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hello to you all, this is your cnn saturday morning on this october 2nd, i'm t.j. holmes. let's begin with that audiotape. the tape many are presuming is from osama bin laden. this is the second message we have seen in the past two days. this one surfaced on the internet. i want to go ahead and bring in our peter bergen who is on the line here with me. peter, hello to you. what certainty do we have? is it ever possible to get certainty that this, in fact, message we saw yesterday are, in fact, from the al qaeda leader? >> t.j., good morning. there's no doubt in my mind this is him. we've had probably something like more than 30 audiotapes and videotapes from bin laden since 9/11. none of them have been proven to be fakes. he has a very distinctive voice that even i can recognize without speaking arabic. and, you know, everybody has a

distinctive voiceprint you can match the voiceprint, you know, to existing sounds of his voice and they match. so i mean, there's no doubt in my mind this is him. >> so you said about 30 since 9/11. that's 30 in the past nine years or so. we've seen two now back-to-back days. why is he speaking now? >> i think part of it is a proof of life, t.j. he's been keeping pretty quiet, he and his number two, al zawari. i think releasing fewer tapes maybe concerned about their security. the drone attacks may be interrupting their operationsmeoperations. but them, getting a tape out around the 9/11 attacks is important. we saw a tape out a few days after the attacks, and here is bin laden now with two. and i think it's just a reminder that they're still alive and

that they are -- you know, they want to show they're still in the game. >> what do you make, peter, of the message? humanitarian message or sorts? >> not entirely surprising. because bin laden in more recent videotapes and audiotapes has been positioning himself as an elder stasman, talking about climate change, talking about offering truces to countries that aren't presuming to be attacking muslims. you know, he's been a little less banging the table, shouting about holy war and jihad. although it is surprising, i think, t.j. that these tapes are completely about a humanitarian issue rather than about, you know, usually he makes some reference to you know kill the jews or the americans. but there's none of that on these. >> so why? even like you say, not surprising to hear him kind of want to act like an elder statesman. like you said, these are kind of

long tapes, 10 to 13 minutes and he is talking strictly about, hey, help out your brothers in pakistan. >> part of it is this guy has been living in pakistan for almost a decade now and this is obviously the biggest -- arguably the biggest event in pakistani history. when you've got 20 million people who are homeless. and, you know, this is obviously, i think, weighing on his mind. and, you know, i think perhaps this is also an effort to gain some sympathy in the area where he is now based. he and his organization. >> all right. our peter bergen on the line. our national security analyst who as you certainly can say an expert on osama bin laden telling us this morning, peter, that you, in fact, have no doubt that is bin laden on these tapes. we always appreciate having you here with us on cnn saturday and sunday morning. >> thank you. i've got to turn to a couple

other stories making headlines today. including while we're in the region of pakistan, what looks like a drone attack in pakistan. getting that from our fred pleitgen. intelligent sources say it happened in north waziristan near the border with afghanistan, three missiles hit a militant hideout. let's turn to some politics now. the senate republican accused of holding the middle class tax cuts hostage. joining us now from the cnnpolitics.com desk, our paul steinhauser. a little lonely there on the weekends. always bustling there during the week. that's all right, man, more to cover. >> i'll get some more people here in a few minutes. i promise. but t.j., let's talk about tax cuts. you know, back in july, nobody was talking about them really. now it has become one of the top issues on the campaign trail. and as you mentioned, the top

senate republican, mitch mcconnell from kentucky blasting the democrats in the weekly radio and internet address over tax cuts. all the lawmakers cleared out of here two or three days ago and nothing was done about tax cuts. mcconnell is blaming the democrats. listen. >> too preoccupied enacting the rest of their agenda, they neglected to either pass or propose legislation that would prevent one of the largest tax hikes in history. as a result, at the stroke of midnight on december 31st, every american who pays income taxes is set to get a tax hike the democrats have had two years to prevent. >> the democrats don't share that opinion, as you can imagine neither does president obama. they say it's the republicans holding the middle class hostage. democrats say we'll get it all done in the lame duck session when we come back after the elections.

t.j.? >> yeah, they're not giving themselves much time. they high tailed it out of there trying to get back to their districts to hold on to their jobs. now when they come back, they're not going to have a whole lot of time between then and when it's time to go home for christmas to try to get this done. paul, how is nancy pelosi firing back or just firing if i can say that at republicans these days? >> yes, new comments from the house speaker. i'm going to ask martin dougherty to zoom in here. pelosi was talking to a couple of journalists yesterday, including our over gloria borger. she says we're going to keep control of the house. she's very confident that the democrats will get out and vote. a lot of polls suggest that republican voters are much more enthusiastic. pelosi says, we'll get the base out. >> one last thing in what i thought was a fascinating race and people have big problems out in california with the high

unemployment, also $19 billion in the budget deficit, but the race for governor now all hinges on a woman that one of the candidates used to employ? >> yeah. and we're probably going to hear a lot more about that today because there is a debate by univision. and it's all about her right now. a controversy surrounding her and her former housekeeper and whether she knew her former housekeeper was an illegal immigrant. that'll be a big topic today. >> that's some must-see tv. what time is that debate? >> later on this afternoon. >> we'll be sure to check that out tomorrow morning. we appreciate you as always, talk to you soon, paul. reminder to all of our viewers for the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. we turn back to the severe weather we've been seeing the past couple of days.

the weather system has moved out of there, but just the misery has left behind. the flood recovery is on right now. all up and down the eastern sea board. this tropical weather system dumped what you could call deadly amounts of rain in some places this week. pennsylvania state troopers say one person died after driving into a rain-swollen creek. this was near philadelphia. then parts of maryland are under water, as well. one report from the national weather service that recorded 14 inches of rain in 20 hours in st. marys county, maryland. also this morning, national weather service confirming a tornado touched down thursday south of baltimore. half of the eight weather-related deaths happened in one accident in north carolina. bringing in our reynolds wolf now. reynolds, just a mess of a couple of days. the weather system, like i said, is gone. but they're still going to have to deal with the mess of this water for a little while.

