lastly, card board kayak races in idaho. i love the outfit.e is card board and duct tape. that's a look at sports. >> think you got to cover all the card board with duct tape, though. >>> what are you doing next tuesday night? we have an exciting addition to our prime time lineup. "the joy behar show" will start on tuesday, september 29th. >>> bobby's here for our folks getting back to their business travel. where are they going to have problems. >> atlanta, and it's already started. right now not that bad. only about a 38 minute delay on the average. some are actually longer. heavy rain is going to slow you down an hour or more. those delays are probably going to build. 30 to 60 minute delays in charlotte, showers later today. dallas, thunderstorming, about a half hour delay. san francisco, morning fog, half hour delay to start off your morning as well. >>> a legally insane killer is back behind bars, but only after days on the town starting with a trip to the county fair. that was allowed. first, though, the red carpet fashions at the emmys.

lastly, i think one of the most exciting areas is industrials. there are some -- if you look at the past utilization, anytime that or industrial production has been negative as it's been, and everybody's so focused on where the negatives are, but you've got to look at what happens after you have negatives like that. and you get a robust recovery, which is the whole theme behind our capital v, expectation, and the bout of economic recoveries. >> howard, what about the commercial real estate situation? a lot of people worry this is going to be the next shoe to drop. it's a 2010 affair. how might that impact market performance and what do i need to do to position myself well ahead of the possibility of weakness there? >> well, first of all, maria, it's not going to be a surprise if and when it happens. it's something that has been talked about for some time now. i also don't think that it's going to represent the kind of systemic risk that we had last year in the banking system. and most of the issues regarding commercial real estate loans are with

>> i don't know. >> get back to me, please. >> yes, sir. >> lastly, will you make -- i hope you willmake a commitment to me and this committee that the fbi will not advocate to repeal the existing whistle-blower protections outlined in section 2303 as part of whistle-blower reforms. >> i could do that -- i can't do that now. i would have to look at it. i'm not really familiar with the issue. >> well, you've kept telling me for a long period of time ever since you've been in office and predecessors that you thought whistle-blower protection was important. >> do i. >> -- for the fbi people. >> i would reiterate that whistle-blower protection is important and as we discussed every year i send out an e-mail to persons saying that i will not abide, tolerate the retribution. any time i get a claim of whistle-blower status, i send it immediately to the inspector general so that there is no conflict of interest, and i think as i've indicated to you and as has been proven over the years i will not put up with retaliation against whistle blowers. >> on that last point, would you get back wheth

lastly, there are real concerns, and genuine concerns on the part of many americans that at this moment of acute economic anxiety, the government is about to start fiddling with the health-care system, something fundamental to american life. even if it means bringing in universal health care, people are still very concerned about what it will mean to use -- to the average american if you are happy with what you have done already. do you really want to see very new, unpredictable, and expensive measures brought in in the middle of a huge recession? it is about uncertainty in the end. that is why people are concerned about it. >> thank you for joining us from washington. the first images of the self- proclaimed mastermind behind 9/11 attacks have emerged on the internet, prompting fears they are being used by terrorist groups to inspire other attacks against the u.s. khalid sheikh mohammad has been in guantanamo bay since 2006 after he admitted to being responsible for the new york and washington attacked. these images were room originally taken as part of a mission to monitor prisoners h

forward with health care insurance reform if savings weren't seen in the reform that is we propose and lastly, we said illegal immigrants wouldn't get health care and we talked about that a little bit in this room yesterday. the people that watched the speech understand exactly what the president is for. i think we had a good week in getting health care reform passed. >> let's talk about the politics of this. toupt get it passed. you're going to need some republicans. maybe it's only one at the end of the day, but you need at least one republican to get the 60 votes in the u.s. senate. have you made inroads in reaching out to republicans besides olympia snowe? >> the president talked to republicans in the last few days. our health care coordinator spoke with republicans -- >> who has the president talked to in the last couple days? >> you know chuck, i'm not going to give you names because that poor person's phone would ring off the hook. the president is reaching out to democrats and republicans to get this done. you saw the president speak out extensively about taking ideas from both partie

government taxedç tobacco realizing that it is a product that contaminates our health system and lastlyi would like our healthcare policy to also introduce incentives for people to live healthier life styles. i have never gone to a doctor and to be required to pay for insurance because i live a healthy lifestyle. that should be awarded. sidewalks should be built in our communities.çç have a nice day. guest: my final thoughts. i will speak as a mother. i tell my kids absolutely never touch a cigarette.ç i tell them eat and drink in moderation. they have soft drinks as a treat. they have candy bars as a treat and fresh fruits and vegetables and get up and exercise. it is about energy balance and i speak from the heart as a mother, i have two very healthy kids and i'm deeply grateful for that. and we are living a very >> tomorrow un "washington journal," york one else correspondent peter becker discusses the news of the week, including the health care debate and developments in afghanistan. yuval levin talks about the publication of a new report. norman solomon talks about his book, and

