yes, poppy? one final word? >> i was just going to say something interesting we should all note, this has never happened before in the history of this country. we have never defaulted and never had our credit downgraded. we are telling you what we believe will happen. we don't know how quick the impact will be, how significant it will be so this is fluid. you just have to be aware of why it matters to you. >> be aware and don't freak out. that's the message i got from all of you today. thank you so much for the advice. i'm sure viewers appreciated it as well. thanks again. >>> our sound effect take takes us to norway. more shock, more revelations in the wake of unspeakable hate. we are hearing from the lawyer for anders behring breivik who says the suspect is a little surprised he was able to set off a deadly bomb in oslo, then open fire on dozens of young campers on a nearby island. the lawyer says breivik took some kind of drugs beforehand and now is quote, very tired. his fellow norwegians are devastated. amo

mother says officials seized her newborn son over a false positive drug test because she claims she ate poppy seeds the day before she delivered. >> and what a story, now she is suing and shell be here, live. >> and in box three: another big dust storm in arizona causing travel and power problems. "good morning america" that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. in "studio b" but, first, from fork at 3:00 in new york, 8:00 p.m. in london where a dramatic day wrapped up of testimony in the news of the world phone i would like to say one sentence: this is the most humble day my life. >>shepard: our boss measure doctor testifying today before british lawmakers about the controversy at our company's now defunct tabloid "news of the world," which is the parent company of fox news channel. he is telling a parliamentary committee he was shocked, appalled, and ashamed, when he heard allegations that employees of the paper hacked into the voice mail of a teenage murder victim. both he and his son, the deputy chief operating officer expressing deep regret. >> i would like to say how sor

>> all right, poppy. thanks a lot. let's keep on top. i want to bring in educating expert rosalind -- author of "queen bees". candy curbman, education analyst for citizen link, the policy arm of focus on the family. thanks to both of you. candy, you saw that report with us. my understanding is you support the neutrality policy in that minnesota school district. first of all, what do you make of this news, this breaking news that federal officials are conducting an investigation, a civil rights one? >> well, first of all, we do support the neutrality policy. it seems reasonable and fair to all the parents and students. it's important to understand that this policy has nothing to do with the school's anti-bullying policy. this is a curriculum policy. simply asking, directing the teachers to remain neutral when discussing controversial sexual topics in the classroom. it directs them to discuss the issue in an age-appropriate, factual way and in a way that's relevant to the curriculum. it doesn't ban them from talking about it. so i'm not su

since 2007, afghan poppy cultivation has fallen by more than one third. these gains have been real and substantial. they're also fragile and dependent upon our having the continued resources to do the job and the afghan government's continued commitment to fighting drug production. in 2010, roughly 3,600 metric tons of open yachts worth an estimated $65 million on the global market were introduced into the economy of afghanistan. we know that narcotics are key funding sources for insurgent operations in afghanistan and afghanistan's success in reducing this funding source for the insurgency will have a direct bearing on the ability of u.s. and coalition forces to turn over security responsibilities to the afghan government. inl programs directly support our goals at both ends of the drug supply chain by targeting the insurgent narco trafficker nexus while enhancing support for elicit agriculture, counter narcotics law enforcement, demand reduction, public information and rule of law capacity. all of these efforts center on building the afghan government's

since 2007, afghan poppy cultivation has fallen by more than one third. these gains have bee real and substantial. they're also fragile and dependent upon our having the continued resources to do the job and the afghan government's continued commitment to fighting drug production. in 2010, roughly 3,600 metric tons of open yachts worth an estimated $65 million on the global market were introduced into the economy of afghanistan. we know that narcotics are key funding sources for insurgent operations in afghanistan and afghanistan's success in reducing this funding source for the insurgency will have a direct bearing on the ability of u.s. and coalition forces to turn over security responsibilities to the afghan government. inl programs directly support our goals at both ends of the drug supply chain by targeting the insurgent narco trafficker nexus while enhancing suprt for elicit agriculture, counter narcotics law enforcement, demand reduction,ublic information and rule of law capacity. all of these efforts cenr on building the afghan government's abilit

