when y sta looking at the program, we are not more disabled.-collar economy any more and have -- john: more people are working at home, less manual labor. >> exactly. so how could this band all this more money for disability and have these people applying. john: when you say all tse peopll applying, you have the cato institute chart that shows the money spent over the last 50 years. people say, well, when the economy gets better and then it goes down. itarely went down in the 80's and the economy improved. basically it is going steadily up. >> we have had a liberalization ineligibility going back to the 1980's it is showing up now. for parents trying to get there kids on psychotropic medications and the hopes that they will increase their odds of qualifying for a check. it goes to dad and mom. john: your neighbor gets sick anyou start to feel like a sucker. >> the message being sent to my an disabled. as they bome adultt, the first thing they'r being taught is don't work. disadvantaged or they are or are not. john: disabled used to mea paralyze

sta starting to look that way.e'll have a look at your forecast coming up. >>> that sounds good, rob. it's a busy month in bay area sports. the football season in full swing. sharks and warriors preparing to start their respected seasons. but the forefront of everyone's mind, playoff baseball. a's ready for their series with the tigers. up next, what does tigers manager jim leland think of the matchup? we're going to tell you from the xfinity sports desk, next. >>> here are the results of our survey. we asked what you thought, do you think lawmakers will reach a deal to avert a government shutdown? 29% of you are hopeful. you say yes. 71% say no. >>> well, it can be hard to define, but a company's brand can lead to big-time sales and a good reputation. >> the title of most valuable brand now belongs to a silicon valley tech company. our business and tech reporter scott budman is here with the top brand. >> janelle and raj, maybe it has something to do with being the world's most valuable company. this year for the

look at the impact to the people in that community. you take a major space center elsewhere, such as the johnson space center in houston, the kennedy space center in my sta state, look what it's doing to the lives of people. but remember that we have a mission that is going to mars that has a unique one time in two years launch window starting the middle of november into the first part of december. if that narrow three-week launch window is missed because of the lack of preparation of this spacecraft to launch, there's not another launch window for two years. because of that, we were able to get nasa to recall that team. they're there continuing to prepare the spacecraft and they're not getting paid. but at least we're not going to cause all of the additional delay of two years and all of the additional expense of keeping that team of scientists together along with the safing of the spacecraft for another two years. now, there are three examples. the national guard and the defense of this country, the salmonella outbreak because of the layoffs of the c.d.c., the centers for disease control, and nasa. this should not be. enough is enough. the political ta

not looking like the most table sta place on earth. who is looking better these days, europe?it's got stains, a little dented around the edges but without dysfunction. europe starting to look like the cleanest shirt in the global laundry bag. one of the best ways to play europe for the u.s. investor. our next guest thinks the three are your best bet. amazon, tech 2 and goldman sachs. let's bring in clem. let us start with amazon and why is this a good european play? >> basically amazon is wiping out a lot of retail in europe. they're absolutely tearing it up and well in europe. everybody's buying from amazon. it's as success in europe as in america. you're getting retail exposure, large with amazon. a glory stock in the u.s. easy to track, et cetera. you are getting strong retail and internet exposure. >> amazon not what i consider a european company. is there any pure plays in europe as believe it or not like almost the italian political situation is looking better than us? lots of stocks, going into adr or directly buying european stock. >> we have a smart sophisticated view

stas for years. i'll bring you the story of the woman behind the brand stepping out on her own. we'll take a look at how the stock market ended the week. back in a moment. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ >>> welcome back. the big story of this october, the other big story, the affordable care act. exchange are finally here, starting in 2014 millions of newly insured americans will flood the health care system. is the industry ready or are hiccups to follow? >> joining me is dr. kenneth l. davis mounted sinai health ceo. and cyrus massomi from zocdoc. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> how does the affordable care act and the 32 million new patients joining the health care system affect your

