buster shaken up but he is doing fine now as well. from that dog to a cat in northern virginia named second chance. and, of course, there is a good reason he's got that name. the little guy was found nearly beaten to death. he was in such bad shape the woman who found him took him to a vet to be compassionately put to sleep. the vet thought the cat had enough spunk to pull through. he did. after several operations he is with a foster home and needs a permanent home if you would like to see him go to our home page. >>> what the chances of getting hit by ameteorite? a space rock crashed through a doctor's office in lorton, virginia, now the smith soen yan has it. >> reporter: this meteorite fell on a doctor's office along richmond highway. >> it is probably 4.5 billion years old. >> reporter: i'm sorry. how old is it? >> 4.5 billion. >> reporter: meteorites fall over the world. most fall in the ocean. this surprised the doctor when it fell through the roof of his offices. >> we heard an explosion. i thought the bookshelves fell. i looke

seven i spent a third of its funds on buster clements and i was pleased to see them on our property as shown in the picture just two weeks ago. the committee has no doubt heard significant suffering of the strong need for funding to burn the structure to achieve a state of good repair. this policy is as true for small and midsize transit systems as it is for our nation aging rail systems and deteriorating bridges and highways. not only did the ra five benefit dart into mine but they also supported replacement of more than 180 smaller buses and 17 large buses and other transit systems throughout iowa. iowa takes great pride in its expansive network of rural transit services in all 99 counties of the state. the senior citizens and job seekers living in iowa smaller towns replied on public transit are also see the advances on trim benefits of arra. we as a million dollars will build an energy-efficient expansion for appach is well underway with contractors identified or 30 full-time jobs and more than $200,000 of construction wage and benefits

. >>> expensive nights out can be a complete budget buster. but that doesn't mean there's lesser socializing going on. cheap thrills are getting a new meaning. >> reporter: now it's chic to be cheap. >> people are shifting away from big cover charges to $15 martinis to let's make drinks at home. >> reporter: brian wilson knows about formal entertainment. he hosts parties once a month at home. >> this is free and it's easy to show up to you're not paying 10 bucks to get in and another five bucks for a beer. you just show up. >> we come together and gather in this home and sit on the floor and just kind of listen and talk and share drinks and food. >> reporter: everyone contributed to the food. he hosts different speakers are gets people in the group to talk about different topics but he has other money saving, socializing things to do. >> folks within four or five different block radius and every month we alternate whose house the supper club is located at. so one you're cooking for home and friends and you spend an entire night hanging out and

. >>> also, in case you missed it, northern iowa playing the role of bracket buster. biggest upset of the tournament. >>> on the road tonight? >> yeah,e have a lot to talk about. of course we'll go get on basketball but first we have to start with the capitals because vacation is over. alex ovechkin returned from his two-game suspension tonight. and o.v. does what o.v. does scores goals. 45th goal of the year, now that moves him back into the league lead and it also helps the caps. don't forget about jose theodore who continues to look very good between the pipes. he had 33 saves down at tampa. bruce boudreau said o.v. would not miss a beat and he didn't, but o.v. did get plenty of help as always. steckel to eric fehr. eric fehr centers it and check it out perfectly placed centering pass to tomas fleischmann. caps go up. 2 is 1st goal for flash. later in the first we're tied at one. nilas backstrom, great pass off the boards to alex ovechkin. you can imagine being the goalie on anthero niittymaki. he must had been quivering in his boats. third period still 2-1. brooks

the health care bill is not a budget buster, it's a budge jest booster, according to the same congressional office that republican grassley calls god. they said it will save $1 trillion. more than that and you can argue 1.2. we save money at the same time as consumers save money. this is good stuff and good for the budget. >> pat, my little quiet pat. cost containment. is that an issue? >> the issue is we can't afford to not do health care reform, but this isn't health care reform. it's health care coverage expansion. those are trove, very different things. health care reform means blowing up the fee tore service system and paying for results, paying for health outcomes. not paying for procedures. but that involves a radical reworking of the entire system that is not what has ever been on the table. >> right now it seems like the public option, erik, might still be on the table. >> here is what we're hearing, that the public option may be on the table for people who are uninsured, people who are currently insured, can continue to do whatever they're going to do. the problem is, here what ha

