carmen retired charlie at age 10.he was too strong to take out of his cage. >> at the age of like 3, they have the strength of a full grown adult and maybe the mind of like a 3-year-old child. >> a full grown chimp weighs about 200 pounds and is seven times stronger than a human. >> you being a good boy? >> still, carmen prestie vows to never send charlie and kiko to a sanctuary. >> i had this conversation with carmen prestie about those two chimps, charlie and kiko, many years ago. and urged him to consider putting them in a social situation where they could be in the company of other chimps. he chose not to do so. i imagine that we'll be hearing more about that in the future. >> when you know what chimps are like in nature you'll understand what they're capable of. chimps on the edge features harvard anthropologist richard wrangham who studied chimpanzees in the wild for decades. he says that like humans at war, male chimps violently assert dominance through lethal raiding. >> many of the attacks happen without anyb

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in fact, carmen st. george, the only thing that we know for sure, is that roman polanski, a famous hollywood director admitted under oath he raped a 13-year-old. we know that much. >> we do know that, nancy, for sure. and no matter what irregularity is claimed, i still say that no one has the right to then flee the country or flee a state based on this. he does have to answer to this, but maybe it will come to governor schwarzenegger commuting this or pardoning him at this point, being that it's three decades later -- >> excuse me, put up carmen st. george. carmen, you're a new mother, right? >> i am, nancy. >> now, think about it. if your child, god for bebid wa treated this way and all this time passed -- the time has passed because he went on the run. it's not the victim's fault, it's not the judge's fault. it's polanski's fault. that's why the case is 30 years old. so you're saying because the case is old because he's been living it up in a mansion in europe that we should just forget about it, that

carmen, good to see you. congratulations on the book "this time is different." i want to ask you why it's different and ma can we learn from this, but let me first begin with what some of the issues were this week that we are all talking about and the news of the week. the federal reserve's open market committee releasing the monthly statement saying that economic activity has picked up and that we'll continue to see low levels of the fed's rate. what does that language signal, do you think, for an economic roer? >> i think that they recognize this is going going to take a long time, and that is one lesson we find from past crisis in our book is that we've come out of it at a normal speed. i guess we would say. unemployment lingers. lots of other problems. >> carmen, you took -- and kent, a massive kwaupt tative approach in writing the book and using data to tell the history of financial crisis from the 1300s to today. how should we interpret the economic data and the calendar to understanda.here we are in the evolution of this current cries? >> in terms of the

algunos se preguntan donde está carmen campusano.s conh@univir bueno amigos tremendo revuelo causó cuauhtémoc blanco en la inauguración de un restaurante en méxico sus guardas espaldas empujaron a los periodista para desalojar el aérea. luego el futbolista ingresó al local él no quiso dar declaraciones. m donde está la modelo carmen campusano es la pregunta que muchos se hacen luego que su médico nos informó que salió del centro de rehabilitación donde rezo buey tratamiento, algunos medios de prensa dicen que sigue recluida y su hermana dijo desconocer su paradero, nos comunicamos con su doctor y nos reiteró que ya abandonó la clínica donde estuvo más de un año recluida y que está en la capital mexicana. . >>> bueno sigue la kofr cian torno al concierto de juanes en cuba y para sorpresa de muchos en la lista de artistas que van a compartir el escenario está diamantes ella visitó nuestros sustituy estudios y nos dijo por qué. >>> yo no me sky le políticamente, yo si inmigrante en este país y sabes, yo tomé la decisión de ir porque voy

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a. >> reporter: jim carmen has been using it for a few weeks. he is hoping it will keep him out of the dentist's chair and away from the drill. >> i'm beginning the second half of my life. i hope it is early in the second half but i would like my teeth to last as long as i do. >> reporter: news4. >>> a contest that the health and human services department in the district h introduced to us a rapping doctor. he is sending a message like no other, helping to prevent the spread of swine flu. ♪ i bring prevention, dr. clark here i come to make your head numb ♪ >> reporter: his performance goes beyond the doctor's office. he recently perform at a train station to try to reach out to the public. he writes his own music about a variety of health-related issues in an effort to keep people healthy. he is one of the top ten finalists in the contest. if he wins, he gets $2,500, and his video will play as a public service announcement. >>> respecting your body is key to staying healthy, and respecting the earth can also help. and that's why it pays to buy l

