people remember "the blair witch project," shot from real life. disclaimer saying, paramount pictures wishes to thank the san diego police department for gives us the footage. not real, real. it's fake real. >> you mentioned "blair witch project" became a classic a decade ago. does this have the same kind of potential? >> i don't know that it has the same box office potential. i mean, "blair witch project" made $140 million, shocking, pretty much to everybody. this definitely has potential, though. we're seeing it right now. it's playing on few screens but it's per showing average is through the roof. >> does that mean it will go to more screens? does it have potential to pick up speed and go nationwide? >> could easily go nationwide. they're running an interesting campaign on the website to get people to demand to have the movie come to their town and go to the website, click a button and say we want it to come to topeka, or wherever. it's expanded from 13 screens to 33 this week and my guess is from the audience i was with, which was entirely fu

tony blair, the former british prime minister. it would be a spectacular return to the world sta for a man who resigned the premiership of his own country. the focus then will shift swiftly away from ireland. the only country to have actually voted on the treaty. and it did so twice. with the eu's second highest rate of unemployment and with tax hikes and public spending cuts to come, this was not the time to say no to europe again. jonah hull, al jazeera, dublin. >>> for more perspective on the irish vote and on the lisbon treaty, we're joined by a man who has followed these developments closely. he's niall stanage, an irish journalist who covers business and politics from new york. he is the author of "redemption song: an irish reporter inside the obama campaign." welcome to "worldfocus." >> thank you. >> give us a little context, what is the lisbon treaty and why has it been so contentious? it took ten years to negotiate this deal. >> interestingly, one of the reasons that it is so contentious is because it's so difficult to ex

the chief of the fdic sheila blair wants to get rid of that idea. she wants the authority to shut down failing insurance companies and hedge funds if need be. while the fdic wants $45 billion more to try and protect the bank accounts of america. >> here's a brand new poll to tell you about. it shows that americans are moving away from the so-called public option or the government-run health insurance plan that's been talked about on capitol hill. according to rasmussen reports, 63% of voters nationwide say guaranteeing that no one will be forced to switch coverage is their top priority. just 29% say giving people the choice of the public option is more important. president obama has said no one would be forced to change their insurance if his plan is implemented; however, many analysts conclude some employers would drop their private health insurance if the explain passed. >> dry conditions have been sparking a wildfire in the san bernardino national forest in california. just what the fire crews are up against. look at that. it's the so-called shee

don't forget tony blair played a key role for london in getting the olympics. >> and spain was a super power several hunt years ago. >> that's what was required. the idea that it was distracting him i thought was a little much. >> cal is this something like pardoning the thanksgiving turkey and receiving the bowl of shamrocks from irish prime minister? something that every president has to do every four years? >> real story is not the diminished credibility of the president, it's the diminished credibility of oprah! if oprah can't deliver what is the future of the planet this proves again the president is over exposed when you take the office and prestige of the presidency of the united states down to lobbying for a city like chicago especially, and you lose, the iranians are going to be looking at this. the republicans are going to be looking at this. part of the weakness. >> a little over don't you think? >> he would have been criticized if he hadn't gone. >> i don't know that he would have been criticized if he hadn't gone. what the press did point out there's a lot of cronyism in c

don't forget that tony blair played a key role for lone -- london and getting the olympics. >> and spain was a super power. >> what i'm saying is now that's what was required. there were questions raised about president obama going but the idea it was distracting, i thought was a little much. >> does this become something like pardoning the thanksgiving turkey and receiving the bowl of shamrocks from the irish prime minister? something that every president has to do? >> real story is not the diminished credibility of the president, it is the diminished credibility of olympic ! i think this proves that the president is over exposed. when you take the office and the prestige of the presidency of the united states down to lobbying for a city like chicago, especially, and you lose, the iranians are going to be looking at this, the republicans are going to be looking at this.ç >> a little over -- >> would have been criticized if he hadn't gone. >> i don't know he would have been criticized if he hadn't gone what press did point out there's a lot of cronyism in chicago and a lot of obama's b

