it may help you break the cycle of worrying about not sleeping that you sleepless.ut doctor says don't rely on medicine for too long >>> text while you drive. that is what some teenagers were told as they learned about the dangers of distracted driving. they were encouraged to text as they drove a training course in the parking lot. intructors wanted them to see how dangerous it is. >> the bottom line if you are taking your eyes off the road, you have to be looking at -- you need to be looking out front. if you look down for a second, whether it's texting, handheld phone, all these types of things, turning on the radio, it takes your eyes off the road. so, it takes a split second for an accident to happen >> it is illegal to text while driving in d.c. and virginia. maryland's texting ban goes into effect thursday >>> good news for circulator bus. the bus route on wisconsin avenue will remain in service. there were talks -- it services georgetown would be shut down come october 4th but that is not the case. it was introduced in 2005 as an alternative to the metro bus

. >> reporter: for many, it's been a sleeplessness and a fearful morning. here in washington, president obama has declared a state of emergency, f american samoa. paving way for federal aid to come in. >>> let's get more, now, from abc's margaret connolly in tokyo. what else do we know about the recovery effort? >> reporter: president obama has declared this a federal disaster. the hawaiian air national guard is also on the way. >> margaret, we remember the deadly tsunami in 2004. are nations in the pacific more prepared for tsunamis after the 2004 tsunami? >> reporter: jeremy, countries are more aware of the possibility of tsunamises of earthquakes. the one in 2004, affected 11 countries. our tsunami advisory was canceled two hours ago. while countries have more alert systems in place, people have to make split-second decisions in a crisis. >> margaret connelly joining us live from tokyo this morning. and abc news has a team headed to the region. we'll have more comeling up on "good morning america." >>> in other news this morning, the white house begins a

. >> reporter: for many, it's been a sleepless night and a fearful morning. here in washington president obama declared a federal emergency for american samoa. paving the way for federal aid to come. john hendrin, abc news, washington. >>> 6:15. much more tranquil conditions here, around the mid-atlantic, mid-50s and mostly cloudy skies. 56 baltimore, new york, philly, norfolk, 58. we're watching showers in through western pennsylvania. even western maryland. we watched some actually pick up here, some hint of at least a few sprinkles up across york county heading over towards perhaps north side of lancaster and up towards allentown eventually. if you're heading in that direction you may get a little wet. otherwise we have the clouds dominating, all in response to this upper level low pressure system still spinning across eastern canada and dragging in chilly air. we have one more disturbed area in the atmosphere to produce clouds but eventually we're clearing things out and eventually we'll squeeze the chilly stuff out of here. but we have two more days of t

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. >> for many, it has been a sleepless night. president obama declared a federal emergency for american samoa, paving the way for federal aid to come. john hendren, abc news. >>> a police-involved shooting is under investigation. it happened after 9:00 last night. two men were in a stolen car about a mile from fedex field. one officer opened fire. the men more arrested after a brief chase. one officer is now on routine administrative leave. >>> tim kaine cannot think of any reason he was stopped the execution of d.c. sniper john mohammed. he killed 10 people i d.c., virginia, and maryland. kaine said he will review the petition for clemency when he gets i >>> president obama plans to make a major funding announcement. it looks like it will be health related. he will sort a laboratory in bethesda and will unveil his funding plan. kathleen sebelius is scheduled to be there along with the head of the national institutes of health. >>> metro is taking extra precautions. workers at the west falls church station will demonstrate how tr

. >> the white whoit press secretary is a thankless and a sleepless job . that's how they spend the chunk of the waking hours. taking questions and criticism from the press.! nbc. one resigned after the pardon for nixon and he looked to you. what did you say to president ford when you first took that job and said look, if i am going to do this, this is what i have to know in >> i did have that conversation and as you say, i had covered the white house as a upi correspondant and nbc correspondant and i had seen good and bad press secretaries . good ones got information first hand and attended the meetings and met with the president and watched the decisions being made. they didn't have to go around and ask a white house staff member. i have been asked about this what should i say. they can get misled. i told ford i wanted my information first hand and he said that is the only kind of press secretary iment. by and large he kept that promise in the whole time i was press secretary. >> dana, the relationship of the president and press secretary is a unique one.

