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newsletter so you can open it up. good night america. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. >> julie: welcome back. we missed you. i'm julie banderas. welcome to brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. topping the news, president obama making a new push for health care reform. current system is unsustainable and unacceptable but will his critics have the last word? >> gregg: a manhunt under way for two suspects that have apparently killed a border agent. new information on where authorities think the killers could be hiding. >> julie: and will a beer be
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enough to cool off the controversy? they are trying to bring the heat down between a black professor and police officer that arrested him. president's remarks increased the tension. courtney is live at harvard square in cambridge, massachusetts with the latest? >> it could heat up pretty quickly, especially if that 911 call the neighbor made about calling the police that they were breaking into the house. especially if the transcript of the arrest was released. they are supposed to be made public but lawyers on the case because it's ongoing and an investigation could prevent them from being public right now. it's bound to the city solicitor whether they will be released. but theyd want the tapes are
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released. president obama did try to cool things down yesterday in his televised remarks. >> there was a discussion about he and i and professor gates having a beer in the white house. we don't know if that is scheduled yet. [ laughter ] but we may pull that together. anyway what happened is both professor gates and sergeant they would agree to sit down over that beer. then we heard a local news channel and the sergeant said that during the arrest he wanted to make clear he didn't appreciate being called a racist. he said it was completely one-sided. that he was ranting just because he was asking him for a photo i.d., just because he was investigating a 911 call. he said that he ka couldn't do anything. he really felt insulted. things have calmed down. but the reason this event has
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gotten so much attention it has spotlighted more attention on racism but they wanted to know whether the professor was overreacting. >> gregg: president obama touting the benefits of health care proposals on capitol hill saying they will help small businesses provide health insurance for their workers. critics are saying what is being proposed to fund a health care could ultimately cost millions of people their jobs. molly henneberg is live in washington with that. >> molly: today the president cited a new report by the white house council of economic advisors that small businesses are getting crushed by skyrocketing health care costs. >> because they like the bargaining power of large businesses have and face higher costs, small businesses pay up to 18% more for the same health
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insurance plans, costs that eat into their profits and get passed on to their employees. >> molly: president says democrats in congress would set up an insurance exchange with small businesses could compare health insurance plans and pick one that, quote, works best for them and their employees. small businesses would get a tax credit to help them pay for it republicans aren't buying it. they say it's political spin coming out of the white house. gop maintains that much of the one trillion health care reform plan will be paid for by taxes on the wealthy and small businesses. they point to a different study. >> national federation of independent business, democratic plan will destroy a million more small business jobs and according to the methodology developed by the president's own senior economic advisor the have on the take over of health care will cost 4.7 million jobs over the next ten years.
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>> molly: congresswoman says the republicans' plan would let small businesses band together to share the costs. >> julie: battle over health care reform is creating a rift with the democratic party and they are stepping back to go after each other. could the health care debate weaken them to cut into their power? joining us is jennifer editor of hot line blog. this is interesting because president obama is looking for a bipartisan agreement on this bill. he is going to have a hard one to sell because he has democrats blue dog dems. fiscal kli conservative democrats that are against this all the way. what do you think the fallout is going to be as the aftermath if this continues to spew out?
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>> i think what we're seeing right now is that, you're write, blue dog democrats and more liberal democrats are not agreeing on several components of the package, as a result it's stuck in a critical house committee. we saw numbers come forward this week and say they won't be able to get anything through the committee by august which was the president's initial deadline. i don't think all is lost for the democrats but the public feuding isn't good. president obama has had to step up efforts to lobby on behalf of reform and changed the deadline saying i'm going give this until the end of the year. there is obviously a lot of stress there for him and it would be a huge disaster if the whole thing stalls. >> julie: what would be a huge disaster if we never see the stimulus money that was passed, $787 billion package employ more people. what would be a bigger disaster if we went ahead and signed to a second stimulus package. a third triple disaster, because you know great things comes in
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three's, health care reform that could cost trillion dollars. the fact that they wanted to pass this thing before the recess, it seems to me that the president said in his news conference, he hasn't read it. congress didn't read it. why the idea even be thrown out there in the first place. it doesn't look good to the american people. >> right. it would be a huge political disaster for the president. he has thrown so much political capital behind it, if bee see it stall or peter in the fall and die up to 2010 mid terms it's going to be a huge political liability. if we see it passed, gop has a talking point as well, as you mentioned they counter pointed to the three-quarters of a trillion stimulus package we haven't seen the results of and trillion dollar health care
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package and use a favored line against the democrats but they spend, spend, spend. gop does have a luxury of sitting back right now and watching the democrats go at it. >> julie: so then i guess at this point does it look like a decision over health care is essentially the sign of the times? if it's not health care it's going to be something else. the white house has come out and talked about our economy, the unemployment numbers and how the percentage of unemployment numbers, michigan, 15%, those are numbers they would have never predicted. would they predicted this was such a difficult bill to get through, did they do their homework? i'm a little confused? >> i think for every new president, they never had as much political capital than during the presidency.