. >> lastly. can you give us a little contact. with a 72-inch main? how big is that in relationship to the other infrastructure in the area? this is a pretty big deal, right? >> you're talking a couple times the size of the lombard street. the one is a lot larger than the one that broke on saratoga street. this is a very large main. >> so a lot of work to go on here. and next, i'm joined with pearl price, who is the director of the medical services. tell us about the rescues. you've seen a lot of boats coming in and out. and have you had to rescue a lot of people? >> we've had rescues already. we've deployed some boats. right now, we're just trying to evaluate the area. and see if we have any type of evacuation. what we're asking people now is if they're not injured, just shelter in place. of course, stay out of the basement fist it's flooded or -- basements if it's flooded. pay attention to the news. we'll give periodic briefings as to what we're doing. we have boats deployed in the area. we're taking a look at how the infrastructure is, how the hous

. >>> and we lastly have an update on this adorable video. check it out if you haven't seen it.uy catches a foul ball. he's all excited. he gives it to his 3-year-old daughter and she takes the ball and just throws it. oh, gosh. and he gives her a hug. steve monforto and emily have become stars because of this video, making the rounds on talk shows and the team graciously gave the two of them three balls after they saw this video. that's a look at sports. >> everyone just fell in love because he -- >> look at his reaction. >> you could get mad but you're so adorable. yeah. >>> congressman joe wilson's shout at president obama is, well, is a gift that keeps on giving for late night comics. on "the tonight show" conan o'brien suggested a new politician could have a solution for settling arguments in washington. >> in connecticut, this is weird, one of the republican candidates running for congress is the form earp ceo of the wwe wrestling organization. wwwe organization. that could be good. congressman less likely to yell out "you lie" if they could get hit with a folding chair. >

lastly, let's take it back to you. >>> all right, thank you.the head of the disaster and the redskins fans, they are speaking loudly about their big loss to detroit. >>> and plus, one businessman, the state, the sparks, the city wide protest today. and we're back to just two minutes. >>> maryland's ban on text messaging while driving, takes affect this thursday. they outlaw writing and spending text messages while operating the motor vehicle. to do this, you could face a fine of $500. >>> and the state of virginia, they are reminding people about a tax am he is -- amnesty that takes affect next week. the e issue the delinquent could face that without paying penalties. the state expects them to bring in about $48 million. >>> they reduce the glares, saving energy on tonight's living smart focus. spending up to 60% of your total energy bill. but now, the list says a little temperatures added to your window, bringing down the costs. if you purchase at energy control window films for the end of your home or for your home bit end of the year. you mi

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lastly, you're going to look at gonzalez again in the slot right here. anytime you got him in the slot, that big body, that basketball skill, turns his back, basically blocks people out, what do you get up top? white who was a pro bowler last year, one-on-one coverage, he's going to run that inside slant and catch that touchdown. so much of the focus for this offense now going to tony gonzalez. and rightfully so. he's one of those guys that's such a great complementary piece to an offense because he ties up safeties and you just -- you're just going to have to give it up. you're going to have to say listen, white, michael jenkins, you're going to get one-on-ones on the outside because we've got to take care of tony gonzalez in the middle. john: 12 catches, that's a 96-catch pace, that's what he had last year for the team. matt ryan coming back to new england, went to boston college, now takes on the patriots. interesting discussions going on in washington. the redskins last week, they beat the rams, but 0-5 in the red zone, and as far as scoring touchdow

there's no support among democrats of any importance in the house and the senate, but lastly, i thinkhe political insiders are loathe to be deeb pend epts on republicans -- dependent on republicans if they escalate the war. they have to depend on the likes of joe lieberman to get them through this, and that's a wedding none of them want to attend. bret: mara, we heard the joint chiefs chairman, admiral mullen, say there will be a request for more forces. just to hear this number, however, p from general mcchrystal is pretty shocking. >> it is pretty shocking. maybe that's not the number that will come out. maybe it is going to be in pieces. he asked for a certain amount of that right away. look, i think one of the things the p president was referring to when he said he has to figure out the strategy, he has to figure out how he will sell it to his own party, and part of that will be for the afghans to shoulder a certain amount of the burden in the conflict over there, but i think it's inconceivable that a democratic president who ran on the war in afghanistan, saying it was the good w

lastly, general mcchrystal said that the terror is more widespread. how can we be surprised about that? he says that we have been in a holding pattern for too long. the president wants to reevaluate the need and efficacy of sending more forces on the ground. shepard: the suspect at a center of a plot that some investigators said could have been the worst terrorist attacks since the attacks of 9/11. while the fed to get set to prosecute the case, there is an indication that the government is only prosecuting one in four terrorist suspects overall. shepard: brand new information about the plot that could have been the biggest terrorist attack on u.s. soil since the attacks of 9/11. prosecutors have charged zazi with consider and -- with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. since it is a conspiracy, it means that others are involved. the fbi arrested this man and they say that he has confessed to having links to al qaeda. the fed also said that they have him on camera buying supplies that could be used to make a bomb. the associated press repor

