and carla robbins, the deputy editorial page editor of "the new york times." welcome to you both. >> thank you, martin. >> all right, afghanistan let's begin there. the beginning of the week, general mcchrystal delivered a pretty terse kind of assessment of where things were. he said essentially the taliban hold the upper hand. i presume actually he was blatantly honest. but was he too honest? did he go too far? >> well you want your guy to be honest. we have the a-team in place now in afghanistan, and in fact, up the national security command chain. the real question is giving this difficult, difficult conflict, the best attention, the right resources, is it still possible to do anything significantly constructive and actually get somewhere, or are we just kicking the can down the road before ultimately withdrawing and leaving the thing in chaos? >> how many troops do we need? there was sort of a question here whether mcchrystal was going to ask for more troops know that the secretary of defense said, no. >> he said he hadn't asked for it now. he said wasn't

. >> reporter: this ship is home to 37-year-old carla douglas and her family. her heart is in the missions that she participates in as a friendships volunteer. but just last year, a lingering health issue began impacting her service. >> i'd gotten to my largest weight ever, and i just actually didn't even feel like i could even do some of my job. physically i was starting to have problems. >> reporter: at 271 pounds carla took the step of enrolling in this community clinic's weight management program. >> for a long time i knew that i needed to do something about my weight, and i just didn't know what to do. >> reporter: carla was in good hands with clinical director linda jones who had her own weight battle before dropping over 70 pounds. >> our mission for this program is that there are no truediets. they're lifestyle changes. so we teach you how to make healthy lifestyle choices. >> reporter: clinic executive director says unhealthy choices are not only bad for the person making them but for the economy as well. >> 25% are spent treating diseases that come fr

>> everythg that carla saids true but it doesn't answer estion that you raised i have two id, 8 and 5. we have two occutions the at 8 d 5. at some poin raises nations d kids. the queson is when t let them go and wlk on their o is going to be critical. and the queion thatarla raises is, yes, it's difficult to let them be on their own and we dot really think they' going to beble to handle their problems, butwe're also not going to be able to be there rer and so thers t righ questis to be debating and just how much -- e questi is, wh are the cos and risks of staiing are thgreater know th the cost and risk of going. >> that's not the isue. were going to go. and ihink we shouldgo. but i thinkwe don't wa to blow the timbeing now and then by -- by thinking it's easy. it not asy. and therere lot of problems. >> timing's everything. but i want to move o toafrica, the secrety of state, she's in -- >> you want to move ontohe secretary state. >> i do. >> know you, martin. >> theoutburst. this was a moment the secrary of state asked a question in whichhe responds, i's about her husband. ho well do

carla, how long? five minutes of cooking.la tells me it very important to get any water off because if there's any liquid on it, it dilutes the flavor of the butter and cheese. now first, cheese on it. this is a good point and then the butter on. the cheese makes the butter stick on. oh. beautiful diet food of the best type. now i shall eat a little piece. it's just lovely. carla, a little more parmesan cheese. i love that. that's so good. parmesan cheese is the most important part of this area. it must age for at least a year and a half. during that time the cheese maker inspects his cheeses every day. if there are any hollow sounds, that means bacteria has set in and surgery must be performed to remove it. the cheese making process takes place seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. so it's easy to see why a cheese maker never gets a day off until the day he retires. oh, look at that. how much does this weigh? >> about 70 pounds. >> this is leo of the cheese consortium of parma. how do i know when i buy one of these cheeses it'

carla morelli is here. and we want to talk about some new credit card legislation that is going in to affect. you need to hear this. tell me about it. >> so the new credit card legislation that was signed in the spring is going to go in affect in february of next year. so six months from now. >> what do you need to know about it now. >> it will change how people manage their credit card and particularly for seniors whose lives are less date driven so they don't have to remember meetings, there will be an ability to stay on top of the details, whether you are local or if you travel or you have traveled in other places. the things that will change most immediately the credit cards have to pick a due date and stick with it. so it will always be due on the 15th or whatever day they choose. >> that makes it easy. >> have people put money this their accounts if you have a promotional rate which a lot of people to use things to finance them over time with good reason. the way the credit card works the way you send

here's our carla wohl. >> reporter: laura ling and euna lee stepped out of the plane and into the wm embrace of their families, who they haven't seen for nearly five months. >> the past 140 days have en the most difficult, heart wrenching time of our lives. >> reporter: their time in a north korean jail ended suddenly, after a trip by former president bill clinton. the north koreans had asked that clinton be sent as an emissary. but ling says they had no idea he was coming. >> we were shocked. but we knew instantly in our hearts, that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. >> reporter: it has been a rollercoaster of emotions for ling and lee, who thought they were headed to a north korean labor camp. and now, find themselves home. >> how does it feel to be home? >> so good. thank you so much for your support. >> reporter: ling's husband can't stop smiling. >> a thing of joy. and also, relief that this thing is finally over. >> reporter: the women are starting to tell their families about their time in prison. how they were separated for nearly the entire time. and s

