i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with the final bow. nearly two weeks after his death, michael jackson was remembered in ace public memorial service by his friends, family, and countless fans. nbc's jay grey jones us from the staples center in los angeles. >> reporter: good morning, christina. it was an amazing collection of entertainment superstars. they gathered with thousands of fans to say good-bye to michael jackson. but it was someone who took the stage for the first time here who ultimately made the most emotional and lasting impression at the memorial. ♪ it was a memorial that was part church service -- ♪ -- part concert --. ♪ and all michael jackson. >> he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived. >> reporter: an amazing group of all-stars that gathered to honor him. >> we need to look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon and we need to smile. >> reporter: but the smiles would have to wait as the most poignant tribute was delivered by those who were perhaps closest to h

i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with yet another palin probe. an independent investigator in alaska has found east side that governor sarah palin may have violated ethics laws in her attempt to pay mounting legal bills from multiple ethics complaints filed against her. the finding is just the latest in a long line of headlines hounding the former vice presidential candidate who stepped down from office this week. in a confidential report obtained tuesday by the associated press, the investigator characterized the governor's fund-raising as using her elected position for, quote, personal gain. the issue is focused on the so-called alaska trust fund set up by friends and supporters to help palin cover half a million dollars in legal bills. the investigator urges palin to refuse the funding and suggests the issue could be resolved without a formal reprimand. the governor's office called the report inaccurate and said it was illegally leaked. >>> while president obama sees health care reform, in his w

i told christina not to call anyone. it's not a big deal. >> shayne: well, she listened to you because i didn't hear from christina. i heard it from frank. right after i saw allen run into my uncle billy's fist at farleys. >> remy: sorry i missed that. >> shayne: you are. >> frank: sorry i'm late. i had to run to ever to farleys. >> remy: i heard, i heard. >> frank: right, right, right, right. >> christina: did i miss it? >> remy: no, no, you didn't miss it. it's not a big deal. i was just doing my job. >> frank: well, actually it a very big deal, christina. >> remy: uh-huh, uh-huh. >> cyrus: big day, huh? >> remy: yeah, yeah, you didn't have to come. >> cyrus: actually, i did. frank said i'm getting some kind of award. >> frank: gentlemen, today's a very special day. look at you two. springfield's dream team 2009. >> is this the residence of henry cooper camaletti? >> mallet: yeah, he's our son. who are you? >> i represent the late edmund winslow's estate. not long ago he added your son to his will. >> billy: you named

well, i'm christina brown.s is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> good morning, it is four minutes before 5:00, a friday morning, temperatures are warm and humid. readings are in the mid 70's around the area and we have one word to describe the weather outside. muggy. looks like it will be stormy out there. >> that is what the weather will be about as thunderstorms move into the area this afternoon and evening. i will have the details coming up in a couple of minutes with the insta-weather forecast. now about the news. >> the time is 4:57 and here is a look ahead to "11 news toda.". >> president obama's rose garden meeting on race. i'm tracy potts in washington. that is next. >> we have one situation in carroll county to tell you about. we will have the details and a lipa [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning, i'm sarah caldwell for mindy basara. >> i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us. >> we want to look outside with meteorologist

well, i'm christina brown. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> american thursday morning to you. we had a loss of activity finally going on as far as rainfall. ocean city is starting to see some showers and storms associated with the semi- tropical system centered off the coast of north carolina. it is moving up the east course -- discussed. is bringing a lot of rain to ocean city and southern maryland. we have showers to our west. that is a head of a front that is approaching us throughout the day. we have a good chance of about 70% tuesday showers and thunderstorms. it is very humid out there. -- 7% to seek showers and thunderstorms. it is very -- 70% to see showers and thunderstorms. it is very humid out there. the cloud cover and the rainfall will keep temperatures down. i have more under weekend weather forecast coming up with your seven

well, i'm christina brown.s is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc >>> 4:54 is our time right now. we have 80 degrees here in the nation's capitol. that is pretty warm for very early in the morning. we have cuds above us it looks like right now. we will get the latest in a moment. good morning, welcome to "news4 today." i'm joe grebs. >> i'm barbara harrison. we are glad you are with us. we will take a look outside and get our first forecast from chuck bell. >>> good morning, erybo.dy yes,rrlofa c lyudy.sk strrl cloudy sky.inshirun fe thrrin sg inunshe first thing this morning. eavun h a threat finom cpg uerar te n.rnafoo afternoon. temperatures are on the warm side, indeed, torida fy y modarni morning startepp dpper 70s acrof the area. 76 in hagerstown, our dew point, up into the low 70tee hver o er h over the last six urhos, you can nats most of the rain srsweho are now mo wntngrneso ate nd central pagia. w ey bthlovil m oeginver they will be mov ointo ta a o re inins d antourd re

