amanda, good to see both of you, mark, pardon me, but it's a pleasure to see amanda back on the show. amanda, nancy pelosi backed off, but it wasn't quite the read my lips no new gulfstream. >> i think it's interesting that the democrat in the senate, mchaskell sticking out her neck saying she was prepared to find a way to cut it with guys like john mccain, jack reid. so there was a bipartisan coalition in the senate who were saying that we are prepared to cut this out. and if you remember a few months ago, evan bye was going to lead a coalition of democrats to try to hold the president in on spending. so i think that effort didn't go anywhere, but there is still rumblings of it there. maybe we'll see some more efforts like that coming out of that chamber. >> mark walsh, i don't need a leading question, but i think you're going to agree with me. wasn't this a monumental blunder by the speaker for all of the airplanes, but where do we go from here? because the issue is not off the table. we're still talking about four planes. why not use jet blow? read my lips, favors come in 50, right

amanda implicated this guy and turned out he was totally innocent.k at these over the years and we've learned if you lie about little things, do you lie about the big things? and that's something else the jurors have to consider. >> in your mind, is there enough physical evidence too convict amanda and/or raphael and if not the circumstantial evidence, when you put it altogether, how are you reading it? >> yeah. i think between the physical evidence, depending how you interpret it, realize there's always experts on both sides, i think the circumstantial evidence the demeanor of the subjects, i think the stories they've told, if the jury goes in there saying, let's get these two, let's punish them, i think there may be enough there for them to find a verdict of guilt. but if they go in with, say the american standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, i think there's, at this point, reason to doubt. so alex, you know, i wouldn't bet on the verdict of this jury because i think it could go either way. and it may be based upon what the jury, realize unl

amanda. amanda, tanya, please, amanda, that means tanya, tanya, go. . >> i was going to point to a good point amanda made before she started bash iing democrats not about profits, but something they think is distasteful about goldman. whether or not they think it is distasteful is a bigger shoochlt the bottom line is main street does that feel the bailout is working for them. >> amanda, i apologize to you for raising my voice because i kind of like you. thanks very much, guys, it is entirely about demonizing goldman's profits, we are taking off like a rocket man, bulls and bears as markets defy a sell-off after this great run-up, get on board, with me, dennis kneale. back in two minutes. he ran off with his secretary! she's 23 years old! - oh, come on. - enough! you get half. and you get half. ( chirp ) team three, boathouse? ( chirp ) oh yeah. his and hers. - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion? - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp )

. >>> right now, the trial of amanda knox is on i a long summer break.not back in session until september, new questions being raised how that trial was conducted. joining me live is clint van zandt. a former fbi profiler, also an msnbc analyst. and also spent time over there in p peruse shah, talking with players in the investigate. with that being said, welcome back to you, wit the prosecution and the defense having rested their cases now if you could counsel them, what would you have them focus on when they come back in september for respective closing arguments? >> well, they've got a couple of tough things. number one, they've got to deal with physical evidence, does for example the mixed blood in the bathroom that supposedly amanda knox's and mer dit kercher's, the victiming dug that amanda was at the crime scene at the time? the blood was there that morning the time of the murder. there are many inconsistencies that both sides have to deal with. you know, it's like the o.j. simpson glove or other things like this. things are going to have to be ex

amanda virkus was taken to shock trauma where she was treated for minors injuries and released. michael phelps refused treatment at the scene. his coach spoke to lowell melser today and said phelps was shaken, but not hurt. >> there was a fender bender, and we were concerned depor everyone's health and glad everyone came out ok. >> police say phelps was cooperative with the investigation, even telling officers on the scene that he drank a beer about an hour and 15 minutes before the crash. police said he showed no signs of being drunk and there was no need for a field sobriety test. it wasn't until further investigation officers realized they would have to cite phelps as well. >> police say phelps was driving without a license and failed to establish residency in maryland within a year of coming back. >> he's been overseas a lot. it could be an oversight. the -- >> the citations carried no fines, but he will have to go before a judge. >> i think mentally he's a little shaken, but he's fine. >> police say the other driver, amanda virkus, will be fined with failure to observe a tr

