reporter melissa long explains. >> reporter: according to a new report in the journal "cancer research," the number of cancer deaths across america has declined steadily over the last several years. the research factors including prevention, early detect and better treatments have helped make huge gains in the fight against the disease. investigators looked at cancer mortality rates in the u.s. based on age, and found among individuals born after 1925, every age group has experienced a decline in the number of cancer deaths. people under 50 had the steepest decline in cancer deaths at 25.9% per decade. those over 50 saw about a 6.8% decline per decade. doctors say although the rate of cancer diagnosis continues to grow, early detection and effective treatment are cutting down on cancer-related deaths. for health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> most parents of small children have found about the little tykes company. little tykes is recalling now about 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks after an 11-month- old child got a plastic nail stuck in his throat. the boy recovered. the recall in

for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> a traffic stop in minneapolis have some questioningbrutality. what police say the man who pulled over didn't do that may have caused the punches to fly. >>> wow. oh, make it stop. would you come running to that? an all-out shoutout. the bragging rights that woman now has for making that awful sound. >>> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack. toothpastes dentists check most. save your enamel. be gone for good. enamel shield. with the rinse. if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goals? there may be more you can do. only caduet combines two proven medicines... in a single pill to significantly lower... high blood pressure and high cholesterol. in a clinical study of patients... with slightly elevated blood pressure and cholesterol

here is melissa long. >> reporter: millions of people turn to twitter to communicate. now an article on the latest issue on telemedicine in e- health says twitter could be convenient to those in the health field. it's a convenient way to keep in touch with a lot of patients at one time. it's an easy system to reach many people quickly. twitter messages can be used for tracking disease outbreaks, informing patients about medical trials, and sending out health alerts and drug safety warnings. however, the article warns that the use of social networking to communicate medical information must the bun carefully to preserve privacy. twit shore be looked at a quick way to distribute general information in real-time design for patients on the go. i'm melissa long. >>> new method to protect your heart should you go into cardiac arrest. the technique some hospitals are using to reduce cost without the use of medication. >>> plus, when police say stop, most drivers obey the law. the discovery one officer made and the reaction one driver had that could lead to some jail time. >>

as melissa long reports, there is an exercise program designed to help. >> reporter: ah, the sound of fitting into your skinny jeans. can anything be more rewarding when staying fit? jessica doesn't think so, even though she is in great shape, jeans can still pose a problem. >> i don't like the fact that when you sit down, you know, your stomach comes over them. >> reporter: that's why she would figure she'd dry a new exercise routine, called the skinny jeans workout designed at the equinox health club, it's geared to get you back in your skinniest of pants. >> i've had people go downsizes in jeans. i've had people tighten up. >> reporter: a cross between ballet, butt-burning stretches and weight lifting, it concentrates on core muscles, balance, and posture. that's because getting into your jeans according to the instructor tracy is more than just trimming the tush. >> all of our body goes into clothing. and our core is from the base of the cervical spine down to the tailbone. our core goes into our jeans as well. >> reporter: jessica tries to pick up the hour-class as much as possib

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>> melissa long reports now there's an exercise program that can help you get back into those jeans.> reporter: ah, the sound of fitting into your skinny jeans. can anything be more rewarding when staying fit? jessica ordona doesn't think so, even though she's in great shape jeans can still pose a problem. >> i don't like the fact when you sit down you're stomach comes over them. >> reporter: that's why she figured she would try a new exercise routine called the skinny jeans workout. designed by fitness experts at the equinox health club the health instructor says it's geared to get you back in your skinniest of pants. >> i've had people go down sizes in jeans, i've had people tighten up. >> reporter: a cross between ballet, butt-burning stretches and waste lifting, it concentrates on core muscles, balance and posture. that's because getting into your jeans according to the instructor tracey been a is inster is more than just trimming the tush. >> the body goes into our clothing, and the core is from the cervical spine to the tailbone. if you think about that our core goes into our j

melissa long tells us why that's so important. it won't be long before the endless days at the local pool turn into hours spent in the classroom. getting your child used to an earlier bedtime may not be easy. >> one of the most difficult challenges parents will face. land is no magic bullet. >> reporter: dr. david schulman says when it comes to childhood socialization and academic performance, proper sleep is critical, and most kids don't get enough. >> kids at a school age require sleep more than adults. eight hours are not going to do it them. nine, ten, and 11 depending on the age. >> reporter: now is the time to break bad bed-time habits. >> i would say no later than one week prior to school you want to try to get them back on a regular schedule. >> would probably allow them no less than two to three days each hour you're trying to shift them. >> reporter: create a comfortable, quiet place for the child to sleep and keeping radios and video games out of the bedroom. >>> there are two young boys in highland town credited with s

. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>> hello, i'm melissa long on the the cnn center on suchbd. here's a quick check on some of the top stories. president obama's health secretary now suggesting a government-run public option is not essential for the administration's health care reform. this morning on state of the union program, secretary sebelius indicated the white house may be willing to accept non-profit insurance cooperat e cooperatives instead. she doesn't believe the state-run is critical. >>> see the president with the first lady, family close behind. visiting the grand canyon today before tomorrow, the president will be addressing the foreign wars convention going on in phoenix. >>> a tropical depression returning to the florida panhandle is picking up the pace. it is expected to make landfall this evening. meanwhile, tropical storms ana and bill still well out into the atlantic ocean, possibly creating some trouble to be the caribbean. we will return to fareed zakaria gps in just a moment. >>> when i was in nairobi last week, i heard a quote about the continent. numbe

i'm melissa long in for fredricka whitfield. >>> a tropical storm popped up overnight and threatening the fl florida panhandle. we have more from jacour meteorologist. >> this is a powerful, major storm or even a hurricane that we're dealing with. it has a lot of threats with it. heavy rainfall. flash flooding, isolated tornadoes arc long with wind gusts that could be strong enough to cause power outages, a very fast storm in terms of its development, because it's so close in proximity to land. only 43 miles away from appalachicola as we speak. here are the coordinates on the storm. maximum sustained winds at this time. 50 miles per hour and some additional strengthening can be expected here before landfall. landfall we think is just a couple of hours away already this could be happening as early as this evening we think, and then continuing as we head into the overnight hours. for some reason my map doesn't want to advance. there we go. you can see showers and thundershowers, continuing to push into the panhandle and big bend area. we'll zoom in closer and expected to see the torrent

. >>> melissa long has important tips to help you put the miles to good use in this week's "on the goreporter: maximize your frequent flier miles by playing it smart. >> if you're considering buying, do your plath. if you find a particularly great fare it might make sense to pay and save your miles for when prices go up. >> reporter: some airline delta and united offer programs to combine miles and cash for a flight, but be sure to read the fine print before redeeming miles. >> plenty of great deals with frequent flier miles. beware there are restrictions. >> reporter: check in with your airline on upgrading seats and sharing miles and arm yourself with information. >> a great resource, points.com learning about earning, buying and selling miles. if you're miles are be to expire, be aware what they can give you for hotel stays home improvements and more. >> yeah. >> take a trip. >> let's do it. >>> up next, a big thing happens this morning. sonia sotomayor minutes away from becoming a supreme court justice. you can watch it right here live pap preview of the historic day, coming up. >

now to melissa long. >>> i'm in today for fredricka whitfield.e start with the fires in california. thousands have been forced from their homes in the northern part of the state and they may be dealing with even more trouble. officials are concerned that strong winds may start new fires and force even more

hello, i'm melissa long, in today for fredricks whitfield. and you are in the cnn newsroom. >>> we focus our attention right now on the severe weather in the southeast. due to the sudden development of a tropical storm it is taking aim at the panhandle. more on the storm from jacqui jeras in the severe weather center. talking about ana, bill, now this is the focus. >> yeah, claudette, focused because it is aimed right for the florida panhandle. as you mentioned this is a tropical storm this developed in the overnight hours, tropical depression it has been strengthening since that time and will continue to do so until it makes landfall. maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour and it is you know, less than 40 miles away from the coast right now. i want to go ahead and show you some of the rain bands because we have been seeing that already pushing into the area, very heavy at times, over toward apalachicola, the tallahassee area. occasional occasionally, been seeing the thunderstorms wrapping around with the outer bands, tampa bay also int

