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airports or other places that, of course, tourists might gather. u.s. military responding as well 30-to-the ramped up terror threat. military installations taking appropriate security cautions. one u.s. official saying, quote, this is a serious situation. i want to be clear about what we're talking about here. this is a travel alert. it's expected, now, this is just to mean for people to be vigilant, to keep a good eye out. what they're telling people to do since 9/11, you should always be vigilant and aware of your surroundings. this is not a travel warning. it is not telling people don't travel to europe, it's not telling americans who might be in europe to leave europe. this is just an alert telling people to be aware. it's expected to highlight the need for vigilance, as i'm saying. atika, we are getting this alert here for american citizens, but what about the citizens of london, where you are? what kind of alert are they on? >> reporter: there's no alert so

far here. the british, the terror threat level remains the same. there are serious concern but certainly no indication of an imminent attack and therefore the terror threat level has not been raises. however, british security sources have told cnn that they don't believe this new travel alert that may be issued by the u.s. is based on any new information of an imminent attack. there's nothing specific about tar getting any particular tourist destinations or european cities but it's simply the volume of intelligence and information coming, particularly from pakistan and afghanistan, has triggered more concerns about a possible mumbai-style attack. you might remember the mumbai terror attack a few years ago consisted a dozen men storming locations like hotels and train stations. now, according to british security sources, this was very much in the planning stages when they found out about this, but

there is that concern, and that's why they are asking people to remain vigilant in these areas according to what could be coming out from the travel alert. >> has therethere been any reac officials who don't believe it was necessary to put at letter in place? again, it's in the a warning, but still hearing there's a travel alert. it might turn some people off to going to europe and traveling, and that all-important tourism? >> reporter: british government officials are waiting to see if this travel alert will be released what it will say, before they make any be official comment. certainly a lot of concern for businesses here. even having an alert like this, specifically asking tourists to be vigilant in tourist destinations could have a big impact on the business. the u.s. tourists are some of the big effort number of tourists that come to the uk, top destination for americans. the peak tourist season is over, there are still tens of

thousands of americans that come to visit europe, london, paris, berlin. it could have a tremendous impact on the tourism industry. >> atika shubert in london, thank you. want to look at other stories making headlines. three people found shot to death in northwest pakistan today. pakistani security telling cnn that letters were attached to the bodies that called them spies for the u.s. and the pakistani military into rutgers university remembering a student with a memorial on campus. also a moment of silence before the game yesterday. 18-year-old tyler clementi, a freshman, committed suicide after video of his intimate encounter with another man was secretly streamed online. his parents hope his death will serve as a call for compassion and human dignity. u.s. supreme court goes back in session tomorrow. welcoming a new justice, elena kagan, there she is, among several issued considered restrictions on selling video

games to people under the age of 18. turning back to the weather situation which has been a serious one over the past self-days. certainly on the east coast. trying to dry out there, after all of that rain led to all of that. at least eight people died in storm-related accidents, seven of those deaths in north carolina. much of downtown windsor, one particular town, under water still. could still be that way for the next several day. give you a look also in new york. whitney point, new york, a video from one of our i-reports here. reynolds wolf, as we take a look, keeping an eye on the weather situation now. did they have to deal with any more rain? nothing's going to come on top of it, is it? >> we are going to see a chance of rain move in. the chance of seeing more precipitation is likely, at least 80%. however, rain that will fall in those areas should be fairly light. that's the good news. also, another bit of good news, much of it will form farther out

to sea. you see images popping up on radar, that's your heaviest precipitation off of the outer banks, off of the jersey shoreline, that's the best news of all. an area of low pressure and frontal boundary kicking out deep in the atlantic. what it's going to do is leave a void behind it. that void's got to be filled with something. it's going to be filled with high pressure building into the great lakes but also filled with something else. it's going to be bringing in cool somewhere drier weather. this morning people are waking up in milwaukee, chicago with temperatures that are currently into the 40s. 36 in green bay outside of lambeau field. minneapolis, twin cities, 41. 43 in kansas city. 44 motown. and 50 degrees in pittsburgh. also 50 in charleton. that's what you have for the time being. later today, we'll see temperatures warm up a little bit. it's not too oppressive in the great lakes or the portions of the midwest. highs will rise in many spots.

