i'm alison kosik innnew york.--end-----cnn.script----- oscar -winning actress halle berry injured! injured!the injury she recieved on a movie set... that sent her to the hosptial...and her condition no. now.after spending days in the dark... with mass power outages... one lawmaker says it's not the b-g-e or pepco's fault.who's he placing blame on and the action he's caling f. for. 3 the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they stick with you, all morning long. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. [ mini ] yee haw! a big breakfast in a little biscuit.

alison kosik has more on thh grrwing trend. 33 &p some pop-up ads are invading your privacy.the ads &e able to chaage the settings on your smartphones, your bookmarks, and evee take your contact informatioo, which can be sold o marketers. how does it happen? a study from lookout, a mobile security company, says thousands of smartphone apps are powered by rogue you download the app, you're - getting the advertisements too. not know it's happening because these aggressive ads can be haad to spot... sometimes they're in the form of a text message, an app them in users' notification -3 pars or home pages. it's not a huge problem...only 5-percent of free apps use an aggressive ad network.but it's becoming a biiger issue because the aaps in that 5-percent have been downloaddd over 80-million times. the rogue ads are typicalll found in personalization apps like wallpapers, asswell as comic, arcade, and entertainment apps. and like p-c pop-up ads, malicious ad--are on apps isnnt easy to get rid of.the damage ccn be reversed by deleting the app, but it's ooten haad to figure oot which app is t

i'm alison kosik in new york.- people are getting robbed at area a-t-m's... where it's happening... and what police are advising you to do. do.at this hour... poliie are searching for the armed and dangerous man who kidnapped mrs. ripken.how she got away and how you can help police track down him down. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i need all the help i can get. i tell them, "come straight to the table." i say, "it's breakfast time, not playtime." "there's fruit, milk and i'm putting a little nutella on your whole-wheat toast." funny, that last part gets through. [ male announcer ] serving nutella is quick and easy. its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. okay, plates in the sink, grab your backpacks -- [ male announcer ] nutella. breakfast never tasted this good.

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i'm alison kosik in new york. -----end----- cnn.script----- a woman fights and beats cancer...ce! twice!but now... she's battling a rare bacteria... where doctors believe... she got it. it.more problems with city speed cameras.how to know if you were wronfully ticketed... and when you could get a refund. and when you could get a refund. wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. extreme downpourswhat a maryland congressman says they mean tonight on fox 45 news at 95 at 395

as alison kosik explains... study shows just how bad it is. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- many people are still reeling from the great recession. and older americans, those over age 50, are getting hit hard. since the recession started in 2007, more than one-and-a-half million older homeowners have lost their homes to foreclosure. even worse, millions more appear to be headed down that same path. a new report from a-a-r-p says three-and-a-half million homeowners over 50 are underwaterr meaning they owe more on their mortgage than the home is worth. that's generally seen as a precursor to foreclosure. many people think older americans have been isolated from the housing crisis because they own their homes. but the reality is that older americans are carrying more mortgage debt than ever before. one reason the situation has the drop in home prices. home values have percent since mid-2006. also, one analyst says many older saddled with subprime loans, which came with low introductory interest rates that eventually

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. alison, market is down at the opening bell. >> yeah. market not happy about this report. even though it was kind of expected in some ways. yet it did fall short of expectations at the same time. you look at employers. they added only 80,000 jobs. so economists surveyed by cnn money were expecting 95,000. so even though the bar was set pretty low, and the number couldn't even meet that low bar. and that is why you are seeing that triple digit selloff went minutes of the opening bell. i talked with one analyst from the black bay group, and he says this is an economic recovery that really seems to be stuck in quick sand. it's kind of like feeling like deja vu of last summer. you remember that slowdown last year that eventually picked up in the fall. at least one economist tells us that's what we're seeing again. think about last year. we had rising gas prices. standard & poor's downgraded the u.s. the european debt crisis. and this year, the worry, yes, is still all about europe. but the slowdown and these economic figures right here at ho