the word of the day or the words of the day, tall poppy syndrome. disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth. it's the reason australia wants to have rupert murdoch, a native australian answer questions at home. the term is common throughout the former british colonies, cutting down people of merit because their talents elevate them above their peers. tall poppy syndrome. >>> here will three things to put on your radar, 2:15 the first lady expected to make a major announcement regarding access to healthy and affordable food. today we're watching for new developments on the nfl lochout. the players could vote as early as today. at 3:00 p.m., teaparty.net hosting a twitter debate. >>> the markets are set to open in a few hours. will we see what we saw yesterday with the day posting its strongest gains of the year? let's go to carter evans live in new york from the nasdaq market site. carter, how are markets shaping up today? >> the futures are looking good, big gains yesterday, the dow up 200 points. today our futures are up anot

has been in afghanistan, the poppy crop has skyrocketed. american troops are actually guarding the poppy crops and allow the afghan people to grow it. there is one article about how the united states now, our troops, are fighting and dying as the chinese corporations can rape afghanistan and for their natural resources. you are allowing foreign powers to use this as a conduit. guest: again, as i have said, the competition is there. all other countries that are willing to participate in the resources that we have, they are more than welcome. people here understand the business very well. the proximity of afghanistan to other countries in the region is such that transportation costs and cost effectiveness is one of the main criteria for the business. most of the company's theire are interested, for example, indian companies are interested in taking part in other minerals because of their needs. for that, we are very happy to have u.s. companies to come and take part. this is an afghan tradition that those who are doing something for us, we ar

i have to say. >> poppy joins us from new york.people may be in love, but how do they know if they're financially compatible. >> very good question. we're going to pull up a quiz. we have this fun quiz on cnn money.com today. see how compatible you are. i want to point out one thing. did you notice speedy claxton's diamond earrings and watch? what i quickly find out is he likes to spend a lot of money too. let's not lay all the blame on the wife. he likes to spend money too. >> thank you very much, poppy. >>> want to give you breaking news here. we have news out of the court case here, the deal with dominique strauss-kahn, the former head of the imf. the judge releasing information here saying that strauss-kahn has been released on his own recognizance. this is a very significant development. he was under house arrest. he was paying for his own security detail in new york. but he was not allowed to move about freely. we are beingold now that we are expected to hear from strauss-kahn fairly soon. he is going to be coming out. we are

cnn money's poppy harlow joins us with more. poppy, this isn't good news?reporter: no, it's not. the headline looks like great news from a year ago, foreclosure filings down 29%, but you've got to dig into the report, rabidi, and that's where you see what's going on. in the first six months of this year, 1.2 million homeowners went into foreclosure. that is a lot. 1 in every 111 homes. sounds good, but not when you dig deeper. it's raising false hope that this housing market is recovering. why? the person that issued this report, the ceo of reality tract came out and said the only reason we're seeing big decline is because the banks have really slowed down processing that paperwork. you get foreclosure filings. you get warning notices, a lot of paperwork. why is this? remember back a few months when we had the first reports of that robo signing scandal, banks basically not having their paperwork in order, not knowing who necessarily owns the mortgage or all the right paperwork to foreclose on your home, so they are trying to get that paperwork in order. the

poppy. >> thanks. a watch dog agency opens its doors this week.onsumer financial protection agency will protect books in response to consumer complaints. the new sheriff in washington is without a sheriff. the white house has yet to appoint the cfpv's director. elizabeth warren has been a front runner, but the white house has yet to make an appointment. t.j. >> thank you, poppy and alison and felicia. >>> this may be your outrageous story of the day. an apple ipad 2 for $69. you heard me right. $69 for the ipad. that would be a great deal if it was true. it was a big mistake, however, on sears web site last night. the ipad, many of you know, starts at $699 for the ipad 2. not $69. a lot of people saw this deal at $69 and they jumped on it. took advantage. wish somebody would have called me. sears is not saying how many jumped on the deal before they noticed the mistake. it was 20 minutes to a half hour. all sears is saying is a third party messed up when they posted the price online. sears is not honoring the price. it is giving people their $69 b

poppy? >> thanks so much.econd quarter earning season kicks off next week with alcoa, google, reporting numbers. 70% of numbers in s&p 500 posted earnings that beat estimates. we're looking for that to continue. it's whether these company are i don't guess to use the cash to hire for more workers. policy makers downgraded their view of the economy at that meeting and this is going to give us a lot more insight as to why. also ahead, reports on inflation, retail sales and jobs are due out. we'll follow it all on cnn money. susan, back to you. >> poppy, thank you. >>> and this, while the nation's unemployment figures rose in june there is one bright spot to report. ford says it is hiring 1800 workers, ford escape, suv assembly plant in louisville, kentucky. the carmaker says a lottery system will be used to select job candidates. >>> how about robots in space? that is just one of the things nasa is planning for the post-shuttle era of space travel. it's not completely over. we'll have more next. but first, do yo