three years ago, tony blair called off a separate investigation with saudi arabia, citing the risk for national security. bae denies any wrongdoing. >> your biggest defense company any major player in the u.s. economy is now facing the possibility of prosecution. bae systems is alleged to have paid cash to gain foreign contracts. these include a deal to sell the czech republic the griffon fighter aircraft. in romania, there was a deal over for goods. in south africa, it was an estimated 1.5 billion pound contract. in tanzania, and military air traffic control system. clare short was international development secretary when the tanzanian deal was agreed. she opposed it then. >> riping off a very poor country is a very ancient -- with some very engine equipment -- it was 20 million pounds in the case of tanzania. that they would go so far over what for them is a small amount of money says to me they do such things on a bigger scale elsewhere. >> at headquarters, the message is they want to drop a line under this affair and move on. sources say they are ready to reach a settlement, which

we think if they learn blair holt on a bus, we thought that people would care enough to get out here help change this. >> four teens have been charged in derrion albert's death. they are behind bars without bond. at today's service, reverend jesse jackson said children deserve safe passage to-and-fro school. >>> and police say ashley a.j. jewel died from massive head injuries he suffered in a nightclub's parblging lot. he was engaged to candy burris, star of "the real housewives of atlanta." he appeared in several episodes of the show. jewel worked at the bod yea tap club why friday night's fight became fatal. >> it appears the victim in the case was in the parking lot of the body tap when he became involved in a physical altercation with another individual. at some point, it appears the victim sustained a serious blow to the head. upon being transported to the hospital, he was pronounced deceased. >> reporter: police say another man, frederick richardson has been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter in his death. they still don't know the motive behind the brawl. >>> the

the other is her sister who goes to montgomery blair. they are set to meet at kennedy tomorrow to talk about what happened. >>> a teen in trouble after a brutal attack. police say this guy attacked a girl in warrenton. his alleged weapon of choice, a baseball bat. the 17-year-old suffered numerous broken bones and had her throat cut. jonathan bascom was out on bond and es you a now back in jail -- and he's now back in jail. >>> concerns of vaccines involve pregnant women and the simple question whether hospitals will have enough beds. roz plater down in the newsroom working that. >> reporter: brian, the government is distributing the swine flu vaccine on a first come, first serve basis. the manufacturer is shipping 600,000 doses in the first batch. iwill be the nasal spray and should arrive about tuesday or so. it is only approved for people ages 2 to 49 who do not have asthma. who are they recommending get it? medical workers, the very young, patients with an underlying medical condition, and pregnant women. so far the cdc says 100 preg

history and say it's now become something of a tradition for heads of state to go, especially after tony blairent and secured the olympics, a come from behind victory for london a couple of years ago. i think christine hit on some important points. what you can fault the white house for perhaps is fail to understand that international olympic committee politics and putting the prestige of the presidency on the line for something that wouldn't have been that great a payoff. >> well, he might have been darned if he did and darned if he didn't. if he hadn't gone and we lost, you say, why didn't you go? if he does go, he gets criticism for that. in the long run, do you think this is seen as a poke in the eye to the president himself? or as we were talking about with christine, to the united states? >> i think that christine points are important. for the president himself, a lot will depend on what happens going forward. if the president gets a health care bill this fall, in the economy starts to turn around, if he can build an international coalition to take on iran's nuclear program, none of this

just as tony blair's visit to the ioc gave them a final push ahead of paris, mr. obama is extremely popular abroad. i don't know if you've seen or heard this. there are shots of committee members taking cell phone pictures with him after his speech. chicago's massive parks, waterfront space along lake michigan an extensive mass transit system play in the city's favor. i think chicago will be the host. >> especially with president obama being so popular around the whole entire world, you wonder if it will be. thank you so much. >>> john travolta's lawyer testified two accused extortionists planned, two people accused of demanding $25 million from travolta. otherwise they would go to the press with the story that he was somehow responsible for his son's deadly seizure? the bahamas. both have pleaded not guilty. >>> next week people in samoa will say good-bye to more than 100 friends and family killed in tuesday's tsunami. on american samoa some people will follow tradition by burying their loved ones in the yards. one of them say they'll bury their daughter with her