carla wohl, abc news, north hollywood. >>> with worries over swine flu running high, some drugmakers are getting a head-start on their seasonal flu vaccines. the companies are shipping out the flu vaccines weeks ahead of schedule. they're doing it to clear the decks so they have plenty of time to work on a swine flu vaccine. officials say there should be plenty of seasonal flu shots to go around this year. >>> japan is marking a somber anniversary, remembering the victims of the first atomic the bomb attack of world war ii. it was 64 years ago today that the u.s. unloaded a nuclear weapon on hiroshima. margaret connolly reports from tokyo. >> reporter: a peace bell was rung the minute the bomb hit, 64 years ago. the crowd fell into silent prayer, in remembrance of the 140,000 people who were killed. hiroshima's mayor urged leaders to back the stance of the united states. we join president obama in activities to eliminate all nuclear weapons. the prime minister spoke in support of survivors. the sufferings of hiroshima and nagasaki shall not be repeated. and we devote ourselves to the

(risas) >> ese es el cuerpo de carla. las piernas de neida. >> ok.6 meses de la carrera. >> una carrera en diseño gráfico ofrece muchas oportunidades para el que la práctica el mundo de la moda, h@h@h@tihejvwuxkph@h@tihejvvmkk@ dependendo de la experiencia, creatividad del alumno. los salarios promedios son de 50 mil a 70 mil dólares al año. y todo eso por hacer dibujitos en computadora. pero aún hay más. >> y en qué consiste la carrera de diseño de videojuegos. >> es una carrera muy interesante. atrae a muchos alumnos, jóvenes diría yo. les gusta diseñar los juegos. y las figuras y son los jueguitos que ellos les fascinan no solamente jugar. también diseñar. >> para el joven que siempre le han gustado los juegos de video debería ser fácil. >> desde que era pequeño me gustaba el uso de la mente en los juegos. h@tihejvópkph@h@h@p escuchaste lo que dijo, creatividad y muchas veces comienzan desde pequeños. >> mi hermano a los dos o tres años! >> tito! tremendo diseñador gráfico. >> Él ya estaba dibuptando dibujando y te dibujaba exactamente a ti. >> s

día de clases en muchas escuelas públicas de la nación y además de conococer a s maestros la hija de carlano tanto por la gravedad de la infección si no que al ser nuevo los alumnos no tienen defensas y son vulnerables y muchos contagios podrían crear confusión. la secretaria general de salud y educación, advirtieron que tienenue estar preparadas. >> el secretario dice que las escuelas tienen que tener lecciones preparadas para los hogares de los estudiantes y utilizar el internet cuando sea posible para evitar interrupciones en las clases, los contagios comenzaron con las clases y 50 casos y decenas de estudiantes han sido aislados como precaución. >> la idea es que maestros y estudiantes en todo el país tomen la prevención en serio. a diferencia de lo que ocurrió en la primavera continuarán abierta ción en la temporada de gripe, dicen que cerraron y será la última opción. >> estamos trabajando con la ciudad de san francisco. también tmdos estamos unidos que si tenemos uno o dos casos no vamos a cerrar nada. claro si toda una escuela le da, tenemos que visitar eso. pero estamos muy prepar

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> charm city is in for a party. the boss is coming to baltimore. rock legend bruce springsteen will perform at the first mariner arena on november 20th. this will be springsteen's first show in baltimore since opening for chicago at the baltimore civic center way back in 1973. tickets for the show go on sale on september 26. >> let's start camping out now. >>> i'm marybeth marsden. coming up at 6, the chesapeake bay has always given us great seafood, but the bounty could improve thanks to volunteers fighting to save the oysters. we'll follow them out on the bay. >>> and the president makes way for the past as ravens and colts come together for an unforgettable day at training camp. >>> now a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. >> coming up on "world news," there are so many questions, so much anger over the proposals for health care reform. how do you make sense of what you're hearing about it? we're fact-checking the questions and the legislation so, we can give you the answers. bad cholesterol but your

abc's carla wohl reports that the evacuees pray they have homes left standing when it's all over. a small army of firefighters is mobilizing to fight a blaze that is whipping through a remote area of the santa cruz mountains. thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. he grabbed his cats and got out. >> when we were evacuating and getting our pictures and stuff, you could just look up the road. maybe it seemed like a mile or less, and you can hear the fire raging. >> reporter: the blaze exploded overnight, turning the sky an eerie shade of orange, we could see flames and spreading so quickly because the wind was howling. >> reporter: whipped by the strong winds and fueled by dry vegetation, the fire quickly spread, and now threatens hundreds of buildings. further south in the back country near santa maria -- >> a evacuation order is in effect in this portion of the valley. >> reporter: another wildfire threaten morse than 100 homes and ranches. residents keep an eye on the shifting winds. >> yeah, there is a lot of concern, because we could see the flames on this one. so t