later that night, cops called her mother, carmen, in new york city, and carmen called mark pines, a photographerwas healping julissa in her career, and also was a family friend. >> she told me that julissa died. you can't go back from a statement like that. it's definitive. and we just started crying. more than words, we needed to share feelings at that point. the details... i didn't care about the details at that point. my heart was so broken. that, you know, all i could do was cry. >> reporter: for her family and julissa's many friends, her murder was a tragic end to a life just beginning to turn around. >> what we know about julissa before this is that she was a party girl, you know. she was living the high life in new york. she was a young, beautiful girl in new york city and she took full advantage of her youth and her beauty to, you know, live it up. >> reporter: but at the time of her death, julissa had stopped drinking and had radically changed her appearance. her friend, mark pines, says she was happy. >> she would smile with her whole face. she'd smile with her mouth and her eyebrows a

. >> reporter: carmen and chris jogging home from an errand instead of driving. family breadwinner was laid off in july from her software job at accenture. >> it's instant panic, oh, my gosh, we're going to lose our house and live in a cardboard box. >> reporter: carmen decided to turn her loss into an opportunity to spend more time with the family while taking time to find another job she'd love. so, they plan to stretch carmen's unemployment checks and her 13-week severance to last a full year, determined not to dig into savings. >> how do you do it? i have the rules posted actually at my desk. >> reporter: rules like "live within your means" which they say they've always done. they are also do-it-yourselfers. chris, a stay-at-home dad is a woodworker who builds sons for his son max. >> my dad made it. that's the best. >> reporter: for the first time, carmen set up a budget, to stick to it, the family shops only for absolute necessities. the library is now a frequent stop, as are other free community resources. >> well, we've had more fun since i lost my jonath

in fact, carmen st. only thing that we know for sure, is that roman polanski, a famous hollywood director admitted under oath he raped a 13-year-old. we know that much. >> we do know that, nancy, for sure. and no matter what irregularity is claimed, i still say that no one has the right to then flee the country or flee a state based on this. he does have to answer to this, but maybe it will come to governor schwarzenegger commuting this or pardoning him at this point, being that it's three decades later -- >> excuse me, put up carmen st. george. carmen, you're a new mother, right? >> i am, nancy. >> now, think about it. if your child, god forebid was treated this way and all this time passed -- the time has passed because he went on the run. it's not the victim's fault, it's not the judge's fault. it's polanski's fault. that's why the case is 30 years old. so you're saying because the case is old because he's been living it up in a mansion in europe that we should just forget about it, that that's a prob

m donde está la modelo carmen campusano es la pregunta que muchos se hacen luego que su médico nos informó del centro de rehabilitación donde rezo buey tratamiento, algunos medios de prensa dicen que sigue recluida y su hermana dijo desconocer su paradero, nos comunicamos con su doctor y nos reiteró que ya abandonó la clínica donde estuvo más de un año recluida y que está en la capital mexicana. . >>> bueno sigue la kofr cia en torno al concierto de juanes en cuba y para sorpresa de muchos en la lista de artistas que van a compartir el escenario está diamantes ella visitó nuestros sustituy estudios y nos dijo por qué. >>> yo no me sky le políticamente, yo si inmigrante en este país y sabes, yo tomé la decisión de ir porque voy a cantar al pueblo cubano y eso me da una alegría, y creo que esta controversia no le veo el sentido porque juanes va con un mensaje musical. >>> cuco dijo que sólo quiere llevar un mensaje de paz y amor con su música. >>> aumenta laten tensión entr margaret lanuza y su hermana al parecer tuvieron una discusión y entre lágrimas emilia declaró que margaret la insultó

