this morning. certainly appreciate it. coming up tomorrow, we'll talk to kay bailey-hutchbailey-. and disney actress and singer bridgit mendler. hi, thank you. happening right now in the newsroom, standing firm despite calls from his own party, todd akin staying in the race this morning. mitt romney, paul ryan, scott ryan, all asking akin to drop out. chris the baker, the owner of crumb and get it speaking at a paul ryan event in roanoke, virginia, this morning. he's the small business owner who turned down joe biden's visit last week. so is chris the baker the next joe the plumber? helping hand or special treatment? a denver area university giving undocumented students a discounted tuition, almost half of what out of state students

pay. some are even saying the policy is illegal. the university's president will join me live. and, oh, harry, the partying prince caught in a late-night naked game of strip billiards. the photos of the royal romp going viral. an embarrassment for buckingham palace as the third in line for the throne grabs headlines this wednesday morning. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning, it is wednesday, thank you so much for joining me. we begin this hour with a politician who has alienated his own party, yet may have fired up his fellow staunch conservatives. missouri congressman todd akin was launching an ad blitz apologizing for his ill-advised comments on legitimate rape. his words so offensive republican leaders and even mitt romney demanded he quit the senate race he was actually

leading. todd akin is not only defiant, he sounds downright angry. >> over more than a year period of time, a number of us ran in this republican primary. each of us had our messages. i was outspent by a large amount in terms of media. and yet, by standing on principle and putting politics aside and talking about the foundations of this country, the people in missouri chose me to be their candidate. and i don't believe it's right for party bosses to decide to override those. >> dana bash is our senior congressional correspondent. so dana, akin says his base is now mobilizing to support him. what are you hearing? >> well, you said akin sounds angry. i can tell you talking to republicans trying to push him out, they sound exasperated. i talked to one source who told me the party is just now expecting to "grind it out for a while." they're waiting to watch a few dynamics and see how they

unfold. one is money, whether or not given the fact that the party and outside groups like cross roads to karl rove's group, they're saying no more money. whether that will affect him or he'll be able to raise money from angry grass roots folks out there who are mad at the party. they're just going to wait and see. and the other is support. he actually hasn't been in missouri for a few days. he's been in the state of ohio, which is where his political consultants are. now he's back, he went back late last night. they're going to see whether or not now that he's there he feels isolated or supported. >> i guess the bottom line for the nation and the gop, how much does this hurt republicans? >> a lot. i mean, there's no sugar coating and talking to republican officials, carol. it's fascinating. first and foremost, they knows it puts the divisive issue front and center. i want to listen tow akin himself described why he's staying in the race. he did it this morning. >> there are many victims of rape, and it is extremely serious. as i said, it's a violent crime.

it leaves permanent scars. and in that regard, that's why i apologize. because i said hurtful things. i don't apologize for being pro life and standing up for the ones who are defenseless and that is a deep conviction that i have. >> and carol, that's a deep conviction for a very significant part of the republican base. but for the general election, especially on the presidential level, gop sources i was talking to worried that could hurt amongst swing voters especially women, those undecided women in key swing states, a new poll this morning says that the gap is ten points. >> dana bash reporting live from washington. happening now, a crowd and buzz are building outside a hardware store in roanoke, virginia. the reason and appearance of vice presidental candidate paul ryan set to start in about ten

minutes. introductions being made now. it's the republican's third visit from the swing state since he joined the romney ticket and also the state where romney introduced ryan as his running mate. mark preston is in tampa, the site of next week's republican national convention. so, mark, does the gop view virginia as a must-win state? >> well, carol, not only does the gop view it, but the obama campaign. the 13 electoral votes on the line in the commonwealth of virginia. president obama won it in 2008. he was the first democrat to do so since lyndon johnson did in 1964. let's put this in just basic mathematics. the state that i sit in right now, florida. if barack obama wins it, mitt romney has to clear the board on all the other toss-up states including virginia. virginia is seen as a key right now for the republicans to take back the white house. and that's why we're seeing paul

ryan down there right now campaigning, carol. >> i want to talk a little bit about the man who could be the new joe the plumber. tell us about this baker in virginia. and the point he is making as paul ryan comes to visit. >> sure. now what happened was that joe biden was down there campaigning himself. he sent an advanced team in to go to a bakery down in ratford, a very republican area, except for a little piece it's next to, montgomery county where virginia tech is. the obama team went in and asked the owner of crumb and get it which is a bakery down there if joe biden could stop by. the owner politely declined, and the reason was because of his politics and of his faith. he didn't want him to come to his bakery. he was very polite about it according to the roanoke times. he said thank you, but no thank you. here we are today. as you said, paul ryan is at this hardware store. guess who is providing the

cookies at this event? none other than the owner of crumb and get it, carol. there you go. politics and baking all come together as one. >> okay. so paul ryan has chris the baker. thank you so much. live in florida this morning. paul ryan's getting a warm welcome on the campaign trail, but the new poll suggests it has not moved the needle much for romney. the nbc news/"wall street journal" survey shows support for president obama at 48% and romney at 44%. it's worth noting two things. the poll was conducted entirely after ryan was named as romney's running mate and secondly the margin of error puts the race at a virtual dead heat. so more specifically, what is ryan's influence on the presidential race? more than half of americans say it has absolutely no effect on their choice. some were evenly split on whether it's a positive or a negative influence.

