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weighing its options and war strategy right now, this as the top commander there says he needs more troops, or the war will likely result in failure. and yesterday, general stanley mcchrystal got the chance to talk about the situation, with the president, and the 25-minute meeting taking place aboard air force one and molly hen berg is live in washington and, molly, what is the house saying about this meeting between the president and general mcchrystal. a fairly short meeting some might say? >> reporter: 25 minutes, hi, juliett and yes. the white house says underscored -- the meeting did, the general's, quote ability and leadership and even as president obama apparently pressed him on the situation in afghanistan which mcchrystal described as, quoted, serious and reportedly, he intends to ask the president for 40,000 more troops, and the white house said, of the meeting, quote, general mcchrystal expects president and other will ask him questions about the assessment he has made and we're going to ask questions of our diplomatic side and
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intelligence side and of all of those involved in this to get the best strategy for success, in afghanistan. the two men met on air force one yesterday, and in copenhagen before the president returned here to washington. >> the general painted a stark picture, i guess you could say of the war and what has he said recently. >> reporter: the situation is, quote, deteriorating, there, and that the taliban insurgency is gaining strength and the u.s. and the allies need to, quote, reverse the current trend, and, mcchrystal wants more boots on the ground, to help counter that insurgency, and, to help train afghan forces. >> military analysts say long-term success there is about more than defeating the taliban, right. >> reporter: right. and the general says that, too, there needs to be greater effort to reach out to the afghan population. and, in order to have long-term success. listen to this: >> there is no question, general mcchrystal is dead on, this is not about how we'll go out and kill and capture taliban, it is how to make relationships with
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the afghan people and get their support, to identify, the taliban... >> reporter: and president obama's review of the afghan strategy, is expected to take some weeks, and he'll likely make a decision on troop levels there. juliett. >> molly henneberg, live in washington, good seeing you, molly, rick. >> meanwhile the head of the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog agency arriving in iran, mohammed el baradei, will arrange the inspection of a recently revealed uranium enrichment facility, and just hours before el baradei touched down the iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, announcing that president obama is making, quote, a historic mistake, accusing iran of intentionally concealing the site from the world, now, iran says, it informed the iaea in accordance with all international rules, at 6-party meetings in switzerland on thursday. iran agreed to allow the u.n. inspectors in. and this the highest level contact iran and the u.s. have had, in three decades.
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>> mohammed zazi the father of accused terrorist naijbullah zazi is chapping the methods of the fbi question the legality of several wiretaps that landed him in hot water and investigators say theered zazi lied to them about his son's activities, and zazi's attorney claims the fed may have overstepped their bounds, and laura ingle is live in new york city in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: juliett, the father of naijbullah zazi says the not only did he not lie to investigators about his son, the government has repeatedly made errors relating misstatements and omissions of material facts, that were the result of government wiretaps, and he was -- and zazi's lawyer filed a legal challenge in denver court yesterday suggesting federal agents didn't have the authority to listen in on and take phone conversations -- tape phone conversations of the 5 3-year-old and a person called hidden, and warned him police were asking questions about his son and something he denied happened and mohammed zazi's
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defense team didn't detail exactly what information the investigators used to arrest mohammed zazi in the wiretap operation because it was done under the foreign intelligence surveillance act. and mohammed zazi could get eight years in prib and $250,000 fine, if fount found guilty and will appear in court friday and investigators hear in new york eyeball other alleged coconspirators and a lot of surveillance activity is going on outside the apartment of naiez khan, a friend of zazi's, who let him stay in his place, september tow has been getting attention from investigators and he says he has done nothing wrong and is cooperating with the fbi. now, naijbullah zazi has denied all allegations against him, he was in federal court to face the charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and investigators believe he was on the verge of making a bomb with chemicals to be used in a terror attack in new york and remains in custody and will be back in
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court december 3 and there is a renewed fish for a nationwide community watch program talked about today as the police -- police chiefs association in denver, where zazi lived and bought chemicals at a beauty supply store and the chief used the case as an example of why it is important for people to call police if they see something suspicious. >> laura ingle, thank you very much. rick. >> president obama taking on the staggering unemployment report. in his weekly internet and radio address today, saying that his administration is exploring, quote, additional options to promote job creation. and, so are we headed now for a second stimulus package, our national correspondent, steve centanni has the report, from washington. >> reporter: rick, the white house is not calling it a stimulus package and say it's more like an economic triage and would be aimed at getting americans back to work and boosting the economy. and just after president obama arrived back from copenhagen yesterday he addressed the new jobless figures, which placed the unemployment rate at 9.8%, and he called it a sobering