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the driver of that car, amanda virkus, ran a red light. >> he had nothing to do with the cause of the accident. it was the other driver running a red light and striking his car. >> amanda virkus was taken to shock trauma where she was treated for minor injuries and released. phelps refused medical treatment at the scene. his swim coach spoke exclusively to 11 news reporter lowell melser today and said he was shaken but not hurt. >> it was a fender bender essentially. we were concerned for everybody everyone's health and glad everyone came out ok. >> police say phelps was cooperative on the scompeen. even saying he drank a beer an hour and 15 minutes before the crash. police say he showed no signs of being drunk. it wasn't until further investigation officers realized they would have to cite phelps as well. >> it took phone calls to the d.m.v. up in michigan to realize this. >> police say phelps failed to establish residency in maryland. >> he thravels travels a lot. he has been overseas a lot. it could be an oversight. >> the citations carry no fines, but phelps will have to go before

it could be amanda's or it could be meredith's, the victims. but maybe not.defense offers up various reasons, if it is the dna, why it's there in the first place. alex, my whole thing, not withstanding the physical evidence, goes right back to amanda knox, the american, raphael her boyfriend, why did they tell so many lies? why did amanda pick out her boss and try to throw him under the bus and make him look like the guy who did it. she said she was in the apartment when he killed her roommate and then she said, oh, i take it back. well, is that because, you know, she was doing so much hashish that she didn't know the truth? or was she lying to cover herself up? that's something that's going to be a challenge for the jury. all of the lies that she's told. >> okay. clint van zandt, thank you very much, clint. >> thanks, alex. >> it is a presidential powwow. what are the issues the obama cabinet maying dealing with at today's retreat? my boys are weighing in on that next here on msnbc. today there's a way to save more for retirement, with annuiti from fidelity.

also with us, amanda carpenter reporter and blogger for t"the washington times". amanda, you first.ulus helps. your view? >> i think he's making statement that's are very hard to quantify. underneath all his rhetoric about the great depression is his basic argument that because the economy hasn't -- stopped contracting as fast, that is somehow recovery. i don't think it s it's not even clear we're bottoming out or stabilizing. so the -- >> amanda, he's not saying we're in a recovery. he said the stimulus prevented a second great depression. >> right. but what i'm saying is that the premises, because things aren't getting as bad as fast as they were, that somehow things are better. and a lot of other people are taking that as a sign of recovery. i think they're being -- not -- they're going way too fast about that. unemployment is still up. we've taken a massive gamble, a $787 billion. and we're not on our way to recovery yet. i mean we were promised three million jobs to create that and it hasn't happened. >> all right, your view? >> i do think that there are different ways to measu

amanda alaska man was in soccer practice when they got sick. >> all of a sudden i saw 12 guys on their knees throwing up. i saw a couple throw up. then all of the ambulances came. >> reporter: 12 players were taken to the hospital. >> we have received starting at about 6 p.m. this evening five young men from kent island high school. all are in fair condition. >> reporter: other players were kept inside the school for observation. the soccer coach says the heat could have been the culprit. >> this week it's been humid. i don't know what they are doing at home if they are rehydrating. we tell the kids to make sure they get plenty of fluids. >> parents weren't sure what to think. >> it's concerning. when you don't know what it is, it's scary. we don't know any information right now. >> reporter: at last check, the police and fire departments are still saying that it appears to have been heat exhaustion. we'll keep you posted in the event that something changes. i'm pat warren. >> thank you. >>> another medical emergency back here in baltimore as 10 people were hospitalized following a car