>> no doubt about that. it's going to take obviously days perhaps even weeks, but with the lives affected, that's a lifetime that's going to be affected. no question about it. but the cleanup will begin today, at least the weather will be improving. we do see more development farther out to the west, especially into the great lakes. an area of low pressure moving across parts of the ohio valley and parts of southeastern michigan. the result will be rain in detroit this morning for you in commerce township, the rain will continue too. but if you follow that string of showers back through portions of indiana and illinois, some thunderstorms, nothing severe right now, but by afternoon, we're expecting that to clear out a bit and that'll be moving closer to the eastern sea board, but not a big rainmaker. out to the southwest, l.a. looks good for the time being. but just for the south, we see some showers and storms b farther up the coast near big sur. that's going to continue through the mid-morning hours into the early afternoon. very dry for the nation's midsection. and in terms of your high temperatures, very comfortable day across much of the nation,

still very warm in the desert southwest, 104 in phoenix, 81 in billings, 57 in minneapolis, 57 in chicago, atlanta, loving life, 78 degrees the expected high, and 84 in new orleans. that's a quick snapshot on your forecast. we'll have the tropical update coming up, a football forecast is also coming up in a few minutes. plenty to talk about that. back to you, t.j. >> talk to you again shortly. you know you can get about everything out there on the internet. you got a question, google it. some people have questions about their health, questions that could possibly save their life. josh levs looking at that for us this morning. good morning, josh. >> you too, t.j. our elizabeth cohen in our new book lays out strategies like you've probably never heard of like use the russian novel approach and avoid cyberchondria. >> all right, josh. we appreciate you. also this morning, dozens of brides are hoping that their

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morning. we were talking just before the break, you can do just about anything on the internet, possibly save your life with a search, as well. josh levs looking into that for us. >> hi again to you, t.j. when you or a loved one faces a serious medical condition, you want to learn as much as you can about it. you turn to the internet. once you get there, what should you trust? and what can you actually get done with the information you find? well, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here with that. you write about this in "the empowered patient," and i have to start out right here. in many ways the internet has become the great divide between doctors and patients. you say doctors hate it more than they hate managed care, declining insurance reimbursements and clients that stiff them. do doctors need to get over it? >> they do need to. but you come in with a stack of internet printouts, dr. levs has 20 patients today. do you mind reading this?

could you tell me what this means? it's a lot. and especially when patients say i read this on the internet, here's what the internet says. >> here's how you handle it. you go to the web and need to know what to do in the first place. you lay out some keys for what people should do. and one of the first things you say is go beyond google. >> i love google, i'm their best customer. i use it every day constantly, but there are times when you need to go beyond google. you need to get to the original research. you want to see the actual studies that were done. that can be tough to get to them on google. so there are a couple of other websites you can use. pub med dir line -- >> and you offer links to these, right? >> yes. >> and these are original medical journals. you get there, you see these, and one of the next things you say is use the russian novel approach. what's that? >> you go and find your original studies. and people say to me, elizabeth, there's no way i can understand a study.

and i say yes, there is. i think many of us remember in high school or college and you're assigned to read a russian novel and there are all of these names this long and 27 syllables and we bleeped over them, right? >> a million letters. >> so you just bleep over them. that's what you should do when you see an abstract in the study. you bleep over what you don't understand, and shall we demonstrate? >> i have an example here. let's go to this quote. i think you can show it. it has all of these things in there like institute and case reports -- >> there's been some case reports and case series reporting successes treating squamous cell carcinoma. what you get when you do that is -- >> put some red xs through the words. so basically you're ignoring the big words and get something

simple. >> there have been some reports, reporting success treating squamous cell carcinoma with a imiquimod. ignore the words you don't understand and you'll see we try the drug, we're reporting success with it. and you can go to your doctor, say i read this, what do you think? >> ignore the incredibly complicated words. and let's get to that quickly. you get this information, you're taking it with you, what do you do with it? how do you make sure it's going to lead to better medical care for you? >> you don't say see, doctor, this report says i should have this drug and i saw it on television too. how about that? you don't do that. you try to explain to him that, hey, i read this and i'm curious. another thing you can do is when you become an internet medical detective, you can learn to e-mail doctors you don't know. so for example that study done on squamous cell carcinoma, you can look at who did it, you can

find their e-mail on the study and e-mail them and say, hey, this is interesting i'd like to talk to you. patients who do this tell me they actually get e-mails back. and these are not famous people. none of that. >> and they can save their lives and get better medical care. >> right. because you don't necessarily go to that doctor, but you get information from him and bring that to your doctor. >> thank you so much for doing this. and there's so much more people should be finding out. be sure to tune in tonight. you've got elizabeth's special "the empowered patient" 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn also tomorrow night. and everyone should check out the book "the empowered patient" available in bookstores, packed with great advice that could save your life. we'll be right back in the newsroom.