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reminder that progress comes in fits and starts, and he says, we're going to need to grind out the recovery, step-by-step, and he hinted that more economic action could be coming. >> president barack obama: i'm working closely with my economic advisors, to explore any and all additional options and measures that we might take, to promote job creation. >> reporter: sources tell fox news the white house has begun talks with congressional democratic leaders, on taking three steps to ease the financial burden on unemployed workers, and stimulate the housing market and they include extending subsidies that help unemployed workers buy health insurance and extending the full unemployment package, now available, and, extending the first-time homebuyers credit. republicans point to the jobless figures and say the president is taking the wrong approach. >> the federal government reported that hundreds of thousands of americans were laid off, during the month of september, all told, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs, since
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president obama and speaker nancy pelosi's trillion dollar stimulus plan became law. >> reporter: republicans say lower taxes are the key to a stronger economy. congressional democrats say they have had only preliminary talks with the white house, on that so-called economic triage. rick. >> steve centanni in washington, thanks. and, the political analysts are saying... >> a stunning loss in the bid to bring the olympic games to chicago in the year 2016. and those weak unemployment figures according to the september jobs report we heard about, and then, the afghan war strategy, which seems to be in turmoil, depending on who you talk to, so is the commander-in-chief's star power, beginning to fade a bit, joining us for a fair and balanced debate, professor of advanced political studies at george washington university and bob beckel, good to see you and cal thomas a syndicated columnist and fox news contributor and cal, always great to see you as
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well and cal, let me start with you, i know bob will try and spin this in a minute and i think, even the most passionate obama fan has to concede, with all of those things we just listed, this has not been the best week of his presidency. >> i'm reminded of the scene in "superman" where they put the kryptonite necklace around him and his powers seem to evaporate and those who live by the media and personality and superficial things are going to die by it. it has been a bad week and you can spin it any way you like, and he didn't get the olympics and i mean, what about oprah and her star power, has she been diminished now and he went there and leaned on his personality and didn't get what he wanted and it sends an important message to the rest of the world, the guy is not invincible, not superman and as president of the united states, everybody including me ought to be concerned about this. i don't want our president to be perceived as weak and in effective and that's not good for the country. >> bob, maybe this olympics thing ig not that big of a deal
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but there was a piece today, i read, sort of an analysis piece on the ap that said it could be emblematic of an overall problem with the president -- the president is facing in that he can't close the deal, or at least, appears not to be able to close the deal when it comes to the olympic and maybe not with his other priorities as well. >> you know, rick, first we probably should have cal thomas there and it would have tied it down for chicago and i find it amazing, these conservatives were all glee fully talking about how we didn't get the option in our country, and you know, accusing us liberals of the not being patriotic and cal said it is emblematic of obama's problems and he doesn't -- he is still a great communicator and no one will chair out the olympics come monday morning and in fact heed ha good things happen during the week, the iranians agreed to some very substantial steps on the uranium project, and, he did have his meeting, on afghanistan, and something unusual which george
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bush never did and is asking questions, before he commits troops and money, to a war theater and i don't know why everybody is so jumping all about him, did he have a great week, no, a bad week. >> are we overblowing it, cal, let's talk about the unemployment numbers. these are the highest, highest number of people out of work in this country, up since the year 1983 and that is pretty tough to find a sill railroad lining there. >> let me do a follow-up to what bob said. if he trusts mahmoud ahmadinejad mac to live up to his promises i have land i want to sell you in the middle of the ocean and as we discussed on "fox news watch" this week which will be repeated at 11:30 eastern time tonight, back in 1983, during the so-called reagan recession, charlie gibson of abc news, a reporter then, reported on gloom and doom and this was a terrible thing and all of these jobs and did all of these stories of people out of work and misery and blamed it on reagan and now this time around, charlie gibson