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> one of the organization's firmly behind health care reform is the naacp. the civil rights group has launched a campaign to debunk some of the myths surrounding health care reform. terry owens is here with more on that effort. terry? >> reporter: marybeth, with many of the town hall meetings turning into shouting matches, some are concerned the facts are being lost in all the rhetoric. that has prompted the naacp to tackle some of the myths head- on. the civil rights group says one myth is that people will be forced to change insurance companies, or doctors. according to the naacp, if you had health insurance or a doctor you like, you can keep the same coverage. the civil rights group says another myth is that health care reform will cost trillions of dollars. the reality says the civil rights group is that much of the costs will come from cutting waste, fraud, and abuse within existing government health programs. the organization tackles five specific areas to see their entire list, you can head to their website, abc2news.com. we have also poste

carla wohl, los angeles. >>> the lawyers for o.j. simpson are pushing for the former nfl player to be released from prison while his conviction is under review. simpson and his codefendant were not in court today as their lawyers went before an appellate court. simpson is serving nine to 33 years for kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon after that september 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers in las vegas. no word on when the justices will make a ruling. >>> well, gas prices are inching back up again. in our pump report tonight, how much drivers are now paying for a gallon of gas. >>> and florida man wins the lottery. why he may never see a dollar of that money. >>> and from owings mills tonight from our storm center weather net, it feels like 84. temperature 82. norm has got a complete look at the forecast, coming up. (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows down during peak hours so se

carla wohl reports. >> reporter: the two jailed american journalists have been pardoned by north korean leader kim jong-il, and could be on their way home to the united states as soon as tonight. their release comes after a surprise visit to north korea by former president bill clinton. abc news has learned he had an emotional meeting with the women. it followed an earlier discussion with north korean president kim john ill. kim jong-il. the two held talks and president clinton courteously conveyed a message from president obama. the white house strongly denies any such message was sent. >> our focus is on ensuring the safety of two journalists. >> reporter: the meeting had been in the works for weeks. abc news has learned the north koreans had two demands an apology, which secretary of state hillary clinton came close to giving a few weeks ago, and a high-level emissary, which they got in mr. clinton. >> i think that he is the best choice because at the end of his term, he presided over the high watermark of relations between north korea and the united states. >> reporter: the journali

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> and now back here at home. communities around the country and many right here celebrated the 26th annual national night out against crime. and just two weeks after a historically violent weekend in baltimore city with 12 people shot at a cookout, delia goncalves finds out tonight if the event is having an impact. ♪ what do you like about this? >> the band. the stuff. and the concert. >> reporter: but dorian's father remembers a time when block parties like this weren't exclusive to national night out, a symbolic way for communities to take back their streets. >> bring it out and have a loud bang. and we used to sit out here and have fun. >> reporter: these men say that was time before street violence escalated, when neighborhood children had a place to go, and people to rely on. but this, they say, is a good start. >> anything that shows that somebody else cares about them but us is always going to help. i don't know how much it's going to help right off the bat, because they really getting back to it. but in t

carla la ganadora. vamos a una pausa. de las palomas, con las palomas. de verdad, no tiene un horario, se llega tvdwzonjzkph@h@h@tvdwz@ >> cuando me ha tocado estar en los Ángeles, ha llegado el con las palomas. >> cambiando de tema, el prÓximo domingo comienza el gran concurso musical viva el sueÑo, con el que univisiÓn harÁ historia. >> pondrÁn a prueba su talento, tratando de alcanzar el Éxito en los estados unidos. >> ¿quiÉn va a conducir vivo el sueÑo? >> serÁ conducido por el galán christian de la fuente. va a probar todo los detalles tras bambalinas despuÉs de cada presentaciÓn, ademÁs atenciÓn porque cuenta con un jurado de expertos de primera de la industria musical. >> en cada programa habrÁ nuevos nominados como en artistas sera eliminado de la competencia. no se lo puede perder. >> no se pierdan vivo el sueÑo todo los domingos a las ocho de la noche por univisiÓn. >>h@h@tvdwzogywkph@h@h@tvdwzojk@ (anunciador) para un arperfec necesih@una ta de arrh@aceite y cald llo knzoacck ade aqu, y ese gran sabor de knorr.

