and the age group spending the most, boomers. but is it safe at any age?ked abc's deborah roberts to find out more. >> reporter: who would you rather hire? who would you date? like it or not, youth and beauty win out nearly every time. april samuelsen toyed with the idea of a facelift for years, then finally took the plunge. >> i started standing in the mirror and pulling my face back a little bit and saying, gee, this would be wonderful if i could do this, and i decided i'm doing this. >> reporter: at 66 years old, she's now part of a surprising new trend -- aging baby boomers undergoing body rejuvenation, like facelifts, breast lifts and eyelid work. in fact, the number of cosmetic surgery patients over 65 has soared. >> the way i felt inside i wanted to look outside. >> reporter: cosmetic surgeons say they're seeing lots of new patients. men and women in their 70s and 80s too. >> they're living longer. they're living healthier. they have fewer underlying medical problems. >> reporter: 73-year-old jane fonda recently shared her beauty secrets with "night

about the rest of the boomers? here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: there was a time when bill clinton never met a big mac he didn't like. >> i'm eeft eating an apple fritter right now. >> reporter: hillary clinton persuaded white house chefs to cook healthier meals, which kind of worked. but it wasn't until 2004, when he had triple bypass heart surgery that bill clinton truly got serious about changing his eating habits. then last year, with a goal of shedding 20 pounds for his daughter chelsea's wedding, he cut out all meat, as he explained to barbara walters. >> for a few months, i quit eating, essentially, all animal products, including dairy. >> reporter: so, it's mostly, what, grains and -- >> i mostly eat vegetables, fruits and whole grain bread and i just feel betttt doingt. >> reporter: for more than a year now, clinton had been adhering very closely to what's known as a vegan diet. like a vegetarian diet, the vegan diet excludes beef, chicken and pork. but the vegan diet goes even farther, cutting out

many baby boomers are cashing out on stocks. economists at the federal reserve bank of san francisco compared the price to earnings ratio to the stock market with the ratio of middle age to older people in the united states. the results, as the market has fallen, so has the ratio of 40 somethings buying stocks to 60 somethings selling stocks. that golden boomer selloff may be bad ns for the younger port foul yoeps. timing is everything. that will do it for the show for today. thank you for being with us. next week, join me. a best look at the top american cities where you can get the biggest bang for your buck. each week, keep it right here, where wall street meets main street. have a great weekend, everybody. i'll see you next week. restingf the biggest names in american finance. stay with us. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and

i am actually a baby boomer, at the edge of the baby boomer, and i know that baby boomer era. there's this huge boom in a population of seniors in our city that will grow. i think by 2020, 60% of the population will be seniors, and i think some people are now defining 60 and over, but i think generally, people looking at 65 and over. that is a huge population. i'm trying to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, but even housing policies that allow our buildings to become more senior- friendly. i guess we are calling it developing an aging-friendly city. we are also looking at how to support senior services and unique neighborhood by neighborhood programs called aging in place or village models that allow people who are older or seniors getting older to be able to support each other and to stay in their homes and communities longer so they can be contributed to the community as long as possible as opposed to institutionalizing them, which costs quite a bit more. so i'm looking with senior group's ideas of how to create more aging in place programs n

half of all americans are now on social networks like facebook and use among baby-boomers is growing. report by the pew internet and american life project finds that nearly two-thirds of adults use facebook or twitter, and among baby-boomers ages 60-54, 32% say they use social networking every day. up 20% from a year ago. the so-called power users are women aged 18-29, and 89% go online every day. what did we do before? we had a lot more time on our hands. we talked to people. >> leigh: a nice day today. warmed up a few degrees. 80s and 90s still in east bay locations. we'll look at the numbers in a moment. a live picture looking east towards the bay bridge and oakland. clear sky, and low clouds and fog near the coast. here's highs in your neighborhood today. antioch, 92. 90 in con cover. livermore, 94. fairfield, 91. look at clear lake, 97 degrees there today. ukiah hit 99. 86 in novato. 64 in san francisco and everybody coming down right now. 59, san francisco. 91 for antioch, and 87 in concord. our weather highlights, low clouds and fog will move inland tonight, mississippi and --