well, i'm christina brown. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 4:54 is the time. 73 glees as we look at a beautiful picture of the united states capitol right here in the united states capital on this 23rd day of july, 2009. good morning, welcome to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. >> we want to start things off as we always do with a look at weather and traffic. >>> good morning. starting on off again very hid and on bitlte of os,er a little bitnd terhu ndnojuerhu now just to the et of point nlot,ouow rolling across thet, lower chesapeake bay where you see those y enigthere, the lower .c arine rescoen. those are heading noghe torth ghosricre aheths bay andth wl e headin ctordwaamrd bridge, ox nd aaint al hetndr f f t ouro light rain arc fur o of few sprinkles in the shenandoah valley. in the low 70s around washington and near the bay. forecast for today, coming up in five minutes at 5:01. >>> now let's go to jerry edwards and the news 4 traffic network. >>> good mo

i'm christina brown. today we begin with the search for common ground. right now president obama is at the g-8 summit in italy working with fellow leaders to confront problems with nations around the globe. at the top of the agenda, climate change and the world economy. president obama will chair talks at a climate meeting with the group of eight today. they have agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 80% in the coming years. already there have been setbacks on the issue from countries outside the g-8. china and india rejecting demands to house emissions of greenhouse by 2050. meanwhile, looking ahead to the rest of the president's trip, barring any major developments, the highlight is expected to come friday. that's when president obama will be meeting with pope benedict at the vatican. then after that, the president is expected to head to ghana on saturday. >>> capitol hill is rumbling this morning following a claim by some house democrats that the cia has deceased congress for years. several democrats on the house intelligence committee clai

i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with what the doctor ordered. authorities investigating the death of michael jackson are focused on the doctor who was apparently with the pop star when he died. armed with search warrants, police are trying to find out more about the physician behind the scenes in the live of the late pop star. nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: as investigators gathered at his las vegas office, officers also visited dr. conrad murray's home in this gated community near the vegas strip. >> looking for documents. >> reporter: the search similar to one at a storage facility in houston last week. >> this d a's office in los angeles doesn't want another o.j. moment. they're working hard behind the scenes to make sure before the charges they have all the evidence because they have gotten burned before. >> reporter: charges that could include manslaughter. police sources tell nbc news murray did administer the powerful sedative propofol the morning jackson died. >> diprivan or propofol

i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with losing ground. it has been a furious two-week push for the white house. now new polling from the wall street journal and nbc news, shows president obama's build for health care reform seems to be losing traction. 42% say the president's proposal is a bad idea, a 10-point jump from just last month. when it comes to quality of care, 39% believe the plan would actually make things worse. that's up 15 points from april. the good news for the president, his overall job approval still remains high at 53%. down just 3% from last month. well, faced with those slipping numbers, it is no surprise the white house is embracing yesterday's health care breakthrough on capitol hill. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: the deal struck among house democrats seemed to reenergize president obama. he made his health care pitch in raleigh and went after republican critics. >> if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you keep your he

>> right. >> christina cooper. christina has been caring for him since he was 3 months old, and he weighed only one pound when his mother rejected him. christina created this pouch for him. he looks very happy there. >> he is happy. he's very affectionate. he loves to be petted and loves kisses. he's always most comfortable in the pouch right now. >>> it is a soggy tuesday morning in new york city, but we have a great crowd on our plaza nonetheless. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. hope it's a brighter morning where you are. jules, good morning. >> i hope it's going to be bright here. it's still dark right now. good morning. we have a lot coming up. >>> in this half hour, for the first time singer chris brown has apologized for attacking his ex-girlfriend rihanna. we're going to tell you what he said and why he now wants to be a role model. harry? >>> also coming up this morning, it promises to be a very buggy summer, especially here in the northeast. so much rain, rain, rain, rain, all that sitting wat

