consumer spending was up in jul you quickly discer that without the cash for clunkers progra spending was fla in fact, spending on nonurable goods decled for the month indicating tt consumers buying cars c other spending to keep within their budget. ecomist julia coronado believes that behavior wil continue. >> there much less willing to spend freely. everything is pland out and carefuy executed so i think we are ablutely in a new normal and i dot know how long that will last. buit will definitely be a couple of years asonsumers rebuiltheir savings and sort of adjust to the shock tt's hit th. >> reporr: this long term change in buying habits rais concerns the economic recove will falter ce government stulus progrs end. a cashor appliances program is now in the worksut the clunke program has ended and incentives for homebuyerend soon. still, economist michelle mer believes the private sectocan provide the imulus for future growth. >> there's aecent recovery gog on in the housing market which we think should the el momentum elsewre. and we're starting ao to see business hire and seeing a declin

officials in dade county, fla., said that one man drowned after ignoring warnings to stay out of the water. another man went missing. claudette has weakened to a tropical storm over alabama. neurologists are still watching -- meteorologist are still watching hurricane bill because it could turn into a category 3. >> bill should avoid the astern seaboard. >> hurricane season will be busy for the next 10 days. it will then become quiet during september. >>> doug hill is live in the weather center. he is monitoring all the storms. >> let's give you the latest from the national hurricane center. llwle il give you the latest satellite image. thei top winds are 90 miles pre hour for hurricane bill. t wil pass close to beuurmda. the ocmnsnsusc is that it will bypass the united states mainland. however,t ha hais not out of tne question. it could get closer to the mid- atlantic or new england coast. we will continue to monitor it. there's nothing to keep bill from turning into a powerful category three hurricane over the next few days. >>> the publisher of "reader's digest" plans to file for

tony stert takes the checkered fla his first win as team owner at watkins glen. that's your look at sports early today. >> like father, like son. tom cruise's kid follows in his dad's path. your early morning sbamt headlin straight ahead. >>> plus, looking for a luxurious stay at a ridiculously cheap pre.ic it's out there. but there's a catch. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. good tuesday morning. here's your forecast as you step out the door heading to work or anywhere else. we will see showers and storms. they'll be around today. not very wide coverage. it could rain anywhere from boston all the way down here to charlotte at some point during the day. the southeast, another warm day around savannah, charleston and tallahassee. week, we cool off in new england. the heat and humidity will spark thunderstorms in the southeast. if you're watching us on nbc 33 in ft. wayne, indiana, you can experience dorothy's walk through the land of oz. click your heels together a couple of times. >> i wish i could. >>> here's an early look at headlines in enterta

in his hometown in jacksonville, fla., reaction is bittersweet. >> i am just glad this is over for them and that they will be able to put it to rest. >> i am sure it gives them closure to them. >> mia for 18 years, now confirmed as the first american casualty of the gulf war. nbc news. >> a wider u. of r. hd doppler radar. most of our activity has moved offshore -- a wider view of our hd doppler radar. the eastern shores still has a lot of clouds. still a cluster of thunderstorms. the city still has a threat of rain for a while. , but, eventually, things will clear out -- but, of ventura, things will clear out. this is the last of the rain -- but, eventually, things will clear out. the high today was on the 81 degrees, and that is about where we are to the temperaturewise, and rainfall amounts here in town, less than one-quarter inch, where the rain was really heavy out in cecil county, parts of northern delaware, and even parts to the south of us, and there were some flood watches out earlier. 78 in ocean city. annapolis, 79. 82 in frederick and westminster. where the sunshine has brok