you've probably never seen prince harry quite like this. the member of britain's royal family caught naked. although he was wearing a watch and a necklace. but he was caught virtually naked after a game of strip billiards in vegas. tmz published the photos. and buckingham palace confirms these images are, indeed of prince harry. now, some people say the incident raises questions about the prince's security. other people say it raises a lot more than that. cnn's matthew chance is in london. wow. what are people saying there about these photos? >> reporter: well, you've got to chuckle about it, haven't you, carol? these are very salacious images, no doubt. they're not particularly newsworthy in the sense that he's not doing anything wrong. he's a 27-year-old guy. he's on a break from the army, and this is him in one sense

letting off steam as it were. but it does raise a couple of very serious issues. the first one, the privacy issue. the fact that somebody in his entourage, we don't know who, took this photograph and released it to the press, possibly for money. and the second issue it raises is, of course, the judgments of prince harry. he's been in similar controversial situations in the past. in 2005, i think, he was pictured wearing a nazi uniform to a fancy dress party. he was accused in the past of underage alcohol and drug abuse. various other controversies, as well. and i guess this is another salacious example of that. >> could he face any repercussions? >> reporter: no, i don't think so. i mean, obviously, he's not done anything wrong, exactly. it suspect there'll be red faces in buckingham palace behind me.

behind the scenes people -- the other residence where his father and his offices are run out of have said, yes, he messed up on this occasion, i expect he'll get a dressing down, i suppose you should say. but there won't be any formal repercussions. perhaps they'll redouble the attempt to make sure he doesn't kind of expose himself to this kind of controversy in the future. >> i'm just curious. just one last question. do the people of great britain love prince harry for doing this kind of stuff? are they just not surprised? it's just prince harry? how do they feel about it? >> well, he's got this reputation as being a bit of a playboy prince. this, obviously, adds to that whole idea. i mean, there was a sense, i think, that you know, prince harry had been trying along with his press to rebrand himself as a bit more serious. he took a leading role, of

course, during the closing ceremony of the olympics here in london a few weeks back. he's been in through conflict in afghanistan and that's added to the seriousness of his image. but this kind of episode, obviously, undermines a lot of the hard work that's been done to the serious image a bit. >> matthew chance live in london this morning and fully clothed. e-mail threats to president obama, wait until you hear how authorities were greeted when they moved in to make an arrest in that case. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived,

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visit gorving.com. 14 minutes past the hour. thanks to congressman todd akin, the abortion debate is front and center across the country. and though many republicans support his underlying relief that all abortion is wrong even if a woman is raped. part of the party's official platform. >> hearing no other amendments that section will be closed and i appreciate the good work that committee did and past platforms that has been hours of discussion. and i applaud the committee's work in affirming our respect for human life.

well done. >> the platform reads in part, "we support a human life amendment to the constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the fourteenth amendment's protections apply to unborn children." that would ban abortion outright even in cases of rape or incest. it is important to know that governor romney backed the provision to allow abortions in cases of rape and incest. his running mate is for no exceptions. we're going to talk to both sides of this debate. we begin with the executive vice president of policy, advocacy, and communications of planned parenthood. welcome, dawn. >> good morning, carol. >> i know you're taken aback by this. but mitt romney says he does support in cases of rape or incest. won't his party trump the platform? >> i think you would have to say

that that's mitt romney's platform now and he and representative ryan who also support the same legislation that representative akin supported around forcible no exception rape are the people who are in charge of the party and now that's their platform. >> the republicans' platform may be extreme in your mind, but there have been a wave of anti-choice laws passed across the country and people have voted in these game-changing lawmakers. doesn't that illustrate a shift of belief in this country? >> i think that people are really waking up to this fact right now that they are really serious about banning safe, legal abortion in this country. and not only that, though, if you look at the positions that are in the party platform -- if you look at the positions that are supported by governor romney and representative ryan, you'll see it's a very vast agenda, not only around abortion, but around cutting the nation's birth control and family planning

programs, about cutting women's access to preventive cancer screenings by de-funding planned parenthood. and by saying whether your boss should be able to decide whether or not you get access to these health benefits like birth control. >> some people might say, you know, i agree with you, but still, when you look across the country and what's happening that people who are pro-choice are simply losing the battle. >> well, we try not to deal with labels as much as we try to deal with the facts that most americans in this country support safe, legal abortion. they want women across the board to have access to birth control, to preventive health services. they disagree with taking away funding for these services. and the more that they are hearing directly. and todd akin is really just the tip of the iceberg. and the focus on him and the calls for his resignation. but the bigger question is, why

aren't people calling for the resignation of the 160 co-sponsors of his forcible rape provision, including representative paul ryan who is now a leading member of the republican party ticket. >> thanks so much for being with us this morning. now, we want to get to -- >> thank you. >> you're welcome. now to the other side. antiabortion support continues to grow in this country. according to gallup, support for abortion under any circumstance was 34%, in 2011, that number fell to 25%. at the same time, support for making abortion illegal grew from 13% to 20%. the president of the national right for life committee joins us live now. welcome, carol. >> thank you, carol. great to be here. >> when you look at what's been the republican platform, support for a human life amendment to the constitution, do you see that as a hard-fought victory? >> no.