>> right. >> christina cooper. christina has been caring for him since he was 3 months old, and he weighed only one pound when his mother rejected him. christina created this pouch for him. he looks very happy there. >> he is happy. he's very affectionate. he loves to be petted and loves kisses. he's always most comfortable in the pouch right now. >>> good morning, welcome back, everybody. 7:25. 70 degrees outside. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. we will start over with tim. >> well, we are definitely looking at a day of pretty -- pretty sticky, pretty humid start with cloud cover, but a little bit of sun peeking through. let's take a look at the forecast on this day. we are looking at temperature starting off just around 70, and we will see temperatures going up to about 80 degrees today. mostly cloudy and humid as we mentioned. a chance of thunderstorms possible through the afternoon. 66 degrees your overnight low with a chance of showers. partly sunny tomorrow and a chance of afternoon and even

but, christina believes she's getting more bang for her buck. you got a lot of items today, how much did you spend in total? >> $184. we really did well. i mean, we did all of our back to school shopping and we have everything that we need. >> reporter: the back to school shopping season is being watched closely-- to see just how tough it is to get consumers to spend. many retailers are hoping low prices will encourage parents to buy more than just bare necessities. many stores started promotions earlier than usual, including staples. the company's president mike miles says the weak economy is forcing unprecedented discounts. >> we've reduced prices on more products this year than we have in prior years. so every year at back to school, we reduce prices at some of the key school supplies. this year we've reduced prices on 250 of those key school supplies. >> reporter: staples is not the only store practically giving away merchandise to lure customers. analyst brian sozzie of wall street strategies thinks the drastic markdowns will carry through

christina still to come on the economy.ut that on hold for a second and enjoy ourselves. >> two local police chiefs and a mayor's son are under arrest for breaking into the surrogate's home for sarah jessica parker? >> we have politicians and police officers breaking into sarah jessica parker's surrogate mother's home. and then they turned it around and sold it to the tabloids. they are expected to be arraigned this morning. >> i will steal it and sell it. why would i do that when i could make something of volumalue? >> remember dance friday, when we showed the bride and the groom coming down the aisle? well, this time we are in divorce court for kevin and jill. they have been married for a month. here it is, divorce court. can we turn off the music? listen for it. what makes you think it's a spoof? you have never seen lawyers -- >> it's broadway. >> professional dancers. i just wanted to play this. >>> the "endeavour" is coming home. we will watch that for live on msnbc. with it comes the underwear worn by a japanese astro

christina romer to talk about the cash for clunkers program. in this commercial break we have some of mark haines owe homegrown tomato '. when this hotel added aflac to compliment their benefits package aflac! it made a big splash with the employees yeaaaahhhh! find out more at aflac!... ...forbusiness.com (laughter) >>> joining us is matt schapiro. i apologize, you'll have lots of energy for us, matt. good to be be you on this friday. gdp, what is your take on the market reaction? better than expected headline. obviously some of the consumer numbers in tland there. >> we've been building up to it all week, erin. and trading here on the cboe and the volatility futures, they were kind of predicting a correction that we didn't have and it really swept out the shorts with the rally yesterday. so kind of the response this morning, we're a little flat. it's going to be kind of muted. i think a lot of traders down here will be trying to get out of options premium.m. i don't think a lot is going to happen and everybody is going to look to get out of h

there may be some budget gimmickry that gets rid of that within the next week or so. >> christina, that's how how much is this going to cost and will it get done on time. what can you add to this? >> welling i would also say that one thing americans should know is that it's not done yet. there's a lot left to be done and some of the process is open a lot of it will be done behind closed doors with leaders probably mostly from the democratic party but leaders from both parties as they're hammering out final details this fall. a lot can change in the last process. americans should know what jonathan said it will be costly but they say this is what they want in polls. >> i don't think there's any question that the polls indicate that americans want health care and there does seem to be a stronger will for health care, even in congress, christina. but what about this big gap? already we heard nancy pelosi backing off on these increased taxes. >> yeah. you know, it's -- from the white house perspective, there you can see they're trying to get a bit of control over this. you've got members of c

christina romer. we'll get her take on the prospects for recovery this year. plus are emerging markets getting too pricey for investors on "fast money" final call. and after the bell taxing the rich to pay for health care reform. we'll debate whether the plan makes sense. first a look at the most active stocks on the new york stock exchange led by bank of america and citigroup. access tfavorite courses) pommrites peaps a night at the theater wi extra special seats additional hotel ght, o treat yorld in perfect harmon pceless look for world on your mastercard to g rewards and offers thatatter to you. >>> welcome back. good to see you. let's take a look at today's business headlines. swiss drugmaker roche saying its carciva cancer drug improved the survival of patients with advanced lung cancer when used right after initial chemotherapy. roche says it will use the findings to support its filing of the drug as a firstline maintenance treatment for lung cancer in the u.s. and europe. meanwhile, a federal