good evening, i'm melissa long in for fredricka whitfield. as you know, all week there have been town hall meetings cross country on health care reform. today, we're getting answers to your questions. i want to introduce the team that will be delivering those answer to you. ali velshi has been on the road, traveling 1,000 miles in the cnn express, talking to people about health care reform. gauging the pulse. hi, ali. >> we're here in des moines, io iowa, at the iowa state fair. so busy eating that i country do it, but i'll be with you. >> also. josh levs he is our truth seeker in chief. you can add that to your resume. we'll be looking at questions from our blogs, facebook and twitter and angie holland as well with politico fact inch checking.com. not aligned with any side in this discussion. thanks for your time as well. let just get to all of the questions right now. so, josh, we have heard this week at one of the health care forums about the so-called death panels. this was something that came up actually on a facebook page just about a w

i'm melissa long. >>> we have a story just in from new york state.he driver involved in that deadly wrong way accident on the parkway in new york was drunk and high. new york state police say she had a blood alcohol level of .19. more than twice the legal limit. the toxicology report also shows the driver had marijuana in her system. eight people died in the cash last week. >>> michael vick is making an effort to show how much he's reformed. he threw a few passes with some high school players. all members of the lance town high team in virginia beach. this weekend vick, who served 2 months in prison for running a dog fighting ring will appear at a humane society event in atlanta. the southern christian leadership conference planned a homecoming party in virginia on saturday. that apparently has been postponed. >>> first chrysler, then general motors. now detroit's public school system may be headed for bankruptcy, too. poppy harlow joins us now. >> if this happens it would be the first ever to file for bankruptcy protection. here's what's going on in

in this health minute, melissa long has a few tips on how to make that process smoother. >> reporter: won't be long before the endless days at the local pool turn into hours spent in the classroom. getting your child used to an earlier bedtime might not be easy. >> one of the most difficult challenges parent will take. >> the doctor says when it comes to childhood socialization and academic performance, proper sleep is critical and most kids don't get enough. >> kids at school age require more sleep than adults. eight hours is not going to get it from them. nine, ten hours, depending on their age. >> now is the time to break bad bedtime habits. >> i would say no later than one week prior to school do you want to get them back on schedule. no less than two or three days for each hour you're trying to shift. >>> recommends a comfortable place and keeping televisions, radios and video gaps out of the bedroom. for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> a non-profit group making the obama girls part of the new ad campaign to promote healthy school lunches. the ad may be a publicity s

cnn.com melissa long joins us with more.te, too. >> i bet a lot of people have favorites when it comes it his work because he wrote so many films and directed so many films over the years, but at some point it's safe to say that you have laughed at one of his films. >> my father spent three years restoring this car. it is his love, it is his passion. >> it is his fault he didn't lock the garage. >> you don't need to tell me that's from ferris bueller's day off. we have a timeline of his success online at cnn.com. we take you back to how about "planes, trains and automobiles." "uncle buck." he started his career not in movies but in advertising. that scene of chicago, some of the suburbs of chicago really the setting for so many of his films. he was a proliffic screenwriter, producer, he wrote in 1990 the blockbuster "home alone" and also behind "beethoven" films, as well. the griswolds and their trips to europe, las vegas and wolly world. "home alone" is a great film but i think it would have to be "breakfast club" how they

for the health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> story just in.just learned that michael vick will make his preseason debut thursday night against the jacksonville jaguars. he signed to play for the philadelphia eagles. michael vick was released from a federal prison just over a month ago, having served 18 months for running a dogfighting ring. he's allowed to play in the next two preseason games. he can't play in the regular season until the end of october. the nfl commissioner whether decide if vick is fully eligible to play in the regular season no later than october 19th. >>> people across the country showed their support for national go topless day on sunday. this is a parade that included topless and men supporting bras and bikini tops. demonstrators say women have a constitutional right to go topless just like men marched down the boardwalk chanting free your breasts, free your mind. ellerton says it was the perfect spot for the demonstration. >> i never wear a bra at home. i wish when i go to get the mail i don't have to worry about it or