former prime minister tony blair pitched to have the games in their countries. >>> david letterman told his audience last night about a recent extortion attempt against him. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. [laughter] i have had sex with women who work on this show. >> letterman said he went up to police who set up a sting. he handed over a fake check for $2 million. an employee has been charged with attempted grand larceny. >>> the king of pop was in great health. that's what's reported in michael jackson's newly released autopsy results. doctors found no illegal drugs in his system. this could prove damaging for jackson's physician conrad murray. he gave the singer a powerful sedative believed to have killed him. >>> in this morning's flu watch report, if you haven't gotten your seasonal flu vaccine, the time took is now. the biggest manufacturers of the vaccine say only half of the million doses in the u.s. have been shipped. now they say the rest may not arrive until november. this as news

back in 2012, tony blair got the games for london. but he worked the ioc international olympic committee for three full days. obama, five hours, bang, bang, bang. 18 votes out of 93, if i'm not mistaken. that's incredible. >> it's not bad. there's four cities. so 18 is not -- >> it wasn't great. better than iowa, for heaven's sakes. >> people were shocked iowa -- chicago went out in the first round. tokyo wasn't going to get it. they just had an asian city. when we elect these charismatic outsiders, they're going to make mistakes. that's the price we pay in our country for voting for guys like this. now this is a good one to learn from. there's no way obama can mistake this for anything but a big fat public fiasco. makes him look bad, makes him look weak. now he's going to start finding out what kind of a president he is. >> steve hayward, as i said in my little editorial, both symbolically and operationally, everything the president does, regarding foreign policy is very, very important. symbolism and actual operations. now, i don't

tony blair helped london get the 2012 games. vladimir putin helped get the 2014 olympics. but this time, but try failed, and critics of the president insists that he -- insist that he failed. first we go to wendell in copenhagen, denmark, where they may be decision. >> back and the white house after his city lost in the first bid of voting, if president obama was glad he came to copenhagen. he said chicago's bid was as strong as could be, and that is what matters. >> you can play a great game and still not win. although i wish that we had come back with better news from copenhagen, i could not be prouder of my hometown of chicago. >> critics were not so understanding, and it was not just the $900,000 cost of 14 hours aboard air force one they objected to. >> for the president to be reduced to a pitchman for the united states -- >> the white house says they do not think that chicago was a a sign of declining american influence. rio de janeiro said that their time had simply come, as there had never been an olympics in south america. president obama is focusing again on heal

don't forget that tony blair played a key role for lone -- london and getting the olympics. >> and spainsuper power. >> what i'm saying is now that's what was required. there were questions raised about president obama going but the idea it was distracting, i thought was a little much. >> does this become something like pardoning the thanksgiving turkey and receiving the bowl of shamrocks from the irish prime minister? something that every president has to do? >> real story is not the diminished credibility of the president, it is the diminished credibility of olympic ! i think this proves that the president is over exposed. when you take the office and the prestige of the presidency of the united states down to lobbying for a city like chicago, especially, and you lose, the iranians are going to be looking at this, the republicans are going to be looking at this.ç >> a little over -- >> would have been criticized if he hadn't gone. >> i don't know he would have been criticized if he hadn't gone what press did point out there's a lot of cronyism in chicago and a lot of obama's buddies

tony blair tried to get britain. it is not unusual for leaders to pitch. would you have done it? >> i am not going to fault obama for that. i think any president might take the roll of pitching -- bill: no ever president has permit >> it was unique because it was his home town. it was the only united states did. i think a lot of the conservatives had been rough on him. neil: i think so too. >> i am not going to need prazuck -- nitpick every little thing that he does. it is not like he is watching dvds on airforce one. neil: chicago is a beautiful city. rio de janeiro is lovely. >> it is. i think there was a strong appeal the fact that no south american city had ever hosted an olympics. neil: that's what these are coming out party is, right? >> south america is not likely to get the winter olympics. this was a great opportunity for them. they made a great bit. the bottom line is, i think it is not that he went to copenhagen. it is the context of not having had conversations with general mcchrystal having time for david letterman and copenhagen. bill: i do not care about any of the

in 2012, they got the olympics after blair tried for them. in 2014 russia got them and then all head of state to make the debate. obama did nothing unreasonable and it would be a chicago a shock for chicago to win. >> after complaining about the republican come pain, but there are two big issues here. one, the president looks weak and it's bad politics for him. i was for the olympics here but there's a second thing going on. i think last week it was pretty clear that jarrett was running the white house. >> when obama wins, i would say republican -- there's no way he would go unless -- there is that internal washington story, unless i have -- i have to say, i'm with obama on this. he took a risk and comes out somewhat assume mill ated. he put the country ahead of his own personal prestige. i actually don't mind it. i think he was over it already. >> i think rachel was right on this issue of the right cheering. the slogan for country first. on obama, i think one of the things that went wrong here, our olympics committee counted the votes comple