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a lot of work, a lot of sleepless nights. how much are we going to have to cry? >> several residents lost power for days. some tonight still have no hot water running. some are just waiting to hear back now from insurance companies. but the clean up is coming along partly thanks to the county. >> i am paying taxes, and not receiving benefits. and we received, i think, very good service. >> one day recovery service center will be open tomorrow. to help residents dealing with the after math. it will take place from 10 to four at the water's edge community center. state and county officials will answer any questions. especially those questions regarding insurance coverage. >> city panel orders hes a strip club to close doors for six months. inspectors testify they spotted a stage door dancer holding a youth condom and giving a man a lap dance. and board found them guilty of allowing minors to possess alcohol. this is the third major offense since 2006. the club owners say they are being targeted. >> do you see the liquor board continues to try to shut down bottle cl

it can lead to sleepless nights. >> weight gain is a problem with sleep apnea. >> reporter: hormonalnges can affect sleep. >> when women reach 50. there's a significant increase in awakenings at night. the sleep becomes fragmented. >> reporter: for better sleep, limit food and drink, especially alcohol a few hours before you go to bed. add exercise in the morning. for new mothers, try to eliminate stress and get into a regular sleep pattern as the baby begins to sleep in the night. >>> the school year is just beginning. we are already seeing cases of students coming down with the h1n1 virus, hoping to prevent an outbreak, some school buildings have been scrubbed inside and out. that includes this school in new york where the swine flu first surfaced in the spring. is that enough? >> i am worried. some of the experts are saying since so many kids had the flu here, they probably built up an immunity to it. >> my biggest fear is it would be in a school where there was no nurse and it would be chaos for those kids. >>> coming up at 4:00 eastern, we're devoting an entire hour to the swine

he has kids and lots of sleepless nights. >> how long have you been working on this farm? >> over 33 years. >> 33 years? >> yes. >> ha are your fears? >> well, losing my job. i lost a couple friends of mine that worked here for 20 years or more. >> really? >> so. >> where did they go? >> up north. some did. looking for more jobs. but it's tough all over. >> it's tough? >> yes. >> you have a family to feed? >> yes, i do. >> how many kids do you have? >> i have got four kids. >> four kids. so if you lose your job it's devastating? >> it's going to be tough. >> we have heard people -- they are saying that the government is choosing this fish over families. >> they are. i don't know. it's not right. so that's not right. >> you know, these people grew up just like you and i did. they had hopes and dreams. they wanted to put food on the table for their family, be successful. these are americans. these are individuals and they are hurting out here. they don't want to wait in line at a foodbank for six and a half hours. they don't want to cry themselves to sleep. this is a serious

all of you are tired having jet lag, suffering from jet lag, tired, had sleepless nights. and very tired and physically speaking you are -- one just arrived now. a flight 20 hours. and then you want him to make a speech and talk about this when all of you are asleep. all of you are tired. it is clear that all of you are lacking the energy because of having to travel a long journey. why do that? your country, now some of our countries are nighttime, and they are asleep. and now you should be asleep because your biological hour or your biological mind is accustomed to be asleep at this time. i wake up 4:00 new york time, before dawn, because in libya it is 11:00 in the morning. because when i came up at 11:00 i am supposed to be there. 4:00, i am awake. think about it. if this was put in '45, should we keep it up till now? why can't we think about a place that is comfortable, the other point, america, the hosting country that bears the consequence -- the expenses and the looking after the headquarters and looking after the peace and security of heads of state who come here,