. >>> lastly, dads out there, you got a son, want to get him interested in sports?dition for kids, the "wow! jgs pop-up book. the red sox winning your first world championship, my personal favorite is danny wade jumping the great wall of china. >> oh, my goodness. >> and david tyrese miraculous catch in super bowl xlii last year. >> nothing swimsuit related of course. >> we'll show you this all morning long. >> thank you, rafer. have fun with that. >>> two north carolina men accused of planning a holy war overseas are now charged with plotting an attack on a marine base in virginia. prosecutors say daniel patrick boyd and hyson sharivi had maps of the base. they had weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition. is he the alleged ringleader of seven men facing other terrorism charges. >>> we're already seeing big crowds getting in line in l.a. to buy tickets for the michael jackson movie and the tickets don't go on sale until sunday. the documentary "this is it" begins a two-week run at theaters around the country october 28th. some hard core fans are hoping to get tic

. >> lastly, congressman, i got to ask you, since the detroit lions have lost 19 games in a row and itkout in detroit and other, michigan cities. >> actually, i don't have a question for you. i just wanted to say all that. >> well, thank you for that, appearance did i. i can't believe that a man who was nitpicking bill on the oil will bash on the lions. >> not nitpicking. >> you have to give him credit for having read a book. >> you haven't read that book, have you? >> back to you. >> welcome back jill dawson. cuter than the smurf choking on the bones of a decomposed my little pony. and anthony from opie and anthony. if hilarity were grandma, many people would eat him to stay regular, including myself. this story is so sexy it could only come from india. the country that brought us the kama sue tracking dean. encouraging players to have as much sex as possible before a match. the idea, of course, fo fornics in the belief that sex weekens the legs. this he say it increases strength, energy and aggressiveness. apparently it is instrumental to one's athletic well being. your mind spends m

. >>> lastly, this is a guy we can learn from.'s mark reynolds set a record for the most strikeouts ever in a season with 20 breaking his own record he set last year. but he still has been hitting great. 100th rbi and 43 home runs. the point is, when he strikes out, he doesn't hold on to it or doesn't seem to. when you asked about it, so what, we won, i have 100 rbis. it is a good idea. you don't hold on to the negative and you can still go ahead and do good things even when you strike out. i need to think that way some yes, we all do. >> thank you. >> thanks, rafer. >>> this one will take a while to sweep up. huge dust storm making it hard for some people to breathe. traders at td ameritrade are a demanding bunch. in fact, they want it all. you know, when i place an order, don't just fill it. get me the best available price. a better price means more money in my pocket. that's why td ameritrade's proprietary order routing technology consistently seeks the best available price. i've got quotes, charts, watch lists. just the way i

. >>> lastly, we're going to show you a million-dollar hole in one literally.tleman right there, we're spot shadowing him. 150-yard shot. celebrity golf tournament in utah. make the shot you win $1 million. and you see it roll in the hole. look at the guy's reaction. it's like "caddyshack." they all come running out on the field. where's rodney dangerfield? and that's a look at sports. and get this, he was using his brother's clubs when he made that shot. and he almost didn't play because he had a sore wrist. >> wow. that is amazing, man. and a million bucks, as you said. that's good stuff. thanks a lot, rafer. >>> an idaho fire department is trying to figure out what caused an explosion that leveled a house and put a man in the hospital. take a look at this destruction right here. fire officials say the damage may have been caused by a natural gas explosion. the homeowner was in his kitchen boiling some water when the blast happened. he had slight burns and multiple fractures. >>> you'd think chomping on 19 pounds of grits would be enough competitive eating fo

lastly, we talked about mcdonald's. the disappointing comparable stores for august coming in almost right down the line worse than expected, except for europe which had a surprising 3 1/2% growth. a big disappointor here today. mcdonald's has already been beaten up in the dow. it's the lone loser from july 1st who really did not participate in the summer rally. let's get to scott wapner at the nasdaq. >> thank you. flat to slightly higher open is what we're looking for here. most large cap technology stocks mixed. apple is holding the big developers conference or ipod event in san francisco and jim goldman will be there. certainly this morning it's down just about 5%, palm. the downgrade came from credit suisse from neutral to out perform. cut from 12 to 16. altera says market conditions is improving. sandisk is upgraded at deutsche bank. vivus, positive results for obesity drug. cree is down 4 1/2%. secondary offering. checkpoi checkpoint software downgraded president f5 is downgraded at deutsche bank. >>> the oil trad