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>> poppy jones me from new york.hey, the big companies like mine, we'll be all right, but the little ones have it bad right now. >> you're hearing it right. t.j., not only is he the head of ge, but he's also the president's right-hand man on jobs. what he's saying is, look, companies like ge that have hundreds of billions of cash and are global companies, ge has 60% of its workforce outside the u.s. they can get thus things. small businesses cannot get through this. let's not forget these small businesses employ more than half of americans. you just heard jessica saying the president is making a plea to the american people, many of them small business owners or employees talking about directly about what not reaching an agreement would mean to them. he's saying this is an issue for you, the small business owner out there. how are you going to have faith in the u.s. government, the full faith and credit of the u.s. government when it can't pay its debt? t.j.? >> poppy action some would say the business leaders like hi

>> you need to use a pure beef dog and you should have for chicago a steamed poppy seed bun. >> poppyid getting those stuck in my teeth. >> i'm looking at the condiments is sauerkraut a no-no? >> you'll find it in some places in chicago because it can be a garden on a bun. >> gotcha. >> superdawg doesn't use sauerkraut. we want to taste the dog because the recipe is very unique. >> sauerkraut is a pretty overpowering flavor. >> you want to taste the dog. >> i love it when you include the pickle on it. i love that addition. you said i think russ during the report 150 million hotdogs get consumed on this weekend. >> on this weekend 150 million. >> i heard there's something like 20 billion hotdogs consumed in this country in a year, about 15 of them are observconsumed a superdawg? >> we serve a lot of dogs. >> you've been around 60 years? >> 63 years. >> anyone eat a burger? >> occasionally. burgers are really good, too. >> thank you, don. >> thank you. >> don't go away. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux

you have to poppy-proof the house. >> how do i get my two-year-old dragon to eat on his own? >> these animals are sometimes very caller-oriented. they suggest something colorful like strawberries or raspberries. >> interesting. how can i get my hat to stop biting? it is mostly playful, but it could hurt, and how could i get her to stop begging for treats? >>-influences are good. maybe costs -- negative influences are good. maybe a spray in the face. when they do good behavior, you pay them. give them a paycheck. >> of a good thing would be to adopt shady. it has become a big thing at wbal to get shady adopted. we're hoping it happens. let's give out the information. you can call, and you can the at the other. -- pets available on the baltimore humane society website. how big is the need right now? >> huge. we just did the baltimore 500, and we had 571 adoptions. that was great. the economy is really taking a hit, and so are we. any help you could give is great. >> one cat could be responsible for 100,000 test. >> all right. we will find you a home shady -- home, shady. if you

our poppy harlow has more on that.e numbers. >> hi, tj. the number of homes headed into foreclosure plunged during the first six months of this year. realty track says filings dropped last year. the decline is actually because many banks are delaying many foreclosures pushing them into next year or the next year. realtytrac estimates there are 1 million homes in this situation and the housing market likely won't recover and until the glut of foreclosures is brought to a manageable level. >> a growing number of retailers are now offering shoppers the option of getting an electronic receipt sent to their e-mail account. they say they're more convenient for consumers who tend to lose their paper receipts and more environmentally friendly to boot. not all shoppers agree. some see it as a ploy by retailers to invade their privacy or spam inboxes with sale announcements and discount coupons. poppy? >> thanks so much, felicia. a long awaited watchdog agency in washington opens its doors this week. the consumer financial prote

has been in afghanistan, the poppy crop has skyrocketed. american troops are actually guarding the poppy crops and allow the afghan people to grow it. there is one article about how the united states now, our troops, are fighting and dying as the chinese corporations can rape afghanistan and for their natural resources. you are allowing foreign powers to use this as a conduit. guest: again, as i have said, the competition is there. all other countries that are willing to participate in the resources that we have, they are more than welcome. people here understand the business very well. the proximity of afghanistan to other countries in the region is such that transportation costs and cost effectiveness is one of the main criteria for the business. most of the company's theire are interested, for example, indian companies are interested in taking part in other minerals because of their needs. for that,

