>> no, i was called francy. of my relatives was better looking and smaller and could be me up, but he never did -- protected me -- and could beat me up. he used three names, because we all had three names, and he was a writer, and i just wanted to be like him. tavis: what was his name? >> my brother? i do not want to embarrass him. noneteteless, i wanted to be a writer just so i could copy him, so use his middle name, so i used my middle name, as i did with everything, just to copy him, and that is where i got the francis ford, the three names, although i heard it said never to trust a manbut, no, it soundo me, because that is like my formal name. if i was hispanic, i would be josÉ maria gonzales, so and so, but then, i would just be joe. use a francisis ford coppola, ad you say that the first time, -- you say francis ford coppola, and you say that the first time, and then you just say franceis coppola. i wish somebody would call a francie. i asked my wife about why she will not call me that, and she told me she

tavis: we are out of time, so i guess that is more of our conversation tomorrow night with francis ford coppola. catch us on the weekend on pri. and you can go to our website at pbs.org. thanks for watching. more with him tomorrow night. keep the faith. >> you spend time with your family? >> sure, i did. >> good, because the man does not spend time with his family can never be a millionaire. you look terrible. i want you to rest well. >> it starts shooting in a week. >> i am going to make an offer he cannot refuse. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: i am tavis smiley. join me next time with more with francis ford coppola. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships, because at your house, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance probably supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic and part that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on

but if there is, francis ford coppola would know.e anything we don't know about "apocypse now"? it seems that it's been written about everything that happened on the set to keep that project from being made. is there anything we don't know about the making of that film? >> well, you know, i always like my children to be with me. so i had a little rule with my wife that if ever i was going to go somewhere for more than two weeks, i want to take the kids out of school and have it there -- have them with me. and it was a good decision. but my wife was an artist. and she didn't like just being the director's wife. so i bought her a camera and i said you shoot something. really what i wanted her to do was to stay. so she was making this documentary about "apocalypse now," a famous documentary. and i would come home and say, god, this movie is terrible, i hate this movie, i'm going to flunk, this is the worst movie i've ever made. hoping she'd say, darling, it will be fine, just wait and see. instead, she said wait a minute, i want to get

francis, sports news for michael shoemaker? >> he has pulled out of his much anticipated come back to formula one because of a neck injury. it was too severe to withstand the stresses and strains of his racing. he had no fractures from earlier in the year -- he had these fractures earlier in the year after a motorcycle accident. a new ferrari test driver will step in to raise the european grand prix. surprised, even in herself, a 26-year-old belgian be marion butterly at the cincinnati open. upon her return after 2007, she dominated 12 of the first 15 points. she went on to win in round 2. >> i try not to get over emotional or have too many things influence me out there. i was focused on trying to do what is important in my game. that is what i did. i thought that my opponent was focused throughout the match. it goes up and down. i am very pleased with that. >> more later on, george. >> francis, thank you are in much. summaries of our top stories, the burmese pro-democracy leader, aung san su ki, has been sentenced to an 18 mon

i tried francis. we'll be back with the forecast. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. >>> you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now, abc news at 6. 30. >>> president obama is on the way to mexico for a meeting with the president of that country and canada. leaders will address a variety of issues and trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security and the swine flu. the national security advisor says the united states will hold direct talks with north korean leaders over their nuclear weapons if they resume international negotiations. former president bill clinton did not pass on any official message and made no promises during his visit to bring home two american journalists last week. the family of the late tv pitch man billy mays is angry over autopsy results that say cocaine played a role in his death. they said they might try to get an independent look at the autopsy result. they say heart disease was the primary cause of mays' death but cocaine c

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. >> now let's get more of this morning's headlines from cnbc's melissa francis over at the news desk. >> good morning to both of you. good morning, everyone. police are investigating the murders of seven people found a mobile home in georgia. wtlb affiliate is in brunswick, georgia, where it happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, melis melissa. as you said, seven people were found dead inside the mobile home. the mobile home park is behind me. we're not allowed any closer because it's private property. when the coroner asked if it was execution style he said close to it. two people were found alive inside, at area hospitals in critical condition this morning. as for a suspect, police are simply saying everyone in the area needs to be cautious until the investigation is over. and people living in this community say they are just completely in disbelief. they say this is typically a very quiet, peaceful community. melissa, back to you. >> corrine hautala, thank you for that report. >>> jaycee dugard, kidnapped 18 years ago, authorities have expanded their investigation, cor