amanda? >> isn't it great to finish on a note like this on a friday? but it wasn't just those three indices, michelle, we also saw crude prices at year highs, as well. and if we take a look at the weekly test to see the kind of gains over the course of the week. and remember, we started off on a really weak and shaky note. a lot of what was going on over in china, over the course of the week, the dow ended up 2%, the s&p 500 up 2.2%, and the nasdaq up 8% over the course of the week. why were we higher? well, stocks were higher out of the gate. after a now 6% gain in two sessions in china, i have to imagine that some people are starting to think maybe there's concerns are a little bit overblown about china. that helped the sentiment on stocks out of the gate. and wham, we got a really good reading coming out of the housing market with a dramatic rise in existing home sales for the month of july. so maybe people are starting to think, you know, after three years of a shaky housing market, things are starting to see stabilization here. and then just to gi

amanda? >> well, i think this probably comes from the fact that again north korea made highly inflammatory remarks towards secretary clinton and they did get a former president to go visit them and try to smooth things over. i didn't expect the political debate to start over this as quickly, but as we can see, it has. you're probably going to see more of that. >> yeah. maybe criticism -- i was going to make a appointment. maybe criticism of a former president never stops at the water's edge. we have to take a break. we'll come right back. a fascinating story that continues to develop. we'll continue to follow it here on msnbc on "the big picture. ♪ [ female announcer ] arthritis targets your body where it's weak. where it's vulnerable. ♪ tylenol arthris works with your body to block the pain, without interfering with certain high blood pressure medicines like aleve sometimes can. ♪ so you don't just feel better, you feel better knowing doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pa

amanda, we've seen more of these outbursts at town hall meetings this weekend. hard to imagine any of the differences over health care, given the tenor or tone, the volume, can be addressed with all this noise. whose responsibility is it to help turn down the volume? >> i think ultimately the mem bier of congress holding this meeting has to find a way to find some kind of control over these meetings. i think it is a practical idea to require some photo i.d. to make sure kwaebts are gconstitu first seats. these idea of these prestring questions at conference calls some members are resorting to. once they're in there they want a fair shot. making sure they're talking to constituents i think is a practical measure. >> adam, there are democrats out there trying to dismiss these angry crowds. is that fair? are there some legitimate issues that need to be brought up from the conservative perspective? >> i think there are actually two problems going in here. one, amanda's idea is being implemented. they're beginning to have photo i.d.s required. this past week there wa

we will go to julia, keith boykin, amanda carpenter. they changed the lineup on me. keith boykin, start us off. we just heard congressman sestak say, no, this is not some republican orchestrated backlash, people are truly concerned. why don't you liberal dems start over and rifle in on the 15 million unemployed people who can't get. >> it you have sarah palin making up distortions and lies about death panels that don't exist. you have this guy at the town hall meeting talking about get your government hands off my medicare not even realizing medicare is a government program and people carrying guns and shouting matches in town hall meetings, you can't have a serious discussion in this context. what's astounding about the two members of congress both have government insurance. they have the option to choose among government or public provider, why can't the american people have the same thing members of congresses. >> unfortunately the plan is so bad even the congressman voting for it don't want to be represented in it. go ahead, greg. >> they don't want it. the peopl

for "teen kids news," i'm amanda. >>> to protect your teeth, watch out for popcorn.ne man broke a tooth when he bit into an unpopped kernel at the movies. he tried to sue the movie theater, but the judge said unpopped kernels are to be expected. so let the biter beware. >> corny, mwanzaa, corny. just ahead, teens take action to make their school go green. >> we'll show you how they did it. >>> it takes a lot of energy to save energy, but tyler has the story of some teens who really have what it takes. >> reporter: one thing you notice right away about the collegiate school is that there are no girls here. what you might not notice is that in addition to being an all-boy school, it's on its way to being an all-green school, too. >> scope 1, which is the amount of pollution that we produce here, at the school itself, is the biggest component. that's 74% of our carbon footprint. >> reporter: when these guys were sophomores, they formed a club called cenic. >> well, cenic stands for collegiate with the environment naturally in check. so, our school is called collegiate a

