four weeks later a stunned doctor called mary ellen. >> dr. gibson called and said, congratulations on your cat scan. i didn't know what he was talking about. he said all the tumors are gone. >> reporter: do you believe this was a miracle? >> we can't say it's a miracle until the pope says it's a miracle. >> what is it to you? >> it's a miracle. >> reporter: doctors couldn't explain it any other way and four years later the lady sent home to die is still cancer free. now the arch dice diocese. >> i come here most every day. either way, if you live or die, if you follow the path of faith you are going to make it. >> reporter: so where does mary ellen stand on modern medicine? she still goes to the doctor because she believes all of that, too, is a gift from god. inin an -- an >>> that is it for the week in review today. be sure to tune in to # news -- 9 news now. you have a great sunday. we'll see you this week. bye-bye.

ellen, kentucky, hi, ellen. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> hi, dear. what's your question? >> caller: you do a great job. >> bless you. >> caller: isn't the hotel somewhat responsible for the safety of their patrons? i can't imagine somebody standing in the hallway outside her door -- >> oh, listen, ellen, you are so right on. because once there's a criminal case, believe me, there's going to be a big fat civil lawsuit. i can only hope she brings it. what about it, burris? >> absolutely. i think the hotel, if you find out what hotel it was and they allowed this to take place, willingly or not, negligently or not, they're going to be held responsible, along with the people engaged in it. i see a huge civil case on her behalf. >> sherry in illinois, hi, sherry. >> caller: nancy, thanks for taking my call again. >> thank you for calling. what's your question, dear? >> caller: quick question for you. don't all these high-class hotels, don't they have cameras out in the hallways so even if somebody were to go into the adjoining room, isn't there surveillance in hotels? >> that's

it gets you outside of the museum. >> yeah, good for them. >> thank you, ellen.>ouin c fddan these stories and a lot more events going on this weekend on the web, go to the around town section of nbcwashington.com, or visit the post.com/weekend. >>> and pat, it's good to see you. >> happy friday. >> same to you. >> we will continue to follow the developing story working in maryland this morning, what brought down the a helicopter killing on four onboard. three worked for a frederick, maryland company. and then at 5:00, could hold card cash help ease your emotional and physical pain. they say money answers all things. >>> learn great grilling ideas when it comes to steak. we will have a chef from morton's famous restaurant grilling it up. >> sounds good and delicious, as a matter of fact. >> see you at 4:00. >> depends on how much cash we are talking about here? >> give me a shot. give me a try and i will let you know if it works. >> let's check in with chuck bell to get a final look at the forecast. >>> temperatures are moving up fast, all the way into the upper

. >> let me start with you, ellen. 60% approval rating. most politicians would be happy to have that. where do you think over the last six months president obama has done his best and where has he not done well? >> i think he's done his best in terms of being forceful in putting his proposals on the agenda. getting the stimulus plan passed although it wasn't perfect, getting health care out there, the closest we've come to possibly enacting universal health care in 40 years. and in changing the tone around the world and how america is regarded. i think those you have to put in the a column. i think he's done the worst in terms of exerting his muscle on capitol hill. he's got 60 democrats in the senate, filibuster-proof. he has a healthy majority in the house. yet, you get the sense that the democrats can't perform, that they're in search of leadership, and i think the president has not used his rhetorical gifts as well as he could, and i think he's -- hasn't really begun to weigh in. i think this could change dramatically beginning with a

that was ellen goldberg reports. that does it for "news4 at 5." up now, micel vick reinstated to the nfl. wendy joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6." >>> the police have released the 911 tapes from the arrest of a harvard professor trying to get into his own house. >> new information about the drunk driving arrest of alexandria's police chief. >>> and a tree came crashing down a