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the anchor of abc world news tonight brushes it off, there is a lot of silver lining in the clouds and so i think it just depends on who is in the house and whose policies they are trying to advance and you can't spin this. this is high unemployment and if a republican president were in there instead of a democratic one we know what -- a democratic congress would say, bob? >> let me tell you, it wasn't the so-called reagan recession, it was the reagan recession! so you understand that. >> carter recession. >> and look, look at the president's favorability ratings back since the second world war they follow the unemployment numbers and the worst thing that -- the worst thing to happen to obama hast week were the unemployment numbers, ticking up a tenth of a percent and the question is going into the elections next year for the democrats is a very big deal, they are bound to lose seats, and the question is how many seats and if the unemployment rate ticks down by the time you get to november the democrats may not lose many seats and if it doesn't it could be a very
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rough year for my side. >> let's put a number up -- >> cal, i'm sorry to interrupt, i want you to respond to this. a poll that asked people about the importance of congress, passing some kind of health care reform plan, or actually this is a performance approval poll, and the other one we can put up has to do with the health care reform plan, and 61% of people, said they think it is important for congress to pass health care reform. and, hey, cal on -- looking ahead to 2010 since bob raised it, we have heard from the republicans, pretty much every step of the way, whenever something about health care reform comes up, the republicans are saying, no, no, no. and americans -- americans want health care reform passed and could it be a problem for the republicans in 2010? if they are seen as the party of no? >> well, they are not the party of no. the republicans, the heritage foundation, cato institute, have had tremendous proposals, for reforming what is wrong with health care in america and
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while, maintaining much of what is right. and another poll you ran about 11 or 12 minutes before we came on, rick, showed that while most americans want health care reform, they want to do it incrementally and want the federal government to prove that it is competent to do this and the best way to do it is incrementally and not all at once and, not the big picture. i think most things that the government does are bad and they screw it up and let's do it incrementally instead of all at once. >> go ahead, bob. >> he makes a good point, you have to say something besides -- and the republicans haven't had a good idea since teddy vz vet came up with the national parks in the -- >> documentary on the national park service and bob you are watching pbs! let me ask you, we are -- i guess a few months away from the end of the first year of the obama presidency and when all is said and done, cal, do you think, that the bigger issue, that is going to define this
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year, will it be afghan? which is coming up with a big decision he'll have to make on troops there or will it be the health care stuff? >> well, you know, rick, i referred to my -- one of my favorite floss officers, the cartoon character known as ziggy, who said when all is said and done there is a lot more said than done and we'll have to see... i don't want though president to fail in afghanistan. i wanted him to succeed. and this is something that affects all americans, republicans, democrats, and liberals and conservatives and terrorists do not discriminate when they kill americans, and i want him to succeed and i want him to succeed the right way and not this give into the far left wing. >> bob, last word and please don't quote charlie brown. >> the last word because if it is no the end of the year historians will record barack obama saved us from the abyss of a worldwide depression and will go down in history that's greatest economic president since franklin roosevelt. >> wow. >> we'll hang onto the tape and look at it down the line. >> please do! >> proud to stand behind it.
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>> always good talk to you, and bob and cal thomas, thanks very much, guys. >> julie: most intellectuals like to quote nietzsche and things like that. >> ziggy! >> all righty, drug counselors say many teenagers start down the road of drug abuse by digging through their parents' medicine chest and swiping what they find and police are trying to fight that with friday night football. turn over your old drugs at the gate and get free admission to the game, sean con ray from ktvi has the story. >> prescription drug abuse among high school students, is this fastest growing drug trend in the u.s. >> reporter: mostly because it is easy for teens to get their hands on it. they simply head to the medicine be a net down the hall. >> people forget about them and next thing you know somebody is taking them out of there and to a high school party or selling them at the high school and we end up with all sorts of problems. >> reporter: to stop it, franklin county drug cops are actually urging people to bring them to high school football games. >> all intercounty rivalry
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matches. >> reporter: this week washington high and then union and sullivan and st. clair and unused prescription drugs can get you through the gates. most of us likely have a cabinet shelf full of them and since shouldn't flush them it's an option to get rid of a dangerous gateway drug. >> they have the same properties as heroin and we are seeing a switchover now of these youth. >> especially troubling in a count that saw a spike in heroin overdoses last month. >> and he says oftentimes it starts with painkillers from unknowing parents. >> they think the drug is cleanerer and not addictive and harmful and couldn't be any further from the truth and this is the best way to do it. get it back to us and we'll have it incinerated and there is no environmental concerns, and no more problem with the drugs, and we get them out of the reach of the kids, who are trying to use them. >> let's talk about this weather now, gusty winds in arizona and turning a controlled burn by firefighters, into an all-out wildfire and officials say the flames were intended to burn 900