. >>> and bracket busters. march madness lives up to its name with a weekend of buzzer beaters. >> spartans move to the sweet 16! >>> this is the cbs morning news 16! >>> this is the cbs morning news for monday, march 22nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. as early as tomorrow, president obama will sign a historic health care reform bill that promises to affects the lives of nearly every american. passed by the house late last night, the long debated legislation extends health care to millions of uninsured americans and will be a key issue come this year's elections. tara mergener is in washington with a details. >> reporter: good morning. well, just two months ago, it's hard to believe this bill was widely considered dead. but last night, a stunning turnaround for health care reform. >> the bell is passed. >> reporter: the nation's health care system is about to get one of the biggest overhauls it has ever seen. after a marathon weekend session, house

filled with upsets, as you know, but education secretary arnie duncan may have the ultimate bracket buster here. duncan wants college teams to get serious about the graduation rates. so he's proposed a new policy for the ncaa and if enacted it would keep teams from post-season play if they don't graduate at least 40% of their players. if duncan's plan were in place, mind you, for this year's mens tournament. 12 teams wouldn't have been eligible to play including top seeded kentucky. we know you've got something to say about this. we want you to say it to us. should college teams be required to meet graduation standards if they want to play in march madness, what do you think? call us at 77-tell-hln. you can text us at hlntv or go to our facebook pages, exist i pall hln or chuck roberts hln and get into the discussion there. >>> a florida man proved he's willing to give everything for his marriage. he just gave his wife a kidney. she'd been on a grueling dialysis schedule since last year and after a long search for a match it turns out she'd been living with hers. >> i keep telling him it's

charge the $140 billion bill will be a budget buster. >> the reform would bring $1.3 trillion in deficit reduction. >> democrats are considering a plan to have the senate's version of health care pass the house, without having members vote on it directly, but it is not clear that nancy pelosi has the 216 votes. >> every vote is a heave left. >> reporter: gerald conley's vote is one of many that nancy pelosi is trying to lift. >> am i concern under i'm always concerned. >> in his first time and up for re-election this year, conley is ready for republican attacks on his support for health care reform. they've offered no alternatives. >> what people focus on process almost exclusively, it means that they have not got much to say about substance. >> reporter: but the republicans have already settled on a strategy, hit the democrats heart and offer -- often. >> they will take it out on connolly. >> reporter: he has already staked out a position as a vocal critic of health care reform. >> i think it will be al huge issue in the campaign, it is not just health care passes. they are saying is a

a laser may become the fat buster of our dreams. meredith land has our "get healthy for li" report. >> the four-armed blazer with beam, can it zap fat? no pain, no surgery? stephanie martinez is a firm believer. she said she dieted and exercised but had stubborn fat that wouldn't budge. >> on my hips and thighs. >> she underwent six 40-minute sessions in dallas over two weeks. '. >> i saw results on the third session. at the sixth of my very last session, i saw dramatic change. >> three inches in the hip, 2 1/2 in the thighs. the laser approved to treat pain and inflammation after surgery is now, according to its maker, forcing fat out of cells. the vice chairman of plastic suery at uc southwestern says about 90% of patients saw dramatic results. some. >> somef the fat leeches out of the fat cell and is used in different ways. >> there's seven different cameras that go off at different time periods over seven seconds. >> are the results the same as what we would get with liposuction? probably not. i think we have to be cautious here

. >> reporter: republicans say the $940 billion bill will be a budget buster. but the president countered with an independent report saying it will reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion over the next two decades. >> not only can we afford to do this, we can't afford not to do this. >> reporter: but even before the doors to the patriot center were open, the dividing lines were clear as both sides of the health care debate made their voices clear. >> health care for all. >> kill the bill. kill the bill. >> reporter: protestors against health care reform staked out an area outside of the arena. >> you shouldn't pass a bill that you will try shove through. >> the people are dishonest, arrogant. >> they are going against the constitutional rules. >>> with 48 urs left until the house votes, president said health care reform is now not a matter of if but when. >> we are going to have health care in america with your help. god bless you. now, several changes have been made over the last few weeks. special deals for lawmakers have been cut out and medicaid enforcement has

