charges of assault on a police officer that stem from greenburg's arrest.they will work to get his license restored. >>> the investigation into the michael jackson death took authorities to houston to the clinic of the doctor who was with jackson. dr. conrad murray, jackson's personal physician. he told police he did not inject jackson with painkillers. authorities will not confirm whether criminal charges are pending. murray's aorney said investigators were seeking evidence for possible manslaughter charges. >>> residents of a small town in idaho, held a vigil tonight. they're playing for the safe return of a captured u.s. soldier. private bergdoff, grew up in idaho and is held by the n.tabali friends, neighbors sangongs ba soldier.ies of the he w captured by militants last month after he reportedly walked away from his outpost in southern afghanistan. the military says no expense is being spared in the search for the soldier. >>> stomach surgery helping people stop weight gain without dangers. >>> six-foot shark found in the middle of the street. police a

greenburg, welcome back to the eyewitness news morning edition. we have got to let people in on something. you are at turnberry, a fabulous resort in -- in south florida. >> between miami and ft. lauderdale in the aventura area. award-winning spa, two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by raymond floyd. state-of-the-art tennis centers, three pools including a three-story 180-foot-long water slide and i mention that slide for a reason because it actually feeds into my first thing i want to talk about. >> more importantly, you are standing under the overhang in front of the men's room. >>> i know. exactly. men's room is right over there. how did you know exactly where it was. it is pouring. lightning and thunder. we are -- this is the glamorous tv. you should see -- we have grabbed more cables and stuff and ran under here. it has been a very crazy morning since 6:00. >> summer turns out that way. >> the tropics. >> what do you have for us today? >> it is really bad out here. i can tell you that much. anyway, i mentioned that water slide. but

stephen greenburg said it's a growing tend. minimally invasive surgeries like nips and tucks on the rise, 5%, despite or because of the recession. >> maria decarlo what are looking for a job for more than a year. >> it's easy to fall into a depressive state of mind when you don'want to try anymore. i have kind of reflected an said, okay, nothing is happening right now. this might be the right time to do the surgery. >> make sure your first and last neigh -- >> hi, maria, hi are you? >> dr. greenburg is offering the job fighter package. any combination of surgeries discounted for those looking for work. >> i'm going to have you sit and do the breast markings and then stand and do the stomach tuck. >> like maria, she's decided to get a breast reduction and tummy tuck. >> we'll get you back into the job market. >> but it is going to cost her. $16,000. did you worry about spending $16,000 -- >> well, best money i ever invested. i'm considering this a tune-up. this is the beginning of my new self. >> are you surprised that peoe are

jan crawford greenburg is at the capital tonight. judge sotomayor spent several weeks meeting privately with 89 different senators, all to get to this moment. after weeks of public silence -- >> i -- >> sotomayor was sworn in and took the witness chair. >> nowhe floor is yours. >> reporter: to answer critics who said she lets feelings and empathy trump her philosophy. >> many ask me about philosophy. >> reporter: flanked by tearful friends and family, she told her story on her own. >> my mother raised by brother and me. we worked hard. >> reporter: she was introduced by one of her strongest supporters, was inspired by reading nancy drew stories to be outspoken and bold. >> now in 2009. there are many more role models for a young cardinal spellman student to choose from. with judge sotomayor foremost among them. reporter: before she spoke, the senators painted starkly different pictures of sotomayor, democrats highlighted her 17 year of experience as a federal judge. >> let no one detroit judge's record. but sotomayor's comments that

here's jan crawford-greenburg. >> reporter: the questions were more intense but her answers remained elusive. >> if i say something today is that going to make a statement about how i am going to prejudge someone else's -- >> i am not asking you to prejudge -- >> reporter: on the third day of sotomayor's confirmation hearing, she kept her responses safe. >> i have ruled according to the law. u.s. have to look at my record to know. all i can say to you is what the court's done. >> reporter: senator tom coburn, a doctor, got down to specifics on abortion. >> let's say i'm 38 weeks pregnant and we discover a small spina bifida sac. would it be legal in this country to terminate this child's life? >> i can't answer that in the abstract because i would have to look at what the state of the state's law was on the question. >> reporter: and on gun rights -- >> can you give me your opinion of whether or not in this country i personally as an individual citizen have a right to self-defense? >> as i said, i don't know -- i don't know if that legal question has been ever presented. >> i wasn't