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they think it's all in the baby boomers. the baby boomers are still going to prove thattheir lifestyle sort of diet, a living-- not just like we talked about, with many slices of the pie-- health, exercise, relaxation, the spiritual times-- music, whatever you choose-- that all these componts will continue to breathe youth into. and the youth today are more challenged because of allergies and all these different concerns when the baby boomers didn't have to deal with. the assumption was at the end of the table, the baby boomers are still not finished. >> rose: they have something to prove. >> one ph.d. said they're still going to use every brain cell they still have left and roll out something we're all going to learn from. so brush stroke is sort of a model a-- a very deep model way serious partner, a cook school that does an incredible amount of research and they have different groups all over japan, universities that work with them, to produce a dining experience this new york that hopefully will create some curiosity, li

tom there's eighty million baby boomers about to become social security eligible and i'm on the back into that look i don't expect because right it would go back to security that's why when i got my reagan double tax them the baby boomers are the only generation in history that not only paid for their parents' retirement but also are paying for their own that's why there's a two point seven trillion dollars surplus in the trust fund that's what reagan. taxes in eighty three. perm everybody agrees or entitlements is the biggest part of our budget problem no it's not here is that nobody agrees to absolutely there the budget problem along here are social security medicare and medicare is in trouble because the republicans inserted medicare part d. would says that while the veterans administration can buy by penicillin for a penny a pill when when medicare buys it they've got to pay full retail at three dollars and eighty cents a pill it's a six hundred eighty billion dollars giveaway to the drug companies it was a poison pill for medicare medicare is in trouble because of that you can f

really bought into these institutions so you've got these these diehard values crusaders among the boomers and then you've got these acts are pragmatists who will swing in any direction quickly and we have the generational lineup that we've seen historically well you know we don't want to get to that we only have just a minute left so so very quickly the fourth turning this this every eighty years kind of cycle you know baby years ago the great depression eighty years before the great depression of the civil war eighty years before that the great depression of the seventy's sixty's that was due to the american revolution are we purge of another fourth turning of another major crash that could lead to a world order worldwide depression well i you know i hope it won't be bad i hope it will be destructive will be will be. will be avoided to the extent possible in the construct of which always comes out of a fourth turning of the normally constructive era will be maximized but clearly the line up is there are elderly are shared by those born after the last crisis right just so i don't i don't

are we becoming the baby boomers? >> if you look at data from the exit poll in 2008, obviously a big democratic year. that same age group was growing toward the republicans. they did change. it is fascinating to me to watch the cultural issues that have been a factor. california in 1972 had a referendum on the marijuana. i think as they got older they would vote no. medical marijuana they have been supportive as they get older. questions on gay-rights -- you know, the question is yond voters are hugely in favor of same-sex marriage. will they continue to be that as they grow older? will they grow more conservative? i think it will continue to be liberal on that issue. we do not know for sure. >> do marriages, mortgages, and children make them more conservative? >> i think that has happened to the baby boom couldn't -- generation. not on all issues. >> the baby boomers have never been -- they were never as pro democratic as the millennial generation is today. they are -- there is a pretty important difference between t

people you see two hugely divergent visions for what americans are going to be and in the hands of boomers you know we talk about the generational triggers of this era there is no older generation now in power all of the older leaders the people who were children during the great depression or world war two when they're veterans of that war they're all around so all of the compromisers that people are willing to defer to discuss to split the difference they're all gone all you have left are these cultural lawyers you know these people who have always been values first joined by increasing way gen xers born in the sixty's and let me tell you something the house is by far the youngest of the two bodies and they the tea partiers and all the freshmen who came in in two thousand and ten are you know. over half of them were born after nine hundred sixty seventy percent of them are republican in other words this course cohort is overwhelmingly republican they were born in the early one nine hundred sixty s. they came to a very good during here iran hostage crisis in reagan and even in the elector