lastly as bob pointed out before the show, iraq has a lot of money. people say the surge worked in iraq. the surge can work in afghanistan. let's look closely at the difference sfwls i think general mcchrystal has looked closely at the differences. this is no longer the mcchrystal assessment. this is the assessment that petraeus and admiral mull en hae point out. there might be a rhyme, not a repeat but a rhyme. one of things they're doing here, george, is they're not talking about the troops. i mean, in vietnam, they really didn't talk about those troop increase. they didn't let the public know about those troop increases. in iraq, we have 146,000. you have together figure into that name, there are 160 contractors. the numbers in afghanistan are probably at most, 40,000. still as secretary gates points out, in the last year, the troops have doubled -- >> george, you see general casey, george casey, army chief of staff, raising these concerns, do we have the army that we need to fight the war? >> that's the problem. secretary gates just said to you, w

lastly, three of four financial industries aren't performing. that halloween means one is.tocks up 13.5%. the reits. back to you. >> matt, thank so much. >> up next, the closing countdown. >> after the bell, the prime minister of qatar tells me if his nation sovereign wealth fund is eyeing financials. he said he is looking at three major bank and the president of the czech republic, vaclav klaus, coming up. thinking about mutual funds-- think about this: the best place to buy one may not be a mutual fund company at all. instead of emphasizing their funds, td ameritrade has tools that can help you choose funds from the leading fund companies. there's even a "recommended" list by the independent experts at morningstar associates. so you can get a fund that matches your objectives instead of someone else's. announcer: before investing, consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. contact td ameritrade for a prospectus containing this and other information. read it carefully before investing. >>> welcome back to the floor of the new york stock exchang

lastly, survivors are not synonymous as dependent or family members and many government publications.documents or even speeches. this group is not new and must be recognized, not forgotten. we commend the va that the new 2,009 addition of the federal benefits for veterans, dependent and survivors that i've brought here, it now states federal benefits for veterans, dependent and survivors on the front cover of the handbook. this is for less a moral victory. last year, you can look at the difference, it says federal benefits for veterans and dependents, so we have come a long way. thank you for this. thank you for this opportunity to testify. gold start wives and i are appreciative of the compassionate work of the members and staff of the subcommittee accomplishing on our behalf we hope that you look to us as the voice of military survivors. i have 16 seconds i will say something quick. last time i testified i was an audiologist with a master's degree. i'm still an audiologist, but now i have my doctorate. i am a doctorate of audiology and i did it with a va using my chapter 35 benefits

. >>> lastly, little wackiness for you. that boat is part of the soapbox derby races in downtown l.a. i don't know what's wackier, seeing people hurt themselves or there is a downtown l.a. this stuff is always good for a laugh. that turn, though, proved to be problematic. we're going to have a new sportscast in the next half hour. back to you. >> thanks, rafer. >>> so you remember your mom telling you to eat your fruits and veggies? it looks like many adults don't do it. a new cdc study says that only 27% of americans eat the recommended amount of vegetables and only one in three eat enough fruits. people in new england and the west coast tend to be among the best in the nation. the three worst states are in the southeast. >>> got to say i'm from seattle. ate a lot veggies up you there. now i'm in atlanta and i'm eating biscuits. >> you know, we're not big broccoli people down here. it's a vile weed, that broccoli. it warns you with its taste. good morning. if you're doing any traveling today, philadelphia low clouds still

and then lastly i put together a group called the 20% club.hese for the month of september are all up anywhere from 20% to 37%. amd the best pore foerformer in september. that's the tech story here today. it's interesting. we've gone full circle, it seems, with market leader longer term once again trying to come back and lead, but if you look at the month, if you look at the quarter, fourth or fifth really for technology. >> i have been waiting for cisco to break out and it's finally kind of waking up. when you look at the list you just showed, cisco, intel, qualcomm, they make the guts that go into the stuff that other companies then make and then you got on thor end accenture which provides the services to lash all those things together. >> if you're thinking jobless recovery that means productivity which means i do the work of two people in layman's terms. but the reality is typically technology plays a big part in that efficiency uptick. >> thanks very much, matt. >>> we have a triple digit advance in the dow jones industrial average. let'