melissa long explains in this health majority minute. >>> mothers transfer anti-bodies to the babies,fants building immunities for sicknesses like the common cold to potentially fatal diseases. that's why they recommend mothers feed breast milk exclusively for the first six months. now nursing may also reduce the risk of certain mothers getting a deadly disease. breast cancer. a new study in the archives says breast-feeding for at least three months can cut the risk of breast cancer by 59% for nursing mother who is have a family history of the disease. researchers followed more than 60,000 women for nine years. 1% were diagnosed with breast cancer. nursing didn't affect the odds for women without the disease, it greatly affected the women with a sister, a mother, or daughter with breast cancer. a big deal considering how commonly breast cancer runs in families. the american cancer society says 20% of 30% of women have a relative with breast cancer, too. for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. >>> yesterday we brought you the fewal attempt to save some beached whales at hollywood

cnn.com's melissa long is here with a fact check. >> we have a fact check and a historical timeline.e are taking our readers and viewers back in time. consensus is key in congress and a lot of issues that still needs to be worked out. this is not the first time we talked about health care reform in this country, not only just 15 years ago under president bill clinton, we take you back to 1912 to then teddy roosevelt's administration. at that time things as paid sick days and maternity leave. 1912 to 1943, franklin roosevelt wanted compulsory national health care plan. that was defeated. under president johnson signing medicare and medicaid programs into law and then 1979, under president carter, proposing a national health plan that didn't get enough support in congress. more of this historical perspective, chuck, online at cnn.com. >> looking at what the president is proposing, what are some of the sticking points of the plan? >> we highlight some of those sticking points and a lot of them, but i want to highlight a couple of them right now as you go to the main page of the health s

melissa long is here with one of the most read stories today, right? >> when you hear about these blackberry computers, when they do get recycling, it's great in theory but not great if they are ending up in landfills when they arrive in japan or nigeria. that's what this story is all about. they are being picked over studies have shown harmful chemicals in those areas and the risk has magnified. reand linked to cancer and some estimates may be shocking to you if you think that recycling is actually happening. only 20% of items safely recycle. the rest are just burned off. placing the blame on the u.s., placing the blame on europe, the largest contributor. government action is in the process to try and raise the consumption that we have and blame placed on the companies making these gadgets, the chemicals being used. they are replacing those chemicals or are trying to do so. chuck? >> for a city being stuck in gridlock, one of the traffic cops is becoming a celebrity, right? >> absolutely. people are alluding him. he is charged with keeping the peace a

melissa long has that and great other features about kennedy. melissa?st the story that may be under the radar for some. the story of a little girl that goes back 30 years. she was suffering from an illness living in russia and she was suffering from a nutritional deficiency and she really needed western life saving medical treatment and simply could not get it and that's where senator kennedy stepped in to help. her family was soviet jews and denied access visas in 1977. they were trailed by agents and when they protested their daughter's situation to the kremlin, they were attacked and they were beaten. her dad, boris, received an anonymous midnight help offering him help and secret meeting with a secret guest in 1978 and that's when ted kennedy walked in. several months later, 13-month-old jessica and her family left the soviet union arriving in boston, massachusetts. >> i thank especially senator kennedy, it was he who i could say now saved our lives. >> so, jessica received the necessary care. her father right there received a job through kennedy as

melissa long, how the heck are you? >> great. how are you?fascinating story, young lady, 22 years old and because of her appearance, again, because of her forearm, which you just mentioned, chuck, she didn't fit the chain store's ideal image. she was relegated to the stock room. she's now a law student in london and she is telling her story. she says she even tried to cover up her prosthetic arm by buying a cardigan at the request of her employer. >> they said that would be okay and could you purchase a cardigan, which i did. then they started having a problem with that cardigan and they decided that i shouldn't be seen and should work in the stock room. >> that's rian deen. the sweater violated the look policy. the look policy was used as an "excuse to hide me." they went too far in how they treated this young lady. abercrombie saying the whole thing was a misunderstanding and we have to go back to 2004 and a case there in which the retailer settled the $141 million lawsuit in the u.s. nine minority employees were forced to work in the stock