as now, the white house press secretary is usually that of a thankless and sleepless jobs and spends waking hours taking tough questions and criticism from the press. coming up, former white house press secretary dana per reno and ronnessen. [ male announc] 100 potato chips or 100 pringles. both cost the same, but only the pringles superstack can makes everything pop! ♪ ♪ whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ hey, hey [ male announcer ] the choice is yours... 100 of these or 100 pringles. (applause) >> they're the voice of the presidency, facing the firing squad of the press corps, and it's a 24/7 job. what's is like being the white house spokesperson? we'll ask two people who held the position, ron nesson who held the position under gerald ford and dana perino one of the four secretaries who serve under president george w. bush. delighted to have you both here. ron and dana, thank you for being a part of the show today. ron, start with you, you're coming to us from washington today. you had a unique background. you were the white house press corps for 12 years with nbc, he abruptly resigned afte

when he seize a movie about the jewelry heist, he has sleepless night that someone will steal the hopem note. next sunday we'll focus on the virginia governors race. bob mcdonald has agreed to debate. have a great week and we'll see you next fox news sunday.

yway so i guess i am getting used to the sleeplessness which i hear will become a normal part of fleiss once there is the pittard patter of little feet. my cat is near my feet ght now. >> when you are working on a book the research part of it, how do you incorporate that into your work, where you do your research and how do you organize it? >> mauney research for linguistic oriented issues is a matter of keeping up with rtain journals of course and reading books that come out. here in my return w york life i e the columbia universy library and also the new york public library for that sort of thing and then on by what i can. for race research i suppose the main source of it is i try to read as much about race as possible. i think it could be said by either read or skim one book on race every week i tried to read the books by people ion't agree with amuch as the ones who i do. and i gue the research comes from doing that. when you are in the positn i am and you get sent an awful lot of books a asked to read you a lot of books so that's something that works for me so there's that research

the staff of the finance committee who have worked so hard and getting us information and having sleepless nights on an ongoing basis. and i want to particularly thank my on staff as well, oliver, alex, and catherine, who cared deeply about providing affordable health care and changing a broken system. and i want to thank them for their hard work. mr. chairman, this certainly is the most important debate i have been involved with on the finance committee or sense i have been here in the senate or in my time and house of representatives. we have a serious challenge and we know that. we have a current health care crisis the health care system has great strengths, but it also has many things that are broken. they are causing tremendous challenges for people and businesses. in my state we have at 15.2% unemployment rate, the highest in the country. we know that there are skyrocketing health-insurance costs better making it hard for our companies to compete -- to compete internationally. people who have coverage are seeing their costs go up. people lost their coverage are struggling to afford c

steadfast as though art, aloft the night in watching with eternal lids apart like nature's patient, sleeplessthe moving waters at their priest like task while pure ablution round earth human shores or gazing of the soft fallen mask of snow upon the mountains and the moors. know yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, till it upon my fair love ripening breast to feel forever its soft fall and swell, await forever in a sweet unrest. still, still to hear her tender taken breath and so live ever or else swoon to death. congratulations. >> rose: >> thank you very much. >> rose: great to see you again. >> yes. thank you for having me. >> rose: thank you. >> rose: the film hurricane katrina has been met with wide acclaim since it was releaseded in late june. scott of the "new york times" calls it the best non-documentary american feature made yet about the war in iraq. it follows an army unit whose job is detect de text and diffuse i.e.d.s. here's a look at the film. >> it's nice and hot in here. >> laying on the charge. nice and sweet. i'm coming back. >> 25. >> 25 meters, roger that. >> 2:00, dud

. >> reporter: sleepless and stressed, charlie can't seem to t a break, and that is when the trooperseturn. >> i thought we were probably going to be carted off. it would appear that they're deadly serious about proving that i feed bears. it's a criminal charge so they'll have to have a grand jury indict me or they might come arrest me. things don't stay the same. and i can't stay the same. >> reporter: state authorities have made it clear his old ways of doing things are over. worried the authorities will return to arrest him, charlie gathers post and wire to build an electric fence. stakes that go into the ground may as well be going into his heart for he is now barricading the bears from bear haven. soon they will no longer come here looking for food. >> once i energize this fence, that will be the end of them coming up on the porch to see me in the morning. which will mean that something that i've done and loved for a long time doesn't exist here. >> reporter: before he leaves, charlie paddles out to the creek once more. as if on cue, cookie is there e and she's brought her cub, a