. >> and lastly, lyle shot down my trial balloon about a fed trial balloon. sliel a savvy kmlv -- lyle is a commentator so i don't want to go against him. is this a trial balloon on the eve of the fed meaning to calm dollar fears? on the eve of the g-20 to calm dollar fears from china and elsewhere. >> i hope it's on the eve of g-20. the china question is big for the dollar right now. but my guess is that lyle is correct. the fed has no intention of doing this for a while because the fed still believes it can create money. it's wildly incorrect, but that's what it believes. >> thanks for pinch-hitting tonight twice. coming up, folks. gary schilling versus v-shaped recovery. keep it right here with "the kudlow report." this is going to be big bang recovery number two. i'm still pushing that argument. maybe the fed is listening. who knows. it's not the new lexus. it's not the new bmw. it's not the new audi. what it is... is impossible to resist. the new twenty-ten lacrosse from buick. it's the new class of world class. >>'. >> last night we talk about the rise

lastly is this whole thing about the strategic acquisitions, strategic purchases. it's easier to buy your business and grow your business and buy your market shares sometimes than it is to actually invest and hope it all works out and just build it. if you take a look at the kings of cash, i broke it down, maria. you were kind of fishing here in terms of key sectors. technology, the biggest weighted sector, those top five companies by market cap have over $120 billion in cash on the books as of the latest quarterly reports. if you take a look at health care companies, we've seen so many health care deals, many more to come, but pfizer, just to name one, if you will. but j & j, pfizer, abbott, close to $100 billion in cash on their books. the honorable mention is kind of an eclectic group of stocks that have a lot of cash. they tend to be large caps, if they're going to make this list. but ge, exxon, walmart, time warner, and coca-cola, all with a substantial cash holding in either the tech or health care sectors. maria? >> matt, thanks so much. we'll see you later.

lastly, i think a lot of people -- the female crowd will go after the next one, "the lovely bones."ok came out several years back. again, another film that is taking a long time to come out. sometimes that really helps with buzz. we saw that with "the time traveler's wife." there is enough buzz because so many people went out and bought the book that it ends updoing well. >> courtney hazlett , check out her page. great to see you. >> you got it. >>> shuttle discoveriey astronas are busy packing up a portable module with tons of trash and unneeded space equipment that they will bring back to earth. they are preparing for tuesday's undocking. ucing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar. hi i'm mike, and i lost 100 pounds on nutrisystem d when i was first diagnosed with diabetes, that first step was more like a giant leap. till i discovered nutrisystem d. in a clinical study people on nutrisystem d lost 16 times more weight and reduced their blood sugar 5 times more than those on a hospital-directed plan. plus a1c was reduced .9%. c

. >> lastly, you've heard david gregory ask the president about race, and the president gave a suggestion that, well, maybe, maybe not. was it inevitable with this presidency that every time he would run afoul of critics that the race question would come into play? >> i suppose so, but for everybody that accuses the white house of playing the race card, you just have to look. time and time again, this president brushes it away. he certainly has as president. when people blamed things on racism, he says no, that's not the case, and i think he's exactly right. when i see the anger out on the trail that i've seen this summer, i go back to 1993 and 1994 when i was running for congress. and, you know, you showed a clip of hillary clinton. ask hillary clinton how angry people were in '93 and '94 when they tried to reform health care. this happens whether a president's white or black. and the only thing jimmy carter did this past week is distract people from health care. >> joe scarborough, thanks very much. nice to have you on a saturday morning. >> great to see you, lester. >> here's amy. >>>

lastly there are ideas, i'm told, in this speech tonight that are republican ideas that the presidentok, if you are for these things they are in this plan. you have to come to the table and do business. >> dee dee myers, my question of the day, for you who have worked in the white house and prepared these kinds of speeches and worked the rollouts of them, can we think of a speech that saved legislation in trouble? >> i don't know if that is the goal of tonight's speech. i'm sure if we wept back in history we could find some that could have a difference between success and failure. i think what the president has to do as david said is regain control of the conversation and remind people what is in it for him. the president has several things going for him we didn't have 15 years ago. in '93 and '94 people thought if we did nothing they would be fine. people no longer believe that. the president has more stake holders in this who signed on to part of the policy. the american medical association, insurers, nurses, who were dead set against the clinton plan are for reform now. that is a h

lastly, we have danny tanner, bob saget. [ cheers and applause ] he's caring father -- the man at theost of "wake up san fran." the single dad who keeps things spic and span. he's danny -- danny tanner, and he's jonesin' for hot dogs. jimmy? >> jimmy: thank you so much, steve. thank you, thank you, very much. there they are. the three men from "full house" ready to eat some wieners. now -- here are our three contestants, come on over guys. [ cheers and applause ] and girls. and girls. hey, buddy. how you doing? >> fine. >> what's your name and where you from? >> marianne, from new jersey. >> jimmy: from new jersey. very good, marianne. now, you're going to be throwing hot dogs into the mouth of uncle jesse. now, are you confident that you can slide some wieners through his hole? [ laughter ] >> i'm gonna try. >> jimmy: okay, good stuff. how you doing, buddy? >> i'm all right. how are you? >> jimmy: very good, now what's your name and where you from? >> dominic, from the bronx. >> jimmy: ah, good man. [ applause ] he's still dominic from the bronx. used to have a little, now he has a l