the baby in question and he is the father of the other daughter, christina. >> and then there are two other children in the custody of a grandmother or aunt? >> yeah, there's two other girls. five years old and three years old, that are, that her grandmother has court ordered guardianship. >> now, let's just make sure we understand roberto, an ex-boyfriend, and pleads for that baby. he does have a restraining order gens him and he has a history, but is not considered a suspect. but karl, what did he mean when he said she ran with the wrong people. is there someone that you, the family, might be thinking of? >> at this point in time, no. darlene -- had -- occasionally like most young folks today, she'll get into situations. she wasn't able to, couldn't see right away and eventually, she would understand what's going on and get away from it, but who she were friends with and hung around with, we don't really know. >> it would be fair to say, alan, that we are inclined to look at ex-boyfriends and husbands and ex-whatevers, but he has not been named a suspect, what would you advise him t

. >> well, christina romer has said they're going to come out with their new projections in large part because the work she did along with jared bernstein obviously had the wrong projections when it took a look at the stimulus package. but the issue here is nobody really understands the urgency, and what the american people are now starting to distrust is that urgency. we all collectively agree we need to do something about costs, we need to do something about the uninsured. the question is how do we do that, and why do we have to have a gun to our head to do it, and that's what people are becoming angry and impatient about. >> remember vice president biden a week or so ago said they misread the economy. then he said no, we just had incomplete information. and now the white house is asking members of congress to take a very important vote with incomplete information, and i think it's imprudent. sean: it's cumulative because they're passing bills they haven't read, the stimulus bill, the cap and tax bill, a lot of these congressmen are feeling the pressure. let me show you how bad it go

rodriguez is the father of the baby in question and he is the father of the other daughter, christina. >> and there are two other children who are in the custody of a grandmother or an aunt? >> yeah. there's two other -- there's two other girls 5 years old and 3 years old that are -- that her grandmother has court ordered guardianship. >> now, let's make sure we understand, roberto rodriguez who is an exboyfriend, who is not a suspect. who you just saw seem visibly upset and pleads to the person to please bring that baby for help. he has a restraining order against him for alleged assault in june and he does have a history. he's not considered a suspect. but, carl, what did he mean when he said he ran with the wrong people? if someone you as a family might be thinking about if you're indicting anyone? do you have anybody in mind? oh at this point, no. darlene like most of us today she'll get in to the situation, she wasn't able to be -- she couldn't see right away. and eventually she would understand what's going on and get away from it. but who she was friends with, who she hung arou

the second point, on your very network, christina romer repeatedly said we'll do whatever it takes. she was pressed. will there be another stimulus? >> i might not have been seeing the same interview you saw, but i saw joe biden say point blank he's not blaming the previous administration this is now this administrati administration's problem. i think it is very refreshing to have an administration taking responsibility. the previous one never did. and kept digging holes deeper and deeper. >> here is the problem, okay? the first part of stimulus hasn't worked enough, whyo we think sometng of morethat sn't worked is going to work? >> a lotof onomists saying that obama needs m money in the stimulus to be able to patch up e economy. world r ii was what broughts of the great depression ultimately in addition to the spending by fdr. by comparison, the $787 billion stimulus is in a drop in the bucket. >> it's not a drop in the bucket if they spend it better. isn't the real problem the execution, not the dollar number? >> that's a big part of it. the part of the spending that's already gon

christina davis is tracking the story for the san diego union tribune and she joins us on the phone.i cite the reports out of san jose that were saying three people had been arrested at an area hospital. has the fbi commented on any possible arrests? to make the fbi in san diego is not confirming those. san jose police said that yes, there is a federal raid at the hospital, they assisted the fbi in arrests, but then i have not said if there's any connection to the shooting death here at the border. all i would say is so far that they are following several leads, but they are being pretty tightlipped on what the leads are. >> julie: to have any idea what the lead could have beenetter them to that hospital he said they raided? snakiness reports in san jose where that it was a ping on process cell phone that possibly lead them to the hospital, but once again, we have not confirmed those reports to the fbi here. >> julie: any of his belongings missing? >> we asked that question at a news conference at order patrol headquarters yesterday, and the fbi and border patrol and want to get into