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all right. brides might just naturally have this concern on their wedding day. is the groom going to show up? well, a lot of brides have that concern today in australia. and they've got good reason for it. no team won the final last week, the game had to be replayed today. the problem is, think about having your wedding day on super bowl weekend. of course you wouldn't do that. a lot of these women intentionally plan their wedding for today. >> today in australia is one of the, if not the biggest wedding day. why? it's the start of spring, so the weather is beautiful. and secondly, it's post super

bowl. or so they thought. so many, many brides planned their weekend wedding for today. and what happened was last weekend instead of there being a win, there was a 68-point tie. and this is the third time it's ever happened in the history of australia rules football. mat much to the absolute horror of these brides because it was rescheduled and australia is 15 hours ahead of us here in atlanta, so the game has taken place. what happened was some people even canceled their nuptials and other brides were very concerned because certain guests called in and said, unfortunately, we can't come. it caused family rifts and some people even wanted a screen above the ceremony. imagine that. and remember that story about popular songs in melbourne and said the number one funeral song

is collingwood, that's how crazy football they are. they ain't going to miss the game for a wedding. >> and again, you say they do this every year, this weekend is usually the most popular to get married. >> the most popular and the last saturday of september is the game. so nobody ever expected. and today you've planned your wedding. and it's so interesting, you're seeing all of these stories arising, guests suddenly ill, i'm so sorry. i said i was coming to your wedding. but it's a religion. i think for those of us who are not football crazy -- i live in a football crazy house, but i am not one. are you? >> i'm a football nut. >> so for you maybe you get this mentality that this is more than just a game. this is an entire religion. so having this game is a big deal. it may not have been good for the brides, but let me tell you it was very good for the australian football league. they made about an extra $20 million in ticket sales merchandise. so they've made a fortune,

brides are upset, but they did make sure that today's game had an extra ten minutes so it didn't happen again for next weekend's brides. that was very considerate, wasn't it? >> what are those stories out there? you said some people canceled. >> they said caused family rifts. some people said we'll come to your wedding, but please can you make sure there's a screen? have you ever been to an event where you go and people are sneaking away and watching whatever game's going on? and again, if you get it, you get it. and i suppose the smart bride said, guys, we're going to have the wedding, but we'll have the game up. i don't know quite what they did. i'll tell you if you want to know who won, collingwood won. there's some very happy folks out there. >> and very lonely brides. this is a great story. >> tomorrow we're going to germany because did you know that tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the reunification of east and west berlin.

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the phone. you need to hear what we've got to say here now. last year the national safety council reported 1.86 million crashes were caused by drivers using their cell phones, talking on them or texting. that's 20% of all crashes. eight states have laws that ban handheld cell phones while driving. that means you can't have it at your head while you're driving. 30 states plus washington have laws saying you can't text and drive. that's common sense. nobody should be doing that. if you want to stay connected while driving and be safe at the same time, you likely need to get a hands-free mobile device. our tech guy not coming to us by satellite, not coming to us -- >> so good to be at world headquarters. this is my first time on the brand new set. you look better in person. >> better in person. i get that all the time, man. >> i'm giving you a hard time.

>> you look better from baltimore. no. let's start. there's a debate even about is it safer to have a hands-free? some say when you're driving, it's just the distraction of that conversation. >> just the phone call itself. >> no, absolutely. so distracted driving in general is an issue that we need to deal with. but people are doing in the car anyway. they're reading newspapers, eating food, music could be considered a distraction in the car. so there are other things that could be distracting you in the vehicle. the main concern is people using their phones. we need to communicate, we want to communicate more and more often. we're talking about 11% of people with cell phones are using them consistently in the car constantly talking. >> all right. so there are a bunch of options out there. and we see people walking around with these things on their head all the time. but when you start out shopping for these things, the more you spend, the better gadget you'll get. is that a fair rule? >> it is. if you look at a lower end bluetooth headset, you're not going to get the sound quality you're looking for.

and over time you'll buy more and more of those devices at that low end. you may, as well, step it up, around 65 and higher is what you want to aim for. >> is it just sound quality we're looking for? what about static? can you be dropped on these things. i don't have one. >> all right. so, yeah. i'll break it down for you. depending on your use, t.j. what you see here is typical of what most are used to seeing. you hold these around your ear and they connect with your phone wirelessly up to about 30 feet. they can drop calls because they have nothing to do with the connection of the call. so it can drop. the call drops the connection to the device will drop. but here's the difference, i want people to think about voice activation. to be truly hands-free, a lot of the hands-free devices on your ear still require you to look down at your phone to see who is calling or require you to initiate a phone call. we don't want people doing that. so what i'm holding here in my hand is a blue tooth

speakerphone that you can -- >> that's not a phone? >> this is not a phone. it's a blue tooth headset that you can talk to it. i could give it voice commands. i could say speak to me. >> say a command. >> dial. >> the l.e.d. light is on, do you want to turn it off? >> too much stuff going on in there. dial, it does work. but this is a great feature. i think this is good for the person in the car who doesn't want to look down at the phone who wants to be able to hear the caller i.d. and be able to make those calls via their voice. >> will you need that? something this large of a device, if you will -- most of them don't have that. everything else, you're going to have to look down at your phone. most of these on the market. >> not this q2. you also can use just your voice to make calls or make other commands. so that's my point. when you're shopping, if that's a real concern for you, you don't want to look down at the phone, you want to look for