. ♪ >>> la modelo mexicana carmen campusano salió del centro donde estuvo recluida por más de un año alcohol y las drogas. >>> no alertaron a los periodis peodistas para evitar que la a co sarna. >>> quemaron en méxico varios disco de las cantante alicia villarreal este grupo no está de acuerdo con que la artista se referirá así misma como la jefa no se ha nado el título y la acusan de presumida e hipócrita. y la guerita consentida, dijo que no es monedita de oro para caerle bien a todos. >>> tremendo susto se llevó la cantante ana bárbara, cuando se enteró ayer del secuestro del avión en méxico porque el pirro su esposo, tomó un vuelo con destino a ciudad de méxico. angustiada trató de localizarlo pero tenía el teléfono pagoapag al rato pudo hablar con él, y se quedó tranquila al saber que no se encontraba en esta nave secuestrada. >>> dieron a conocer que serán 15 los artistas que comparo tiran incluyend a dani pérez, rivera, velasco, miguel bosé, olga tañón, el grupo orishas silvio rodríguez, los bam bam y yerbas buenas. el comunicado de prensa dice que todos van a ir vestidos de

>> carmen, what is the best way to handle credit scores? >> here's the thing.do you have credit cards now? >> caller: no, i do not. i tried to apply for them, and i get denied. >> all right. here's what you do. the first place to start is forget about anything called a prepaid card. you want to go to a secured card. a secured card works kind of like a debit card. you put money down. let's say $500 down, you use the card against your cash. and that's how you build credit. make sure that you shop around for a secure card that reports to the credit bureau. you can do that at bankrate.com, credit.com. they actually report to the credit bureaus and make sure that your good use of this card actually gets reported and your credit score goes up. then when you use your card right, they'll extend you credit and that will start you back on the road. joy, you should be aback in good shape in a year, two years you should be golden. >> carmen, sharon, david, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and we're back right after this. en't you tired of bleach accide

carmen reinhart, along with ken rokoff of harvar. they are setting the stage for a book that will soon be released that will look at big economic downturns and what the patterns of them have been so we can learn from the past to project what might happen to the global economy in in this downturn. the question about schools. let me read you briefly, the denver post, and show what you is happen nothing one area with the reaction to the president's tuesday afternoon speech. balancing act. working thursday to balance the desire of of the white house to have the president speak to schoolchildren was the concern of parents, the speech would be more than political theater. internet rumors, talk rad combroe and admitted blunder by the white house in designing the lesson plan, remain hot thursday. some districts are trying to make it work. one school offered to tape the speech, review and show to kids if barack obama says nothing objectionable. the "wall street journal" is favorable to the white house on this. it is called "a teachable moment

in today's nbc news insider report, carmen wong ulrich has tips for getting the most from your college savings investment. >> reporter: it's back to school time and college costs continue to soar way beyond inflation, with private colleges costing anywhere from an average of $25,000 to as much as $50,000 a year, and public colleges nearing $7,000 a year in tuition and fees. the price tag can seem like an unmanageable burden if you are trying to save up for your kids' college education. when saving for college, make sure your goal is to put away approximately 1/3 of the projected costs. the rest can and should come from grants, scholarships and loans. start saving early and often. just as when you are saving for retirement, the longer your time frame, the more money you can put away and the more time you have to grow it. take advantage of the tax advantages available with 529s. both allow you to save money for school and grow it tax-free. they differ in terms of contribution limits and terms. for more information head to finaid.org and shop for 529 plans at savings for college.com. don'

i'm carmen wong ulrich for cnbc. >> tonight at 7:00 on "nbc nightly news with brian williams" your money your head. congress gets back to work. but with the latest developments is a public option still on the table? >>> still to come this afternoon at 4:00, a world famous movie maker on the run for 30 years is defying the u.s. government over its rape conviction, and he has high-powered support. >>> always controversial director comes to town today to premiere his lates film. >>> deadly flooding spawned by the type fan. at least 240 have been killed, at least 37 are missing. storm forced 600,000 people out of their homes, some 375,000 into evacuation centers. in all, an estimated 1.8 million people have been affected. most of manila is flooded, after getting more than a foot of rain in 24 hours. that's more than the region usually gets in a month. people are now complaining about the slow pace of relief into the country. >>> and there's really no letup. it's kind of a one-two punch. >> exactly. another storm coming behind it. pulled this image from saturday, jim. this is when it was over