doctors say this research should help -- >> doctors say this research should help villagers like christina chan. she got medicine to prevent her and her baby becoming sick with aids. >> it takes me two days to get here. but i do this because i want to be healthy so i look after my children. >> with no treatment available near her village, this will be a regular journey to avoid the fate of her husband, who died of aids three months ago. it was a preventable death. there is still no cure, but anti-retro viral drugs can stop aids from developing. the difficulty in rural africa is that normal aids treatment also requires patients to do regular laboratory blood tests to check the side effects to make sure the medicines are working. in doing these tests in africa is extremely challenging. it requires sophisticated laboratories, usually only found in big cities, and a long way from the villages where most people live. now the results of africa's largest ever hiv aids clinical trial shows that these routine tests have very little benefit to patients. scientists in uganda, zimbabwe, and britain fo

nick and christina markakis will instruct a third grade class about movement in baseball science, which involved measuring batting distances and then dave will teach a fourth grade class about vibrations and the sweet spot. maybe the best of all, the oriole bird will show up for both classes. >>> 6:35 now. baltimore's michael phelps in record setting form today last night at the u.s. national championships in annapolis. phelps took the world record fort 100 meter butterfly. >> to be able to come back and be back in the water for about six months and be able to come and still have the best time, you know, shows that really anything can happen if you put your mind to it. >> the butterfly was the second win of the night for phelps who now holds five world records. >>> still ahead on "good morning, maryland," the latest into the investigation of mieskle jackson's death. police say they haven't ruled anything out including homicide. >>> it may not be a plague but it is a major problem. locusts have invaded russia. >> oh, i didn't need to see that. >> not this early. >>> sun, a few clouds, te

christina belltran is one of the lucky ones. >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: that feeling shared by over 17,000 michael jackson fans who won the lottery and will get a seat at the king of pop's memorial tomorrow. >> i ran over and looked and could not believe it. i thought i was dreaming. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of ticketless fans also are expected to converge on the staples center to say good-bye to the singer. streets in the area are being blocked off and 2,500 police officers will be on duty working crowd control. their message to people if you don't have a ticket, stay away. >> just doesn't make a lot of sense for purposes of being able to see you participate in the event. i'm hoping that people will heed that advice and to the degree that that's possible will have much smaller crowds. >> reporter: before the memorial the jackson family will have a private service at the forest lawn cemetery. meanwhile, police continue their investigation into the singer's death. they want to talk to five doctors who prescribed jackson so many medications often under

> orioles right fielder nick markakis is happy to be part of the curriculum, along with his wife christina. >> she used to be a teacher. makes it a little easier. and takes a little pressure off me. >> reporter: as a teacher, you must have a plan. what do you hope these kids go away with today? >> i hope they can see that the bat and the ball can work together to produce the furthest hit ball. and also they can learn about newton's law, and inertia and movement. >> i hit the 60. >> good job. >> is this fun? >> yes. >> did you ever think summer school could be so fun? >> yes. >> no. >> we have a split decision. >> reporter: this is an outgrowth of the city school's partnership with the orioles and child first authorities. vic, denise and bob. >> i need to be taught that. >> she doesn't need to taught that. >> uh-huh. >> great day for baseball. great day for being outside. just great weather. and we'll continue a little longer. take a look at temps and conditions right now. still a lot of sunshine. 77. winds south/southeast at 6. barometer holding staid. come back and look at the weekend. >>

here, you now see her muscle. >> reporter: christina's plastic surgeon, dr.and, says relatively new license plate section technology allows her to shape and contour lower legs. >> using laser light, we can sell p sculpt her fat deposits. >> reporter: christina is thrilled at the results. >> this is awesome because this is the first time i've ever seen a shape in my lower leg. >> reporter: and it is all the craze, kankles. if you go on facebook, there's more than 50 groups dedicated to the kankle. everything from fight for a cure. kankles anonymous. or the kankle appreciation society. or kankle s unite. >> it can be painful, the surgery. >> it can be painful. but it's in outpatient surgery. and it's twilight surgery. you're recovered in a matter of week. these are kankle-busters. >> these shoes? >> high heels. high heels, wedges. but avoid the ankle straps. those are bad. >>> coming up next, for $35 and your own backyard, cameron mathison will show you how to have a great camping adventure. ♪ mmm... hot fudge sundae. ♪ ooh! frosted blueberry?!? ♪ over 25 flavo