in 2012, london got the olympics after blair tried for them in in 2016, all four finalists sent their head of state. obama didn't do anything unreasonable. for them to be cheering the loss on the right is disgusting. >> there are two biggish sures here. the president looks we s weak, bad politics for him. but there's a second one. i think valley jarrett is running the white house. you don't send the president across the world for something you don't know the outcome. >> when obama went, i would say most senators thought oh, we got it in the bag. there's no way he would possibly go unless we had it. st i have to say, i'm with obama on this. he took a risk. he comes away somewhat humiliated. he took the risk for his town and country. he lost one. i actually don't mind it. i think he was all right on this. >> i think rachel is right on the issue of the right cheering. john mccain's slogan was country first. in this case, it was obama's hatred on the right. but one of the things that went wrong here is that our olympics committee, the chicago olympics committee counted the votes completel

tony blair was instrumental in bringing the games to london, vladimir putin bringing the winter 2014nd now it seems it's becoming routine for heads of state to do this kind of lobbying. the 2016 games are no exception. to give you an idea, spain's king juan carlos and the spanish prime minister is here, pushing for madrid. japanese prince and prime minister also just arrived. brazil's president, a very vocal, arrived yesterday. he is pushing, of course, rio's bid. there are many other city bid representatives who have told me personally that they plan their strategy for 2016 around the almost certainty that president barack obama would, indeed, be arrival here. there's so much at stake in winning these games. expe experts say if, in fact, obama didn't come that chicago could lose a very precious votes, just a couple perhaps, because they would be sending out the wrong signal to the ioc members. monica? >> jim maceda, thanks for that. >>> meantime, chicago residents are counting down the seconds until tomorrow's big announcement. a countdown clock set for noon eastern tomorrow, when t

her sister is a student at montgomery blair high school. those sisters are set for mediation here at kennedy later this morning. >> thanks, maureen. >>> just two days ago a sting operation took place. we'll tl you about that a little later on this morning. >>> in the meantime they have made their pitch and now comes the waiting game. we are talking to a former d.c. olympic committee chairperson about what's next as we wait for the international olympic committee to make their decision. >>> and she was kidnapped from her own bedroom seven years ago. now elizabeth smart testifies about the horrors she experienced. more on her testimony during her kidnapper's competency hearing a little bit later. much more is ahead this morning. right now it's 9:09. stay with us, we'll be right back. soft! soft! hard! hard! how do you decide between crunchy and soft tacos? why don't we have both? old el paso. hard n soft tacos. true genius. mexican style. until the grands are on the table" grands biscuits. would it really be breakfast without 'em? for money s

. >> tony blair apparently went to singapore before the 2012 olympics and he won it for london, michaelapparently it worked, this boosterism. show up, you win it. you win it for your country. >> listen, his skill set is such that he thrives on the world stage. why would you make the case not to go when potentially there's $20 billion at stake. if the issue were different, if it were a widget factory in china that we had the prospect of relocating to illinois, everyone would say the president should make that trip. so why should it be different because it's the olympics? and, chris, there's going to be criticism of him on everything. but this is -- this is a phony -- no disrespect to gene, but this is a phony argument, and it's reminiscent of when he wanted to deliver a speech on accountability in schools and some people said oh, we can't have that. there will be indoctrination involved. you got to pick and choose your battles. i think the gop looks poor for taking him on this issue. >> isn't jobs a big issue in this country, gene? i hope by 2016 we're out of this recession but isn't the

tony blair successfully didn't. become the norm that the head of government goes out and makes the pitch? >> as recently as 2005, president bush did a video presentation. hillary clinton to give the star powerful it has become more common. you do kind of question the staff work. i guess you have to. would you put the president on the plane unless you had a strong indication that you were at least going to be in the finals? >> is this going to be like jimmy carter losing the marine marathon? is this going to become a metaphor for failure? do you remember that back in -- >> i think it is combined with other things on. on a friday when he goes to europe and loses the games and has to come back and deal with the fact he has unemployment inches toward 9%, this is a huge problem. a huge test. so all that narrative -- >> guys like rush pay a price for really talking down the hopes of america. why would they cheer? cheering the fact that we've lost the olympics? is that popular among the red blooded guys that watch the show

