laundering case involving millions of dollars, some of it from the sale of counterfit goods such as gucci prada designer hand bags. that led to politicians suspected of corruption including alleged bribes. among the more notable, a man convincing people to sell their kidneys for transplants. these are the cities in new jersey where the mayors are now in cuffs. hoe boeingan, right across the river, and ridgefield and secaucus. you know, you watch south carolina for a while. you liken south carolina the governor goes off to argentina with his -- but in new jersey, they have rabbis selling kidneys out of gucci bags. i mean, what are we doing here? >> the bags are nothing, shepard. the story about the kidney seems like a "law&order" story. that's been going on for 10 years. first, let me tell you how they pulled it off. three mayors, assemblymen, a slew of political officials, and it all came down to one single cooperating witness or c.w., as it's called. listen. >> i don't donate, i investigate. the c.w. would say in meetings, in parking lots, at restaurants, luncheonettes, basement boiler p

juliet: in hoboken, bribery, money laundering, kidneys for sale, gucci bags for sale. rabbis and politicians were arrested in a scandal spanning the globe, from hoboken, new jersey, to tel aviv. is this bust just the beginning? will there be more arrests? jon: astronauts are out spacewalking. take a live look there. they are making up for some unfinished business. why today's stroll in space is on like any other. wwwwu5+. jon: a couple of american astronauts are very busy with an important chore in space. they awoke this morning to the sounds of pink floyd's "wish you were here." that is why we were playing that music on the break. chris cassidy and tom marsh are now replacing batteries on the space station. it is a 7.5 our walk today. two of the six original batteries were changed on wednesday, but it had to be cut short because carbon dioxide levels in astronaut cassidy's suit unexpectedly rose. he was moving so fast at the start of the last walk, his air cleansing canister could not keep up and did not work as well as it should have. both astronauts are moving a bit

bill: i am looking for a gucci bag and two kidneys. megyn: i have to say, that is not a bad deal for $15,000. bill: what would you do with $3 billion? the department of the interior has not done much. of the $3 billion it has been allocated, it has spent only $12 million. this from a program expected to jump-start the economy. one representative from washington, a representative of the house national -- natural resources committee is with me. what is going on here? >> the head of the interior is testifying, and i think he needs to answer up. president obama said we needed to pass this massive stimulus package in order to create jobs, and we needed to do it right away. the department of interior got nearly $3 billion of that, and secretary salazar said that we have shovel-ready jobs to go. here we are five months later, and less than one-half of 1% of that money has gone out the door. now most americans are asking, where are the jobs? bill: how many jobs could you create with $9 billion? >> if you left it up to the private sector, proba

with trafficking black market organs from donors in israel and laundering the sale of counterfeit gucci and prada bags. >> today's arrest highlight three separate criminal schemes, but all share themes of deceit, abuse of power and betrayal of trust. jersey's corruption problem is one of the worst if not the worst in the nation. >> the fbi says new jersey may be the most corrupt sate in the nation. the governor says the scale is quote, simply outrageous and cannot be tolerated. coming up, we'll talk to a reporter and author. >> that's the other big story, health care. the bill will not be on the president's desk before congress heads out for their recess. here is why. according to harry reid, this is what he had to say. >> i think that it's better to have a product that is one based on quality, thoughtfulness. >> nancy pelosi is more optimistic. she says the house will be able to meet the president's august deadli deadline. >> going forward, we have a few issues that we are going to resolve. i believe in the next 48 hours and we are on schedule to go forward with this. >> and republican