voice-activated blue tooth headsets. these range from about $89 to $110. not too bad. you have jawbone, blue tooth. the jawbone one is great for style. people love this style. >> the style? >> yeah, man, these things are accessories now. look at your gray suit. this would rock with that gray suit you have on right now. >> people walk around with these things. not even talking. are you one of those guys? >> no, i think there's a difference in the people walking around trying to look important and us trying to save lives in the vehicle. we're talking about how do you use these devices when you're in the car? and i think the motor companies, the manufacturers need to do more with blue tooth in the vehicles. like ford is doing phenomenal innovation in the vehicle. >> not even that on the safety issue, as well. even if you don't want to do it for safety, it's illegal in some places to have your phone up to your head. >> that's right. and tickets are -- you're seeing more and more tickets on the rise for drivers.

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and 35 municipalities declared disaster areas, mexican authorities now estimate 100,000 people or more have been impacted by the flood waters. also, we have flooding to deal with here in the u.s. heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, eight deaths being blamed on the severe weather, four of those fatalities happening when a car hyd hydroplaned in washington county, north carolina, and went into a ditch. well, he's now the former white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel. he's gearing up now for a shot at the top political post in his hometown of chicago. but rahm emanuel's take-no-prisoner style of politics, did they really serve him well in the campaign? can it? taking you to the streets of chicago. >> t.j., rahm emanuel's legacy will be a series of big legislative victories on everything from health care to wall street reform. and those gruelling fights may

have been good practice for what's sure to be a brutal battle here for mayor. >> reporter: not everyone in washington has liked rahm emanuel's combative style. >> i'm sure you've learned some words you've never heard before and in an assortment combination of words. >> reporter: but voters here say it may be perfect for the world of chicago politics. >> i think if you're going to be mayor of the city, you've got to be nice, and sometimes not so nice. >> richard daly has ruled this city for a couple of decades, now rahm emanuel wants this perch. we decided to come to the farmers market across the street in order to get a flavor for what people think. a lot of people think he will bring a lot of clout to this job, that his style is brash, but it will work here, and they also think he'll bring some other characteristics to the table. >> what do you think about rahm emanuel? >> i think he's very handsome. >> what about him as a politician? >> he's got experience.

he's got ability. i think he should be an awesome mayor. he has all the connections, all the network, all the money. all the, you know, power. he should be fine. >> reporter: but friends of emanuel privately acknowledge this is no slam dunk. the field is wide open. with about ten candidates already running in the february democratic primary. and more than a dozen more mulling it. and critics who charge that daly has been more focused on courting the powerful than helping the middle class believe emanuel will be more of the same. >> we don't need another corporate mayor. we need somebody who understands the citizens. >> reporter: but others here may be swayed by at least the informal endorsement of their former senator's administration. >> on the one hand, we are all very excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge for which he is extraordinarily well-qualified. but we're also losing incomparable leader of our

staff, and one who we are going to miss very much. >> that's why losing emanuel now right before the election is a huge blow for a president who has already lost a series of people from his inner circle. and if democrats take a hit on election day, emanuel and his legislative experience would've helped the president pick up the pieces. now mr. obama turns to another trusted aide, pete rouse, highly respected but not as high-power and high-wattage as emanuel. some democrats say that's fine. rouse will be quietly effective without some of the drama. t.j.? >> all right. as always, thanks to our ed henry. and for the latest political news, you know where to find it, cnn.com/politics. [ male announcer ] we went to germany's nurburgring

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hard-hit town. hello. >> reporter: hey, t.j., good morning. i want to show you something. this is still the preferred method of transportation here and that is why. about 80% of the town of windsor remains under water thanks to 20 inches of rain that fell and caused the river to overflow its banks. water levels in the area reached 8 feet. right now they're at about 6. town officials here say the police department, the post office, even the library are all flooded out. emergency crews here have rescued about 200 people by boat. and they say about 150 homes have been damaged by all of this. and i want to show you something. this is the morning paper and the headline sums this all. it does look like venice here. the good news is at this hour the river has crested and water levels are going down. but there is a lot of work to be done here. >> all right. we appreciate you this morning. thanks so much. let me bring reynolds on in here. and we heard it from her, the

water's going to go down quickly. >> yes. and once it recedes. what do you have left? you've got mess everywhere. really is, from tree branchs to flooded out homes, furniture that needs to be replaced. it's going to take a long time to clean this up. it really is. the water's going to recede. bad news, possibly, more development farther out to the west. still, a rainy day for much of the eastern sea board. at least for the eastern half of the great lakes. the reason we saw the flooding in the first place. it really is mind-numbing to take a look at these numbers. the accumulation since tuesday morning, take a look at this number. wilmington, north carolina, 22.54 inches of rainfall, nearly a foot in norfolk, baltimore now in town, significantly less. that's pretty significant. even new york, 2.9 inches of rain. now, what's next for us? we're going to be seeing more cloud cover moving into parts of