lastly, if you have money left over, it makes you happy e to spend it on others than on yourself. >> i certainly understand it can be hard to justify donating money when you barry scrape by on your own. but a $20 check to your favorite charity is going to make you feel great. research shows especially if have you a personal connection to that charity it will make you feel great. maybe it is money to your alma mater or to the local library, the church, something like that. because when you see the results of your philanthropy, you'll feel terrific. >> leslie, thanks a lot. congratulations on your first baby coming up. >> thank you. >> that will make you very happy. then it comes out and -- no! it's the gift that keeps giving. really. really. honest, kids. >>> still to come, grammy winner ellie fritada is next. town house toppers-- the only cracker with raised edges... to keep dip in its place. town house toppers-- part of the town house family. when it comes to toppings, we've got the edge. town house toppers-- the only cracker with raised edges... to keep dip in its place. town house

lastly, wackiness for you. the red bull soap box derby races in los angeles now in downtown l.a., none of them could get this ramp. thank goodness for the hay bales. this is going to need a chiropractor. he was okay. but they all couldn't seem to do that ramp. >> i'm surprised this is not in england. >> no. this is downtown l.a. which i don't know what's weirder that they do this or l.a. has a downtown. that's sports. >> two or three. >> i love the brain. my favorite. >> with the big eyes. thank you. >>> there's an exciting addition to our lineup. "the joy behar show" premiered last night and airs at 9:00 eastern here on hln. last night she chatted with bette midler. >> i was on a cruise where before i had "the view," i'm on this crews and i performed and i walked around, i talked to people. then i overheard someone say how could they afford bette midler? that was at the end of the cruise. >> hilarious. >> true story. >> i went to paris on a holiday not so long ago. yesterday i got back. >> did you see roman po

lastly, that madoff trades were not verified by a third party. the s.e.c. went in there and all they had to do was go to the depository trust corporation to ask for records as to whether or not mr. madoff was actually doing these trades. instead they asked mr. madoff for the records which he gave. of course which were false. here's some other headlines. there was a complaint to -- made to the s.e.c. that one investor said there was a co-mingling of funds from an ultra wealthy late investor with mr. madoff and madoff's firm. and that also essentially over five different possible probes the s.e.c. fumbled it in large part because they didn't understand mr. madoff's operation to some ebs tent. again a 450-page report. a lot of headlines to get through there. back to you. >> reading coming on, reading coming on. thank you, mary. if mary has more she'll come back. >>> next though, two days into the mochbt september, the flight to safety is on. gold close is in on the $1,000 mark. is this the best 30 days to bulk up on bullion, one of the best natural resource fu

and, lastly, i think he will answer many of the big questions about how we move forward on health care reform and what -- what he considers reform to truly be. i think those are the three points that he's set out to do, will weiait on the details for e president's speech. >> as we look ahead to friday and september 11th, what kind of message do you expect him to deliver? what is his focus of the day? >> i mean, obviously, first and foremost is to remember -- >> okay. so there's robert gibbs. his message here from the white house, it's one we heard from bill burton earlier today, is that the president's going to get specific on what his goals are, what he wants to see passed and what he does not want to see when he goes before congress tomorrow to try and get these lawmakers on the same page to overhaul the health care system here in the united states of america. well, it's back to work for members of congress. as i said, president obama's gearing up for the big speech tomorrow night. we're live on capitol hill with how the battle over reform is shaping up. >>> another candidate says he

and lastly the russell 2000, chelsea therapeutic just blowing up 15% and perot systems of course acquiredck to you guys. >> great summary, matt nesto. thanks so much. thanks so much for watching. "fast money" is up next. you have a very good night. >> announcer: this is cnbc.com "news now." >>> world leaders at the g-20 summit in pittsburgh agree to maintain stimulus programs until a recovery is assured. in the 95th bank failure of this year, regulators closed atlanta's georgian bank. its $2 billion of deposits will be assumed by first citizens bank of south carolina. >>> and the "wall street journal" reports china's sovereign wealth fund is committed to invest about a billion bucks in oaktree capital management. that is cnbc.com "news now." first in business worldwide. i'm mike huckman. and "fast money" with melissa lee starts right now. >>> live from the nasdaq marketsite, this is "fast money." i'm melissa lee. these are the "fast money" traders. the market snapping a two-week winning streak as economic data disappoints. is this the start of a bigger correction? our traders have the ans

move forward with health insurance reform if savings weren't seen in the reform that we propose, and lastly, weapon that illegal immigrants wouldn't get health care. and we talk about that a little bit in this room yesterday. i think the people who watch that speech understand exactly what the president is for. and i think we had a very good week in getting health care a little closer to getting passed. >> let's talk about the politics of this. you want to get it passed. you're going to need some republicans. maybe it is only one at the end of the day but you'll need at least one republican to get those 60 votes, for instance, in the u.s. senate. have you made any inroads reaching out to any more republicans besides maine republican olympia snowe? >> our health care coordinator, nancy and have spokesperson. >> who has the president talk to? >> i'm not going to give you names because that poor person's phone would ring off the hook. but the president is reaching out to democrats and republicans to try to get this done. i think you saw the president on wednesday speak extensively about how we