then today william blair upgrades dreamworks.hey said an acquisition of dreamworks based on the disney model would make it a $50 stock. i don't know if it gets there, but i i think even on a downgrade it works. >> shares are down 5%. >> a-ha. >> and i was wrong. timing lousy no doubt. but then today goldman puts it on the conviction buy list, says it's 25% of a takeover, $50 would be the price. for that reason alone i'm thinking you should still own it. >> the midas touch today. chairwoman, giving you the retail payer's trade. >> talked about this a lot. the retail index down about 2 1/2% today. i think there's more down side here. it's long walmart, short the xrt. i think we'll see more convergence in that space. >> surprise gain in august retail sales sent the etf higher by 6%. >> yeah, yeah. and i had it on even before i talked about it. so it moved even further against me. but the last few days it's sort of coming back in line. i still think the retail names, the specialty ones are expensive. i haven't covered. >> let's get t

he directed the 1999 surprise blockbuster "the blair witch project." shot on a $30,000 budget it eventually grossed $140 million. within the last decade no other microbudget film has come close to "blair witch's" success. it's already rolls in more than $30 million in two weeks. >> studios realize you don't need to spend a ton of money on marking and talent and production values to generate profit. i'd like to think the economy will force the studios to reevaluate. >> they say paramount used a creative strategy to shift from the classic market of print and broadcast to social media website like twiter. >> the grassroots of a viral campaign e-mailed and tweeted people asking them to demand that "pair lranormal activity" shown in their town were but they caution saying this is the new norm in hollywood. >> it remains to be seen if we'll see this big rush of people trying to snap up these 10,000 -- $20,000 movies. the ones that are really good are far and few between. >> reporter: besides, he says, marketing a movie on a meager budget is one formula holly

he directed the 1999 surprise blockbuster "the blair witch project." shot on a $30,000 budget it eventually grossed $140 million. within the last decade no other microbudget film has come close to "blair witch's" success. it's already rolls in more than $30 million in two weeks. >> studios realize you don't need to spend a ton of money on marketing and talent and production values to generate profit. i'd like to think the economy will force the studios to reevaluate. >> they say paramount used a creative strategy to shift from the classic market of print and broadcast to social media website like twitter. >> the grassroots of a viral campaign e-mailed and tweeted people asking them to demand that "paranormal activity" is shown in their town were but they caution saying this is the new norm in hollywood. >> it remains to be seen if we'll see this big rush of people trying to snap up these 10,000 -- $20,000 movies. the ones that are really good are far and few between. >> reporter: besides, he says, marketing a movie on a meager budget is one formula hol

only one thing has changed about chicago's violence since her son blair was shot and killed on a cta bus last year. >> just more media covering it but it's not changed. it has not changed. you know, i think more money needs to go into these communities. everything has to change here, the school system, the politicians need to change. they need to do something instead of talking all this rhetoric. i'm tired of hearing it. >> how is his mom doing? >> she's better. she's holding up. a lot of support. we'll support her to the end. >> we actually saw her smiling. >> definitely. we're celebrating his life. he's going to the homecoming. >> from fox affiliate in chicago. president obama's also getting involved here. he's sending attorney general eric holder and arnie duncan to chicago on wednesday to talk with school officials and students about school violence. it's been a terrible ordeal for aaron andrews and now the espn reporter waits to hear what's next for the man secretly videotaping her in her hotel room. if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have ar

dennis blair and those from the office of national intelligence. have folks from the fbi and cia, folks from across the federal government, intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and so many others. we even have new york's finest, nypd folks who are here. standing together in serving together, it is clear for all to see the you are one team. you are more integrated and collaborative and effective than ever before, and your focus on one defining mission is to protect the united states of america in supporting terrorist attacks across the world -- supporting -- thwarting terror attacks across the world. everyone looks so young around here. it is a sign of my age that everyone is starting to look young. but the dedication is remarkable. all of you have the most important work done in this country. you are doing it. these big screens are not just to watch sports center. but i wanted to come here today and take a few minutes just to deliver a simple message. that is the message of thanks. a thank you from me, because i use your product each a

