obviously i wanted chicago. chicago would have been the best choice, without question. but if it had to be someone else, it deserves to be real. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- trace: we are live inside the fox news room because this is where the news begins. all this -- this is what is behind the news. that is the national desk. this is the foreign desk. they cover the globe for fox news channel. and the media desk is where all the brand new pictures come in to fox news. right here on the "live desk" -- those pictures will always be in the boxes on the right side of the screen. in the top box, president obama meeting with his top commander aboard air force one. general mcchrystal has already

made it clear he wants more troops to finish the job. why is the white house planning to make -- wait weeks before giving him an answer? in the middle box, the senate committee passed a vote on health care reform. what is in the bill? what is it going to cost? will the president ultimately pushed for a public option? in the bottom box, three separate terror plots all of all the attacks on u.s. cities, all disrupted. why would congress want to change laws that have been key to these investigations? we will give you answers, but we begin with breaking news. the wind lead out of the windy city. the international olympic committee voted against chicago hosting the 2016 summer olympics even after president obama flew to denmark to pitch his hometown. we are just getting word that rio de janeiro will now hosts. that, by the way, is a look at

the celebration going on. rio will host the summer games of 2016. people are clearly ecstatic, celebrating these historic results. let's get live to wendell goler i in copenhagen following this announcement. do we know why chicago was the first of the cities to get ousted? >> we do not, but we do know that that was a shocker. not so much that chicago lost to rio, but it was all along expected to be a race between those cities. rio the city that won the rights to host the 2016 olympics, but chicago lost in the first round. chicago made the case that it could house more tourists, that it could keep the athletes closer to the place where they could compete. at restaurants, museums, night life would be an attraction. not everybody who lives in the city was happy about the prospect of holding the olympics

there, but the officials here kept stressing the fact that chicago once the olympics. in the meantime, you had emotional appeals from the first lady, who talked about her late father teaching her a love of sports, the honor of the game, and president obama attempting to trade on his international appeal and showcase the diversity of chicago -- the ethnic diversity of chicago. mr. obama was cheered a several times, but it appeared not everyone who cheered for him was willing to vote for his city. trace: any idea what might have swayed the final tally? >> you had really emotional appeals from madrid and from rio -- different kind of emotional appeals, particularly in the case of the brazilian president, who noted that the olympiad has been held 30 times in europe, a dozen times in north america, seven times in

asia, never in south america. he says it is time to correct this imbalance. he said for any other city in the competition, the olympics in 2016 would be just another game. for brazil, he said, and the rest of south america, it would be an unparalleled achievement. it is going to cost brazil, experts figure, $10 billion more than it would have cost the people of chicago to put on the olympics. there will have to put much of that money into roads and other parts of the infrastructure, and they will get less coverage from the tv networks, will provide the main source of coverage, because it will cost the networks more to do production in brazil than it would have cost on in chicago, but it is a huge win for brazil. first time south america will ever host the summer olympics. trace: a huge disappointment for chicago. thank you. alisyn: rio de janeiro bringing

home the gold today, so to speak. the city rocking right now after getting word that brazil will be the first south american country to host the olympic games. steve is streaming live from rio de janeiro. tell us what the mood is. >> you know that expression dancing in the streets? they actually are dancing in the streets here in rio de janeiro. they are dancing in the beaches, too. there is about 10,000 people gathered to watch the announcement behind me. bands going, big screen televisions as well. perhaps part of the reason why rio de janeiro's bid was successful was just how much this city and this country wanted the olympics. polls found that more than 85% of the people here really wanted it, which is a very big deal for this president, for this nation. as has been mentioned several times, never before held in south america, but for brazil, too, as a nation. this is a nation that has been a growing.

to be able to put itself on the world stage in the olympics is something brazil and its president very much wanted to do. alisyn: we know that it does not always work out well for the host city economically. are there any fears about this? >> sure, especially when you look at the recent history of brazil as well. they had the 2007 pan am games as well, and there were a number of problems. one of the main ones was brazil promising more than they delivered. they promised things like a ring road, an extension of the subway system, basic improvements to infrastructure, which simply did not happen. the problems with infrastructure, lack of hotels, crime -- all those things become readily apparent. brazil is planning a major budget for these olympics, more than 3.5 times what chicago was planning, $14 billion, and they are certainly going to need that money.

both for security and to try to make it easier to get around. >> thank you very much for the update from rio. trace: deep felt disappointment in chicago where thousands of people gathered for what they hoped would be a celebration. instead, there were gasps of surprise when chicagoans found out the city, in fact america as a whole, was eliminated from hosting the 2016 games. let's get live with steve brown in chicago with more reaction. what was it like there when the announcement came out the chicago not only was not in the final two but was the first one out? >> yes, it was a gathering of about 10,000 people here according to the chicago police department. i must say that they were decidedly apparently more dressed and the people down in rio de janeiro, and their reaction could not have been more dissimilar.

it was an early halloween gag, if you will, and not a very funny one in the eyes of chicagoans, of whom had completely bought into the media hype that chicago was no worse than the top two in his particular final four runoff for the 2016 olympic games. a lot of folks just hung around for a while kind of in disbelief. the place was very loud from the start this morning, very early, and full come around to watch the final decision. only recently do a lot of them start heading for work or wherever else they were going to be going because the overcast sky started to open up a little bit, some rain started falling, and folks started heading out, so now, the really predict the weather does really match the

mood at this time. trace: and a great deal of work. volunteers dedicating countless hours to this effort. this has got to be a major disappointment for really what is america's preeminent sports city. >> yes, and they had to defeat every other u.s. city competing and got to this particular point, but as one volunteer puts it, this was a bitter pill to swallow. >> [inaudible] i know it is a very tight race, but it is shocking. >> it certainly was not all bad for the city of chicago. again, you had to defeat every other american city. you had to go through several rounds of building, but certainly, this was not the result that folks were hoping for when they gathered here this morning.

trace: steve brown live for us in daley plaza. earlier, steve was talking of tens of thousands of people kind of anticipating or hoping for a celebration. at the least, they thought it would come down to rio or chicago. that is d a live look thataley plaza. some people still milling around, but everybody has kind of filtered out. it is chicago, but they have fought against every other city. this is a disappointment for the city of chicago, a disappointment for the country of america because this would have been a huge win. alisyn: look at the gray skies matching the gray mood. meanwhile, authorities say his plan was to bomb new york's mass transit system and kill americans, but he was nabbed before he could pull it off. now, some lawmakers want to see