baby boomers, it is important to differentiate between early and late baby boomers. early baby boomers, of which i am one, 10 to be much more democratic. there the second as a democratic generation. later baby boomers are significantly more conservative. it is not clear that baby boomers have changed that much overtime want to take into account the differentiation between the generation. will the millennial is still liberal as there now? i agree with michael. on social issues, i think the concept that, as they get older and are more likely to be married and so on, they will throw gay marriage over the side is ludicrous. i do not think that will happen. i think there is an indelible change in american politics. these issues will go way pretty rapidly over time. the newer cohorts are far more liberal in this issue. there will drive the issue out of politics. i think we will see it in this decade. there will be some local fights in some states. >> the boomers are the first generation where the college people have been more democratic than their elders. the college/g i g

more as a baby boomers entered the medicare system. i wanted to say, thank you for supporting funding for the national institute of health but for holding the institute accountable for returning important data to us. i implore you to support the alzheimer's breakthrough act which holds people accountable to finding whatever amount it is we need to combat this terrible disease and also the hope for alzheimer's act which improves diagnosis, cure planning, and advanced measures. can we count on you? >> the answer is no, you cannot. here is my philosophy. i think we should have the best national institute of health and the world. and we do. it is to have times the size it was 12 years ago. the last thing we need is special-interest groups telling the scientists where they need to go. francis collins who did the genome project is a good friend of mine. i had dinner with him a few weeks ago. he said police do not pass any more laws telling us what we have to do. let us follow the science to solve the greatest solutions. it is right. i love t

it blew up after the baby boomers because the next group was not bigger.f you are doing something similar, you would be arrested for running a pyramid scheme. it proves the education system in the last 30 years has turned more to liberal arts and academia -- than academia because graduates do not know the difference between the fixed mortgage and adjustable mortgage, but they do know why sally has two moms. do these state pension plans have to be a aaa rating? we have been living in fear and insecurity since 9/11. we have been making bad decisions. host: this goes back to the earlier point about the last 10 years after september 11. guest: the caller had so many points, it is almost impossible to address all of them. i will start with the point that is near and dear to my heart. the social security system has serious systemic problems. the major problem is baby boomers. those are people born between 1946 and 1964. i am one of them. the oldest baby boomers turned 65 in 2011 and injures the medicare system. the oldest baby boomer on january 1 will enter will

by davy crockett at the alamo high along with much of the nation especially growing ranks of the boomer generation was swept up in the crockett frenzy, an unprecedented merchandising whirlwind in which crockett was commercialized in a way that would have been unthinkable to the man himself. every kid had the hat and almost overnight prices of record and colt soared from $0.25 a lb to $6 resulting in the sale of at least ten million fur caps and causing eisenhower to almost put those be sunni endangered species list. within a few months of that premiere more than $100 million was shelled out not just for recon and caps but 3,000 different crockett items. i am sure some of you would admit to that because they include pajamas and lunch boxes and i know someone has davy crockett underpants. comex, moccasins, toothbrushes, toy rifles, sleds, curtains, it goes on and on and then there is the song, the ballad of davy crockett that sold more than four million copies and remained no. one of the top-10 lists for 13 weeks and that warm spring night in 1955, was back on the floor sitting indian sty

so profound was the cultural up none dation that no baby boomer can fail to recall this charismatic man's name. this recognition to my way of thinking is a good thing, but the flood of misinformation without crockett's life that resulted, something i became very much aware of later in my life and certainly proved up while researching this book which, in part, mote valeted me to write this book created a crockett mythology that continues to this day. my good friends, this is not a straightforward chronological biography nor does it focus just on that one slice from the big crockett pie, the alamo. there is much more to crockett than the last few weeks of his life, and it's not a rejournallation of the many myths and total lies perpetuated by crockett over the years. this is a book for people interested in learning the truth or at least as much as can be uncovered about both the historical and the fictional crockett and how the two often became one, and hopefully readers will gain historical insights into the actual map and how he captured the imagination of his generation and later ones as