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germany and frae will hope this i't a flas in the pan with a temporar boost fom government spending followed by another dip, the briti government can only hope we catch up with the french and german bandwag. >> sll to come for you on "bbc world ns," 18 months after violence tore kenya apt, a new call for pee an justice. >> first, though, the uted nationsecurity council has pressed concern at the extension of hous arrest for burma's leadingpposition figure,aung san suu kyi. th have urged the ruling genels to begin a genuine dialogue wither and her politica parties. the prime minier of neighboring thailand, one of burma's y partners is tellg the bbc o his deep documents of theerdict. he wassked if the military leaders in ran go are paying any attention to internional concerns >> it habeen difficult and i'm sure that a lot of people have experienced this, but to then jump and conclude that they do not listen at all, i don't think that's the case. i think the fact that ey have formulating a roadap, it was clear response to the views of the internationalommunity and maybe that we just nd to have

just over theill is the home of bill smith and rebecca panopolis who fought the flas backith water fromwimming pool and had an incredibly naow escape. >> there we moments there was souch heap that you couldn't breathe and i thought i better geout of here, i tter come down because i might die here. >> it must have been terrifying for all of u. >> of course it was. everybody left. if there was anything i uld do, wanted to d it to the last-minute. it's your life inour house. >> only two yea ago, greece suffed another outbreak of vicious wildfires that claimed mo than 70 lives. in the wake of that tragedy, dr. nicholas markotos of athens university offered the govement an early warning system but ty failedo act. >> an early warning system to gain 5-10-15inutes would be ve important. if thi fire d been stopped a its start0 kimeters away from here, then this dister wouldn't have happened >> but there a recognition, too, that fighting eery fire across such a hugend rugged region is an almost impossible ta. fighti these fires remains dirty, danrous and fficult. this fire engine was destroyed wh

host: miami, fla., on the line for democrats.aller: you have a lot of disembodied spirit that will always comment negatively because their parents, their grandparents, and great grandparents, when they came over from england basically had good intentions, but there was another crowd that a general brought that were in the jails and prisons. what we have are the children of those-prisoners and bad folks that were in england who were not want to the. it has come home to roost. -- you have the children of those prisoners and the folks that were in england that were not wanted there. not all republicans are the sending of the rockefeller republicans are from the republicans you see now. they took over the part. it is reaping what sow. host: how does this relate to senator caller: kennedy instead of saying to senator kennedy, god bless you, may your soul rest in peace, they want to keep thisvenom spitting out. likeherod for there were five generations, and none of them did right. up until the fifth generation of all those brought over

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in the west village and getting involved in the music scene, then found his way to cocoanut grove, fla. in 1966. he talks about what the scene was like, what took you there? >> growing up, i never had a clear understanding of where i wanted to go with my life. that is probably still true. i had been there for a couple years, i was in washington square park, thinking i am done. so the next logical step was to go to cocoanut grove. that is what i did. it was the start of a really great at venture for me. the growth was the best town in southern florida. full of artists and musicians, a very lazy town in the middle of the road for most of the day. so i opened the hatch and change all of that. in the process, with local parks, with small groups, a local town, the beginning of the movement. i came up with a brilliant thought because we were listening the drug laws in a way, using marijuana specifically. i met some of the local indian tribes and discovered to my chagrin they you could smoke marijuana on the reservation without getting arrested. and perhaps that was a place for the next event

these are live pictures of the airplane carrying his remains has arrived in jacksonville, fla. what are the plans? >> the plans are for the casket to be taken off the plane and taken to the chapel on the base. anyone with based access can view the casket tonight. tomorrow there is a 30 mile procession planned through jacksonville. it will slow down at several spots that were connected to his life, including the church where he taught sunday school, and the high school that he graduated from in 1975. the first of will be the veterans memorial downtown. you can see the door opening on the charter jet. michael scott speicher's wife and two children are standing outside. his buddy, who married his wife after he was confirmed dead, he is a company in the body. shepard: do we know what happened? >> he was shot down on january 16, it 1991, the first night of operation desert storm. investigators later determined that he was shot down by a fighter jet from the iraqi air force. he apparently objected before his plane crashed in a vermont waistlinpromote wasteland. shepard: how long did

in ry fla,ndrou offices are on thlist. in bethesda, heightville and silver springs. tracie potts. >> reporter: many of us are e-mailing so mail carriers are delivering fewer letters and the postal service is losing money. >> post office has to adjust to it or they will go the way of the horse and buggy. >> reporter: even after raising prices, getting rid of mail boxes and cutting work hours, eliminating thousands of jobs and soliciting new businesses online. >> give flat-rate boxes a try. they won't make a $5.5 billio y retiree health payment. >> somebody will pay and that will be the u.s. taxpayer. >> eliminating regular deliver on saturdays and closing nearly 700 postal facilities. >> i won't have a place to come at lunchtime to drop off my mail. very inconvenient. >> we want to keep as many open as we possibly can, but we cannot just sell stamps in those outlets. >> reporter: one senator says all those changes amounts to 1% less than operating costs. union workers are at odds whether to reduce that massive insurance payment. >> the requirement for the postal servi

