because we are definitely looking out for you. >> gregg: shutdown after a volcano in iceland begin erupted inning iceland has stranded millions of travelers. it's the hot magma cools and could cause plumes of grit that can destroy airplane jet engines in midair. welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm gregg jarrett. >> the sustained eruptions have sustained concerns that could be a more dangerous eruption, another volcano nearby. they are warning that the ash is unpredictable. it continues to erupted and spewing a lot more of that ash into the sky. >> gregg: it's a small step to clean up a big mess. best case scenario putting half of the stranded planes in europe

back in the air within a few days with some flights taking off tomorrow. one group of french students and adults stranded in minneapolis apparently have only the clothes on their backs. >> we left yesterday to go to paris, back to paris. they found they didn't tell us there was something going on. we got stuck in minneapolis. they have had a hard time today. we spent five hours at the airport. no announcements or nothing, we were just there and worried. we begin with laura ingle live in our newsroom. >> several major airlines have begun running safety test flights without passengers the last few days. all have been successful. european transport ministers have announced they will review the results tomorrow which could lead to the lifting of the

no-fly zones. the persistent problem of the volcanic ash cloud has continued. that you can see in the dramatic video when the sun came up. you can see the enormous amount of grit that is still shooting into the sky. look at that. airspace has been closed in 24 european nations, airports are reopening, including, this is recent, spain, southern france, norway and poland, six polish airports have reopened for commercial flights including warsaw. in england, restrictions are still in place until monday morning. germany, in just happened. it was on the list, but not anymore. things have shifted. all the airports will be closed by sunday night. they have new numbers impacted by all this, 6.8 million so far. that number is up from 2 million yesterday. some countries are enforcing closures on national airspace through late tonight and monday

and tuesday which is not comforting news who are anxious to get home. >> it's bad because i have two small children, six months and they said we have to stay normally one week. i don't know what we'll do. >> i'm very tired. it's very. >> necessity warn this can't stabilized. ash cloud is changing with the varying winds that makes flying unpredictable. combined with the irregular disruptions have made this an impossible event to predict. we'll continue to bring you updates. >> gregg: not only that the last time it erupted, the eruptions lasted on and off for two years. a lot was written in europe about it back then. the rising ash that is shutting down air travel over much of europe is taking a bite

out of the global economy's bottom line. airlines using $200 million a day. a number of airlines are saying they are actually not insured against groundings by volcanic clouds. among the dozens of airports affected those in great britain, france, and the netherlands. these airports are big hubs serving 146 million passengers a year. could the volcano put the brakes on the economic recovery in this country? to answer that question, we'll talk to brenda, senior busy correspondent. before we actually get to that, let's talk about the airlines worldwide, $200 million a day which was a staggering number when i therd heard that. how did that hurt them and what will it mean for the united states? >> i'll just tell you in great britain the worst one was $20

million a day because they had to ground all the flights. but $80 million per hour up until today. let me give a couple of the figures. delta losing $30 million. ual losing 22. american airlines, $12 million. so this is just for a few days. it's definitely causing an impact on the airlines here. the question is, what about going forward? will this change the way we do business, the way we do travel? the whole thing about this, as you've been mentioning is the uncertainty of it all. are you going to book a flight to paris next month not knowing exactly if the other volcano is going to take off? so it could really put the brake on an industry that has trouble all its own. tourism is an issue and getting

things here to there, we import and export, could change the way we do busy. our businesses could increase inventories but they're not sure they are going to get what they need in germany or the u.k. >> we were talking about fed ex, ups those delivery systems are shut down over europe. how do you think it's going to affect the average person? growing concern, in the short term, how will it affect people? >> it's not just traveling, it's going to the supermarket. you're not going to get some of the fruits and vegetables that are sitting on tarmacs all over the place. that is an issue. events organizers, it could cause a little bit of inflation. it depends how long this lasts. as gregg pointed out, the last time it was two years. it's the uncertainty of the

issue. also on wall street, the airline is taking a huge hit. they have really been doing quite well up to the beginning of april this year. airline index was double that of the s&p 500 so it could hit them. it's rattling wall street. that affects us, as well. >> there has been situations where airlines in the united states have gone through shaky problems. is there any airlines that are vulnerable? >> this comes right as we're in the midst of huge consolidation in the airline industry. that could be the victim of all this. there are a lot of airlines that want to get together and get married. i'm not sure they're going to be able to find the financing for that. okay, brenda, thanks very much.

>> gregg: to the rest of our economy and push for financial reform. it could hit the senate for some time this week. this, as the government charges wall street powerhouse goldman sachs with fraud over shaky mortgage backed securities. the firm is denying any wrongdoing, but this case could add fuel to the white house backed plan calling for a new government programs to reign in the financial giant. and julie joins us more with washington. julie, how does president obama plan to sell the financial reform bill right now? >> he is pushing back hard. as he did during the battle over health care, the president will take his case for financial reform bill directly to the voters. white house officials are announcing today that they'll launch a tour of rallies inspired buys had i road show. they say the president not only feels a sense of momentum

following a victory on health care, but he really believes wall street reform can revitalize his sagging poll numbers whose position suggest they want a wall street overhaul. he made an radio address to accuse top republican in his words deceptive attack against the bill. president is taking it on the road in the coming weeks. >> gregg: the white house now offering a compromise on the controversy $50 billion fund to help failing firms. saying it doesn't like to fund anyway. a bit of an about-face, would taking it out win over republican support? >> it's hard to say right now. as we stand, 41 republicans in the senate say they are against it, saying they are written against it as written, the dodd bill. we'll have to see if it will make a difference.

we heard from the treasury-secretary geithner and top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell on the talk shows. >> we can guarantee in congress joins with the president in passing the reforms as we proposed, passed the house and working their way through the senate and taxpayers will not be on the hook for bailing these large institutions in the future. >> the own treasury-secretary agrees with me as well as the washington post and "wall street journal" there is a bailout fund that was reported to the banking committee, it came out on a party line vote. >> reporter: but secretary geithner says he is confident that the white house can win enough votes to pass that wall street bill. >> gregg: all right. julie live in washington, thanks very much. president obama taking his finance talk on to the road. he will be hosting townhall style meetings to draw attention to the financial reform same

thing he did with health care. he is hoping he can muster enough gop support to pass the bill. notwithstanding pledge of opposition by about 41 senate republicans. joining me live is gary, a former gubernatorial candidate and taylor griffin, a former advisor to the mccain campaign. mr. griffin, as long as there is this $50 billion fund in the dodd bill, doesn't that mean in truth that there will be bailouts? is it disingenuous for the president to claim, therefore, that there is no bailout in this bill? >> they are admitting that in a way, now they are talking about removing this fund. actually the argument on the republican side goes beyond the $50 billion fund are also provisions that would allow loan guarantees, taxpayer backed loans to failing firms from the treasury and from the fdic, they are not taking about taking those out there. >> is a good argument as senator