well, my buddy mary ellen is here and you brought a little buddy with you. so sweet and he's got some sort of lop with the ears all floppy, right. >> she's a mini lop, a little under a year old. she was left at a shelter. a product of someone that got bunnies last year an they were both male and female and there was a litter and patty is one of the litter. she is a sweet girl and looking for a home. >> she's so cute. i grew up having rabbits. i wasn't allowed to have cats and dogs. they are good pets. you petlet them hop around and they sit there and don't cause much trouble. >> they can cause a lot of trouble. they can eat a lot of baseboards and cords. >> they can chew your alarm clock cord which happened to me. >> they are sweet. we like them running throughout the house. they get a lot of freedom. going everywhere. >> that's good. they tend to, you can train them to be litter box trained. >> they are litter boxed trained, spayed and neutered. >> hopefully we will have a link to this little bunny on our website at wusa9.com. let your fingers do the walkin

ellen's narrative would be reprinted eight times before the end of the war and would go on to be one of the most widely read books in the united states during the first half of the 19th century. alan success stems in part from advance publicity that most authors only dream about. did anyone in the country cannot know by 1779 and lease the general outlines of his career as a prisoner of war? he had been taken prisoner during invasion of canada, home off to england in chains and then thrown into the provost in new york and so on. his only rival as a celebrity captive was general charles lee. and thanks to his recent showing of the battle of poorhouse lee was in disgrace. the timing also helped his reputation in the phil's of his book. even though the abuse of american prisoners was not news by 1779 noam before alan had given the reading public a full length firsthand blow by blow account when it was like to be caught and held by the enemy. how more than anything else and i think the distinctive popularity of allen's book reflected the distinctive contribution that made to the robust tr

." >> reporter: time to look ahead to the weekend scene with ellen mccarthy of "the washington post's section. hi again. tennis. my gosh, we have tennis mania here. it's not going away. >> so much fun, yeah. july is really going to be tennis month in washington. people might not know we have our own professional tennis team, but we do, the washington capitals. next week in particular is going be really, really exciting. serena williams is going to be playing in town on tuesday night. on thursday night, you can catch john mcenroe, which is going to be really interesting. but really whatever night you can make it out there is fun. it's actually kind of a social scene. >> sure. >> right downtown, it's outside. people get a little bit dressed up. it's a really -- they make it easy to mingle, so you want to go, catch some great tennis and have a really interesting, very different night out. >> nice. president obama, items about his mother are coming to town, an exhibit about that. that sounds interesting. >> it is interesting, yeah. this happens in august at the textile museum. one thing w

seoul unfortunately a german company had been the fifth largest in german ellen said the 3840 if larger company in the world of a deadly it was all part of their fabric " if you were an american company competing with siemens somewhere in the world whether it be russia or venezuela or israel you really do have much of a chance. interesting read lies briars and pearl quite the international entrepreneur cadets. with a handful of state government still in financial crisis we'll take a look at the impact it's having on the municipal bond market. that's coming up in chart talk next. the municipal-bond market seems to be on h. right now with the handful of state governments that have yet to pass their 2010 budgets california being the most critical is the eighth largest economy in the world. this is a big idea in a big market here a lot of investors have flocked to prominence of poke bonds in the past several years because of tax exempt status for a lot of the interest rates and quite frankly paying a higher interest rate but still be sent in, compared to the equivalency of the u.s. governme

after ellen's capture the government brought him back to england for a date with the hangman. american deemphasize years godbey writ of habeas corpus which would force the authorities to produce and run the risk of a public trial. before the rich could be delivered however, allen was hustled back to america beyond the reach of meddlesome judges and juries. a year later parliament suspended habeas corpus allowing captured americans to be confined indefinitely without the need to file charges against them. that they were then treated in differently at best should come as no surprise. it is worth adding here i think that the british were under no formal obligation to take better care of their prisoners in any case. by the 18th-century it was generally agreed that disarmed adversary should not be executed, and humiliated, tortured or mutilated, that they should not be denied ransom, prosecuted as criminals or enslaved and they should not be denied approve the at food, clothing and. none of this had been codified in the national treaties or conventions nor would it be for more than