. >> on "washington journal" this morning, economics professor, carmen reinhart, examines financial crisis since world war ii and how the current global recession compares to others since 1945. ne next, foreign relations will take your call about general stanley mcchrystal's decisioning in the war on afghanistan. and talk to adam liptak from the "new york times." "washington journal" is live on c-span everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> house democratic chairman xavier becerra hosted a talk yesterday. this is less than a half-hour. >> my name is xavier becerra, i am a member of congress from los angeles, california, also vice chairman of the democratic caucus here in the house of representatives and today we are going to release something that we think will help americans make good choices about healthcare reform and know the truth as opposed to the myths about healthcare reform. today we are releasing a study and a report that talks about quality affordable healthcare for seniors. and what this healthcare reform means for america's senior population under medicare, some 48 million americans

carmen is with us.writing for 20 years and traveling around the world, influenced by cultures and inspired. this latest book is called 14 for america. bring us another culture a gift. tell us more about it. >> it is a gift we receive after 9/11. the people of kenya presented to the united states 14 sacred cows. and they were the first nation, nation people, to respond to us. and it was all because there was warrior study in the united states who happened to be in new york during 9/11. and he went back and told the story. they give us an extraordinary gift. >> and that warrior is a real person. >> yes, yes. he is. children love to hear this. it is a true story. nonfiction. he's real person. the real person will be at the mall today which is one of the wonderful things about the book festivals. >> tell us about the book festival. a great event. have you all these famous authors and they are going to be walking around. >> right. bookworm. as a kid i would have been over the moon. these are your favorite au

he is also charged with malicious wounding for the attack last monday on maria del carmen mejia and atwo-year old girl. >>> a man is dead and three otherst ur hteafain shootteg hon happened near hamilton street last night. the victims were in the backyard when someone fired several shots. michael harris died on the scene and others were taken to the hospital, and they are expected to recover. >>> in tennessee, a 15-furled boy and his mother are looking for help with a rare medical condition. -- a 15-year-old boy and his mother. >> i felt my eyes water. >> he cries blood. this can be a daily occurrence and his mother has takenne mhi o count as specialists and no one seems to know what is going on. >> more than anything i just truly want somebody to say i have seen this, i can help this family. i just please want somebody to help my baby. >> one ophthalmologist suspects it could be a diseasehich means bloody tears. one i n in a milling n ndioit which the tissues around the i could cause bleeding. -- a one in a million condition. >>> a is nice and refreshening out there. >> it is great to give y

barbara corcoran, carmen ohlrich and melissa francis, thanks so much. >>> still to come, a fertility clinic mix-up brings emotional turmoil to two families. meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. >>> still to come on "today," my trip back to junior high school and back in time. >> look at that hair. >>> and a mother and daughter crash their cars into the same sinkhole right on top of each other. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning. it's 7:26 and here's a look at some of our top stories. maryland state police say four people have been found dead. troomt troopers found the bodies late friday evening. police believe if four are members of the same family. the circumstances are being investigated but troopers say it appears to be a murder scene. >> the issue

pasó @ rer imph@tlmÑjkptliuókph@imer io o rh@univisionprimer impactoh@tlt@ >>> la modelo mexicana carmen>> quemaron en méxico varios disco de las cantante alicia villarreal este grupo no está de acuerdo con que la artista se referirá así misma como la jefa no se ha ganado el título y la acusan de presumida e hipócrita. y la guerita consentida, dijo que no es monedita de oro para caerle bien a todos. >>> tremendo susto se llevó la caante ana bárbara, cuando se enteró ayer del secuestro del avión en méxico porque el pirro su esposo, tomó un vuelo con destino a ciudad de méxico. angustiada trató de localizarlo pero tenía el teléfono pagoapag al rato pudo hablar con él, y se quedó tranquila al saber que no se encontraba en esta nave secuestrada. >>> dieron a conocer que serán 15 los artistas que comparo tiran incluyendo a dani pérez, rivera, velasco, miguel bosé, olga tañón, el grupo orishas silvio rodríguez, los bam bam y yerbas buenas. el comunicado de prensa dice que todos van a ir vestidos de blanco y será una presentación apolítica. >>> el que quisiera sumarse a esta lista de cantantes