mami, yo no la tengo. >> gracias carla. las dos partes serias.ptodos a h@ (anunciador) arroz de bueno a buenÍsimo con eldo de poknorr. >> hola a todos. hoy es viernes 14 de agosto del 2009. nosotros estamos con el festival d chiste. >> ordoÑez de colombia para el mudno. >< desde desde tres viejas que estÁn hablando sobre su vejez: estoy muy mal con estos aÑos que he vivido porque estaba en la puerta de mi casa y no sabÍa si iba para afuera o en. >> yo el otro vÍa estaba acactada en la cama y no sabÍa si me acostaba o si me levantaba. yo no tengo problemas pero morÍa, to madera. toc toc. ¿quien es? [ risas ] viste la morena que me pico el ojo. era un semaforo. [ recias ] >> vamos a las noticias con neida. >> tg]pomyqmkph@h@tg]pomqçdkptg asamblea nacional h@h@tg]pomñby opositores al chÁvez. >> ¿porque se acusa que nosotros estamos cubanizando? tenemos muchas cosas importantes que asumir de la cultura cubana. >> las razones por las que nos oponemos es porque viola los valores en la constituciÓn ir ustedes insisten en imponer un modelo social y econÓ

carla wohl has the latest from los angeles.horities are scouring the canadian border, looking for 32-year-old ryan blank het accused of murdering his model girlfriend. >> tmz has obtained the last known pictures of them in vegas earlier this mon. the marriage was annulled but they were dating again. last thursday they checked into this upscale hotel in southern california. jenkins left alone the next morning. her mutilated body was later found in the suitcase in a dumpster. >> her family and friends broke down during the description. >> jenkins is an animal. >> jenkins was arrested in las vegas earlier this year for allegedly punching her, but on the vh1 reality show meg and wants a millionnaire he was every bit the gentleman. >> i decided to appeal to all your senses. >> jenkins' former fee fiance says the man she knew was not a murderer. >> i told police that he was not capable of doing something like that. >> investigators believe he fled to his native canad abandoning this boat at a marina in washington and then crossing th

. >> muchas gracias a carla y muchas gracias a toda la gente de tv y novelas puerto rico. >> es mamÁ gas de regalarse a griselle, las tengo, pero el dinero no! >> oye, una postal aunque sea. ( risas ) >> o si no, la llevÓ a ver una luna llena en grecia. >> eso ha de ser espectacular... en mykonos, en santorini. >> dicen que fue un espectÁculo maravilloso, fue un atractivo muy grande no solamente para los locales sino tambiÉn para los turistas. en esta oportunidad dijeron: lo vamos a hacer gratis. mira esto, 81 de los sitios son ecolÓgicos mÁs importantes de grecia estuvieron abiertos ayer en la noche en una velada en honor a la luna llena. el evento fue muy exitoso, no estaban cobrando entrada. miles de visitantes llegaron a la acrópolis, algunos llegaron ese dÍa para visitar el partenÓn de noche. todos estos lugares sÓlo abren de vida y cobran la entrada por la noche. >> y bien caro. >> sÍ, seÑor, los eventos se extendieron hasta las islas griegas, quÉ espectÁculo visual y natural. >> yo creo que es uno de los sitios mÁs enigmáticos y mÁs bonitos. ¿serÁ cierto lo que dicen de la lu

. >> los garcÍa, >> claro, y carla martÍnez.uossbkph@h@h@tfsuos÷]akph@ hoy nos visitan los siete participantes de viva el sueÑo, que ayer dieron su primer concierto. >> le vamos a contar todo lo que pasÓ en ese primer concierto que todos estÁbamos esperando. >> oscar petit estÁ preparado para darnos todos los detalles del gran estreno de viva el sueÑo. >> estaremos con arturo de costa a costa, con los homenajes que le hicieron los casinos semana a michael jackson con motivo de su cumpleaÑos. >> por una nariz no lgÓ. pero bien festejado. >> alguien muy querido en todo el mundo. >> requerida princesita,descansa reina madre. >> te queremos mucho anita. >> de vuelos >> que un concierto que ayer estos chicos anoche. >> impactante. nuestra querida neyda sandoval no vino a trabajar hoy. >> quÉ bÁrbaro. >> estamos muy bien acompaÑados. >> dejamos que raul la presente porque para Él es lo mÁximo. >> siempre de esta manera, con mucho respeto, porque dijo que ella es la diva de honduras, sasha. >> estoy muy feliz de poder estar con ustede

i grew up in galveston county, so i was going through carla and camille. so that is what you are talking about. people can't visualize that they are going to come back and see sticks in the ground and not a broken air conditioner, not a broken sink, not a -- nothing. it was unbelievable. is that what you mean when you say people are not prepared for what is actually going to happen in their immediate neighborhoods? >> they have the general concept that this going to be a bad event but they cannot personalize it and see it in terms of own geography and where they live. and i think we have now and we will have better in the future, a means of doing the modeling that predicts that impact and the means of delivering that information more effectively. we probably need to study how people respond to different kinds of information that is given to them. i don't think there's enough research to show how people concept i conce conceptu conceptualize this. i think we need to take a careful look at that, because we could have the greatest science and have the best kn