>> jan crawford-greenburg, covering the senate hearings, thank you. >>> president obama was in michig today, a state with an unemployment rate approaching 15%. she said he welcomes the challenge of turning the economy around and proposed a $12 million investment in two-year community colleges who train millions for the jobs of the fuhr chi. >>> on the hill today, house democrats unveiled their sweeping program for health care reform. the 1,000-page proposal was quickly endorsed by president obama, who wants congress to pass legislation before the august recess. the house bill would significantly raise taxes on high income american but as jonathan karl reports, the key issue of how to pay for health care reform is still unresolved. >> reporter: house democrats claim their bill would guarantee health insurance for 97% of americans. >> this legislation is landmark legislation, and this is a defining moment for our country. >> reporter: the sweeping changes to the health system would include a mandate requiring all americans buy health insurance or pay a fine. subsidies to help households

>> jan crawford-greenburg, thank you. >>> and former treasury secretary henry paulson was on the hill today, a target of sharp criticism for forcing bank of america to acquire merrill lynch. members of both parties criticized him for the way taxpayer money was used to rescue the nation's banks. he said no one was more protective of the american taxpayer than i was. >>> next, to space, and concerns about the space shuttle. normally, one or two pieces of debris might hit the shuttle during a launch. but yesterday, as many as a dozen pieces were detected. not something to be taken lightly. ryan owens is at the johnson space center. >> we are ready to start. >> reporter: instead of staring into the heavens, "endeavour" astronauts spent their first full day in space tediously examining the underbelly of the shuttle. what they've found so far looks disturbingly familiar -- a series of nicks and scratches on the shuttle's supersensitive thermal tiles. >> we have a bit of a mystery on the external tank foam loss. it's from an area that we don't expect to see foam to be lost. >> reporter: at l

eric greenburg convicted of one count of cocaine possession and two counts of drug items. dr.reenburg ear office on old georgetown road was raided in april. his wife is facing drug charges. she applied for a rehab program today in lieu of a trial. >>> when we come back, the father of the 4-year-old, thanks the community for saving his son from a burning car. >>> teenagery yachts a new application for the iphone. that lets you pray. >>> bob is back with news about the humidity and when we may see storms fire up. and that, solar eclipse. >>> the pie lot of the plane survived. the crash in chile. stunt pilot. practicing maneuvers. crashed near a market. people from the market went over to help. the pilot is hospitalized. doctors say he is going to pull through. >>> grateful father of a 4-year-old boy rescued from a burning suv we saw on television recently. spoke out. the boy's mother was driving the suv in milwaukee. hit a tree. flipped over. the car flipped over and burst into flames. bystanders pulled the woman and 2-year-old daughter to safety. but the flames spread. and two

ex ceo of aig hank greenburg getting a jury verdict in his verdict.uptcy judge late tuesday ruling a group who claimed they were injured as a result of defective g.m. products may not appeal directly to g.m.'s asset sale. and google is getting into the operating system business for pcs which will sharpen the already intense competition between google and microsoft. and let's wrap up on this story, clueless thieves bypassed real cell phones and cash when they broke into a cell phone store in marania, mexico. apparently employees say they took replica phones rather than the real things. that's a pretty dumb way of going about trying to make money in this current environment. back to you, christina. >> all right. thanks so much, geoff. >>> manny gets the thumb. the rays get a walkoff and lance gets second place. >>> plus, a little creativity in the beautiful game. your early morning sports headlines are separate ahead. >>> hey, coming up, we'll have a look at the second half of your week. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just wa

greenburg's office was raided back in april.lso facing drug charges. >>> later today president obama goes directly to the people in his push for health care reform. he'll deliver a televised primetime address hoping to prod congress and convince every day americans which one will help them. brooke hart is joining us live from capitol hill with more on what the president is expected to say tonight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. more and more talk here that votes may not happen until after the august deadline, after the august recess, not by the president's deadline of before then. even so, the president is stressing that health care agreement is within reach saying we are closer than ever before. after a string of appearances and interviews, president obama looks for his widest audience on health care tonight. expect him to offer a dose of reassurance about change. >> if you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it. let me repeat that. if you like your plan, you will be able to keep it. >> reporter: polls sh