mcconnell just said. the obama administration's response, no, it's not true, it's deceptive argument. the truth is, there is something there and something we should be concerned about. republicans are saying, let's take care of the problems. let's get a good bill passed. we'll stand behind that, but we're not going to stand behind something that is just has this kind of stuff in it. >> gregg: here is how the treasury-secretary described the 2008 bailout of aig to congress -- we didn't rescue aig. we intervened so we could dismember it safely. now to now, here is how he described the bill to the "new york times" -- if a major institution manages itself to the edge of abyss, we are able to dismember it safely. exact same language. if aig was bailed out and surely

it was to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars, won't his bill continue that practice? >> well, are we talking semantics here? the reality we're not going to let a major player like aig fail. the semantics go around how do you go around doing it displaces the least amount of jobs and causes the less amount of financial difficulty. nobody wants to bail out anybody but nobody wants to see the economy go straight down the tubes. >> gregg: so it is a bailout? >> no, i think we're playing a semantic game. if you want to call it, it's a semantic game you are playing. >> gregg: how about this. you i have looked through the thousands of pages of the dodd bill, and mr. griffin pointed this out. fdic is going to guarantee corporate debt to bond holders, counter parties and creditors

for any failed company. isn't that precisely what the government did in the bailout of aig and citigroup in 2008? so again, isn't this in truth, a bailout, notwithstanding with dodd and mr. obama and tim geithner to say? >> this is a structured way to deal with failures. i've got fdic insurance just like you do. if you have a checking account or savings account, any financial institution in this country you have fdic insurance. to try to call that a bailout is really being disingenuous. both the democrats and republicans spent a lot of time dismembering regulation of wall street. it's time that we reregulate wall street. >> gregg: you may call it semantics, but there is a difference between bankruptcy and bailouts that trps end up

paying for. mr. griffin, let me go to you -- the reason is this. financial institutions that got taxpayer bailouts, its practice that in fairness begin under president bush have emerged in far better shape than millions of americans and geithner admitted that it's wrong and unfair. so won't this bill perpetuate the unfairness that americans just hate? >> i think you are right. this is what we were facing at that time a situation where we did not have a mechanism to deal with firms that were systemically significant that were failing. now what republicans are saying, let's have a process for dealing with that, but let's do it without bailing the firms. the loan guarantees, there is no provision that would prevent them from being used to support firms that continue to go into business -- your guest talked about the fdic guarantees that we all have for the deposits,

but those only come into play when the bank fails and the bank is put out of business. the bank can't stay in business after that. that is a big difference. >> gregg: given the pervasive bailouts two years ago and again it was under the republican president george bush and lot of people protested, isn't there a logical assumption now among the major financial institutions, that you know what, they are always going to be saved by washington. isn't that disen seven active to engage in responsible practices? >> i would suggest that you may not to remember, there was something called lehman brothers. we thought they were one of strongest financial institutions in the united states. they don't exist today. anybody that takes great comfort out of bill and think they can't go down. history doesn't show you to be right.

>> gregg: let me throw in a quick one. here a quote from the dodd bill, failed firms must repay any amount owed to the united states unless the u.s. consents otherwise. why would a firm owe uncle sam unless it's bailed out? >> good question. i haven't read the 1386 pages, so i can't have this debate with you. >> gregg: i let you know when i finish, but that struck me. why do you have to pay back unless you've been bailed out. we'll leave it at that. taylor and gary, thank you for being with us. end of an era as shuttle discovery crew prepares to wrap up a mission. where will america's astronauts venture next? who is going to foot the bill? we'll look at our nation's space future when we come back.

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taking a look at the top stories, glimmer of hope for air passengers stranded overseas. a european union official now saying 50% of the scheduled flights in europe could start flying back tomorrow. this as an ominous cloud is hovering over parts of the continent. president obama is trying to send his package to america. white house saying mr. obama will hold townhall style meetings and rallies designed to turn up the heat on senate republicans. >> withdrawal of 45,000 troops of iraq by the end of august is on track, according to top military commanders.

a general telling fox news on sunday that al-qaeda is weaker in the war-torn country. >> gregg: weather permitting the shuttle returns to earth tomorrow morning completing a successful mission to the international space station. the landing also bringing nasa one step closer to the end of the shuttle program. believe it or not, there are only three more flights planned and with the federal government short on funds, it remains in limbo at least. latest poll reveals that americans are pretty much divided on who should foot the bill for space exploration. 38% say it's the private sector's responsibility. 25% are not sure. let's get insight from a former nasa analyst and president of integrated aviation solutions.

what the impact of president cancelling the program that would have sent to us the moon? >> i think it's going to be problematic because mars is so far away. if you are going to do one shot to mars, you need a closer training base, closer training base is the moon. we're two to three days from there. if a rescue mission had to go up or we had another rocket with a crew vehicle to go up there and recover them, that is not an option when you go to mars. so this is going to increase risk to manned space flight and push it ten more years down the road. >> gregg: how many astronauts in space now and what do you expect that to be reduced to? >> just with the shuttle, average five, six flights, we're putting up 42 astronauts per year. if you look at the astronauts that go on station, you are only looking at another ten astronauts a year.

so promise of smand space flight is going to be decimated. >> gregg: a lot of americans sitting at home right now may be sympathetic to nasa and losing its program and a lot of funding, but they might just be saying to themselves -- look, at a time when we have high unemployment and enormous deficits, it just isn't a priority. give me an argument as to why it should be a priority? >> nasa from the get go is leading edge of technology. it's of vital importance to the nation's economy to keep technology at the forefront. if if you look at the apollo era microchips and cell phones and material technology, bicycle helmets, the material technologies that spun off and

people started up companies and people got employed in those companies. that is vitally important to the country. >> gregg: why not shift so that private companies and private enterprise gets more involved. there is a movement to start de-funding federal projects for museums and educational institutions, that the private sector step in. shouldn't the same happen with nasa? >> nasa has actually already done some of that. certainly, the government was a pioneer in that. necessity can pass that off to industry, much like the commercial airline industry. i think there can be commercialization of space in the aspects of a launch phase. it's a huge liability for risk for manned space flight for

someone to insure. our government is state aircraft and self-insured, is so those details would have to be worked out. there is space for commercial space. >> gregg: thanks for being with us. when the going gets tough, the tough goes shopping, i do that. is that old adage true in this tough economy. most of you can get the answer. we'll hear what they have to say about that. that is coming up next. ♪ let's take a look at the stats. mini has more than double the fir and whole grain... making him a great contender in this bout... against mid-morning nger. honey nut cheerios is coming in a little short. you've got more whole grain in your little finger! let's get ready for breakfaaaaaaaaaast!