when bizet's opera "carmen" opened in paris over 100 years ago, he dreamt that one day his music wouldiñata sticks. monsieur bizet, dreams -- they really do come true, eh? bon appétit. on your mark, get set, go. [ bizet's "les toreadors" playing ] the great groucho marx once said he'd never join a club that would have him as a member. that's a shame, because we'd have loved to have had him as a member of this next club, providing he'd send us a videotape that won 10 grand. ladies and gentlemen, the still groucholess and extremely exclusive $10,000 club. woman: here we are, getting a buzz for the summer. hi, chip. you're going to look so handsome. i am? i am? mm-hmm. this is your ballgame today, too, huh? man: oh! [ gasp ] the thing fell off. just a minute, dear. do you like it? yes, now let's see. the clippers fell off. that's what happened, huh, honey? daddy's really a good hair cutter, but maybe next time we will go to the barber shop. i don't know -- i don't know how many clips we've seen tonight, but only three of them are eligible to win $10,000, and they are... "super scooper," s

barbara corcoran, carmen ohlrich and melissa francis, thanks so much. >>> still to come, a fertilityinic mix-up brings emotional turmoil to two families. >>> still to come on "today," my trip bk to junior high school and back in time. >> look at that hair. >>> and a mother and daughter crash their cars into the same sinkhole right on top of each other. >>> 7:26 is your time. live look at the nation's capitol. rain is guaranteed today. the forecast after the news. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. saturday, september 26, 2009. here is a look at what's making news this morning. horrifying crime has shaken one quiet and close knit maryland community. police found the bodies of four family members in a mt. airy home last night. two of the dead are children. investigators aren't releasing their ages. officers are investigating the crime as a murder/suicide. police came to the house after aring from a concerned friend who 00 heard from the family in a few days. >>> two more arrests have been made in the murder of shahabuddin rana. he was killed last month inside his pizza mart store in

. >> carmen, kent, good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> up next, middle east peace and the recovery of the global economy. my conversation with former british prime minister tony blair is next. other bold-faced names of this week's clinton global initiative. and the lessons of the business world to the indicational woes. what bill and melinda gates are doing to repair america's schools. let's take a look at the stock market performance as we head to a break. [ engine powers down ] gentlemen, you booked your hotels on orbitz. well, the price went down, so you'rall getting a check thanks. for the difference. except for you -- you didn't book with orbitz, so you're not getting a check. well, i think we've all learned a valuable lesson today. good day, gentlemen. thanks a lot. thank you. introducing hotel price assurance, where if another orbitz customer books the same hotel for less, we send you a check for the difference, automatically. sfoo it has the benefit of the franchise and is critical for the economy. special constraints can apply, and it's really justified. i'm a xwr

carmen? >> aha. this is the waiting game.it's a very difficult thing to do. and here's the deal. prices, if you just follow prices, maybe prices will be lower. maybe prices will be higher. depends where you're looking. but what about interest rates? there's something you have no control over. that could change. interest rates could go up. therefore even if prices go lower, the loan, the mortgage, will cost you more, therefore you won't get as much back on your written investment the thing is, if you're looking to invest in real estate, you have a long-term commitment, you've got to be ready to do this, do it now if you can. you've got to put over 20% down, absolutely, you have to have a lot of emergency cash in the bank and make shaur you have fantastic credit. remember, too, if you're going into real estate nownd you're tempted by low prices and low interest rates, you already put one-third of your money in your primary residence, one-third is a lot. be very careful going in. >> and also make sure that you can do the mainten

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carm carmen, what's your advice? >> i'm scandalized by sarah.his is arbitrage. it sounds sassy and that's what it is. it's basically borrowing money and investing it and then basically taking the profit and paying the loan back. but here's the thing -- you signed a loan agreement, so you have to be very careful, especially with student loans. now, a lot of folks back in the heydey took credit cards and did this, which is a dangerous game, but student loans is even more dangerous because you signed a contract and you could be violating your loan agreement, so you want to be careful. also, it's a short period of time, a year, year and a half. on a cd, as jean mentioned earlier, you're not going to get a great rate. what you can do and what is safe to do is a high-yield checking account, a high-yield, online-only web bank where you can invest the money, but be very careful about doing this and locking up your money, because if anything happens to you, say medically, and you need that money right away, you do not want to lock it up in a cd or any in