amanda, i'm not surprised.ot surprised that matthew took it there because she is obviously resonating with americans. you know, on this issue. you don't have to agree with her on everything. she is resonating on. this i think it's amazing that she can get people talk about death panels and health care and really democrats really didn't pay attention to what she thought and just dismissed her as a failed vice presidential candidate and former governor. i mean, she wouldn't have this influence. what is really interesting about what sarah palin is doing is that she is talking directly to the public through facebook. i mean, this is pretty innovative move for a leading republican like her not to go -- not to use pr spin. i mean. >> where no one can ask her any questions because she can't answer them. >> if you want to see someone who is genuine who talks about what she wants to talk about. who isn't doing all the pr spin. it's sarah palin. >> she is genuine. >> people don't like to inject that into the public debat

amanda, what should we expect?>> i've been working with things and basically the bottom line is it's difficult to tell what shanghai is going to do. number one, we do not have the same kind of indications to the traders' futures to the extent we do here in the u.s. number two, you hit the nail on the head when you say the chinese market is not as mature as the one you've got here in the united states or in other countries. and this you know is sentiment driven, very volatile. and basically driven by retail investors who are very sentimental, who very quickly pull out. they're going to lose their money. because, remember, they have been burned before. a lot of people, students, moms, dads, grandpas, lost their life savings in the stock market. they've been burned. they won't risk it again. >> you bring up a great point. it's a socially entwined market, do you get the sense that people are going to think that the government is rigging this market? it's an accusation. i don't think they're doing that. what i would say

cnbc asia's amanda drury joins us on set to help us with this trade. so, is it true, can the u.s.ecover without china in any way? >> well, i think it's going to be very hard for you boys to get a grip on this, but actually, all roads do not lead to wall street. increasingly, yes -- >> what is that? i can't believe what i'm hearing! >> she speaks in tongues. >> i'm speaking australian. anyway, let me explain it in english. increasingly, it seems as if all roads are leading to and from shanghai, because obviously, economic power is gradually also shifting over to the east, and the crisis has sped this up, right? people are now arguing, if you look over the last two years, the shanghai market has actually been quite a reliable global indicator, a leading indicator as to what's going to happen with worldwide stocks. >> stock market as opposed to the economy. >> absolutely. stock market. >> even though it's an immature market that doesn't have a lot of the efficiencies -- >> even though it's an immature market that doesn't quite function exactly the same way as say the market here. for

to "washington times" reporter amanda carpenter. what is going on here?> they decided they were going to spend $13 billion to give one-time payments that went out to anybody who was receiving benefits from social security, veterans affairs, where the retirement of the railroad. so if you were receiving those benefits, you got the 250 dollar check, and there were a lot of people who went to jail after those checks went out in may, and there are about 4000 convicts that got checks, and most of them are legitimate. the social security administration says over 2000 of those people are entitled to those checks. there are about 1700 who were not supposed to get the checks, who were in jail during that time period, and they will have to find a way to get it back. that is a small error rate, but this is the kind of things you see when you m&a billions of dollars in free money. neil: -- when you hand out billions of dollars in free money. neil: you are right. it is a small error rate, but now we sent money to dead people, and now the money is going to convicts. th

. >> it's amanda bins. >> i'm sorry. >> levi, you know it's amanda bins. when she walked by in a tight dress, you talked about how i had a different body. >> that's true. >> levi, we practiced this. this is completely off the cuff. how dare you. here is lehtinen meister from "gossip girl." which i think you should make a guest appearance on. i really do. here is chase crawford who is not as hot as you are. here's my favorite. this is noah cyrus. she's one of the cyruss. but she's a little boy with a boy's name who had an ark. can you make sense of this, levi? >> i can't, no. >> would you say you had to act as my bodyguard for a moment when billy ray cyrus was giving me the evil eye? >> i thought we were going to get into that for a minute. >> who would win in that one? >> only on, now. >> here he is now. >> that's him. >> he better look out. you're coming after him. could we talk about miley cyrus' performance? miley cyrus was at the teen choice awards. she comes out in the set of the trailer which is clearly her own home they drove out there. she comes ou