50 and 60s. 63 in st. louis, 57 in chicago. west, warmer, 88 along the strip in las vegas. 75 in las vegas, 64 in san francisco, 100 in phoenix. 70 in atlanta. oh, yeah, you gotta like that. 63 in new york. 88 in miami. so looks like the fall is finally coming to parts of southeast. >> to you, too, reynolds. talk to you soon. it's been a summer of rallies. rallies to the left of us. rallies to the right of us. rallies in d.c. one more to tell you. this one comes with aileen lea left. we'll get a tea party representative to weigh in on what we saw yesterday. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. yoplait. it is so good. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors.

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we saw 400 different groups come together yesterday representing the spectrum of liberal causes, the one nation working together in the nation's capital, trying to get people enthused about the upcoming election. but the people that were trying to fire up were supporters of barack obama, many would say. cnn's kate bolduan was there for us. >> reporter: the rally here at lincoln memorial was organized by a coalition of liberal and progressive-leaning groups, including union groups and civil rights groups. talking about a range of issue, but focusing on the need for job

creation, improving public education, touchingen immigration reform, all setting as the backdrop of the upcoming midterm elections. >> we got to go home and we've got to hit the pavement. we've got to knock on doors. we've got to get ready for the midterm exam! we can't stop in '08. we've got to get ready in '10, from '10 to '11, we go pat to p the midterm exam. >> reporter: with polls showing that democratic members of congress are in trouble in the upcoming election, people turning out here said they wanted to present a show of force and to have their voices heard. why did you guys coming out here today? what's the motivation? y did you show up? >> we're in solidarity with everybody out here, i guess, and the agenda to make america a more progressive place. we want america to be something

that represents every kind of diversity notice country. we want to show that we have a presence and we want america to head in the right direction. >> reporter: a major theme toes today, as they call it one nation, organizers trying to rally the democratic base, rally voters with a get out the vote message with an aim of stirring same emotion and the same energy they've already seen amongst conservative groups, among conservative rallies, right here at the lincoln memorial, like the glenn beck and tea party rallies over the summer with an eye toward the upcoming election one month away. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. seams like it's been the year of rallies in washington. we did see it, conservative glenn beck and the tea party gathers, now this one, one nation rally, a liberal, as you heard, a left-leaning, progress-leaning groups getting together there. thousands came together at lincoln memorial. the focus on jobs and education and a pledge to support

democrats in november. joining me on the phone is national tea party federation spokesman david webb. thank you for hopping on the line with us this morning. after seeing what happened yesterday, would you have liked to have been there at that rally yesterday? do you think there was something you and other tea party movement folks could have contributed to it? >> i think the more important message is not that we sit and count for each earother which t is the rally versus rally at not fear. they don't reflect the majority of americans with the liberal progressive agenda has been rejected by america, we have seen it fail, stimulus and 15 million people out of jobs, and they want to continue this entitlement mentality. plus, when you look at groups involved, like laraza and groups that have had hateful messages playing the race card, playing the race game, this is about getting voters to come home for

the elections. >> mr. webb, would you say on some issues, whether it's education, jobs, that there are some issues that the folks at the rally yesterday, folks we saw at mr. beck's rally, folks we see the tea party express tour that goes across the country, aren't those a couple of issues, the jobs and education, that no matter what we think on some of the other things, that we clearly, a lot of folks, disagree on, that everybody can come together at least on some things? >> it would be great if we did more than agree on the headline. what we don't agree on is the approaches. education is a major civil rights issue. it has been mismanaged, throwing money at it has not fixed it. why continue a failed policy? we need to have that choice in our education system that helps especially urban communities regardless of the ethnic makeup. >> mr. webb, you said there that you don't agree on the approaches, though, yes, we want more jobs, we want better education, don't agree on the

approaches. but does that preclude us all, talking about americans, from being able to have civil conversation and debate? sounds like you're saying we don't agree on approaches so it's us against snem. >> no, it's not about us against them. we should be civil on the debate. but what we have seen is a pervasive hateful response from the left. when someone on the right does something. looking there are people on right that have made that -- that have done things wrong also, to be fair, on the extremes, neither one belongs in the discussion. but they don't have discussions. the ones on the extremes simply come out and use invective and stir up emotions. we need to sit down and figure out what's needed in america. what needs to work from a policy point of view, not an ideological point of view. >> on that point there, i was talking to the head of the naacp yesterday, head of the rally, and i want you listen now to what he told me about the rally