one of the 500 candidates listed height of today seem like millions of senior citizens, the baby boomers and workers are watching their 4o14o1 kays shrink people want to note why there has been such a big drop. one analyst said it is nervous investors. >> is too much. it does not make sense. >> a spokesman says the united states is still considered the gold standard in cell market watchers expect at least a partial rebound soon as bergen hunt is moving. >>> the smb gone -- downgrade is having an impact in everything from gold to guys. christien kafton is live and see what and the risible for that may and lower mortgage and credit card rates. >> reporter: investors watch these numbers go down today. only as good as been downgraded. that move could make buying a home were expensive and it is also driving up the price of gold beat my and answers watch the market today. some of the opportunities seem like we have a mutual company to do and we were hoping to advance. been out of none of that time. >> reporter: others out reason to worry. >> we could be like old school in cuban under the mattr

we've got baby boomers moving through towards retirement. that's going to create a tremendous burst of cost in social security and medicare. we've known for a long time we needed to get our arms around that long-term insolvency of government. we haven't quite done it yet, and that is what, i think, as well as the near-term deficit arising from the financial crisis. remember, we had our first trillion dollar annual deficit in 2009 after we had the collapse of wall street and then the t.a.r.p. bailout. i think that factor combined with the baby boomer retirement is what made this rating happen. >> okay. what can washington do to help get this aaa credit rating back? >> reporter: this is one chapter in the story. we've got a long way to go. we've got a special committee appointed with the next two weeks to try to get another trillion and a half in deficit reduction and the continue can take more decisive action than they've taken so far, requiring a big deal. not just cuts in entitlements but tax increases republicans have been resisting. until

and like so many of boomers, i grew up with the-- parker image of crockett. and it was entertaining and charming when you are nine. but it wasn't the real thing. crockett like so many figures from the west, others i have written about, pretty boy flied, billy the kid, jessy james, there's the real man and then there's the myth. so the two often collide and get together. and it happened definitely in crockett's own lifetime. >> that's what was so surprising is that i didn't realize that crockett in his lifetime was such a renowned figure and that he actually attended a play that was about him. and i guess it was in 1831. and he -- >> in washington, d.c.. >> that's right. and he of course served successfully in congress for several times. and he went to see this play called, and that's what i use for my subtitle, the lion of the west. and he knew it was loosely based on him sow went into the theatre with his entourage. they seated him in the first row. everyone was wondering what's crockett going to do. will he get up and pummel the actor playing him or you kno

tonight it may be the night the baby boomer does something no swimmer has ever done before, swim from cuba to florida, in open water, with no cage to protect her from the sharks. it's 103 miles. that is supposed to start at any moment now, and cnn is exclusively following alongside nyad and her historic attempt. shasta darlington joins us by phone to give us the play by play. i understand she's just about to get started swimming. >> that's right, don. we're waiting right here in the marina, hemingway right on the west side of havana. she's about to jump in the water. we're just waiting for her to turn up. she's been waiting all day for the winds to die down. the idea is even though it's night it's going to be the time when the winds are the quietest, when the current is the quietest and she really has a very small window when it comes to weather. so she's about to jump in. you know, this is a very important personal challenge for diana nyad. she tried to do the same swim in the 1970s and she failed. it's something she put behind her, and she said when she turned 60, when she turned 60