the flaing, that is lightning at this hour crossing the bay pushing towards cam bridge and generallye've had all kind of warnings, as well as these thunderstorms have pushed across the bay. we'll watch them continue to peak progres here to the north an east over the next couple of hours. here in washington, much quieter weather. waking up with this cloud cover. it is the cloud cover associated with these thunderstorms. they are blowing off to the north. annual get it out of here. this is not run shower activity here in washington. off to the north and west, it is a quiet start to the day. we have a lot of moisture out there from all the rain we had this weekend. let's get to satellite-radar and we'll show you the bigger picture. showers and thunderstorms firing up along the old frontal system that has been languishing here the last couple of days. finally, i think it will be on the move and we'll kind of push off to the south and east. notice off to the north and west out in virginia, we have a lot of clear skies. that will move in later today. it should be a nice, bright sunny after

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come-from-behind guys will never close the gap that their investors know exists between their performance and the fla flashing up 11% benchmark. i know this because i used to run a hedge fund myself. this is simply how the business of money management works for most. sure, some managers have the luxury of going into cash right now. when i was at my hedge fund and i had gains that were double the size of the markets when i went into the summer, come august, come on, man, hit the beaches! i'd shut down the firm. hey, one year is up so much, i just disappeared to martha's vineyard for the summer. i had a house right next to belushi's grave, really cool. but the years i was behind, particularly when i had been too negative, you know what i had to do then, when the market was up double digits and i was negative? >> all aboard! >> all aboard. i had to come in. i had to -- >> buy, buy, buy! >> as i knew i would not be able to catch up without buying stocks. i couldn't catch up by just being in cash. and what would i buy? pretty simple, anything that sold off every few minutes, any stock that pulled back eno

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. >>> a look at the five-day a flood watch until altoday, flas flood watch until 2:00 p.m. storms as well. >> stay tunn for t ne ws >> i'm chris wallace and this is >> i'm chris wallace and this is "fox news sunday." captioning made possible by fox news >> health care reform at a crossrds. with competing plans and a long august recess, what are the chances anything will be passed? we'll ask two key players, democratic congressman charles rangel, chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee, and reblican senator jim demint, leading the fight against the president's plan. rangel and demint only on "fox news sunday." then "right now." one of the republicans' bright young star, indiana congressman mike pence. the president takes a hit in the polls. we'll find out from our sunday panel how the slide will affect his political agenda, an our power player of the week on her personal and public battle with breast cancer. all right now on "fox news sunday." andello again from fox news in washington. president obama's top domestic priority, reforming health care, will remai

back to the phones, citrus springs, fla., on our line for republicans. are you there?: yes, i am. even though they think the economy was supposed to be recovering, there are so many young people -- i am a retiree and working part time but many young people who have families, they are working less and less hours. they do not lay them off. the give them extra time off and they do that ask for that time off. they laid him also that don't go to the unemployment office of they don't have to pay for on and won it. there are construction workers going through the same thing. we have a nuclear plant where we have everything ready. we cannot even get that done in florida. there are many begs that are going on. i think all of us would like to have some of the changes improve, including housing and mortgages and stuff like that my god, we are going to fast and we are not answering their questions. they are smoothing over everything. please, what is wrong with barack obama? i voted for him, for god's sake. i want change but explained it to us to explain what we have to win and los

host: miami, fla. caller: i do not like you too much. every amendment that made the other day was designed to kill the bill. do not bs me. next, republicans do not get it. this is the law united states -- this is the united states of america. you do not operate that way. getting back to earmarks. without earmarks, there would be no southwest of this country. earmarks were good until 2001 when you guys got a hold of it. host: just a minute or two. we will let jeff flake response. guest: he brings up a good point of funding projects. you like the spending, but you do not like these earmarks today. i would point out that those were not earmarks. it was debated for years. it was as far from an earmark as you can get. i'm talking about a contemporary practice of earmarking where members try to obfuscate and then try to hide priorities. host: kentucky caller. caller: thank you. i have two questions. if the president's new health- care proposal is so good, why is it that congress and the president have a different health care plan than what is