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their talk was to put their cards on the table. what we're seeing is this is too much, too fast, too much money and we're not clear at this point what this package is going to include. i think the american people don't have a good sense of it. >> julie: i'm glad you brought that up. you talk about the american people. the american people, the majority, they had a choice when they elected this president to office. shouldn't they have a choice as to what kind of health care is offered to them? a lot of people think that perhaps the congressmen and women should go home, share it with their constituents and let them decide. if the democrats can't save the bill, my question is whether l they be able to save the party's power? >> that is a good question. they are going have the opportunity to head back to their districts and talk to their constituents. it's very unlikely we're going see anything done by the end of
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this week. they head for august recess by the end of the week. they're going to have that dialogue with their constituents and there are questions that this whole proposal about what the fallout will be. >> julie: just imagine, if you are actually running for re-election come midterm, you don't want to lose any votes. so midterm election is going to play an interesting role in this, too. i wonder if people are going to go a certain way because they would rather be re-elected. who knows. jennifer, great to talk to you, thank you so much. >> gregg: guess what, today is sarah palin's full day as alaska's governor. she hopes to save her state and also addressing ethic complaints. but alaskans are protesting
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palin's resignation is going to costs them. there is a special legislature session and to override palin's veto of $28 million in there is a stimulus funds. >> all 13 astronauts in orbit enjoying down time and did they deserve it after marathon spacewalk yesterday. mission control telling the crew of the shuttle endeavour that they can take the day to relax. it's the first day off in more than a week. astronauts have finished four grueling spacewalks to perform maintenance on the space station and they have one more to go on monday. the why crew is scheduled to leave on tuesday and come back to earth weather permitting. >> gregg: an airline forcing today to make an emergency landing. passengers smelled smoke coming
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out of rear bathroom. the boeing 737 had 180 people o board. nobody was injured. but maintenance workers are examining the plan for the cause of that smoke. >> julie: thunderstorms are pounding parts of the midwest and strong winds and torrential downpours. hail the size of golf balls battering the region. take a look at that video, these incredible pictures show the town of greeley, iowa getting a full barrage. it looks like someone's front yard was turned into a driving range. come is live in the fox weather center with more -- domenica davis is live in the fox weather center. it looked like it was snowing in in that video. >> that was yesterday. they weakened significantly and we do have a couple of thunderstorm watch boxes.
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latest ones is new york and pennsylvania. that goes until 9:00 local time. the one down here that goes through kentucky through parts of louisville. that goes to 9:00. they have weakened considerably. i have been checking reports and nothing much. only wind damage is through the indianapolis area, a few tree limbs down. so it's not what we saw yesterday. this is pushing off to the east. it will weaken further it gets off to the east and should be sitting off the coast. boston, new york, baltimore, rain moves in around midnight and stay through the day on sunday. rain going on out to the west that could see some severe weather pop up later today. western side of the rockies we could get severe weather. otherwise as far as the summer goes, summer like temperatures. especially down in parts of dallas, hundred degrees, memphis 90. wichita on the cool side because
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the cool front is coming by. temperatures are going warm considerably, especially in places where we don't see it too much. seattle, 77 degrees right now. we're going to be looking at highs running in the 90s, maybe even hundred degrees for next week. very hot hair is moving in the pacific northwest. we'll talk more about that. but really the sheet on for many folks across the country. >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: now to the political crisis in honduras, ousted president briefly, ever so briefly, crossing into his country from nicaragua. he only went a few feet before retreating in less than 30 minutes or so. interim government we're not too impressed with it. it's just a publicity stunt. supporters of the newly installed president protested but the backers of the overthrown president also took to the streets.