starts in afghanistan at progress is being made in getting farmers to grow other things other than poppy and is the prime minister confident the afghan government will continue this work once we left? >> we are seeing progress on this. britain is invested in the wheat seed distribution project. one of the lessons of going to e country repeatedly in the last five years is if you want to doomething about poppy cultivation you can talk all you like about destroying crops. the real key is building roads because you have got to enable the afghans to get their produce toarket. if they don't have legitimate produce to get to legitimate market the drug dealers will prey on them and give them their poppyseed at the end of harvest and the job is done. it is about roads and government capacity as much as the criminal justice system. >> given the prime minister's remarks about the need to build the afghan school structuree will have seen some media reports today. i wonder if he would confirm whether the u.k. is considering sending senior civil servants or officers to kabul on a permanent basis? >> i

poppy harlow tells us about that.the details on the latest job numbers. >> hi, susan. the june jobs report stunned wall street this past week. a mere 18,000 jobs were created last month. wall street expected up to 125,000. the report was filled with other negative signs. the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%. average hourly earnings dropped and so did arch work week which means people with jobs are working fewer hours and making less money. breaking unemployment down by race, african-americans are having the hardest time with a 16% jobless rate. the rate for hispanics is in the double digits as well. poppy? >>> thanks so much, alison. second quarter earnings season kicks off next week with alcoa, jp morgan, citi, chase and google reporting numbers. nearly 70% of the companies in s&p 500 posted earnings that beat estimates. the big question really is when are these companies going to use some of the cash to hire more workers. for the economic calendar, we'll get the minutes from the feds last meeting, policy viewers downg

she stared off toward the poppy mark had planted which stuck like finger bones out of the earth. thank you. >> hi. nice to be here. i came on the 14 mission bus. to spend 6 minutes with you. [laughter]. if there is time left over after my reading i will do knife tricks. [laughter]. short story from my collection, called love. this is a typical sunday night in the mission. rose colored dreams. what is juanita doing selling roses in the mission. wine colored, blood colors and pink roses wrapped in cellophane stuck in a plastic bucket half his size. 10 years looked like 30 stamped on his forehead a strong wind could blow him to daly city. the town of his birth. all the regular customers, the soft bellied ones and the lean ones the hard face cabdrivers, the triose know his face. his faded blue sweater and his profile like [inaudible]. his cow lick in black mop of hair. [inaudible] johnitto should be only asleep. you know the place the apartment building on 17th street through the lobby door with busted lock under the sign that says no loitering past the mildew that curdled your brain

. >>> orioles in boston, this is a bad inning for pedro facing big poppy ortiz in the 7th. next batter gone. that was a lefty and we have back to back home runs. we're not done. three home runs in a row, six different boston players homering on the night. red sox roll 10-4. >>> nfl owners and players association leaders met today in new york for 12 hours. it went deep into the evening. the major sticking point remains how to divide revenues for the $9 billion business. some training camps including the redskins are set to open in just three weeks and just when you thought the redskins and albert haynesworth could be not copacetic next year, think again. mike shanahan is not going to give him away to a division rival. the washington post reports if washington does not receive an acceptable trade offer, they are willing to go through the 2011 season, should there be one, with albert haynesworth on the roster and that should be good fun for all of us. >>> two days after venus williams made her castles debut, it was her younger sister serena's turn. the grand singles champ miss

and one woman that poppy harlow met may be the best of all. >> these are the original steps. >> reporterral minnesota is an unconventional place to sow the seeds of a wall street sensation. >> i think i probably learned about risk in the jail. >> reporter: and jet it was the perfect place for rene. >> the front of the house was the residence and the back was the jail. >> reporter: she spent her childhood here, the daughter of the local sheriff, delivering meals to prisoners who slept just steps from her bedroom. >> i thought it was a normal existence. it really wasn't anything unusual for me. >> reporter: her father, also a farmer, gave her another opportunity when he took rene flying over corn fields as a young girl. he said now we're in iowa. i said, but dad, we don't have any crops in iowa, why are you checking the corn crops in iowa? and he said, well? there's this thing called the futures exchange. i was amazed. i said you mean you can sell this guy's corn without owning it? he said, well, sort of. >> reporter: after graduating from college with a degree in forestry, rene stumbled u