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acres and now the fire burned over 100 acres and is growing and they'll get -- any relief from the weather? dmoen ka davis is live with more on that. >> hi, unfortunately, no rain but they'll have plenty of winds, that will be around through the weekend, and, due to a cold front moving into the pacific northwest and will bring a rather large snowstorm to parts of the cascades and the northern rockies and ahead of the front it will up the wind for arizona, so, wind gusts will stay anywhere from 25 to 45 miles per hour, not only today, but, through our sunday as well. so, that is not the best news, out to the west and, also, toot east, we are looking at tornado warnings, believe it or not, and for fair field county in connecticut, a tornado warning until 6:00 and strong storms are moving through this northeast and push into northern new england and will be rough with the rain and thunder through the rest of the evening and by the way, the tornado warning in connecticut was allowed to expire. back to you. >> thank you, domenica. >> thank you, even the best of
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>> 20 minutes after the hour, a check on the headlines, hope -- hope is fading in indonesia and rescuers are combing through rubble following the earthquake and hope to find survivors and it is becoming increasingly lack they will only mind victims and iran's president taking a jab at the president here, saying mr. obama made a big and historic mistake, when he said iran tried to hide construction of the newly revealed nuclear site and alabama, a woman is facing charges in the abduction of a newborn in tennessee. the baby, thankfully, found safe last night, he's now in a foster home, awaiting a reunion with his mom. >> china is putting the military and technological power on display. and you can say that again, nearly 200,000 soldiers, and civilians taking part in a massive parade in tiananmen square, this week marking 60 years of communist rule and soldiers marching in unison and fighter jets flying overhead and what should the west make of
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this many say intimidating display, should the u.s. be worried about china's rapid expansion and a senior fellow at the american foreign policy council and great to have you here, thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> look at -- look at the video, and, initially think, they are having a good time and it is pomp and circumstance, and civilians seem to be having a nice time, and i mean, i guess, they are celebrating something that they feel should be commemorated. >> that's a fair point and after 60 years, chinese people do have things they should be proud of, tremendous economic progress, and they are playing an important role in the world, and -- but this anniversary is not without problems. i mean, really what it celebrates, is mao's revolution which brought a world of hurt on a lot of parts of asia and led to chiang kai-shek dictatorship and tens of thousands killed in the korean war and led to tens
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of millions of chinese people killed by ideologically driven economic and political policies. and, it is really the last 30 years of undoing the revolution, that have brought china the success it had today with which it can buy the military hardware. >> when we have parades here in the u.s., typically we don't bring out laying with the civilians and the ticker tape a bunch of tanks running down this street. you know, what is the suggestion now, that isn't something that is new to china. >> no, it is not new to china but china had a choice, what image it wanted to show the world with the celebration and over the last 30 years it put pragmatism over ideology and emphasized the economic and you -- >> explain that, pragmatism over ideology. >> well, in 1978, 1979, the leader of china at the time, decided to have a policy, reform and opening up to the outside world, and this is essentially anti-mao and it turns china around and recognizing they face failure unless they adopt
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characteristics of the west and integrate with the world and that is how they began to have economic progress and tremendous investment in china and now have a lot of money with which they can buy military hardware and you don't put intercontinental ballistic missiles down independence avenue or constitution avenue, when we are celebrating the 4th of july and this is something communist countries usually do and that is unfortunately what they seem to have emphasized. >> a lot of americans watching this, you know, typically, focus more on talk about afghanistan and iran and so forth, north korea, and a little bit less focused, myopic about china and give us a little bit of a -- elaborate on the state of their military, at this point. >> the military has had tremendous investment over the last ten years, and, they used to focus on, basically the military capabilities, needed to protect their mother land as they'd call it and in recent years, they are now able to project power, out into the sea, and now have assets that can go as far as the horn of africa, for anti-piracy missions, and,