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i'm melissa francis. michael vick is back in the nfl, signing with the philadelphia eagles. we'll look at what this means for the team's image and the nfl. this is "the call" on cnbc. >>> all right. stocks are at a loss this morning, on weaker than expected economic data. i don't know, consumer sentiment was light, industrial production up for the first time in eight or nine months. the dow, however, off about 1.5%, down 132 points. the s&p following dutifully behind, down 14.90. the nasdaq also lighter. by whatever it's lighter by. 32 points. all down 1.5%. oil prices, however, are on the soft side, as melissa francis correctly predicted to me just a few moments ago. $68.66 gee whiz, trish, production up for the first time since last fall. consumer prices flat. doesn't look so bad to me. of. >> hey, well, you know, there is this mixed data, larry and i think that's what has some folks confused right now. you had a lot of positive data last week in terms of the unemployment reports, in terms of gdp. also saw better than expected productivity reports, which tends to happen at

melissa francis, back to you. >> all right. thanks, rick santelli. taking a look at today's business headlines, the institute for supply management's manufacturing index rising more than four points in june, drew better than expected reading of 48.9. while any reading below 50 indicates contraction in manufacturing, it does mark the slowest pace of decline since last august. meanwhile, the commerce department reports construction spending in june unexpectedly rose by .3% to $966 billion because of increase in residential building. analysts had been calling for a decline of .5%. >>> and the government's cash for clunkers program helping to drive auto sales last month. general motors sales plummeting 19% year over year. but results w w up 12% comparedd to june. the fifth consecutive month over-month increase. ford sales providing 2.3%. the automaker's first increase in nearly two years. and toyota's seeing a decline of 11% from a year ago, but sales jumping 28% from june. chrysler sales falling 9% compared to last year.r. sales, however, did soar 30% m

good sign. >> melissa francis, thanks. you'll be at the newsdesk. >> here all day. >> put to you work. thanks. >>> now here's jenna. >>> lester, thanks. >>> to the brewing battle over health care as members of congress hold town hall meetings in their directs. shouting reached a fever pitch. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: temperatures rising across the country. from florida -- to michigan -- texas to colorado. the town hall meeting is democracy 101. >> we're not a member of a mob. >> reporter: forums for free speech. >> i actually have read this bill. >> reporter: but many turned into free for alls. [ chanting ] >> at one point it felt like people were more worried about drowning each other out than listening. >> reporter: the crowd shoving to get in and where members of congress like michigan democrat dingle get shouted down. much of the passion and protests comes from conservative voices opposed to the democrats' plan for a government-run option for held care. [ chanting ] the democratic national committee

francis townsend flatly deny that. >> not only do not think it played politics, it was never discussed >> for the region >> there was concern that if intelligent supported raising the threat -- the threat level, it might be to the detriment of president bush because people might perceive it being political. >> rich's language does not appear definitive. the allegations in clear, that donald rahm spelled -- rumsfeld wanted to use the color-coded threats system for political gain. in reference to the advice to americans to cover their homes in saran wrap secured by duct tape in the event of a biochemical attack, former justice department official said -- rich himself contradicts his own claim that he had been pressured, riding -- apparently, the white house did not call. elsewhere, he wrote that he was never directed to raise the tariff threat level "no matter how many analysts, pundits, or critics say so." bret: president obama today called the recession -- called the release of the pan am 103 bummer highly objectionable. his press secretary of -- described video of his welcome as offen

