your blog. you can delete those comments. you got that power. and so blogging puts a little more of the weight on the side of the individual who's speaking and that has had some interesting value over time. [inaudible] >> yeah. >> where people have to sign up where -- so you can keep out people who don't blog ther where do you get a discussion with or where do you buy it? >> so where would you find a discussion board that people would have to register for? i couldn't tell you -- yeah, i couldn't tell you offhand, but if you go to google and look for discussion board or sometimes it's called forum or bulletin board software, i think you'll get a million alternatives. it's a pretty well developed industry. thanks. [inaudible] >> of writing what they want and the freedom of not being read by somebody because they can't find out and, you know, figuring out what to read or how to find people or how to market your blog. what's the mechanism for, you know, a, finding readers or, b, if you're a reader f

moms say they blog because it really helps them feel connected.f you log on to dcmomslikeme.com, we would love to hear your thoughts on the proposed crackdown. >>> coming up, people magazine names this year's best and worst dressed celebrities. but first, folk music fans are mourning the death of mary. >>> i'm sara walsh at redskins park, we'll tell you what chris cooley posted in the locker room and why it's not an easy read. that story up ahead. >>> tonight at 11:00, fighting gravity to fight the damage left behind by a stroke. we take you to a local rehab center, getting people back to their feet, literally. plus, a stroke warning sign that this man completely missed. >> she was the mary from peter, paul, and mary. >> mary died last night at the age of 72. alexis reports. ♪ [ music ] >> mary travers, one of the three voices of peter, paul, and mary died after a long battle with leukemia. her band meat said in her final months, she handled her declining health with bravery. she said i am deadened and heartsick beyond words to consider a life wit

and also this coming from katy on my blog. she says the swine flu should be an eye-opener to young adults and to the elderly that if you don't take care of yourself, you may be at risk. so is that the takeaway, that you're kind of bringing this on yourself if you're not taking care of yourself? >> well, the virus is the thing that will make you sick. if you have an underlying illness, you're more severely ill, but we can do a lot to prevent that. let's get seasonal vaccine. let's get the h1n1 vaccine when it becomes available. in the meantime, wash hands. if we're sick, we should stay home so we don't give it to other people, and try to avoid people who are coughing and sneezing. >> right. and, you know, covering up i guess with a tissue or coughing into your arm, that whole thing we are getting used to doing that. doctor, we have a lot of questions coming your way, too. those sort of things kind of struck my interest, those comments coming from a lot of folks who have been reaching out to us via blog. so josh levs have been f

scathing blog post about it. as you may imagine in this day and age it didn't take long for word to spread on the web. facebook immediately removed the poll and the third party application that supported it. it is important to note this was a third party application, not just a poll that comes from facebook but the damage had been done. 700 people had already responded to the poll by the time it was taken down. so what does it mean? it means the secret service is of course getting involved. facebook is working with the secret service to find the person who posted it and evaluate the seriousness of the threat. but make no mistake about it, anytime the secret service launches a full-fledged investigation they are taking this very seriously. bottom line, you just don't make comments about killing the president. you just don't. there's no execution for it. >> none whatsoever expwhrrchlts. >>> the redskins biggest rival is featured on monday night football and as the wizards open training camp today, arenas says he is

i personally have been blogging since 1999 before even knew it was called blogging.i would go out every night in the music scene. i was a professional marketer and promoter. and then the next day i would come back, and right up my experience for the evening and posed by pictures. and i didn't realize that this was actually the earliest form of blogging. so if you thi about it you want to reapture your thohts of what u did in the day before. start that way test become very easyith what you already know. eventually you can take those thoughts and start crafting its debt think about things in the future and andy is that you have later on down the road or things you'd like to s implemented. this is a wayou c generate some content. how do you come up with the blog? do you want to share your tips? >> no. >> no? [laughter] >> at think it is a trade secrets. but we know that everyone has a different way of capring those thoughts and putting them on at used to be paper. we used albright letters to each other h other or postcards. now or we are just g it the digital way. i am