we know it was tony blair's injection in singapore when london won the 2012 games which we believe was part of that. we believe it was vladimir putin up some of the games in 2004. i think now you have to turn out, you have to shake hands, you have to show the commitment. at the end of the day, what actually sways an ioc member to vote, that's very difficult to say. a lot of them are former athl e athletes. they're all individuals. so what actually persuades them at the end of the day, we don't know. but you have to have the star power here showing that commitment. i think that's pretty clear. >> well, it's tough than a general election, isn't it? we'll be watching out for that result later today. >>> coming up, finance ministers and central bankers around the world in istanbul today, we'll speak to the managing director of the inf shortly. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i want everything right where i can find it. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 anything that makes trading easier. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i want to be right in the middle of the action-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 you know-- i ha

it's on track to be the next "blair witch project" for paramount which is letting consumers direct its instead of a multimillion dollar marketing blitz, the strud yo released a trailer. it's consistently selling out and starting friday it will run around the clock in over 150 theaters in 44 cities. paramount is deciding where to roll out the film based on moviegoers demands through its websites. horror fans inputted their age and e-mail giving the studio a guaranteed audience. the studio promises if 1 million people demand the movie online it will open it nationwide. it already has nearly 650,000 demands. this definitely would not work for just any movie, but it's a huge marketing thing for paramount. they're releasing a movie they might not have either. it's a real paradigm shift in putting the hands for the first time of moviegoers. >> thank you very much, joule. >> what is the most totally annoying word? we'll talk about that and have some empty calories for you right after the break. hey, why don't we use our points from chase sapphire and take a break? we can't. sure, we can. the

it's a close call but just as tony blair's visit to the ioc four years ago gave london a final push at the wire ahead of odds on favorite paris president obama's pitch will resonate. he is extremely popular abroad. when i was in beijing last year it was overwhelming worldwide support for barack obama for the presidency and some believe his impassioned speech about chicago and its massive parks, water front space and michigan avenue along with lake michigan with the picturesque skyline alongside of michigan avenue will play in the city's favor. chicago, a lot of hotels. if it's in the u.s. that's more ad dollars, more revenue going back to the ioc. they're my pick as the host for the 2016 games. we'll find out in a couple hours. >> thanks so much. >>> speaking, let's take you to some new video this morning, a tape given to israel officials by the militant group hamas showing a thin but apparently healthy captured israeli soldier. he was kidnapped when palestinian militants crossed from gaza into israel. this is three years ago. in the video he reads from a newspaper dated september 14th

. >> he thought he was going to work a tony blair. he flew there. they got it in 2012. it worked for putin. he flew to guatemala. they got the winter olympics in 2014. maybe there was some track record that they thought they could get behind. >> but as we talked about, it appears as though his strategists got a bum steer because why set the president up for failure? tucker carlson went so far to say whoever advised him, should be fired. i don't think he'll firearm emmanuel. you have to believe that some is anti-american spirit from the ioc. seems as though they almost took pleasure in eliminating chicago. >> i can tell you some whisper, they knew chicago was a chief competition. that's why they were out in the first round, because they knew madrid and tokyo weren't real competition. they wanted to get chicago out early. >> here are your headlines. the white house is reportedly talking with congressional democrats about extending three parts of the stimulus. the white house denies this is in effect a second stimulus. now more from the capitol with the very latest. what a

last year the feature story of this drama, a lot of them what blair hope, an innocent young man killed on the bus. and so, we must go more systematic itly and guarantee our children safe passage. in 1957 in little rock, president eisenhower guaranteed safe passage. and so, -- this year we're on the road to out-distance those numbers. this is a state of emergency. while we are fighting for the olympics, which is a big deal for all of us here in chicago, we are going to guarantee our gues guests olympic security which must apply to the host as well as the guests. >> i want to show folks numbers to put this in perspective what reverend jackson is talking about, talking about a real war zone here, he mentioned. 37 teens killed in the school year last year. 17 illinois soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan in those wars from 2001 to 2009. so, you can almost make the parallel there that a soldier is safer in iraq and afghanistan than a teenager in chicago. talking about soldiers fighting from illinois. those numbers are heart breaking, when a child, a young man like this can't walk home fr