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that is where we find steve harrigan with the latest. when you and i last talked, he had a cell phone in his hand. then he crossed and he went back. what was the point. why did he do that? >> you're right. he had a cell phone in his hand and he was surrounded by about 200 television cameras. his supporters realized what he was trying to do was bring attention to his plight. he says she an ousted president trying to get back in his own country, a victim of a coup d'etat that has condemned as wrong. so he is trying to bring attention. opponents say it's different. they say it was a reckless publicity stunt. it could have easily led to violence. a cutting remark, interim leader said that the move by the ousted president was silly.
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>> gregg: as you pointed out, every country in the hemisphere, any though that rarely agree like chavez oppose this coup. why is it laughing, how is it managing to do that? >> reporter: it is hard to imagine other issues, especially people like chavez, they all pretty much stand together this coup is wrong. the fact is, though, here on the ground, he is not incredibly popular. he was near the end of the term and he made a move thathe supreme court said was illegal. he was trying to stay in office, something we've seen a lot of other latin american leaders, that people are not standing for it. the government says if he does cross that line and stay for a few minutes, he will be arrested and facing charges of tree son in jail. -- treason in jail.
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>> gregg: are there protests or chaos? what is going on? >> there has been protests in the past, both pro and against him. but it would be hard pressed to say this is a country where the elected president has been thrown out by the military. the stores are open. we saw people painting over old graffiti. things definitely have calmed down here in the capital, probably a bad sign for the ousted president. >> gregg: steve, thank you so much. >> julie: a drag netted covering both sides of border in mexico. first border agent killed in the line of duty in almost ten years. now, the search is on for whoever might be responsible. new information on the manhunt, next. this woman was limited by
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>> julie: here are the stories making headlines this hour. harvard professor and black scholar henry lewis gates says he'll have a beer at the white house with the president and white police officer that arrested him at his home last week. incident sparked a national debate on racial profiling. polls have closed in iraq's kurdish north. the results could lead to a major shakeup to the regional government that is facing allegations of corruption. >> a tornado destroying several mobile homes in florida. >> gregg: federal investigators conducting a massive manhunt right now for at least two suspects in the killing of a u.s. border patrol agent. let's take a look at this
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picture. robert rosa was shot multiple times. he was investigating a suspected illegal border crossing a town east of san diego. focusing on hospitals on both sides of the border. authorities think the suspects may have been injured by gunfire. joining us on the telephone is chris boss, a special agent and also managing director of inside security. given the recent history of drug violence, indeed, rampant murders on the mexican side and american concern, deep concern that it will spill into our border. is that your hunch that it was drug related? >> first of all, thank you for having me on. it's quite likely, among other things, it's drug related and probably weapons trafficking and human trafficking, smuggling in
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this area, those commodities, if you will, across the border. it's probably related to all of e above. >> gregg: given your background in law enforcement, how does this investigation and the man hunt proceed? >> they have already formed some sort of a task force, probably into a criminal task force whether it's going to be narcotic task forces. this region and they already know they do a better job by cooperating with each other. they are beginning to bear quite a number of resources. >> gregg: it would appear there were signs of a struggle and that suggests to me together with the fact that they are looking at area hospitals for the suspects that the border agent robert rosas before he died fired off some shots that
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may have wounded the suspects. is a fair hunch? >> i think it's a fair assessment. he went there on his own, on the other hand he has enough experience he has to be warnltd. it didn't take him completely off guard. it was probably a bit of a heroic struggle. >> gregg: this is unacceptable. robert rosa a dedicated border agent, an american 30-year-old father of two small children murdered and one presumes by these drug thugs that have taken over the border towns and instilled fear in the lives of so many people there. this is unacceptable. what do we do about it? do we have to do something more than we are doing? >> i think that we will do something. i think it's unacceptable.
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this is terror of another nature. the people that live in the shadow of this criminal activity are terrorized every day. law enforcement will be able to ramp this up. the unfortunate aspect because it's related to many other types of criminal activity in the area there will be a lot of organized criminal activity in this area that will be digs erupted and destroyed as a result of the investigation. >> gregg: christopher, thank you so much for your insights. our condolences to the wife and children of the border agent that has been murdered. we'll keep on top of the story. >> julie: it was 40 years ago, apollo 11's crew returned to earth, splashing down in the pacific. that moment is being remembered on the ship that got them in ocean. we'll have a live report next. i was in the grocery store when i had a heart attack.