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>> gregg: latest on the stories making headlines. some flights are getting off the ground from airports in europe. ash from that volcano has been disrupting air travel all over the glob for days. airports in spain, norway and poland are open. bad news in the u.k., airspace will remain restricted to until tomorrow. thousands turning on out for the funeral mass for lech kaczynski. they were among those killed in a plane crash. >> pope benedict xvi leading an open air mass in malta. afterward he met with ten men who claim they were sexually abused by priests when they were children. money watchers say the nation is on the road to recovery. a busy survey is their

confidence is lowest level since last july. wall street is reporting profit in the billions. could it be a matter of time before small businesses see consumers pulling out that you are wallets again. let's ask dominic. good to have you here. so many of these businesses have jobs but they are not hiring, they are concerned about the future. as we just said, consumer confidence is at a low. what is it going to get folks coming back in the door and what is it going to get these small business owners confidence again? >> they are clearly not in a great state of mind. frankly, one of the problems, consumers haven't come back. we have seen some of the spending increases and retailers have reported better sales but the small business owners are really hurting right now. consumers are holding on to cash. worse, credit cards were shut

down and interest rates were raise order them. the consumer is cutting back. >> it's difficult for small businesses to get credit as well? >> you are exactly right. the situation we're seeing, companies and banks reporting billions of dollars in profits. in fact they are cutting back even more on the credit available to their customers. we saw one specific case this week, one of our own clients, they tried to refinance an existing loan, 30% of the property, lease backed by a fortune 500 company and bank wanted to increase their rate dramatically and increase the fees they were going to charge for that loan. >> this is concerning -- small firms are just half the private sector gdp. we need these small companies to start performing? >> it's the scary part. they are responsible for the bulk of the growth of gnp but also the employment of this

country. they are looking at the credit lines and can't get loans. they are looking at the new taxes coming down the line, they are saying, you know what, i don't have the luxury to hire a new employee. worse, the money that is going to cost me in new taxes, i can't afford it. >> how do we have a sustained economy if this chunk is being taken out, if this chunk is still very volatile? >> scary part, there is opportunity. if i had the availability of cash and credit, i could buy the office building and could rent the space, but they don't have the cash. that is the problem here. the major banks, the chases of the world that reported $3 billion in profits the last quarter. they are telling us, we don't see the demand for the loan. this the story which comes first the chicken or the egg, i promise if you gave the small business owner to borrow money at the same rate as the federal government you would have a

line. we need more pressure from washington on the banks and we need the banks to improve the quality of their loans. if we have a genuine good credit client we should give them the loans they need. thanks for joining us today. >> gregg: missing car is found near washington. it could give police kleis to solve a murder. a man was gunned down in a silver springs, maryland home. he was a principal at a school in the d.c. area. family and friends holding a vigil for him on friday night. yesterday, police receiving a call about a suspicious vehicle near d.c. turns out it was his missing suv. investigators are searching the vehicle for any evidence. a neo nazi rally ending in violence in los angeles.

members of the detroit based national socialist movement gathered outside city hall to protest illegal immigration. a larger group of counter protestors turned out, as well. police, as you saw there, standing between both sides as tempers flared. five counter protestors were arrested for hurling rocks. a leader of the nazi group said they chose l.a. for the rally because of the large population of immigrants. >> gregg: very emotional meeting decades in the making. holocaust survivors making some of the americans who liberated them from nazi death camps. mike emanuel is in washington. ♪ ♪ >> it is april, 1945, hitler and nazis are trying to carry out their final solution.

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or hillary clinton sitting on the supreme court. he said i'm already 63. i would like to see president obama put them in late who's or early 50s, somebody with a lot of energy. as for mrs. clinton, if she were asked, she would like the president to appoint 10 or 15 years younger. >> gregg: i don't know. >> a little setback on that one. >> everybody lives a longer and they seem they have a lot of energy. it's been long source of pain relief. acupuncture actually works on people, why not try it on pets. new form that is known at

petupuncture. does it work. are they barking up the wrong tree? i didn't write that? casey stegall joins us live from the l.a. bureau? >> i've got all the answers for you. hard hitting news on the west coast on this sunday. ancient art of acupuncture has been around 35,000 years. it started with humans in china, fast forward to 3,000 years later and the first pet acupuncture was done on an animal. right now in 2010, new trend is taking off in this countries. they are describing it as rebalance chi has it moves along alleviating pain in humans and animals alike. >> i just wanted another something in my toolbox so to speak. i still work as a general

practitioner and i still do other treatments but i love to ever something else to offer especially if it's going to help them. >> reporter: there are only three veterinary medicine schools that offer certificate if i indications for pet acupuncture. average cost about $150, even in tough times, money well spent according to some animal lovers. >> every day i wake up and think should i be sending this money to haiti, but i look at momo. >> reporter: increased blood flow, improved immune function, all described with accu puncture and they are using it in substitute of medicine and surgery, gregg. get your man's best friend into

the vets. >> gregg: there is no estimating getting your wrist licked. you got it. >> great balls of figure in the midwestern skies. a meteor showers in livingston, wisconsin. it's streaking across the sky. wow, look at that. according to the national weather service, taking place about 24,000 feet above earth. sonic booms and explosions sparking a lot of 911 emergency calls. nasa says that an exploding meets your releases the same energy as 20 tons of tnt. and it's treats for collectors. treasure hunters are looking for space rocks. >> gregg: president is saying he is going to go ahead calling a national prayer day, not withstand ago federal judge's

ruling, hey, you can't do that. it's unconstitutional. so what happens when a president defies a judge? who is right here, is this a violation of the first amendment 

>> gregg: former congressman eric massa is firing back at one time chief of staff, accusing joseph of writing a $40,000 check. the politician either he or

someone else forged his signature. they are calling that notion ridiculous. he was one of staffers who has filed sexual harassment charges. remember, he quit pretty quickly. and facing a constitutional battle. president obama says he will follow could you say kugs tomorrow's and proclaim the first thursday in may a national day of prayer. >> a federal judge says not so fast it would violate constitutional ban on government backed prayer. david wool and fox news analyst, you claim that the national prayer day is perfectly constitutional. how so? >> absolutely, gregg. this judge got it completely wrong, this judge in wisconsin, and will be overturned on appeal. what the court said, you can't have a national day of prayer. that is crazy because we're not

talking about a certain certain god to pray to, it's completely voluntary. it's walking on a sidewalk, you have the day to pray to whatever deity you believe in. to take that away, i believe that is a violation of our first amendment right to freedom of speech and to prayer. >> david, do you guess dis agree? >> the judge said it's fine and there is no problem. but when you endorse religion, as what the president has done, he says look, this is day we're all going to pray, i encourage you to prayer, this judge was reading within the black letter of the constitution. to go beyond that would label in the eyes of many as an activist judge legislating from the bench. if the president doesn't like her ruling, his remedy is going to the ninth circuit of appeals and try to get it overturned.