carla wohl looks back at her life. >> reporter: eunice kennedy shriver helped to change the way societythinks about people with mental disabilities. >> well done. >> reporter: in 1968 she founded the special olympics. what you are winning by your courageous effort she told the athletes is far greater than any gain. you are winning life itself. >> don't keep them away from something that can change their lives and give them a new vision and give their parents a new vision of them just because they don't want in the community osay your child is special. >> reporter: her dead case to public -- her dedication to public service came from her family, the fifth of nine children in the famous kennedy clan. her sister was disabled. after her brother became president she pushed for action on behalf of the disabled. two years later jfk would be assassinated. >> they are among the visitors at the grave. >> reporter: as the kennedy, eunice kennedy shriver knew tragedy. her brother bobby was also assassinated during his presidential campaign. she buried her nephew, mother and supported ted kennedy as

gracias como siempre. >> gracias a ti, carla. >> hola, ¿cÓmo estÁn?tendemos a pasar por alto porque son cotidianos, pero es ahÍ donde estÁ nuestra esencia. >> mira lo que has hecho, eres todo un artista. >> yo soy de maracaibo, venezuela, he usado una manta con diseÑos abstractos y coloridos. >> quÉ bonito estÁ. >> ¿que estudias? >> diseÑo grÁfico. >> jaime, ¿cuÁl fue tu tema? >> me inspire en unas pinturas que tengo en casa que son de colombia, mÉxico y puerto rico. y me di cuenta de que compartimos los mismos colores de nuestra herencia hispana. y por eso yo querÍa expresar en los colores de nuestra cultura. >> ¿de dÓnde eres tÚ? >> de chicag >> ¿quÉ estudiaste? >> diseÑo grÁfico. >> tremendo talento, muchas felicidades. >> ya saben, todo el mes de la hispanidad se pueden limpiar las lÁgrimas con estilo. >> maÑana la informaciÓn va a estar muy buena, graciela beltrÁn va estar con nosotros. >> guÁrdenle una caja de kleenex. ( risas ) >> nadie se lo puede perder porque va a estar muy bueno. envÍen a las preguntas que quieran hacerle a graciela beltrÁn

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> they will try, again, today to recover the small plane involved in saturday's midair collision over the hudson river. divers located the plane and one more victim in about 60 feet of water yesterday. but a strong current and little visibility meant they were unable to bring either to the surface. meanwhile, some of the 911 calls reporting the disaster have been released. >> an airplane just hit a helicopter. the helicopter went down into the water. the plane, i'm not sure what happened, where it is. i can't see it from my window. >> do you see anybody injured? >> oh, my god. they're probably totally injured. >> it landed or it crashed? >> it's gone. crashed. >> the crash has brought about new calls for increased traffic control of the busy space. the altitude at which saturday's accident took place is unmonitored by controllers. >>> overseas investigate investigators rescuers are trying to reach remote areas cut off by mudslides. more than 40 deaths are being blamed on the typhoon that triggered the mudslides. there's word this morn that a rescue

. >> we talked about the tornado in the whisky creek, and i got an e-mail from carla palomi, i think is. she was on the 13th hole. and i asked her to describe it. and what was the most startling was the sound, the rapid formation of the sky appearing to be moving right toward us. it was almost surreal, especially since there was no buildings around us to obstruct what we saw. it was almost like the sky wanted to keep rolling over and over again. and it was moving toward us. it was literally unbelievable. and there was no thunder or lightning. and the sound. this is what -- we had our sky watcher, too, in time lapse. these storms, it was a tornado, a small tornado. and when we get a lot of spin in the atmosphere -- i wish i had seen that. i'm glad she made it off the fairway. i think it was a par or birdie hole she was on. this is the time lapse of the traffic. and this is the time lapse of our sky. and you can see the twisting and turning going on as the storms were coming through. and what was most remarkable, as indeed a lot of folks hardly heard any thunder, because these were sto

nicolas sarkozy's wife carla bruni is trying to get turning into a french intellectual, brack obama is on tv virtually every day is the nicest guy you are met, sylvia briscoe would will become the mythical ladies man. they should give these guys a copy of the book of proverbs. the most famous thing is pride goes before the fall. still true. >> paul: cannot cube connectors is a hit for pennsylvania congressman joseph suspect. when arlen specter switched parties this year and gave democrats there 60th seat in the senate that was done on the understanding they would clear his path for reelection next year. mr. suspected not get the memo. he announced this week he will challenge mr. specter in the primary. this is great news for pennsylvania democrats were asked about your choice rather than a senator handed to them that was chosen a bad deal they want rob. >> a hit for bug schulberg who passed away this week at 95. he is from the famous lack of the contender soon from the movie, was it the 30s or 40s t-mac the 50s. ron brando. people may not remember about the movie is the plot which is i