ellen davis of the national retail federation says not all stores will follow suit but some will. >>or the next few weeks ex text r expect to see more merchandise in the stores and catalogues arriving in the mail. >> reporter: it has something to do with the economy as retailers work over time to entice customers into stores. while some customers may feel it's a bit too soon for them retailers say they're hoping that the displays and promotions will help customers plan ahead for the things they really want for the holidays. >> when we're in a recession many people are looking at ways to spread their spending out over a period of time and not rely on credit. >> reporter: because of that sears and xhart brought layaway back last year. >> you have 90 days, so 90 days will be close to christmas believe it or not. >> reporter: these stores hope getting ahead of the game will help boost sales. >> especially with the economy and everything being the way it is it brightens people's day and gives them something to look forward to in july when the retail business isn't that booming. >> reporte

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mentors to not one but three girlfriends a carroll manor including ellen smith. >> i just felt lonesome no friends. but i see i have a lot of friends. & jesus loves me ♪ ♪ >> good-bye, miss jamie ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: now if you would like to help out the girlfriends and become a member of their club, all you have to do is e-mail heros@wusa9.com. kristin fisher, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> what a great group of women. >>> do you know a hero or need a hero? log on to wusa9.com and click on the hero central button. tell us all about that person. >>> pope benedict xvi will have to area what cast for a month. the 82-year-old pontiff waved reassuringly to well wishers outside of a hospital in italy where he yond went surgery today. doctors set his fractured wrist. the pope was injured after he fell at his vacation shall lay. doctors say he would suffer no long-term affects and would be back to playing piano and writing once he wrist heals. >>> now a serious health scare for a woman trying on clothes in a kohls store in houston, texas. she says she was pricked by th us ree ed syringes l

liberian president ellen johnson surley was swept into office, promising swift punishment for crimes against women. four years ago a new law was passed broadening the definition of rape and making it punishable for up to a life sentence, and the president has made it such a priority that the anti-rape message is now being marketed as aggressively as soda pop and cell phones. it's all part of a very public campaign to encourage open talk about sexual violence. some men are already getting the message. for those who are not, there are constant reminders. >> gentlemen, behave yourselves, correct yourselves. think about it. we are your daughters. we are your mothers. we are your wives, and we are your sisters. so when you violate any one of us, you violate your mother. you violate your wife. you violate your sister. you violate your daughter. so get on the bandwagon with us. >> reporter: that's just what these women in chocolate city, an area outside monrovia, are hoping the men will learn from this event sponsored by the international rescue committee. the women can learn from it, too.

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out to ellen gamburg, psychotherapist joining us out of new york. thank you for being with us. what they are going through right now. one of them apparently seeing their father drop to the floor. >> nancy, this is -- the whole experience is so devastating. there are so many factors. not just actually losing their father, seeing their father, i hope that all these kids are not watching television. to the claims of who are their parents. right now the best thing for these children is that they are surrounded by people that they love, normalcy, and don't get in the way of the media. and all of the bad press. this is still their dad. they're suffering a great loss. >>> i understand that after he was pronounced dead they asked to go see their father's bed there at the hospital? >> the children are so bright, nancy. they didn't miss a thing as to what was going on around them. they are smart, they know what happens in the commotion of michael jackson. >> you got joe jackson who, there have been claims and allegations that he beat michael and was also otherwise abusive. you have kathe

we'll have more of ellen's book on there. get my nose ring out. there you go. thanks, maggie. we all know that a dog can keach us about friendship and unconditional love, but in tennessee one family's rottweiler is offering a heart-warming lesson in patience and loyalty. jeff tang of our nashville affiliate wtvf has the story. >> she's somebody's baby. you could tell. >> reporter: sitting on the front porch of kathy's house, ella is happy but not at home. >> if her eyes could talk, speak words, i mean, they speak volumes. >> reporter: ella, you see, is wag waiting for something. most humans would say ella is lost, but she'll tell you the other way around. her family has been missing every sings the accident. >> se slammed on the brakes and we went into a spin. >> reporter: july 1st, 140 westbound and mile marker 159. the time and place ella almost the family the kellys for good. >> i just remember slamming right into the mountain. >> frightened ella watched as the medics took joe, michelle and the three kids away to the hospi