yesterday and what it was in response to, and i do want to give you an opportunity to respond to it. let's take a listen. >> we're not the answer to the tea party, we're not the alternative to the tea party but we're very much the antidote to the tea party. we're a difference response to the same situation. some folks see tensions going up, prosperity going down and they want to inflame tension. we say let's create a tie that lifts all votes. >> you know what? i will just not even ask a question. i will let you response to what you just heard. >> well, ben jealous has little credibility with me. this is a man, at the head of an organization, there and are great local chapters of the naacp, the national chapter would not answer a lie told by them in their own press release to me on "larry king." so his credibility is shot. the problem is that we don't have a discourse going on, as you mentioned earlier, in the country about needed solutions.

what we have is a constant attack by the left and when they are in the minority, which they are, and when they are in trouble for the elections, they play the race card for the black community, they play the immigration card for the hispanic community, they play the anti-war card for the anti-war activists. they're not looking for american solutions. they're looking to get their agenda through, regardless of whether the policy's good for america or not. >> mr. web, i hope we can find a time, find a day, where that conversation, you and i are speaking of can take place and accusations don't continue to fly. i appreciate you hopping on the line. hope to have you part of the conversation with us at least over the coming days, weeks and months ahead. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. i would love to have that conversation. >> we look forward to it. i want to remind viewers out there get the latest political news by going to

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karl azuz, our guy last week, talked about the choice students make when it comes to school lunch, and why they don't always pick what's good for them. carl, of course, shaking his head. >> no, sir. >> he's back. we've been doing a lot about food the past week. now we're hearing it from the kids about choices they make. >> yes, we are. and lady named dr. marilyn hughes, the director of atlanta nutrition services, director of nutrition services for atlanta public schools, she's telling us

in you give kids healthier choices when really young, celery sticks as opposed to chicken nuggets which we know kids love, they want, she's suggesting they'll develop a taste for that. that's what we've heard from the students and we've talked to them how their families influence choices they make. have a listen to what they said. what kinds of foods do you eat at home? >> eat what my mom cooks. >> pakistani at home from scratch. >> my mom recently pack made lunches for me. >> with my children, it became an essence of following what they saw parents do, looking at what was in the refrigerator, limiting the choices that i provided in our home. >> lettuce, cheese, salsa. >> reporter: how has your family influences the nutrition choices you make? >> my mother, obesity runs in our family, and she also has both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, being overweight

increases the chance of us getting that. >> my grandfather had a stroke, and he has heart problems and he's a full diabetic. we took him in, he lives with us now, we have to take care of him. we changed our whole, like, eating diet. >> thank you. >> we actually eat a lot of organic food at my house. when you first start off eating it, you don't notice a difference, but after a while, once you taste something that's not organic, you can really taste the difference. >> my grandfather can't have too much sugar, so we use like all-natural sweetener and we go to the farmer's market, like, every month. >> what you eat now affects it later. you might not know it now, but in the long run it will catch up with you. >> i thought that was great insight from a young person, understand a lot of people criticize kids for not having foresight, and this is somebody, when it came to nutrition, certainly had an idea of what was downed road and suggesting to her friends, find out how many more calories are in the

fried food. plan accordingly. there's more momehomework invol. about. >> you're young, you think you're invincible. that's a problem down the road. the nutritionist, i was curious, talked about choices. a matter of giving them the option in the line and do they think they would pick the celery sticks or carrots, or is it a matter of you have to force kids at home and serve them that, and that's what gets them into the habit. >> force is a strong word. i think her advice was, if parents give kids choices to begin with, parents encourage young ones, right, to start, hopefully as they get older and at the high school level they will make choices on their own, wei as we saw some students making at grady high school. >> you can talk a kid into doing something bad but can you talk a kid into right thing? >> a couple of friends follow the their advice, saw fried stuff might not have been as healthy. another one said it falls on

deaf ears, i'll eat my friend's french fries and that's how it goes. >> enjoy hearing from the kids you're been having. good to see you, carl. coming up, new time for the court. supreme court back in session tomorrow. got some new cases. but, first, let us pray. heading to sunday service. coming up in our "faces of faith," red mass what the service could mean for dozens of new cases before the supreme court. 28 past the hour. e' been the fs through good times and bad, when our clients' needs changed we changed to meet them. through the years, when some lost their way, we led the way with new ideas for the financial challenges we knew would lie ahead. this rock has never stood still. and there's one thing that will never change. we are, the rock you can rely on. prudential. this chicken tortilla soup has such a wonderful zesty quality. that's the chipotle and cilantro.