host: the next call is from lakeland, fla. yes, i am a facilitator at an outpatient drug program. i am a recovering addict. we were told monday night that this program with besunsetted. it runs from the regional medical center -- and it will be sunsetted. insurance companies do not want to pay for it anymore. this program has helped so many in this community to get sober. now we have insurance companie'' come in and a lakeland regional is non-profit. this program, the outpatient program does not lose money. that is the kind of money that we want to spend predictabl -- e want to spend preventatively. i am baffled that an insurance company can decide not to cover treatment. guest: i do not know specifics about this particular program, but it is an issue in the debate going on for months. what type of treatment or procedures will it cover? much of that comes down to cost. that is what you see focus on the cost of either insurance or with the government pays. host: on the independent line from new york city. caller: this is a grea

next phone call from kenny in sarasota, fla.ler: i am one of the original physician assistants the army trained for vietnam. now i see what is happening in our reform system, and without getting rid of the greed that has become so americanized, we also need help education. i have a program i have been trying to get off the ground, in the school system, to begin teaching human growth. why is physical education based on balls, bats, who to in court? we need a structure where the human body is being taught and we understand the reality of our growth, the gifts that we have such as balance, coordination, stamina, read them. we are the only animal without our read them -- we do not wake up and have to stretch like all of the animals do. host: bill in st. charles, missouri. caller: our country is broke. we do not have money for health care. we spent $3 trillion messing around in iraq over a lie. we do not need health insurance, we need psychiatric care because americans are crazy. when are we going to stop murdering the people in iraq

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host: miami, fla., on our republican line.his german said that in 2007, barney frank tried to pass legislation or implement -- to put more control over fannie mae and freddie mac. in 2005, john mccain and president bush tried to rainbows -- reign those institutions in an were stonewalled by barney frank and were filibustered by christopher dodd. as far as craig being the man behind the prostitution ring. where is larry craig now? guest: on the point that barney stone wall in 2005. barney and mike oxley had legislation in 2005 that are supported for a firmer control of fannie mae and freddie mac which the bush administration would not support. again, the congress was controlled by the republicans and barney was support of -- was supported. you can look it up. host: fla., on our independent line. caller: take your own supplies and start looking things up. you told the lady that she was not putting the facts out about barney frank with his lover being part of fannie mae and freddie mac. that was true. why are you being dishonest

this is orange county, fla., where they are moving on with their case. she was reported missing in july of 2008, her body found in december. earlier this week, her grandfather spoke under oath with authorities out there. we do not know what was said, but the big news now is that no blood was found the truck, according to investigators, the place where they thought the body was held. back to you. jane: the fbi is working with oregon police, searching for a 14-year-old girl taken from her home. she was abducted wednesday by a much older man, a 36-year-old guy named juana martinez who used to work for her dad. she was at home with an older cousin. police say that martinez said he was taking the girl with him, scuffled with the older cousin, and then at left. john mccullough is with the police department in oregon. i noticed that you did not issue an amber alert in this case. >> we did not. 5unyñmv enough information. jane: she was said to be having an ongoing inappropriate relationship with this guy. what was it? >> right now, we will just stated as inappr

jon: caught on tape, fla.olice consoling a newlywed woman after telling her that her husband has been murdered. a whole lot more to this story. she might deserve an oscar for the performance she puts on here. plus, a husband of diane shuler is holding a news conference later today, she is the woman who drove her minivan the wrong way on the highway, killing several people. and we will tell you why braised goat, if that is your pleasure, is turning up on more menus. a taste test you cannot miss, coming up. jane: now to lodi, california. a heated debate over public prayer. before every council meeting, an indication is given. claudia is in the bureau. >> you can forget about potholes and traffic problems. the biggest concern out there has been what to do about this two-minute prayer opening every city council meeting. >> local pastors have given indications for decades, but now christians are complaining. >> we want people to feel comfortable when they come into the meetings. >> groups advocating separation of c