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange and has been listening to a jpmorgan conference call this morning. alison, what have you heard? >> if you're totalling up the losses so far this year from those trading losses from the risky trades, what it adds up to is $5.8 billion. that's almost triple what was originally thought. but jamie dimon said they could get bigger by another $1.7 billion. keep in mind just because the trades were discovered and announced to everybody, you know, they can't just suddenly be stopped. so what has to happen is the bank still has to unwind some of the trades. many of which were very complex, and that takes time. but get this. even with the trading losses that were announced today, the bank still beat expectations, reporting a $5 billion profit in the second quarter. it's taken in $9.9 billion in total profit so far this year. also the bank says the chief investment office where the losses came from will no longer trade these complex derivatives. here is something that makes the announcement interesting. these releases normally come during a very short

alison kosik tells us...r. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- home values took a serious hit during the recession, but the worst may be over. home prices grew point-2-percent in the second quarter, compared to the same time last year. it may be a small increase, but this is the first positive move in five years. zillow, the real estate website that crunched the numbers says home prices seem to have hit bottom. that isn't a bad thing. the market needs to hit bottom before it can recover. but the growth isn't spread equally across the country. in most of the cities surveyed by zillow, prices have dropped over the past year. the biggest decline was in chicago, where the average home lost nearly six-percent of its value. but there are some big gains offsetting those losses, and skewing the overall number higher. for example, home prices in phoenix have grown twelve-percent. and in miami, prices are up more than 6- percent. but these are cities hit hardest by the housing crisis, so the bigger the hit, the bigger the r

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. alison, what is it? >> at a record low, 3.62%.t new low in the past 10, 11 weeks. i mentioned it's a good sign. it's actually a double-edged sword. mortgage rates obviously fall when the economy isn't doing well. the manufacturing sector is contracting. then you flip the coin over and it's actually a great time for people to buy a home when you see mortgage rates falling like this. but you have to remember, just because mortgage rates and home prices are low, don, it doesn't necessarily mean you can qualify for a loan. you know, banks are still very tight, very tight-fisted with giving out money, even to people who seem well qualified. it's still tough out there despite the falling mortgage rates. >> 3.62%. my goodness, that's really low. alison kosik, thank you. >>> i should tell you president obama is on his way to the rust belt states. that's ohio and pennsylvania. he boarded air force one just a few minutes ago. his two-day bus tour on ground force one begins in northern ohio with three scheduled campaign stops later today, an

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to fill us in on this story.his is incredible. >> here's what the government says that glaxosmithkline did, carol. the government saying that the company marketed a bunch of drugs off label. and when they talk about off label, that's when a pharmaceutical company markets the drug as a treatment for conditions that are different from what the fda has approved. what the government says glaxo did was market paxil to children, and wellbutrin as a weight loss drug. this comes out to be the biggest drug settlement in u.s. history. and there are a bunch of other popular drugs involved there too. these drugs that you see there weren't just marketed off label, carol, but also had kickbacks to doctors to prescribe a lot of these drugs. carol? >> have other companies been caught doing this type of thing before? >> surprise, surprise, it's more common than you'd think. merck, pfizer, all companies that have taken part in this kind of fraudulent markets. they also have to pay up pretty big as well. they had big fines. we talk

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us. good morning. >> good morning.oks like investors are feeling ok with what they heard today out of earnings out of this conference call that continues with ceo jamie dimon. stock right now of the jpmorgan chase shares are up almost 3%. yes, you're looking at the first chance for investors to react. look at how shares have done since the news came out about this big trading loss. shares have fallen 16%. but shares had a big run-up before hand, so when you look at the stock overall for the year, it's actually coming outho high for the year. the big number that everybody wanted to know was the exact dollar amount of the trading loss. and of course at $5.8 billion, yeah, that's an eye-popping number. but there's really been a sense that this release today was less about the number itself and more about jpmorgan chase restoring confidence to its investors and customers. ceo jamie dimon is saying that the traders involved in the loss could lose as much as two years of their income because they may have to actually give ba