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alisyn: welcome back, everybody. let me tell you about the stories we are following. in the top box, looking at the dow, looking good now, about nine points. that is after some disappointing unemployment numbers. unemployment on the rise, up to 9.8%. analysts say is evidence we are still suffering from the recession. in the middle box, president obama and first lady michelle are headed home right now. they just found out that chicago lost its bid for the 2016 olympics while they were aboard air force one. they are returning from their trip to denmark where they were back in chicago's olympic bid. we are also just getting a statement from the illinois governor. he says, "are want to congratulate rio de janeiro for their selection as the side of the 2016 olympic games.

while i'm disappointed that the city of chicago was not selected, i know that rio will serve as an excellent host city ." in the bottom box, moscow's saying they are cautiously optimistic on iran's nuclear program. trace: they played a direct role in capturing terror suspect najibullah zazi. former attorney general michael mukasey saying last week's unrest are proved the provisions are crucial to our fighting tools, but bringing them back to -- not exactly a done deal. he says there is a rear guard action in congress to make it more difficult to gather, use, and protect intelligence. only weapon that can prevent an attack rather than simply punish one after the fact. here is what is on the chopping block -- first, the so-called

loan loss provision, changing the rules on who can be monitored -- the so-called lone wolf provision. third, roving wiretaps, increasing powers to monitor phone lines or internet accounts. and the vice-president of this and our washington managing editor joins us now. it is great to see you. a lot of democrats have their way, at the end of the year, a lot of these provisions that we know were used to capture najibullah zazi will go bye-bye. >> it is pretty remarkable. before president bush left office, i had the opportunity to interview him, and we talked about how he had institutionalized a lot of these anti-terror mechanisms, whether it is the terrorist surveillance act, which allows you to wiretap terrorist zero months, or the bank records act that allows you to go and look at their banking activity. in other words, he talked about how he had sort of taken the political hit and got bruised along the way, but managed to codify them into law, so that

his successor would not have to. sure enough, here we are with a successor in office, and people from the president's party, the democrat party are now trying to roll back these very initiatives that bush institutionalized, and i think once you do that, it is going to be hard to put them back in place a second time. >> you talk about the bush administration, and it is important to note that back onto those of one, there was not this lone wolf authority, and because of that, there was strong evidence that they could not go in and get evidence on the computer of the so-called 20 a hijacker. that was a crucial to turn back then. >> that is true. in fairness, i do not know that there was information that he was connected to a terrorist organization at the time, but theoretically, that kind of authority would allow you to go after a lone wolf, which is to say someone who is not overly connected to either a known

terrorist organization or a nation tayra state, and that is one of the things that is going to be more difficult now if democrats get their way. it is funny -- we have some of these tools that are already in effect for criminal activity, domestic activity. dea has some of these authorities. cons against children have some of these protections built in so you can be very aggressive going after those types of criminals, and it looks like we're not going to have those same protections when it comes to dealing with international terrorist. trace: the bottom line is you have some groups fighting for privacy, some groups say this is clearly a violation of privacy, and it is kind of an old debate. this is about national security, and this zazi thing really seems to illustrate that. >> investigators have said they want to use information gathered through the foreign intelligence surveillance act, which is to say they wiretapped his bones and got this information, so clearly, these arrests, which

for the would-be terrorist plots in recent weeks, were made possible by these provisions that are now going to be rolled back possibly. not just zazi, but there were arrested in texas and other states that were made possible by these very aggressive provisions, and i just wonder about the wisdom of getting rid of them as we still continue to face these threats. trace: we saw them on the screen. all four of those had connections to al qaeda. >> here is a rather unusual way to stop a burglary attempt -- on yourself with pool balls and climb a tree. i'm not kidding. that is what a texas mom did when she heard burglar's ash breaking into her home. she grabbed pool balls, stashed them in her son's bicycle helmet, and costs slipped out the door. with the helmet strap between her teeth, she climbed a tree and got up on the roof where she launched her attack on two would-be burglars. >> no sooner than i sit down, i

started choking pool balls at them. they took off. they had their hands just like this, and they took off running and cursing, and it was on. alisyn: she said she managed to hit those burglars, and they may have gotten off easy. she said she grabbed the pool balls when she could not find her crossbow or her pellet gun. trace: that is like "whole loan -- "home alone." we are now one step closer to major changes in health care that will affect every single american. a key senate committee finishing work on its bill, but what is in it? what does it mean for you? what is it going to cost you? we will get to carl cameron and those late-night decisions, and real men to wear pink, at least these guys do. the entire colorful story and their personal crusade next. cheez-it® bakes so much real cheese...

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alisyn: let's go to capitol hill now where a key senate committee was wrangling over health-care reform into the very early hours of this morning. the finance committee putting the final touches on a massive set of reforms, but if you want to know exactly what is in it, you may be out of luck. chief political correspondent carl cameron was up very late on this. will everyone get a chance to read this bill before they vote on it? >> yes and no. what happened last night was the completed the amendment process. the vote will not actually happen until next week. the end of what is called up here and markup, wherein lawmakers try to put their own little fingerprints on it and

adjust it and love it. what is in it is pretty obvious. it is a non-profit cooperative designed to compete against private insurance companies and thereby bring the price down. it would cost somewhere around $900 billion. it would raise taxes and fees. has mandatory coverage for individuals, which means if you choose not to have some sort of health-care coverage, the government can fine you, and it could be as much as $1,900 per family. there are some critics of that. those will come next week, and the legislative language, the precise and often arcane legislative text will not be made available to lawmakers before hand. that creates a problem for the nonprofit nonpartisan congressional budget office, which would like to do a comprehensive analysis to determine the price tag. rather than using the legislative language, they will be using what they call conceptual language, which means shorthand and plain english, and a lot of critics believe that in the plain english, the devilish details could be hidden. alisyn: interesting.