as jan crawford-greenburg reports, republicans opposing sotomayor's nomination plan to use her own worlds against her. >> reporter: for president obama's nominee to the supreme court, the battle lines are drawn. >> she has a longer record as a public judge than any nominee, republican or democratic, in nearly 100 years. >> she's evidenced a philosophy of activism and lack of commitment to the highest e ese ideals. >> reporter: in the fight over her confirmation, republicans are poised to hit hard on all the traditional issues. gun rights, abortion, the death penalty, presidential power. but the sharpest questions could be issues of race and affi affirmative action. >> i am a product of afirrive action. >> reporter: she acknowledges affirmative action got her into princeton. throughout her life, she's talked about race bluntly and publicly. at the court, the lone woman justice also benefitted from affirmative action at columbia university and generally has supported race conscious programs as a justice. that's not a view shared by the court's conservatives, includes justice clarence thomas

jan crawford greenburg is on capitol hill.re going to hear more from her today. >> that's right, david. the senators will grill her on a range of hot-button social issues. on her first day of her confirmation hearing, she was firm. she said her philosophy was simple. fidelity to the law. that was an incorrect response to some of the republican senator, who spent their opening statements saying she was going to rely on feelings and empathy, when deciding cases. judge sotomayor was flanked by friends and family. she told her life story. and she gave a special thanks to her mother. today is going to be a grueling day for sotomayor. the senators are going to get 30 minutes apiece to question her. that's going to keep her on the hot seat all day long, and probably into tomorrow. david? >> we know you will be there, jan. >>> president obama has nominated dr. regina benjamin to be the next surgeon general. she is the director of a rural alabama clinic, destroyed three times by hurricanes and fire. the president has enlisted her in th

eric greenburg is charged with drug possession.is home and office were raided back in april where they found cocaine, powdered drug and a meth pipe. he will be faces assault charges as well on another officer. the board of education has suspended his medical license. >>> new tonight, police say some thefts finished thanks to an 89-year-old virginia man. investigators say that the group conned a man out of 2000, then came back the next day to rob him. that is when the elderly man said enough is enough. fox 5 news will thomas has more. >> reporter: hi, first the man was scammed regarding a job that should have cost 200, then the group of men came back, tried to steal his safe. but they didn't count on what the victim had hiding underneath the mattress. the stafford county sheriff's deputies captured these four men friday afternoon. investigators believe they're gypsies, from europe. >> one said he was one. >> reporter: the investigators say they pulled stone over on t 9-year-old stafford man who lives along the quiet country road. la

i am indeed with hank greenburg, chair manned and ceo right off this victory.have you on the program. >> good to be with you. >> you just came off of this trial. you testified for seven days, is that right? >> that's right. >> how was that? that must have been a physical test for you as well. >> it was grueling. it was gruling. >> can you tell us about it? >> well, you know, you're -- you're under pressure all day long. and but, you know, you have to do it. and i'm glad i did. i think it helped create what the facts really are. >> obviously you're feeling good about this ruling by the jury. tell me really what the critical piece of evidence you think was that turned them, that made them come up with the idea that, in fact, you don't have to give aig this stock or this more than $4 billion. >> well, marie, there is no evidence whatever to support their contention. we had tons of evidence. david boise and his team organized it and presented it from 1970 all of the way through. there was no evidence whatever to justify their claim. >> and you started seco for what