>> gregg: wait a minute, isn't it true that prayer can be secular? >> yes. this is an acknowledgement of prayer. what the judge says it violates the separation of church and state. it does not. it acknowledges that people are allowed and in a voluntary sense pray on this day. it's not saying, you got to pray to anybody in particular. you can pray to anybody, it doesn't matter. >> i don't buy that. the first amendment says the government can't create a law establishing religion. how can you split hairs that prayer and religion is separate. prayer is secular, by it's very nature, prayer is religious. >> gregg: any one religion is being favored over another nor is the government establishing a national church or endorsing a particular religion. now, the supreme court has said over and over that government

need not be religiously devoid, it just hat has to be neutral. isn't this neutral? >> i tell you what, there is difference between ceremonial issues, god in trust being on the currency and ten commandments being on walls of the supreme court and substantive religion as in this case amount national day of prayer, it doesn't have to be islam or catholic, but government can't establish laws like that. david, it's not. what you are saying, you are taking away our first amendment right. you are squashing our first amendment right to pray to whatever deity we want to pray to? >> this judge said precisely does have that right. that is where she drew the line. i think she was right.

>> gregg: on the dollar bill, in god we trust. notice in the very first sentence of the declaration of the independence, it refers to god and the creator, is all of that somehow running afoul of our constitution? >> no, gregg, that is an excellent point. it gets into a hair splitting issue, but the courts have referred to that much more as ceremonial in nature than substantive. when the president says i encourage you to pray, that crosses the line in the mind of this judge. >> no, this is ceremonial. if any other president, by the way, lawsuit has been around 1962. this is something the obama administration dreamed up. if a president says, this is a day that i encourage you to pray to whatever deity or whatever god you believe in, to disallow that is to take everyone's first

amendment right in this country and it's wrong. >> gregg: hasn't the supreme court weighed in and said it's okay to have secular prayers at public meetings? >> yes. >> gregg: how is that different? >> because this is the president of the united states getting on the podium and saying, i encourage you to prayer. i don't necessarily agree with this particular part of the constitution, governments can't be involved. the judge simply said this is part of government becoming so intrusive into religion that it violates the first amendment. and the president has a remedy. >> by the way --. >> you have a right to go into your home and pray all you want. >> at least take out the crystal ball and tell us how you think will resolve? >> 31 members have signed this

saying it will be appealed. i'm sorry the judge got it wrong really wrong. you know something, if it goes straight to the supreme court. i wouldn't be surprised that it goats overturned. >> gregg: okay, thanks we did put up the picture of the judge. i have to give it to her, it's a well crafted and robbed opinion, but it may be in the end fundamentally wrong. >> we are going to move on. airlines are hemorrhaging $200 million for each day thousands of flights are grounded. by day's end, 63,000 flights of been cancelled. so when will they be able to return to the skies? some airlines are already flying others say, no, we're going to be grounded. we'll tell you when we come back. thank you so much. constipation's uncomfortable enough, so why take a harsh laxative?

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proposals intended to contribute to an orderly and timely decision-making process. there should be no confusion, by our allies, and adversaries, that the u.s. is properly and energetically focused on this question an prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies in support of our interests. >> juliet: our top military commander said military options exist, to delay iran's nuclear ambitions, though as a last option. and admiral mike mullens comments coming minutes ago at columbia university, here in new york and they come after a provocative word today from the president of iran himself, mahmoud ahmadinejad, saying in a speech, that iran's military is so powerful, that no one would dare attack his country and the president making those remarks, during a parade, celebrating national army day. >> gregg: another "fox news alert." after days of groundings and disruptions from the massive volcano, eruption, in iceland, european union officials are

saying that half of the continent's formally scheduled airline flights could resume tomorrow. several european carriers, conducting test flights, today without any incident. now, this combined with better wind patterns, predicted for tomorrow, now emboldening safety officials though the volcano shows no sign of letting up. the airlines have been exerting serious pressure to get back to business and the international air transport association says the industry is losing more than $200 million a day. worldwide. thousands of stranded passengers, also pushing hard, to get back home. global radio news european correspondent christopher lee joins us on the telephone from london, and christopher, talk to us about some of these flights getting back ton track. >> caller: the idea is they could, about 50 could get on track tomorrow but there is a problem there. not all the airports, not all of

aerospace will be open and i counted 20 air spaces at 20 countries and, either have closed or partially closed air space and you cannot just open it and the guess at the moment, for example, i checked with continental airlines, and who run 30 routes, across the atlantic and they don't think they'll be operating until into the first week in may. and, so i think it is a bit... it is a bit optimistic to think that everybody will be back to 50%, normal services by tomorrow. >> gregg: christopher, we are showing pictures of so many people stranded at airports worldwide and, you know, a lot of them, have the clothes on their back and that is about it. they are tired, they are frustrated, and, what is the attitude of those passengers toward getting back on board a plane, i would imagine, some are quite apprehensive. >> caller: and, in certain

cases, for example, if you flew into madrid, in spain, that would be okay. but, you want to go elsewhere, other than madrid and what is happening at the moment, for example, tomorrow morning, time, the british government is holding a meeting, to see whether they can link up with other countries, and so, passengers ka flcan fly tointo and you have warships bringing them back to northern europe and there is another side of this and it is important now, there are a lot of medical difficulties going on and some of the passengers, for example, for example, diabetics, who carry a certain amount of insulin, they are scurrying around trying to say, we need medication and it's not just us, quite a lot them and the airlines themselves, as you said, $200 million a day, and that has been going on since thursday, they are losing that. and, they are getting... saying, are we being a bit cautious and the guy that is controlling, the

controlling -- the european airport, is saying, look, who is going to take the responsibility of saying, yes, it is okay. british airways, flew into the atlantic today and said they didn't have problems with it but the problem being being, if the ash doesn't go in to the atlantic, there is no problem getting across the atlantic, it is when you get into the aerospace around the eastern part or northern part, there is the problem. >> gregg: and it could continue to erupt for a long time. the last time it did, it lasted for two years, on and off. we'll wait and see... christopher lee, i'm afraid we're out of time, global radio news, european correspondent, christopher lee, thanks. >> juliet: a controversial financial reform bill could land on the senate floor this week and support essay the timing couldn't be better as goldman sachs prepares to answer federal charges of fraud and the money giant denies wrongdoing, but, the case is expected to support efforts, by the white house to keep tighter tabs on wall street. julie kirtz has more from the