is this the end of the government-run health option? >> not even close. the government option, which is in another committee's bill, has to be merged with the senate finance committee's bill, assuming it passes next week, but it does not, i have to solve this problem in the senate. the principal issue to democrats is whether or not president obama is going to come up here and work with democrats to tell them in the senate there's no way the senate has the votes to pass and public option. the house, by the way, has three bills with a public option in it, so there's lots and lots of battles down the road. as the president said in a statement last night, he said this is just the beginning of what is still a lot of hard work still ahead. alisyn: many, many more steps ahead. carl cameron, thank you.

trace: turns out tough guys really do wear pink. construction workers at a cancer center will wear pink every thursday this month. october is breast cancer awareness month. for one, it is personal. his wife is battling the disease. now, he is getting support from his crew. alisyn: they are dancing in the streets and beaches of rio de janeiro. brazil was chosen to host the 2016 olympic games, beating out chicago where there are many disappointed people. what did the olympic games mean to the united states? lots of former -- we will ask a former gold medalist what it means to him. and a man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a little girl in a wal-mart -- he tried to escape but could not thanks to one man's quick and brave response. >> i'm not a hero. i just -- like i said, i did what i was supposed to, what any american is supposed to do. >> is a humble hero, and he is

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trace: we're back live in the newsroom. we have brand new information on three big stories. sun now saying the talks in iran in -- the talks with iran in geneva -- in a big first step, but is an already backpedaling? >> the town in the white house and throughout this

administration is cautious as officials wait to see if airtran follows up its talks with action. for example, giving iranians two weeks to allow them into a facility that was secret until recently and insisting teheran provedaceful purposes, if not, there's talk of more pressure on the iranians. trace: remember this name -- al shabab -- could it be the new al qaeda? >> cia directors now on record saying that there would like to launch attacks inside this country. this is significant because americans of similar dissent are traveling in the u.s. to train with a terror group. one american has already blown himself up as a suicide bomber in somalia. right now, the fbi is and instigating a second case involving a seattle man. trace: an israeli soldier held

captive three years by hamas, but now, brand new tape that he is alive. >> hamas calls it a victory for the resistance. israel calls a airily. the deal that freed palestinian prisoners and provedhamas produce a bit -- the deal that freed palestinian prisoners. he reaches out to his family and plays for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to win his release. israel got the state in exchange for freeing palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. the whole exchange is seen as good faith gesture. hamas is demanding a total of 1000 prisoners be released, 450 of them are named specifically, including at least 125 palestinians who have participated in attacks that killed or wounded israelis.

prime minister netanyahu will have a difficult time telling his public that it is worth putting those individuals out on the street where they could hurt other israelis in exchange for one help the soldier. trace: thank you. that is brand new information at the bottom of the hour. alisyn: thanks. as we have just learned, the 2016 summer olympic games will be held in rio de janeiro, brazil. thousands of people celebrating their, and that decision came down from the international olympic committee. it is the first time the games will be held in south america, but there was deep disappointment in chicago and the rest of north america, losing a bid that brought out all the big guns. the battle to host the game is an intense one. peter vidmar is the highest scoring american gymnast in a living history. great to have you with us. >> it is great to be on, and

unfortunately, for chicago, it is a disappointment. alisyn: tell us how you felt when rio you when -- when you heard that rio had one and chicago have lost? >> what was shocking was that chicago went out in the first round. it would be a great city to host the games. we just have to go back to the drawing board. alisyn: your team won the gold in 1984 in los angeles. how does the host city affect the athletes? >> it makes a difference. i competed in my home country and my home town in my home court. gymnastics or house in the arena at ucla where i went to college, so i could not have asked for a better environment to compete in, and that is what we were hoping for our athletes, to have that comfortable familiar environment to compete in. >> alisyn: what what does this do to the morale? >> i do not speak for other sports, but the fine people at

usa gymnastics will discontinue to do what they have done so well in the past, and that is to prepare our athletes to win medals at world and olympic competitions. whether the games are in chicago or rio, we have work to do, and our kids will be doing that. alisyn: you continue to cover the olympics as a broadcaster. why do you think chicago was eliminated so early today? >> pat ryan said his biggest fear is getting past that first round vote due to the possible regional loyalties. europe is leaning towards madrid. what america might be leaning towards rio. as are leaning towards tokyo, and not much left to vote for tokyo in the first round. the hope was to get past the first rounds of the delegates could then look at the technical strength of chicago relative to the other cities, and that just did not happen. >> after president obama and the first lady and oprah winfrey all turned out, it is quite surprising, isn't it?

>> they gave it a great effort. in my opinion, it was the best bid of the four cities, but it is an unusual voting system, to just take all four cities and eliminate the first city. it has happened surprisingly to other cities where they were considered very strong, and suddenly, they get kicked out in the first round. alisyn: other people have said on a positive note that sometimes the city that hosts the olympics send out to actually lose some money. in some ways, did chicago possibly dodge a bullet? >> i think it would be a very successful games financially. looking at the success of recent games, those games turned in real profits, and i think the same thing could have and what had happened in chicago. i think they are poised and prepared to put on a very successful games. alisyn: thanks for joining us.

trace: at a colorado wal-mart, a man taps a suspect who insulted a little girl, but the hero who did the tackling was in a wheelchair. he was working at a sales table at the store when he heard a little girl screamed. this suspect had just allegedly groped the young girl and was running for the door. another man gave chase but needed help. he moved as fast as he could, tackling the guy. >> i went around the table as fast as i could, and i attacked -- tackled him. i put my shoulder right into it and gave it as much as i could and held on to him until someone else came up and helped me hold onto him. it really touched me because her father came up and he shook my hand, and he had tears in his eyes. it really showed that there should be a lot more people out there that do things like this. trace: i would shake his hand,

too. police say kevin sullivans and detecting the girl and now faces sexual assault charges -- admitted touching the girl and now faces sexual assault charges. alisyn: since day one, speaker nancy pelosi has worked hard to push a liberal agenda through congress, a move that could now carry a very happy price for other lawmakers trying to get reelected. plus, indonesian rescue crews are still searching for 3000 people who may still be trapped inside the rubble left by that powerful earthquake. we are live on the ground in three minutes. b ng me g wofrat.as akel co mes d a wofranthi mnnerr viman lyeron m haogaberl lets. llmebee toe tmybeow isngtrd tiy ose. wiy r r n' toe vblmee. i'anrnd ind in gissi we.