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and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out.behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a concrete victory so to speak! when i get an idea to do something, i like to take the first step. if that feels good, i take another step. to do good, you actually have to do something no matter what you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer or donate at takepart.com. youtube didn't exist. and facebook was still run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and that's quite a head start. ♪ >>> the announcement came yesterday. the controversy came immediately after the announcement. president obama is going to be making 15 appointments, nominees. these are recess appointments. >

come on, buster. all right, go over there. audience, let's cheer her on. ready, set, dance!t the hat would come off. must have put it on extra tight. sorry. [ light laughter ] let's see that in slow motion. could we? there we go. ♪ that's pretty good. all right. you got it, yeah. that's good. you went to a different move. you went to a different move. you went down there. that way, he was going -- yeah, that was different -- idea. what did you think you were going to do with that one? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you just kind of going for it? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's how you dance in real life? >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, that's a good move. i like that. what do you call it? >> "dance your hat off." >> jimmy: yeah, "dance your hat off," but leave your hat on the whole time. >> exactly. >> jimmy: higgins, how many points? >> steve: it's a real barn burner. ♪ [ laughter ] >> steve: style! >> jimmy: very, very good. last contestant, you're up. it's all you. audience, put your hands together. [ cheers and applause ] ready, set, dance! ♪ [ buzzer ] oh, very nice. come o

in fact, by the end of the year, they are going to have a brand-new 30,000 bond bunker buster bond that can penetrate deep into the earth with about 2 1/2 tons of regular, conventional explosives that would take care of anything buried. so in the end, according to senior pentagon officials, there's not much push back from the military on the revision that the president wants in this nuclear policy. as i said, he's willing to give both sides a little something, tamron. >> thank you very much. >>> frightening news about childhood obesity. signs for potential future heart disease. a separate study, they found risk factors for obesity are more common among african-american and hispanic families. those risks include income, family customs, eating and sleeping habits, even smoking during pregnancy. doctor, thanks for joining us. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> you're at home. have you a child. we know kids love to snack and all these other kinds of things. how do you make sure you don't fall into this disturbing category and certainly don't have a child that suffers from issues when they beco

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some of those pundits saying reconciliation is great we're defending the philly buster during the bush years. i think the most important thing to know, they no longer have 60 votes in the senate so they have to do an end run around this process. and if reconciliation isn't so important to this, fine. let's do a conference committee, work out the differences and have the house pass it and the senate pass it. they no longer can do that because the bill was rejected by the public as demonstrated in massachusetts so they need the end run. >> final point on this piece, which is doesn't the president have a bigger problem if he doesn't get the reform he's after than on taking a hit politically for the process? >> you're right. results are more important than process. the only ideology a majority of americans are concerned about right now is the result. two, reconciliation is a rule that can be used and invoked in the senate. if democrats have the votes, they should move forward with it. what senator hatch is saying is simple, if you do that you trun risk of political backlash when democrat d

>> barry: taylor is buster out. porter on the bench for the moment and derrick's got the ball.of guys. 11 guys on the oregon team average 16 minutes or more. they use the clock and singular scored with about :00 on the shot clock. he's gotten a lot of contributions tonight from a lot of different guys. that's the value of playing a lot of different guys early. you've got a chance to play them. they haven't been sitting a lot. he's fwlokd behind and cblocked. oregon is trying to pressure the ball. they had reggie moore strung out to half-court. if you can make the extra pass, they've gotten a ton of stuff on the baseline in the second half and that time, casto's motum has been getting most of them but that time, they need to take extra pass and not turn it over. they've gotten a lot of stuff at the rim. >> barry: eight different oregon play verse scored but only five cougs have scored. a turnover, no? it's back in the hands of williams. it won't go. thompson finally gets it in there for washington state. he lines it up but he misses. capers, how many times has he done that this

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in the upset of the night, butler did it stunning west region top seed syracuse for the bracket-buster tournament continues. 7:17 right now. back over to ann, lester and al. >> this morning the heaviest rains are off to our southeast. it has become more scattered around baltimore and it is ending to the northwest. i'd be a couple of the snowflakes. but we get a dry year. >> and that's your late erlates weather. >>> one man has found a way to conquer space without a multi-million dollar rocket and thousands of engineers from nasa. as nbc's mike taibbi tells us, he did it with a chief camera, a balloon and some duct tape. >> reporter: 38-year-old robert harrison is a self-confessed computer geek who says it was boredom that got thim thinking a while back about photo exploration in space. >> the camera, simple point-and-click. >> reporter: that's about 100 bucks and about 600 more for a gps tracking device duct-taped to hold it all together, plus a standard weather balloon and the helium to fill it. then up, up, up and away above the english countryside while the camera clicked away autom