nation's capitol. julie. >> reporter: the president plans to take his case for the bill to voters, as he pushes the measure to put new controls on weeall street, will launch rallies and town hall meetings inspired by the road show before passage of the health care bill as two senior white house officials tell fox the president feels a wind at his back due to a victory, on health care but, believes wall street reform can revitalize his sagging numbers with independent voters who, polls suggest, back a wall street overhaul and tim geithner this morning said he's confident republicans will ultimately compromise with democrats, although, this weekend, obama accused the senate's top republican of waging a deceptive attack against the democratic measure. >> we can guarantee, that as congress joins with the president in passing the reforms we proposed, reforms that passed the house, now working through the senate and taxpayers will not be on the hook, for bailing out these large institutions from their mistakes in the future. >> reporter: but, republicans

remain united, against the senate bill, as written now, and, the top senate republican, mitch mcconnell weighed in this morning, juliett. >> juliet: julie kirtz, live in washington, thanks. >> the same speech in which he said we ought to depoliticize it is amusing and the democratic national committee is putting up web ads trying to attack republicans on the issue. i thought he wanted us to have a bipartisan bill. that is what i'd like to have. >> reporter: the white house is encouraging democrats to drop the controversial $50 billion bank liquidation fund republicans don't like. but the president is also ready to turn up the heat on senate republicans saying he'll move ahead on the wall street bill, with or without g.o.p. support. juliett. >> juliet: we needed to hear that, all right, thank you very much, julie. >> reporter: fair and balanced! >> juliet: gregg. >> gregg: goldman sachs now in hot water. to say the least. the sec is charging golden with fraud, saying the firm duped investors into losing a billion dollars, or more, on a mortgage

investment that was rigged to fail. what is likely to be the outcome of the sec civil fraud suit, joining us senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls & bears, brenda buttner. if it is true goldman sachs created and sold a mortgage investment device, that was secret lly intended to fail it would be fraud. what happens here? they have to pay a huge fine to the sec, but what about civil lawsuits from all of the clients. >> well, that is the big question, would it become a class-action lawsuit? and, right now we just don't know and when you say fraud, you think worldcom and enron. i mean, this is serious and this is the -- definitely the administration's biggest assault. on wall street. so far, and, it is a pretty good target. very few people like rich bankers, other than rich bankers, and, goldman sachs is the richest of the rich, yes, it

is -- it took taxpayer money, but, it became one of the most profitable of the wall street banks. and, basically, what they were doing was, they were taking these things called cdos and, you can call them xyz, abcs, but as you said, they were the riskiest of the mortgage instruments. they were designed to fail, and they were designed by a hedge fund guy who made a killing on the whole -- >> gregg: treep 3.7 billion dollars, and he knew they'd go down and they were the worst of the worst subprimes and the clients buying the bonds would only make a profit if the value gained, right? >> exactly. if they were sold as basically your -- this is a steady, perhaps a little bit risky way of betting on the housing market. the boom would continue.

>> gregg: goldman sachs says -- and i quote the accusation are unfounded in law, and fact. well, i used to say that about all my guilty clients! lawyers say that all the time. i mean, maybe it is meaningful and maybe it is not. in the end, these kinds of things, sort of not quietly, but they get settled, right? i mean, somebody writes a big, huge check... >> i think that is probably what will happen. except, that this is incredibly populist and very, very political. so i'm not sure how far the sec is going to push this. because it definitely gets the president another arsenal to go against washington, and, to get his financial regulation reform based. >> gregg: what is interesting is the guy, paulson, who, you know, collected all of thee really bad subprime things... he wasn't named in the sec. >> no. >> gregg: suit, was he. >> no, but goldman sachs was and, again, one of the most

hated of the banks... >> gregg: as details emerge it could involve into a -- evolve into a criminal indictment and i don't think that is farfetched and i don't think i'm going out on a limb here. >> yeah, it was not a rogue trader. we don't know how far up the pay grade it went. but, it was definitely -- got the okay from high people. >> gregg: when you rip off investors to the tune of billions of dollars, that is the equivalent of a ponzi scheme and you know how that went for bernie madoff. >> they say they lost money, too. and goldman did lose money, eventually, but... definitely, this is serious. >> gregg: we'll wait an see, brenda buttner, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> juliet: former president clinton defending controversial comments he made about tea party supporters and the comments came last week during a speech marking the 159 anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing and explained the anger shown by tea party supporters might prompt

unhinged supporters to carry off terrorist attacks and he later clarified his position. >> any future acts of violence are on your shoulders, mr. clinton, you gave the kooks in the country an excuse to go be violent. >> the only point i tried to make was that eought to have a lot of political argument and nobody is right all the time. but, we also have to take responsibility for the possible consequences of what we say and we shouldn't demonize the government or its public employees or elected officials. >> juliet: joining me to discuss this is fox news contributor and "new york post" columnist, michael goodwin. great to see you gain, deja vu all over again, remind me of the '90s when rush limbaugh attacked the president on an hourly basis. rush says these comments set this stage for, you know, the unhinged to create violence in the country. do you agree with that. >> i'm not sure about that. i'm not really following that point, explicitly.

but what i do believe, is that bill clinton, sort of on a platitudal level is right, nobody should speak in a way encourages violence but the oklahoma city event as the setting of his speech and to talk about protests going on today, he comes close to basically accusing the tea party and the demonstrations of being violent, and having violent intent and that is just nonsense. >> juliet: what word did he use or phrases did he use to suggest it to you. >> the first is set thing. the first setting is the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma bombing, 16 8 people were killed by timothy mcveigh and to suggest the tea party has anything in common, even obliquely, with timothy mcveigh is nonsense, he was not

demonstrating for smaller government and attending protests and he wasn't voting. he was a terrorist and he was trying to violently overthrow the united states government and that is not anywhere close to what is going on in the streets today and given bill clinton's party affiliation and his wife's role in the administration it sound like a partisan put down of the tea party movement. and i think the president is off base en doing that. >> juliet: he clarified and said he wasn't saying there shouldn't be dissent or argument, even maybe passionate argument, but, he said, that he was saying, you know, look, be careful. don't go overboard. >> what does it mean? everybody knows, you shouldn't go overboard. that is why i say it is a platitude and doesn't go to the heart of what is going on, i mean, why doesn't he also speak to president obama who mocks the tea party? who mocks the protesters? why doesn't he tell president obama don't mock the dissent and frankly, this administration has a habit of that. whether it is rush limbaugh,