and carmen wong ulrich is cnbc's personal finance expert.ere from ohio, and jean, you have a very good question for our panel. >> yes, i do. as a retired widow who sold her own business and has all of her money invested and trusted with a financial adviser, it's depleting. how do i know for sure that i can trust that gentleman, that financial adviser to do what's best for me? >> that's a good question. >> great question. >> and here's the thing, you have to look at how your assets are doing compared to everybody else's assets. the markets have been depleting, so, just the fact that your accounts are going down or have been going down, although they should have been going up more recently, doesn't necessarily mean -- >> a lot. >> a lot, yeah. it doesn't necessarily mean that your financial adviser is doing a bad job, but something is telling me that you don't feel comfortable with this person, and that's worrisome. you need to be able to have a conversation with this person like you would have with your doctor, where you spill out everything

in today's nbc news insider report, carmen wong ulrich has tips how you can save more effectively. >>eporter: as our personal savings rate rises back to a healthy 5% last quarter, many of you are asking, where can i put my cash and earn some interest? with the savings at money market rates below 2%, it's easy to feel like your hard-earned dollars are dwindling sitting still. it's key to understand why you have those savings in the first place. so ask, what is this cash for if it's an emergency fund to pay the bills, protect the money that is going to protect you. that outweighs the need to grow the money, which means putting in at risk investments. look for high-ee, low-e savings money market account with fdic protection. if it's outside your emergency fund with a longer-term goal, look for cds with shorter maturity dates. shop around for high-yield savings accounts, money market why thes at bankrate.com and interest.com. take heart in the fact had you earned 2% on your assets in the last year, y would be ahead millions. >>> we've got more on the economy coming up tonight on "nbc nigh

counterterrorism, counterintelligence, international organized crime and narcotics trafficking, and carmen, and arms and intelligence. the cia before destroying partnerships between the several agencies and discipline and takes an active role in the overall intelligence community. today we have with us the director of the central intelligence agency, leon edward panetta. he became the 19th director of the central intelligence agency on the 13th of february of this year. as director, he manages human intelligence in open source collection programs on behalf of the intelligence community. he has dedicated much of his life to public service. before joining the cia, he spent 10 years code directing with his wife sylvia, the leon and sylvia panetta institute for public policy, based at california state university, monterey bay. the institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit center that seeks to instill in young men and women the virtues and values of public service. in march of 2006, he was chosen as a member of the iraqi study group established at the urging of congress to conduct an independ

. >> for carmen antonio, sunday's deadline will be tight, but not impossible. and city health officials are hoping a change in your favorite eat ri will prompt a change in your home. >> people should take a look at the labels of the food they are providing. if it has partially high drodge natured vegetable oils, they should choose other foods that do not use those kinds of fats. >> melissa carlson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:30 on tv hill. coming up, continuing our live team coverage of the massive water main break in dundalk. >> assessing the damage, we'll have a live report coming up. >> this is called a doggie pot to help pet owners pick up the mess and it is an eneffort to help the environment. i'm jennifer franciotti. that story ahmed. -- ahead. >> welcome back to "saturday night live." >> john, i'm assuming the weather today, lower humidity is a good thing. >> i wonder how many gallons of water were pumped out of that hole j hundreds of thousands of gallons. >> i don't know. it is hard to imagine. i wonder how many bathtubs full of water that was. >> we don't

carmen wong ulrich has more. >> reporter: as our personal savings rate rises back from negative territory to a healthy 5% last quarter, many people are asking, where can i put my cash and earn some interest? with savings and money market rates below 2%, it's easy to feel like your hard-earned dollars are dwindling sitting still. it's key to understand why you have those savings in the first place. ask. what is this cash for? if it's an emergency fund to pay the bills and keep you afloat should you lose income, protect the money that is going to protect you. that outweighs the need to grow the money, which means putting it at-risk investments. look for a high-yield low fee savings or money market account with fdic protection. if it's cash savings with a longer term goal that you are okay for locking up for a time, look for cds with shorter maturity dates as interest rates will go up after this year. op around for high-yield savings accounts, money market accounts at bankrate.com and interestrate.com. if you earned 2.5% in your assets last year, you'd be ahead by millions. >>> more coming u