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all of you are tired, having jet lag, suffering from jet lag, tired, sleepless nights, very tired. physically speaking, you are very low. one person just arrived now, flying 20 hours, and you want him to make a speech. all of you are asleep. all of you are tired. you are lacking energy because of having to travel long journey. why do we do that? some of our country's -- countries are asleep, and you should be asleep because your biological mind is accustomed to being asleep at this time. in libya, it is 11:00 in the morning. when i wake up at 11:00, i am supposed to be awake. at 4:00, i am awake. think about it. why do we think about a place, america, looking after the headquarters and looking after the peace and security of heads of state who come here, they spend a lot of money in new york and all of america. i want to relieve america from this hardship. america, thank you for all of the trouble that you have put on yourself. we want everyone to make america secure and europe's secure, and we should not have the responsibility of looking after the security. perhaps a terrorist wi

who seem be having tooany sleepless nights in terms of their insecurities. maybe they're worried about things tt might haen that they can control. >>ose: as always, than you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: jake tapper, abc news, white house seni correspondent. back in a moment. st with us. >> rose: we ntinue our conversati about the financial crisis with two journalists who have closely dumented the events of the past year. anew ross sorkin ofthe "new yorkimes." he's an editor of the times daily financial reporthas been reporting onhe financial cris and has a book coming up in the nea future. al, james stewart of the "new rker" magazine. he chronicles the govnment's respse to the collapse of lean brothers in the magazine's most recent issue, eight ys last year ashe financial system stood on e brink, government officialsnd c.e.o.s foughto save catalism and themselves, revealing intviews with principle figures involved d panic deal making behin the scenes broht about unprecedented and controversial government interntion. one year later, the question remas, di

we have some people outside holding signs that say sleepless in seattle. i thought they were going to say sleepless in seattle because they're "morning joe" fans. >> this is really exciting. >> this is a great fan. >> another guy said, yeah, you love seattle because you're a closet liberal. where are you from? pensacola. but anyway, this is just a fantastic city. willie loves vegas. i'll take seattle. >> and we love our starbucks first thing in the morning. >> yes, we do. >> we've got to get right to the news. jimmy carter getting a lot of reaction now to his comments that i still can't get over. >> well, i know. you heard -- let's be clear this morning. >> okay. >> because i disagree with a lot of people on the far left, but the white house does not play the race card. you can say obama supporters play the race card. you can say people on the far left play the race card, and people on the far right certainly have been playing the race card. especially a lot of talk show types. but this white house never goes there. they never take the bait. they never --

. >>> sleepless in america. 50 million of us dream of getting a good night's sleep. this morning we've got the latest gadgets that guarantee some shut eye, no medications necessary. so we say. >> that's right. >> so these gadgets better be good. welcome back. i'm chris wragge. >> and i'm erica hill. also ahead this morning, how to burn calories with your better half. it is the workout you and your partner can do together. we like bringing you closer and helping you look better. plus, the only male solo artist to have his first seven singles reach the top five, richard marx performs live. >> that is all ahead, but first let's get you caught up on this morning's headlines. who better to do that for us, kate sullivan is at the news desk once again. >>> good morning. on his program friday night, it tv talk show host larry king tried to get iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to admit there was a holocaust, but it didn't work. >> did you agree that there was a holocaust? >> translator: if you bear with me, i'll -- >> was there a holocaust? >> translator: you want to imp