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mcchrystal said insurgents are gaining strength. the next move for the oval office, we go live to the white house just ahead. in a little box, president obama finally able to contact the president of indonesia after the catastrophic earthquake. he tried several times over the past two days. mr. obama expressing america's condolences for the loss of life and pleasant to everything in his power to help with recovery. the death toll right now is a 715 people, but thousands are believed to be trapped under the rubble. in the bottom box, a canadian circus tycoon blasting off into space. he is now inside the international space station after docking a short time ago, and reports say that true to his reputation, he donned a clown nose after a smooth slide up some earth. he is worth more than $2

billion, so apparently, the russians took him seriously. trace: democrats control the power in congress, but a year from now, that balance could all shift. nancy pelosi has been successful in pushing a liberal agenda through the house, but moderate democrats pushing back on some high-profile issues, word that certain votes could cause them at the polls next year. how many democrats could be vulnerable here? >> it is sort of difficult to quantify this far out, but to give you an indication, 2006 and 2008, the last two election cycles, 57 democrats won seats previously held by republicans, and most of those are probably moderate or conservative democrats who could potentially be vulnerable in the elections next year, and republicans need to pick up 40 seats to regain the majority in the house, which political analysts say is a big hill to climb. trace: constituents across the country are paying attention

now. what issues may hurt them back home? >> many of those democrats promised their constituents that they would hold the line on spending in the see if they were elected, and so far this year, speaker nancy pelosi has pushed for boats, for example, on the $787 billion stimulus bill, the climate change bill, and possibly in the future, they may vote on health care reform. and it has put all these fiscally conservative democrats in a tough position on how to vote and stay in good stead with their constituents back home. trace: do you think republicans are going to let their constituents know how often democrats sided with nancy pelosi? >> absolutely. expectancy commercials linking those moderate democrats to pelosi and her agenda. >> they supported every procedural vote of underpinnings of health care, of tax and trade, of the budget, and the stimulus, so they may have said they were not going to support her back home, but in

washington, that is exactly what they are doing. >> representative pete sessions is the head of the national republican congressional committee, which tries to get more republicans elected to congress. trace: moly, alisyn: thank you rescue teams in indonesia working around the clock. they are trying to reach some three dozen people who could still be trapped in the degree of wednesday's massive earthquake. the death toll climbed to release 700, but a glimmer of hope as rescue crews to drilling holes in a mountain of debris -- look at this. they pull a 19-year-old girl to safety. the college student was buried under her school building for at least 40 hours, but she is believed -- is believed she will be okay. one of her teachers also rescued. all this as equipment, water, and medicine pouring in from around the world. david, this must be giving rescuers motivation to keep digging. >> yes, certainly, some

motivation there. they really are saving lives, but when you think that perhaps thousands are still buried under the rubble in sumatra, it is really an overwhelming challenge. even though we have seen some rescue teams coming in from abroad today, that is really such a small amount of what is needed. they really need some excavators' here to get through this trouble to get to these people because they have an underground out for two days, but it is really becoming just about impossible to say something. trace: we are also getting brand new images of the south pacific of the devastation caused by that massive tsunami. some authorities now say the number of people killed there has risen to 169 as crews continue to recover more bodies. look at the wreckage. they had to go through all of that looking for survivors and bodies. authorities also say the search

for survivors and casualties could go on for weeks. relief crews of international agencies are bringing clothes, water, medicine into the area, and the big concern now is disease, and clean drinking water is a major problem down there. we will keep you up to speed on what is going on. alisyn: and deadly mudslides in southern italy. at least seven people reported dead. heavy rains overnight flooding streets there, sweeping away cars and flooding buildings. there are several people missing after a thick wall of mud flowed into villages on the east coast. a state of emergency has been declared there. rescue crews using bulldozers to clear mines from cars and homes. trace: this is a very serious warning for pregnant women. the h1n1 death toll among pregnant women is staggering. we are going to give you the numbers and what you can do in three minutes. plus, a new record for that man. he is the greatest golfer, right? it's maybe of all time. he has a new record that has

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alisyn: there'a sc atistic om the centers for disease control on h1n1 and pregnant women. the ctc saying that 100 pregnant women in this country have contracted the swine flu, and 28 of those have died. experts now strongly recommending again that pregnant women get the new vaccine. do we know why this virus is fitting pregnant women so hard? >> we heard from cdc officials yesterday -- one said it was particularly troubling when you look at the numbers. you mentioned 100 pregnant women

have been hospitalized in intensive care units since august of this year, and of those, 28 have died. they are saying pregnant women should make sure they get the vaccine. the first of the vaccine that will be available on tuesday will be in the form of a nasal spray. you are probably seeing video right now of children receiving that missed. pregnant women are not able to receive that, though. that is for people between two and 49 and not pregnant, so these women are going to have to wait for the injectable shot to come out, which is expected very soon. alisyn: for the next two weeks, what can pregnant women do in the form of prevention? >> when you talk about prevention, there are several reasons why this is getting pregnant women particularly hard. we talk to a lot of doctors today, and they all seem to think that one of the reasons could be the fact that when the fetus grows in the womb, it puts pressure on the lungs, making it

difficult to breathe deeply, which makes it harder to fight things off, like pneumonia, like h1n1 whenever they are infected. so other risks are out there too. if they have toddlers at home, they could easily come home and give it to their parents. there are a lot of things that are occurring that make it difficult for pregnant women, but again, they keep stressing -- get that vaccination. alisyn: it is so worrisome. doctors say you should make sure the wash your hands, but that does not seem enough when you hear these scary stories about women dying. >> very true. i talked to a good friend of mine last night. she has a two year-old hall, and she has moved off to her parents' home so she can try to stay away from people until she gets the vaccine. she says she is not thinking twice about it and is getting as soon she can. alisyn: that is what doctors are recommending for everyone. thanks for the update. meanwhile, tiger woods is famous for breaking records in the golf

world. he has become a pioneer in money matters. woods is the first athlete to break into the billion dollar earnings rank. this is according to "source -- "forbes" magazine. according to the magazine, which went into the 2009 season with $895 million in prize money, endorsements, and appearance fees, and even before picking up the bonus last weekend, he had and $10.5 million winning six titles on the u.s. pga tour. how will he spend all that money? meanwhile, the top commander in afghanistan getting a face-to- face meeting with his boss. what we've learned about the very important meeting today between president obama and general mcchrystal. and an environment in balance. between consuming less and conserving more.