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ports, you know, the train stations, airports, things like that. here is cnn's national security correspondent jeanne meserve. >> reporter: t.j., the state department is expected to issue a travel alert to americans in europe, perhaps as early as today, urging them to be vigilant, aware,s specially when in public places like airports and tourist sites, according to a senior u.s. official. a second senior u.s. official says that u.s. military installations are taking prudent precautions, quoting this official, this is a serious situation. u.s. and european officials have been saying for several days that they're concerned about the possibility of terror attacks against targets in europe. they have said they're following several threads of intelligence, one of which concerns mumbai-style command dough attacks, possibly against multiple locations in great britain, france, and germany but they've also said they do not have specific information about timing, mode, or places of attack. u.s. officials have also told cnn that osama bin laden has

been in communication with al qaeda affiliates within pakistan and elsewhere, urging them to act. one official says, this alert to travelers is being prompted by the volume of intelligence on terror threats rather than any new intelligence. t.j., back to you. >> thanks to our jeanne meserve. the growing terror concern in europe comes as intelligence experts point to increases volume of chatter about possible attacks. stephanie elam in new jersey at newark airport. stephanie? >> reporter: t.j., at this point this morning, we took a tour inside the terminal to see if we could talk to a few people and we found a couple of europeans who are pretty much say, you've got to go home. they're flying home, regardless. a lot of international flights leave in the evening here. a few people that we have talked to are like you have to go on with your life, you have to do this. this is what we've done since

2001. we did hear from a few people in miami. here what happens they had to say. >> frankly, this is all paid for, certainly no one would turn back, and, you know, what can one do about it? you go, you try to be as safe as possible, even here there could be a bomb scare here. >> if you took it to heart you wouldn't ever leave the house for travelers i would be worried, after new york after september 11th i was worried but everybody's learned to live with it. >> reporter: so of course, it's something to really take into account. you know, the way the economy has been a lot of people are like, look, if i've put out the money for a plane ticket i'm getting on a plane going where i'm going to go. people at airports are saying, if i'm going to be there, i have to keep my eyes about me, look around, see what's going on, and for people in big metropolitan airport likes newark or jfk or chicago or atlanta, where you are, that's what they've been doing. so that's pretty much the

response. the other thing, i think, people have been mentioning is the fact that this is what we are expecting to hear that we're going to get this alert. we haven't gotten it yet. as for now, it's business as usual here at newark. >> isn't the usual business of a lot of travelers, especially new yorkers, is that they're used to being vigilant? >> reporter: yeah. we're also used to be in really crowded places, right in cities and areas like this. going through security, you are paying attention, you're looking for anything that's suspicious or different. they don't see it as anything different as they get on the plane. once they do, once they get to europe, that's what we'll have to see. people are saying i've put out the money, i'm getting on my plane. >> stephanie, thank you, as always. strong words in the california gubernatorial debate last night. republican candidate meg whitman and attorney general jerry brown sparred over jobs, the economy,

immigration. whitman accused her democratic opponent of orchestrating the scandal over history former housekeeper notice country illegally. she said brown exploited the situation for political gain. >> you should be ashamed. you, and your surrogates, put her deportation at risk. you put her out there and you should be ashamed for sacrificing nicky diaz on the altar of your political imbigss. i took accountability. we hired someone who i thought was here legally, she was not. we, unfortuna unfortunately had. what would you have had me do other than exactly what we did? >> jerry bound, of course, fired back suggesting whitman's actions were inconsistent with her stance on immigration. >> you're the one who says, hey, i -- you know, everyone's got to be accountable, this is a terrible thing we have millions of peoples but you don't want to