are still being raped as young as 4 years old in liberia. >> and you're right, liberian president, ellen johnson-sirleaf, is trying very hard to address the issue of rape victims in liberia, tony, you really put into perspective for us the culture, the liberian culture, and how it does view rape, that it's shame for women and acceptance for men, which is so hard for us to understand here. which, sergeant hill, brings me to you. it's a delicate dance. you have an 8-year-old girl that you say was brutally raped. you actually say it's the worst crime against a child you've ever seen as a police officer, is that true? >> oh, absolutely. because it happened on several levels. it happened with a young victim, and it happened with young children suspects, and then you have that compounded by the family issues and the cultural issues. so, absolutely, there are so many things for us to deal with, which is why we have a child crime in phoenix, we immediately bring in child protective services. we work with child help, that great national organization, prosecutors, and everybody else that needs to

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. >> larry ellen live in chicago. thank you. >>> startling comments from joe he told abc newhe believes foul play was involved in the singer's death. detectives are looking into jacksos prescription drug history and talking to his doctors. joe jackson says he wants answers. >> and i do believe there was foul play. i do believe that. i didn't know anything about the drugs. i don't even know the name of th. but i do know that whatever he had taken, it was to make him rest because he had been working so hard. and that drug was supposed to make him relax and sleep. but any way, he didn't wake up. >> the l.a. police department told cnn investigators are not ruling anything out, including homicide or overdose. >>> -- now to a bizarre story in new york. a cleaning woman that disappeared inside a manhattan high-rise is dead. they are searching a landfill for his body. security cameras show her working in the office building but never show her leaving the building. police suspect someone killed her and dumped her body in the t

new game of intrigue at the spy museum ÑÑÑçóñcñc >>> time to look ahead to the weekend scene with elleny of "the washington post" weekend section. hey. >> how are you? >> good, good. let's start with new night life spots really popular. >> yes. this is fun. our covertory aut bo underg ndht ht spots. if a tt kind of town, these them of town, these the monwr g. scehatsre a tla sort of at the center of art and lit ghfe what weeik lik is inne i civat, a view fore ni,ghts sepon nights, spokenri nigh t. bs,ngowour yn vinyl nighou it is a place for artistic people to come together. we have a bunch we are profiling. you won't know them unless you know about them. >> it is notike right in downtown d.c. it is in the suburbs which is also cool. they are edgy. a hip hop soul festival. >> such arye.tas year. ma marvin gaye northeast d.c. thi saturday. .t ijungstoibe g to e hug hugeae siit alde it is which is which is inamg.az the inav h brought in amazing bigav memes from the hips op h world. kewen virl kevin wesley will be there. lots of stuff for kids. going to be a lot of food, bring your lawn ch

but columnists like ellen goodman and people like that, very, very tough. as nancy said, this seems to be an almost resentment on the part of some women against other women, particularly those with whom they disagree for even running, for even being in the game. >> well, i think you really can't separate so much the gender issue from the feminist issue in this particular case. some of these women are vitriolic. i mean, maureen dowd has demonstrated many times that she really can be pretty smoke alarmy when it comes to other women who disagree with her agenda. and i don't think we should be surprised that the media sends out their big guns and their females to try to take down a woman like sarah palin who really represents the heart and soul of american women in this country. they see her as a threat. they are going after her. bill: i don't know if she represents the heart and soul of american women. several conservative women. to be fair to maureen dowd, she was tough on bill clinton. this is her shot. but here is where it gets -- >> it's a new low for her.