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alisyn: hi, everyone. trace: we are live of buying control room nine. this is the nerve center of the "live desk" and we have breaking news. we now know what city will host the 2016 summer olympic games. the contenders were chicago, ill. -- if the president lobbied for it. oprah lobbied for. tokyo, japan. there was also madrid, spain. the shocker came in early. chicago was the first city taken

out of the mix. that happened a little after 11:00 on the east coast. next, the japanese were happy until their city was next to named. that left two -- madrid, spain, rio de janeiro. just before the top of the "live desk", the winner came in. the winner, rio de janeiro, and the beaches went wild. this was the reaction there. it is the first time brazil has ever hosted the olympics. steve is live on scene. it has got to be just the jubilation in rio today. >> the numbers are still growing in what could become one of the largest beach parties in the world. a similar the announcement was made, you could hear a collective scream are around the city. federal employees having the day

off today to watch the results come in. when the announcement came, there was a scream, hawking of horns, and us -- excitement. i think a sense of disbelief, too. one of the arguments brazil had made was that the games have never been held in south america before, so there was almost refusal to believe it could happen. now, great joy in the streets. contrast emotion from the man who made a personal pitch for brazil. we just saw the president on the podium in copenhagen unable to speak. he wiped his eyes with tears several times before speaking, saying he just could not find words to express his joy. obviously a sense of joy and relief as well in what was a very closely fought contest finally coming out in brazil's favor of. -- in brazil's favor. trace: joy in rio de janeiro, but a huge amount of sadness not

only in chicago but also in america. we are now getting breaking information from president obama who lobbied so hard to get these olympics brought here. we have reaction from robert gibbs from the president, right? >> yes, i believe we do. that would be coming from air force one. you probably have it on your e- mail. what i'm going to ask you to do is give me that information while our tell our viewers what the senior white house adviser said on fox about an hour ago, which is the politics of the international olympic committee are very difficult. he told me afterwards they are probably more difficult than the politics of chicago, which is saying something. he also said that the president has no regrets, and what has become evidence of the white house is that the president made this trip along with the press lady, who was already scheduled to go because the chicago committee down the stretch was very deeply anxious about their

big falling short. they thought maybe if the president came, that might push them closer to open a victory. looks like that cake with long break, and chicago really have -- never had a chance. the white house jump in. it appears under some significant lobbying is not pressure, advice for the chicago olympic committee to make that bit more realistic. they fell well short, though. trace: we did put that on the bottom of the screen, that is what he said -- that obama is disappointed. the present shifting his focus to the war in afghanistan, meeting face-to-face with his top commander in afghanistan on board air force one, just before taking off for washington. they discussed strategy. that is a day after mcchrystal delivered a speech in london, saying insurgents are gaining strength. the general says more troops are needed to buy time for afghan security forces to gain control

over their country, so the question becomes does the meeting take some criticism away from the copenhagen trip for the olympic bid. what is the answer? >> it certainly gives the white house a talking point. it probably will not eliminate the criticism, but it gives the white house means to say that we did not just to copenhagen for the american olympic bid. we went there also to have a very important conversation on air force one with the leader commanding general of afghanistan because the president needs to get his take on the situation eyeball to eyeball. also, david axelrod on our air about an hour ago addressed the situation. here's what he had to say. >> he met with general mcchrystal because he was in london, he was in copenhagen. it was easy for them to get together, and we are in the midst of a discussion about next

steps in afghanistan, said it made sense for them to get together. >> it is also important for the president probably to give general mcchrystal face-to-face his take on what has clearly been some public advocacy from the general on behalf of his assessment of the situation in afghanistan currently, and his request for additional ground troops. he went on "60 minutes, give them tremendous access, made his point clear. either way, they like to communicate their preference face-to-face. trace: any update on the timeline year? how much more time before the president makes a decision? >> robert gibbs told us from the podium yesterday, several more meetings, at least three. two are scheduled next week, wednesday and friday, which meets at least one more after that, possibly more. the white house believes it has

four to six weeks. they do believe they have some time. the president wants to get a lot of opinions both from his advisers and from capitol hill about what he can sell and how he should best portray it for the nation and for congress because there are some skittish democrats who are either under court adamantly opposed to sending more ground forces to afghanistan. trace: major garrett live for us at the white house. thank you. alisyn: there is growing violence in a safe haven in terrorists -- in a safe haven for terrorists. there are signs that the rebels could be working with al qaeda to make somalia a new base for terror attacks against american. tell us the intelligence and what we know about this group.

>> al shabab has really exploded since 2006. it has really taken off in part because we are seeing more and more what they call for an fighters. of interest to us is that americans are traveling there for training with this al qaeda- lead group. this is where we had the first documented case of an american citizen has a suicide bomber. it was acting for this group, and right now, the fbi is investigating a second case, which may involve a seattle man also acting as a suicide bomber in that country. what is significant is that the president of somalia is saying there are at least 800 to 1004 and fighters in that country right now. we know some of them are american. this is what you call one of the markers for a bonafide al qaeda affiliate. most interesting to us, we have been able to identify the group opposing western face or about peace. he is an american citizen.

please have been able to identify him through our recording as a native of daphne, alabama. what we know from one source is that he travels from alabama up to canada where he married a somali woman and eventually made that long trip into east africa. this is certainly a group that is emerging. it is often mentioned by intelligence officials in the same breath as the tribal areas of pakistan and also a yemen. alisyn: it is so disturbing that these are american citizens. the fare must be that the americans will come back to the u.s. to launch attacks here. >> that is correct. fear is that they will bring back some of these tactics to this country. on the eve of the inauguration, there was a homeland security bulletin that was launched -- or the catalyst was the fear that one of these americans had come back to launch a suicide attack to disrupt the inauguration.