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here's a story on the hills blog the briefing room. obama opened a newspaper bailout bill.an interview with editors of the pittsburgh post gazette the president said he is happy to look at bills before congress that will give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they restructure as nonprofit businesses. part of the reasoning for saying he is open to the bailouts can be explained in the huffington post headline. here it is right now. he says is becoming all blogosphere and all opinions and no news. he took aims at blogs on face the nation help says this the 24 hour news cycle is feeding anger especially when it comes to the health care debate. >> i think part of what is different today is the 24-hour news cycle and cable television and blogs and all of this, they focus on the most extreme elements on both sides. they can't get enough of conflict. it is cap nip to the media right now. so the easiest way to get 15- minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody. >> reporter: if you want to see his full interview, i will have a link on my blog at wusa9.com. moving on, remembe

i read your blog all the time, and i think it's great. especially ed morris, he's a great writer. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: i'd like to know, what happened to the car czar, mr. abner? he seems to have left abruptly, and i don't know why. they got somebody else to replace him, did they find something wrong there? i do believe your book's going to be an ongoing project because of all these changes in the administration with all these crooks leaving it. >> host: thanks for the cal these photographs that we're looking at all from the book that michelle malkin has just completed. what about stephen ratner? >> guest: yeah, he did just leave over the last week, and i think that's proof of my thesis that if there's enough sunligh you can have accountability. he was under a cloud from the minute that barack obama appointed him the car czar because his former company, quadrangle, has been involved in a long-standing now sec investigation of financial shenanigans. there's also a very strange incident involving the production of a movie called

someone who wanted to blog about their ideals. i love blogging! over with twix ♪ >>> hi, there. we're back. welcome back to the program. we have a go one tonight. the former governor of illinois. he was impeached but apparently it was a big misunderstanding. his new book is called "the governor". one of the things we're going to focus on is his hair because i'm going to be honest with you, i have a feeling mine is headed in this direction. also tonight, from the united kingdom. they go on tour with kings of leon starting september 28 in minneapolis. with music from their debut album, "to lose my life", white lies is here. tomorrow night, julie bowen, rumer willis, and the used, so please join us then. our guest is an actor, television personalty, clothing designer and marrier of mariah carey. he is the host of "america's got talent", which climaxes spectacularly with a two-night season finale on monday and wednesday. please say hello to nick cannon. nick cannon. [ cheers and applause ] you look very sharp. you really do. >> thank you, man. i try.

go to my blog later this morning. i'll explain it for the teachers. >>> 5:40.a storm off the coast. this is going to be actually sliding back in our direction. it's blocked by a big area of high pressure to the north and it will work its way back in across the coast as we head through tonight and tomorrow. that will increase the rain threat and increase the wind, even a coastal flood advisory for the western shore of the bay. locally not much rain, just a few spotty showers though they are trying to regenerate so just plan for raindrops hitting the windshield, take a light jacket and umbrella, 73 this afternoon and the breeze will pick up as well. more math lessons later this morning. >>> 5:41. let's check the roads with kim. >> i'm just trying to add followers this morning, you can follow me at twitter.com/marylandtraffic to get your traffic updates tweeted directly to you. southbound 95 approaching whitemarsh boulevard traffic moving nicely. we have building volume as you make your way further south down 95, towards the dc area, no problems. in harford county

this morning, the "washington post" redskin insider blog. what they have done is they have even posted a poll in which they are asking the question should coach zorn be fired? 7,000 people have voted thus far. 65% say yes. 34% say no. >>> now, as you might imagine, that topic is, of course, something that is being debated on the social networking sites like facebook. this is their fan page. one comment from tammy weiss. this is one out of thousands she wrote this is a very sad day in nfl football. very depress but i am loyal and will not turn my back on them they will rise again one day but have house cleaning to do first. >> whether they have house cleaning we will leave it up to the bloggers but it is certainly what is hot on the web. >> thank you very much. >>> can't do anything about it but we can talk about weather. >> we can. the weather we will be talking about the next couple of days is the windy variety. here later this afternoon. that's when wind gusts could get up to 30 miles an hour. you folks watching from west virginia, western