. >> reporter: christina beltran is one of the lucky ones. >> a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reportereling shared by over 17,000 michael jackson fans who won the lottery and will get a seat at the king of pop's memorial tomorrow. >> i could not believe it. i thought i was dreaming. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of ticketless fans also are expected to converge on the staples center to say goodbye to the singer. streets in the area are being blocked off and 2,500 police officers will be on duty. working crowd control. their message to people, if you don't have a ticket stay away. >> just doesn't make a lot of sense for purposes of being able to see or participate in the event. i'm hoping that people will heed that advice and to the degree that's possible we'll have much smaller crowds. >> reporter: before the memorial the jackson family will have a private service at the forest lawn cemetery. meanwhile, police continue their investigation into the singer's death. they want to talk to five doctors who prescribed jackson's so many medications often under false names. and the court ba

a special good night to atlanta friends of the show christina, anna, and risky.r daddy very much. as the jackson clan hovers around her, protectively. it is an astounding moment. we are going to analyze it. also, where is michael jackson's casket headed as it leaves the staples center? what was its final destination? do we even know? a misery tonight that -- mystert we will explore, coming up tonight on "issues."

a special good night to atlanta friends of the show christina, anna, and risky.covering for you on "showbiz tonight" coming up at the top of the hour. certainly a day that will go down in entertainment history. the memorial for michael jackson, "showbiz tonight" has all of the emotional moments, the breathtaking musical performances, the stars who gathered to remember michael jackson. >>> it could be one of the most watched events in history, all over the world, people gathered to watch the memorial from times square to atlanta to berlin, with millions upon millions watching online and on television. "showbiz tonight's" going to be speaking with people who were right there at the staples center. we're going to find out what was it really like being in that stadium with jackson's family, friends and all of those stars listening to those performances and those amazing tributes. that is your "showbiz tonight" news break. it's tv's most provocative entertainment news show for tuesday night. we'll get it fired up at the top of the hour right here on hln. i'll clean th

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he has got christina romer. neil: when he is awake. >> he has got to use surrogates.t hillary clinton has to go to asia to get air time, if there is something wrong with the president hogging the airwaves -- if hillary clinton has to go to asia, there is something wrong. they took regis philbin off even though he is giving away money, and this guy is taking money. so what has to happen here? he is the best salesman. you're absolutely right. he has got to pace himself, be selective, or he will diminish his credibility. neil: the less he stands to repeat what regis philbin did and the more likely he can sell this? >> absolutely. neil: the more distance away, the more people are raising hackleckles about it. >> no matter how good a salesman -- you know, you can not pour perfume on a skunk. gary re-or chuck schumer or nancy pelosi. he is the best they have -- harry reid, chuck schumer, or nancy pelosi. neil: thank you very much. >> thank you, even though you bad mouthed be at the beginning -- me at the beginning. neil: i did, did i not? in 1977, an 8-year-old boy picked u

i'd also like to salute my beautiful wife, christina.see you soon and i love you. >> he is also an army captain, by the way, and they recently had their wedding on "wedding day." >>> a 14-year-old led police on a chase at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. here's the dash cam. the suv hit an embankment and launched into the air. his 10-year-old brother and 12-year-old cousin were also in the car. no one was hurt. one was quick to point the finger. >> it was all him, it was all him. i swear to god. >> the 14-year-old said they were going to the dairy queen at 100 miles an hour. >>> michael jackson's family was apparently worried that he had a drug problem. our sister network, cnn, has learned they even attempted an intervention about two years ago. correspondent richard lui, what do we know about how that played out and what precipitated it? >> it apparently started with michael jackson's sister, janet. two sources close to the family telling cnn's drew griffin that janet visited his vegas home in early 2007 and was just shocked, one

shawn and christina recently had their wedding featured on a new tnt show "wedding day." [ music ] >> to comcast local edition, i'm donna richardson, and my guest this hour is christine bergmark who is the executive director of the southern maryland agricultural development commission. welcome, christine, it's good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> that's a big mouthful, and i know that you're working on an extremely exciting program, bi-local challenge. >> it is an initial that we launched two years ago, and essentially what it is is the last full week of july we ask everyone across the state of maryland and beyond to take a pledge, and the pledge is eat something or drink from a farm every day during that week. >> oh. so where do we get the information about where to find the farms or how do we sign up for this pledge? >> well, there's a website. it's www.by-local-challenge.com that website will give you all sorts of information why to buy local and where to buy local and it connects you to other statewide initiatives that are going on at the same time. if you go to t