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but this is bob francis, vice chairman of the national transportation safety board and a federal agency not investigating this accident, called in today. i understand there are go teams called in to piece together what happened moments before this crash occurred. bob, where do investigators go from here? >> there are obviously different groups will be doing different things in the ntsb. there will be an air traffic group formed which will look at the air traffic situation. the flight out of teterboro, what kind of vacations are on atc tapes. they will look at radar. if there is radar that shows these aircraft. obviously, there are people that are concerned with the wreckage, and the analysis of the wreckage. that's going to give a very accurate picture of who hit whom howe at what angles, etc. but they will look at the pilots record, they will look at both aircraft. they will look at maintenance records of the aircraft. so there will be a pretty substantial team from the ntsb broken up into different categories. >> julie: i'm sorry i don't want to cut you off area please continue. >> so

michele francis has the latest on the recovery efforts. >> one day after the collision, the crews lifted the wreckage of the helicopter. it was located -- it was moved onto a barge for the ntsb to search for evidence. >> the helicopter sustained significant damage. they will be examining the wreckage. >> officials said they also located the use large of the small plane. >> divers are working to confirm whether the targets might be the airplane. they will work on recovery of the airplane. >> the main focus for the divers is the recovery of all of the victims. seven of the nine who died had been found. liberty tours said that jimmy clark was the pilot of the helicopter. he was in new zealand native. the five italian tourists had just taken off for a sightseeing tour of the manhattan skyline. the small private plane was piloted by stephen altman. his brother and his child were also on board. they were off from pennsylvania. >> i was on the telephone with his father. he s andaw it and knew exactly what was. -- he saw it and knew exactly what it was. >> the helicopter went down. the divers we

. >> in a statement to the judge, the stepson of mary francis, the only woman murdered in garcia's late night break ins said if ever there was a case to throw away the key, this is it. >> it's the only thing aside from the death penalty, which would make me happy. this will be a death penalty, i think. >> reporter: next to mary francis, the victim who may have suffered the most is ann wolf, a widow living alone when he tied her to a pole in the basement. the thought that kept her going, a planned visit from her daughter. until now, anne wolf had never spoken publicly of her ordeal. >> i did as much exercise as i possibly could and i moved around as much as i could and i, you know, i really ied o get a little bit with it. and other than that, i think i would have been in very, very bad shape. i would have just never been found. >> reporter: one of the first victims was also tied up and left for dead, but garcia was just getting started and left the bindings loose enough she could free herself. she praised the judge for his sentence. >> anything less would have put us all in jeopardy at a

>> one of the people involved is francis townsend, right in the middle of this and was supposedly in of command. she said it never happened. she's an intelligence employ em. who knows. when you give government power, government uses power. illry had a stack of fbi files in the basement. that's why some of us don't want to give the government power over our health care. >> oh, nice pivot. let me pivot on that one right here. lie big the bush administration, health care. okay, good move. i want your thought on this. i have a problem with tom ridge not speaking up before the midterm. >> i just have to say how deliciously predictable michael. look, ed, certainly tom ridge doesn't deserve any badge of courage reward. he should have quit but colin powell should have quit over the iraq war and he didn't either piem not going to praise tom ridge here, but i think what's really important is what he was saying. you said it at the time, i said it. now it's confirmed the bush administration, they were willing, cheney and rummy and ashcroft and bush were willing to play politics with national sec

speculation erupted over the paternity of her now 18-month-old daughter named francis. in 2006, hunter was fired by the campaign to produce a documentary, accepting more than $100,000 for the job. now there's an investigation under way into whether she was paid illegally from campaign funds to keep that affair quiet. >>> investigators looking into last weekend's midair crash in manhattan may now have a huge clue into what caused the collision. they are now looking over video obtained exclusive i there by nbc news that shows the moment of impact. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: as an italian tourist on a boat in the hudson practices using his new camera, he zooms in on the sight-seeing helicopter, inadvertently capturing its final motels. the two aircraft plunge into the river. just a few seconds. but perhaps just what investigators need to figure out how two experienced pilots could have crashed on such a beautiful, clear day. >> the key here is whatever took place in the cockpit was enough to distract the pilot and not allow him to see the helicopter as he

francis collins launched what he hopes will be a new era of science exploration by the united states.ed the human genome project which mapped human dna ahead of scheduled and under budget and it is that b word, budget, that he claims is already disrupting his sleep. he insists scientific research must be well funded beyond 2010. >> it is certainly a circumstance where we're raising our hand saying there is a need here, we can meet it. >> reporter: he says the key to curing cancer and understanding autism can be found by american scientists so he vows to fight for more funding and this man is well skilled at holding an audience's attention. note the double helix is a highway. >> reporter: this ph.d. come pros music for commencement speeches. he rides motorcycles and hopes he can win support if his agency by making nih scientific research more user friendly. >> maybe i should start tweeting. we have a lot of cool stuff going on. we don't necessariltell the world about it as often or as effectively as we should. >> reporter: collins out authored the language of god and founded a company