. >>> miriam greenburg is the author brand in new york our city in crisis was sold to the world is theok. profs miriam greenberg, when you think of the 50's and 60's what do you think of? >> well, i feel that world war ii in the post -- new york in the post world war ii was in the pre-eminence in the united states and its fortunes were rising for a time. i a famous kind of working-class city to quote another book by joshua freeman. it was a city that had a lot of business during world war ii and its industries had been employed in many many new yorkers and was also a growing media capital. it was expanding its office infrastructure. it was growing in terms of the sighting of the united nations. it was getting a lot of international attention and a new way politically and it was part of, you know, it was seen internationally as the kind of capital of research of the u.s. following world war ii. yes, very much so so the star was rising in that period. >> what happened to new york in the 1970's? >> well, it's a complicated question that has global, national, local reasoning behind it. pol

of the businesses imitating each other or will there be certain niche players in the game seeking greenburg taha impleader will remain? >> guest: well, i don't think the hummer is doing so well these days but metaphorically, one of the things people need to understand it isn't a zero sum game. it's not here's the cost of doing something about climate change or we can just not do anything because both the cost and a substantial one. monitoring anything is when to have a cost in terms of our prosperity and in fairly short order because we are going to begin to experience and our children's lifetime certainly was some substantial effects. there's already a cost to the way we live and we don't even calculate into these comparisons. look at the health cost of our mode of transportation. we know people who live near have tighter instances of cancer and lung disease and that our cities, our children are experiencing more respiratory problems, morels my and so forth. all of that can be linked to our air pollution emissions from vehicles and factories and so forth. now here's the question for you. i

jan crawford greenburg has more for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the questions are going to be more intense. and the challenge for judge sotomayor is to stay on a message, that she repeated several times and several different ways, during a grueling eight hours of testimony. >> i want to state up front, unequivocally, and without doubt, i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> reporter: republicans charged her testimony was inconsistent with more than a decade of statements and opinions. and complained of a confirmation conversion, to win a lifetime appointment to the court. >> i'm very concerned that what you're saying today is quite inconsistent with your statement that you willing accept that your sympathies, opinions and prejudices may influence your decisionmaking. >> reporter: republicans grilled sotomayor, even citing anonymous complaints from lawyers that she's a bully on the bench. >> when you look at the ev evaluation of the judges on the second circuit, you stand out like a sore thumb

here to tell us more, travel expert peter greenburg.e you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> this summer, even more than usual, it really is the time to go, take advantage of america's treasures. >> you would think it wouldn't be because of the crowds, but this is the summer of the sale. even the national parks are on sale. they're going to wave the entrance fees, also august 15th to august 16th, it is free. >> which is great. it is a national park, i'll go camming. there is more to it. >> there is driving, hiking, there is all sorts of great tours, the park ranger tours, most of the national parks are free. for a family of four, if you want to camp, two nights at 60 bucks, come on. >> that's amazing. i love the deals. you have some specific ones that you want to highlight. we're going to make our way across the country. you pick out four of the best, starting off with one of your favorites. >> and one of your favorites too, aqaeda in maine. it is so gorgeous and so accessible because the shuttle buses are free, you can get up there on

jan crawford greenburg joins us with more.ood morning, jan. >> reporter: she's met with 89 senators, spent 6 weeks studying constitutional law and sat through countless prep sessions and she'll take the witness stand for the hearings that determines whether she gets a supreme court appointment for life. judge sotomayor's seat at the witness table will be ground zero in the latest battle over the supreme court and republicans and democrats are spoiling for a fight. >> she's had more experience than any other nominee in nearly a hundred years. >> i'll try to give her a fair hearing but am troubled. >> reporter: they'll sharply question her on race and affirmative action especially her comments that a "wise latina woman would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male." the supreme court also delivered a recent blow when it reversed one of her decisions in a discrimination case. sotomayor had ruled against a group of white and hispanic firefighters who claimed the city of new haven, connecticut, was given pre

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greenburg was before the committee is there any way to second guess this as a million dollars a weeks being spent on legal fees? >> i think what we can bring for the audits is an explanation with the federal government's involvement has been in other words as an 80% over how involved is the federal government making this decision verses aig management itself. >> back to the firewall question and this committee is concerned about im and member of a public board. i own stock in that. i'm not allowed to trade that during blind periods. is it any different to say that a member of congress who happens to have a foundation which owns stock but also sits on the board allows an individual would you say that is on wielding to say no you can't trade on behalf of yourself while in fact you have inside information, is that any more hoard than white or dealing with with various firms being given huge underwriting and huge leverage advantage is that the federal government expends in return for treating primarily on our behalf? >> i think that is the right difference is here these managers have up