i don't have a blog or tweeter anymore.o we will see what happens when i am serious. >>> the nationals are in their final week of the baseball season. last night against the mets nats starter went six innings and only allowed one run striking out three batters. debt wile ear's pitcher combined with much-need offense and late inning work at the bull pen led the nats to a 2-1 win. >>> the united states will begin the first day of on the united nations human rights council. >>> and green jobs are becoming the hot new thing and there's a way you can train for a job which is more environmentally friendly. here's angie. >>> we are live from 7th and the whitehurst freeway in northwest dc. check it out. hardly any drivers on the road right now. more traffic across the region coming up. >>> outside on the weather terrace a chill in the air this morning. some areas in the 40s but it will get cooler and breezier. i will have the forecast when 9 news now returns. parentheses have a place but not on your face. smooth those lines away fo

someone who wanted to blog about their ideals. i love blogging!hew it over with twix according to a study presented by better homes and gardens, definity color recapture. it corrects the look of wrinkles and discoloration. 50,000 voters. one brilliant winner. ♪ >>> hi, there, welcome back to "anderson cooper 360". joining us, from an extremely funny new show called "modern family", it premieres september 23 on abc, julie bowen is here. this is a good one, i promise. in fact, if you don't like this show, we give up. also tonight, from "sorority row", a scary movie that opened today, rumer willis is here. she is the daughter of i think willis from "the jeffersons", right? and later on, their tour starts in las vegas october 9. this is their new album, "art work". from the pontiac garage outdoor stage, music from the used. next week our guests include eva longoria-parker, christian slater, david alan grier, ed o'neill, sofia vergara, pink, kelly clarkson, shakira. and we'll have a very special appearance from matt damon, so mark that all down on your

the left blog calls this "glenn beck has another scalp." i find that offensive. i think that's glenn: today is a day of remembrance of 9/11. i thought p about this today. where were we the sunday after 9/11, 2001? we were at a church or house of worship. give that a whirl. it worked well last night. i told you about the nine principles an 12 values. 9/12 tomorrow. all across the country, thousands of people arecoming together just

the blogs are boiling on fire with this.'s go to kristin fisher in the web center. >> boy it was a tough break for the redskins but i tell you what they are not getting any breaks from the bloggers. look at how far the reaction to brutal loss to the lions is shaping up on-line. start by checking out the blog, the dcist. their headline, last night's action, yeah, that happened. they start by quoting campbell who said it was the one that got away from us. and then goes on to say you think? the understatement of the year for some. this loss was a cherry on top of one of the most terrible, horrible, no good very bad years in theoriesry of professional athletics. please don't told back at all. check out the washington examiner. their top line right here, they say the redskins became part of history and not the way they wanted. i have to say that sentiment is echoed on our own sara walsh's blog, skins unsensorred on wusa9.com. she calls her web post debacle in detroit. hers reads the redskins have become exactly who they didn't wa

and then i blog at michellemalkin.com. i've been doing that since 2004. and then my guys, somebody mentioned ed morrisy and they are bothonderful colleagues and they blog at hot air every day and that blog has been operating for a couple of years as well. and the synergy between everything i do made it very easy to hammer out the book. you know, a lot of people that's the first thing they know even though mainstream reporters do this all the time. there were insta books on michelle obama and the obama administration in january. and so what i think was interesting was that up until the very last secon that it went to press, i was updating it. every day in the headlines there's a relevant story that i think -- that points to the deficiencies because i would see a story that sort of glossed over a lot of the conflict of interests or crony ties. and i see, we need this book. it definitely has filled a vacuum, i think. >> you were on with matt lauer earlier this week. reaction from that interview? >> guest: i was shocked at all that they had me on. grateful fo

several ways you can reach us, twitter, facebook as well, also on our blog, which some of you have been writing in to. i'll share a couple. we've gotten several this morning as early as it is, a lot of you are up and everybody has an opinion. looking forward to the speech on tuesday. i'll read it, smaller font. sorry you can't read, probably too much on your screen. nabil achmed, 9/11 tenths of education is encourage. i think it's sad when it's turned into a political debate even before it's delivered. we should let him do the job we elected him to do and support him for the right reasons and not oppose him for political reasons. one more from angela, a parent considering keeping her daughter home on tuesday, when she got word the white house was releasing a copy of the speech and spoke to the teachers, said she would use no material sent in by the department of educati education, i changed my mind, assuming nothing political is going to be in the speech on tuesday. a couple of opinions, a parent there doing what a parent should do, due diligence, called the school, talked to the teache