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they are looking at trying to find capabilities that can go deep into the pacific, and, it is no longer a question of protecting their own territory or engaging the u.s., over, say, taiwan. it is really, an increasing global power, and, they have a right to do that, but, with it they have the responsibility of sort of explaining their intentions, a bit better and work with it us. >> i'll do that really annoying anchor thing and say, in 15 seconds, give us a preview or forecast of the u.s.-chinese relationship over the next five or ten years. >> i think it is going to have a lot of unsent and some tension and we have huge economic up side but a lot of risks, and we'll have growing pains, i think over the next ten years. >> nicely done, steven yates, thanks, good to see you. >> he listened to what you said and gave you a -- nicely done, all right, speak of chinese economic power, istanbul the u.s. treasury secretary tim geithner and other finance ministers of the g-7 or the group of 7, richest nations in the world issuing a statement on
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china's currency. among other things. saying they welcome beijing's continued commitment, to move to a more flexible exchange rate. promoting a more balanced growth, in china, and the world economies and g-7 countries are concerned that an undervalued chinese currency is fueling chinese exports at the expense of their own and china runs huge trade surpluses and countries like the u.s., for example, run large deficits. >> and speaking of tough economies, horse owners across the country facing a major crisis right now. creating a crushing burden on rescue organizations, trying to cope with record numbers of surround -- surrendered animals and molly line has this report from massachusetts. >> reporter: a combination of bad weather and a worsening economy is creating crisis for horse owners across the country, leaving rescue organizations struggling to care for a record number of surrendered animals. >> the -- 2007 i believe we brought in 21 surrendered horses
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for the year and last year, brought in 39 and this year, we are up to 47 already, and so, that is a big increase from year-to-year. >> melissa runs the farm, a rescue for barn yard animals north of boston, operated through the massachusetts society for prevention of cruelty to animals. >> we are spending 320, to $350, per horse. per month. >> according to the american farm bureau the community is taking a hit nationwide and droughts in texas drying up past tours and rains in the northeast turning hay crops and lez glur horse owners in tough financial straits, no longer able to afford the luxury and with winter approaching, rescue organizations, fear that things will get worse. and no long able to dpraz at pasture horses need more feed and the cost of hey has gone up. -- hay has gone up. >> $3 a bale from last year. >> reporter: at black feather horse rescue darlene nicker son cares for 18 horses and has been forced to turn away some surrenders. >> we're overwhelm and a lot
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will be here, because they have been hurt, they are not sound, and a lot of people don't want to take an animal they cannot ride and we're all full. >> reporter: rescue operations are seeking donations, and stable owners willing to foster or adopt, horses but, real relief may not come until the recession ends. in massachusetts, molly line, fox news. >> beautiful animals and i'm glad there are people who are able and willing to take care of them. >> absolutely! >> when we come, back, rescuers in indonesia undergoing the painstaking task of digging through the destruction of wednesday's massive earthquake and are looking for survivors, and not having much luck. and now that horrific news, some villages have been completely wiped out, after a series of landslides, triggered by the quake, a report on the rescue and recovery efforts, from the ground, coming up. in minutes. ugcl)
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>> welcome back, bottom of the hour, your headlines, the nation's unemployment rate closing in on the 10% mark, that's not good and according to u.s. labor department the economy lost 253,000 jobs, last month and putting the unemployment rate at 9.8%. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad lashing out at president obama, saying obama made a, quote, big mistake when he accused iran of hiding a newly revealed nuclear site. >> and crews battling a wildfire in arizona and u.s. forest service spokesperson saying the fast moving flames scorched more
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than 800 acres, so far and forced dozens of people from their homes, and north of phoenix. >> and the west keeps getting hit and rescue teams in indonesia suspect the death toll of wednesday's earthquake may skyrocket and searchers pushing deeper into the country and coming across several villages completely obliterated by landslides and pedang,y university town thousands may be buried under rubble, and david piper is there with more. >> reporter: there are real concerns, now, the death toll from these two massive earthquakes, that hit indonesia could rise now dramatically. and there are reports, three villages outside the town, were actually swept away, by landslides, during the earthquake and perhaps 600 people or more died including a wedding party and that has not been confirmed as yet. but, the rescue teams are really struggling now, to try to save the people that may be trapped under the buildings and behind me, is one of the main hotels here in ped dang and we believe