and lastly some funny video for you. shaq on his latest challenge on his show shaq versus oscar de la ho hoya. just look at it. >> poor oscar. >> oscar is 150 pounds. shaq is 300 pounds. you talk about a guy twice his size. >> and shaq's massive. but look at oscar going at him. >> shaq didn't even have to do anything. all he had to do was stand there. what happened in the end? >> in the end it was a draw. >> oh, come on. >> there's no real winner here. in the next half hour another fan storms the court at the u.s. open to get close to rafael nadal. a bit of a scary moment. >> rafer, thank you. appreciate it. >>> am i right, shaquille didn't even have to throw a punch. >> david and goliath. oscar needed a slingshot. holy cow. >> hi, bob. >> what's up, robin? >>> focus in on the new york city metro area because we have a lot of low clouds coming in and wind as well. let me show you the tower cam out of new york city. sunrise in just about ten minutes from now. there's the fair skies. light rain showers early this morning.

. >>> lastly, brett favre is set to start the his 270th consecutive regular season game against clevelanday not last the whole season. huh? while he feels good he is not 100% mentally or physically there. all there. now, i don't want to keep piling on this guy. but he had previously said the reason he was not going to come out of retirement was because he wasn't 100% into it mentally or physically so he still comes out and yet still that -- just changing the tune again and -- i just got to stop trying to analyze it. it will drive me crazy. >> brett favre is online one. he would like to have a word with you. >> i would love to talk with him. >>> hey, have you needed to deposit a check and didn't want to drive to the bank, maybe out of town and couldn't get there. money expert clark howard found a way to get your check into the bank. >> how do you make a bank deposit? well, most of us have to get in the car, drive to a bank branch, wait in line and make the deposit. but that's most of us. and not for long, actually. because more and more banks now allow you to make deposits right from your

>> let me ask you about afghanistan lastly.he president will face a recommendation to the commanding general to send more troops to afghanistan. can the progressive wing of the democratic party support more troops in afghanistan? >> the president has to win me over with a civilian surge which he promised. we're only about a quarter of the way toward that civilian surge that we talked about last spring. we need to have a civilian surge because we need to help afghanistan build institutions that afghanys are willing to defend. right now we've got to cut the civilian casualties, put a premium on protecting civilians, and that way we can start really to get some local community. >> you're not sold on the military mission. you agree with george will, troops should come out, use drones? >> i don't like the drones. thai not very smart. they shoot at large numbers of people without distinguishing. then you get civilian casualties. i think that we need a civilian surge just like was promised. we haven't seen that yet. we're already talk

lastly, a source close to the kennedy family that told nbc news today that your paper's coverage wasn a hasty read, has missed the core of the book and much of the news in it. what news might you have missed and what do you suggest that core is that you missed? >> i wouldn't presume to know. i would say that i certainly plead guilty and think my colleagues do in giving this a hasty read. we got a copy of the book late yesterday. we all took portions of it. we did the best we could and we wrote what we thought was as full a distillation as we could of the book in the time we had. i wouldn't presume to say reading a 2,000-word newspaper story would suffice for a 500-plus page memoir. but you know, we're in the information business. we got a copy of the book and we did the best we could. >> it's now 57 consecutive important books that get leaked somehow early. amazing. from the "new york times," many thanks. >> thank you. >>> well, he caught us. the ge building, rockefeller complex, communist. the buildings themselves are communists. in worsts, no, this time he's the victim. victim of t

and lastly, memic electronic materials, which is wafer, wfr. down. of course solar stocks have been hammered. but these guys have worked through inventories. that's why one of the reasons i think think get some pricing power back. >> it's karen, dr. j. do you hold them the whole quarter, is this an inherent bet long the market or do you short the market against it and you look for outperformance? what's the strategy? >> yeah. i would basically, karen, look at some of the outperformers, just as we did with general electric buying, you know, a fallen angel. i think you could look at apple and google. i think they trade sideways in the short term. so if you're somebody that has that kind of weighting to a portfolio, i would take the hottest things into the end of the quarter, and i would at least be on the sideline if not short of those names and long names like this that i think are going to be the value plays that the funds are going to be buying as the fourth quarter begins tomorrow. >> dr. j, specifically for yourself, your strategy, are you actuall