pass citizenship. don't run for governor if you can say i made a mistake, i'm sorry, let's go on from here. you have blamed her, blamed me, blamed the left, blamed the unions but don't take accountability. you can't be a leader unless you can stand on your own two feet and say, yeah, i made a mistake, i'm going on from here. >> that was translated for h hispanic viewers. go to cnnpolitics.com? tomorrow, the president will convene a meeting with his economic recovery advisory board at the white house. tuesday he joins dr. jill biden on the summit on community colleges. that evening the president will address the most powerful women summit in washington. wednesday, scheduled to award u.s. army sergeant the med of honor. traveling to new jersey for a democratic national committee dinner. thursday, the president goes to the baltimore area for an event on behalf of the governor there.

on friday he has more meetings at the white house. each sun, before the supreme court resumes, court justices and other washington power brokers, attend what's called the red mass at washingtonness cathedral of st. matthew. this annual tradition has been celebrated some 57 years and that's the focus of today's "faces of faith." the mass celebrates the legal profession, but the invite-only aven attended by dignitaries including presidents over the year. president obama not scheduled to make an appearance there today. six supreme court justices attended last year's red mass. critics of the mass, though, say, they find attendance of leading decisionmakers, including members of the highest court in the land, to be inappropriate. church officials have insisted they do not attempt to persuade

anyone who attends that service. look at some of the issues coming up before the high court. one of the more high profile cases on the docket, whether federal laws trump state efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants. arizona companies are required to use a federal database to verify documentation for employees, chamber of commerce, though, argues the federal law prohibits making use of the database mandatory. the outcome could become a blueprint for dealing with future illegal immigration issues. protesters, free speech rights at military funeral no matter how disturbing the message might be, the federal appeals court ruled it was protected speech. several states have tried to put limits where and when protests like these can take place. also before the court, should states be allowed to ban selling violent video games to people under the age of 18? video gamemakers say a ban violates free speech rights. the state of california says it has a legal obligation to

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i'm go fog share with you a couple of seconds of it. the state department alerts u.s. citizens for the potential for terrorist attacks in europe. it says current information suggests that al qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terror attacks. i want to remind you, this is a terror -- a travel alert. this is not a traveling warning, not telling americans not to go to europe, not telling americans who are there that they need to leave europe. they're just telling folks to be aware, to be vigilant. yes, we're supposed to do this already in this post-9/11 world. a couple other lines in the alert that i will share, u.s. citizens reminded of the potential for terrorist attacks and attacks on public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when they are traveling. one more thing here they do say they recommend that u.s. citizens register their travel

plans with the consolelar section of the u.s. embassy through the state department's travel registration website. important they are advising people traveling to europe, they are advising u.s. citizens to register the plan. the travel alert we were expecting has come down. candy crowley most of "state of the union" at the top of the hour. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> always some alarm when we have to hear about a travel alert. help us here with perspective to put something out like this, yes, telling us to be vigilant, but what would have had to have been go on behind the scenes? how much would they know that would prompt them to make this kind of a move? >> well, it's a sort of thing we never know what they know, but it is unusual, particularly we're talking about europe here. you know, we've had travel alerts and have had actually travel warnings, which is the next step, for countries that you know intrinsically that are dangerous. i think probably -- i know at

some level they have had the these -- all of this information because we heard about it this week of, you know, possible al qaeda attacks coming from, among some places, perhaps being hatched in pakistan. so they have been talking about this for a while, we know, and did sort of signal that they at least wanted to let the public know that this is a time to be alert, not just at home, but overseas, if that's where you're traveling. >> you mentioned pakistan there. pakistan will be a topic of discussion on your show, i believe, this morning. relationship that is oh so critical, but it's a relationship that doesn't seem to be oftentimes be so kumbaya. >> no. it certainly isn't now. i think the tension level is incredible right now. mostly because the u.s. has stepped up its drone attacks, those manless assaults into pakistan. pakistan has trouble at home keeping its domestic audience on

the side of the pakistani government, and it has, of course, trouble with the u.s., which is expecting pakistan to take out some of these terrorists who are occupying the mountainous regions next to afghanistan. so we do have the pakistani ambassador to the u.s. coming on to talk about those sorts of things. as you know, tensions got high enough in pakistan they have blocked one of the supply routes from pakistan into afghanistan, and that's the route one of the routes, were the u.s. takes in supplies for nato and u.s. troops. so that's one of the things we'll be talking to him about. >> candy, thank you. you've got a couple of senators head of their respective parties of senate campaign committees. >> senator john cornyn of texas and senator robert menendez of new jersey, heading up their senate committee. a lot of people don't think the senate is in play but republicans feel they can make a lot of inroads, pick up enough seats to have an impact in the senate. >> candy, always a pleasure. thank you so much.