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some people are still trapped in the rubble there, and three days after the earthquake struck. and there was actually a message sent by sms, one of the people, yesterday, to a relative saying they were beneath the rubble here, and, saying that was actually perhaps 8 people beneath there and digging now to try -- they are digging to try to find the people and one body was brought out today but a search, they have not found the people yet and, hundreds of people are now minute gambling around in hopes these people can be saved. and the overall rescue effort is continuing, a lot of international help now, sniffer dogs have arrived and are looking through the rubble, and when you drive around, the city of 900,000, you see what happened here, and many of them -- the buildings are down and amendment still seem to be relatively shocked by what has happened. >> david piper reporting, in the meantime, rainstorms triggering mudslides in id taet where 20 people are dead and the italian prime minister, silvio bers --
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berlusconi say the beth toll may double and rescuers continue to dig through mud and rubble, trying to clear roads and railroad tracks and disaster responders are blaming unregulated home construction for some of the deadly building collapses and april a quake killed hundreds there, inadequate building standards were blamed for those deaths. as well. >> the first batch of the h1n1 vaccine expected to arrive at our nation's hospitals and clinics next week, but before you get in line, to get a shot, are there any risks you need know about? we have talked about this now for months and everybody still has questions and let's ask fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel. i'm tongue tied, doc, whenever you are around! >> thank, glad to hear that! >> well, the vaccine is going to be around next week and, would you suggest everybody go out and get it into first of all, we will not be able to do it that way, we have to go for the high
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risk groups first and pregnant women and children and people with chronic diseases and health care workers have to get this, but you know what? it is this varies i'm concerned about and not the vaccine and the vaccine is safe and is an old technology and the same thing we have been using, every year, for the past 50 years and just plug in a new virus and the virus is what is new and not the vaccine and people are getting confused over that and i'm worried about that because we need a high compliance rate, to close what we call herd immune and need the whole herd, all of us to be vaccinated and drive down the amount of flu around. >> and the question that comes by way of high wife, you if don't mind, because she's been doing some research, on this and we have two young kids and we are concerned in our house, as a lot of folks are. and symirasool and not every vaccine will contain it, a preservative used a lot of time and is shown to have trace amounts of mercury. talk about mercury and parents get nervous. >> the answer is it has been studied with four major, major
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trials and several others that have never shown any correlation between the drug which contains mercury and autism but if you you are concerned get the vaccine without it, an individual dose and we'll have plenty and parents, don't use that as a reason not to take it. >> you have to ask for it. >> ask for it. >> ask yr pediatrician and ask your pediatrician for the vaccine free of that. >> despite what the man says about getting the vaccine there are a lots of people who will say i don't want it because i will become sick after i get the shot. everybody says they start to feel, flu-like symptoms and also there are legitimate concerns about severe reactions. you know, what should people look out for. >> here's the thing, i'm really concerned that when we start giving this out enmasse, if someone gets sick they'll blame the vaccine and you know what? people get sick and have heart attacks and have problems, that don't have anything to do with the vaccine and we had it with
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gardasil in great britain and 1.4 million women got the vaccine and one person dies and turns out not having to do anything with the vaccine and hysteria break out and the vaccine itself is really, really safe and i'm concerned, it will get blamed for things, that really aren't its fault and most of the time the biggest problem you will see with it is a local reaction and allergic-type reaction and by the way -- >> on the arm. >> that's right, and to answer your question, juliett you cannot get the flu from the in jekted vaccine, it is a dead virus. >> repeat that, i have friends, the other night saying that is not true. >> it is a dead virus and you cannot get the -- get the flu from this vaccine. >> all right, let's -- here's another question, i was walking around and the neighborhood here, near our office and a sign, come to our retail drug store, $25, you can come in and get yourself an h1n1 shot. once they are available. and is there anything wrong with getting the shot at a walgreens as opposed to getting it in your office if you are -- employer offers it or at your doctors
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office. >> you know, that is a really important question and if you are healthy and young and don't have any underlying medical problems, go ahead and do that and get it in the pharmacy and for my patients, i'm following for other things i like it to be part of what i'm doing for them and come in and may be checking your blood pressure and your cholesterol, and make it part of your doctor's visit and i want to know what is happening and young and healthy, get it in the pharmacy. >> since we're doing personal questions, your wife -- ask me what you said, clint, our producer. he said the nasal version, there is live virus. >> that is a great point coming out first, that is the first, inhaled, is a live virus and you can have it if you are pregnant or have chronic diseases, you cannot have that. if you are pregnant or if you have chronic diseases. but, basically, it is a very, very good vaccine to get if you are totally healthy and will be out first. if you are afraid of injections get the inhaled vaccine. >> can you help juliett, those voices she's hearing in her head...