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my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse and chewed it. my doctor said the bayer aspirin saved my life. please talk to your doctor about aspirin and your heart. i'm going to b grandma for a long time.
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>> gregg: time for top of the news, president obama says he wants to level the playing field when it comes to small and big business pay to insure their employees. in a weekly address he pointed to a brand-new report that says small companies pay 18% more to provide health insurance. >> julie: shear good question. how do you make money from your savings account when banks keep dropping interest rates? we have tips that could beef up your balance. >> gregg: are you allergic to bee stings? millions of americans are, how do you find out if you are in danger? we have the answers for you. >> julie: it was 40 years ago today the crew of apollo 11 completed their mission with a spectacular splash down in the pacific ocean. they were plucked from the water from the u.s.s. hornet. ship has been decommissioned but
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the hornet museum is paying tribute. casey is live in alameda, california. hi there casey? >> have we got a cool story for you. and pictures tell the story. i'm going to hop out of way and let you take a look what is going on and give you an idea how massive this ship really is. you are looking live at the u.s.s. hornet in the san francisco bay. it's a 19 story floating aircraft carrier. fox news got inside for a sneak peek, the history is just incredible as you walk the hulls and passage ways. it fought in nine major battles but she is most famous for her mission in july 1969, the splash down when they plucked the astronauts and space capsule from the apollo 11 mission from the waters of the pacific ocean.
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the world watched as the helicopter brought neil armstrong and rest of crew on board after spending eight days in outerspace, more than 21 hours on the lunar surface. 40 years later, they are touring this monstrous ship and seeing replicas. helicopter and quarantine unit where armstrong and other astronauts had to stay for 21 days to make sure they didn't bring any moon germs back to earth. >> i can still, anyone that comes on board exactly where neil armstrong put his feet first after he walked on the moon. it's an amazing picture and maintaining for generations to come. >> reporter: an awful lot is going on. buzz aldrirn is speaking behind me. one thing we should point out,
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however, if you can't get to san francisco this weekend to experience this, the museum is open year round and visitors can take tours and see everything up close and personal. i got to say, julie, pretty spectacular. >> julie: pretty spectacular, indeed. >> gregg: more and more americans have been looking to pad their saving accounts during this recession. interest rates at banks have dropped to the lowest level in years. diligent savers aren't getting as much to show for their efforts. is it possible to find a good bank rate out there? joining to us talk about, powell founder, powell financial group. good to see you. people are saving now more than ever before in decades. yet, the interest rates, i was looking six month cd, average cd six month is .77, it's not even 1%. is that because interest rates, fed has dropped the interest
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rate to essentially zero? >> absolutely. that is exactly what is going on. you can do better than the average but rates are historically low. that is deliberate on the fed part. >> gregg: tell me what to do about this. >> if you are going to shop around, you hit the internet. that doesn't mean you send your money over the internet but you can shop around and see a-l of banks. the bank rate.com has a very good source of finding six month two-year, whatever you want and you can get a good sense of what is out there. if you are here on the east coast you may not want to send your money out to california but it at least gives you a sense of what is available. >> gregg: now if you go for a longer term rate like a five-year. let's say you don't need the money until the kids are in
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college. you get a better rate? >> you get a better rated but i think you're taking on more risk you perhaps think. an awful lot of what has been going on, the runaway spending in washington and state capitals, that is highly inflationary. when you lock in a five-year rate, you can't do anything without penalties. i don't know a singlenn economit and we're not going see higher rates later on. >> gregg: what should we do long term? >> if you are a cd investor you absolutely want to remain a cd investor. you wanted that fdic insurance. be careful not to stretch the yield, things like the five-year cd. keep on the shorter end of the curve. but also don't go out and assume risk that you don't understand. particularly what i'm seeing banks are offering fixed
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annuities. >> gregg: be careful. >> and the insurance company is giving the guarantee. that is not fdic, but if you are a cd inverse for and you want fdic, the market meltdown made fdic very important. >> gregg: we saw the dow jones close before 9,000, let's throw a party. i don't want to be premature here. there is a down side on that? >> absolutely. 9,000 is heck of a lot more risky than it was back on march 9th when it closed 6500. now, the calls to my office have gone up. people want to get back in. they wanted to get back in. the idea is to buy low and sell high, not the other way around. be real careful not to go