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but the codes were gucci and the banks were louis vuitton per roi and they were carrying briefcases as a lawyer so they were clearly part of a modern world but still respecting the tradition and traditional culture or in saudi arabia going to a party in someone's home, the women arrived fully clothed and covered with a driver because they are not allowed to drive and they would be doctors, lawyers and happy from their expression that the fact they did not have to worry about but dressed to the nines looking incredibly modern what we would call secular, modernity is. mia seeing a dichotomy? >> i think you are seeing is women's rights activists are a minority in our country and in most countries this traditional order i am talking about is something that gives meaning and structure to the lives of both men and women so to say they are as invested as men is clear. but it is also true that unless we get into a deep philosophical debates about relativism i think the purpose we can say the abuses on women in the saudi arabia are profound and terrible. the fact that many women have made accom

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false goods like gucci bags, allegations of buying kidneys for $10,000 and selling them for one 50,000that is creepy to begin with. and these people were laundering money new, moving around the world to try to hide its sources, corruption. so this is a very sad day for the citizens of new jersey. jane: i guess we're used to a corruption have line. but these religious leaders acted as crime bosses. rise as of losses. >> that is simply outrageous. for these people to wrap themselves in a veil of being religious and having dedication to the almighty and then turned around and use this to hide their activities and money- laundering -- this is just a monstrous evil, if you look at it. jane: that is a large undertaking. kudos to them. we will get more details about how all of these lawmakers are tied together. thank you for joining us. jon: on the other side of the river from new jersey right now they are preparing to memorialize walter cronkite, the legendary newsman. funeral services are about to get under way, and the hearse has just arrived preconceived it backing up there on right corne

the rabbis' charges range from gucci bags. one synagogue said the whole thing so hard to believe, because the rabbis gave ser mons on the need to be ethical. >> we're hearing, too, another part of this whole case. a man accused of trying to arrange the sale of human body parts on the black market. what's going on here? >> adding more sensation to the story, levi rosenbaum was accused of trying to sell a kidney to an fbi agent for $160,000. the fbi agent set up a meeting saying his uncle needed that kidney. he had been arranging kidney sales for ten years and he is accused of acting as a human organ broker. >>> a driver jumped into action to save a three-year-old girl from a burning suv. check this out here. the girl's grandmother was behind the wheel, and the suv flipped on its side and caught fire on this southern california freeway. she and two other people escaped, but the little girl was trapped inside of this. then a guy came running. >> what's going through your mind through this whole thing? >> i thought we were both go

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fake gucci handbags. nothing is staggering. apparently paying people $10,000 and turning around and selling those organs for $160,000, but, i digress. the feds caught a number of people who allegedly had no problem breaking the law. it began as an investigation into international money laundering allegedly by a hand full of prominent new jersey allies and turn under to a far-reaching probe of corruption in new jersey as nearly 30 politicians and public officials, democrats and republicans were rounded up in what prosecutors called the largest sweep of its kind. >> this case is not about politics, certainly not about religion. it is about crime, corruption, it is about arrogance, it is about a shocking betrayal of the public trust. >> reporter: the two cases are linked by a single cooperating witness posing as a real estate developer. but, in fact, work rg for the government says new jersey's top prosecutor. >> i don't donate, i invest in meetings in parking lots, in restaurants, diners, offices, basement boiler rooms and bathro

>> reporter: jon gosselin returned from paradise last night, with a pair of gucci bags in tow.m a riviera yacht trip, with hailey glassman. glassman, is the daugt over the plastic surgeon of the doctor who performed kate's tummy-tuck in 2006. according to goes lynn, the statement, what began as a friendship has grown into more. but i hope that people can see i'm a regular guy, who is going through a very difficult time in life. and wants to move forward. that means moving forward, less than three weeks after announcing he was divorcing kate, his wife of ten years. >> how's kate taking all of this? you out with a girlfriend? guess you're not speaking? >> i don't know this guy. in fact, i would think about this, potentially, as a very hostile, public act, to his still wife. >> reporter: while jon was living it up in st. tropez, kate was back in westernersville, pennsylvania, keeping her routine. jon would only say, kate and i agreed to a 45-day period, where we wouldn't talk about each other. jon and hailey were on board a caught with christian audigier, talking about a new cloth