several celebrities battled breast cancer, including sheryl crow and actresses christina applegate andnthia nixon and edie falco to name a few. >>> it is so nice outside. chief meteorologist bob ryan decided to go outside. hey, bob. >> hey, craig. indeed i'm outside. outside and a wonderful day. i wanted to point out something to you. even now and -- i forgot my sunglasses. i should have left in the car. even now, my shadow is just about as tall or as long as i am. it is a little over six feet. th's what i am. remember the shadow rule. when your shadow is shorter than you are, be very careful because that means the sun is 45 degrees or higher in the ski. boy, we had a lot of sun. great skoois sky today. our temperature is outside now, still holding into the 70s and there you can see the spectacular blue sky. overnight tonight, with the dry air that we have in on us, our temperatures are going to be falling from the 80s where we are right now. 83 degrees and with things moving right along it will still be clear. later on tonight, temperatures will dip once again, i think, probably into

square ed burnstein, the chief economist for the vice president, and kiss tina roamer, they did a -- christina romer, they did a paper that plotted what the economy would do without the stimulus and with the stimulus. look at where the economy is. andrew: these unemployment projections were made by president obama's economic team back in january. >> yes. what what it shows is that their performance is worse than they thought it would be if they did nothing. andrew: now you're looking at the actual unemployment figures, and you can see the difference, the green, between the gene and the red, what the actual unemployment is just about 10% and what they predicted it would be, somewhere down around 8 1/2%. >> exactly. andrew: don't they know that all the borrowing and spending they have been doing has not only made unemployment less, it's made it worse? >> it really has made it worse. it makes perfect sense. i mean, if you tax people who work, and you pay people who don't work, don't be surprised if you find a lot of people not working. this program takes from people who are workers, and gives to

and 42-year-old christina colometko. they say the bodies were already decomposing and may have been dead for several days. investigators don't yet know if foul play was suspected because the decomposition can hide wounds or trauma. >> investigators believe the man and woman had been living at the campground. >>> marion berry is fighting charges that he stalked a former girlfriend. and it doesn't end there. today, he admits to awarding a no-bid, lucrative contract to that same woman. >> reporter: councilman marion barry's attorney says that allegations of stalking against him are the product of mental instability. >> ms. watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: but ms. watts crashed that news conference and denied those accusations. >> i only heard a little bit of what she said. and what she said is not true. >> reporter: barry had been awarded a contract but says it was done legally. >> it is not unusual, nor is it illegal for councilmembers to award

same with christina romer. reality check? >> they botched it. sean: hannity right. >> they botched it, and one of the most important things you can do to improve confidence is you have to set expectations, and part of setting expectations is lowering the bar, not raising the bar, and the expectations going into this were far too high. even if the predictions were that the jobs were going to come in 2010 or 2011, it was the wrong type of stimulus package. sean: i hate to say alexis was right, but you underpromise, you overdeliver. they way overpromise. when joe biden has to admit we misread the economy, we guessed wrong, unemployment they're saying is much higher than what they promised it would be if they passed the stimulus. >> not only that, but in the op-ed that president obama wrote which i thought was quite incredible. you save those for big moments. but something that was missing was that they were going to create or claim 3 or 4 million jobs, and now that is no longer around. sean: we lost 3.5 million jobs since january. >> 9.9%, probably

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. >>> i'm christina brown. the president and mrs. marine corps parade in washington. earlier today the president said he intends to keep working on health care reform right through the summer, even if congress goes ahead with ets august recess. the california assembly approved a plan aimed at closing the state's $26 billion shortfall. the package goes to governor schwarzenegger for his signature. >>> now back to "living with michael jackson." >>> okay. thank you. i was about to meet michael jackson's children, prince michael i and paris. they're rarely seen in public. are you all set? that's a really great mask. >> it's a butterfly. >> it's a butterfly. let me see. come here. what's it made of? >> i don't know! the inside is black. >> wow. oh, sorry. >> can i run? >> if you want. >> shall we run? sure. no. he's wearing nice shoes. he isn't running anywhere. >> paris, you want to run? okay. >> jackson told me he never allowed his children out without masks to conceal their identities. the children were the result of jackson's brief ma