. >> reporter: the tour cost $40, money carla valenzuela was glad to spend to help her deal with michaelackson's death. >> when i was a child, i i was in love with him and i used to kiss the "thrill ever" a.m. bum every day before i went to school. and his death such a shock to me. >> reporter: gone but not forgotten, their star power and in n some cases earning power und undiminished. chris jan, sing, nbc news, from los angeles. >>> i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and then right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> carla's son plays on the j.v. football team. >> it was scary, but we have excellent coaching staff here. we trust their opinion. oh. >> melissa carlson. >> it is 6:08. stay with us. much more news ahead. >> "detour" dave is heading home from the hospital after a remarkable discovery that literally includes dying. we'll have that story. >> lisa will be grilling jim nichols when he comes back. who are better drivers, men or women? men don't merge. the woman will sit there and wait. this is what men do. you see where i am over here? and, ka-blam, and then we're all an hour late. depend brand. for women and men. >> good saturday morning to you. a bit of a wet friday yesterday. a lot of you heard the rain showers and thunderstorms yesterday. unfortunately we'll see another round of that again today. out on our radar picture today, we are seeing some scattered rain showers pick pushing out of baltimore and up to the north. seeing some of the heavier rain out toward the eastern shore. centreville, graysonville, st. micha

. >> carla's son plays on the j.v. football team and was practicing yesterday just a field away from where it all happened. >> it was scary, but we have an excellent scoaching staff here and we trust their opinion. >> it is nine minutes after five. 73 degrees on tv hill. much more ahead. >> a traffic radio reporter is heading home from the hospital after literally being brought back to life. the remarkable road to recovery after the break. >> first, looking at a live picture outside. it's a revolution in pain relief. (announcer) new icy hot medicated roll. for wherever you hurt. icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. the new icy hot medicated roll. with the roll, pain's under control. ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigra

. >> carla's son plays on the j.v. football team and was practicing just a field away from where it alled happened. -- where it all happened. >> it was scary, but we have an excellent coaching staff here and we trust their opinion. >> 9:08. 75 degrees on tv hill. dr. kim is here to answer your pelt questions. >> and how to keep peace with your campus roommate coming up. >> and a look at thunderstorms and whether it will impact your outdoor plans today. >> a few people getting an early morning wake-up call courtesy of scattered thunderstorms. most storms have pushed their way into delaware. we will have a few scattered thunderstorms again later this afternoon. a quick look on live h.d. doppler radar showing light rain now pushing into the delmarva peninsula. we are seeing a few storms trying to brew out in northern virginia. i mostly cloudy sky for most of us in baltimore here. we'll see these patches of clearing try to move through, but it is going to be a tough sell for today to be outside for any kind of outdoor acti

carla, thank you so much. show us what's cool for boys in middle school. >> the same with boys in middle school. tony hawk is cool. he has a line. what's good for the girls is good for the boys. he has a line at kohl's. it's about that skater cool influence. lucas has these cool paints that are convertible. the bottom part zips off and they end up being short. the sneakers and skateboard, don't know if you can bring that to school, lucas. >> thank you so much, lucas. now we've got lastly, our high school teenagers. at this point they're going to guide us. danielle and jimmy. >> high schoolers, it's all about the high-fashion hallways. they're really reading fashion magazines and looking at red carpet trends. on danielle, she looks adorable in this from target. only $19. the boots $24 at wet seal. it's a really great thing. she can layer it with many other things. on jimmy, he looks like the cool prepster. he's ready for college. he's in a look from jc penny's. it's all about the layering. you can mix and match

and now i'll start reading -- as carla said, i spent my childhood in libya. it was actually when i went back for the "new york times" that my first assignment within two weeks of arriving in cairo was to go back to libya, and i was thrilled 'cause i grew up in a little town and we had left in 1975 and i had never been back. and this was 2001, and i was thinking, great, i had the chance to go back to my hometown and i kept getting stalled and this is where we are and where i'm trying to get there. i'm trying to get down there and there's something called a popular committee meeting was called and there were no flights and i had to wait. in theory the people ran everything. in practice, nothing ran. but the entire country shut down for the popular committees which unrolled as if a vermont town hall meeting had been cross-bred with a soviet bloc association. the brother's leader would abruptly suggest an agenda for sessions called at random at least twice a year. they usually involved strictly domestic matters but occasionally foreign affairs were included when

your favorites we're going to start with the first ladies and i'm talking about michelle obama and carlakozy of france. not since jackie o. have two women so dominated the stage in terms of their fashion savvy. what is it about these two ladies? >> well, they're both young, in their 40s, tall, good-looking, and the world is watching. michelle obama got more votes than any other person. this year or any year. >> why is that? >> she's that popular. and she has brought back the dress. she has turned the planet into her own runway, without even meaning to. and she loves showing her arms and her legs, which is a bit refreshing. >> and individual style, really, i think. blending things like j. crew with high-end fashion. >> she goes high, she goes low. she's very interested in american designers, but she's not provincial. and she has a good sense of color and patterns. it's a strong, distinctive and consistent look. >> and carla bruni sarkozy, she was a model, so she knows how to carry herself beautifully. >> that's right. the supermodel first lady is also a sexy pop star, too. she is the comp