for more, let's turn to melissa long for this and other top stories.melissa, hello. >> how do unfriend them because that can be an issue in and of itself. are you on facebook, chuck? >> i haven't found five people who care what i'm up to yet. >> i bet there are 5,000. speaking of numbers, that's actually one of the categories for annoying facebookers or facebook users. people that just seem to have too many darn friends. an average number about 120 friends that somebody might have, but there are some people that just seems to be, oh o, just too obsessed with making friends. those are the friend patters. that's one of the categories of 12 annoying types of facebookers. also, people that are known for posting too much information about the mundane updates, things that you really don't need to know, good morning y woke up or i had cereal for breakfast. who cares? the self-promoters, somebody who is linking to a poem he or she wrote and he and she competed a 5k race. always talking about themselves. that is just three of the categories that are listed on o

lodge a complaint against a massive company, but the power may shift to the little guy and cnn.com melissa long is here to explain how. melissa? >> the power shifting to the little guy if people choose social networking to air their complaints and gripe rather than picking up the phone and calling customer service. it's essentially the stories about power to the people via something like twitter and this story is one of the more popular today on cnn.com. people answer that customer service lines may not have the real expertise in the product or the authority to really help. so, more and more people are saying, you know what, i am going to post my problem online through twitter. companies are paying attention. they're mindful of the damage just a single negative post can do. >> that puts the onus then on someone from the company to get back to me. so, it changes the dynamic instead of me being at the whim of the company, they are now having to respond to my now more powerful voice. >> the person from the company could be a senior employer who's in a better position to address the problem, resolv

cnn.com live anchor melissa long is here with more on one of the more popular stories of the day. >>huck, this does not qualify for the cash for clunkers program, i can tell you that. it is a flashy vehicle and it's orange. price tag of $240,000 and the real estate developer who bought it says he loves it for its design and performance handling, but, you know what, he didn't like the way the brakes were sounding. a screeching coming from the brakes. this is ralph's second lamborghini and he heard this mysterious squeaking just as soon as he drove it off the lot and he was told sometimes it takes the brakes a month to settle in. the repair shop at that point unable to fix it. he drove it to his part-time residents in arizona and he had specialists from los angeles, boston and italy working on it to replace the parts. no luck. then the lamborghini representative stopped taking his calls so he filed a claim under washington state's lemon law and he won a $240,000 vehicle is now declared a lemon. an arbitrator has ruled that lamborghini must refund the full purchase price. no comment fro

drawing a lot of clicks at cnn.com and melissa long is leer with more. melissa?>> chuck, some 2.6 million people in nigeria have hiv and the suggestion is that they should marry in order to stop the spread of the disease. the story, as you mentioned, one of the more popular today on cnn.com. in fact, we have video of a wedding. we will show it to you in a moment detailing exactly how this plan is taking place. the thinking, again, is that it will prevent hiv positive citizens from spreading the disease. the government even offering to pay a woman's dowry to encourage these kind of unions. here's video of the wedding, as well. one benefit, according to those that have married, have tied the knot, happiness and support for them, as well, because they say they're stigmatized in nigeria and often isolated. >> before i was lonely. being with my wife, i feel good. >> so, he feels great. he's happy and not everybody agrees that this is the best idea. the u.n. aids group has doubts that the program is effective and would you believe there are already 100 such marriages t

cnn.com's melissa long joins us now with details. this is fascinating. >> it is, chuck. they call it puppet diplomacy and essentially muppets with a message for the children. in palestine they have a specific version geared just toward the children and their parents and the thought is that the children can sit there and watch television with their moms and with their dads and learn about other cultures in the comforts of their own home. this is part of a larger special you can read on our website by christiane amanpour called "generation islam." there is a journalist from palestine that says 3, 4, 5 year olds are exposed to propaganda but this helps them to understand main messages of peace. and this is in contrast to hamas television, which runs a weekly program for children that sometimes preaches violence resistance. so, clearly, an alternative for the children to watch. it has some funding by the u.s. state department and guidance from u.s. producers, but it is uniquely palestinian. it actually comes with live action segments filled in the west bank and filmed in gaz