. >>> thanks, poppy. >>> coming up in 70 seconds, kim kardashian is headed to court over the woman who her look. wait until you hear this. >>> kim kardashian is suing old navy for, well, take a look at this. ♪ this is real life ♪ i'm not pose fog a magazine ♪ don't ask me any questions >> you see the resemblance with the woman in the ad? her name is melissa molinaro. kim kardashian wants $20 million. alison kosik, angelina jolie's look alike, joining me with more [ laughter ] . i saw that commercial on a saturday morning, and i went, oh, somebody's going to sue. and look what happened? >> she's saying this girl looks too much like her, suing for unspecified damages, also known as a lot of money. she wants the company to stop using the ad with this look alike model. think about it, kardashian already endorses several companies. she has a skin care line, and her claim is that she thinks consumers will be confused by this old navy ad that has this look alike and what she actually endorses, because this woman as a striking resemblance to her, she does. if you ask me, you know, so what? i d

poppy with this this is sports today i'm you know these are some of our stories. final comments on barcelona on fire and music make it through to the side of the star studded cup tournament. three hundred sixty five days unchain take today marks the one year to go mark until the london olympic games kick off with several venues on sale for the very first time. and take your pick the russian premier league we started last weekend up for a three week summer break each and every strike that fall in the nets in our ghouls who were second. pitch side were. moved to the ninety minutes of their first trophy of the new season shootout winners over international in the only cup semi finals presume i fit international previously met barcelona in the world club cup five years ago beating them the bookies always men for being better this time around the i go playing the copland giants ahead with a quarter of an hour gone but internationale lies ten minutes after the break right back nine making it. the team's exchange moguls in the second half with jonathan doing the necessar

this is us, and you still see poppy there. it's a minute or so behind on what you see on regular television, but watch on demand clips, and you can actually even rewind live video if you missed anything. you can get cnn anywhere you are on the go. cnn.com/video. >>> time right now, 25 minutes past the hour. time to check in on top stories that we're following. british prime minister, david cameron, was grilled in parliament over relationships with those at the heart of the phone hacking scandal at news of the world newspaper. >>> we just heard from the white house that president obama would agree to a short-term extension of the federal debt ceiling if there is agreement on a significant deficit reduction plan by democrats and republicans that needs more time to be passed by congress. this is something the president has steadfastly opposed until now. president obama says the deadline is drawing close, and congressional leaders need to talk turkey in today's meetings. >>> nasa's final space shuttle mission is scheduled to end t

. >>> and i'm poppy harlow in new york. down with the president's right-hand man on jobs, jeff immelt, to talk about job creation and what they are going to do to bring the unemployment numbers down. we'll have that coming up in the next hour. >>> all right. after a decade at war, medical breakthroughs and cutting-edge techniques. healing our soldiers while at battle. members of the american postal worker's union handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year. that's about 34 million pounds of mail every day. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal worker's union. . >>> the u.s. women's soccer team is one game away from taking the world cup. guys and gals watching this game closely saying these women are pretty awesome athletes. >> they are playing great and it's bringing att

respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never stopped that's why i have a peaceful settlement is necessary but we've started talking about this at long last it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten the autumn conference in kabul also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but the latest initiative was voiced by the us president barack obama on negotiations with the taliban and the latest resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility between the taliban and al qaeda are offering a unique opportunity in my view to drop a program of eliminating drug production i've just come from a meeting of the parliamentary faction of the progressive alliance of socialists and democrats the second large

our cnn's poppy harlow is in new york with the latest numbers.ive us a sense of what we're talking about, if you compare men and women when it comes to losing their jobs. >> reporter: yeah, there's no doubt about it. when you look over the most recent recession, men lost millions more jobs and this interesting study just came out showing us that 20% of american men today are not working. that is up from 7% in 1970. not just because of a lack of jobs but also because of disability, incarceration, relying on their spouse's income. look at the numbers on your screen. i will pull them back up for you there. 5.4 million americans, men, lost their job in the recession. 2.1 million american women. why is that? we still have over 14 million unemployed people. the reason is because so many men were employed in manufacturing and construction that took such a hit during the recession, but what is going on now in this so-called recovery? we asked the ceo of manpower, a big employment firm that works with companies all around the world on jobs. here's his tak

