i want you to come up to the north coast, the place where i'm from, fort bragg, not from your studios are from. come to eureka and visit with the unemployed fishermen there and give this some balance. because, let me tell you. the delta smelt did not cause a problem for those farmers. >> shut his water off. sean: this is about farmers that are starving and you seem to care more about a 2-inch minnow than do you about these people that have farmed for generations. and you don't seem to have any concern about them. why? i want to know why. >> sean, i -- sean, i care about them but that 2-inch minnow, nor those salmon caused the problem. now, listen and listen carefully, sean. their problem came about because of the drought this year. there is a drought this year and those very same growers are selling out their water to southern california. one of the companies there just made $77 million by selling their water to southern california, putting people in that valley out of work. don't tell me about the delta smelt, sean. sean: hey, zeek, you are going to blame these farmers because they d

bragg. i told you i would do it. john. there you go. to do it for us on this sunday morning. tamron hall, thank you so much. mike bettes, appreciate you being here. coming up next week, what do yo got? >> we'll go back to school to the places that made us for better or worse. i'm off to my junior high. >> i'm off to college. maybe i'll learn something. >> they'll make me pay the library fees. we'll be bac here for nightly news. until then, so long. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> fire up the grills, it's game day. many fans finding out there are new tailgating rules. and then a qumurder. and then the flood damage from a water main break. >>> good morning. welcto

he was based out of fort bragg, north carolina. >>> president obama was also back to the grind pushing to reform what is a badly broken health care system. [ chanting ] >> the crowd was electric for the president health care rally at the university of maryland. he urged the students to get involved in the health care debate. and he pointed to fellow student rachel peck. she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. the president said her story is a key reason why young people need to get involved now. >> it's like i've been marked. what health insurance is going to want to take on someone who could potentially cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars. so that is really scary because it's a really expensive disease to have. >> at this point, a health reform bill is moving ahead in the senate, though, without a single republican on board. and house democrats are still pushing with a bill for a public option. >>> turning now to the other big health issue this fall, the government is already preparing to fight false information to get out there about the effects of the h1n1 vaccine that wi

he and the two other soldiers were based in fort bragg. he was 29 years old. >>> another soldier killed in afghanistan is being honored for his bravery. the president presented his parents a medal of jared monti honorjared was killed. -- jare monti was killed in 2006. he was hit by a grenade. >>> a colorado man will face a third round of questions today. authorities searched several homes in new york and colorado that are tied to the man. agents are monitoring him and four other people, all been suspected of being part of a plot to detonate bombs on new york subways. >>> two men sparred in the second debate. >> my opponent has been the biggest spender in the general assembly last year. >> my opponent in his years never wrote a bill to create a job or to expand and educational opportunity. >> both men claim they will no raise taxes. diaz said he believed some of the opposition to president obama -- moody's said he believes some of the opposition to president obama has a hint of racism. there will be two more debates. >>> it principle is exp

the three were assigned to a special forces group out of fort bragg. >>> the president presented the medal of honor to the parents of a fall unu.s. soldier. >> sergeant first class gerald monty was killed in afghanistan in 2006. he ran into on coming enemy fire three times in afghanistan trying to save one of his wounded men. >> and so for a third time, he rose. for a third time, he ran toward his fallen comrade. he said his patrol leader, it was the bravest thing i had ever seen a soldier do. >> the president presented the medal of honor to his parents in the white house east room. .president also paid tribute to the three soldier that's died alongside monty that day. >> we salute their service indeed. >>> it can have pinier to massive affects on women. we're talking about the change of life. coming up next, the co-author of menopause the book, for some tips for women and men who love them. everybody can survive the change with the help of this book. >>> and an ellen impersonator took the stage. you can guess who it is? here is a hint. it's the person taking her job. growing up we d

bragg family support group and learned to be independent over the years because she's had to.to cnn.com/living and find out what the younger miller says about how he deals with concerns about his father's safety. >> wow. imagine. >>> another hi interest story involves a mafia boss and a crocodile. the crocodile is the enforcer? >> you heard of the phrase taking a bite out of crime? this would qualify as putting a bite into crime. antonio has been charged with illegal possession of an animal after this crocodile was found in his naples home used to sb d intimidate people. according to the italian force, the crocodile was fed mice. capable of pulling off a limb in one bite. the crock is creative. it got us to thinking about this famous scene from "the godfather." it comes to mind. by the way, this is not the first time the forest service has found an illegal crocodile in someone's home. to get details on that one, go to cnn.com/world. >> i can hear people clicking over there right now. great story. thanks. >>> what are you doing next tuesday night? we have an exciting edition to