>>> time to look ahead to the weekend scene with ellen mccarthy of "the washington post" weekend sectionwelcome again. >> thank you. >> this is all about freebies. we love free things. >> this is all about free in august. they say it slows down in august here but we don't think it does. not only are we giving you something to do every day but we will make it free every day. so one things this we really want to do in august is go to redskins camp. look how much fun lindsay having out there. the rest of us can, too. they want you to be out there. you know, get an autograph. see your favorite players up close. you know, hang out. have a bit of a party or a picnic. and it is free every day. you can get the schedule online. august 8th is going to be the big day. that's fan appreciation day where they will have games and they want kids in particular. but we do have something free every day for the month of august. if football is not your thing, poetry, concerts, theater. so much going on in the ci. >> and one particular neigorhood is really offering some great deal >> yes. yes. u street, coorr

we're joined now by ellen sinai, chief global economist, president of decision economics, the governor of the state of pennsylvania, ed rendell, a democrat. good to have you with us. governor congress bilbray, republican, of california. and congresswoman loretta sanchez, a democrat from california. she is now on the floor of voting and will join us here in just a moment. i want to say thank you to all of you for being here. let's start out with the stimulus package. less than 10% of the this package has been spent, yet we're hearing cries and calls for a second stimulus package. let me ask you, if i may, governor rendell, what your reaction is. do you need it, do you think it makes sense to call for it now? >> it's really premature, lou. i think the president is right saying it can't be off the table, but it's far too early to tell whether we need it. in pennsylvania, we have spent literally $1 billion of the $16 billion that we're going to get under the stimulus program. although we've contracted out over 65% of our road and highway projects, work has begun on about 50% of them, but i

now in my ellen micro nation for example, the polygamy was allowed and polygamy is something we refuse completely to accept during the perlo -- colonial period. we became christians and we did not accept polygamy. but we felt the polygamy sometimes you get a lot of girls or women who are not attached to anybody. what happens to those women? in the society now that we have we have introduced a completely new concept that we didn't know in the precolonial period and that is prostitution. we did not have that concept in our society. and that has created a new problem and sometimes i wonder what is the worst problem? is it the institution of prostitution or is it the institutions of polygamy? now what course prostitution is an accepted will process, part of the society in the west, but polygamy is not. now, during our precolonial period, children, every child belonged somewhere because we have extended families and children belonged to communities, children were protected by communities and even if he were in a polygamous situation the children were very protected. we did not have street a

manassas is 64. 67, also bill and ellen called in from the northern neck, 65 now at national. north-northwest wind at 10. this is a dry, cool wind. look at the dew points, in the 40s. the humidity only 52%. very unjulylike. this northwesterly flow continues here. the ridge of heat and dryness still out across the southern plains. that's why we showed you the pictures from texas with their terrible drought. and for us, we continue quiet. northwesterly flow here, and a weak area of low pressure passing to the south. with high pressure across michigan, we'll continue with the northwesterly winds. hey, we are in really nice shape for this tuesday. here's your seven-day forecast. temperatures-- they're going up. mid-80s today. upper 80s tomorrow. thursday, a chance for thunderstorms. really late wednesday night. 90 by friday and saturday, though, a few more storms, mid- 80s. cooling to the lower 80s sunday and monday. it is now 5:17. 65degrees. good morning, angie goff. >>> good morning, hello everyone. 5:18. listen up on the beltway. on the inner loop at river road, we have the of

thanks, ellen. >> you can fed estoth sanri in a leotor o mf the eves g on this weendgon o the n b.wego t around townecontif o f nbcwashington.com. or you can visit washingtonpost.com/weekend. >>> all barbie all the time. it is a five-day barbie doll conference comes to our area. >> i'm liz crenshaw. the sonic scrubber says it does the tough scrubbing so you don't have to. does it really do that? find out coming up. . >> in sports, former redskins hall of famer stops by the studio to talk about his mission to help fight leukemia. ñ/ñ/ñ/ñ/ñ/ñ/ >>> it looks like an electric toothbrush but it claims to clean like an electric dynamo. >> the sonic scrubber says it will cut your scrubbing time in half but does it really do that? liz crenshaw. the summer. you don't want to spend all the time scrubbing and whatever. any time at all. >> let it get dirty. >> how can something so small claim to clean so well? well, the sonic scrubber says it cuts cleaning time in half. does it really do? let's find out. >> anthony sullivan with great news for sonic scrubber. portable high-powered sonic cleaner t