cnn.com's melissa long joins us with details. >> reflecting on those 40 years, the attorney who was prosecutinganson and the so-called members of his family reflects on the case, saying it was really the most bizarre and far out in recorded american history. so, it's perfectly understandable that this story would be among the most popular today. and we introduce you to what the convicted killers are doing today. we have a gallery that introduces you to them, because so many people are familiar with charles manson, but they don't know about the so-called family members. and we have a gallery of the key players like leslie van houten, who helped to hold a woman down as she was stabbed to death by another member of the family. now she's been involved in prison programs, mentoring other inmates, chuck, and they say she is the best candidate for parole. susan atkins, perhaps the most infamous after manson himself, stabbed then-pregnant actress sharon tate 16 times as she was pleading for mercy. well, now she has been denied parole 17 times and she is terminally ill with brain cancer. charles "tex" w

melissa long is here with more. youngest by how much? >> just a few months.him right now. he did have to battle winds and 50-foot waves and a share of technical problems, as well. he tells the bbc that being on his own was certainly the most difficult part because there's nobody to help him out there and he said he did miss physical contact. let us show you his past. set off on his journey on the 15th of november and he traveled south in the atlantic around africa, south africa and celebrating his 17th birthday right there and went under australia through the pacific ocean and through the panama canal and then coming back to the atlanta and the finish line cornwell, england, and back to where he started from a grand celebration when he got back. celebrating not only this and his 17th birthday, as well. he did break the record of an american who completed the same journey in just a few months longer in 13 months and, again, he is the youngest guy ever to pull this off turning 17 while on this grand global adventure. >> there's a kid with a bright future. >> ab

i'm melissa lee. not too long ago, this was a very different place. chains, there were adult theaters, peep shows and xxx-rated book and video stores. in short, this was the epicenter of american porn. now that has changed and so has the $13 billion pornography industry, an industry which aims to please, but to many, often offends. it's an industry under assault, not just by its critics who find porn socially od

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long enough to develop this? >> well, it's coming -- >> are they're already developing it, melissa. >> yeah, i heard it's going to be a long time before this is something that's a viable solution, before people really want to use it and it gets out there in the mass market. i'm saying, i think gm needs something right now. >> and they do. they have a full range of vehicles, melissa. >> right. there's a lot of other vehicles out there. this just shows that a full electric vehicle can be viable, and will be viable in a very short amount of time. we're talking months before this hits the road, not years. >> okay. we've got to go. >> so for the balance sheet, they've got other things. >> thanks, guys, for joining us. >> okay. coming up next, we want to move on to the dollar, because the dollar index is aiming for a fourth consecutive day of gains. the question here is can this rally in the greenbacks really continue or is it about to fizzle? we want to answer it in today's "call of the wild" debate. >> also, shares of petroleum up more than 40% this year. what does ceo james volcker see ahead for oil and natural gas

melissa. you're very lucky. >> people who need assistance dogs can wait as long as five years to get one. jill hopes to shorten that wait by getting more kids involved in training. to learn more, check out our website, teenkidsnews.com. >> thanks, felipe. >>> you've heard of online dating. itnow it's available for zoo animals. zookeepers around the world are posting profiles of their creatures hoping to find good mates. even personality traits are included. i guess if you knew a particular bat was a bit batty, you might not want to go out on a blind date. >>> just ahead, how the internet can help you get an "a." >> as long as you're using it correctly. we'll be right back. >>> researching a paper is a lot different for us than it was for our parents. the internet has really changed the process. but you need to look closely at what you're getting online. tyler has some tips. >> there was a time when writing a school paper required a walk to the library. today, we can at least start our research right at home. >> i only research online. >> but don't get too comfy. >> online research is stil