that is the overflow crowd in tampa, fla. shouting to get in. were called in to restore order. a federal journalist and his equipment got trampled. let's get live to mike emanuel. >> if you get hit and one of those town hall meetings, we will punch back twice as hard, robert gibbs is expected to step to the white house podium and likely to get questions about that comment and the increasingly intense nature of those town hall meetings coast- to-coast. trace: let's get down to california. a lot of companies want to build wind power plants out there and not being allowed to. >> the alternative energy initiative in california stalling in some places. it falls victim to old-style union tactics. some developers say that they're going to be tied up in the legislative process. back to you. trace: it is a beautiful day out there. martha: there is a huge piece of news today. one of the world's most dangerous terrorists now believed to be dead. the taliban leader reportedly was taken out in a cia airstrike in pakistan's south waziristan. he led tech -- he

officials thought they were almost finished when the -- with the excavation when a flas k containing traces of the chemical agent mustard was found last week. some residents -- some residents think the corps of engineers is not telling them the whole story, but norton insists there is nothing to worry about. >> that the corps must remain until there is an objective all-clear here. now, nobody need move out of this beautiful neighborhood. and it really isn't fair to alarm people about this neighborhood. >> spring valley, of course, is near american university which the army used to develop and test chemical weapons during world war i. >> they called it a kiss-in. same-sex couples stage ago proceed tells t at a local diner. a number of same-sex couples came out to the tastee dine ner sill ser spring last night for a dine-in demonstration. this couple organized the protest. they say they were eating at the diner last week when they were asked to leave for being inappropriate. the couple and the restaurant's manager tell very different stories about what happened that night. >> weere jus

all in flas to give peace of mind. >>> and there's a new report this morning, about michael jackson'swhat the vets came up with. >>> and it looks like it's going to be a nice day to be outside. a complete check of your forecast is coming up on "news4 today." >>> "news4 today" is coming right up, we'll be back in just a moment, stay with us. >>> in the line of duty -- the family of a local marine killed in afghanistan talks about his love of country. >>> we're held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage or drop coverage, or -- >>> on the road again, president obama travels to colorado today, for another town hall meeting on health care. trying to quiet or at least convince the growing opposition. >>> and warm and humid -- the good and the bad news about the weekend forecast. >>> good morning, welcome to the 9:00 edition of "news4 today," i'm kimberly suiters, in for eun yang. it's saturday, august 15th, 2009, the news is coming up after we check in with chuck bell up in storm center 4. chuck, it's going to be a hot one. >> oh, yes, indeed. but we w

host: fla., on the line for democrats. caller: i and nonrailroad returned.e they put it -- and i am on railroad retirement and i believe it is the same as senators and congress people. we get no increase, but they get 7% of an increase this year. my wife and i, as soon as i turned 65 a lost all my medical. my wife has no medical. i'm paying $511 per month to keep her cover. all i get from that is a $40 copiague. host: want to add anything there? -- >> all your from that is afford a dollarco-pay. guest: the consumer price index is down. that's why there's no increase in the social security benefit. i know nothing about the railroad retirement benefit. as for congress, they are your problem in washington ago i live in new york and stairway at all times if i can. host: one viewer asks by twitter that if the income limit on social security tax were eliminated, would fix the program? guest: the limit is over $100,000. let's say if you took off the limit, you'd be quadrupling the tax for many people who make more than $107,000. if you do that for five minutes to a

host: let's go to a caller from coconut grove, fla.. caller: yes, andrew, what is your 1-800 number? i want to say if we are disabled, retired, and have a high mortgage i need to speak to someone. host: that is great. it is a good question to ask. his organization does not do it, but you can put people in touch. guest: the best place to call is 1-88--hope. you can also check out the website for the government which has several members have and can help you determine your eligibility. another place is for hud- approved counselors at hud.gov. it has intermission on local councilors. they can work with you. -- it has intermission on local councilors. they can look at your budgeting and help you to figure your best course of action. host: is that a better first stop then immediately calling your mortgage lender? guest: to the extent you want to make sure that you have your ducks lined up before you ask of the mortgage lender, it is a good idea. but if you are facing notices of foreclosure and have other threatening letters, i would make the