the eastern sea board later on today. what do you see over parts of the great lakes? an area of low pressure, scattered showers, storms, from ft. wayne this morning over to muncie, indiana, you're going to hear the rumble of thunder, see the clouds coming through, scattered showers expected, wind will pick up too. all of this driving off toward the east. and that'll bring in more cloud cover for much of the eastern sea board by late afternoon. but in terms of heavy rainfall, this should not be a big rainmaker. so clouds, maybe some scattered showers, circling that heavy rainfall. now, back out to the west, what we will be seeing is high pressure building in. with that, much of the nation's midsection from the dakotas southward into the plains of texas, even into oklahoma. fairly dry conditions and fairly comfortable today too. showers possible in southern california throughout the bay area. in terms of your high temperatures in l.a. and places like san francisco, your highs are going to settle mainly into the 70s and 80s in many spots and back into say phoenix, we're

in the 100s again. 104 the expected high. for dallas, 84 degrees, not bad for the texas/oklahoma game. 67 in boston, 68 in new york, raleigh, 72 as things dry out. 88 in miami and tampa. that is a quick snapshot of your forecast. coming up, a look at your football forecast. you're watching cnn saturday morning.

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it's been starting at like 2:30 in the morning, they've been rained out a bit, as well. but it's going on right now. a lot of people are watching because tiger woods is competing. if you're not familiar, this is the tournament that happens once every two years. the u.s. versus europe. tiger woods is on the team. also, another story making headlines this past week, nfl rookie des bryant didn't want to carry the pads as part of a hazing ritual, so the team got him back. they hit him with a dinner bill that came up to about $55,000. also, there's lebron james, image taking a bit of a hit after that whole decision in moving from cleveland to miami. but he and his manager are now telling our soledad o'brien that they believe race may have played a role in all the negative backlash. >> there's a role that race plays in this? >> i think so at times. it's always, you know, a race factor. >> it definitely played a role in some of the stuff coming out

of the media and things that were written for sure. >> rick horro joins us from west palm beach, florida. good to have you back with us. good to be back with you here on cnn saturday morning. lebron james has the right to feel however he feels, but how does he come across now by saying race was a factor in how he was treated? >> well, i'm not sure if you listen it says it's always a factor. i don't know if that's the biggest factor. the biggest factor from my perspective is there were five or six cities competing for this multimillion dollar industry and he can only play for one team at a time. miami won and all of these other teams and cities lost. i suspect he would even agree that the decision that show where he made the decision on national television was a bit inartful. by the way he's 42% less popular than he was last year. this is not cynical, this is factual.

the heat play their first game tuesday night, they play for real in a month. if he starts sinking free throws and the team starts winning, this is not as big of an issue as some of the other problems we've seen. >> not as big an issue. in the part you just raised there, the issue was the decision and how he handled. and you think he would admit some mistakes were made. some were saying, including our guys, charles barkley saying i'm sorry, i should have called the owner of the cavs first. you know what? i owed cleveland more. a lot of people saying that is more of part of the problem itself rather than his negative favorability ratings. >> charles barkley has a lot of experience saying i'm sorry. so when he says you should say i'm sorry, you should probably say i'm sorry. i don't think this is pretty deep. i think the bottom line of all of this is that america loves contrition and lebron james may be the best basketball player on the planet today, maybe one of the best ever, and he has been a

significant corporate spokesman. he's got nike, state farm, a lot of these deals, $40 million worth of deals that have to get right. so he has some time to think about this, but he ought to move on this pretty quickly. >> all right. tiger woods on the team, the ryder cup team. he was a captain's pick. has he helped or hurt the team? has he helped or hurt himself? >> he helped the team because he and steve striker won the first match. nobody ought to play golf in that weather they had yesterday and they have the same forecast today and tomorrow in wales. so he's helping the team, helping golf whether he's winning or not just by showing up. you like him, you hate him, people watch him. and the other thing is, nike, $19 billion in revenue last fiscal, 42% increase in the next five years, and the golf business at nike is solely related to tiger. so he better have made the team from nike's perspective. and he also better play well. >> reynolds, i'm supposed to

bring you in for this forecast. i have a story here, but we're running out of time for it. give me the game-day forecast. we have to have our priorities in order. >> first and foremost, alabama, unfortunately, i've got to talk about them. sorry alabama fans. alabama and florida playing at tuscaloosa. it's an 8:00 p.m. start, game time, 68 degrees, little bit of hazy sky. that should be a great game between the tide and gators. buckeyes playing the fighting zuckers. again, a noontime start. oklahoma and texas, this should be a very interesting game, 83 degrees, playing in dallas, and then we have the undefeated northwestern wildcats playing minnesota, 50 degrees in minneapolis. should be a cool one. hard to believe they're undefeated. >> yeah. everybody's scratching their heads. rick scratching his head, as well. northwestern guy. arkansas's not up there -- >> who did you guys lose to this weekend? >> no, we didn't play this weekend.