on capitol hill this week, we had a hearing, which dealt specifically with the najibullah zazi case in new york and denver, and it also talked about this group. >> of course, the fear is that it these americans are traveling overseas for training, they may use this training to come back and attacked our homeland. >> this idea is not unprecedented because earlier this year in australia, the authorities there broke up what they believe to be a plot to launch a suicide attack in melbourne, australia, by this group. australia is also a country where their nationals had travel to east africa, got in that training, and returned home, and that is the same scenario the united states is looking at as well. alisyn: 94 that update. -- thank you for that update. trace: a breakthrough in the

plan to capture an israeli soldier. hamas have been keeping this man hostage, but we are hearing that a major deal has been taken place in exchange for this footage. our on cameras were there to witness the event. what is the latest? >> hamas calls this a victory for the resistance. israel calls it a relief. what your looking at right now are the palestinian women being released from israeli prisons and crossing over from israel into the west bank. what this represents its two major developments. first of all, after three and a half years of negotiations or almost ran a half years of negotiations, there has been some kind of breakthrough in the talks and to get this man

release for present -- from presenter also, it shows you the first time ever that hamas and israel have struck a deal. as you look back here and try to get a look at these warm embraces that are happening with the palestinian families being reunited with each other, none of this can be interpreted as a harbinger that he is about to be released from captivity. what it is is a very strong indicator that some progress is finally being made in the talks to get him out. now because the tape shows him looking healthy, it relieves some of the immediate pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to clear the hurdle he must in order to win their release. remember, hamas is demanding a total 1000 prisoners be released. 450 of them are specifically named. of those specific names, at least 125 are described as israel -- described by israel as having participated in attacks that killed or injured israelis. it will be a very difficult sell

for the prime minister to tell his public that these individuals need to go back on the street where they could harm or israelis for the release of one soldier, who appears anyway by this videotape, to be in good health. trace: a tough sell indeed. mike, thank you. alisyn: back home, unemployment rising to the highest point in years. the jobless rhode -- rate rose to 9.8% in september. if you include laid off workers who have settled for part-time work or who have given up looking altogether, you get an unemployment rate of 17%. this is the closest we have come so far to a health care reform bill. the senate finance committee clearing a major hurdle for a proposal backed by the president. working well through the night last night to get this plan this far, so what is in it? what will it mean for your will break that down next.

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alisyn: welcome back. in the top box, you see zero chance of apologizing. that is the latest from congressman alan grayson, a florida democrat not at all sorry for his controversial comments on the house floor. he was giving a health-care presentation when he said that republicans want sick americans to "die quickly."

facing suspension for the tirade heard around the world, serena williams could spend two grand slam tournament on the sideline after telling a u.s. open line judge that she was going to shove a tennis ball down her throat as part of a raging red against the officiating crew appeared in the bottom box, good news on gas prices. national average once again on the decline, now sitting at $2.46 per gallon according to aaa, and that is down more than 6 cents from just last week. trace: the senate finance committee has finally wrapped up work on its version of health- care reform. the hope is to overhaul health care and ensure millions more americans by creating a basic health-care safety net. here's the problem -- we do not know what it will cost, and we do not yet what is in the bill.

the cbo is going to score this thing sometime in the next few days. they have played spoiler before. we do not know how much is going to cost. what if this way -- what if this goes way over budget? >> we have seen sticker shock about the process, but when we see this ticket number, people could change their vote. most people expect this will pass out of the finance committee and then move on. the question is whether there will be any republican support at all. olympia snowe has been the only republican who has talked about supporting it at this point. she has said she still has a lot of thinking to do on this. trace: as he said, they have to merge these things together. they have a lot more work to do. how close are we getting? >> we are getting closer. at this point, it looks likely there will be votes in the house and senate sometime in october,

but there are five bills now. the in house, two in the senate year not clear which details will be cherry pick, and the matter is going to be complicated. the house can approve something more complicated than the senate. is always possible that they could use procedural maneuvers to try to cram it through with just 50 votes, but that would be controversial. trace: the wildcard is the president. do we -- we still do not know what he is going to push through. >> president obama is going to have to come out and insist on public option. he has said in the past that he favors it. he has said it is critical for form, but a lot of folks think that it is not something he would allow to stand in the way of reform. it is hard to see how the senate gets 60 votes without a major presidential push and maybe a change in public opinion. trace: forget about reading tea leaves. how about reading the bill? do you think there's a shot that lawmakers are going to get to

read this or that americans will get to read it for 72 hours online? >> there is always a shot. there's a lot of pressure to show some transparency. i expect that house and senate leaders both respond to that in some way to make sure this is not just crammed through in the middle of the night. the long and complicated bills, and a matter what is in, they will be difficult to read, and we have seen lots of excuses about what these will mean. trace: you talk to some lawmakers who say this is just an operating procedure, and did you let everyone read the bill, they are going to keep debating and drag this thing out until the cows come home. >> i know they have good staff who go through them. i have tried to rebuild myself, and most of its legislative gobbledygook, but there is a transparency issue to make sure that it is out there and people can see what is in there. i do not think that necessarily means having to read every, but getting it out there a day or two in advance -- that does not seem like it is too much to ask. trace: it is gobbledygook that

americans would like to appear at before their leaders vote on it. thank you. alisyn: many americans expressing cautious optimism after a meeting with tehran. they agreed to more talks, but can iran be trusted to keep its promises?

alisyn: iran says it will allow nuclear inspectors into its newly revealed site, making the confession at yesterday's meeting with six world powers including the u.s., but a new fox news opinion dynamics poll found that most americans think it will take a lot more than meetings to disarm and ran. 59% say it will take force, and just 29% say it will not. a former deputy national

security advisor to president george w. bush and senior fellow at the council on foreign relations joins us now. thanks for joining us. how often -- how optimistic should leaders be? >> given aarons history, not too optimistic. they have a history of dragging this out for years and years and lying, after all. so far, nothing has really happened except for some iranian promises. alisyn: iran has vexed every president in recent memory, certain since jimmy carter. has one had been more successful strategy than the others? >> i do not think we have had any successful strategies with iran. meanwhile, they have been building up their nuclear program and missile program, so president obama is the next in a long line who will have some grey hairs because of this country. alisyn: i think it is already starting. no strategy has been successful, 55% of respondents to our polls

a force should be used. how would pteron react to that? >> it is a very good question. my view is that most iranians now after june after the stealing of the election would not rally around the flag. people used to say that, that there is an attack on iran, the population is going to be patriotic, but that is what americans would do. i do not know that it is what iranians are going to do, considering the way that regime is hated in iran. alisyn: given what you know about the regime, what about these stronger sanctions, these sanctions with teeth, as they're called. would they respond to those? >> they might. the hope would be that people realize how much they hated, and would not want to risk a decline in their economy, and the sanctions. the trick is we have to get those sanctions, and that means we are going to need the russians and chinese, and so far, they have not been willing to go along. whenever we have tried to the