ava, from orlando fla., on our 65 and over line. caller: thank you.he dirty little secret is that you can get any insurance if you're 65 or over except medicare. believe me, i know and do not trust the system. i got caught in the system. i got disabled and had to go on medicare. i have enough on my plate, so i chose to go to the advantage plan. this obama scheme will take money away from me. i'm using mybrain and trying to save the taxpayers' money -- i am using my brain. i had nearly died three times. host: thank you for calling in with your personal experience. mike, in la grange, texas. caller: yes, it is ridiculous what medicare pays for the hardware. i have a machine that medicare pays $75 per month for this machine. i founded on the internet where it retails for $239. they have been paying $75 per month for about 10 years. it is the same thing with wheelchair's. it is ridiculous. you're just giving money away. i cannot understand. host: bruce vladeck, medicare part b is for this durable medical equipment, right? guest: yes, and i could not agree

tampa, fla. on the independent line with jerry. caller: that has been public knowledge since 1978.rothers in arabic, i know they would pick that up. how long would it take those agencies to find my conversations? guest: greetings to you as well. first of all, echelon is a code name that has been bandied about since at least 1998. echelon was an and as a computer system put into place in the 1970's to sort through intercepted communications to try to find a conversation that might have some intelligence value. that is basically all it was. it was not a global intercept network, which is how it has become to be described since the late 1990's. the caller's question about how long it would take nsa to pick up your call? an essay, for those of you who use the internet extensively and pride themselves on their expertise with google, you'll know you can plug into google and alert if you want any articles appearing on for example c-span. you'll probably pick up hundreds upon thousands of articles every day. but you can't plug in and get an alert where the computer will tell you every day

to orlando, fla., on the independent line. ♪ callercaller: thank you. cannot believe that dick cheney has not already been indicted. as the previous caller said, we know all kinds of crimes have been committed. we have to restore our moral compass to society. right now the group dynamic is that we all want to live and die now. this has to end. -- we want to live in denial. this goes back to 9/11 where there are many unanswered questions. i think that dick cheney has a lot to answer for. host: here is a story about the former vice president's commons. -- comments. it says that the 2004 report concluded that some cia interrogators libya and bush and mr. shen rules permitting the use of techniques such as water boarding or simulated drowning. here is a san francisco, sheila, on the line for democrats. caller: yes, dick cheney now was to come out and speak publicly about this when we did not hear a whole lot from him while he was serving. i think he is doing it just a because there is a lot of information he does not want to have come out of things that him

host: orlando, fla. on the independent line. you are on with philip alcabes. caller: good morning.you made a comment a few minutes ago that prompts me to ask you two questions. why is it so difficult? they are talking about not having enough vaccines. i have heard because it is not enough profit and the pharmaceutical companies do not want to make it. why is it so difficult to make the vaccines? you said that you did not know if there was going to be another wave of h1n1. it has not gone away. in orlando, just last week, we had another person died from the flu. it is just continuing. host: two questions. why don't you take the first one first. vaccines and profit and making an offer everyone who needs it. guest: you want to the vaccine production to go slowly. we have a very good example of what happens when flu vaccine production went too fast. that was in 1976 in what is sometimes called the swine flu fiasco. there had been a small outbreak in new jersey. a few recruits died. i think the number was 13. there were about 300 cases altogether. because of alarm that this was the begi

host: the next call comes from miami, fla. on the republican line.ler: good morning, and thank you for your service to our country. one, i was a younger person, about 10 years old when we experienced the first iranian revolution. i am wondering if it was set up on the basis of a bunch of young students and religious people who wanted a change in their country? now the same thing is happening in the same revolutionaries are before are pushing at the west? is there some new wave bees can take power? secondly, you mention south america. -- if these revolutionaries can take power? i am wondering if there is any threat from south america? guest: let me answer the last part first. there is indication that hezbollah in iran operates in south america. let's take the worst case scenario. could iran cause problems in the u.s.? yes. let's take an improbable scenario, but the u.s. and iran are in a worsening confrontation and an iranian circuit set off a car bomb in new york and brings down a building, somehow they from another country -- terrorism is still with