whether it's g.o.p. leaders, whether it is journalists who don't agree with him, or whether it is the protesters, or even pollsters, who brought bad news about the president's polls, all get mocked by the white house press secretary and others speaks for the administration and i think if we'll encourage dissent the white house ought to be the magnanimous one and open up the dialogue with those who criticize it. >> juliet: first of all, critics of the left say the democrats are the last, being hypocritical and go back to george w. bush and you mentioned this in your talking points about producers and i wanted you to elaborate on that. >> sure. the actual talk of violence and demonization was -- has been nowhere close to what it was when george bush was president. and, he still is branded by many on the left as a war criminal, and, there are talks of still trying to arrest him, and, you know, by someone, from the far, far left and of course there was a movie would you the assassination of george bush --

about the assassination of george bush and i don't recall bill clinton speaking up at the time and i don't recall any concerns expressed about violence on the left. so, there -- it really comes across as a double standard and way of shutting down dissent. look, any time you have dissent and you say it is dangerous, that is what people do in places like venezuela. they lock up dissent and they call it seditious and call it treason and call it dangerous and that happened in iran and i'm not suggesting we're near that, but i think that when people demonstrate, when people come out and participate, we should encourage that and, of course if there is violence, of course, it should be stopped. but, there has not been any violence associated with the tea party. and it has been peaceful, and, it really is a good thing for the country, to have people participate in the process. and, so, when bill clinton, you know, links this to oklahoma city, look if he said it without being on the oklahoma city issue it might have had a different

resonance and when he linked it to that event and talked about the tea party demonstration he crossed the line. >> juliet: you can read his stuff in the "new york post," michael goodwin, good to see you then. >> gregg: rainy weather is scheduled to touch down in florida, early, tomorrow. but if weather conditions do not improve the shuttle may have to land at a backup site, out in california. tuesday. discovery's two week mission included a supply run to the international space station, only three missions remain, before nasa ends its shuttle program. >> juliet: what about think of this question: should usama bin laden be mirandized when captured? our experts will weigh in on that. >> gregg: and a military homecoming you will not want to miss after a year in iraq. hundreds of national guard soldiers get a joyous welcome home. >> ♪ ♪ how do you do ♪ i stand because of you today

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>> juliet: welcome back, here's a recap of the day's top headlines, relief may be in sight for air travellers stranded by iceland's spewing volcano and the european union reporting air traffic across the continent, could return to the 50% of its normal level by tomorrow, the forecasters confirm the skies are beginning to clear of volcanic ash. good news for u.s. jet certs, the nation's five major airlines will not charge passengers for carry on bags, and, new york senator chuck schumer says he has the commitment from the americans, delta, jetblue, united and u.s. airways, and, in poland, 150,000 poles turning out to pay final respects to president lech kaczynski and his

wife, maria. the couple laid to rest in a cathedral crypt after a funeral. and many of the world leaders who planned on attending this, including president obama had to cancel because of the plume of volcanic ash over europe. >> gregg: the senate panel grilling eric holder this past week over the handling of terror suspects, now, among the topics, whether usama bin laden would be read his rights, miranda rights, upon his capture. and you may recall the barrage of criticism he faced after allowing the nigerian plane bombing suspect to be mirandized. well, here's what holder had to say about bin laden. >> with regard to bin laden, there would be no need to give him miranda warnings. if i was not clear i meant to be. the concern with miranda warnings is only whether or not the information you get from the person might be excluded. we have sufficient information, statements from bin laden and there is no reason to mirandize him at all. >> gregg: joining me, criminal

defense attorney tom kenneth, also a former army national guard jag officer, always good to see you. >> good to see you, gregg. >> gregg: the recorded statements of bin laden claiming credit for 9/11 and responsibility, he could always say in a court of law, i was making that stuff up. and, is it therefore naive, if not foolish, to -- for eric holder, who has been a lawyer for quite a while to make such a statement, we don't need to mirandize him in. >> in my opinion it is both, the thrust behind miranda versus arizona, where we get the miranda warnings on law and order and the cop shows is before someone is subject to u.s. civilian law enforcement is interrogated they need to be informed of their constitutional right to remain silent, avoid incrimination and have a right to counsel and a terrorist, like usama bin laden captured on the other side of the world in afghanistan, or pakistan or what

have you, doesn't have constitutional rights under our system. >> gregg: right. >> there is no reason to mirandize him. >> gregg: and any evidence that would gather implicating him without a, you know, subpoena from a judge, is excluded as well. so, here's what jeff sessions said during the course of the judiciary committee hearing. he's the ranking member, of the g.o.p., civilian trials for terrorist combatants are not required by law, policy, history, treaty, or plain justice. is he correct? >> he's correct, and he quotes almost verbatim from what the supreme court has said on previous occasions. look, the obama administration wants to portray this as they are righting the wrongs of the bush administration and the fact of the matter is, it is the obama administration, attorney general holder and everyone that works with them on this, and are proposing something radical. and the radical thing a prosecutor proposing is civilian

trials for unlawful military combatants that plot the destruction of the u.s., the famous case, exparte qeurin which dealt with german spies who landed off of rhode island in florida during world war ii sets the precedent from the supreme court in the and what the supreme court said is that when people outside of uniform, working for the enemy, you know, plot to -- the destruction or the sabotage of our country, or plot espionage and our -- are captured the proper place for them, is a military tribunal and it is not a civilian court. that is the way it has been since the days of george washington. >> gregg: as for khalid sheikh mohammed, that case is still pending and eric holder, once again, said, you know, we're not ruling out trying him in civilian court, in new york. there is a famous supreme court case, legendary ruling and said, it is unconstitutional for government agents, and i'm reading from it right now, to treat a defendant in a way that

is so offensive, it, quote, shocks the conscience. that is, indecent and under fair treatment. now we know khalid sheikh mohammed was waterboarded. so, could it pos -- is it possible, that a federal judge could say, i'm sorry. that shocks the conscience and case dismissed. >> it is very possible, i mean, the other issue, you have is khalid sheikh mohammed has been in custody since 2002 or 2003. and we are going on the better part of 7 years, and, there is, you know, a constitutional right, not to have an undue delay in trial. it would be very easy in a civilian courtroom for a savvy defense attorney to argue that his constitutional rights which you are bestowing upon him by giving him a civilian trial are violated and the case should be dismissed, speedy trial, then and there. >> gregg: we're also along the obama administration is drafting guidelines on whether newly