alison kosik is live. so how cheap aree talking about?you know, first of all, i had to take a step back. cheaper airfares. when was the last time we heard about this? but these are pretty sizeable price drops, carol, depending on when you fly and where you're traveling to. farecompare is expecting prices to fall anywhere from 10% to 20%. we did some test searches this morning and we found out you can save a lot of money. say you take a round trip from newark to los angeles. it will cost you $533 if you travel between thursday through sunday. in mid august. but look at this. it drops almost $100 if you go in mid september instead. detroit to austin trip, that will save you $50 if you wait a few weeks. now some of these fares don't change at all from month to month. but in most cases what we found is there was at least a modest price decrease. very welcome news to a lot of people who need to fly this fall, especially since airfare prices had already gone up 8% over the past couple of years. >> very expensive. alison kosik live for us. >>> 1

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. thanks so much for that. catch them if you can.miles an hour weaving through traffic all while filming himself. now police in british columbia are trying to track him down. they think they know who this guy is 25-year-old randy george scott of victoria. this video has gone viral with a million hits on youtube. scott is facing charges that could have him braking being locked up for five years. >>> it's called the red light for a reason. look at this car speeding through right there red light in new jersey slamming into another car. spinning around and taking down a light pole as you saw right there. you're going to see it again. thankfully the driver made it out okay. police released this video as a way to remind drivers that stopping at a red light is a matter of life and death. >>> stopping the drug war. well, it's hard thanks in part to the hundreds of small tunnels that are hand dug under the u.s./mexican border. now, our cameras take you inside one passageway that is being called the most sophisticated. here's cnn's casey wian.

here's our alison kosik. >> hi, ashley, first harry potter then "twilight.". but this craze is not for kids. hotels across the country are starting to offer packages based on the massively popular and scandalous book by e.l. james. personality hotel says it's calling all women to take charge and be the driver's seat offering 50 shades of women package at three of its locations. and for $369 the package includes deluxe accommodations, black satin scarf. we can safely say the feathers are not for dusting. at the hotel max in seattle, you can get a 50 shades of seattle package starting at $1,669. that includes chauffeured town car service, a helicopter tour of the city and a sailing excursion among other indulgences of course. and at portland's heathman hotel, it depends on if you're traveling with a budget. the inner goddess addition includes $40 and a bottle of wine. if you're willing to shell out more, you get appetizers and wine for six people, limo transfers and another helicopter ride. it's no surprise these hotels are trying to cash-in. all three of the 5

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innits test phase and ii available to some all facebook users here in the u-s later this week.i'm alison kosiknew york. a new study suggests huuans release what is knownn using things ike facebook ann r twitter a researcher foond that humans release the hormone oxytocin ... while ccmmuniccting through social media websites,,instant and text messaging. and that "hormonal high" can haapen within seconns. coming up... harsh words.. from harry reid. reid.reid says: "...i think theyyshould take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile aad burn them what he says is so offensive about team u-s-aas olympic unif. uniforms. bth 7/12 - threats 3from abovewhen a journalist the obama administration reported a drone buzzed his challed up to mere coincidence. but consiier thhs. more than 60 u.s. military bases havee been designattd for drooe use. &p presumably, for use overseas. homeeand security has approved the use of dronee in the u.s. it's spendinn money to accelerate adoption by domestii agencies. which ageecies and here? they're not saying. repootedly, more than 250 perrits have been issued for domessi