with us now, carmen wong ulrich. cnbc's personal finance expert subpoena this going to cover it? is this a good proposal? >> it actually is the fed implementing, policing, the card act which is in law. the credit cart accountability responsibility act. that was passed in the spring. police need to come in and enforce it. that's what they're doing. basically they're enforcing parts of the act which include, for example, that you cannot change your interest rate for the first year that you have your card. only under certain circumstances. for example, you're late by 60 days. also, no more cards for the under 21 sets. you have to have a cosigner gl that's a good idea. >> that's really a good idea. growth in their industry of piling on credit card debt, especially for college students. also, you cannot overdraw or overrun your account. here's the thing. right now back in the day, you'd get declined if you went over your limit. now they let it go through and they pile on tremendous fees. that's going to be banned. >> that's for credit cards. that's not for banks? >> no, no. this is fo

two of those highlighted in the national geographic special are charlie and kiko and their owner carmen>> sort of fell in love with the chimps just like i did with m wife. when i got charlie, i used to bring him to the dojo and within like an hour i taught this chimp to throw a left punch and right punch. the next thing i know he was doing combination kicks. >> reporter: that was 13 years ago. rmen retired charlie at age 10. by then he was too strong to take out of his cage. >> at t the age of like 3 they have the strength of a full-grown adult and maybe the mind of a 3-year-old child. >> reporter: a full grown chimp weighs about 200 pounds and is seven times stronger than a human. >> you be aing good boy? >> reporter: still karmon presti vows to never send charlie and ki to a sanctuary. >> i had a conversation and urged him to consider putting them in a social situation where they could be in the company of other chimps. he chose not to do so. i imagine that we'll be hearing more about that in the future. >> reporter: when you know what chimps are like in nature, you'll understand what

on washington journal tomorrow morning, economics professor carmen reinhardt. maxxam bid of the council on foreign relations will take calls about general the crystal's latest report. and then a case on campaign finance laws. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. vice president joe biden says the economic stimulus package is working better than the administration expected. he spoke at the brookings institution today for a little more than an hour. the brookings institution. brookings institution. here [applause] [laughter] >> mr. vice president, this is not standard operating procedure. i think the stigma aggravation says it all. i am the president of the brookings institution. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today to join me in welcoming joe biden back to brookings where he has been on a number of occasions. he is one of morning -- he is one of many americans who is hard work on the eve of labor day weekend. he is working hard on behalf of all of bust. the same is true of the director of the white house office of ur

. >> carmen and chris kubaki jogging home from an errand, instead of driving.g since carra, the family bread winner was laid off from her software job, accenture. >> it's panic at first, we're living in a cardboard box. >> reporter: she decided to turn her loss into an opportunity, spending more time with the family. so they began to stretch her unemployment checks and her 13-week severance to last a full year, determined not to dig into savings. >> how do you do it? i have the rules posted, actually, at my desk. >> reporter: rules like, live within your means, which the kubakis say they have always done. they are also do it yourselfers. chris, a stay at home dad, who is a word worker, builds toys for his son max. >> my dad made it. that's the best. >> reporter: for the first time, karen set up a budget. to stick to it, the family shops only for absolute necessities. the library is now a frequent stop, as are other free community resources. >> we have had more fun since i lost my job than ever. >> reporter: having adopted a frugal lifestyle, the kubakis say the

bueno, y ttn república dominicana. ahí estuvo nuestra reportera maría del carmen hernández, esto es lo verdadero espectáculo comienza al entrar en ella, con unas formaciones rocosas que se asocian a imágenes y permiten al visitante dejar volar su imaginación, colocándose en diferentes escenarios. >> y al frente parece que fueron catedrales... es una impresión fenomenal. aquí se pueden ver como si fueran castillos, animales, edificios, personas. acá podemos ver desde cerca que son las mismas estalacticas que van subiendo y que al juntarse forman la columna. >> y entre estalacticas y estalagmitas salieron los principales habitantes de la cuevas, los murciélagos. >> se pueden ver un montón de murciélagos. los murciélagos han hecho de los huecos del techo sus hogares, aunque no fueron ellos los que lo hicieron sino por unos microorganismos que vivían en los corrales cuando esto era parte del mar. >> así empezamos a ver las figuras. ésta con forma de león, éste que parece un plátano, y esta estalagmita cuya sombra refleja la imagen del rey de esta cueva, admirar en lo alto, un corazón. y aq