no, the republican party since 1976 has supported a human life amendment or effort to pass a human life amendment. and unlike what is being reported around the country, this is not going to ban all abortions. the platform does not call for any specific exceptions. it does not get into the weeds as to what should be legal or not. it says we have a general principle. we think unborn children should be protected and we'll support efforts to do that. >> mitt romney, he supports abortion rights when it comes to rape or incest, do you support mitt romney? >> oh, absolutely. mitt romney is a wonderful, strongly pro-life candidate and we will do everything we can to get him elected. >> -- under certain circumstances. in light of the akin controversy, do you worry at all about backlash? >> no. no, the american public would

support laws to limit abortion in all or most cases. most people do not accept the current situation which allows abortion for any reason for all nine months of pregnancy. that's where president obama is. no limits on abortion for all nine months and he wants taxpayers to pay for it. he is actually the candidate who is way out of sync with the american public. >> but when you have a sitting congressman coming out and saying things like legitimate rape and somehow a woman's body can defend against getting pregnant if she's under attack, i mean, wouldn't that cause a backlash. doesn't that cause some people to say, hmm. and he's very strongly pro-life, right? so some people might think he's kind of crazy too. >> well, the unfortunate comment was based on some old studies. it was a stupid thing to say, quite frankly. but he has apologized and we will see what the voters of missouri think about that and whether or not that is someone they want representing them.

>> carol tobais, thanks for joining us this morning. one university, tuition is now cheaper, way cheaper for undocumented students than for some legal students. the university's president will join us to explain why that's a good thing.

it's your chance to comment on the big story of the day. should congressman todd akin drop out of the u.s. senate race? some would say he's either gutsy or delusional. his fellow republicans all the way up to mitt romney are urging him to do the right thing for his family and the republican party. he's not budging. why should he? because in his mind he put one unfortunate word in front of the word rape. the whole thing, he says, is overblown. >> this is not about me. this is not about my ego. but it is about the voters of the state of missouri. they've chosen me because of principles that i stand on and putting principle over politics.

i believe that they stand with me on a whole host of issues. >> akin did win a primary. people did vote for him. he's been in congress for 12 years. and his views are nothing new. in this morning's st. louis dispatch, he voted against the school lunch program, he called the morning after pill a form of abortion, he voted against funding autism research. he called student loans a stage-three cancer of socialism. he questioned the need for the voting rights act and said the heart of liberalism is really a hatred of god, end quote. at least one poll shows akin up a point in missouri. mr. akin thinks he can still win. and his fellow republicans, well, he -- should congressman todd akin drop out of the u.s. senate race? facebook.co

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we're just about a minute away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. chairman and ceo of dallas-based pioneer natural resources. on wall street, stocks are expected to open lower today, investors looking into reports on existing home sales and the latest round of corporate earnings. as early as today, the man convicted of killing former beatle john lennon 32 years ago gets a chance at freedom today. mark david chapman is up for his seventh parole hearing. yoko ono says she's still asking the parole board to deny the release. warnings are up for puerto rico and the virgin islands. storm's moving west at about 18 miles per hour. it is unclear whether isaac could affect the gop convention in florida next week. prince harry may be on a private vacation, but a late night in vegas is now making headlines thanks to these

photos, which show the prince playing a game of strip billiards. strip pool. but as you know, he's no stranger to controversy. he was thrust into the headlines when he was caught drinking underage and using pot. and in 2005 he apologized after being photographed wearing a nazi soldier uniform to a fancy dress party. and three years ago he was the subject of a formal racism inquiry after he was videotaped calling a pakistani soldier our little paki friend. for more on the wild ways of prince harry, i'm joined by royal watcher richard fi fitzwilliams. and how would you like to be a fly on the wall there this morning? >> reporter: well, quite frankly, you know, this isn't the story that it's being made out to be. and we must see this in context. what he was doing was letting off steam at a party and someone was rotten and apparently let

out photographs of it. i mean, it's important to remember that prince harry has changed so much since the times that you are referring to in afghanistan, he saw 77 days of service ending in 2008 when he had to be pulled out. he's done a great deal for charity, and he's also qualifying as an attack pilot. he intends to return to afghanistan and serve his country. and also, he has a totally different image here with the population of the whole. so i don't think anyone's going to be bothered about the photos. >> isn't a sense of decorum required when you're in such a public role? i mean he was naked at a hotel. he was playing strip pool and one of his dear friends took pictures of him and posted them online. >> well, they did indeed, and they shouldn't have. and in britain, they do show a

certain amount of discretion, thank goodness. someone undoubtedly leaked that which was deplorable, but things have changed, he has changed, he's matured. he's a party person. you must remember this. he'll always be a party person. and we cannot expect him to behave in a way that, frankly, might be ideal for film all 24 hours of his life. i don't see this causing concern. i do see a few red faces. i do see some people laughing at him for a while, but frankly, unlike some of his past misdemeanors, which were in past times when he hadn't matured, this is hardly even a storm in a teacup. >> all right. richard, thanks so much for joining us this morning. abc's moving jimmy kimmel. can the younger comedian make the vets step up their game in