>> oh, check out the hat. >> congratulations, rick, from northwestern. >> look, i'm a journalist, it's totally objective. oh, yeah, northwestern, 4-0, t.j., congratulations. your team, you won't lose this week. >> congratulations on 4-0. >> yeah. >> thank you, as well, to my buddy reynolds. quick break, we're right back.

have y'all seen this? let's go to the video here. mike tyson, and y'all remember him in "hangover." he was funny in "hangover" when he danced a little bit. but you can see what he is

supposed to be doing here. he's not doing the actual singing, i don't think. >> okay. yeah, there's no way that's his voice. >> but y'all remember this, bobby brown back in the day had this video, very popular, "every little step." this was back in the '80s. this is wayne brady back there, as well. it's nice to see, quite frankly, as mean as tyson always was in the ring to see him actually in this role is just hilarious. >> he was pretty funny in "the hangover," but this is funnier than the "hangover." >> like a totally different person. >> it really is. >> mike has been through a lot in his day. got the tattoo on the face now. a scary-looking guy, a mean right hook, i'm sure. but to see him in that role. >> got a lighter side. >> wayne brady, you hardly recognize him, back on the left, he's doing his thing.

he's hilarious. >> oh, wayne brady, right. >> yeah. jamming a little bit. this is security here. the commonwealth game starting next week in new delhi. these are these monkeys, they have 38-trained monkeys that are going to try to maintain the peace here. now, they're not giving them weapons. reynolds, i know you look confused. they're not giving them weapons or anything, but what they're doing is putting them in different spots around the commonwealth games and hopefully they will keep away other pests. >> other monkeys. >> smaller monkeys. >> smaller monkeys. >> the curious george story gone wrong. it's crazy like that. >> but apparently they have every reason to believe it's working. these are specifically tedaway just want to run. >> i would want to run. >> that's not intimidating. it really isn't. >> if it's small, it's cute.

but if it's that huge, i would run the other way. >> we said the commonwealth games. this is an olympics type thing they do with european countries. but three years ago, guys, new delhi's deputy mayor was killed when he fell from a balcony because he was attacked by some of these stray monkeys that they're trying to keep away. >> i have that problem all the time. >> stray monkeys. where do you live, man? >> you've been there, it's out in the middle of nowhere. lions, tigers, bears. >> a couple minutes till the top of the hour. we're going to be talking about food coming up. super food, forced food, badge food. i've got to stick around to figure out what that's all about. >> badge food -- >> like you wear it.

well, welcome back, everybody. top of the hour here now on this cnn saturday morning. and this time, every single saturday, we spend this half hour, this 9:00 a.m. eastern half hour of cnn saturday morning and we dig a little deeper on an issue that directly affects you. and we've got one that certainly affects you. we're talking about your food. cnn has been digging deeper on this all week. we have been on a cross-country food journey this week. we have sent our reporting teams all over the place. our mission was to get you fresh answers about how our food is grown, how the choices we make impact our health, state of mind, and also the pure joy of eating. we have teamed up with the new cnn.com food destination, eatocracy.com to bring you eatocracy. going to the best, super foods they're called. so vital to your well being that you should be eating them every single day.

they earn this title by virtue of their rich, nutritional power. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta walks us through the super food aisle. >> reporter: you've probably seen the lists, the super foods, the ten foods you should eat every single day. what is it about super foods? can they protect you or prevent you in some way from getting sick? let's take a look, come on. hey, anne. thanks so much for meeting us. >> thanks for having me. >> i see you're hanging out by the fruit, the berries. if you had to pick one out of here, what is the ideal super food and why? >> blueberries are the ideal super food and it's because of their dark, rich color. and that means it's got a lot more antioxidants in it and it's great for memory also for eye health and might help lower bad cholesterol. >> okay. so definitely put berries on the list of super foods. leafy greens is what we talk

about all the time. what about leafy greens? >> the dark green color lets you know it's got a lot of nutrients in it. it's a great source of calcium and fiber. >> there's a lot of foods good for you. what makes a food super? >> a super food is a nutrient-dense food, so a whole lot more for you with less calories expended. >> can it erase my other bad food habits? >> well, if you start replacing some of those habits, it can help. but if you're loading it down with other unhealthy foods, it's probably not the best choice. but at least you've got them on the plate. >> can they decrease inflammation, decrease your cholesterol? >> there are some studies that show some of these foods can do that, but it's part of our lifestyle we want to get, as well. >> sweet potatoes i know are on your list. >> yes, sweet potatoes are great. one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. and that's because they're so packed with nutrients. their deep orange color lets you

know there's vitamin a in there. >> fish is i know very much on your list. >> the fatty cold-water fish that have the omega 3 fatty acids, which is the good fat that helps fight inflammation. those are tuna, sardines, and herring are a great fish with omega 3s in them. >> you may think great, but i don't have a market like this in my backyard. good point, a lot of people don't. but you can get a lot of these foods frozen and canned. and eat those super foods with a healthy diet in general. every now and then, even get a little bit of exercise. back to you. >> all right. i am going to bring this conversation now on the air. i'm sitting here getting into it with this doctor i have sitting next to me. physician and author of the book "heart of the matter." everybody's curious what they should be eating, what they should be doing. he went through some of those super foods. and you're telling me you should get these into your diet every single day. >> yes.