and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out.voir behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a concrete victory so to speak! when i get an idea to do something, i like to take the first step. if that feels good, i take another step. to do good, you actually have to do something no matter what you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer or donate at takepart.com. >>> let's check back with jack for the cafferty file. >> the question is should the government be able to force you to have health insurance, whether they should be able to or not, that's what they're going to do. michael writes the government forces me to give part of my income. it tells me how fast to drive. it forces everyone who needs a license to work to prove we're good enough. in some places, government tells how and where we build a house, how we tend the lawn. we're forced to have liability insura

and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out. 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a concrete victory so to speak! when i get an idea to do something, i like to take the first step. if that feels good, i take another step. to do good, you actually have to do something. no matter what you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer or donate at takepart.com. ♪ [ female announcer ] discover black silk from folgers... with bold rich flavor that's exceptionally smooth. wake up to black silk. . >>> we have ours cooler temperatures this morning. at 7:56 on the clock,s the 56 on the thermometer, under our banner already up to 60 in centerville but it is mid to upper 50s for everybody, 55 double nick m les, 55 as well. maryland most powerful doppler radar. pushing north right now and up toward lancaster and york county. we have a wet 83 in the north side. we have had wet weather through

bill billion the speaker's office put out the myth busters yesterday, it's saying the irs could not confiscate assets, could not impose criminal penalties, but everybodyta talks about this frankly isn't telling the truth, they say of the 16,000 workers, they say the number is a fabrication. is the speaker's office right or are you right? >> that 16,000 came out of the ways and means committee on specifically looking at how to enforce this. she's got to talk to her own people if they doesn't like that number. i mean, that's one you get around. you've got to get -- you've obviously got to create a bureaucracy to follow and chase the regulations, and pelosi may not have been a mayor like i have or chairman of a county but the fact is anybody who's ever operated government understands you don't put together a huge situation that's now going to manage 1/6 of the economy and don't expect a whole lot of bureaucrats to have to get in the way. bill: i'll tell you this, any time you get a letter in the mail and it says irs on t. you get that uh-oh factor they're trying to generate revenue and trying to

and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out.voir behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a concrete victory so to speak! when i get an idea to do something, i like to take the first step. if that feels good, i take another step. to do good, you actually have to do something no matter what you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer or donate at takepart.com. >>> soledad brock often visits the odd fellows cemetery in hollenbeck. >> give me the serenity, god, to accept the things that i cannot change. >> this is the final resting place for her two young sons. ronald brock was a marine, and angel, a gang member. they looked almost like twin, but their lives took two very different paths. both, however, were gunned down in the same year at the same house where they grew up in hollenbeck. >> people tell me, you know, it is time for me to move on and forget, but i d

a big bracket buster is kansas falling to defeat.taken, president obama had kansas -- >> oh. >> -- winning the whole thing. >> okay. >> so his bracket is essentially busted. >> it matches up. let's watch this -- or listen to it. >> i, too, feel your pain, because in my bracket i had kansas winning it all. i feel a little bitter. >> and this one messed a lot of people up. >> it did. it definitely did. my bracket is÷ pretty much busted. i ripped it up and threw it away. >> it ruined it. >> because if you have the team going all the way to the finals, the team is out so -- >> are we talking about the last eight? >> we'll be talking about the final four a week from now. >> okay. >> and then to the championship game. >> all right. >> and that's for all the marbles. >> let's get on my facebook page if you got questions you want jason to answer, go to facebookcom/alivelshicnn, my facebook page. i'm not the only one, based on the comments, i'm not the only one in america that doesn't know about it. jason reid is our basketball analyst and as

but our stress busters can save your life. >> my kid has no underwear on. we can't get clothes for our child. our food's all gone bad. and they're telling us to back off. then they tell us to go home and we can't even go home. >> high water keeps hundreds out of their homes in the northeast. we'll explain why this spring could bring historic flooding. >>> and shutting down schools. detroit is the latest system to cut back, but we'll tell you about one school's success story. >>> the bottom line of health care reform. according to our latest count here at cnn, opponents of the overhaul are now just 11 votes away from defeating it. so far, 27 house democrats are apparently ready to join the republican opposition to the bill pap final house vote could come friday or saturday. but we're also following this developing story -- house speaker nancy pelosi is considering a maneuver that could allow the reform bill to pass without forcing the democrats to actually cast votes on it. there's a lot going on this morning, and we're covering all the angles. cnn's dan lot

but they are doing door-busters with barbecues.now for $199 in places like home depot. look for big savings. >> if you're cleaning out the closets, spring cleaning, can you take advantage of that in any way? >> i did it. the old clothes go to the consignment store or the second-hand store. and i love second-hand shopping. what i found is, when everybody brings their stuff to the stores, they put the already pretty cheap stuff on even more of a discount. and there's better inventory and newer stuff. so, now's the time to hit those consignment stores and second-hand places, bill. >> outstanding. crafty tips, as always, becky worley. we appreciate it. thanks so much. you can find out more of becky's great spring savings strategies at abcnews.com. >>> and coming up here, the very funny, very talented, greg kinnear. [ female announcer ] did you know the snuggly softness from snuggle is also a great value? it's the difference betwen paying more... and getting more. snuggle fabric softener gives " you fresh, snuggly softness your family w