captured terrorists, could be detained, indefinitely and interrogated in an overseas prison. isn't that precisely the kinds of things, the candidate obama was criticizing the bush administration for? >> right. and you know, i think that that is the problem, the administration is facing and the bottom line is, candidate obama went out on the presidential trail like so many candidates do seek office and made all sorts of promises to appease the far left of his party. now, he's not candidate obama he's commander-in-chief and is faced with tough decisions, you know, which affect all of our security. you know, and i hope for the sake of all of us, that you know, he's -- stays on the path of being president obama, and, moves away from these ludicrous positions he took as the candidate where he had to appease the far left. >> gregg: tom kenneth, criminal defense attorney and former jag officer, thanks for being with us. >> juliet: the withdrawal of

nearly 45,000 u.s. troops from iraq is on track according to general odierno, who expects the plan to go forward as scheduled by the end of august. he adds: al qaeda is becoming weaker in the war-torn country and this army general telling fox news sunday, it is possible, even more men and women could be coming home this fall. >> our plans are intact, i feel comfortable with our plan, and unless something out -- unforeseen and disasterous happens i fully expect us to be at 50,000 by the first of september. >> juliet: coming up at the top of the hour you can see his full interview on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. >> gregg: here's a little taste of what to expect when the troops come home. hundreds of new mexico soldiers back in a -- the good old u.s.a. and the men and women of the national guard serving one year overseas, in both iraq and afghanistan. and those soldiers getting a hero's welcome home, rushing into the arms of family and friends. >> juliet: i love seeing that. farmers markets and mom and pop

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>> gregg: bottom of the hour, top to the news, thousands of mourners watching as poland's president and first lady laid to rest in any elaborate state funeral, the first couple and 94

others, killed in a plane crash last weekend. >> juliet: much needed aid reaching earthquake victims in china's tibetan region, officials say wednesday's quake killed more than 1700 people and injured more than 12,000. >> gregg: and rain delay, could extend the shuttle "discovery"'s two week mission in space, the shuttle and the crew scheduled to land tomorrow morning and nasa has backup plans, though, ready just in case the landing has to be pushed off until tuesday. >> juliet: now to the cloud of volcanic ash crippling the aerospace over much of europe, some progress is being made, european union transportation officials expecting to put half of tomorrow's flights back in the air. and that is likely welcome news to those stranded across the globe, this is the scene at newark, airport, in new jersey. the overseas terminals looking, well, like a ghost town, live to laura ingle in our new york city newsroom with the latest. hey, laura. >> reporter: passengers and airline officials hosted the weather forecast -- hoping the weather forecasts are correct and planes will load up

travelaries and finally pull out of the gate, as we've seen the situation, it is extremely unpredictable with changing winds and continuous eruptions. tomorrow, european transport ministers will gather, and review the results of all of the safety test flights that have been conducted by major airlines, over the last few days. all were done without passengers on board, and, all were successful. by the end of sunday, in case you are keeping count more than 63,000 flights were cancelled since april 15 according to euro control, the european air navigation and safety organization, only 4,000 flights took off and landed in europe today, that is compared to the usual 24,000 on a typical sunday, the estimated loss of revenue for the global airline industry, remains at $200 million, a day. now, the airports that are reopening tonight we can tell you include, spain, southern france and norway and poland, 6 polish airports have reopened for commercial flights and are getting ready including warsaw

and the u.k., though, has extended the ban on all air traffic until at least 2:00 p.m. tomorrow eastern time. and, germany was on the list to have reopened airports but not any more and all airports will be closed by sunday night. the airports have released new numbers of travellers impacted by all of this. brace yourself, 6.8 million so far, this number is up from 2 million yesterday and some countries are information closures on the national aerospace through late tonight, monday or even tuesday, which of course is not comforting news to those who are anxious to get home. and, here at home, the american red cross in new york had 800 cots an 1600 blankets sent to jfk airport for stranded passengers and will send 1200 comfort kits to displaced travellers which includes a toothbrush, comb, wash cloth and soap. >> juliet: what a nightmare! thanks very much. >> gregg: 150,000 mourners in krakow, paying final respects to the polish president, lech

kaczynski. he and his wife, maria, were among 96 high-ranking civilian and military leaders, kill in a plane crash, last weekend, in russia. dana lewis has the story in moscow. >> reporter: gregg, poland said good-bye to one of its great patriots, the president and his wife were laid to rest today but a lot of the world's leaders who hoped to attend the funeral were prevented from doing so because of the ash cloud over europe and the nation of poland seemed in shock today. burying the dead and today the president lech kaczynski and his wife, maria among 96 who died in a plane crash en route to a memorial for 22,000 poller soldiers murdered by soviet secret police in 1940, up to 80 world leaders were to attend the funeral, but the ash cloud forced half to cancel. president obama issued a statement saying the president was a patriot and close friend and ally of the u.s., as were

all of the people who died alongside him. president medvedev managed to fli fly into poland and, perhaps the nation have been brought together despite the dark history and new home video of the crash site surfaced, and the aircraft ripped to pieces, still burning minutes after the crash, investigators estimate the speed of the plane was somewhere between 140 to 180 miles per hour. when it hit a tree. and craig, now russian crash investigators are disputing press reports from earlier last week that said the aircraft made 3-4 attempts to land in smolensk and the investigators say there was one attempt made and the aircraft did not do a very good approach to the airport, it wasn't center line on the runway, and came out of the clouds and hit a tree, crashed, and burned. back to you, gregg. >> gregg: dana lewis in moscow. thanks.

>> juliet: most of us have heard the slogan buy local and if you haven't we'll tell you about it. buying fresh produce grown from your neighborhood farmers has health benefits and what about the economic benefits? does buying local keep the tax dollars local, too? joining me now is mike schuman, the director for research and economic development at the business alliance for local living economy, based in washington. and great to have you here today. >> nice to be with you. >> juliet: let's start with the nuts and bolts and explain the theory behind buying local and how you feel it helps the local economy. >> well, here's the basic theory of economic development. which is when you spend a dollar, at a local pharmacy, that dollar in turn goes to an employee, gets spent at a local supermarket, and that dollar may be spent with a local farmer, and you have the dollar that is circulating in the economy. the more times that dollar circulates, and the faster that it circulates, the more income,

wealth and jobs and it turns out local businesses do this, much better than nonlocal businesses. because they have all of these relationships, in the community. >> juliet: you obviously think buying local works? >> well, there are a few cases where you have more than a dozen economic development studies that all agree. and, we have studies that basically say, when you spend a dollar, at a locally owned business, you get roughly speaking 2 to 4 times the impact in terms of income, wealth, jobs, taxes, charitable contributions, than you would get with a dollar spent to the nonlocal business. this is the best unused form of stimulus that we have available. >> juliet: doing my research i read some people who would disagree and some say buying local argument, a little bit cloudy, and they say the data