now let's go back to melissa francis. >> all right, rick santelli, thanks so much. taking a look at today's business headlines. according to abp, the private sector shed 371,000 jobs last month. that was more than wall street was expecting. it was also significantly less than the revised 463,000 jobs lost in june, giving more hope that the labor market is stabilizing. labor department will release its july non-farm payroll report on friday. in the meantime, outplacement firm challenger, gray & christmas reports the number of planned layoffs last month jumped 31% compared to june. that's the first increase in six months. and the institute for supply management services index unexpectedly sank by .6% in july to a reading of 46.4. it's the tenth consecutive month that the services sector, which represents about 80% of u.s. economic activity, by the way, has contracted. and according to reports, federal housing finance agency director james lockhart is planning to resign and return to private life. lockhart has been on the job for three years and has pressed for stricte

francis, a former homeland security security adviser to president bush. >> i don't think there is anybodyn any administration that would defend interrogators who went beyond what was legally authorized. >> attorney general eric holder has called for an investigation to determine whether those cia tactics were illegal, but stopped short of saying that any prosecution would be likely in washington, i'm samantha hayes. >>> still to come when 9 news now continues, we have a warning for users of a popular over-the-counter drug that could cause severe liver damage and why charges could be filed against michael jackson's doctor. we'll be right back. >>> the results are in from a food and drug administration investigation. the only government approved over-the-counter weight loss aid. the government says it received 30 reports of liver damage from people taking alli or the prescription strength version. both drugs block fat absorption in the intestine and gastroenterologist says that could contribute to liver disease which is already more common in overweight people. >> well, these drugs don't ju

it was francis scott key middle school. taharka on that team with me. he went through many struggles. sean through his evolution as well, and that team changed his life. taharka lost his life some years back. i thought it was only right that in his inspiration for the company, he named it after taharka. a real individual, past friend of mine. he lost his life to the street. it was tragic, but hopefully, we can spin that and make something positive out of his name in memory of him. >> you think about him every day when you go to work? >> absolutely. this tragedy, hopefully, will be a stone we can pivot off of and transfer baltimore in a positive light. >> what do you think is most important in trying to do that? you think we need more leaders, trying to bring in leaders to meet people. what are the other ways you plan on going about reaching those who deal with life in the streets that is not good? >> we are the primary example of possibility and change. when you looked at skipwith and mike and myself, we all have stories. my comes from a troubled backgr

francis xavier parish, where with the wake was yesterday.nd we were told at the grave site, tim, who was chairman of special olympics, of course, following in her place, came forward and invited the special olympians to come forward to the casket, to be closer, and then the mourners all sang bob dillen's that bono had sent. so it all comes together. but the special role that special olympians played here, with the torch as they arrived, loretta clayburne, who i spoke with earlier, and who addressed the church, that was a real moment. >> well, you know, i don't think it's an under estimate or an overstatement to say that eunice shriver changed as many lives as most people in public life ever do, and could ever comprehend doing. and what she did was, she took a whole host of people who, growing up, we had been used to them living in the shadows. and she brought them into the light. and she made special people truly special and an incredible gift that she gave so to so many around the world. >> had a bigger impact, some would argue, than the po

powers is the son of francis gary powers, the pilot whose plane was shot down over the soviet union in 1960. >>> turn our attention to afghanistan now where the taliban is claiming it staged a daring election-eve attack but police are calling today's raid on a bank building a botched robbery. troops stormed the bank and killed the insurgents. authorities have beefed up security in and around the afghan capital of kabul leading up to tomorrow's election. president happened karzai currently leads in those polls. most analysts believe the will win a second term. >>> a string of deadly explosions ripped through baghdad today. the blast targeted government buildings and crowded commercial areas. the attacks are part of a surge of violence that is followed u.s. troops withdrawalling from iraqi cities. joel brown has more. more than 80 people are dead and hundreds more hurt following a string of explosions across baghdad [ sirens ] >> the deadliest is a struck bomb near the foreign ministry outside of the green zone. that blast killed more than 50 and blew concrete slabs off the front of the