amanda joins us with the rundown on today's action. >> hi. more like down then up day.we started out on a pretty rocky note after we saw shanghai. and we got a bullish report on crude stocks and pushed the energy big boy names like exxonmobil and chevron by the upside. by the end of the day, we had the three indices closing in positive territory. we saw a big increase in the price of crude, about three bucks a barrel. we saw a big drop in inventories. we saw on the pharmaceutical side drug manufacturer merck was the top gain that is right took the ding-ding ding today after the government upheld a patent for merck on the allergy drug. and pfizer was up. farm equipment was up, expected to barely break even in the fourth quarter. today was a red letter day for google. not quite happy birthday, more like happy anniversary, fifth anniversary for google because at this time five years ago, it ipo'd. guess how much it was back then? 85 bucks a share. even then some people thought it was too expensive to buy. look at it now. it's now sitting at 448. it gained 350%. >> amanda

amanda needs lighting. and i notice that if you -- i thought about under cabinet lighting.. they start at $18 for a three-light set. i prefer l.e.d. over fluorescent. not -- people just don't look good in fluorescent. i do and you do. but most people don't. >> maybe you do. >> i look good in any light. >> glad we have that out there. and very clear. >> only black lighting. >> we're glad you're back. thanks for being here. "flipping out" season three premieres tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central time on bravo. coming up next, the secrets to the flat belly diet. it's never too early to start saving up for christmas. get your christmas club card and use it... to start saving up now... and we'll add a 3% bonus to your card -- just in time to shop for christmas! yes, the christmas bonus is back! one more way to shop your way, only at kmart and sears. cash for clunkers is available at your chevy dealer. with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. if your clunker qualifies to be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for t

joining me now, amanda moore, and michelle cottle, senior editor of the new republic. is calling the president a racist simply out of bounds? >> yes. >> and yet, there doesn't seem to be any great uproar about it. >> i don't know. that's the part that surprises me a little. but there's a lot -- i guess it would be funny if it weren't so, and here's a word we've heard a lot of lately, stupid. here is a man who has a white mother. here's a man who was raised by two white grandparents, who obviously adored him and who he adores. here's a man at so-called white culture than glenn beck is, and yet we have to hear this kind of commentary. it's quite remarkable. the only thing i would say about this, there's a long history of people towards african-americans. i was reminded in 1851, there was a doctor named samuel cart wright who coined a term to describe what he was called a syndrome of runaway slave who is ran away from abuse i have treatment. he said this was a mental illness. it was part of this long tradition of trying to path ol eyes people who speak up on their own beh

. >> amanda gutierrez? >> reporter: you're looking at the second-busiest emergency room in the state. they treat over 100,000 patients a year. but here's the thing, according to dr. niels rathlev, who runs the e.r., a quarter of them don't need his services. >> the way i would phrase it is to say i think that alternative sites of care that would be more appropriate. >> reporter: he means a primary care doctor's office. >> the majority of patients who are frequent utilizers at the emergency department actually have insurance, they have a primary care physician, but they choose to come to the e.d. because they don't have access. >> reporter: like kenneth mills who's in pain from a bowling injury. >> i want to call my doctor this morning but i wouldn't be able to get into see him. >> reporter: mills is bruised, not broken and could have easily been treated outside the emergency room. are you sort of surprised you had to come to the emergency room to take care of something like this? >> i wish i had a primary d

the other driver is 28-year-old amanda birkiss. she will be fined $180 and get three points on her license for running that red light. >>> a brazen escape in howard county leaves a sheriff's deputy injured and a 20-year- old prisoner on the loose. the family of devin champagne says they called police after he showed up at their home that happened not too long after he attacked a sheriff's deputy and got loose while being transported to the howard county detention center. a jury had just convicted champagne of felony theft. he was looking at a lengthy prison sentence when he made a break for it. >> he had shackles on his feet and handcuffs behind him. somehow the suspect managed to turn around and take the handcuffs and put them in front. at that time he put the handcuffs around the deputy's neck and attempted to strangle him. >> champagne is considered dangerous. if you see him, police are asking you towel 911 immediately. >>> the shooting of a well- known community activist in cherry hill has rallied the community. terry owens was