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oh, we're looking at a new late night tv war starting early next year, abc says it's moving jimmy kimmel to 11:35 eastern. network executives say having kimmel go head-to-head with david letterman and jay leno will provide potential for more ad revenue. but will it work? and what does it mean for abc news "nightline"? >> reporter: fans of jimmy kimmel will be watching him at a different time next year. abc announced plans to move the start of his show up a half hour to 11:35 eastern effective in january. pitting him head-to-head against jay leno and david letterman. it's the biggest shake-up in late night since conan o'brien got booted from the "tonight show" and moved his act to tbs. >> i feel like abc is now giving

kimmel a better time slot, a more prominent time slot on tv. i feel like they're really saying we think this is the future of late night. >> maggie furlong points out that at age 44, kimmel is considerably younger than leno and letterman who are in their 60s. and he's got ratings momentum. in announcing the decision, abc said kimmel is the only late night show on broadcast tv to grow its audience in the past year. >> kimmel is that guy. he's a little bit younger, he's a little bit fresher. he's a little bit raunchier. >> kimmel has distinguished himself by taking greater comedy risks, including taped bits with a-list stars. >> he's not scared to do the bits that the older guys kind of shy away from because their audience is more varied. >> but for abc, one show's gain is another show's loss. "nightline" won't air until 12:35 a.m. eastern. some tv critics say that as a death now for a program that

launched over 30 years ago. but abc sees greater profit potential with kimmel airing before "nightline," and furlong agrees. >> in order to give people their late night fix i think is a smart idea on abc's part. >> kimmel will compete against a weakened "tonight show" that has seen its ratings soften although it remains the late night leader. comcast, nbc's new parent company just ordered the "tonight show" to cut costs and lay off staff. something leno referred to ruefully in monday night's monologue. >> welcome to the "tonight show" or as comcast calls us "the expendables." >> moving to the 11:35 time slot is, "a little bit scary," but he doesn't plan big changes in his show, which like leno and letterman kicks off with a traditional monologue. >> if you type paul ryan into google, the fourth thing that comes up is paul ryan shirtless. apparently they want a president

they can have a beer with and a vice president they can have a threesome with. >> reporter: as for that three-way race between kimmel, leno, and letterman, some pick the new guy to come out on top. >> i feel like he's going to make them raise their game a little bit. keep your eye on him. >> kareen now joins us from los angeles. so is the writing on the wall? are the old guys about to get the ax? >> well, you know, carol, letterman and leno are both in their 60s. so at some point the network will have to find a replacement and that may be what nbc will do in the future. for example, jimmy fallon has hosted "late night" for about three years now. and the last time they tried to replace leno with somebody younger, didn't work out too well, it turned out for an embarrassment for the network. as for kimmel, he's excited about the change. during his opening monologue last night. not sure if you caught it. he said this 25-minute move was the most important 25 minutes of his life.

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long lost interview with martin luther king jr. the tape was discovered in an atticn chattanooga, tennessee, and captured king's thoughts of the sit-in protests going on in 1960. >> i'm convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. >> he was right too, wasn't he? the homeowner says he'll sell his father's taped interview and hopes the tape will wind up in a museum. there's a logjam in parts of the mississippi river. low water levels brought on by the drought and some stretches are opening only intermittently. near greenville, mississippi, more than 100 ships are now stranded. more fallouts from the drought too.

u.s. soybean prices closing at an all-time high on wednesday. crops are said to be far below the norm and stunningly low, which means we'll probably feel the pinch at the grocery store and gas pumps nationwide. and a chaotic scene in ecuador where a volcano has erupted 80 miles from the capital sending ash and lava a mile up into the sky. residents have been evacuated. the volcano has been active since 1979. this week, one university started classes with dozens of students who are illegal or undocumented immigrants and they're paying less than some legal americans to attend that university. part of a new tuition rate at metro state university of denver. in-state tuition is $4,300 a year. immigrants who spent three years in colorado high schools or have a ged pay just over $7,000. keep in mind, though, out of state american students would

pay more than double that amount. but for some illegal immigrants who have spent most of their life in america, this makes all the difference. they can now afford to go to college. >> i'm as american, you know, my brother who was born here. i'm as american as my friends who graduated from high school. it's the equality, you know. they're finally treating us as equals. >> joining us from denver is steven jordan, the president of metropolitan state university in denver. welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. first of all, tell us why you pushed for this lower tuition rate for undocumented students. >> sure. first of all, we're in a large urban institution serving predominantly the people of colorado, 97% of our students are from the state of colorado. 91% are from the seven county metro area. since we've been founded, our mission is to serve low-income,

first generation students who are trying to change their economic condition. and in colorado, we have the largest education attainment gap in the country between our majority population, the white population, and our largest minority population, latinos. it was our view where the state has invested up to $85,000 in the k-12 education of the young, undocumented students, doesn't it make sense to provide an affordable, unsubsidized, non-resident tuition rate that would allow these young people to get a college education and to become a meaningful contributor to the economy of colorado? >> you're a public university, right? >> that's correct. >> which means taxpayer dollars partially fund your university. some taxpayers might say, hey. my kid wouldn't be afforded the same luxury. why should these undocumented students get this discount? >> well, first of all, there's a long history in colorado as many other places.