for that, cnbc's melissa francis is waiting patiently at the news desk. >>> good morning. we begin in japan where strong earthquake has rocked the capital of tokyo. the 6.9 quake rattled homes and buildings just before 8:00 in the evening local time. there have been no reports yet of damage or casualties. >>> meanwhile in china, 1 million people have been evacuated as they are bracing for a typhoon. the storm welcome wreaked havoc on taiwan on saturday where an entire hotel collapsed from the torrential rains. the hotel was reportedly evacuated before the collapse and the typhoon brought the worst flooding to taiwan in 50 years. >>> back here at home, a riot breaking out late last night at a prison in california. prison officials say the fight involved 1,300 inmates at a medium security facility in chino, california. the inmates evacuated into a yard as a fire erupted in one of the housing eunice. several inmates have been taken to the hospital. >>> finally, secretary of state hillary clinton just can't stop dancing on her tour of africa. the secretary was toe-tapping with

i'm contessa brewer. >> and i'm melissa francis.e schools diploma factories? we're going to talk to a guy who conducted an experiment and a cat earned a high school diploma. >>> and a deal's in the work for brett favre to play football for his former rivals. what is with the legendary athletes retiring, making a big old scene and then they just can't stay away from the -- >> drama. drama. >>> but the big story, in two days, new rules for credit cards go into effect. some are rushing to raise their rates. >> starting thursday, they have to give you 45 days notice if they're going to increase rates. they can increase your minimum payment but not more than double what it was, and they have to mail bills 21 days before the due date. a financial analyst, bob sullivan writes for msnbc.com. let's start with you. what's with these banks and the fees and rushing to hike them before these new rules go into effect? >> this is one of those unusual situations, contessa and melissa where everybody's guilty. at the root of this is that consumers h

. >> early on i was given a copy of this book is the women behind the new deal the life of francis perkins who was the first woman cabinet member and labor secretary back on end but depression and she was nominated by franklin delano roosevelt by the end of the same challenges but we see now with rocketing unemployment and dislocation of workers and need for reimbursement safety for children just to make sure we've uphold the labor laws and provide adequate help to the population the very interesting book someone who had great courage and every time i think about what she goes through i can relate to it and i see it as i go around the country i still see poverty and the financial crisis affecting so many people and just how she helped to resolve to the administration and president to provide good leadership or basic wages and hours, received in the workplace, there were many people killed in a sweat shop she saw that first hand and greater laws and procedures to make sure there were safety outlets for people in the workplace. a second book is one that i have read and actually a good friend

less than an hour ago, a judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole for the murder of francis haverstein. for nearly a year he broke in to homes in montgomery county. he hog tied his victims, and then the robbed them. a judge also sentenced pelera to four life sentences on the burglary charges. >>> a charles county judge reportedly admits to letting the air out of a car tire. the car was parked in a restricted zone. the "washington post" reports that circuit court judge said that he did not think it was a big deal. he reportedly left several notes on the car informing the driver of the no parking rule. well, that did not work. so the judge let the air out of one of the tires. the car belongs to jean washington and she works at the courthouse and the thought the sign was for visitors only. now he would like to get some answers from the judge. >> usually when someone has disrupted someone else's property they are usually given a fine. i'd like to know what is going to happen in this case. >> reporter: the la plata police chief is investigating and he is not sure if there will be

i'm melissa francis in for maria bartiromo at cnbc global headquarters. in the markets right now, worries about the economy and consumer spending are weighing on wall street. stocks are down as we look to close out the week. take a look at the major indices here as we go with one hour of trading left. you can see the dow is down triple digits, 128 points, about 1 1/3%. the nasdaq right now trading to the down side as well. it's down better than 35 points. almost two percentage points. about 1 3/4 percentage points p and about 1.4% on the s&p sitting below 1,000. matt. >> thanks, melissa. appreciate it. lots of things going on eyre. let's get to the numbers. let's get to the action. we've got you covered on all fronts here today. we begin with our market reports right here on the new york stock exchange with mr. bob pisani. >> hello, matthew. and folks, we're down but we're off the lows here. let's stake a look at what's going on. i'll show you maybe hopes for a bit of a moveup in the last hour here. stocks are weak, but they're off their lows. that's the