we'll see you here in a few minutes. "state of the union" with candy crowley coming your way in 15 minutes, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific, here on cnn. and back for a moment to this travel alert we were telling you. we were expecting it all morning. it has officially come down. let's bring in jean plea serve on the line. you tell us, i was asking candy crowley there, what does the u.s. have to know before they take this kind of step to issue not a travel warn, but the travel alert? >> reporter: what u.s. officials have told us is that they are concerned about the volume of the intelligence that's coming in. we've been reporting of course for several days that have been concerned about the possibility of terror attacks in europe, some of which talked about the possibility of mumbai-style attacks. and now we have the specific alert which is urging u.s. citizens to take action. it says that information suggests that al qaeda and affiliates continue to plan. it suggests that u.s. citizens

be reminded of the potential for terrorists who attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. it says terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime services. u.s. citizens it says, should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. it also says that the terrorists have used a variety of means and weapons, and have targeted both official and private interests. so, a very broad-ranging warning here, one could question how useful it may to be americans overseas to hear this. but clearly, what you gather from the warning that modes of transportation must be of particular concern in line of the intelligence that's come in. >> and one more thing to you, jean, as these things go, as travel alerts go, they don't

necessarily have an expiration date on them. what does it take for the u.s. government before they would rescind one of these things? >> reporter: i think they're carefully tracking the intelligence and see if they get any indication that the temperature has dropped. it may hinge on whether or not they take some people into custody. i think those are the sorts of things it's going to take. what the time frame will be, i'm totally unable to give you an estimate on that, t.j. >> jeanne meserve, we appreciate you hopping on the line. travel alert officially now issues for u.s. citizens traveling to europe, just to be vigilant, be aware of surroundings as you go to tourist sites and other public places and also places of public transportation.

just about ten minutes to the top of the hour. big day today, lex delection da scandal going on. let me bring in nadya. we're used to talking about dirty politics and scandal here, nice to hear it somewhere else for a change. >> this scandal is not seeming to affect the brazilian election. what's happening you have apparently going to be the next president of brazil because she is supported by lula and we can talk about how popular lula is, what he's done for brazil. >> a larger than life figure. >> it's not the eighth largest global economy in the world. do you know that the brazilian currency is the most stable in the world? >> wow. >> so what's happening now is she was chief of staff, and then her chief of staff apparently

his son is involved in illegal activity in getting paybacks. so that's where it comes in. and the opposition to rusef is using that against her, but it's to no avail. it's quite interesting, nobody had her about her in 1995 and she replaced a chief of staff there had been scandal with. it's the son of the chief of staff, the chief of staff has redesigned. >> this sounds familiar. people trying to make a connection through some connection-you knew somebody ten years ago who dated somebody who had a wassen. politicians will use it against her. she's not flinching. she will be the first female president of brazil. if you want to know how to say election in portuguese -- [ speaking foreign language ] so maybe with all that's go on in europe today, maybe we should be going to brazil.

>> instead -- sounds like you said she's the next president, because the polls -- >> it's the legacy of lula. nobody heard of this woman five years ago. five years later she's becoming the president. look what he's done for the country. look what the working party has done for the middle class, the lower class. there were 17 million undernourished people. people now have food. a particular school all they ate were rice and beans, because of lula's farming policies they're now eating. people love him, he's a legacy. he supports this woman. she is actually -- she has a bulgarian father, brazil being a country of immigrants. an interesting, fascinating woman, she is. >> we will hear more by the end of the day? >> we will be hearing more and about rouseff and world cup, 2014 in brazil. >> right the olympics. >> my goodness. we do need to get to brazil.

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