. >>> laid off workers and aging baby boomers are pushing the financially strapped social security systemards the brink of insolvency. new congressional estimates say the trust fund that supports social security disability will run out of money by 2017. >>> and scientists claim they've earth. australian and british geologists have discovered fossilized single cell organisms they say are 3.4 billion years old. they were found in a rock formation in australia. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the dow opens at 10,817, after losing 172 points on friday. the s&p fell 17 points. the nasdaq dipped 38. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei went down 91 points. but in hong kong the hang seng b=dded 86. europe's debt and shaky u.s. data could make for more market volatility this week as investors wait on word from the fed. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will be in wyoming for the annual jackson hole symposium where wall street will be listening to what he has to say about the struggling economy and what, if anything, the fed plan

. >>> baby boomers are pushing the financially strapped social security system towards the brink of insolvency. new congressional estimates say the fund that support social xurmtly r security will run out of money by 2017. >>> and scientisting claim they found the oldest notice fossil on earth. geologists discovered fossilized single-cell organisms they say are about 3.4 billion years old, found in a rock formation in australia. >>> it is something that took years to build and millions to fund. later this morning the martin luther king jr. memorial in the nation's capital opens for the very first time. we look at the newest monument. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: in 1963, dr. martin luther king delivered his powerful "i have a dream" speech on washington, d.c.'s national mall. 48 years later the memorial to the civil rights pioneer will be open to the public. >> for the first time we will have a man of color, a man of peace to grace the mall. >> reporter: it will honor and celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king. one of the leading force s and catalyst for the civil rights movement across

it is not easy for most baby boomers to stay in shape but most baby boomers are not american enduranceer. look at this. yesterday, there she goes. she began her attempt to be the first person to swim from the florida straits without the aid of a shark cage. she is 61 years old. the 103-mile swim from havana cuba to the florida keys is expected to take about 60 hours. >> boy, that is scary. >> i did the mile swim 1,000 years ago and done. but good for her. >>> well, you think that a bird would not have to board an airplane because it already has wings, roit? >> try telling that to this bird or bat. we're not sure what it is. it is going to fast. no one can tell. a passenger took this video. awakened by the raucous on a delta airlines flight. the flying animal was finally trapped in the lavatory but apparently the flight crew went back later and couldn't find it. so it has disappeared. >> a stow-away. >> didn't want to pay baggage fees. >> can you imagine being on a plane and having that thing? >> i would freak out. >> yes. >> and they didn't find it though, right? >> i would not be calm

the report from the internet and american life project says one third of baby boomers use social network as facebook and twitter. up from 20% a year ago. the study shows more seniors are testing the waters of social networking. >>> there is a flurry of growth taking place in livermore valley as tom vacar tells us construction of a retail senter is the latest evidence suggesting an economic revival. -- center is the latest evidence of suggesting an economic revival. >> the city says 1,000 connecticut instruction workers are working on this -- construction workers are on this job. but they are saying it is deputy about low-income people who will not make enough money to shop here. >> you do not have a target coming around here. >> it is not just factory outlets and retailers it is housing as well. >> they will have as many as 1,000 workers building hundreds of new homes. >> a project of that size in california is enormous in this time in the state of our industry and across the country as well. >> reporter: the livermore valley seems to be solidly coming out of recession. >> a center gee t

we have a baby boomer generation and needed millions of new young teachers. how we recruit the hardest working people from around the country. what finland has done is raised the status. they have elevated the profession of teaching. it is doctors, lawyers, and teachers altogether. that is out has to be here. i think we have to significantly raise starting salaries. i think a great teacher should be able to make $130,000, $150,000. we need better career ladders with much better support. >> one of the things a lot of people are saying about what we're doing now is that we're making teaching less attractive, putting pressure and teachers individually to achieve results and pushing out good, creative teachers. >> again, to get good results, you need good, creative teachers, and anyone who thinks we do not -- we are pushing against that every day. i really trying to elevate the status of the profession. i think we have not done in this country is celebrate good teaching. finland has done that across the board. finland says we will only let the best come in and we