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>> there is no -- >> healthy, and she's healthy. >> she is, and one quick final question anybody who should not get either a flu vaccine or an h1n1 vaccine. >> okay, here's the problem, if you have a severe egg allergy, severe, and a minor egg allergy you can still get it. severe egg allergies, or maybe had to go to the hospital or something, you can really get, either the injected or the inhaled version, but there is one company out there that is making an egg-free version, and we'll see if it comes to market, i'll be back to tell you whether you can take that. >> good. >> dr. marc siegel, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> all right, well, speak of h1n1, you probably know that young people are particularly vulnerable and dr. siegel was talking about that and now the cdc has a unique way to keep them in the loop when it comes to prevention and treatment. jonathan serrie has details. >> reporter: h1n1 disproportionately affects young people and public health officials are adapting the way they get information out, to those at risk. >> our message is, we'll need to
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be, you know, sort of hip and attention-getting because this is the group that obviously is paying attention to a lot of things, and to get them to pay attention to flu, and make it relevant. for them, will be a challenge, to us. >> the centers for disease control and prevention is using social networking sites, such as facebook, myspace and twitter, to get out the latest information, on h1n1. into the cdc even held a contest on youtube, to choose the flu.gov public service announcement. >> [rapping] ♪ ♪ >> i am an avid user of youtube and twitter. >> sarah is a third year med student and falls within the youthful demographic at elevated risk for getting h1n1. she uses social networking sites as both a clinician and consumer. >> what is so great about what the cdc is doing is they are utilizing tools that we're familiar with, that we check
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every day to communicate with us. >> cdc officials say while americans still pay close attention to advice from their doctors they are increasingly influenced by what their friends say and what they read on the web. >> peer-to-peer influence is heavy on-line and we wanted to be part of the conversation? >> the research is constantly unfolding and keeping up with the science in real time is a click or tweet way, jonathan serrie, fox news. >> it was owen actually asked, the producer, not clint. >> and gave credit where it is due. kind of you. >> move over laker girls you have competition and word is getting out about this new jersey nets dance team, and these dancers are at least 60 years old and have quite a following! not just anyone can join, there is stiff competition, and they have to audition and those who make it become part of the new jersey nets senior-sational dance team. >> they look good. >> an american hero and defender
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>> a serviceman shot and killed inside his home and suspected the killer is his own wife and the trouble is she left the country right after the murder, more than two years ago. and ever since, his family has been fighting an uphill battle to see that justice is served. steve brown has the story from
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warren, ohio. >> paul has been waiting over two years for someone to stand trial for the murder of his brother, carl. that someone the only publicly named suspect, is karl's wife, claudia. >> we accepted her, basically accepted her like a sister. and, for her to do something like that is just... unthinkable. >> in 2007 the marriage between the brazilian born woman and air force reserve pilot was unraveling, according to family and friend, among them ohio congressman, john bocheri. >> it was well-known he was having difficulty with his marriage. >> and claudia went gun shopping here, in o-up. >> came in on a thursday night and the men thought she was pretty and had so many questions. >> and claudia bought a 357 revolver, and went to the range. after 50, almost an hour's worth
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of target practice she asked an employee at the ran range what kind of am nig had the best stopping power and hollow point she was told and picked it up on her way home that night. five days later, karl's body was found inside the couple's home. and karl was shot three times, in -- an claudia was nowhere to be found. >> we placed her in brazil, right after the crime. and without going into a great deal of the evidence, the bottom line is, yes, this is a very winnable case. >> reporter: but as long as she remains in brazil, she will not face trial. the constitution there bars extraditing any native-born brazilian. >> we have raised her case on numerous occasions with the government of brazil, and it is an ongoing law enforcement matter and i'll leave it there. >> reporter: and claudia remains there, in brazil. her attorney reportedly says claudia was abused hi her
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husband and karl says she should come back to ohio and tell that to a jury. >> i wanted to say it -- have her say it in court and let the criminal justice system take its course. that is where she needs to be. >> in warren ohio, steve brown, fox news. >> what a tragedy and how frustrating for the family. >> yeah. >> not to be able to get her back to the country to face justice. >> exactly. >> when we come back, giant marionettes coming alive, a country pulling out all the stops to celebrate a major national holiday. the intricate street theater, and the world renowned performers, when we come back. >> interesting still tired of morning coming in the middle of the night? rooster crow. still tired the next day too? when you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, remember 2-layer ambien cr.