you have this blog that's one of the most read blogged in the entire country.you talk about is entertainers. like the latest news, for example. ellen degeneres. she's going to be on "american idol." >> i have some exclusive information. actually, before they approached ellen, "idol" producers reached out to me and offered me the job but i had to turn them down. >> you're lying, aren't you? >> no. i wanted too much money. i think it's a good thing. she deserves it. ellen claims to have never missed an episode of "idol." she's kind of like the people's voice. simon is the industry expert. ellen is the people's person. >> is "american idol" is fascination that it really is? or is this just a media creation. >> it's going downhill every season. naturally, it's falling off. but bringing ellen on board will definitely be a big boost. and really smart, because she'll definitely be promoting it on her show as well. >> in your blog you refer to somebody as la loca. as you and i both know, you're from miami, i'm from miami. we're both cubans. you're gay, i'm not. >> you'

and about lipitor. >>> over 2,000 responses to our blog question. did you think of the president's pep talk to students? we get to 3,000, i'm going to read each and every one of them tomorrow. 2,400? >>> president obama just wrapped his back-to-school pep talk around the country. but the debate over the speech is a lesson in controversy, really. joining us from hartford, connecticut, is cnn contributor steve perry. he's principal and founder of capitol preparatory mag nat school. good to see you. what do you think of the president's speech? no, i have a pretty idea of what you thought about the speech. why did you run the speech today when, as you know, so many districts were vexed over this? why did you run it? >> because it was the president of the united states. you know, when i talk to the kids, i asked them, so what do you think about this? they said, well, it's the president, wouldn't we? the teachers organized this themselves. they created an internet feed so we can see it in the school. what it actually shows -- the speech was relatively inn

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you will find out more in my blog. we have plenty of clouds around and we are on the lookout for rain showers later this afternoon in particular with temperatures up to 77. we're at 70 now. 68 frederick. 65 at andrews air force base. the fog has lifted. this is no longer an issue, but you will be likely using the windshield wipers later this afternoon. doppler is tracking showers to the west across west virginia. you can see as we get farther away the beam gets higher in the sky but powerful enough to find them an moving to the cumberland area. to the maps. here's what we are looking ahead to today and tomorrow and thursday. we usher autumn in at 5:19. for the drive home i'm forecasting rain showers. tomorrow warmer but still not sunny. we will be cloudy and showers around again. on thursday, more isolated but more sunshine possible for you and 85 degrees. so we put the switch to autumn but it dunn feel that way. feels like summer. a closer look at our regional weather. one batch of rain approaching us from the south.

and leo came to me because of a blog that i can't while i was a volunteer with th red cross which is ort of got publicized and a lot of people are reading it and he heard of me because i was a cartoonist and he is a huge comic book fan, and he came across my blog and got in touch with me. and he had also kept a blog about his experiences during katrina, so that combined with his connection with the comics world, just made him a natural fit. then there is a boss and his friend, darnell, who stayed behind to watch over a boss is family who ran a supermarket located inptown. a boss came to me via a friend of mine who lives back in brooklyn. her cousin is his wife when i heard the story i got in touch with him and asked to be a part of it stored as well. he was born in iran but he went to college in new orleans and has lived there for many years ald is raising a family and everything. then we have a doctor who is a real-life southern dandy who lis in the french quarter very well known figure in new orleans, doctor looks. he is a former health commissioner of the city of ne orleans and a

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. >> suzanne: twitter, the fast- growing mio-blogging web site, is close to securing around $100 million in financing. "the wall street journal" reports the deal values twitter at a billion dollars. investors include mutual fund company t. rowe price, insight venture partners, and current twitter investors spark capital and institutional venture partners. back in february, twitter was valued at $250 million, which means it's quadrupled in less than a year. >> paul: tomorrow, our friday "market monitor" guest is mark leibovit, chief market strategist at vrtrader.com. >> suzanne: september is shaping up to be a bad month for auto sales, following the success of cash for clunkers in august. general motors c.e.o. fritz henderson says sales have been way down. car shopping web site edmonds.com forecasts a 23% decline from a year ago, and j.d. power and associates sees a 29% drop. auto makers release their september sales numbers next thursday. >> paul: wal-mart is paying $3 million to massachusetts to settle claims it shortchanged workers by denying lunch breaks. the state said forcing employ