in institutions establishing essentially two classifications of students, residents and nonresidents. and resident students typically get a tuition rate that is subsidized by the public. through state taxpayer dollars. nonresident rates receive no subsidy. and in colorado, there is a long history of institutions establishing multiple nonresident rates. the non -- the full nonresident rate is not tied to what it cost to provide the education. it's simply tied to what the market will bear. i think what we've decided is where these young people have attended a colorado high school, have graduated from that high school and are in every sense domicile in colorado under every condition except meeting the legal definition of citizen that

there is an opportunity to provide them a more affordable education without having the taxpayer of colorado contribute to it. >> but still, there are so many americans out there who can't afford to go to college. they can't afford it. they're not being offered many breaks from anyone. >> well, certainly there are a array of tuition rates throughout the country for nonresidents. our institution, as you know, our nonresident tuition rate is roughly $16,000. but only 3% of our students are nonresidents, and i would say that less than one-third of those students pay the full nonresident rate. most of them are attending the university under some other -- under some other nonresident tuition rate like the western undergraduate exchange where they would simply pay 1 1/2

times our resident rate or almost equivalent to what we're charging these undocumented students. >> there are people within the state of colorado who are not happy and have threatened to file lawsuits against your university. what could happen if they're successful in their endeavors? >> sure. you know, clearly, first of all, there's no prohibition for these students attending any university in colorado. the only question is, can we provide this preferred nonresident rate. if we were to lose that case, then what would happen is that we would be forced to go back to charging these students full nonresident cost. we have spent a lot of time investigating both federal and state law and associated court cases, and we feel very strong little that we are in a good legal position, and we think it's been reinforced by the

recent decisions of the president to both provide a deferral status to individuals that are in the kind of situation that our students are, and to provide a work permit for those kinds of students. >> stephen jordan, thank you so much for talking with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. a bit of breaking news to pass along now. we're learning july home sales are up, 2.3%. we're taking a closer look at the numbers and the impact next. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank.

this is cnn breaking news. >> yeah, we're talking about flubs this breaking news. we're learning july home sales are up 2.3%. alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange. 2.3% doesn't sound like much but it is positive news. >> up is better than down, especially you're looking at 2.3% was from june to july.

if you look at the numbers from may to june, that number actually fell, 5%. existing home sales. you're seeing this uneven recovery in the housing market continue. 2.3% is still good, especially since when we talk about existing home sales, these account for about 90% of all the sales in the housing market. so this is good momentum. we also found out that the median price of these previously owned homes climbed more than 9% compared to last year to around $187,000. as far as the market reaction, it did help the market come back from earlier losss, the dow trading down only about ten points, had been down about 30 points before the number came out. new had home sales glimpse comes out tomorrow. toll brothers just released earnings this morning. its shares right now with up 3% giving other home builders a boost, too. new home sales make up only 10%, but it's good to see this momentum picking back up. the trick is to see if it

continues the next month and the next month. of course, you still have to see the jobs market recovery because housing and jobs go hand in hand. if you don't have a job, it's going to be hard to pay your mortgage or buy a new home. >> that's for sure. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts after a short newsroom starts after a short break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com s helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean our job is done. we're still committed to seeing this through.

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thank you for being with us this morning. welcome to "newsroom." i'm carol costello. breaking news on the spreads of the west nile virus. there's been a spike in the number of cases and deaths across the united states. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here with the numbers. >> they're worse. i'm going to say it like that. they are worse than they were last week. the cdc is expected to announce them later today. here's what they're expected to say. last week there were 26 deaths. this week we're expecting the number to be more than 40. that is a big increase. as far as cases go from 693 to more than a thousand. as far as what are the west nile hot spots, texas leading the way followed by the other states listed here, mississippi, louisiana, south dakota and oklahoma. 75% of the west nile cases are in those five states. >> when you say there have been 40 deaths, are elderly people dying, babies? >> elderly are most at risk and

people who have an underlying condition like a heart condition or kidney condition are most at risk. it's important to say that most of us, if we were bit by a west nile mosquito would be fine, you wouldn't know it. but elderly people are much more vulnerable. >> 40 deaths over how many states. >> more than 40 deaths in the country. the cases are centered in ose five states, most of them in the south. >> how concerned is the cdc? >> they're concerned. this is certainly a high number for this time of year. this is higher than before. and that's why they're encouraging states to do what they can. they're really encouraging people to take preventive measures. there is lot you can do. we're not helpless. there are things we can do. the four ds are the things you can do. wear an insect repel aren't with deet. dress in long sleeves and long pants, at dusk and dawn, be especially careful when mosquitos are out in great numbers and drain any standing

water, that kiddie pool your kids played in yesterday, get rid of it. it's especially important if you're in one of these west nile hot spots. >> elizabeth cohen, many thanks. let's taurn now to politics and a politician who alienated his own party may have fired up his fellow staunch conservatives. this time yesterday, missouri congressman todd akin was launching an ad blitz apologizing for his comments on legitimate rape. his words so offensive republican leaders and mitt romney demanded he quit the senate race that he was actually leading. today he is not only defiant, he sounds down right angry. >> over more than a year period of time, a number of us ran in this republican primary. each of us had our messages. i was outspent by a large amount in terms of media. and yet, by standing on principle and putting politics aside and talking about the foundations of this country, the people of missouri chose me to be their candidate. i don't believe it's right for

party bosses to decide to override those voters. >> dana bash is our senior congressional correspondent. so dan farks there's so much pressure on akin to drop out, why isn't he? >> carol, i can answer that from the perspective of covering congress. todd akin is not a back slapping wheeling dealing politician who relies heavily on relationships there for support. he's a devout evangel ca caical. but the reality is party leaders never wanted him to be the nominee in the first place, but he won anyway. that's not lost on him. listen to what he said in an interview on abc this morning. >> i'm never going to say everything that can possibly happen. i don't know the future. but i knew that the party voters took a look at our hearts, understood who we were, had a chance to meet us in many, many different ways and made a