but poppy harlow, got to leave it there.e slaughtered 76 people in oslo, norway, apparently inspired by some conservative christian voices in america. but first, wolf blitzer is standing by with your news off the political ticker next. ok. [ cellphone rings ] hey. you haven't left yet. no. i'm boarding now... what's up? um...would you mind doing it again? last time. [ engine turns over ] oooohhhh...sweet. [ male announcer ] the chevy cruze with the my chevrolet app. the remote control car is finally here. well, now she's just playing with us. oh. [ horn honks ] >>> wolf, i can only imagine you're leading with a very important date, a week from today. i was watching you last night. tremendous coverage and we're all sort of biting our teeth here, biting our nails. >> yeah. you know, we should really be worried rite now. i just posted a blog on our cnn.com/situationroom websites expressing my own concerns pip'm seeing a lot of political posturing right now in washington. i'm seeing a lot of statements going after each other, de

violations of international law and of basic human rights cannot call itself a democracy professor ellen poppy the israeli historian maybe had to try to when he said israel is ahead in full which is a democracy only for the master class not for everyone and if anything israel is going it's really pushing fast forward in digging the grave of its occupation and apartheid as long as palestinian rights are not respected by israel as long as the occupation continues apartheid continues then i look at refugee rights continues palestinians have no choice but to continue to resist to continue to struggle. now time for a brief look at a couple of other international headlines this hour victims of the three coordinated bombings in mumbai are being laid to rest at least seventeen were killed when a blast struck three downtown locations during the evening rush hour police said the attacks were well prepared and equipped with sophisticated explosive devices investigators admit they have no immediate suspects but say that all terror groups are being considered. a suicide bombers attack the memorial service

a democracy professor illan poppy those three to his story and maybe how to try to win he said israel is ahead in four which is a democracy only for the master class not for everyone if anything israel is going it's really pushing fast forward and digging the grave of its occupation and apartheid as long as palestinian rights are not respected by israel as well as the occupation continues apartheid continues then i look refugee rights continuous palestinians have no choice but to continue to resist to continue to struggle in the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that still and no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eye it up as a luxury getaway artist policy your has a story. nestled in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling arab community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel this had to come back and to be. my community and. since this rain. my pride that that. among the cacti and fit trees but the nine hundred forty eight just before the

more austerity measures for greece from the news but as it appears the poppy. nation doesn't like the plan but what about economists like yourself do you like the plan i think this is one of those occasions where the crowds collectively shows more rationality than. the greens and the goods in the european union and the police makers and all the analysts who are supporting what in my estimation is a highly irrational totally see for dealing with this is them in crisis well you've got two basic approaches to the various crises around the world there's the austerity and tax approach and then there's the let's print money company by bailouts and work programs that we've seen in the u.s. . neither approach seems to work as it well it worked a lot better in the united states and it works in europe even though the united states is so from you not out of the woods imagine what this situation would have been without the quantitative easing of one could today europe falls somewhere in between the two alternatives that you could forward and the reason is that the use of h

picture gallery is an exclusive look at the elimination of some of afghanistan's poppy fields to the remarkable photos in fool. dot com. twelve minutes past the hour here in moscow divers have finished searching for bodies inside the wreck of the pleasure cruise up which are sank within minutes last sunday one hundred fourteen people out of a two hundred on board have officially been confirmed dead fifteen are still missing there will be lifted from within the next few days and investigators hope that a thorough examination will help determine what caused the tragedy so far two people have been arrested in connection with the disaster the head of a company which operated the boat and the inspection is certified to face charges of negligence that led to the arrest warrants have also been issued for the captains of two cargo vessels which passed by the sinking ship without stopping to help. to pick up the ship it did come to the rescue and here's how he described the scene. as we were nearing the site we began to figure out how many people there were in the water although that was hard

a record in winning the two hundred meter individual medley the american moving ahead of him poppy michael phelps after the opening butterfly leg powering to victory fifty four seconds improving his own mark by tenth of a second phelps right behind in second with another pick me i'm carrying last load chase and third luxmore the first world record since high tech body search for the start of lost. the gongs which will be hunted down by all the world's top athletes during the twenty twelve olympic games in london harping on failed in the english capital their medals which weigh in around four hundred crowns are among the biggest and heaviest of any summer olympics the front of each one shows images of the greek goddess of the tree at the last games in beijing host china topped the charts with fifty one goals more than a third placed russia the u.s. for second. and with the most medals in all one hundred ten network designer david watkins who created the medals for next year's event stating he's pleased with how the term died. because of the. great job i mean i don't think you. know i did my