and leo came to me because if blog i kept while i was a volunteer at the red cross which got publicized and a lot of people were reading it, and he heard of me because i was a cartoonist and he's auge comic book fans and he came across my og and got in touch with me and head also kept a blog about his experiences during katrina sthat combined with his connection of the comic world made him a natural fit. then there is abbas and his family stayed behind to look ter the market. abbas came to me and a friend of mine back in brooklyn, her cousin is abbas's wife and when i heard his story i got in touch and aske him to be part of the project as well. abbas waborn in iran buwent to college and were lean and lived there many years and is raising a family there and everything. then we have the doctor who is a real-life southern d-nd who lives in the french quarter. veryell known figure and the orleans. he's a former heal commissioner of new orleans and frequent customer at belvoir restaurant, and i have him here with one of his favorite waiters and finally we have denise. when the book starts s

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. >> even though the conservative blogs are out numbered 3-1? who is this fa vast right wing conspira conspiracy, ann? is it you? >> identify yourself. >> it is very small. it's out in the open. people oppose his agenda but you are right that the name conspiracy makes it sounds like it's something secretive and illegal and to continue your point about left wing blogs out numbering right wing blogs the democrats have presidency house of representatives senate, 90 percent of the print media, 100 percent of the network media, 90 percent of the cable networks. how is this operating other than americans saying we don't want to you social highs healthcare? >>> oo what do you say to that? >> i know what liberals think. i hear it all of the time. there are influential conservatives who fund things same way they fund liberal things. liberals often cannot accept there's a marketplace for these idea sz. instead they sit around saying the only reason ann coulter is the top of the best seller list is conservative book clubs go out and buy all her books. they

you've twittered me, blogged me, e-mailed me throughout the day about this.t begans a woman who's walking out of a cracker barrel restaurant with her 7-year-old daughter. the two who are african-american were in georgia just a week ago. as they passed through the entrance, a man identified as troy west allegedly forced the door open, nearly hitting the little girl. okay, stuff like that can can happen. the woman, a u.s. army reservist honorableably discharged said something, and the man, west, began punching her and kicking her and calling her the "n" word. police call it a racist act. the fbi is investigating it as a possible hate crime. and mr. west, we have not been able to reach despite repeated efforts by cnn. joining me now, exclusively tonight, is the woman who was attacked in this case. a case that's being talked about throughout the country, her name is tasha hill. miss hill, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> by the way, her attorney is in atlanta along with her. his name is kip davis. >> kip jones. thank you. >> thank

it's on our blog right now. we'll get you there right away.e just talking to brianna about this idea of pre-existing conditions and how that may play out. in the notes is an interesting line that says currently covered individuals must be uninsured for six months before gaining access to this high-risk pool which would allow you to have pre-existing conditions covered. this is an example of how we need more information for it to play out. some would hear that say wait a second, six months of nothing. >> no coverage for a gap of six months. >> we need to pick apart this bill. i'm camped out here and we'll bring you details throughout the day and you can follow it here on tv and online with us at cnn.com/josh. >> i love this. from fossils to the nation's health care. you're good. josh levs, a man of all trades. thanks so much, josh. >>> congressman who heckled president obama said he was lying about health care reform has been formally scolded by fellow lawmakers. the house admonished joe wilson for the outburst. during president obama's address

this morning the blogs are buzzing about the south carolina republican who heckled the president.will talk more about that at 6:42. >>> a nationwide tax protest movement is coming here to washington. it is called the nine/12 march here on washington. it there will be a meeting at the dc armory. and tomorrow they will meet with lawmaker on captiol hill and hold a 9/11 remembrance ceremony. the rally is at free plaza an heads down pennsylvania avenue to captiol hill. >>> right now a followup to a story we brought you yesterday morning. we now know the identity of a 37-year-old womb shot to death in silver spring. montgomery county police say that someone murdered simone white as she walked from her car to her front door. some neighbors heard the shots but saw nothing. >> i didn't see anything unusual. i usually come home around that time. so to think that somebody was probably just in the bushes or the parking lot waiting is very scary. >> reporter: investigators say white's belongings including a laptop computer were still with her. police have no suspects and they are asking any w