he only represented fort bragg in the last few years. but he represented them every day as a member of this body. and that's why you have a school on that base named for him. you have military hospitals named for him because they knew that bill hefner was a friend of veterans, friend of small business owners. and as you heard this evening, he was a friend of the working poor as well as the middle class. his life of service will continue to inspire all that knew him. and his love for north carolina can be seen through his work on our highways and in our schools and our veterans' hospitals, and yes, in the laws that he helped pass in this body. he retired from congress almost a decade ago, but his work and influence will not be forgotten. he was a respected legislator, a dedicated public servant and a great north carolinaian. it is fitting that we honor bill hefner and his family this evening. madam speaker, i join his family and our state in mourning a great legislator and a tremendous human being. i yield back. mr. kissell: madam speaker

bragg, north carolina. maryland comptroller wants another term. the democrat from maryland filed with the board today to run for a second term of office. the comptroller collects taxes, regulates alcohol, tobacco and motor fuel industry. >>> in the 9 news now update, an announcement to cut 150 jobs in portion county is on hold until next month. the county is already terminated 55 positions but the state just cut another $22.7 million in funding to the county. union officials say county employees will learn by october 1st if they are in fact losing their jobs. police, fire and corrections officers are not expected to be part of this round of cuts. >>> a prince georges county attorney tells the "washington post" he's looking to appeal a civil verdict against a police corps corporal. a jury found the corporal negligent in a deadly 2007 crash and awarded the victim's family $4 million. chavez's cruiser slammedded in to a car driven by brian gray, a 2 a-year-old university of maryland student. chavez was going twice the 25- mile an hour speed limit in

ironically, southern culture was a topic in the previous panel, and rick bragg for example one of thereat practitioners of the seven stories talks about that oral tradition, because his people from northern alabama in fact don't read. and thus the oral tradition became dominant. and was a very important device for cultural continuity for shared values and for commentary. but here's the irony that seems to be in our contemporary culture, and this may illuminate my feature writing is threatened. we have a new form of oral culture. what is supplanting print journalism is television talk shows, redundance, sean hannity, and people of that. but it is instantaneous. is often thought that it is not reflected. it is not investigative. i am not even going to, i don't think we'd want to go in the direction of the extreme of this new form, rush limbaugh, which is the very worst example of it. but what has happened culturally, we think of the implications of this is we are bombarded with information daily. there is a dozen of these men and women on tv every single day, chatting away at his. but w

circumstantial and direct case they had against zazi, and, a he made two drips trips to pakistan, fort braggys and bought a car from denver to new york city for a short period of time and no one drives across the country that brief period of time unless there is a compelling reason and is no strange to an airport, works as a shuttle driver. >> julie: convenient. >> and why wouldn't he book a plane flight, doesn't want to be discovered. >> gregg: nothing wrong with driving to new york from denver and guilt by association is not crime. >> i was going to say, in other words, obviously we are not defending terrorism but look through the affidavits, carefully, what emerges are, julie and gregg, is that they may have made false statement to the fbi, we call a 1001 violation but there is not underlying evidence of -- >> come on, they discovered 9 pages of hand-written notes, in zazi's computer that detailed how to make a homemade bomb. >> which -- is that a crime. >> julie: okay. then he has also -- >> gregg: conspiracy -- there are books how to make a bomb, you can find them in the library. >> and

in the 80s, and this is in the ay and became an instructor at fort bragg, provided guidance to trading to extremists including some o are subsequently convicted in 1993 attack on the world trade center. it also included a computer expert written up for review against al qaeda leaders. there's not much more in the 9/11 record. none of what i hav told you, none of his meetings with fitzgerald, none of that is in the 9/11 report. wh should we care? was it presentable? here is the point. remember the little story i told you, i will give you the third. in 1991, the terror gup, september 1999, fire marshal who was not only a hero in the fire department, literally had his back broken in a rescue, went back to rescue o, became a fire marshal, he was in a military intelligence unit in the army reserve and stioned in the defense analysis center in washington where he had a top-secret clearance. he was stunned watching the fbi negligence. he is in the fire department in 1999 when he finds out there is someonwho has tie to the blind sheik. an accountant who is literally -- this is him. he is on th