laura: joining us is amanda carpenter, a reporter for "the washington times" and one of our fox newshinking, abc, nbc, the networks, and everyone is out there. they want to make money. you have that2show, how to i want to find at how to survive, obama care. >> that does not seem a little bit bipartisan to you? i like someç debate. çmendes' have a longstanding policy that prohibits them from running -- they have a longstanding policy that prohibits them fromçç runnings type of advertisement. you know what? it does not bother me if they want to run it, but you cannot claim they are being singled out. that is just not true. laura: it is true that they have rejc]edç liberal advertisements at times, as well. >> i think we can all agree this is a controversial topic, so i think we have to look at what makes it a partisan. they have obama, and then they p @ they are not act it -- asking for people who support or oppose the legislation. the a.t.c. standards, it is very hard to figure outçç what it - hard to figure out, and on the case by case basis, they open themselves up to critici

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. >> amanda rights, it's not enough to tell parents to keep their kids at all.he parents' employers need to be willing and make it now that they can have time to care for their children. we need to work together on this to keep children better six out of schools to prevent the spread of h1n1. we will have your answers on the front page of our website wbaltv.com. today simon cowell will be on 0 ," -- will be on "oprah." meet the four women he is calling the next big thing. that's at 4:00 today. today we will have a live report on the dangerous wild fire spreading across southern california. also, joe jackson speaks out for the first time since his son michael's death was ruled a homicide. that is on "today. also, attracting a killer. new details inside the craigslist murder case and what his former fiancee says. all that and how not to get sick. we've been talking about h1n1 all morning. find out what you can do to beat it before it strikes. that is coming up next on a "today." >> it is 63 degrees on tv hill. >> another look at the traffic and weather before you

amanda knox out with 600 bills in his socks. -- a man walks out with $600 in his socks, a victim of totalmnesia, and since then, doctors and authorities have been trying to unravel the mystery, but it has not been easy. it is clear he is educated anv well traveled,ç but the man dos not have any remembrances of his life, but now, the mystery may be solved. who is this guy, dan? >> he had some well pleated pants and a blazer and, as you mentioned, $600 tucked in his socks. he told doctors and police in seattle that he had no idea who he was, but he knew bits and pieces of his life, like how to get to the paris museums and things like that. he seems also to remember having a 24-year-old wife, but other than that, he was a blank slate. some readers in the newspaper came forward and said, "ah, we know the guy," and he apparently graduated from tucson, ariz., schools all over the world, teaching in some places, and one person that came forward took a class from him in china. he took a class from him. he is a culinary expert. apparently at one time, he was a famous chef back in new york. now we

laura: joining us is amanda carpenter, a reporter for "the washington times" and one of our fox newshinking, abc, nbc, the networks, and everyone is out there. they want to make money. you have that2show, how to i want to find at how to survive, obama care. >> that does not seem a little bit bipartisan to you? i like someç debate. çmendes' have a longstanding policy that prohibits them from running -- they have a longstanding policy that prohibits them fromçç runnings type of advertisement. you know what? it does not bother me if they want to run it, but you cannot claim they are being singled out. that is just not true. laura: it is true that they have rejc]edç liberal advertisements at times, as well. >> i think we can all agree this is a controversial topic, so i think we have to look at what makes it a partisan. they have obama, and then they p @ they are not act it -- asking for people who support or oppose the legislation. the a.t.c. standards, it is very hard to figure outçç what it - hard to figure out, and on the case by case basis, they open themselves up to critici

the other driver, amanda burkeis was also cited. they believe she was at fault in all of this. they believe she ran the red light up there. they cited her for that, which carries a $180 fine and 3 points on her driver's license. >> reporter: only wjz cameras captured michael phelps after a serious wreck in mount vernon around 9:00 last night. it happened here at calvert and biddle. you can see a smashed cadillac escalade. the air bags went off. police say the driver of this honda sped through a red light, causing the crash. >> reporter: she was taken to the hospital, suffering neck injuries. phelps was okay. people say the accident shows what a dangerous intersection this is. >> yeah, i went a couple of blocks up. and i hear people revving their engines. getting ready to hit it on the straightaway. >> police say they were investigating whether alcohol was involved. they later said it was not. but admit they did not give phelps a breathalyzer test. >> it's standard. when you get into a car accident. just like if i get into an accident on my way home. want to make sure i'm not dr