. >> ellen helva said the man was being held illegally.is attorney says he was 12 years old at the time, but the pentagon said he was around 17. attorney general eric holder has not decided whether to indictment the man which means he could be brought to the u.s. for a criminal trial. >>> several protestors were arrested in iran at the scene of a memorial. riot police fired tear gas at people who were gathered at the grave of 27-year-old nieves colton. one of the protestors killed after the june presidential election. >>> investigators found a baby alive after she was ripped from her murdered mom's womb. two people are being held on $2 million. darlene hayes was 8 months pregnant when she was killed this weekend. the friend got suspicious after seeing reports of the murdered woman. police won't say whether the suspect actually cut open the mom, but she was found with a child and police say she knew the mother. >> i can't really get into the specifics of that because this investigation is still very much ongoing and we are only talking a co

birthday, cedric suesman with the southern center for international studies, the cousin of the late ellenouzman who challenged south africa's apartheid and visit s. mandela in jail weekly. he's joining us. >> thanks for the invitation. >> this is a fantastic birthday celebration, as is every birthday, particularly for this man, nelson mandela. his legacy is extraordinary. however, he is still in a very indirect way incredibly influential worldwide and in south africa. how does he achieve that? >> well, i think he's left a huge legacy is his ability to forgive and reconcile differences, which sets a standard for leaders, not only in the rest of africa, but also in the world. and that carries great weight. but i'd like to give you a little anecdote. two, actually. one to show his huge humanity and the other his loyalty to friend. the first a personal story. you mentioned helen. she passed away on the first of january this year. and to everyone's surprise, mr. mandela paid a condolence call on his daughters and family after the funeral. some days later. >> it really underscores the loyalty -

. >> the top five had diane sawyer, barbara walters, there was ellen degeneres and tyra banks.look at four different factors. they look at audience, press mentioned, earnings and social media outreach. these five women in effect are the women that really dominate media. which is great for oprah because i love her. >> you have a say. talk it up for vinita here. >> it might be 30 years from now but i'd like to be on that list. >> former new jersey nets star richard jefferson made a little his fiance at the altar. they were supposed to have a $2 million, they're saying he called it off, about two hours ahead of the wedding. >> this was really, really painful. as someone in the process of planning a wedding, you don't call someone the night before after they've done all the planning. he had recently been traded but -- give two nights. it's a little way to do it. >> last but not least, we want to mention whitney houston could be poised for a major comeback. she took a massive step with a dazzling performance in london on tuesday night. we have shots from the actual performance. she

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read your book, paul, and understand this the will say look, well, look with the harlem childrens ellen is doing. that's great. they think that's the ceiling. they think that is the floor, that is the least -- that's what we'll take for granted and every police else in america except poor communities. they get health care -- [applause] this is -- its part of the children and our nation faces. what we are talking about is nothing extraordinary. it is nothing that children should go into kindergarten on great level, that they should have their teeth fixed, that they should get health care and eat healthy, that they should be social service. if kids have emotional problems those should get addressed. but that is just basic for every single child in america. on top of that there's a group of kids who need an accelerated academic program along the school year and along the school day and we should provide that. that is not exceptional. it may seem exceptional because a lot of people are not doing it, but it should be a basic right of every child in this country and there's no excuse as a nat