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange, but alison, before we get into chrysler's increased profitsing on the auto bailout today. why? >> yeah. and with this hearing, carol, that's happening in washington this morning, it really is bringing back tough memories for a lot of people. have you to remember delphi was general motors' biggest supplier toe the big issue is how pensions were treated between delphi's hourly and sal read workers as the industry was falling to pieces. now when delphi went bankrupt back in 2009, it terminated the pensions of 70,000 workers, and the government wound up stepping in to refund a majority of those plans, but the big problem with this, according to "the detroit news," is that gm itself took over the pensions of most of delphi's hourly workers. now, many hourly workers are in the uaw union. as you know, this union is a huge force in the industry which gm negotiates its contracts with. now salaried employees didn't get the same treatment and salaried workers say they are not getting as much money as they should be. lawmakers have a lot of questions. the

i'm alison kosik in new york. -----end----- cnn.script----- ever seen a pair of ... kissing fish?you have now.find out why these fish had the urge.. to smooch. bth - runaway agencysince it began ten years ago, the 65,000 employees of the transportation security employees of the transportation security agency have not caught one terrorist. not one. ever. though more than 25,000 security breaches have occurred on its watch. however tsa agents have stolen passengers' valuables, committed rape, groped women, humiliated breast cancer survivors, strip-searched infants, bullied the elderly, fondled genitals, harassed breast-feeding mothers, made fun of the disabled, and disassembled prosthetic devices on wounded military. they've made flying america's worst travel experience.then there are real potential threats. in 2010, tsa and the immigration and customs enforcement agency allowed 25 illegal aliens to take lessons at a commercial flight school. just like the 9/11 hijackers did. and the flight school is owned by an illegal alien. perhaps the original intention of tsa was to secure airl

. >> alison kosik is in for christine romans this morning.kline is paying a $3 billion fine. >> for fraudulently marketing nine drugs off label between the 1990s and 2007. and when we talk about marketing off-label. what they say is that's when a pharmaceutical company markets the drug as a treatment for conditions different from what the fda has approved. when you break down that fine, you look at $1 billion of that, that goes to settling the criminal wrong doing, $2 billion of it covers the civil liabilities. here's what the government said they did. said it marketed paxil to children. abuterin was marketed as a weight loss drug, and it's an antidepressant. there are lots of other popular drugs involved. you can take a look here including advair, imitrex. these were not just for marketing off-label. but the company's accused of paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe the drugs. we talked to some people and they were surprised about this. >> i would say at the very least, yeah. >> take a listen to what they had to say. >> i didn't realize d

alison kosik is live for us. all right, what is wall street looking for?tion, brooke, is that facebook will report revenue in the april through june quarter of about $1 billion. yeah, it sounds like a lot, but it's really not considering that facebook has 900 million users. i know you're on facebook, as an individual user, you're worth an average of a buck and change to the company. after the bell today facebook will report earnings any time after the closing bell. but look how the stock has performed since it went public in may, the stock is down 25%. and wait for facebook to report watching shares drop more than 8%. really not seeing the optimism coming from investors as we wait on the edge of our seats for this report, brooke. >> yes, we are. a buck and some change. alison kosik, thank you so much. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. wolf blitzer live in aspen. "the situation room" begins now. >> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, he's the man who planned the raid that killed osama bin laden. for the first time he's speaking publicly and

alison kosik, what is the fed saying about this today?ning this was four years ago when the new york federal reserve began asking barclays about how it submitted its suggestle libor rates. it was four years ago when they began asking these questions. we're just learning about this now. congress believes this regional branch of the fed knew something was fishy but didn't take any action at the time. it may have been distracked with the financial cries. the new york fed came out with a statement saying it received occasional anecdotal reports from barclays about libor and how to reform libor. this month on capitol hill lawmakers will be asking a lot of questions and demanding answers. >> i'm sure we'll be watching for those questions and answers. in the meantime, this whole idea of banks manipulate willing interest rates is a worrisome, a very worrisome prospect. it sounds like they were manipulating the rates downward. so -- >> yeah, exactly. >> why? what's the impact on consumers by doing that? >> that was a big part of it. let's back up