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chasing returns. >> gregg: what about treasury yields? what about treasury and you got to remember your age. >> absolutely. this is really important. you want to stay age appropriate. don't just consider your risk tolerance but what did you at 55 years old is different than what you do at 80 years old. treasuries are interesting. ben bernanke can only control the short end of the curve. they have moved up to three and a half and actually hit 4%. but that is really important. that is a huge rate. you can already see that markets are nervous and that the tregs ri is telling you that inflation is on the way. >> gregg: patricia powell, you always have good financial advice. thanks for sharing it with us. >> julie: california lawmakers
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pass a complex plan to fill the state's budget deficit. it comes with painful cuts and raids on local government funding including teacher layoffs, college tuition increases, parks are closing and sales of government buildings. state assembly rejected offshore drilling. that eliminated a $900 million reserve fund governor swarzenegger negotiated with democrats and republicans. >> gregg: they are an an unwelcome vision for and millions of americans may not be aware that their sting could be fatal. find out what to do to protect yourself coming right up. . inspired from around the country at red lobster. from the northeast, try our new maine lobster and crab bake,
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>> gregg: a day at the beach turning tragic in california. on-year-old body surfer killed
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at new port beach after giant waves slammed him against some rocks. the infamous wedge in new port beach. lifeguards tried to pull him back from the rocks but too late. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. dangerous surf expected to ease over the weekend and taper off by monday. >> julie: it's summer and you are enjoying outside and suddenly a bee stings your arm or leg. up to 4.5 million americans the sting could be fatal. many have no idea they are severely allergic to bee and wasp venom. even if you haven't had a bad sting allergy can come later in life. let's bring dr. kerry peter so
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often. thank you so much for talking to us. i am always say i'm scared to death of bees. it's a lady bug lands on me i scream. you have no idea. >> i'm afraid too. >> julie: but they could personally be deadly. first of all if you are allergic to bee stings? >> when you have a bee sting, what will happen you will get minor local swelling, but a more severe reaction that could involve the entire limb. typically the first thing is not a deadly one. what happens is your immune system is sensitized and sex one could be more severe. >> julie: is there a test to see if you are allergic? >> they can do a skin test where they inject venom under the skin
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and they can tell if you are allergic. if there is reaction, it doesn't mean you are going to have a response but you are allergic and you can't determine the severity. >> julie: how do you protect yourself from being stung. if you were outdoors, there is no protection? >> there are recommendations. if you have been stung in the past and you have enlarged redness in the area, carry something like benadril. if the reaction is more severe and stung on the foot and swelling in your eye you may want to talk about what is a device that has epinephrine. it's used to inject epinephrine into the muscle to prevent and an if a lack particular response. so if your lips and mouth are getting swollen and press it against your thighs and you hear
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a click and it prevents the reaction. >> julie: what is it about the venom that is so deadly to people? what is in the venom exactly? >> it's a bunch ofx proteins bt we really don't understand some people are more reacted i have than others. over time it sensitizes the immune system and it can be very deadly. about 3% of the population has been shown to be highly allergic. >> julie: if somebody is highly allergic, is there a preventative treatment? >> you can get allergy testing, like allergy shots where you have a little bit of the venom injected under the skin for a long period of time and de-sensitizes the body so you have a less response when you do get stung. >> julie: all right. thank you very much. very scary.
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>> gregg: she just injected herself live on tv. >> julie: i was going to say, all right. i'm scared of bees. >> gregg: all right. are you heading on the road this summer. >> julie: i don't have time to go anywhere, gregg. you still did. >> gregg: you haven't even planned your honeymoon yet? if you are going to hit the road in any form, leave the dusty maps at home because we got something for you. brand-new gps. you won't want to travel without seeing our next segment. i'm hoping there is one for the golf course i can use because i sure need that. story is coming up next. [ surgeon ] what causes a bone to break?