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long day ahead of them. it's going to be a very tough battle on the front lines, melissa. >> miguel almaguer, thanks so much.nvestigating the scene of gruesome murders found inside a home. there have been no arrests and police have not released a motive. >>> the mother who caused a deadly wrong-way crash in new york last month was not an alcoholic, according to autopsy results released. her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the crash. she also had marijuana in her system. eight people, including four children, were killed in the crash. >>> finally acres global tribute to the king of pop. fans around the world gathered saturday to honor michael jackson on what would have been his 51st birthday. there was singing and dancing from as far away from europe and taiwan. and in new york, thousands turned out for a tribute party hosted by film maker spike lee. that's a check on the news. back to lester, jenna and janice. >> 73 on tv hill. south and east of baltimore some clouds but to the west the sun is shining. that will help warm us up today. partly cloudy skies. by the end of

long nor short. >> pip, good to talk to you. >> same here, melissa. >>> scored a victory late last week when the company approved new safer pain relieving drug. the drug works much the same way as standard painkillers but t cannot be broken into smaller pieces. what could this breakthrough mean for king pharma's future in the future of the industry? here with a first is king pharma ceo brian markson. >> great to be here. >> a lot of analysts have said the stock has run up in the anticipation of the drug. and one analyst said the launch is going to be very important. you'll have to exceed expectations.. one estimate is $300 million in 2012. does that sound about right? or is that conservative? >> well, hopefully it's a little bit conservative.. we think it's a great product, obviously, with a lot of safety features built into it, and we think it heralds a new age for pain medications. hopefully we'll do better than that. i'd rather underpromise than overdeliver. >> this is actually part of the pharma deal. let's talk about your pipeline going forward.d. i think that's important. >> right, we have a coupl

melissa just referenced rise. you're hoping you get to rise it all the way to expiration. in this particular case, because you had that government backstop, you can feel comfortable getting the stock long on a longer level. this is a few instance where i like this as a bearish bet. >> your next option -- attention shoppers? walmart set to report earnings next thursday. the stock isn't the only thing that's fallen this year. options prices on the names have tumbled. take a look at this. this is walmart's volatility. the white line is walmart stock and the s&p. consider it sort of snapshot for walmart options prices as we mentioned before. stocks -- the volatility down so much, the traders are beginning to take directional bets on this one. >> with walmart, options are a great way to take a directional bet. walmart has not participated in a rally in this environment. they should have been a home run for them. you have to wonder what happens to walmart when new walmart customers go back to the old upscale stores they used to frequent but they were visiting walmart because of the current situation. so, there's lots of downside there for walmart. there's not much upside. given the situation

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melissa. >> are you buying on this market? >> no. this market is awfully overbought. everybody his dollar is short the dollar and longommodity market. you need to have a correction. it's all today was. it may last for a couple of days. you've taken copper, what, up 50% in the course of five weeks. you've taken obscure commodities higher. you've taken orange juice higher. you've taken sugar to the point where it made the front page of "the virginia pilot" this morning, when you get those sorts of things, it's probably due to a pretty substantive correction. >> all the things moved higher like you said, but what has not happened the contango has not come out of the market. is that the lead going to the end of the year, we need to see the shift from contango to backwardation to work off the inventories for the market to get higher? >> you are talking about what is going on with the crude oil market with the contango, the carrying charge, inord natalie high, at high prices, to teach the public, when the contango, it's telling the market or the market is saying we don't need this commodity. there's more than ample supply

melissa says marni didn't like that. not one bit. >> she was stalking him long distance. to where he was at away at school and randomly show up. i believe she was also calling him repeatedly and sending him letters as well. >> eventually marni met her future husband, a young man, yen yang, a cambodian refugee taken in and cared for by an american woman when he cam to the states as a chide. >> marni's family loved him. he was really nice. easy going guy. you know nothing ruffled his feathers. very, very nice stable steady person. >> yen stayed with marni's family during school breaks. but after he and marni got engaged melissa says he found marni's diary, and what he found almost ended their relationship. >> marni had a history of writing down her conquests with boys. and he got quite irate over what he found because when she met him she had told him that she had only been with one other guy before him. and it happened to beep the guy that she was stalking at the other school. >> she says marni told him she made everything up. it was all a fantasy. yen was so upset he call