amanda? >> caller: boo-ya, baby. >> boo-ya, sunshine. >> caller: my uncle retired and he has se. we want to know what my uncle should do with it. >> i don't know about global warming but i have to think it is a nice run company with a nice yield. she stick with it. it doesn't mean he should buy. and it does matter. is he diversified? if he has too much, that's bad. but it is a good utility. not as good as dominion, letter d. how about donna in illinois? >> caller: hey, hey, professor cramer. a sun years boo-ya to you. >> a white sox. >> cubs. why not this year? that means they're picking my team. what's up? >> caller: my question for you. is it, the mark has a leg and is making a climb back, would this be a good time to buy the city group? symbol c? >> every day i come in and want to recommend that stock. every day goes up by a penny. in real money.com, today i said, you know what? why shouldn't this stock go? now there are a lot of speculative stocks going nuts. let me tell you. i am struggling with this but i will bless anyone who decide to buy citi. i talk with mark on cnbc. w

police say amanda verkin ran a red light and crashed into phelps. she was shaken but not injured. the girlfriend snapped a picture of phelps sitting on the ground and talking with police. he was not hurt. erlof saw him when he stepped out of the vehicle. >> holding his back and limping. but they offered him medical attention and he said no, i am fine. and he was walking around, barefoot. which i thought was odd. but he was all right. >> according to the police accident report. varkis at fault. gets a tick for failing to obey traffic signal, and an accident. it gives her a fine and three points on the license. >> he presented a michigan license at the scene. >> police say he was driving on on an invalid michigan license. >> he will be going to court. and talk to the judge and explain why he was driving around without a license. you know, i do know he was traveling a lot with the olympics and the training he does. but an issue for the court system. >> well, phelps has been inner harbour trouble with the law before. maryland state police busted nim d.u.i., back in 2004. but tonight,

no, really, we are saving a lot of money on that, amanda. >> there are many ways that you can get tv today, and you don't need to pay for premium channels and if there is a show on hbo you love, order it off netflix or watch the shows from the web site, hulu.com and watch your sports on espn-360.com and you want to sit down and how much time do you spend on each of those premium channels and if you cut one channel it could save you $15 a month. >> julie: and it comes back to twitter with me but apparently there are quite a few twitterers about saving money and i'm one of them and this frugal one to my right is and what does twitter have to do with saving money. >> basically, if you follow the right twitter, those that are about the deals, you can get, yes, they will be short but will be timely tips on where the bargains are, right now. and we did searching and for example if you are into music we found the twitteder@a zonmp3 and they share information constantly with deals on music. >> gregg: i took my daughter to the farmers market and we loaded up on a bunch of vegetables and saved

joining us now is cnbc contributor peter navarro and amanda drury. peter, i'll start with you. you know, the market and also as you know, peter is also the author of "always a winner." the market had run pretty far, pretty fast, and china has been extremely aggressive on internal stimulus. does this mean, however, that china's bull market run is over? or is this just a temporary move to sidelines? >> well, look, china fundamentally is an export-driven economy, and nothing has changed. the fiscal stimulus was great, but the export-driven question really is whether the u.s. and europe and the rest of asia are going to recover enough to drive china in the next leg of their recovery. the markets clearly say no. the other problem with the fiscal stimulus is it's created essentially an internal bubble, both in the stock market and in real assets, and there is a lot of concern in china that a lot of money has gone into nonproductive capacity. and so the market's reflecting this now. of it's really a good time both in china and maybe elsewhere to take profits off the table, get the cas