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let me also say under that that this is going to be a budget buster for states. the states, unlike the federal government, has to make ends meet. the states have balanced budget requirements. so as we increase the requirements of medicaid, which this bill does, then we're going to be putting increased burdens upon our states. our states are going to have to find more money to put into medicaid. and they can't print money like the federal government. and they can't spend more than they take in. so what's going to happen? well, they're going to have to cut other programs or they're going to have to raise taxes. so what's going to get hurt? well, i can just give you the example of florida where they are suffering under a huge and emerging medicaid problem. medicaid and health and human services is the number one portion of the state of florida's budget and it grows every year. so what loses out? education, money for teachers and schools, law enforcement, protecting the environment, economic stimulus because florida has to live within its means unlike the federal gov

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the buzz buster general will testify about the future of the postal service. -- the postmaster generaltestify about the future of the postal service. the numbers are on the screen. mr. potter previewing some of what people will likely talk about today before the national press club early next month. -- earlier last month. >> customers have come very strongly face-to-face through surveys that we have conducted and others at about a 70% rate that says take a day of delivery, and control your prices. do not hit us with big price increases. at the same time, make sure that we provide the saturday post office. listening to customers, we put a plan together. our plan calls for six to five days. saturday was selected because it is the lowest volume date, has the least effect on business, and we have also committed to keeping post offices open and access to post office boxes. we will keep our payments running and so present and an olli mail that comes through will keep the same levels that we have expected in the past. host: john potter, the postmaster general will be testifying today. james h

caller: if you would google a word called "ad busters" a group in canada that exposes a lot of corporateanged since the '60s? i believe it has gone out of work. you can blame this or that, but agreed is a major part of the whole problem. and anyone who believes that it is appropriate to make a huge profit off of suffering, because that is what all health care corporations are doing, they're creating profit off of suffering. guest: there are a couple of issues that you have there. let me reiterate, we think compensation should be set by independent directors representing the shareholders. if should be balanced, transparent, and reward results. we cannot say what one person at one company should make compared to another company. it is really needing to be set by the market and as independent directors and was appropriate for that company at that time. 1 then we have been doing it over the lost 12 months -- one thing we have been doing in the last 12 months is vilifying the health insurance industry. the health insurance industry, health care delivery system, what we are talking about pharm

and that includes the unnecessarily dangerous expensive and wasteful bunker buster, the pet nuke of thevious administration. and while his predecessor summed -- thumbed his nose at comprehensive test band treaty and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, president obama is sincere about honoring our multi-- multilateral obligations. not all the news is that encouraging, however. the emerging white house strategy looks like it will include an increased reliance on missile defense systems, which have proven themselves to be a failure and a waste of taxpayer money for going onto 30 years now. and most ominously there appears to be some reluctance in the white house to adopt a no first use policy. in other words, we would not specifically rule out the nuclear strike. this should terrify all of us, mr. speaker. because it takes only a single man suffering, theik of which the whole world has never seen. what possible national security objective could be served by using weapons that could wipe out civility? by using weapons that could -- by using weapons that could wipe out civilization? i encou

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[laughter] she and fred heels, if we would google a word called ad busters, it is a critical and canada that exposes a lot of corporate shenanigans. has anyone ever done a study on what the ratio the man working all line versus the ceo has changed since the 50's? because i believe that it's gone out of whack and you can blame at this and that but agreed is a major part of the whole problem and anyone that believes it is appropriate to make a huge profits of of suffering -- because that is what all health care corporations are doing, they are creating profit off of suffering. we will get a response. thanks for the call. >> guest: there's a couple issues you have and let me reiterate. we think that compensation should be sent by independent directors representing the shareholders that it should be balanced and should be transparent and it should reward results. and we can't say what the company, what one person, one company should make compared to another. it is really needed to be set by the market and those independent directors for what's appropriate for that company at that time. but

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