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show, and look at this. you are reading your notes right now... these are massive, i mean, marian nets on steroids and separated by cranes, and they act out of interpretation -- out the interpretation of the fall of the berlin wall and this open air theater production took three years costing over $3 million, and i guess when they are talk walking around it looks -- >> the little boy didn't seem to be frighten and imagine if they came alive... >> whoa! the public, by the way, previously -- they performed in france, in case you wonderled. >> book my flight! the weather getting colder and higher energy bills are on that he way and some people looking for creative ways to warm their homes and "consumer reports," alternative resources and they are good for the environment, will it save you money, bob markovich, with "consumer reports," thanks for coming under and let's talk about the ways and people do want to try to keep costs down especially
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with the economy the way it is and looking to save and are there ways to save money, and to be sort of eco-friendly, green at the same time. >> honestly the best ways to do that are to make sure that your house is well insulated and gaps are sealed and you can save $500 a year that way, and, now on the other hand, everyone, people running out and buying pellet stoves, growth is huge. >> what is that, a pellet stove. >> it looks -- looks really just like a wood stove, interestingal logs and instead of that you pour in pellets made of compressed saw dust and look like pretzel rods and fool your friends at parties and they... don't taste too good and the thing about them is they offer easier to handle and, than logs and burn, pellets, cost 15% less than oil and 25% less than, actually 40% less than electricity, but here's the thing, they are 20% more than burning natural gas and natural gas is what is used in most u.s.
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homes and you might as women em empty your wallet into the stove and could come outweigh behind. >> how much behind, how far. >> again, if you are spending 25% more, to heat -- use pellets than your normal fuel, that is a lot. a quarter more. >> and these stoves, they can really heat up a house and like, you said they are like a space heater. >> a giant space heater and like -- exactly. and like a wood stove and you are look at 1500 to 2500 square feet but here's the thing, with any, as with even your electric space heater to get this savings, even the best of circumstances, say if you have electric heat, you know, 40% less you have to keep the rest of the house cold. and -- >> keep the little ones away. >> and the things hot. >> and solar water heat,and people are interested in that. using the natural sun to heat up your water. >> that truman is a green alternative and you are using free heat from the sun and like heat from your engine in the car and it's free and even better here because it is there any way
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and you use it and the good news, to some degree is that the actual collectors, panels are getting cheaper and that is a good thing, but, right now, 11.5 cents per kilowatt hour on average for electricity and there, you tinned -- could easily wait 0 years for them to pay off and the ones we tested we got, instead of 50% savings, the energy star ones they are offering, we got at most 30% during the summer and a cold one and 20%, at that point, again you could wait 26 years to pay for this. >> and you will freeze your you know what off... during the cold winter months. >> that is heating the water and actually they worked. but, again, you know, at least right now, you have to be careful and be sure it is certified and really, choose an energy star model, the best way to go. >> and if you want to read more pick up this latest "consumer reports" magazine, always informative, and bob, thanks so much, bob, appreciate you coming in and there's the cover, cut your energy bills, sounds good.
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eliminating music programs they made it their mission to share the gift of music with kids in the some of florida's poorest schools, phil keating that's story from hialeah. >> reporter: sometimes, musical dreams are delivered by twin sisters especially if they're the daughterses of a music icon. the coles are the youngest daughters of that king cole, who in the 1950s an '60s sold millions of records, and met presidents and paved the way. >> first african-american to have his own television show. and that king cole show in 1957. >> and their that king cole generation hope foundation delivers brand new instruments, to florida high schools that desperately need them. [cheers and applause]. >> and at american senior high the coles and their generosity arrived to a rock star's reception along with proof their gift will be well used. ♪ >> and when the kids open up the
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boxes... it is a major showing of gratitude. >> this can be used for other people, all the other instruments were pretty much broken. >> reporter: the music program, the sisters target the ones that need it the most, sheet music that is 20 to 30 years old and with the instruments and some schools don't even have music stands. >> i don't think i could put it into words how... how appreciative and thankful i am right now. >> reporter: the kohl's hope to pass on their father's legacy to as many high school music programs, they can. >> and to help to be -- hope to inspire the young kids and enrich their lives. and to continue to convince them, that they, too can do it. ♪ >> it takes practice. they can now do it better. [applause]
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