and he heard of me because i was say cartoonist and he came across my blog -- blognde also kept him a natural fit with the comic-book world. then there is abass and his frie turnout whoame to me and myriend is the cousin o abass and i asked him to be a part of the project. abass was born in iran but it is raising a family there. then we have a doctor who is a real life southern dandy who lives in the french quarter, a very well-known figure, a foer house commissioner of the city of new orleans and a freqnt customer and i have him here at the restaurant with his favorite way tour. finally, we have denise do when the book starts she is a social worker living with her mother and her niece and is in an apartment in mid city. and in researching "a.d." i und through aadius show she dr. of her experiences at the conveion center and what she had to say was counter to what people had heard about there being violence with rapes and gang members shooting each other and she was talking about how when she was there they gang members were acting as a calmi force and agreed to have a truce and were

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you know, because so many people -- i started with some sports blogs. and i got so disgusted have a the first hour, 10 minutes, whatever it was, you know, where these opinions came out there that absolutely meant nothing, you know, and everybody has an opinion. so they like to express it and it gives them their opportunity. so for the most part, no, those are things that are really kind of bizarre. the thing that's really interesting, i think, about russian blogs is you do see these days some very creative, even opposition. i remember one image that sticks in my mind, if you can remember what a russian parade uniform looks like, there's a blog photo of president putin sitting in -- sitting on a horse in red square and he has a full lap he has his mini me, medvedev and somebody was just trying to make the point again, he's nothing but the mini me of prime minister putin. so the blogs go both ways. there's some really interesting political commentary. there is some stuff that is fascinating and worth reading and digesting and there's some like you said --

make sure you go to my blog, cnn.com/heidi.ow what you think. >>> rob marciano standing by now in the severe weather center to talk about these storms that we've been having in the south and this major amount of rain. the big yellow lab not happy even though he's a swimmer, he got caught in the rain yesterday. >> he needed a bath any way. torrential downpours across parts of georgia yesterday. this storm is expanding and now this morning right now flash flood warnings into western tennessee. weather is coming up when cnn "newsroom" comes back. ock up no? get everything you need for fall cleaning and fall allergies at an unbeatable price. save money. live better. walmart. >>> rob marciano standing by in the severe weather center to keep talking about this massive amount of rain. >> check out this video coming in out of -- north of little rock, arkansas. this is the state park. flooded bad yesterday. they shut it down for some of the worst flooding they have seen in some time. check out some of these numbers. little rock, 3.31. t

check out the blog, excuse me, fast company.com.re asking the question, is mitt facebook gaydar homophobic. they are asking because they feel this is unfairly outing people in the work place or possibly in front of college recruiters. they say some students applying to colleges may be unfairly discriminated against because of the facebook profiles. a lot of great questions but not a lot of answers. i will have more on my blog at wusa9.com. >>> a reality star gets booted off the show which has carried his name for years. that story in the buzz. >>> and what michael moore says he will do if his film doesn't cause an uprising in the american people. we'll be right back. we are watching 9 news now. >>> a few washingtonens have now seen michael moore's latest film called "capitalism, a love story." it had its dc premier at the uptown theater. we have more on the famous director. >> this is michael moore. i'm here to make a citizens arrest of the board of directors of aig. >> he is become, taking on a crisis of capitalism that hit just af

more on my blog again at u.s. wusa. >> thank you. >>> here's what is in the news now. the fbi is reminding transit systems nationwide they are vulnerable to terror attacks. it comes in the wake of the terror raids last week in new york and colorado. three suspects in those cases appeared in court yesterday. >>> at least six people enclouding a toddler are dead. storms are pounding the southeast with more than a foot of rain, and more rain is expected today. fall comes in this afternoon but they are already seeing snow in colorado. have what it looked like 30 miles west of denver in the foothills of the rockies. >>> i'm glad we don't have to deal with that right now, howard. >> no. but we will have a chance in a couple of months. >> and you will put out your snowfall predictions later this year. can't wait for that. >> coming up in november we will take the best guess for the season and there are times it may not be as nice as the last couple of years but we'll see. let's talk about today. today is the last day of summer, first day of fall. that is happening here, not q