sanctions, the water them down. whether they are willing to help us now is still a question that we cannot answer. alisyn: given what you just said about how the regime does not have the backing of the iranian people, what about what some foreign policy experts have suggested, and that is staging an overthrow of this regime? >> i do not think we have the capability to do that, and i think that is really the job of the iranian people, but we should be 100% behind them. this is one of my criticisms of the obama administration, which has been very quiet about human rights and democracy in iran, even after this terrible suppression of the demonstrations and election. since june, there were student demonstrations last week that were suppressed, and our government is being awfully quiet about this. we need to assure the people of iran we are on their side. alisyn: thanks for joining us today. trace: we are getting the pictures of that devastating quake in indonesia. they are telling us there could be thousands of people buried

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trace: we have brand new information at the bottom of the hour on two big stories. unemployment rate is now 9.8%,

higher than expected, and the president is about to speak on the economy. >> when the president returns from his trip overseas, we will get his reaction to that uptick in the unemployment rate. we have already heard from the vice president. his take is is that not shaken confidence that we will be able to turn things around. his message is the administration is doing everything possible to recover from the recession. trace: the man accused of blackmailing david letterman said to be arraigned today. jamie colby following that across the news room in studios n. >> that will take place this afternoon. an emmy award winning cbs producer now indicted and could be facing five to 15 years if convicted for trying to extort $2 million from david letterman, claiming it he was not paid, letterman's world with collapsed around him. letterman admitting on his show last night in a stunning revelation that he had had sexual revelation -- sexual

relations with female staffers. the arraignment in a manhattan court room on grand larceny just moments away. trace: and it was a bombshell. do you have h1n1 concerns? there is a new hot line. let's go to dallas. >> the state of texas health department has actually created to 211 information hotline. with a are having nurses staff that hot lines of people who are worried that they may have the sentence can call in, speak to endorse and figure out whether or not they need to go to the hospital. the reason -- hospital emergency rooms in texas are being overrun with folks who do not need to be there. trace: thank you. that is brand new information at the bottom of the hour. alisyn: let's talk about rescue efforts as rescuers are racing to find survivors in indonesia.

crews pulling a teenager from the wreckage of a glass building 40 hours after it collapsed. emergency teams say they lack the equipment they need to move tons of debris. many say they are overwhelmed by the widespread destruction. international aid groups began arriving today. one united nations estimate puts the death toll at more than 1000 during recovery teams think thousands more people may still be trapped beneath the rubble. heavy rains in italy triggering deadly mudslides in sicily. least 17 people are dead and rescuers are using sniffer dogs to search for survivors. rescuers joined firefighters in the mud, which reached as high as door handles on in some cases. they got 9 inches of rain overnight, but the government acknowledged unregulated development may have also weakened the soil. trace: president obama meeting with his top commander in afghanistan today aboard air force one. the meeting with general stanley mcchrystal taking place as the

president returned to washington from copenhagen. the president's national security team is divided over strategy for the war. the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll finding 66% trust the military commanders to decide the next steps in afghanistan. just 20% trust president obama. 9% trust both. the chairman of bets for freedom and an iraq war veteran joins us now -- the chairman and vets for freedom. general mcchrystal has been crystal clear on what he wants. 30,000 or 40,000 more troops. is there a chance in your mind at president obama could send we just overrule him? >> there is a chance, but it would be inconsistent with the rhetoric he has used. he has called the war in afghanistan and war of necessity and one we must win, and not only has general mcchrystal country fan and ask for more trips, but his entire chain of command believe that

more troops are needed to effectively execute the counterinsurgency strategy, so he could override it, but i think it would be inconsistent with what he has said in the past. trace: they brought in genera mcchrystal because he was the king of counterinsurgency, and you have the defense secretary saying maybe counterinsurgency is not the way to go. what changed? >> what changed is the war is not as popular as it has been in the past. it is deteriorating. it is a situation where the taliban have gained ground. it is a tough fight. there is no doubt. there are no easy answers. mcchrystal says we could either fight the afghan war part to 20s down the road, or we could get this right now, and a counter insurgency strategy is the way to do it. that is the issue at hand. i think right now, there are

some in other camps saying we should be fighting a counter- terrorism approach. missile strikes, lighter footprints. that is what we tried in nine note -- before 911. that is what we tried in iraq before the search. we know that less boats on the ground will not help us take out al qaeda. the decision is clear. trace: general to try as last week was saying that he supports the assessment by general of mcchrystal in afghanistan. today, he says he supports the assessment that afghanistan is deteriorating, but he is not saying he supports the call for more troops. are we waffling in little bit here? >> that is the first i have heard of that because in the past, they have been very united on that statement. you never know where pressures could be coming from. there have been rumors that the president does not want to see this troop increase and is putting a little pressure for numbers to be lower, but what i have heard about general mcchrystal is that he is a straight shooter and will ask

for what he thinks he needs to succeed on the battlefield, which is everything we owe our troops on the ground. they have to execute the strategy, if we are going to send in there and put them in harm's way, we need to give the every resources to help them win. trace: great to have you. thank you. alisyn: have you got a need for speed? the brand new technology that could help you avoid a pricey speeding ticket. can you say -- there's an app for that. n

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alisyn: welcome back. here are some of the stories we are following for you. in the top box, we just showed you the new video from the captured israeli soldier. now ,hamas threatening to capture more israeli soldiers to

win the release of more israeli prisoners. this after israel released 20,000 release 20 palestinian prisoners. an israeli circus tycoon is the latest in space. he is inside the international space station after docking just a short time ago. in the bottom box, expected mothers are more susceptible to the swine flu. the centers for disease control say 700 pregnant women in the u.s. have contracted the h1n1 virus. 100 of them needed to be in intensive care, and 20 and pregnant women in this country have died from disease. trace: that number is staggering, isn't it? president obama signing an executive order banning texting while driving in government vehicles. maryland also passing the measure. this comes after a conference in washington on distracted driving. the president encouraging federal contractors to adopt

similar policies. transportation institute study finding truckdrivers are 23 more times -- 23 times more likely to get into an accident if they text behind the wheel. speaking of driving, some new technology, brand new software available for smart phones and gps device is lets you keep the police and avoid tickets, but as you can imagine, not everybody thinks that is a good idea. anita live in los angeles on her phone now. >> hey, there. we are talking about a branch brand new -- brand new app out there designed to help drivers avoid speed traps. it allows you to hear a warning rather than just see it. let me see if you recognize this voice. tell me who this is.