continuing with melissa francis. >>> it is 4:00 p.m. on wall street. do you know where your money is? welcome to "the closing bell." i'm melissa francis in for maria bartiromo and here's what we are following at the close. stocks retreating after two days of gains amid mixed economic data. although we have recovered from the lows of the day. what really spooked investors, though, was a dropping consumer sentiment raising fresh concerns about consumer spending. and oil getting crushed today along with the broader market. crude down more than $3 or 4.3% at the close to close at $67.51 a barrel. here's a look at how we finished the day on wall street. the dow closing down on the day but likely well off the lows of the session. take a look. we had been down about 130 points an hour ago. making our way back a little bit at he the close. down 76 points, .8%. 9,321 the last trade. the nasdaq down 23 points, about 1.2%. and the s&p 500 only down about 8 at the close k still above 1,000. let's get more on today's action. bob pisani's our eye on the floor of the

and francis hasslebein who is one of america's great leaders and she said "would you come to west point and teach a case discussion." i said "i'd be happy to." and i picture cad debts. i said "wonderful frances." and who will be the students? >> she said 36 people. 12 u.s. army generals, 12 "fortune" 500 c.e.o. types and 12 leaders from the social sectors all at tables of two, two, two, each. >> rose: i said. okay, what's the question, what's the case you'd like me to lead the discussion on? she said "you'll like it, the united states of america." so here's this case discussion with these students and i'm thinking to myself what can i think this group about america and i had a wonderful mentor named bill lazier. and he always impressed upon me you don't have to have the answers. what you have to have is the questions. >> rose: my mantra. >> exactly. and if you have the questions, good answers will come. and i thought and ieo west poins question. the question was: where's america? is america at an inflection point? and if so, which way? because great nations-- athens, 500 b.c.e., rome, e

melissa francis, back to you. >> no, you don't. rick santelli, thanks very much. taking a look at today's business headlines the labor department reports july non-farm payrolls fell by 240,000 last no-month. that is far fewer than the drop of 320,000 economists were expecting. that helped the unemployment rate unexpectedly dip to 9.4%. it is the first time that's fallen in 15 months. the white house, however, still says it expected unemployment to hit 10% this year. coming up, the ceo of careerbuilder.com tells us where he is seeing positive sign of growth for jobs. merck and schering-plough shareholders overwhelmingly approving their merger. over 99% of investors in both companies okaying the deal. if approved by the ftc, merck will become the world's second largest drugmaker. and target is breaking up with amazon.com. the retailer announcing it will build and manage a new target.com platform that will be launched in two years. amazon has been running target's website since 2001. bob. >> melissa, thanks very much. let's talk about what's going on today in a very

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it's the life of francis perkins. he was the first cabinet woman member. i find a lot of similarities with the kinds of challenges that we are facing. i see unemployment, a lot of dislocation of workers, protections in the workplace, safety for children even, i mean just making sure we uphold our labor laws and provide adequate help. it's a really interesting book. she was someone who had great courage and someone who broke barriers for women. every time i think about what she was going through i can relate to it. i see it as i go around the country and we continue to still see poverty and the financial crisis affecting so much people. and just she helped resolve and give strength to the administration and to the president in terms of providing good leadership for reforms. basic wages and hours to be met, safety in the workplace, there were many people that were for example killed in a sweat shot. she saw that and created laws and procedured to make sure there was safety outlets. which is really important. the second book that i want to look at is one that

daughter maria shriver and california governor arnold schwarzenegger to a small chapel at the saint francisier church. many notable well wishers were in attendance. you can get more information by checking out our slide show. it is son our website at wusa9.com. eunice kennedy shriver died on tuesday. she was 88 years old. >>> 26 people are recovering today after being stung by wasps in rock creek park. this happened yesterday near the nature center on glover road and most of the people were children. the fire department tells us eight girls were stung this morning after disturbing a yellowjackets ' nest and a few hours later, another 16 children were stung in the very same area. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> so, how do you treat a bee or wasp sting? well, first, try to remove the stinger if it is still in the skin. then, to neutralize the venom, pediatricians say you can use a meat tenderizer, deodorant or a baking soda solution. an ice cube can help with pain. and for itching and swelling they suggest a dose of benadryl or hydrocortisone. call your doctor if the swelling spreads or

