators try to find out whether or not he's linked to other missing girls.

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45 minutes past the hour. in a few hours police investigators in northern california are going to be resuming their search of nancy and phillip garrido's home. they are accused of kidnapping jaycee do guard and holding her for 18 years. authorities are looking for clues that might link the cup tool the disappearance of two other young girls in the 1980s. dan simon has the latest. >> reporter: john and kiran, when this case broke last month police said they were going to look at phillip and nancy garrido as possible suspects in crimes including kidnapping. police are back out the house, they plan to be here several day, looking for evidence that might tie the garridos to a pair of kidnappings about 20 years ago. the first case involving eileen,

just 13, when she vanished while walking home from school. the second case, michaela who was 9 when she was abducted. that case has drawn a lot of attention because first of all, police say jaycee dugard was held captive about two decades, she and michaela look like each other and about the same age. the second is this. police say a composite sketch of the suspect in the garrett case bears a striking resemblance to phillip garrido. police say they seem to look like each other. listen to the mother of michaela garrett who is hoping the search will yield answers. >> i am hoping that this will lead to a resolution and i'm hoping that it will lead to a positive resolution. i know that if jaycee dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home after 18 years.

>> reporter: police say the search will continue through at least the rest of the week. one of the things they are using while doing the search is some ground penetrating radar equipment to look for anything that might be buried beneath the ground including bodies. back to you. >> dan simon for us. thanks very much. from one dan to another. dan brown's latest thriller, "the lost symbol" is in stores. he has washington, d.c. in his sights. all sorts of symbols. >> using it as a marketing tour for tourists. we'll have much more on that. (announcer) what are you going to miss when you have an allergy attack? achoo! (announcer) benadryl is more effective than claritin at relieving your worst symptoms. and works when you need it most. benadryl. you can't pause life. but we can control sagging, dulling skin. (announcer) now l'oreal's age perfect serum, our first for menopausal skin. it rebuilds skin substance

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♪ cinderella in a party dress >> the nation's capital, washington, d.c. not bad there now. 68 degrees but later it could be in for showers. 75 for the high. welcome back to the most news in the morning. our nation's capital a vaecation

destination, the monuments, the past presidents >> the city is bracing for a new wave of visitors, looking for the lost symbols. that's all thanks to da vinci code author dan brown turning attention to washington and the free masons. here is elaine quijano with more on that. >> reporter: there's an unusual building in northwest washington that's the setting for the opening scene of dan brown's new book. it's the headquarters of the scottish rite of free masonry of the southern jurisdiction of the united states. and we got a chance to take a look inside. this is the actual room and the ceremonial altar with the ritual in dan brown's book takes place. a secret initiation ceremony in a building that free masons of the scottish rite call the house of the temple.

one historian says in this case truth is definitely more boring than fiction. >> he has his candidate drinking wine out of a human skull. >> that doesn't take place? >> never seen it. >> wine drinking at all? >> not that i'm familiar with. >> reporter: dehighwaya says this is a formal meeting room where ceremonies take place but explained free masonry is not a secret sinister society. >> it's the world's oldest and largest fraternity. >> reporter: george washington, the most famous free mason, was wearing the ceremonial apron when laying the cornerstone of the capitol. still in a town where conspiracy theories flourish even the book's arrive wal shrouded in mystery. washington's tourism bureau is embracing the novel and all of the attention. even partnering with the publisher to market the book and city with this video. >> discover powerful connections as the d.c. insider. find your trip to the nation's

capital. >> reporter: elliott is president of designation d.c. >> i think the book exposes its readers to a different perspective of washington, d.c., going into the neighborhoods itself, also exposing them to the u.s. botanical gardens and the temple. >> reporter: for the scottish rite, so far no harm-no foul. >> as long as people understand that it's a work of fiction i think everybody will enjoy it. >> reporter: for tourism, a local trolley company is considering a special tour based on the book and officials at the temple which gets thousands of visitors a year say they wouldn't be surprised if p the number of tourists jumps now that the book is out. john, kiran. >> thanks so much. >> continue the conversation go to our blog. that's goi t