decision. it makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who runs supposed to the election process. >> now, carol the reality is, we should emphasize this, it's also republicans often spar with those becauses like rush limbaugh and the tea party. republican sources i talked to this morning say they're watching to see a couple of things but primarily, can he raise enough cash to stay in the race because the party, outside groups, people with lots of cash are not giving him nel anymore. >> dana bash reporting live from washington this morning. should be time for republicans to get ready for their upcoming convention florida but many republicans now find themselves caught up in the abortion debate, thanks to todd akin. national political correspondent jim acosta has more. >> republican congressman todd akin's refusal to drop out of the missouri senate race has given democrats an opening to talk about abortion when mitt romney would rather focus on the

economy. >> do you guys sees missouri as being more in play now because of todd akin? >> well, we certainly think that the discussion that mitt romney and the republican party have had about women's issues over the course of the past year sounds like something that you would have heard in the 1950s. >> reporter: inside obama re-election ahead convequarters they're not only pointing to akin's comments. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> but these comments to kmeg which reported he questioned whether victims of statutory rape would become pregnant. >> king released say statement saying his words were being twisted adding i never said nor do i believe a woman including minors cannot get pregnant from rape. suggesting otherwise is ridiculous, shameful, disgusting and nothing but al attempt to falsely define who i am.

anti-abortion advocate dr. john wilkill raise the issue in 19989 whelt he will wrote that a rape can possibly upset implantation and even nuturing of a pregnancy adding so assault rape pregnancy is extremely rare. >> i applaud the committee's work in affirming our respect for human life. well done. >> reporter: down in tampa, where republicans will hold their convention next week, the party approved language in its platform that calls for abortion to be banned outright even in kays of rape and incest. >> both romney and ryan back proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. >> this obama cane ad an cues romney of holding the same view, but aides say that's false insisting the gop contender does support exceptions in the case of rape, incest and the life of the mother. romney's running mate paul ryan steered clear of the issue at a rally in pennsylvania but did talk about his own religion in going after the president. >> remember this other time,

where he was caught on video saying, people like to cling to their guns and their religion. hey, i'm a catholic deer hunter. i am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. >> the obama campaign says ryan will have some vice presidential company next week in joe biden. >> isn't that a bit much to send the vice president to the challenger's convention? >> well, he's not attending the convention itself. he'll be holding an event in tamp pass, but i think you'll be hearing certainly from people who are very.familiar with mitt romney's record and not going to let some hollywood producer come in and try to brush over the facts next week. >> after declining to do so a day earlier, mitt romney called on todd akin to exit the race. an aide said the contender wanted to give the missouri congressman enough time to "do the right thing." jim acosta, cnn chicagoing. >> anti-abortion support continues to grow in this country. according to gallup, in 1993

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one. >> this was nyad's fourth attempt to fulfill a dream she says she's had since childhood. she hinted she would not go for a fifth attempt. did you know we americans waste up to 40% of our food? that's according to a report from the natural resources defense council that comes to about $165 billion worth of wasted food. alison kosik joins us now from new york. hi, allison. >> hi, carol. yeah, we certainly do know how to waste food. another stat for you. did you know the average american wastes ten times as much food as the average person in southeast asia. the nrdc gives lots of ways for food producers, restaurants, supermarkets and the government ideas how to cut down on food waste and gives several suggestions for what consumers can do to prevent food loss. some of those suggestions, for one, even though many of us aren't big planners go ahead and plan meals in advance. go to the market with a list.

it is the best way it prevent overbuying and prevent impulse buys, cuts down on the number of times you pull instinct out of the fridge and say gosh, why did i buy that in the first place. the report also suggests buying imperfect produce. supermarkets throw out a ton of unwanted produce that's perfectly fine. it just isn't pretty. just because an apple isn't perfectly round doesn't mean it's not good to he'd. cook in smaller portions can cut down on leftovers and freeze the leftovers you end up with if you don't plan to eat them right away. with the average family of four, tossing a couple thousand bucks in the trash every year, there's a clear financial motivation to make an effort to waste less food. carol? >> i feel geet now. how much -- >> i know, i'm guilty. >> allison, thank you. threats against president obama. secret service agents say they have a man in custody, but wait until you hear what authorities found when they went to his

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remember back in 2008, remember the guy joe the plumber? remember when he said we want to spread the wealth around? remember this other time, where he was caught on video saying, people like to cling to their guns and their religion. hey, i'm a catholic deer hunt per. i am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. >> ryan seems to be a natural in front of a crowd. he delivers the laugh lines and he rebels in the applause. but a new poll shows overall support for ryan on the ticket is at best lukewarm. according to the "washington post" abc news poll, 41% of the public view him favorably. 37% not so much. also noteworthy, ryan's strongly unfavorable rating has crept up nine points in recent days. our next guest makes the case that ryan, know, is a winning choice for the republicans. garrett fay co-authored a column celebrating the ryan pick on

townhall.com. welcome, garrett. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> thanks for being here. does this abc news poll surprise you? >> no, it doesn't. i think there's always a breaking-in period for any new candidate. i think it starts artificially high, and i think as the country gets to know him better and voters become more informed, some will be more inclined to vote for him, others less so. i think the important thing is that the ryan nomination does a couple things for mitt romney. number one, it changes the subject. as you'll recall, there was a lot of ink spilled over romney's tax returns. since ryan's nomination, there's been less of that and more about ryan's budget plan and the benefits ryan brings to the mitt romney campaign which i think are several. >> what about this whole todd akin controversy and democrats are trying to tie paul ryan to akin. some say that seems to be working. >> i'm not sure that's going to work. i don't know any evidence that would suggest that paul ryan or