and you should start today. >> what are the easy ones we can get in there? >> easy ones are fish. because you need the omega 3 fatty acids. the super food, dr. gupta is right as always. they protect your heart, help prevent cancer, lower your blood pressure, and lower cholesterol. >> okay. people want to know -- this is just a way of life, it sounds like essentially. you should be eating this type of stuff every day. and i was trying to ask you when we were talking while that piece was going on, like when in your life should you start? when can it have a real effect? if you're 40 now and you start doing it for the next five years, will that have the same impact? when should you be doing it to have that impact? >> you should start now because, let's face it, the articles are out that talk about children as young as 7 can have cardiovascular disease. the articles are out there. when i answered the question and said we should start now, starting today, that was the real answer. we should start getting omega 3

fatty acids our diets now. it's never too late to eat fish. we should have some. that's one. we should have walnuts, that's two. we should have spinach for folic acid. we should have oats to help l lower our cholesterol. >> where am i supposed to get oats? >> oatmeal, come on, t.j. >> is that the only thing? >> you can have oat bran, oatmeal. >> what's oat bran? >> you can go in the grocery store -- do you go to the grocery store very often? >> yeah, the meat aisle, grab some vegetables, and then get out of there. >> we're supposed to start at the outside of the store first where the vegetables are. >> the beer is on the outside too. >> do you want to go to the grocery store together? >> maybe we should. tell me about the real conditions. you can kind of prevent from -- serious medical conditions you can try to keep away by eating these. >> let's start with number one,

cardiovascular disease. over 500,000 people die every year of heart disease. we need the fatty acids. walnuts and fish have omega 3 fatty acids. we need to do that. also, when we talk about folic acid, green, leafy vegetables. we need to be on the outside aisles of the supermarket, picking up green, leafy vegetables. i love spinach. spinach is easy to buy, it's not expensive, we can put that in the basket, pop it in the microwave, easy to cook. even you can cook that very easily. exactly. i'm going to get you to eat spinach if it's the last thing i do. >> i do like spinach, i absolutely do. but another question i had. a lot of people always wonder, how much red meat is okay? how much steak is okay in that diet? >> how about one to two times a week depending on what your blood pressure is, what your cholesterol is, what your bmi is, your body mass index,

meaning what your height and your weight is, okay. after talking with your doctor, okay. what your colon looks like. because it's really important. and that's not just a doctor answer. that's a real answer. okay. you can't just have steak every day. >> you're making me feel like i'm really at the doctors office right now. telling me what i need to be doing. we're not done. >> don't you love that? >> i do. i need to get to a doctor. we're not done just yet. going to be joining us again in a bit. talking, of course. talking about super foods, fast foods, as well. you're going to be showing us some stuff and ways to do it and how much this stuff -- people concerned sometimes eating healthy will cost you. but that's not necessarily the case. >> no, we can do it easily and cheaply and do a new beginning. >> sounds like i might need one here. all right. we will see you again here in just a bit. we are not done. stay with us, folks. quick break, we're right back.

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all right. we've been talking a lot about eatocracy this week, cnn's food journey. and during some of the brainstorming sessions about it, one of our own employees said she was frustrated. she told us buying healthy food is difficult because she has two teenage boys who eat nonstop. >> i spend about $250 to $300 every two weeks on groceries. it is a little bit challenging. if i can get things for them but they're healthier and it cuts my bill in half, then that'll be really good. >> we actually had her go grocery shopping with a nutritionist. she's learned how to make healthy food choices and not overspend. a couple of things she learned, maybe make baked beans instead of that second burger. healthy, cheaper -- maybe buy fresh potatoes instead of french fries. she tells us her family has been

keeping up the healthy food shopping and last week saved $85. america as you know loves some fast food. probably why something called the slow food movement is increasing in popularity. encourages people to take the time to savor and enjoy food. judith from slow food, atlanta, joining me to break this down. what exactly is this movement? slow food. what does that mean? >> slow food is a movement that began in italy. it's an international grass roots movement that exists to celebrate and enjoy food. and we do this in three ways. >> okay. >> we ask people to make sure that they have good food. and good food means food that first of all tastes delicious. you should enjoy it when you eat it. >> okay. >> and second of all, it should be good for you. it should nourish your body. and those two things are not mutually exclusive. a lot of people think they are. but actually food that is

delicious can be really good for you. in fact, food that's good for you usually is delicious. >> so slow food, the movement you speak of sounds like it's a healthy food movement. you can't because there's a lot of delicious stuff i could eat slowly and savor, but it might not fall into that category because it's not so good for you. is that a part of it here, healthy eating? >> well, it is about food that's healthy for you and for the earth. and that's where the clean part comes in. food that's clean, doesn't harm the earth, there aren't runoffs from fertilizers that create pollution and the water systems. it's good for the people who are harvesting the food, good for the animals that are in the system. it's a holistic approach to food. it's good for you, tastes delicious, it's good for the earth. >> give me some examples of the kind of stuff we're talking about here. >> well, a bowl of locally grown organic or biodynamic strawberries is an excellent example of slow food. and sitting down and enjoying.