long way to run. >> thanks very much, tim and the rest of the gang tonight. you don't want to miss it with melissa at 8:30 eastern time. >> is it time to fwhk as an old friend we are glad to see? today is the dawn of a new era on wall street and the pay czar gets his list of the top paid employees that bailed out banks and car companies and checking it twice. will he pull the plug on those pay packages? we'll be right back. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. the world is full of priceless things and amazing deals. find them, share them with mastercard's priceless picks app. download it now. >> bank of america is up 5/10 of 1%. some people thought we may never see that level again. coca-cola, 2/10 of 1%. we asked which came first, chicken or egg. the same is true for inflation. income and buying power or prices and pricing power? the answer could have major implications for recovery or relapse. steve leesman is the economic reporter and the hudson institute. president and economic advisors are here to tackle that

i'm melissa francis in for maria bartiromo, and here's what we're following at the close. investors taking some profits after the recent month-long rally. weakness in materials leading stocks lower as we kick off the week on a little bit of a down note, not too much. one blue chip bright spot today was mcdonald's, which reported better than expected july same-store sales. and treasury prices rising for the first time in six days as the yield on the ten-year hit the highest level in two months. this as the government plans to auction off a record $75 billion of notes this week. here's a look at how we finished the day on wall street on the major indices.. take a look at the dow. down slightly on the day, about 1/3 of a percent. 31 points. 9,338 the last trade there. the nasdaq below 2,000. 1,992 the trade there, down .4%. and the s&p down just about .3%. let's get more on today's action. bob pisani is our eye on the floor of the new york stock exchange. take it away, bob. >> well, the important thing here is we had cyclicals weak as we saw profit-taking throughout the last, oh, day, whole day today. we saw the dollar rally here no

the data show we have a long way to go to put the unemployment back to work and get americans spending again. and you've got to be kidding me if you're asking, melissa if people are going to pay full price. i don't think so. >> you don't think people are ever going to pay full price ever again, that's it. maybe that's your chief and larry's cheap. >> i get discounts. i get discounts. can i rephrase one point? >> quick. >> i don't disagree with your basic hypothetical hypothesis that consumer spending is soft. i do want to note, however, on the automobile sales, the survey from the commerce department in 2.4% will be thrown out. the industry is reporting a 15.8% jump in july. >> okay. >> and tgdp will include industy numbers. i don't think that changes your basic high owe let california hypothes hypothesis, but does make the story a little less worse. >> that's why i concentrated on x autos by anticipating your disagreement. >> x autos, you are correct. >> moving on, thanks guys. >> i cannot argue with that. >>> stocks open higher, move lower once again as investors try to figure out where the economy is headed. we're going to have more on that in ju

melissa lee. these are your traders. we have the market covered from all angles tonight. robert schiller tells you if the recession is over. our favorite chart expert tell us how long this chart will go. first let's get to the word on the street. certainly nice participation, pretty much across the board. steve, you're on the floor. what were you feeling in terms of the flows? >> we've been saying on this desk the most important date was today for the jobs data. >> we were? >> we were. >> i don't know if you were, but -- >> i apologize. tim was out getting a slurpee that day. >> sorry. >> i appreciate that. >> you want a hand there? >> appreciate that. >> feels good. >> coming into this, people that played it long, attaboy. the mutual funds jumped on board. once we popped through 1,000, the sky's the limit. >> i thought this reaction was very curious. we had a whisper number yesterday, we came in at 247. you would have thought that would have been baked in. >> i think people are all over the place. i think as steve points out, the hedge funds played this too cute. people saw the resistance in s&ps, but i think it was the long-only guys that had fun today, and i thi

as we've seen many times, melissa, once the rumor fades, the stock tends to go back from wence it came. >> what's the long-term future of the company? >> mark, if this tax credit is extended i do believe that they will do well. and let's face it, there's still quasi-government agencies. if the government is going to bail out gm, i find that hard to believe they're going to let fannie and freddie fade into the sunset. they may be reorganized in one way or the other but it's hard to believe that the government would let them fail. if they they'll, what about all the other companies the government helped along the way. >> they're doing the same thing they did before. they're out there making loans to people to try and get the market moving. you know, with as little as 3 % and 5% down. you know, it seems like they're keying up for the same problems they had before. >> i think they could in the future. i don't think people as a 3% and 5% down are getting these loans quite as easily. the nice thing right now, the credit quality on these loans will be higher. >> okay. >> so i think that actually that bodes well