the mitt romney campaign has had any interaction with todd akin. i think governor romney was correct to call for todd akin to resign and step out of the race. as we all know, he didn't. what's interesting, is a public policy poll came out august 20th that surveyed 700 likely voters on real clear politics, and it showed that todd akin was still ahead by one point over the sitting democratic senator. it's not clear whether the voters of missouri will think he's unfit for office but i think he should have stepped out. >> ryan's views on 0 bortion, he does not believe abortion is right. there's a big gender gap in the case of the romney/ryan ticket. do you suppose ryan's views could hurt romney with women? >> i don't think that's going to be the case. i think paul ryan comes to the race as a well-known articulate candidate who is able to at

least espouse his views with some consistency with some clarity. he's going to present catholics an interesting dilemma. on the one hand you have vice president biden. his stance is more within the nancy pelosi wing of the party and on the catholic divide. their position is absolutely fealty to unrestrained personal freedom. it's well documented both nancy pelosi and vice president biden strongly support abortion rights. they support testing for in vitro -- stem cell research. >> but polls also show that the majority of americans support abortion rights when it comes to rape and incest. so again, could that hurt. >> i think you're right about that. >> could that hurt mitt romney because he has paul ryan on the ticket and paul ryan is very conservative when it comes to the issue of abortion? >> i think you're right about that, but i think what's more important is ryan's positions on the economic issues and also, mitt romney's position on the abortion issue is more in line

with the main vaem. from what i understand, he does not believe be abortion should be outlawed in cases of rape and incest. the important thing about the ryan nomination is not so much the social issues. i think when most people look at ryan's history in congress, they're going to see a man who has been very thoughtful about medicare reform, about the budget and about facing the fiscal challenges that are confronting the country. >> we'll keep our eye on the polls and see how things goes. garrett fahy, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. so which is higher, a lebron james leap or the price of his brand new tennis shoe? you won't believe it. we will discuss account upcoming release of the new nike lebron x as well as its enormous price tag. not everyone is thrilled. ♪ wow... [ female announcer ] sometimes, all you need is the smooth, creamy taste

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now is your chance to talk back on one of the big of the date. the question, should congressman todd akin drop out of the u.s. senate race? some would say he's either gutsy or delusional. fellow republicans up to mitt romney are urging him to do the right thing for his family and for the republican party.

but akin's not budging. why should he when in his mind, he put one unfortunate word before the word rape. this whole thing he says, is overblown. >> well, let me say this is not about the me. this is not about my ego, but it is about the voters of the state of missouri. they've chosen me because of principles that i stand on and putting principle over politics. i believe that they stand with me on a whole host of issues. >> hey, akin did win a primary. people did vote for him. he's been in congress for 12 years, and his views are frankly nothing new. as kevin horgan puts it in the st. louis dispatch, he voted against the school lunch program. he called the morning-after pill a form of abortion. he voted against funding autism research. evil vaccines. he called student loans a stage 3 cancer of socialism. he questioned the need for the voting rights act. he said the heart of liberalism is really a hatred for god end

quote, and guess what, at least poll shows him up a point in missouri. mr. akin thinks he can still win. so his fellow republicans be damned. should congressman todd akin drop out of the u.s. senate race? facebook.com/carol cnn, facebook.com/carol cnn. we are days away from the start of the gop convention and republicans want to put the spotlight back on president obama. the romney campaign has a brand-new ad out aimed at the president's welfare reforms or should i say programs. is it fact or fiction? there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel.

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near greenville, mississippi. the same stretch of the river has been intermittently closed since august 12th. isaac could be a hurricane by tomorrow. rob marciano is with us now. how likely is it that this thing will turn into a hurricane? >> pretty likely. it gets into the caribbean and it will and interaction with land. wesley westerly moving at 20. storm warnings up for the lesser and teal lease and hurricane watches have been posted for parts of the british virgin islands, puerto rico, and also the island of hispaniola. that means when is you this i this is going to be become a hurricane in the next 24 to 36 hours. a number of computer model tracks, each line represents a specific computer. they're well clustered. this is going to affect haiti in the form of heavy rain and also

western cuba. it will knock down the intensity of the storm itself. once close to florida and the bahamas, the uncertainty starts to bump up. the further we go out, the less certainty we have. here's your forecast track from the nhc, taking it towards the southern tip of florida as we go toward sunday night into monday, potentially still a category 1 storm. some of our computer models take it to the east of miami, some to the west. if that's the case we're looking at the potential of it getting into the gulf of mexico, western florida, including tampa. regardless of that, carol, it's been miserable down there the past couple days. a lot of heavy rain. more on the way today. street flooding likely as they continue to get ready for the rnc. >> rob, thank you. the romney campaign rolling out yet another commercial blasting president obama for stripping the work requirement out of welfare. republicans are expected to attack the president on that

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the cast of the office will be turning off the lights soon. a.j. hammer has all the details in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. the executive producer of the show is promising as he put it to do justice to the existing characters in the most creative and explosive way as the show wraps up. while i'm not exactly sure what that means it, the season will finally reveal exactly who is behind those document tritt cameras capturing all the action at the scranton branch of