. >> hello, everyone, i am carla ranger with the dallas county community collegeistrict and we sponsora program that advocates literacy called the african-american read-in which is a part of an initiative by the black caucus of national council of teachers of english, and of course this is a topic that i very relevant to us, in the community college district, and of course at the university's -- universities and high schools as well and we wanted wade hudson to be a part of this panel and i was asked to moderate and we were outside talking with others who have an interest in this topic and we have also asked to join us mr. rodney reynolds, who is the publisher of american legacy. amican legacy. yes. to get back to a very basic question, there is much discussion and documentation of the discontinue newts between school language and culture. and home language and culture. what do you think is an effective approach in addressing these dis continuities and it gets laxack to what you were hinting, camera, and i'd look a response from each of you, to that question. >> i think the first impor

hice de niÑero de carla. [ mÚca ] vamos a los deportes. arriba el futbol.viste participaciÓn no alcanza para tener una mejor vitrina. considero que este momento es lo mejor para mÍ. [ mÚsica ] >> otro gran futbolista mexicano visitÓ ayer su paÍs. cuauhtÉmoc blanco czscdftgestuv capital azteca para promocionar juego de vÍdeo con su imagen. dice que su prioridad inmediata de celdas de quedarse un aÑo mÁs en las filas del chicago fire. [ aplausos ] >> ¿quieren ver el chubidubi? ahi esta el chubidubi entre los marlins de la florida y los astros de houston. entregan las bola en primera. [ mÚsica ] >> quisiera mandar un saludo a mi madrina y mi padrino. los quiero mucho trhtnkpy letrczscÓ sos. h@trczscivfkph@h@trczscfrñkph@h beneficios de mover la pompa. si la ejercitas te pones dura. te tengo esta noticia. angel pasan diferentes trucos de magia en la calle. este chico estÁ a punto de hacer un espectÁculo increÍble. uno de los trucos se llama muerte blanca. se va a meter en un ataÚd transparente con al cual lo van a enterrar bajo 500 libras de nieve. este hombre

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >> swine flu vaccine tests are being run in eight cities across the., just as schools are reopening. classrooms are at the center of concerns about a resurgence of swine flu. as steve osunsami reports, that means a lot of new preventive steps are being taken. >> reporter: if atlanta public schools where more than 50,000 students started classes, they're teaching students way to avoid the swine flu virus with signs and slogans. >> we don't want our students coughing into their hands. we prefer them to cough into a tissue or their elbow. when you smak hands, you're going to spread germs. >> reporter: outside the city, nina morgan is sending her son to the eighth grade. she says she really worried about october and november when the flu season has always been a problem. >> we have talked about no high fiving, things like that. instead we're going to do -- can you do that? >> reporter: school administrators are basing much of their planning on the recently released federal guidelines they stress personal hygiene, keeping surfaces clean and watching out fo

. >> it is very special to be here at politics and prose, to carla into barber, the owners, the fact is this is without a doubt my favorite bookstore in the whole world. [applause] >> there is another reason why this is so special, and for those of you who are not part of the food and drug administration, who are here, indulge me, if you would. this is very -- a very special week and a very special people here that i have had the privilege over my life to be able to work with. and on a week, as you just heard, where the united states congress voted 79 senators in the affirmative, and 307 members of the house of representatives in favor of fda regulation of tobacco. there are people here. i can't name all of you who spend your, much of your adult lives working on this. and my hat is off to all of you. and thank you for what you have done. [applause] >> let me tell you the journey tobacco took 15 years, since the day we started. it took 15 years to get to where we are, and along that path, you know, it's a long time. but if you are willing, one of you in the audience i still remember t

and also carla bruni. >> first lady of france. tiki barber. >> do we have tiki? >> you know who is left out of that? the president sarkozy. >> okay, tiki. >> he's not on there but tiki is. >> let's look at kiki for just a minute. >> what you can't know by that is how he smells. the man smells downy fresh. the women, anne hathaway and penelope cruz. and i love the hall of fame they gave to catherine deneuve who i always thought -- snow always looked so classy. >> oh. >> she's 66. >> there's hope for us. >> there's anne hathaway. she was honor, too. what do you think of that pic of anne hathaway? >> it's -- hmm. i like anne hathaway a lot. she's one of those people i think always looks lovely but isn't one person when i think of her i think of great style. not that she doesn't, i think of her talent. >> that's nice. what you just said, that was nice. >> okay. >> do we have catherine deneuve? >> 66, please let's show one for the home team. okay. so to speak. >> we don't have her? >> you know who else did not make this list, that's a