thing i would say, though, is liberia is a very interesting place because it has a female president, ellen johnson surleaf, who has put issues like rape and domestic violence on her agenda for change. and so it's a very paradoxical situation, this arises out of a refugee community from liberia. but i think overall i would say what you're dealing with is trauma that arises from a long history of civil war. parents who are refugees who don't want to be looked as if they're not worthy of being americans, who are indeed ashamed. we should feel empathy for all of them. >> how much of this is a culture where rape was not a crime, the way i understand it, until 2006? >> indeed. i think, again, as in many parts of the world, people see rape as something that either, you know, the victim should be blamed or deny that it's happened because the violation of the girl reflects badly on the family and on her. i wouldn't stress the cultural issue quite so much. i would stress the fact that really america is privileged in having had both men and women working for years to put rape on the agenda, something

host: good morning, ellen. caller: happy independence day. guest: happy independence day. caller: i'd like to thank anybody in your audience that's a veteran for their service and just wanted to make a quick comment. i see that senator dodd is running all kinds of nice and slick ads up here, and everybody i know is just laughing and changing the channel. and most of their financing is coming from outside the state. i'd like your audience to know that. but my question is what do you think the chances are of the cap and trade bill passing the senate? and i'm going to hang up and listen. thank you. guest: well, the dodd race is always interesting. one of the things people may have forgotten is that chris dodd's father himself was a senator, was a devoted anti-communist, although he was a conventional liberal whose political career ended in scandal, and so now some people who are longtime observers are suggesting that the current chris dodd may end up in a similar way because of all the sweetheart deals he seem to get with mortgagemakers and others. and the fact that money is

domains of power framework and draw from many of the ideas my audience in boston shared with me and my ellen and talk about things that people do or can do. what i would like to is read you two pages about a classroom exercise that i used to use, that i call developing countersurveillance. a major trend, major mechanism of power is to place people under surveillance. if you get to a certain point where you start thinking they are watching you even when they are not watching you and then you basically internalize your english teacher saying you can't say that, you can't say that, because it becomes -- you are practicing surveillance on yourself. it is we did but there are a lot of books written about this, trust me. hard to read books too. i am saving you time. be grateful. i think what we don't spend enough time on is the notion of how people work within those rules and engage in practices of resistance in the disciplinary domain. counter surveillance is interesting. keep in mind that my years in school i was practicing countersurveillance. i graduated knowing far more about my teachers and

jeff, you know there were probably going to be a few winners in this particular space, as ellen said, a very tough season. who do you think has the right mix of merchandise or bill's held up fliers, discounting approach to money they season? >> a value focus no doubt about that winners to date, kohl's, offprice retailers, ross stores, aeropostal, a great specialty retailer catering to teens and parents, more prudent parents, discount specialty retail in the malls. they are all going to continue winning and taking share throughout the season but think it is going to be a better year overall for specialty retailers. been down trending three years, that is important to keep in mind. economy rolled over a year, year and a half ago, a fashion recession for three years. we think there will be natural replenishment that kicks n. >> a flier here for staples, for example, all about saving this would be one of the retailers we have to visit before the kid goes become to school, the big box retailers, department stores, you say they will be -- parents might put off buying the clothing. are those

ellen davis joins us with details on that.rom the relief, the rules have officially changed. what are consumers doing differently. four out of five say back to school spending will be impacted by the economy. a lot of shopping for sales and doing comparative shopping with newspapers and advertisements. a lot say we will have to make do with last year's womans or put off the cool weather purchases until september or october. >> a lot of people expected back to school to be impacked, but give us tangible statistics which we are looking at about how dramatically things have changed. >> this year we define k-12 and the average family plans to spend 8% less. we are back in the 500s compared to last year. back to college, spending is up a little bit last year. if you look at the total numbers, we are really seeing people impact and they will deal with back to school differently because there so many. >> are we going to see the caribou back off? it depends on the retailers.s. they see a lot of traffic during back to school and will s