bragg, north carolina. he and his roommate decided to spend $500 on a dining set, table and chairs, a little thing, and then all of a sudden, this happened -- >> one day the roommate came home and opened the door and looked in, and the kitchen set was missing. they had just bought it, $500 kitchen set. and he was infuriated. and jared came home, and he said, jared, where's the kitchen set? jared said, well, i was at one of my soldiers' houses today, and his kids were eating dinner on the floor, and they needed the kitchen set more than we did. >> reporter: so, you could see right there, clearly, fred, it's the kind of character of the person who steps up. that's the small example of the dining set, but then on the battlefield, he makes the ultimate sacrifice. >> very generous on both fronts. so, all this taking place at the same time the president is facing a pretty tough decision about whether to send more troops to afghanistan. so, does sergeant monti's dad have any strong thoughts on that? >> reporter: h

benedict celebrating mass and celebrating young people, scheduled to meet with the arch bishop in braggn faithful to religious tradition. gretchen: former camp to migrant workers complex for sex offenders. pastor richard recruited inmates to prisons now some 35 sex offenders live in the complex. more than three miles from the largest town. even though it's called miracle park. local are even though it's risky, his hands are tied. >> phone scam going around. telling them the department of veteran affairs need credit card information to update prescription trfings. any want them people who know they are not changing the calls. if you have any questions call this one 877-222-8387. steve: not stopping paraplegic climber chris waddell from trying to conquer the mountain. after being paralyzed in a ski accident when he was 20. he went on to become one the most decorated paralympians of all time. if he succeeds. reach the top on his own power. good luck to him. gretchen: amazing feat. today is yom kippur, the holiest day on the calendar. devout jews around the world will be in prayer and fasti

steve: and our third town haller is small business owner katherine bragg. she went to the town hall in the los angeles area. >> the political aisle have tried to put rep makes on health care for years and nobody has done anything until today. and now it's being rammed down our throats. steve: katherine, there you are, very passionate at the town hall in california. did the president address your issues last night? >> good morning, everybody. i'd like to say -- i'm from northern california, too, not l.a. but, no, the president did not address my points that i brought up in the town hall. my issue around tort reform is that it's an evident solution, i think, to much of the health care problems that we're experiencing in terms of cost. and for some reason, whether it's because the democrats really are in bed with insurance companies -- i'm sorry, the attorneys. for some reason this was just thrown on the table as a little bone to the g.o.p. last night. so for me it was not addressed at least sincerely addressed. i thought it was more of a sound bs indict, more

host: joey, are you at fort bragg? caller: well, i am disabled, so i am not. but anybody who thinks that we failed and bush failed are idiots. host: in "the washinton post" this morning, "iraq war deaths, total number of u.s. military killed." last year's poverty rate was highest in 12 years, reports the census bureau. that is our discussion next with isabel sawhill. >> is there more than one definition of conservative? saturday, sam tanehaunhaus on the death of conservatism. >> this weekend, the role of conspiracy theories in american history and politics with the author of "real enemies," history professor kathryn omestad. >> 1.7 million new immigrants each year are followers of islam. sunday, reflections on islam and the west, christopher all -- christopher caldwell on c- span's "q&a." if recession for justice sonia sotomayor -- the first session for justice sonia sotomayor. >> would we be doing more harm than good broad ruling in a case that does not even involve the traditional nonprofit corporation? >> hear the argument in its entirety saturday on c-span

bragg, north carolina. i'm saluting my husband cody hout. he is serving a one-year term with the earl, part of the 82nd division. we are so proud of you. we are praying for you and your unit's safe return. you are our hero and i'm so proud to be your wife. >> andrea, thank you. and if you have somebody in the service we would love to do the same thing for you. go to cnn.com/robin. we'll help you salute them. >>> a politician is in hot water and with more than just his constituents. new for you in about 20 minutes a conservative california lawmaker caught on tape bragging about having sex with two women, neither of whom are his wife. >>> how am i supposed to talk about the economy after that? >> now that we have you paying attention. you might not be feeling it yet but the people who keep track of the economy say it has turned the corner, starting to improve. money expert jennifer west hone, that's good enough for us to listen to. >> that will catch your attention. the worst recession in 70 years is ending? and the economy is growing again? t