amanda drury is here while becky and joe enjoy time off.k armey and the former house majority leader and also today art cashin director of floor operations at ubs. what a treat for us. it's been a good hour. we've got two more to go. the big story is about the fed chairman. >> it's about the fed chairman, indeed. we're at the crossroads the washington and wall street today. at 9:00 a.m. president obama will make a public statement reappointing fed chairman bernanke to a second four-year term. he'll make the announcement from martha's vineyard and bernanke will be joining him. he will say, the man next to me, bernanke, has led the fed through one of the worst financial crisis that this nation and this world has ever faced. he will say that bernanke dealt with the crisis with, in his word, bold action and outside the box thinking. president obama will defend bernanke's actions as steps of necessity, not choice, taken together all of these steps have brought our economy back from the brink. they are the steps that are working. >>> our chief wa

. >> reporter: amanda bonnen moved out of this chicago high-rise a few weeks ago but not before griping about her landlord on twitter. who said sleeping in a moldy apartment is bad for you, she wrote? horizon reality thinks it's okay. now the not so sweet tweet could land bonnen in court. what began as a remark of 20 followers on twitter has now sparked outrage throughout the web. >> internet is a free place. you can say pretty much whatever you want. >>eporter: bonnen has refused comment but has since closed her twitter account. but horizon reality is talking. the company told the newspaper that it found no mold in her apartment. and called itself a sue first and ask questions later kind of an organization. >> defamation applies to a false statement of fact that injures reputation. and i don't think that they're going to be able to prove that their reputation was really injured by a tweet to 20 people. >> this is a terrible mistake by horizon. this woman made a comment it would have absolutely disappeared. people need to be aware that putting something on twitter is the same as making

amanda is the maryland 4h foundation director and she joins me here in another area of the fair. what do we have going on here? >> we have the 4h partners that built the robots and they'll be here the first and second weekend with our national winning robotics team showcasing science, engineering and technology. >> reporter: so people that aren't familiar with all that 4h is, because i think sometimes people do get in the mode that its just agricultural, can you give us an idea of what young people can find them involved in when it comes to 4h and the difference it makes in their life. >> it is open from ages 8-18 and we focus on science, engineering and technology, healthy lifestyles and citizenship and leadership and we try to help a young person become happy with who they are and grounded in finding ways that they could celebrate the skills they have. >> reporter: whatever the passion may be, a robot or a cow or everything in between. >> we have over 200 roth projects -- projects to participate in. >> reporter: the fair opens today and runs through labor day. $8 for gem admiss

first up, cnbc's amanda drury joins us with the rundo

amanda perry was behind the wheel of her cruiser when it collided with another car on route 1. teacherses aassistant ashley macintosh was killed. macintosh had the green light. perry did not have her siren on and she was found not guilty in a trial last year but the family is pursuing a civil suit. >>> the debate over health care reform. more town hall meetings nationwide have supporters and opponents try to get their voices heard. susan roberts reports emotions will be running high. >> critics angry over president obama's health care reform plan are not holding back. >> you listen to us. >> americans will have another chance to be heard today at town hall meetings across the country. democrats are trying to win over an increasingly skeptical public fed up with the overhaul. >> no one tells me how to live my life and how long i should live and when i should die. >> reporter: not everyone is out to crush reform. >> supporters are also speaking out. this woman recently lost her health insurance after getting laid off. >> i have three children i have to be around for and i need he

attorneys, amanda hanes and deborah signs, prosecutors who routinely handle high profile murder trials have told investigators their signatures have been forged on court documents. more specifically, the form officers must have signed in order to be paid over time. the probe began in the spring when inspector hilton burton, the director of the court deaceon division, began auditing over time. when his initial findings were turned down by internal affairs for investigation. he wrote a letter to others. cathy lanier declined to comment on camera but did send fox 5 this statement. our internal process caused us to inish ate an investigation that i can't comment on. >> veteran d.c. police homicide investigator have been placed on leave in connection with the probe. brent smith and albert griffin have had police powers revoked. the u.s. attorney's office declined to comment and so did the maine justice. investigators are also looking into allegations that officers signed into court that were used to serve subpoenas and this is strictly prohibited under the policy of the metropolitan police