ustedes se preguntarÁn por quÉ le dije a carmen gonzÁlez que era una guerrera, la voy a dejar que lese mucho miedo a la hora de saber el diagnÓstico. dices: ¿que es cÁncer? ¿cÓmo voy a enfrentar esto? ¿cÓmo voy a explicÁrselo a mis hijos? ¿cÓmo voy a quedar fÍsicamente? >> sÍ, áádesphay muchos miedo. mujeres tendemos a preocuparnos por lo demÁs, por los padres, los hijos, nuestro trabajo, y nos olvidamos de nuestros alud que es lo mÁs importante y el mejor regalo que le podemos dar a nuestros esposos e hijos. >> sÍ, es lo mÁs importante para poder tricólvpíkph@univisi@ >> adamaris, es importante ber cÓstar participando la compaÑÍa en la cura contra el cÁncer. >> al comprar el yoghurque desde septiemb viene con la tÁctica roza aÚn no desprende la tapita el iris de la direcciÓn a donde la podemos enviar. mientras basta mÁs tapitas de Éstas envÍen yoplait va a donar mÁs dinero. sÓlo si la gente nos ayuda podemos volver a ayudar a mÁs mujeres hianas que necesitan la ayuda... podemos tener tambiÉn mÁs informaciÓn o mÁs dinero para hacer investigaciones, a ver si encontramos la cura para el

host: we are talking with carmen reinhart ph.d. has been involved in multi-year multi-level study of history of global declines and we are learning what her work has produced and trying to understand more about our situation. next is dan on the independent line from alexandria, virginia. caller: let me voice my pleasure with spc-span having someone wh seems to have the faculty and seems objective. i happen to believe a paradigm shift is necessary as in the 1901, right wing financiers shifted, the media coverage of the issue and the people who support certain things that might not be to their benefit, most revolutions in the past come from the bottom up. but i think we are in a special time and place now where we are at a level of being dumbed down as problems that are incredible. so i think what is needed is true journalism to combat this, stop giving credit to people who have been discredited and from that point we can begin to learn from the issues and make proper policy decisions feel as it stands the politicians in place are me

. >> reporter: carmen and chris jogging home from an errand instead of driving.ing since the family bread winner was laid off in july from her job. >> at first, instant panic, we're going to lose the house tomorrow and living on the street. >> reporter: she decided to turn her loss into an opportunity and spend more time with the family while taking time to find another job she'd love. so they plan to stretch her unemployment checks and her 13-week severance to last a full year, determined not to dig into savings. >> how do you do it? i have the rules posted, actually, at my desk. >> reporter: rules like, live within your means, which they say they've always done. they're also do-it-yourselfers. chris, a stay-at-home dad, who is a woodworker, builds toys for his son, max. >> my dad made it. that's the best. >> reporter: for the first time, she's set up a budget. to stick to it, the family shops only for absolute necessities. the library is now a frequent stop as are other free community resources. >> we've had more fun since i lost my job than ever. >> reporter:

>> carmen. just went to a show the other day.very feminine. >> but you work at that body. >> i do. i work. like we all do. >> an emmy nomination for the show. that had to feel good. >> it's my third in a row. >> it is your turn. >> we don't know. we'll see. >> do you still get a little nervous about it when you go. >> yeah, but i love what i do. it's about the work. >> it's always been about that for you. >> the ensemble is fantastic. we're starting our fourth season here. we're shooting in new york. >> the move must have delighted you because you're from new york. >> yeah, exactly. >> you're such a big star. >> i wish, no, no, no. we had a tax incentive here, yes. so that was before everything collapsed and they were trying to bring production here. so i think cashmere mafia was here. >> lipstick jungle. >> were you watching the vmas. >> no but i saw all the -- >> what did you think about all the hoo-ha. >> i know her. taylor. she's 17 years old. looking at a 17-year-old, you think as the mother, what would you have done? it was