california will become the nation's most popula pulous sta allow immigrants to have driver's license. >>> all is quiet right now, lookow calm the weather is. the winds are coming back this afternoon and so is the high fire danger i'll talk about the red-flag warning in your seven-day forecast. >>> and number seven, police activity in the clinton park area off the central freeway in san francisco blocking off guerror at dubos. >>> it's 5:26 now. a judge has appointed an attorney to represent former santa clara county supervisor george shirakawa jr. at taxpayer expense. he said he can't afford legal fees as he fights charges involving a phony campaign mailer. according to the "san jose mercury news" the attorney is one of the attorneys that handled his corruption. shirakawa re-signed in march after pleading guilty to corruption and misusing funds. the public defender's office couldn't take the case because of conflicts. >>> oracle is fighting new criticism that larry ellison makes too much money, who made $76.9 million last year. that's down from $96 million in the previous year. and oracle shareholders group has publi

are 80 it's out there m be racist, but clearly look at individuals and polics, business, sports, enttainment. myself, and i implo all freedoof americans to sta push back on this narrative. don't be afraid to be called a racist or a sellout, of the difft nes. if you believe in liberty and want to advance our country forward, i implore all americans to speak out. john: the stock to let the killing of trade on martin. the president said this could have been my son. it could have been his son. >> he injected himsf into this and made about a racial issue when, in fact, itad nothing to do wh race. hn: we don't kw that it had nothing to do about race >> the fbi investigation concludethat. zimmerman was not convicted. so clearly it was not about race. unfortunately early on we had people who promoted it as our p race. that is what domineered the headlines. john: and a producer at nbc -- surprise, surprise -- clearly had black victimhood in line -- in mind when he edited the nine month one call. here's thectual call. >> this guy looks lik he is up to no good or something. it is raining. he is just walking around looking about. >> okay. this guy, is t

sta starboard. >> 9:00 a.m., everyone's seated and it's wheels up. we are flying right into clouds and storms. it's a bumpy ride with lots of turbulence. >> everybody grab a seat, looksike there's some clouds coming up ahead. >> just took off an hour ago but scientists went right to work, all sorts of instruments that are doing some really incredible science. we have several missions today. one of the first things we're doing is flying over the gulf of mexico, measuring clouds and pollution. >> another thing that makes this flight different, the passengers are in charge. >> we would really like to go to the west of that. >> they tell crew where to go and at what altitude sometimes flying over several times. >> an air craift is steerable. we fly it manually, really get to know a microlevel over a broad area of ground of what's happening. >> we are flying right into clouds and storms. it's a bumpy ride with lots of turbulence. >> everybody grab a seat for the next couple of minutes. looks like clouds and fog coming up ahead. but if there's little puffy clouds around it it would be great to fly through those. >> the first person to gain our attention is principal invest

look at our debt over time. from for 150 years america had almost no debt. they rose during world war, came down after world war ii due sta980 it exploded. it went straight up. it is unsustainable. outside of this building the big graph i told america how much we spend per person every year. and most agreed that america has a spending problem. they want it cut. what would they cut? >> what would you cut? >> you can't cut education. >> we need to cut spending. >> what would you cut? >> can't cut healthcare i don't think. what shouldn't we cut? social security? >> no. >> i am not sure what else you can military and medical care. >> that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. the>> you can't answer it either? is>> helps me understand the viewpoint of all of those democrats that say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the brilliant bob beckel. i say he is brilliant you fight with four people on "the five" every day and often win all by yourself but you are not worried about this 17 trillion? >> i like you a lot. every time i hear you talk about this, that fear and pain in your face, i worry about you. the aefrnnsw

sta officials have suspende the home's day- caic. s a challenging and drama-filled week in our nation's cpitol... most recently with a man setting himself on fire. he's in critical condition this morning. he's a lookt the ene on the washington mall yester ve. thaw m ake a can of gasoline, dump it on his head, and then set himself on fire. a man who was running along the mall when it happened said he did not hear any reaming. "i saw a man sitting in fl. e had already doud hilfgane believe, i saw his gas can." several other joggers rushed to the man and took off their shirts to try to put out the flames. investigators aren't releasing the man's name at his time. they're not su why he did this... but say he may die from his juries. we hirn about the woman who sparked a deadly high- speed chase down pennsylvania avenue. miriam carey's sisters are speaking out... confirming she had post-partum depression and several other mental issues. they say carey waon reht pem b ct recently started a plan to taper her off the medicines. police say carey tried to ram her way through a gate near the hite house... and then led officers on a high-speed chase... they ultimately shot and killed her. rey's sisters sathe

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