hang on. let's get it to work here. did you hear that? >> watch out for that camera. >> how about this one? you have to love that. it is your favorite governor. anyway, he is one of the many famous voices that you can hear alerting you to the speed traps and a red light cameras. the whole idea is to save drivers some money. check it out. >> that is austin powers telling us there is a red light camera. we are going to see it right up here. >> austin powers and arnold schwarzenegger -- two voices on your smart phone that could save you from a traffic ticket. >> this one here is about $400. >> that is why this new free service is one of the most downloaded mobile applications are around. >> it is a way in real time for

people to share information about speed traps. >> i think it is a good idea. it keeps people with their eyes on the road. >> stops you from using your cell phone while driving. >> california road patrol officers are not sure. while they are not officially againapps, they believe -- against apps, they believe drivers do not need any more distractions. >> they really should be concentrating 100% of the driving and their surroundings. >> in addition to the voice of its, you can see there is a big red blob alerting you to the red light camera, which happens to be right around the camera from our office. of course, there are a lot of people mentioning these kinds of handheld devices can be distracting. really, you should keep it on an amount -- on a mount, which we

hope does not fall during our live shot. anyway, you get the idea. yeah, yuo know, -- you know, it is a lot safer that way. there it is. alisyn: i'm in a part of the news room called acquisitions. that is safer unless it falls off and hits you in the head. shepard: i have always wanted homer simpson to tell me where i'm going. alisyn: what is coming up? shepard: jeff year in acquisitions. would anyone like to explain acquisitions? hold on just a second. >> we take in seeds from all over the world and make them look nice. qc them.

quality control them. we make you guys look good. shepard: where do you put them? >> we put them in the control room. shepard: how do they get there? essentially this works out well? >> yes, usually. shepard: now we know what happens in acquisitions. alisyn: thank you. thanks you forqc-ing us. shepard: the elephant in the room for a long time has been with iran. where is the line for israel? it is the thing you can only speculate about. when does israel sees it -- all right, now, we have to go. will israel just go over there end whatever portion of nuclear facilities they have going? if they do, will it happen anyway and not even do any good? judith miller is over there now

in israel, and she will join us from our jerusalem bureau and talk about whether sanctions can work or whether the smart people thinking is that israel is going to -- it is time to start asking the question and seeking real answers, not just speculate. alisyn: because that would involve everyone. shepard: that involves the whole world and changes the landscape of life for everyone in the world. we are going to talk about it. alisyn: tune in coming up next. thanks, shep. trace: the fight to keep music alive from the daughters of a music legend. two ladies giving the gift of music to students, making it an unforgettable experience.

trace: in talks economic times, everyone is forced to make cuts, and in schools, one of the first things to go as often music programs, but now, the daughters of one of the world's greatest entertainers -- nat king cole -- are stepping in to help. what are the sisters delivering to the schools exactly? >> they are delivering exactly what they need -- a much-needed instruments, sheet music -- sometimes the music is 20 or 30 years old as well as the instruments at some of the schools, as well as music stands. some of them do not even have stands to put the music out

there. they deliver tambourines, trumpets, trombones, snare drums, bass drums -- basically, everything you would expect to find at a high school music orchestra. you heard the cheers from the students. they know me as a royalty is entering their. why do they do it? the sisters tell me simply because it is needed. >> when i see a child who has this broken-down saxophone, we are like santa claus. that is pretty joyous. >> when they introduced into the crowd, the high schoolers are kind of like, "who are they again?" of course, they are too young. they do not really remember who nat king cole is, but he had the first tv program starring an african-american on american broadcast television. he really paved the way for all future black entertainers who followed. trace: where do they get these instruments?

>> it all comes from donations. it is all donations and charitable giving. they admit -- there are the first ones to admit that a lot of old associates, old friends and fans of their father -- they give the most. they have done it to a high schools so far, shown up, delivered brand new instruments, which just makes the date for these high school students, and then they are hoping to broaden this nationally if they can over the next few years. trace: we know natalie, so there are two other daughters? >> yes, and they live here in south florida. they love the weather down here, and they are trying to do everything they can to help improve the lives of teenagers who may need a little help. trace: thank you. alisyn: great cause. you have no doubt heard the dangers associated with extreme rate gain. a new study says it could also make your life miserable.

according to a harvard school health study, women who are obese in their 40's, are 80 percent more likely to have heart problems later in life. researchers say 2/3 of american adults are either overweight or obese, just 15% 15 years ago. a lot still expert joins us now. thanks for being here. what is new in this harvard study that we did not know about how bad are the -- how that obesity is? >> studies have focused on longevity, now focusing on how healthy we can keep our bodies as we get older. specifically women, who genetically carry more body fat to start with because of their reproductive organs and their breasts. they find that women are getting heavier over time than men. the cdc actually says that the average woman is eating 335 more calories than she did in the 1970's, and this is really leading to rapid weight gain,

which is accelerating a lot of health issues that would be slowing down if they were at appropriately. alisyn: let's talk about some of the things we can do. number one, you should count calories. how many should we eat each day? >> absolutely. the average woman should eat 1600 or 1,800 calories a day. if you are smaller, it should be lower. authors of books always say do not tell people to count calories because it sounds hard, but guess what -- that is the way to get the job done. number 2, never skip meals. alisyn: we have heard that before. that makes sense. watch your carbohydrate intake. do not drink or calories. what do you mean? >> liquid calories are one of the biggest culprits with our obesity epidemic. 25% of the calories most americans consume are from liquid. i'm talking about jews, soda, and sports drinks. i think all three should be

eliminated. yes, what most people think is better for you, is not. alisyn: that is a great reminder. and as he said, exercise. thanks so much for sharing with us. trace: they keep saying the economy is getting better, then why is the unemployment rate still going up? . .

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