that green dot are schools with francis yoon teachers. still we need new approaches to assortment of long standing challenges. expanding adolescents years behind and helping students learn the language and a cysting students with disabilities to provide and prepare for college level work so the core form recovery act. i 3 will bolster other aspects of president's agenda to improve early learning and college readiness to better serve rural districts. encourage them to span and make better use of the school day and school year. we'll support promisingen interventions with at risk students. innovative college readiness programs prepare them to enter college without intermediate yaks as well. we have to get colleagues out of the mediation business. i know innovation doesn't come easily and if it did i wouldn't ask you to help kree it a culture. successful innovations are often disruptive. we not only understand that but we welcome that. we know that on-line content and courses often meet with resistance despite making it possible for isolated

i'm melissa francis. i'll see you later today. >> and i'm larry kudlow. "power lunch" is up next. >>> the white house says president obama still expects the jobless rate to rise 10% this year. the president has signed into law the bill that gives the cash for clunkers program an additional $2 billion in funding. >>> and aig shares up another 20% today on top of the 74% gain the last two sessions. the insurer reported its first quarterly profit since 2007. that's cnbc.com news now, i'm courtney reagan.  >>> becky quick, how the heck are you? >> i am great, you guys. thank you for inviting me today. >> fun to have you here while sue is off. >> thrilled to have you. welcome to "power lunch." i'm bill griffeth. the dow, the s&p touching highs for the year on track for a fourth straight week of gains along with the nasdaq. >> and i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. investors like what they see in those jobs numbers. what do you do now? is it time to take profits off the table, or should you jump in? we're going to gather our "power lunch" task force. >> i'm becky

francis koshgs top of the 12th, homer time, takes gregg deep for the solo shot, phillies win 4-3. >>> and now let's go back to jeremy and vinita in the studio. >>> a new humanoid robot giving the competition a run for its money. >> this prototype can run faster than honda's robot and it's no pushover. it can remain balanced against an external force like that push you just saw there but it's a work in progress. right now it's still limited to moving over flat surfaces. >> not enough to compete with cars, toyota and honda have to compete with robots. >> pretty good movement. it glides almost. >> not bad. even withstands the push, as we saw. >>> for some of you, local news is up next. >> for everyone else "america this morning" continues after this. people think that honda is always the most fuel efficient choice. well, this chevy cobalt xfe has better highway mileage than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does mak

francis of assissi and saw the frescos of st.so moved by them that i thought i'm going to have a character who's done bad things in his life get some noo st. francis and wants to preserepent anne see what he to repent. >> religious overtones and you ran it by some catholic priests before you went to your publisher about it. >> to one, and he was shocked when he first read it but hee felt, and i feel, that it's fiction, and the religious overtones, they're all there for a reason because there is a theme running through the book of what the murders are. >> your dad is a former fbi agent. >> right. >> that had to be exciting, having your dad do that for -- >> a living. >> a living. any influence there with your writing because he was an fbi agent? >> definitely, especially the book out in paperback it only takes a moment. he used to do high profile cases,atty hearst and calvin klein's daughter was kidnapped, so i watched, that w an impressionable time for me, i was afraid to write about a kidnapping, because i don't know, kidnapping

. >> reporter: francis phillips is the deputy secretary for health services in maryland. she says the centers for disease control has recommended a different approach for schools. >> this year schools will be doing everything possible to remain open. and to remain safe for students and for staff. >> reporter: phillips says good hygiene like frequent hand washing is crucial before the h1n1 vaccine is available this fall. when schools open, the state health department is anticipating more cases of the h1n1 to pop up because right now half of those with the virus are under the age of 24. parents insist schools be proactive and make hand washing easy. >> i think that's the one thing they could really improve on the school year is to insure that there is enough hand soap and maybe not so much in the rest room, but throughout the hallways. >> reporter: a mask may not be necessary on the first day of school, but preparing your student with the facts is the best way to stay healthy. in randallstown, cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> and sheryl says the centers for disease control is