. >> lastly in your space, how about japan sant ori today.e're starting to see calendar nation that space. kraft going arch cadbury. the space everywhere and the snack area. >> and like ahead of the summer driving season, gasoline prices go up, guess when beer prices go up ahead of the football season? >> right. >> we should note that this actually comes from the arthritis research campaign. headquartered out of london. this is probably one reason why you cannot believe everything that you read on the inter web. so children out there -- >> this is not a fair fight. >> i don't know if this -- really. >> i do not think that soft drinks and interfere is a fair fight. >> i agree. >> beer will always win. >> do you want a coke or a beer? >> a much bigger market in soft drink, i tell you that. >> let's move on. time to analyze this, "the new york times" reporting avenues are suffering despite recent investments. sell nishation after citi after a 175% run-up this year alone. does this mean gambling stocks have yet to see a bottom? joining us is top-

and lastly, the question as it comes to how will we possibly pay for this when america is engaged in the largest unemployment in 26 years? we need to have a plan to make health care better, but not one where government would become the responsible party in a position that they cannot sustain in the long run. so to hugh hewitt and mike gallagher, we say thank you, not only to the american public, but for bringing this message so loud and clear to washington, d.c. we get it. thank you. i'd like to at this time if i could to introduce one of the leading idea makers in the united states congress. he's a republican from arizona, my dear friend, john chadic. >> thank you, pete. i want to begin by thank you governor du pont and thanking dr. john goodman. he's been in the trenches of this fight for years and the work he's done has made this effort possible. this is a unique moment in american history. it's a unique moment because the people are actually speaking out and making their voices heard over 1 million of them took the time to read this petition, to understand the health care debate

. >>> lastly, this is a guy we can learn from.rikeouts ever in a season with 206. breaking the record he set last year. but he is still hitting well. he has his 100th rbi to go with 43 home runs. the point here is, kids, when he strikes out he doesn't seem to mentally hold on to it. when asked about the record he said so what. we won. i got my 100th rbi. it was a good game. >> priorities. thanks, rayfer. rafer. ♪ she loves you >>> there's a lot of love for the beatles. the catalogs has sold 2.25 million in five days. that breaks records. billboard meg zeen says that the mag fab four had 16 titleses in the top 50. >>> there's nothing wrong with your picture or the camera. parts of australia really did turn this color. kind of an orangey-red color. a dust storm swept through the southern part of the country today and health officials are warning people with asthma or heart conditions to stay indoors. >> the color was amazing. i've never seen it. i'm 72ees old, and i've never seen that in my life before. it's the first time ever. so

lastly, i would like to say that our goal at this time after the coup is to learn a few lessons thatcitizens of the world have a need for so that these events may not happen again. and the possibility of reversing peacefully or to restore the state of law. the international community doesn't have efficient mechanisms to make a coup a ime, and, immediately trial and sentence those who perpetrate it. this is a weakness of the international community and international law. secondly the role of the armed forces has to be reviewed because if the role of the armed forces and its leaders, that is able to be core are uped by the elites, then this will turn into violence. if they will use the armed actions, to put an end to democracy, then thwill be violence and that will make the security of all people in latin america and the hemisphere will become weak if there is, there are clandestine groups that we had gotten rid of from t '60s, iran-contra operations, are, we have got rid of, but if we can continue to bring conflict to our countries, we didn't have to go through assassinations and kill

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lastly -- last comment, you have shown tonight the government has trillions of unfunded liabilities in medicare, social security, and medicaid. all of that, it is broke. what makes you think the government could run a new health-care program? i mean, it is a paradox. [cheers and applause] >> here is your question. three quick responses. one is, sir, thank you for your question, but one is, we already paid for this -- these 47 million americans to stand up on the doorstep of hospital emergency room without coverage. we pay for it and $1,000 per capita higher insurance premiums and medicaid and medicare costs. i agree with you. i don't think it should be a big single payer government system. it ought to be more competition. i think your idea about across state lines makes sense. and also the tort reform makes sense. but at the core, and this is where nobody is asking me about this question, and as i mentioned 20 years of looking at this stuff, unless we change the compensation model, unless we change the financial incentives so that doctors and drug companies and hospitals -- and i am no

lastly, let me say that another story, i was going down to speak to a society in savannah that has the secondest largest st. patrick's day parade in the united states. it is a big deal and we have 1,000 folks at the dinner. you go in and you tell jokes. well, i needed a bunch of irish jokes. so i called up ted and told him what i was doing and i said i know you must have a become of irish jokes. he said, i do and i've going to send it to you and he said, i tell you something else, i know in savannah that's a very conservative part of the world. you are going to see in these jokes that you will have an opportunity to point out somebody to kind of poke fun at and when you have an opportunity in telling these jokes you use my name. well, i took him at his word and i did and boy did i ever get a rousing welcome from all those irish men in savannah, georgia so i have fond memories of this man who came from a difficulty t part of the country, a different political background from where i come and somebody who certainly had much more political experience than i will ever have but the thing i