. >> i want to thank carla and barbara and konar and all of politics and prose for having me here and thank all of you for coming in the early part of the month when most people are not in town. i'm especially grateful for a couple of subjects in the book, maggie fisher from the boom town of if you can believe this name, flower mound texas and her elder son, j.c., who happens to be in washington looking at colleges. maggie and j.c., do you want to put your hands of? so those are real relos. they look pretty much like the rest of us. [laughter] matt, no, that's the husband, maggie and j.c. are kind of on conventional people residing in a place steeped in convention for exit will at their home one evening i watched d.c. take his donner from the refrigerator, one heaping scope of tollhouse cookie dough and side of raw carrots. i don't have a clue yet to the view of my long depiction in the book, so they can serve as your gardez i discussed the book. i invite you to judge the book by its cover. i did not commission the art. i suspect he or she began with a vision of pete seeger town house

. >> this is carla kennedy, joey's mother. we love you. we miss you and are waiting for a safe return home. >> thank you robin. we miss you. >> that was a good phone call. if you have somebody in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> our breaking news story, the man known as the lion of the senate passed away. senator ted kennedy never gave up his battle for health care reform. >>> this is the cause of my life, new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old, will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> and even until the end senator ted kennedy was working on that very issue and as you heard was near and dear to him, very much so, health care. almost a year into his cancer diagnosis, he was making calls from his sick bed lobbying for support. given he published a book back in 1972 called "in critical condition: the crisis in america's health care." in 1994 he, it was one of clinton's strongest allies in their failed effort for unive

heather: carla kirkland, thank you so much for joining us and for your insights today.ng to protect kids around the world from the illicit practice of sex tourism. predators traveling across oceans, places like cambodia and thailand, to have sex with minors. american law enforcement is drawing a clear line in the sand. a group of suspects is arriving back on u.s. soil. who are these people being brought into los angeles today? >> there are very nasty guys. there are three sex offenders aboard this airplane after serving time in u.s. prisons, they joined the international child sex tourism industry. the video you are seeing now was taken in cambodia where these crimes occurred. let me tell you about these individuals. they have multiple victims. one of them had bought a 13- year-old boy. the attorney gave his family $2 and a bag of rice. they call him the pied piper of pedophiles. he would crews these neighborhoods dropping dollar bills behind him to lure these boys back to his home. he had served 12 years and a california prison for molesting as many as 500 boys here, m

carla gomez, los tiene mÁs informaciÓn. >> el deber de los agentes es prevenir el cruce de inmigrantesrceles en el estado de california. tenemos mÁs noticias más adelante, estÉn atentos. pero ahora vamos con consejos interesantes de mi querida roxana. adelante. ♪ ( publicidad ) >> gracias, neida. el regreso a clases para los universitarios significa empezar una nueva etapa, una nueva vida y hasta alejar de la familia por primera vez. si ese es el caso de su hija o hijo y quiere que se sienta como en casa aunque estÉ lejos lo puede lograr con un dormitorio bien decorado. por eso no tenemos a jimena carchi que estÁ con nosotros con el Último estilo. muy buenos dÍas. yo me siento como cuando era universitaria, me encantan estos estilos, ¿de que se trata de este nuevo estilo? >> esta es la colecciÓn drawer, que en este momento se lanzÓ desde el 14 de junio de nuestras tiendas. se trata de Ó muy interesante, no son elementos que se van a repetir todo el tiempo, quizÁs se repite el mismo color pero no se repite el mismo diseÑo. >> ¿quÉ tipo de elementos tiene esta colecciÓn? >> esta colecciÓ

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and i bet your excited with saturday, carla.ando, florida, when i was 15 years old. >> reporter: what drew you to it? >> my andfather was a boxer and i followed the oscar de la hoya in the olympics. >> reporter: who didn't love that. i was auld like don't hit that pretty face. but talk about the training. >> you want the work in here to be the hardest part so your fight is the easiest part. you train 5, 6, 7 days a week. your rest is necessary, but get into the gym and do our road work and shadow box, jump rope, spar, hit the focus pads and it's about 2-3 hours a day. >> is it hard on you? >> i've had my fair share of bruises. i have to soak in epson salts every night. >> but you're still standing. >> reporter: would you would you say to people -- what would you say to people to get them to come out on saturday? >> boxing is one of the safest sports. i know that despite what you hear, we wear head gear and our protection. so it's not a brutal sport. it's about not getting hit. so there is a a lot more to it. >> reporter: there i

it's going to be as bad as carla, and i lived through that.n't think in my part of town or my neighborhood or my house it was going to be as bad as it was. >> one of the things about hurricane ike was the flooding, the heavy not just heavy, it's not a tsunami, but it is forceful flooding. i flew over the area on the other side of galveston where -- over the peninsula. i've been there many times. and i was flying over it and i was thinking gosh this must be a new construction area because there's nothing here. >> that material was ten miles away. >> and that's why all you saw were sticks in the grass. there were no turned over refrigerators, there was no debee, there was nothing. no, i'm not heart of oliver peninsula where all the houses are. and yet there was no debris. that's what people aren't prepared for. i grew up in galveston county. i lived through carla, and i'd never seen anything like it. that's what you are talking about. people can't visualize, they are going to come back and see nothing. it was unbelievable. so that what you mean