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. why do i feel so empty right now?use you're as guilty of it as i am. and you know what i think it may be? it may be kind of a reflection of the times we're living in. you know, since the recession, companies have cut their head counts and they're squeezing more work out of the people who they do have, so, you know, no surprise, there's a survey out from a web security firm called good technologies saying a big majority of us, about 80%, we continue working even though we've left the office. the survey finds that we're putting in an extra 45 days a year and we're not getting a penny for it. most say they do it to stay organized and others say we don't have a choice because their customers deserve responses, and others are just kind of addicted. they find it hard to push that off button. but some are saying it's so common, it's a complete nonissue with their significant others. it's an everyday thing. not such a big deal anymore. >> more than 80% of us apparently okay with continuing to work after we've left the office.

in new york, i'm alison kosik. >> the money is really just one aspect of the church's reach.ur we'll explore some of the myths and the misconceptions. are aliens really part of their history? we'll answer that next hour. >>> checking stories now cross country for you. in dallas, police arrested two gay men for protesting the state's ban on same-sex marriage. the two applied for a marriage license knowing, of course, that they'd be denied. then they handcuffed themselves together and sat on the floor, refusing to move. police charged them with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. >>> if nothing else, thomas daigle of milford, massachusetts, is a man of his word. listen to this. he said that he would make his final mortgage payment in pennies, and he did, 62,000 of them weighing 800 pounds, but he did give the bank staff some advanced notice. it took them two days to unroll the pennies that he collected for the past 35 years. he's been a customer of the bank since he opened a savings account at 10. >>> and imagine a driver's surprise when he found an iguana in his car as he left w

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alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to explain. good morning. >> good morning, carol.cebook is teaming up with researchers at yale, at columbia, and berkeley to come up with the changes. this was presented by the way yesterday during its compassion research day. what this is about is how kids can report inappropriate content. the change is specifically targeted for those 13-year-old and 14-year-olds who are the youngest age that the site actually allows. and if they see anything mean or threatening, anything posted like this, they can now click something that says, this post is a problem. that actual phrase replaces the old, quote, report button which was kind of seen as too formal and a little cold. once they click that new button, they are taken through a series of casually worded questions to help the child sort through emotions and determine how serious the problem is. and after that, they get a list of suggestions either to send a message to the person who made the post or get help from an adult. it's also -- they are also given links to help anyone who may be fee

do you do that, alison kosik?ll, it is not only about being addicted to the devices, but it is feeling more and more pressure of being available to the bosses. so it is a reflection of the times and companies have reduced the head count and squeezing more work out the people they do have, so a new survey from a web security firm called good technology and found out that a good majority of people, about 80% of us continue to work even though we have left the office. survey finds that we are putting in an extra 45 days a year, and guess what, we are not getting paid for it. most want to stay organize and feel they don't have a choice because the customers are demanding quick responses and some, yes, some are addicted and they find it hard to switch that off button and here is the thing, suzanne. listen to this. this is so common that a lot of people say it is a complete nonissue with their significant others. so they don't care. keep on working. keep on working. >> everybody is so used to it by now, and how much mon

let's bring in alison kosik. lison, what are they fighting about. >> >> what this boils down to is who copied who and who invented what? this is being called the patent trial of the century. apple is saying you copied the iphone and ipad and samsung says its designs were too much like apple's. apple is asking for $2.5 billion in sales damage and loss profits. that's apple's side. samsung says the inspiration came from sony's plan for its smartphones. samsung says apple wants the stifle competition and limit consumer choice. this case is interesting because it made the inner workings public. you can bet the information flow is only beginning. >> the patent trial of the century. thank you. dan, you're in san jose. i know people are saying what does this mean? what would an apple victory mean for me? >> apple wants to discontinue products that infringe on their copyrights. they don't want the products sold in stores. it's interesting that apple went after samsung. they didn't go after google. they believe if you take