>> why do we call it slow food? >> well, in many ways it is the opposite of fast food. i mean, we're in a consumer culture that has sped everything up so fast and we forget sometimes to just sit down at a table and enjoy food together. >> now, how is this catching on? because i am -- as we were putting this together it's the first i'd heard about the slow food movement. has it been around a while? is it growing? >> it has been around a while. it began in italy over ten years ago. it's a global movement. they're about to have their international conference in italy where they bring farmers from all over the world together to talk about food production and why it matters and how these little farmers are saving the world. >> okay. >> people always have the concern, if i'm eating healthy or if organic is attached to it, it's expensive. in some ways, that's the truth, is it not? >> well, that's not necessarily true. >> not necessarily. >> and one of the reasons it's not necessarily true is i think

we have a skewed perspective on our values and what we spend money on. if you think about it, food is the only thing you will ever buy that actually becomes a part of you. when you eat it, it breaks down and becomes a part of who you are. now, why would you be willing to spend more money on sneakers or a telephone than something that actually becomes a part of you. and i'm not suggesting that we spend hundreds of dollars on an apple, but i am saying, what are the values here? what do you really value? and as a farmer, i'm speaking as a farmer, we -- i feel like we have a right to earn a living. and to be paid a fair wage for what we grow. and that's another part of the slow food movement. is really honoring and valuing the people that are producing food. >> you talked about italy and how with the big conferences coming, as well, are we having enough growth here in the u.s. for this movement would you say? >> i think we are. people who are interested can go to slowfoodusa.org to find out

more information. >> all right. dear lady, i learned something. >> i hope to see you at a farmers market soon. >> you know what? my wife has been trying to get me to a farmers market for quite some time. after this segment, i'm certainly going to be going. thank you very much judith winfrey. also you've been hearing a lot about super foods this morning, as well. some concern that they come with a super cost, but dr. felicia wade is going to be back after the break to scold me once again. discertot now, allov cntry are getting ve perce

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super foods. you saw that list up there. we were talking about a moment ago. a lot of folks walked down the grocery aisles and you walk right past the healthy stuff. you might have your own reasons. maybe you don't like it. but sometimes people are turned off because sometimes it can be

a little bit more expensive. but dr. felicia wade, physician and author of "the heart of the matter" telling me about healthy ways to eat that can save me money. let's deal with this. a lot of people organic often times and hear healthier stuff and believe that means it's going to be a little more expensive. is that sometimes true, though? people have reason to think that? >> i think if they go to markets where the prices are higher, then that can be true sometimes. but i think if they go to the local supermarkets, it's not always true. you know, and i brought proof. >> oh, you brought the receipt. >> i did the shopping myself, and you can see this says -- >> $12.45 for all this stuff right here? >> for all this stuff right here. and if you take the same $12 that you would go to the fast food restaurant and feed a family of four for one meal, you buy all this. >> where's the meat? >> t.j., come on. come on, we're talking about vegetables and super foods. so we're talking about fresh greens, okay, green leaf vegetables, folic acid to

prevent birth defects. so this is $1.25. so fresh greens or frozen greens, fresh carrots for the eyes or frozen carrots that has low sodium on it. fresh apples, golden delicious, granny smith, or gala apples, they all taste great. or you can have a veggie tray. put it in the refrigerator, your child will love it. >> is there a difference? does it matter if i buy the fresh carrots or the frozen? >> no, it doesn't. >> the same nutritional value. >> you're getting the same nutritional value. >> do we have to watch out, low sodium -- >> that's why you read the side. if you read the side of this, what you'll see is that this says what? 60 milligrams of sodium. so this is very low sodium. this says 2% of the daily recommended value. this is very good. this is less than 10% of what they recommend per day. >> if you get the salted stuff, stuff with a little more flavor, are you ending up paying more for that stuff?

>> you generally are. and that's why i say your first step to healthy eating is passing on the salt. that's the first step. the second step is drinking water. if you're going to start today and we said you would start today, right -- >> did we say that? >> mm-hmm. we would start today because the title of the book is "a new beginning." the new beginning starts today. first steps pass on the salt, second is water, then the vegetables, right? >> how tricky is it? don't you have to train -- i'm talking about kids here. that's a challenge for parents. kids on the move, practice after school, need to grab something. all that stuff. but, but, but -- how difficult is it once you get a kid to 10 or 12 years old that's been doing this so long. is it hard to wean them off that cheeseburger and say, oh, yeah, take this bag of carrots today. >> what you do, we're not saying wean them off anything. you add, one step. you put this in the

refrigerator. kids are about convenience. if this is what's in the refrigerator with the dip, with the carrots, with the tomatoes and they're ready to go, they're going to eat this. kids are about convenience and choice. so this is what's in the refrigerator, they will take that. >> let's talk about costs. costs one more time. i know we talked about this is inexpensive, isn't it tough sometimes when you can get $1.99 cheeseburger or $2.99 for a whole meal kind of thing. that's convenient and inexpensive in these times. it's a tough battle sometimes for people to try to -- >> that's why i did it this way. if you take the same $12, that's one meal for a family of four, this will be three meals for a family of four. you take that same $2.99 per person, that's one meal at your favorite fast food. >> you're telling me to cut out the meat. >> you're trying to get me, t.j. >> no, really, these are great tips. i've been giving you a tough time a little bit. we get it $12.45 for all of this

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and you get rewards and incentives based on places you go. >> and the reward and incentive for our at cnn is what? >> well, we've partnered with over 6,000 farmers markets in the united states. some participating vendors may choose to give you a reward or discount. i got a free thing of honey because i showed the badge. >> you got honey. >> so this is the package. i want you to fall in love with four square here. >> all right. >> this is foursquare.com/cnn. here's some of the tips we left about different farmers markets in the country. and check this out. over 6,000 farmers markets in the u.s., these are the top three of people who have checked in. get this number. over 8,000 people have unlocked the cnn healthy eater badge. >> okay. how do you unlock it, necessarily? >> well, it's like if you check in at over five different airports, you unlock the jet setter badge. you should want to get the farmers market badge. but now, you need to check into two farmers markets.