host: orlando, fla. on the independent line. you are on with philip alcabes. caller: good morning. you made a comment a few minutes ago that prompts me to ask you two questions. why is it so difficult? they are talking about not having enough vaccines. i have heard because it is not enough profit and the pharmaceutical companies do not want to make it. why is it so difficult to make the vaccines? you said that you did not know if there was going to be another wave of h1n1. it has not gone away. in orlando, just last week, we had another person died from the flu. it is just continuing. host: two questions. why don't you take the first one first. vaccines and profit and making an offer everyone who needs it. guest: you want to the vaccine production to go slowly. we have a very good example of what happens when flu vaccine production went too fast. that was in 1976 in what is sometimes called the swine flu fiasco. there had been a small outbreak in new jersey. a few recruits died. i think the number was 13. there were about 300 cases altogether. because of alarm that this was the beg

gulfport, fla., on the line for republicans. caller: how are you doing this one? just host: 5. what do you think about the bipartisan bill? caller: you know what i think it is necessary? nothing in more. america needs to wake up and realize one thing about politicians, the only thing they will do is the wrong thing. the best thing they can do is sell that whole page of garbage in d.c. to the chinese or something. this place is the not spirit not. totally not. job's going out there, nothing is going good for america, period. we are going to end up in a revolution or a racial war. host: "the financial times" has above the fold, a picture of president obama and egyptian president hosni mubarak who met at the white house. they were meeting for the third time in as many months. the president discussed how to give impetus to the stalled middle east peace process. petit urged mr. obama to set up a blueprint -- "we can't afford wasting more time because of violence will increase," mr. mubarak said after this picture was taken. this is what "the financial times" had to write in their le

beginning with a call from sun city, fla. on the independent line.hat is your thinking as an independent? caller: thanks for taking my call. it has changed my mind a bit. i think the american people would benefit by being a self- insured group, and i think it is nice that obama it is given a choice. what i would like to impress everyone with and this is very important -- on ofe the things we must do is lower costs, the matter which way the vote goes. -- one of the things we must do. cancer is one of the most expensive things to treat and people need to be educated by it. vitamin deficiency caused scurvy and it took hundreds of years for people to realize it was not caused by a virus. when the people sailing on long voyages started stocking with citrus fruits, scurvy ended. now, there is a vitamin that does prevent cancer. host: what is it? caller: vitamin b-17. there is a book available at the american media on it. host: let's go to wisconsin on the republican line. this is robert. caller: good morning. host: as you are watching these healthcare prot

they're in jacksonville, fla. peta does not want you to eat animals.ey show a woman who is obese. gretchen: she is chubby. this is so degrading to call women whales. and you're trying to get people to actually like peta? when you take it this far, that is a little bit of an outrage. steve: they certainly got some publicity because we are talking about it this morning. it is the publicity that's peta does not need. people are going, why are they picking on me? meanwhile, peta stands by the ad. they said -- steve: hey, peta, i had a table last night and i feel great. gretchen: i do not necessarily believe that because you're a vegetarian you are slim. brian: look at the t-rex. steve: thank you. gretchen: that just brought it full circle. now we're going to talk about chicken. a mother breast feeding her baby in a chick-fil-a was handed a kitchen towel and asked to cover up. who crossed the line? the woman joins us right after the break. steve: this prince is looking for america's next princess. he will join us. thank you. gretchen: there is a breast- fee

tampa, fla. on the independent line with jerry. caller: that has been public knowledge since 1978.would greet my arab brothers in arabic, i know they would pick that up. how long would it take those agencies to find my conversations? guest: greetings to you as well. first of all, echelon is a code name that has been bandied about since at least 1998. echelon was an and as a computer system put into place in the 1970's to sort through intercepted communications to try to find a conversation that might have some intelligence value. that is basically all it was. it was not a global intercept network, which is how it has become to be described since the late 1990's. the caller's question about how long it would take nsa to pick up your call? an essay, for those of you who use the internet extensively and pride themselves on their expertise with google, you'll know you can plug into google and alert if you want any articles appearing on for example c-span. you'll probably pick up hundreds upon thousands of articles every day. but you can't plug in and get an alert where the computer wil