can be skewed by, advocates of big game local, sort of cherry picking the data they want to be presented out there. how do you respond to that? >> well, let's put it this way. there is not a single study that shows that a dollar spent at a nonlocal business generates a higher multiplier. so, you know, people can say, well, yes, it is true that every study cherry picks data and if you think about it, it doesn't make sense that a nonlocal business would have more relationships in the community and more economic transactions. than a local business. and i'll give you a specific example. there was a wonderful study done in austin, texas, about years ago. looking at the impacts of a hundred dollars spent at a borders bookstore versus 100 spent at a local bookstore. 100 spent at the border's left $13 in the local economy and $100 spent at the local bookstore left $45 and lovely

speaking buy the exact book at the same price and you get three times the jobs and three times the taxes and so forth. and, the reason is, is that the border's didn't advertise on local radio and tv that and local bookstore did and the border's didn't have local services and the local bookstore did and the profits didn't go into the community. >> in fresno california they've included chains there and i'm confused by that. if it is buy local why would they include chains and critical ex-say the buy local campaign is fraudulent, therefore. >> i believe -- i believe that they made a big mistake by including chains. and, the biggest mistake is, that it is an issue of branding, okay? we at the business alliance for local living economy are trying to get people to recognize that local is an important brand and, if you want to get the economic development benefits from local,

it's not just how close the business is, it is that the business is locally owned. and, by not prioritizing locally owned businesses, fresno basically is going to lose money, that is every dollar that could be going to a locally owned business they are now saying, well, some of that money can go to chains and we'll get less economic development impact from that and that is a mistake. >> juliet: all righty, michael schuman, thanks for joining us today. appreciate it. interesting. >> my pleasure. >> gregg: a very emotional trip for pope benedict xvi. the pontiff traveling to malta to meet with a special group of young men and we're here to tell you what prompted the cheerful meeting and why the head of the catholic church is promising justice, next. [cheers and applause]

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>> gregg: a special and emotional encounter in malta, for pope benedict xvi. today, the pontiff meeting with 8 men who say they were sexually abused by clergy. the pope promising to seek justice and to take steps to protect young people from future abuse. one survivor's group, though, says promises, are not enough. let's go to greg burke, streaming live from rome with the latest. gregg? >> reporter: you know it was an interesting trip when we left yesterday on the plane, of course, everybody in front, the pope and his entourage thinking of going to malta, because that is where st. paul's ship wrecked and the journalist are thinking about one thing, and what will the pope say about sex abuse and

at the end of the day it wasn't what he said but what he died, meeting privately with the 8 victims and they lived in the catholic orphanage and the pope expressing his shame and sore o-- sorrow at what happened and one of the victims speak with tears in his eyes including the pope and the pope apologizing for the main caused to both the victims and their families, and praying with them and saying the church will do all it can to bring justice to those responsible. now, the trip would have been a kind of celebration, of the faith, were it not for the crisis, we got a glimpse of that festivity at a youth rally today, and malta is staunchly catholic and the small island nation has no abortion, no divorce and something the pope says the maltese should be proud of and back to the sex abuse question, when the pope wrote the letter to the irish catholics on march 20th he said he'd visit again with victims, which he did already on trips to the u.s. and australia and will

be a regular part of his scheduled and he said there is nothing you can do to repair the damage, but meeting with victims is a pretty good start. >> gregg: greg burke streaming live from rome, thank you very much. >> juliet: have you ever had a migraine. >> gregg: never. >> juliet: they are brutal and there is new hope for migraine sufferers, which common item in your medicine cabinet is eliminating the pain entirely for some folks. i have to see it to believe it. >> gregg: we'll talk to dr. manny about that and, dr. reports breaking down the best and the worst places to work. does your city make the list? find out. >> juliet: vague, baby! -- vegas, baby. hey what's going on? doing the shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn't have to weigh 'em all. if those boxes are under 70 lbs. you don't have to weigh 'em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flarate. no weigh?

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! heads up, literally, anybody who suffers from migraines may not think aspirin could offer the relief from the excruciating pain people suffer and researchers say think again. >> juliet: a study takes 1,000 milligrams of aspirin, they say, that doing that helps eliminate the pain in roughly half of migraine sufferers tested. >> gregg: aspirin does have drawbacks. >> here with more from the a-team is foxnewshealth.com, managing director, dr. manny alvarez, i tell you, i have migraines -- >> if i was on an island and i had to choose one medication that does a lot of things, it is aspirin and there were 4,000 patients and 13 studies, done by a reputable group and ultimately what you find out is a thousand milligrams of aspirin and sometimes if you want to take --

sometimes migraines come with nausea and vomiting it works just as well, as the big-ticket items like imitrex or the other medication which is, their very expensive and have side effects and this is good news, because, you know, plain old aspirin can do the trick, just as you said, at the intro it does contain side effects, a thousand milligrams of aspirin is a lot. that is a lot, typically 325, 650 milligrams could do the trick and a thousand milligrams, is necessary, in order to relief the pain en oin one out of four people and there are thousands of migraines sufferers and one of the difficulties is, a vaso constriction in the arteries in the head and we see anti-inflammatories, which sometimes you need a little stronger than aspirin, do the trick. >> gregg: i had horrible ulcers as a kid and i could never take aspirin and you have to be

careful if you have stomach problems. >> a lot of people have also allergies to aspirin and you have to be careful. look you are talking about spending a thousand dollars in medications, with the fancy drugs, and versus $2, a day, let's say, sometimes, when you need treatment, so, right now we are looking at the cost-effectiveness of many things and many medication and sometimes the old fashion d medicines do the trick. >> juliet: i'd have my aspirin bottle by me and popping them like crazy but you have to be crazy. >> if you are knowledgeable in the type of migraines, a lot of people get a couple hours warning. >> juliet: it comes on slowly. >> and you feel something funny. >> juliet: nausea. >> pressure, some things in your eyesight and that is this time to take the medication. and, to take aspirin chronically and say, i don't want to deal with a migraine and dr. manny said it is safe, no, you cannot

do that. you take a thousand milligrams when you feel the aura and have it under control. but, you have to be very aware of the side effects of aspirin, like you said, ulcers an bleeding, big-ticket items. >> gregg: what causes migraines? what is going on physiologically in the head and this brain. >> if i knew that... >> gregg: nobody knows. >> nobody knows, there are a lot of here to is, and... >> juliet: tea, chocolate. >> the risk factors, and triggering mechanisms, where things are vasoconstrictive in the head, we don't know. >> juliet: is there anything you can take, foods you can eat to prevent the likelihood of having them. >> the most important thing is if you have migraines, become educated, on your disease. what makes -- what makes it trigger for you and how do you handle it and how debilitating it is for you and you can have control over it. >> gregg: all right, dr. manny alvarez, good to see you and

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