here is what some of the blogs actually said.fington post, which i read all the time "i watched one of the most bizarre t.v. shows that i have ever seen, glenn beck's 9/12 special on fox news. i don't even know what it had to do with 9/11." how about this one? other than completely coopting it for tea parties, fox news, dissent and, oh, yes, glenn beck." glenn beck promised that the 9/12 protest would be huge, partly because he was one of the primary promotors of the event." trying to make this one as he was just trying to make a statement, a self-fulfilling prophecy today, beck exaggerated the crowd size estimates on his radio show." we covered acorn. oh, no, i'm sorry, that's not them saying that. they haven't covered acorn. we have. and here's what the fringe media felt about the acorn thing. watch this. >> the embarrassing video of an acorn staffer giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel with hookers t has corruption, sleazy operations, government ties, but nobody is covering that story, why? >> i don't even know about i

look at the top story on the blog, the briefing room.y say the administration's practice of tracking and archiving comments on their social networking sites is their obligation under the presidential records act. here it is. i'm reading right here. it is saying the pra was written in 78 but doesn't have a section on e-mail but everyone agrees the electronic communications meet the broad definition of especially records then the white house is legally required to preserve them. that's what they say. of course a lot of social media users say thank you we don't want to be tracked by the government or the white house. but, you know what n this day and age you have to know that it is out there and it is something we talk about all the time, you don't really have a choice. >> viewers are taking a note. after that story people were getting on my space saying we better watch out what we say. don't know who's watching. people are being more careful on what they are posting. >> there have been cases where some people on air have posted stuff and t

all know in the red cross and if you would like to donate i have a link to how you can do it on my blog at wusa9.com. >>> here's what is in the news now. suspected terrorist plotter najibullah zazi remains in a new york jail cell. he pleaded not guilty on tuesday to conspiracy charges. najibullah zazi will be in court in december. >>> the white house says no immediate sanctions on iran over the nuclear program. it is hoping for progress in six-nation talks that begin tomorrow. iran says the program is for peaceful usage. >>> president obama is planning the first white house state dinner to honor india's prime minister. the two met during an economic summit in london this year. the dinner is planned for november 24th. >>> time to say good morning, again, to howard bernstein. a little chilly outside. >> not only a little chilly but a couple of spotty showers have popped up. expecting them today with an upper air disturbance pushing through. little later south and east of town, we are looking at this activity across charles county and the eastern shore. just south of waldorf there on 301 b

if you didn't see your e-mail here go to my blog at cnn.com/cafferty file. wolf? >> we got to be grateful all of us who have jobs. >> absolutely. >> especially those of us who love our jobs. the millions and millions over the past year and a half, two years, who have lost their jobs and some of those jobs, you know what? they're never coming back. >> i wish i had time. we got probably 1500, 2,000 e-mails on this question. i wish i had time to read a bunch more because people are very willing to kind of open up their hearts and souls on some of these subjects and some of the stories are absolutely touching but there's this indominatable spirit that comes through that, by golly, it's tough now but the sun comes up tomorrow and things are going to get better. that's a nice thing to read before i head off to the end of the day. >> i totally agree. just got to be grateful if you have a job in these difficult times. jack, thanks very much. >>> on our political ticker, a new vote to give the late senator ted kennedy his dying wish, the massachusetts state house just gave

welcome to the program. >> caller: i read your blogs all of t time and i think you are great. i think you are a great writer. i would like to know what happened to the-- whoeems to have left abruptly. i doelieve your book is going to be an ongoing project becau of all these changes in the administtion with all these creeks leading it. >> host: we should point out there is a photograph in the photographs we are looking at all from the book. what about steven ratne >> guest: steven ratner just did leave overhe last weekend that is pro of my thesis that there is enough sunlight you can have accouability. he was under a cloud from the minute that barack obama appointed him the car czar who because his former company quadrangle has been involved in a longstanding now sec investigation of financial shenanigans. there is also a very strange incints involving the production of a movie cled "chooch," and a potential pay for-- faifa replace scheme in which rattner appareny had some dealings in promises with the director of's relative, involved with the movie. i d dedicate an entire chap