plane, but now you're teleconferencing, you're meeting people all over the world without having to fla. so that's think about tido and what that do. >> is long cisco, short everything snm yeah. i can see how they mistake money, but if i can choose anything i want to do, i'll never watt another commercial, will i? >> i think about my own experience at home. i'll watch a video over the internet and the way it's structured right now is i'll watch appear ad at the beginning, an ad in the middle and an ad at the end. you know what? if they do a good job with, i'll watch it. >> especially if you can't fast forward through it. >> sure. >> is kisco still one of the top three tech names to own if you're abdomen investor? >> absolutely. i think the long-term trends are favorable. this is a company that in passdown turns they've invested, they've come out with new products and we look for the company to expand. when we look at history, they've comp out of downturn. and so now we see kiss sow moving into data centers. these all may same seem a bit puzzling. but it still comes back to, let's load u

host: let's go to a caller from coconut grove, fla..aller: yes, andrew, what is your 1-800 number? i want to say if we are disabled, retired, and have a high mortgage i need to speak to someone. host: that is great. it is a good question to ask. his organization does not do it, but you can put people in touch. guest: the best place to call is 1-88--hope. you can also check out the website for the government which has several members have and can help you determine your eligibility. another place is for hud- approved counselors at hud.gov. it has intermission on local councilors. they can work with you. -- it has intermission on local councilors. they can look at your budgeting and help you to figure your best course of action. host: is that a better first stop then immediately calling your mortgage lender? guest: to the extent you want to make sure that you have your ducks lined up before you ask of the mortgage lender, it is a good idea. but if you are facing notices of foreclosure and have other threatening letters, i would make the c

host: fla., on the line for democrats. caller: i and nonrailroad returned. i believe they put it -- and i am on railroad retirement and i believe it is the same as senators and congress people. we get no increase, but they get 7% of an increase this year. my wife and i, as soon as i turned 65 a lost all my medical. my wife has no medical. i'm paying $511 per month to keep her cover. all i get from that is a $40 copiague. host: want to add anything there? -- >> all your from that is afford a dollarco-pay. guest: the consumer price index is down. that's why there's no increase in the social security benefit. i know nothing about the railroad retirement benefit. as for congress, they are your problem in washington ago i live in new york and stairway at all times if i can. host: one viewer asks by twitter that if the income limit on social security tax were eliminated, would fix the program? guest: the limit is over $100,000. let's say if you took off the limit, you'd be quadrupling the tax for many people who make more than $107,000. if you do that for five min

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without the court serving fla in that capacity and really being interested in doing that job, what youhave is the potential for a wholesale power grab, especially in the executive branch where that is a much tougher thing to stop. the court served as that stopgap in a number of cases in the last few years, but only when you have a diversity of opinion on that court do you see that happening. and that's why americans need to pay a lot more attention to what's going on with that. >> thank you, christy. >> doug kendall is from a -- founder and president of the constitutional accountability center, a think tank and action center in d.c. it has been four years since the warren court and almost 20 years since william brennan, the architects -- architect of many of those decisions left the supreme court. i don't think there is a liberal wing of this court since brennan and marshall left the supreme court. is there any hope the supreme court will play a meaningful role in promoting the liberal agenda in the future? >> i think the opposite is more likely to be true. i think in the foreseeable f

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beginning with a call from sun city, fla. on the independent line. what is your thinking as an independent? caller: thanks for taking my call. it has changed my mind a bit. i think the american people would benefit by being a self- insured group, and i think it is nice that obama it is given a choice. what i would like to impress everyone with and this is very important -- on ofe the things we must do is lower costs, the matter which way the vote goes. -- one of the things we must do. cancer is one of the most expensive things to treat and people need to be educated by it. vitamin deficiency caused scurvy and it took hundreds of years for people to realize it was not caused by a virus. when the people sailing on long they knew what the answer was. now, there is a vitamin that does prevent cancer. host: need to be quick read what is it? caller: please, people, read "world without cancer." host: wisconsin, republican line. this is proper. good morning to you on this thursday. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: as you are watching the protests