fdic chief sheila blair says it will likely stay in the red until 2012. 98 banks have failed this year. the agency is $10 billion less down from a year ago. it doesn't mean your money is in danger. banks may be asked to pre-pay insurance premiums to raise some cash. >>> how many vacation days do you get? do you get two weeks, maybe? maybe none? well, there are countries -- get this -- where people get eight weeks off. people in brazil and lithuania get an average of 41 days off including holidays. the french get 40 days and the united states get an average of 25. canada has the worst with 19 days off. we have a lot of canadian viewers. thinking of you. >>> we've been telling you about reasons to get a flu shot this year, but what if not getting one would cost you your job? hear what a court has to say about the fight over state mandated flu shots. >>> the new edition of people magazine is in stores tomorrow with jaycee dugard on the cover. we showed you the cover yesterday. this is the first time we've seen her as an adult after disappearing for 18 years. she also shares her first publ

admiral blair, our head intelligence officer, said about one year ago that the greatest danger to america'security is the economic challenges around the world. take tajikistan. hundreds of thousands of these young men worked in the oilfields of russia. it was booming, but russia with them all off because of this globalized recession. they have returned home with no money in cannot even get married. they are attracted to a warlord who might be connected to the taliban. approximately 70% are there for a wage. not because they're believers in the ideology. some negotiation on some means, minimal as it is of some economic livelihood is probably" we have to work out. this is a different type of conflict then if we had stayed on course in 2001-2003 and finished the job. . . congressman mac thornberry of texas, member of armed services but also member of intelligence committee and he will bring -- bring both to the discussion. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> this is congressman mac thornberry from texas, member of

the late-night talk host had to ad lib his way through a big part of his show, doing it blair witch project flashlight style. a blackout hit his studio during the middle of a taping. and here is jeanne moos for "showbiz tonight" shedding some light on the issue. >> reporter: lights, camera, action. ah, who needs lights? >> take good steps to get there. >> oh, we will. >> oh! >> reporter: the last of craig ferguson's audience saw of actress alicia silverstone. >> keep going! >> keep going? >> reporter: the blackout continued, but ferguson provided his own lighting, ad libbing. >> it's kind of like one of these movies that make a million gazillion dollars now. >> reporter: of course, ferguson isn't the first talk show host to lose his lights. >> still dating your ex. >> yes. >> oh! now we can say anything we want to. >> reporter: but for some reason ferguson is electrically jinxed. >> light on a guest. >> no light. >> reporter: has repeatedly gone out. >> go sit in the other chair, then. >> i'll sit in this chair. >> reporter: if it isn't the lights, it's a leak on the set. >> come look at th

on the minority, rob blair, kevin jones. and katie and nancy. and from mr. pastor's staff, mr. patrick. all these individuals worked tirelessly to put together the product before us which meets the needs of every congressional district in the nation. mr. chairman, the conference agreement totals $33.465 billion, which is $928 million below the president's request, and $167 million, .6% above the 2000 enacted level. however, the conference agreement was preceded by the american recovery and reen investment act, and other -- reinvestment act and other stimulus appropriations for the fiscal year 2009, which gave more than $58 billion to new agencies under the jurisdiction. in fact, nearly $39 billion of alone went to the department of energy. while the growth of the fiscal year 2000 regular appropriations this conference report is minimal, the department of energy is going to have a difficult time spending and accounting for all the new money it's received. however, mr. chairman, in general this conference agreement is reasonable and balanced. i do want to highlight one area which

there is a story in the paper this morning taking a look at the former british prime minister tony blair she a favorite to be considered to be the first president of the european union. it is looking good for tony. he believes the signals from the rest of europe are that mr. blare may become the first president of eu. the votes have to be counted. but they could start considering who will be its new president in a summit in brussels at the end of the month. louisiana, go ahead. caller: yes. just saying on the president had to try. i mean, there's no guarantees when you go on to these things and he wanted to get the olympics over here. it would have been good for our economy. but you can't fault the man for trying. and there was no guarantee of success. now he's got the health care agenda. he's an energetic person. he can hit a lot of issues and hand al lot of things at once. he is smart and all that. a lot of people are jealous of obama. i think they really just can't the fact that a man who is african american has that much talent, energy, and can do so many things at once. and i think