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the reel to reel tape captures king's thoughts of the sit-in protests of the 1960s. >> i'm convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historianses will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. >> he was a brilliant man, right in the homeowner says he'll sell these tapes and but he really hopes they wind up in a museum. more fallout from the devastating drought. u.s. corn and soybean prices closed at an all-time high tuesday. crop yields in midwestern and central states are said to be far below the norm and stunningly low which means you'll probably feel the pinch at the grocery store and gas pumps nationwide. to california, where a passive wildfire is closing in on hundreds of homes lightning started the fire on saturday. officials say the upon rosa fire is about 40% contained. this fire one of three dozen

huge wildfires burning outs west. pursuit of the swoosh, boy, it's getting more expensive. while there's some debate about the price, nike reportedly will likely be approaching the $300 barrier when it relations the new lebron x shoe this fall. news of the shoe's expected price doesn't come without controversy. national urban league president marc morial was quick to respond. he said. to release such an outrageously overpriced product while the nation is struggling toover come an unemployment crisis is insensitive at best. it represents twisted priorities and confused values, just don't do it." joining me now is brit beamer, the chairman and ceo of america's research group which assists retailers in growing their businesses. good morning, brit. >> good morning. >> morning. so let's talk about the price tag first. this $300 barrier. i mean, do retailers think they'll be able to sell such an

expensive tennis shoe? >> well, not all retailers are excited but i will tell you, retailers are looking forward to it for one reason. that is when you've got a price point this high, you get a lot of people coming in the front door to check it out. they may not ends up buying this tennis shoe but may buy a tennis shoe that's $140, $150. nike wants to problem to the world again that they are the the superior brand, and they can command this kind of price point. it's kind of one upmanship for them but they want to draw traffic into stores to sell shoes and nike always wins when that happens. >> what makes these shoes is worth 300 bucks? >> nike says they are. i guess the real question is, i'm not sure whether lebron james has has much strength as nike because his name's on the shoe. what makes it unique, no one's ever done. this. the shoe has the different elements that makes it special. our research says that based

upon the market, smaller markets, midwestern markets only about 6% of consumers would pay this price, but 12% of consumers in those urban markets would buy the shoe at this price. that's enough demand out there to make it work. >> that's what's making the urban league so very, very angry. every time a new tennis shoe is put on the market, they have these midnight openings. this is back in january when there were actually riots outside of a store where the latest tennis shoe was being sold. i guess nike has put in -- well, they have new regulations. there will be no midnight relations of this shoe. so, of course, that's a reaction to what's happened there, right? >> as you know, that's what nike's greatest fear is. they are worried there's going to be more of these flash mobs come in and attack these stores and cause chaos. they don't want to be associated with that. that's one reason why they're trying to do a much larger

national rollout of this product versus doing these special midnight openings and living in orlando, that was the store for three days about that event. they want to keep the fov stories to a minimum. they have to, by the way. >> yeah, you don't want that kind of stuff happening. going back to what the urban league and its kerns. it says this is just insensitive to release such an expensive shoe at this time. this is just taking advantage of people and exploiting a population who will take advantage of that, who can ill afford to do that. is it exploitation or is it just plain old good capitalism? >> i think it's plain old good capitalism. i realize, our research also says that you know, minorities have a much higher bragging rights level than other consumers and there may be as high as a 21% demand for a shoe like this in minority population groups. it is good capitalism. keep in mind, retailers on the sporting goods level have not

had a lot to brag about for the last year or so and feed a product to keep consumers excited. they may not sell as many of these shoes as they want but they'll get customers to check them out. when that happens, they'll sell them something else. that's the key, how many other shoes are they going to sell for consumers who don't want to pay this price. >> all over $100 too. >> all over $100. >> thank you so much for joining us. looks like america's youth are moving on from smoking in the boys' room. the shocking results of a new study. wait until you hear where kids smoke pot nowadays. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air.

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you. there are disturbing things in the study. >> both. look, the study said that 17% of students are doing drugs, smoking or drinking. the real kicker is according to the survey, it was a telephone survey of over 1,000 american teenagers. they're doing it during school hours. students are finding a way and place to do this possibly on campus. at least a third say it's easy to do this on campus and get away with it. >> so they're smoking pot in school. >> yes. >> why aren't people catching them? >> we can't answer. it seems if teachers knew where it was happening, they'd do something to get rid of it. as far as the influences go, that's something we can talk about. one of the things new about this is digital peer pressure. it's no longer a situation where one kid sitting under a bleacher saying smoke this. by digital peer pressure, we're talking about tasbook and 75% of the students who are questioned said they're encouraged to

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now for the first time in the survey's multiyear history, a majority of private school students are saying it's available on their campuses, as well. the overall figure for public and private schools where students say drugs are available on campus, 60%. >> you told me to ask you about the take away. what's the take away? >> there's a great take away from the people who conducted the study. the woman in charge of this at the national center on addiction and substance abuse at columbia university says look, nobody knows the teen world better than teens but it's up to parents to help them navigate that world. so the big take away is for parents to get involved, talk to your teenagers about what's going on because they are listening. >> that is a good thing. parents are so overinvolved in every aspect of their child's life, you would think they would be involved in this aspect too. >> you would hope so. for more information on this, the full study, there's a link to it@cnn.com/education. our new schools of thought blog, carol. >> thank you so much. we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the

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