. >> translator: all of you are tired having jet lag, suffering from jet lag, tired, had sleepless nighttor: it is 9:00 a.m. here, it is 3:00 p.m. there. >> translator: i wake up at 4:00 before dawn because in libya, it is 11:00 in the morning. >> translator: no man who is six hours away from where his natural body clock is telling him where he is can be held to account for his words of action and making matters worse the computer crashed so i had to write a speech at the last minute on loose-leaf paper and that made me look crazy. >> translator: then -- >> translator: take my computer to an ip specialist but without going into too many details there were things on the computer that i would not want anyone to see. and, no, it was not terrorist stuff. it was just god stuff. >> translator: this was not -- and there should be -- >> translator: the flu is coming and you can stop it. >> translator: this swine virus may be one of shos viruses that were committed in the laboratory and it got out of control. >> translator: in closing, i think obama is a great man of africa. >> translator: we are

it's not surprised that his maive gave him sleepless nights. but it gave him a nice view of the atlantic ocean. >> it makes prettier with the waves rolling in today from the storm. but this is the view that they owned from the master bedroom. >> reporter: madoff's neighbors along the beach include ralph lauren, and robert de niro. and some of his own multimillionaire victims. and montauk was the setting for madoff's yearly extravagant beach parties for his company employees, with bonfires and lobster dinners, as he and ruth presided like royalty, from their beach chairs. >> take up most of the hotels all over montauk. he practically supported that town, i could say, once a year. and we had a very good time. >> reporter: the dismantling of the madoff empire, includes not only the beach house in new york, but the waterfront mansion in palm beach. and the penthouse apartment in manhattan. ruth madoff td someone close to her recently, that she was glad to be rid of all of her possessions. that she felt free, now, no longer having to worry of keepin

jeff post says when he sees a movie about a jewel heist, he often has a sleepless night worrying whether way to steal the hope diamond and add yet another chapter to its remarkable history. now this program note. next sunday we'll focus on the virginia governor's race, one of the biggest elections this november. republican bob mcdonald has agreed to debate. we're still waiting to hear whether democrat creigh deeds will join him. we'll see you next "fox news sunday." captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com over 100 hd channels and $150 back..... yes, yes and yes nice, what about you? the best of intentions. (announcer) with $150 back, there's never been a better time to switch to fios. unlike cable, fios delivers 100% true fiber optics straight to your home. for hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. and crystal clear phone service. just... an amazing price, guaranteed for 2 years. don't miss this unbeatable value. hurry, call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. ask about additional packages with over 115 hd channels. that's

. >> i spent lots of sleepless nights crying. >> i'm curious, dr. everly, can you relate to that?ou relate to what tara had to go through and still going through? >> absolutely. there are many physicians across this country that are facing exactly what she is, high overhead, high liability insurance, high health insurance for their employees and they're trying to make ends meet. that's what's leading to the crisis, that primary care physicians just aren't being paid enough to do the vital work that america must have. >> ted, you actually have president of the american academy for family physicians. what are the doctors saying about what's happening here when it comes to the high cost of, for example, malpractice insurance. are you afraid that we're going to see a major shortage of doctors. >> yeah, certainly part of the problem is liability insurance and there should be tort reform as we tackle health care reform. but the biggest issue is the delivery reform must happen, we must have a whole lot more family physicians, general internists, general pediatric n pediatricians tharks a

and he had about a year of sleepless nights and said, i can do this. away with this. >> again, it's filled with extraordinary detail. and in some ways, a love story, at the center of it, too. and also, a great tragedy for all those who came in contact with him. and you have to read it. it's an excerpt you can see right now on "madoff chronicles" [ announcer ] soy has been in ancient china, soy was such an important food... that the emperor declared it sacred. in japan, buddhist monks believed eating soy... was healthier for the body and spirit. for thousands of years, cultures around the world... have eaten soy for its health benefits. which is why today, we take whole soybeans, in their natural state, and bake them with fruit into soyjoy. i've got good news. you need more fiber. huh? don't worry, it tastes great. froot loops now with 3 grams of fiber. it makes your tummy happy so it can absorb the good stuff you need, which your mom is gonna love. it does taste great. fiber is a great way to keep ya healthy. i can never read these things. kellogg's fr