it blew up after the baby boomers because the next group was not bigger. if you are doing something similar, you would be arrested for running a pyramid scheme. it proves the education system in the last 30 years has turned more to liberal arts and academia -- than academia because graduates do not know the difference between the fixed mortgage and adjustable mortgage, but they do know why sally has two moms. do these state pension plans have to be a aaa rating? we have been living in fear and insecurity since 9/11. we have been making bad cisions. host: this goes back to the earlier point about the last 10 years after september 11. guest: the caller had so many points, it is almost impossible to address all of them. i will start with the point that is near and dear to my heart. the social security system has serious systemic problems. the major problem is baby boomers. those are people born between 1946 and 1964. i am one of them. the oldest baby boomers turned 65 in 2011 and injures the medicare system. the oldest baby boomer on january 1 will enter will

baby boomers across the united states watched nervously as all those things were happening. as i mentioned earlier, this type of crisis has become the new normal in this congress. under the republican rule, the house of representatives is re-- has repeatedly led our country to the brink of unthinkable situations. first we led the country to the brink of a government shutdown, threatening the jobs and hundreds of thousands of workers and endangering vital government as we speak, the federal aviation administration is shuttered costing the identification hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. because they refuse to pass a clean legislation that does not include measures that threaten rural communities and the future of the airline unions. now we are at the edge of a cliff in order to see how much they can get without throwing the country into default. they spoke of a promise to the american people the debate will be an example of an "adult moment" in washington. is this what he had in mind? this morning, mr. dreier went on national public radio said they had not threatene

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that there are forgiveness relationships so i want to talk about that you know there's a lot of baby boomers in this country there's a drop in the birth rate over the last few years at times as much as four percent so should we consider polygamy as at least one idea to stimulate our population well why not marking her as a national calligraphy advocate and founder of truth or. heather mark let's talk about this we just saw this report in russia and one of the arguments that we saw is there's simply a shortage of men and so the shortage of supply leads to the need for sharing talk about this and talk about some of your arguments that you give in terms of why polygamy should be legal in this country where. we. are actually sure when. we are actually quite a lot. well we. i created a society there are. males in our society or it isn't right as are the last thirty not really growing up allowing free more. free choice. women to choose. and create or start. living is really not about all of you for between men and women actually. that's been mature and here we. are women. and. all our choices let

. >> pelley: america's first baby boomer president is now officially a senior citizen eligible for medicare bill clinton turned 65 today, but he is still the youngest among the former living presidents. he is 44 days younger than george w. bush. during a record drought, we look at what houston is willing to do to quench its thirst for water. that story is next. story is next. foreign film. good idea. let's go. did i just say that out loud? [ female announcer ] feel fresh up to 5 times longer with scope outlast. still feeling fresh? oh, yeah. [ female announcer ] what will you outlast? [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed.

i'm too old to be a baby boomer. here's today's weather.rms in the plains and along the east coast. sunny and warm pretty much everywhere else. the days ahead will be milder in the northeast though the south will see more rain and heat. by week's end maybe tropical storm irene. >> mr. president, a pleasure to meet you. thank you for doing this.,,,,,, the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. >> osgood: president obama got an earful this past week from americans worried about the economy. during his three-state heartland bus tour, our anthony mason was invited to come along and now report

host: one more, good news for baby boomers. 50 or older is the bottom line, essentially flat line as the lowest since 1993. for all the other age groups, 12-17, 18-24, it has been coming down, but at different rates. guest: the important thing here is that all age groups are experiencing declines. older folks, it looks like just because of the scale, the rate is so low anyway that you cannot really see. a decline of the 52% over that whole period, while the other groups are more in the range of 70's, something like that. there is an optical illusion here, but it is still going down for people of my vintage, but not going down as rapidly for some of the other groups. the other important thing is that it is going down for all age groups. sometimes we have crime declines in the united states driven by demographics. it is not like the risk for anybody has gone down, but that the number of people in the high-risk groups is less than it has been. that is not what is going on here. host: another question for you, richard rosenfeld. ages 12-17, although declining, at the highest of violent v