alison kosik, i have interviewed her before and i remember one of the funniest things she ever told meen she goes on a date, she likes to go to the buffet. can you hear me? >> reporter: nice. talking about the women. the women's championship is going on right now. they're shoving as many of these as they can into their mouth. thing they're three minutes right now into the contest. the goal of this thing, of course, is to see who can eat the most hot dogs in ten minutes. the woman to win is sonya "the black widow" thomas. as you said she downed 41 hot dogs at one point. that's her record. she's trying to beat it today. of course, in about a half hour the men are going to take the stage and the favored to win there is joey chestnut. he downed 68 hot dogs. he's trying to beat his record as well. says he's prepared for this because he hasn't eat about solid food for three days. there is a technique for this. they go ahead and split the hot dog in half. they also have to eat the buns -- split the buns in half and dip them in water. do you want to come and join us? >> you're making me very h

we will feel the effects of the grocery bills and alison kosik is joining us. where do we expect to see the higher prices? >> well, at the meat counter and dairy. because corn that is affected by the drought is going to the feed to feed the chicken and the pig and if it is more expensive to feed them, it is going to roll downhill that the food coming from the animals is going to cost more. that means that the average cost of beef which rang up at $4.35 a pound last year, could jump more than .40 this year, but remember, it would not happen overnight, and maybe we would see this sort of happen maybe at the end of this year, and fwe gining of next year, and it is, suzanne, the farmers who will feel the impact more than the average consumer. one of the analysts at bank of america says outside of produck is shun and the pop that we may see, it is not going to affect the broader economy. and this is interesting comparison, because listen to. this compare a spike in corn prices to oil. when we see the oil prices go up, we see the gas prices go up, bang, almost immedi

alison kosik is joining us from the new york stock exchange and apple missed the earnings target, but some solid earnings report are push iing the dow higher today. begin with apple. >> okay. so with apple, fredricka, it is all about the expectations, and usually apple just blows it out of the water, and i'm talking about the earnings, but this time around the company's earnings came in worse than expect expected. one of the problems for apple, it only, and i is a i this lightly only sold 26 million iphones and sound likes a lot, but it is a big drop from the previous quarter and what analysts think is happening here is that the consumers are waiting for the next model of the iphone to come out before they buy the new one so what happened according to the analysts is that they held off buying the old iphone and that hurt the company. apple shares are hurting, too, down 4%. fredricka. >> all right. we are also hearing about problems in europe affecting companies right here in the u.s., and what evidence are we soog that it is an earnings? >> yeah, ford is definitely one of the companie

we'll have more on what is taking place in the stock market with our own alison kosik in our domestic hour. >>> welcome back to cnn international. the fight for human rites and democracy in cuba, now suffering a painful blow. one of the country's most, he was leader of the christian liberation movement. patrick first of all, explain his work, a fight for a peaceful democratic change in cuba. >> reporter: that's right, suzanne. oswaldo paya was buried this morning surrounded by hundreds of friends, family members. his was -- he criticized the government, but also talked about reconciliation, dialogue and forgiveness, perhaps best known for a signature campaign to try to force chain from within cuba's socialist sim, gathering thousands of signatures. he said his brother acted and lived not in fear or hate of the government he so criticized. >> tell us about the circumstances surrounding his death. i know family members are speaking out. they certainly don't have the same kind of account that the government does. basically oswaldo paya was traveling with another dissent and two european

alison kosik is in the thick of things on coney island. ting started. can you hear how loud it is? the introductions are starting for the women. you see on the stage there, that's where they'll be scarving down their hot dogs there. the women are being introduced. three hours to go before the competition started. and you talked about joey chestnut at the beginning. it's about him and sonia thomas. she is the other contender on the women's side. she downed 41 hot dogs last year. he downed 68. they'll try and hold that or at least hold it and maybe even beat it. joey chestnut says he's ready for the rumble. >> i feel pretty good. i'm loose. empty. i haven't eaten solid food in about three days, and i feel really good. hopefully it's not too hot. i'll be sweating like a madman. as long as i can find my rhythm early on. >> reporter: ok. so we've got the hot dogs here. i'm going to go ahead and show you, brooke, how they go ahead and down so many hot dogs in 10 minutes. christine is going to hold my mic. i have a hot dog here. they take it out,