"sleepless in seattle" because of "morning joe" the signs read when we came in. >> i should let you know that you need to behave. even when we get off the air because we've got two gentlemen here high up from starbucks. they are going to give us a tour of the very first starbucks. >> good. >> right around the corner. >> exciting. straight and narrow. what did you learn synod >> that mika yesterday at dodger stadium got a hands on, sort of gropy lesson from tommy lasorda how to throw a first pitch. i don't want to call it a head lock. more like a meaty bear hug. but it worked. >> teaching me how to pitch. >> congratulations. joe, not so bad yourself, my friend. >> you threw a strike. >> there's the grope. they asked you before, a guy from the dodgers said you needed a vice, buddy, i've been throwing baseballs since i was 3. if i need advice how to get it to the plate i'm in trouble. pat buchanan, what did you learn today? >> joe, after watching you, watching mika toss that pitch that drove that catcher back to the screen, we got a new name for her. the rifle. >> i like it. >> i love it. a

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. >> reporter: for juanita ramirez the sleepless nights began three years ago. >> my daughter was diagnosedúh multiple sclerosis and my son got divorced recovers affer 27 years of working at the same company she lost her job. >> all of that used to come at night when i was ttying to go to sleep. i don't know how to put my mind in blank. >> reporter: as remain in the midst of the worst recession in decades, the consequences are more than financial. it's creating what some are calling a new health epidemic. >> insomnia. they cannot fall asleep. >> reporter: doctor susan is the clinical direct for the institute of sleep disorder. she says stress related insomnia seems to be twice as common in women than men. >> the men are the first to come forward when they have problems with sleep as i general rule. >> reporter: he besides the stress of losing a job, she sayy it means the loss of a regular routine. >> everything gets -- which is a biological clock and that tempered with. even if you don't have to get up and do go to work, you have to give yourself a straight schedule. >> reporter: she suggest

i never in my life thought that my life would turn into sleepless nights worrying over paying healthg about paying my health care premiums. i worked in the health care industry. five years ago i lost my best friend and my husband, roger, to colon cancer. an -- on halloween 2000 he got his diagnosis and his prognosis that he was given four to six weeks to live. i was a working mother at the time, with a first grader. i refused to give in and believe what i was told by a cat scan and by an oncologist. with the love and hard work of a great oncologist that i managed to convince he was wrong i was given three and a half additional years with my husband. we thought we had good insurance. that is, until every person in this room goes home and reads your benefit book and read how your catastrophic benefits read for chemotherapy. when my husband died i was left with over $100,000 in co-insurance for those years of chemotherapy procedures and hospitalizations. i was able to use my knowledge of the health care industry to get to negotiate down those bills and i was able to pay those bills with

jobless, sleepless, hopeless. statistics in a study by rutgers university about the impact of losing a job. 60% of of unemployed got no notice when they were let go on the spot. they write on money, 84% got no severance pay and moving across to coping, how people are dealing with unemployment. 77% are stressed. 68% say they are depressed. in the future, how people think about the future of their employment future, 82% say they don't think they will have a new job in the next couple of months and also 86% do not believe they have a good chance to get their old job back. boston is next. dennis, we go to hyde park, massachusetts and laura on the democrat line. >> caller: good morning. i am employed and i work for the state and my health insurance premiums has gone up 5%. my prescriptions have gone up and the co-pay has gone up and i don't know how people that aren't working would survive any of of that. i'm barely surviving that in my family and i just think it it is a shame that we can't get healthcare reform in the

i never in my life thought that my life would turn into sleepless nights worrying about paying healthpaying my premiums. i've worked in the health-care industry. five years ago, i lost my best friend and my husband to colon cancer. on halloween 2000, he got his prognosis that he was given 46 weeks to live. i was a working mother at that time with a first grader. i refuse to believe what i was told. with a love and hard work of a great oncologist that i manage to convince that he was wrong, i was given 3.5 additional years with my husband. we thought we had a good insurance, that is until everyone goes home and reads the benefits and how your catastrophic benefits read for chemotherapy. i was left with over $100,000 in insurance for those years of chemotherapy procedures and hospitalizations. i was able to use my knowledge to negotiate down those bills and i was able to pay those bills with what little life insurance my husband left me. i was able to pay because he left me some life insurance money. he was of the age where people told do not beat insurance -- do not be insurance poor.

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