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it's all right -- i love this channel. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> julie: let's take a quick look. the president also invited the cambridge police officer that arrested gates. the incident has sparked a national debate over racial profiling. >> all the astronauts are catching a breather. the crew is enjoying the first day off in eleven days. mission control is letting them kickback after a series of grueling spacewalks. >> a tornado ripped through three mobile home communities in port orange, florida. it damaged over 150 others. there was one minor injury. >> gregg: as we mentioned, summer travel season is in high
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gear. to help you get from point "a" to point "b", gps stands for global positioning system to figure out your exact position here on earth. >> julie: i didn't know you why so technical savvy. >> gregg: to find the best route. >> julie: how do you know which one to choose. breaking them down is jeff bartlett. i love them. people use them for hiking or use them in the cars. which are the best? >> we've got a series we've identified as besta@ ranging frm various portables with this tom-tom 140. this is a basic device for $140, it would be great for a casual user. it has the ability where you need to go and detour around problems and intelligent routing
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it can route you based on historic traffic data. >> gregg: it's easy? >> that is key part of our testing. >> julie: what do you mean by beginner user? >> there are advanced devices and people with higher demand. if you move up the line, based on this one, this has more features witness. if you were to use it more regularly, you would appreciate the bigger screen. >> gregg: how much? >> this is under $200. >> this is the magellan. >> julie: you have garman and i think that is the leader when it comes to gps. i even have a garman watch that would tell me exactly how far i ran. it didn't guide me but that is whole another story. i'm not crazy about the watches. >> this is our top of the line.
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this is a garman unit and it has large screen but it has all the bells and whistles that a frequent user would like. this one is not cheap. this is above $600, but this does have voice recognition and it can be a safety aid. >> julie: how much? >> this is about $600. >> gregg: $600? >> this is very top. >> gregg: three years ago i bought a garmin device and it's still in the box, i bought my wife which is pretty much how she treats all my christmas presents. i should "appropriate. >> julie: do you have one in your car? i would get lost in f i didn't have my gps.
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>> gregg: give go us a run down on what viewer should consider before buying one. i guess ease of use but you have to know what you are using it for? >> you have to be honest what you are using it for. if it's just an occasional weekend trip, you might want one of the more affordable units. if you use it regularly, you might consider traffic information as being important, look to one that has a built in traffic receiver who are has ability to add it should you change your mind later. >> gregg: i would like to know at the given moment if there is bad traffic. i don't know want to shortest distance, i want to know it that moment? >> what we found in traffic information, it can be delayed up to 20 minutes or so. the information is not perfect. it can be helpful. even for a basic navigator, to have the ability to reroute
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around the problem. >> gregg: are some of these less distracting, i guess i would want to keep my eyes on the road. >> julie: i don't want anybody on talking to me. >> gregg: but then you have to read the screen. >> julie: you're right. it depends, if it's a soothing female voice perhaps. but that male robotic voice, i don't want a man telling me how to drive. i have a british accent one. >> gregg: nice female voice. >> director is going to kick your butt. >> gregg: he is bigger than me. jeff, good to see you. >> julie: "new york times" reporting that bush white house had considered drastic measures to capture these men right here. now known as the six on u.s. soil.
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for service, with so many people out of work, the peace corp. has seen a surge in applications. adam takes a closer look. >> today sign around executive order providing for the establishment of a peace corp. of a temporary pilot basis. >> since he founded the peace corp., nearly 200,000 volunteers
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served their country by working to improve living countries in developing nations. decades later, more americans than ever are answering the call. >> i wanted to both serve people and travel at the same time and the peace corps seemed like the right choice. >> reporter: they report application requests are up 40% over last year and 16% more volunteers complete the process. recruiters say it's a mix of people fresh out of college and others at the opposite end of their working life with years of experience to draw from. >> we dry to draw diversity. we want to show the face of america. we have one of the highest of applicants. >> one is kate. when she heads to morocco, she'll help local artisans set up their own businesses. she said she was inspired by president obama's call to public service and the slow economy sealed the deal. >> at the time when i was casting around for a new career
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direction, it was partly because i had been laid off and was unemployed at the time. >> reporter: while the peace corps has been able to attract more volunteer, more fund will go help them do more. the white house is proposing an increase and hopes to double the service organization's ranks by its 50th anniversary in 2011. in los angeles, fox news. >> hello, i'm julie banderas. >> welcome to america's new hour. the president of the united states backtracking after commenting on a racially charged police arrest. african-american scholar henry louis gates says he is ready to now move on from his arrest by a white police officer. what happened, if and when the three meet at the white house over a beer. >> the f.b.i. and homeland security are joining the search for suspects in the killing of an american

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