as spirited as the ones we saw in hagerstown >>> more controversial comments made by secretary henry clinton during her trip to africa. she compared corruption issues to the election of 2000. >> our presidential election can down to one state where the brother of the man running for president with the governor of the state. we have our problems, too. >> she made the remarks after visiting with nigeria's president paid earlier in the we, she snapped at a student. >>> one of the two american journalists freed after being captured in north korea per speaking out. in a letter released earlier today, laura ling expressed hopes that her release would lead to other developments. bill clinton brought them home last week. ling said that the support that they received helped to keep their spirits up what they were locked in prison. >> today, president obama honored some with the highest civilian honor. >> recipients did not set out to win this or any other award. they did not set out in pursuit of glory, fame, or riches. >> senator kennedy's daughter accepted it while he battles brain cancer. among th

. >> there is a lot of chatter over a response from henry clinton in the," yesterday. a student asked her what her husband thought about an international matter. >> my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. [inaudible] i will tell you my opinion. i am not going to be channeling my husband. >> it was a simple mistake of language translation. mrs. clinton assured that student not to worry about it. she is pledging $17 million of american aid. >> mrs. clinton was so tired because of this journey. with great prices on home, now is the time to buy, right? >> and not necessarily. >> some relief in store for credit-card customers. >> a couple of strong thunderstorms on hd doppler. we will check the forecast coming up. right now, 87 at the >> it was a case that horrified the city. a 5-year-old girl shot in broad daylight. working as a firefighter, you expect danger every day, but one firefighter got a lot more than he expected seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack

. >> secretary of state henry clinton is appealing to iran for intermission of three missing americans, believed to be -- believed to have been arrested by iranian officials. they strayed over the border into iran and were arrested. the u.s. state department says it has been in touch with family members of the missing americans. >> cash for clunkers has turned out to be a hugely popular program, boosting car sells nationwide. the program will stall out at the end of this week unless the senate fills it with money. the request is for $2 billion by the senate might say no. >> with the u.s. senate considering the program runs out of cash, in chicago, they rushed to replace their 20-year old cadillac with a new car. >> you can't pass this deal up. >> the program is its success in terms of sales. >> chrysler is sending us more cars. it is fantastic. >> ford reported corporate sales up for the first time in two years. >> cash for clunkers put us over the top. >> less pollution, less fuel used, comparing the trade ins with their replacements. >> it is generating a 61% increase in fuel economy

clinton helped secure their release. nikole killion has some reaction from washington. >> secretary of state henry -- hillary clinton says she spoke to her husband and both journalists are extremely excited to come home. with bags in hand, they boarded a private jet with former flight back to los angeles where they are anxious to reunite with their family. >> i knew something positive was going to happen. it happened. i am so glad and so thankful. >> lisa ling and euna lee had been detained in north korea for. they were working for al gore. and they were there for a several months that they were arrested and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for illegally entering the country. korea along with al gore. >> he had some signal from the north koreans in advance that the trip would be successful. >> they met with the leader in north korea. there are tensions over the country's nuclear program. this could provide an opening to improve conditions. >> the future of our relationships with the north korea are up to them. >> the talks were ride whinging an exhaustive. it did not include anything beyond the release of the women. t

after that, secretary of state henry clinton meets with jordan's foreign minister.orrow morning, we will talk to the vice president tammy darvish about the cash for clunkers program. after that, burt folsom. later,, bill adair joins us. >> starting tuesday, the full senate debates the nomination of sonia sotomayor for supreme court justice. coming this fall, tour the home of america's highest court. >> now, a subcommittee examines the effectiveness of government agencies giving monetary bonuses for contractor performance. in this first panel, he will hear testimony from officials in the white house and the government accountability office. nasa officials testify later. >> the hearing will come to order. we are glad you are here and finkel that you are still in your jobs -- we are glad they you are here and thankful that you are still in your jobs. i try to raise -- sometimes i like to come early and there raise my chair much higher than the other chairs and put them at the very lowest level. i look like a chairman then. i am going to be joined by several of my colle

clinton in this situation? >> i have negotiated with everybody from henry waxman to ted kennedy. i have negotiated with both president clinton and president obama. i like every one of them. they have different perspectives than i do. we try to work together. when we do, will put the bill together for the modern generic drug industry and has ca-- it wn overwhelmingly supportive bill. we had a wide bipartisan support for the kennedy bill. it has worked amazingly well until they started pushing medicaid people into approach chip. they are trying to get us to a single payer system. if we go to that system. everybody in america will be very upset. look at canada. the leading canadian women on health care came out and said that situation is ready to implode. they cannot continue on the way they are going. that is a single payer system. greta: if senator kennedy is unavailable to vote and the democrats have all of these votes, it's going to pass? >> the democrats should be able to pass it because they have an overwhelming majority in the house and the senate. the only people they cannot

clinton. what is the difference? >> i have negotiated with everybody from henry waxman to ted kennedy. iated with president clinton and president obama. i like every one of them. they have different perspectives. ççwe are trying to work toget, but when we do, when we put the hatch-waxment together -- hatch- waxmen together, it has saved a lot of money. when we did the hatch-kennedy bill, we had a wide bipartisan support for that, and it worked amazingly well until they started pushing medicaid people into chip, again, an incremental step to get as to a single-payer system. i have to tell you, everybody in america is going to be sad. look at canada. just last week, the leading canadian woman on health care came on and said that situation is ready to implodes. -- to implode. that is a single-payer system up there. greta: let's say the democrats do have all of these votes, is this going to pass? be able toç pass it. that overwhelming majorities in the house, and they have 60 solid votes in the senate. the only people they cannot control his the american people who are showing opposition

henry kissinger she is popular in that role, these images don't foster that. >> bonnie: but condi rice was quite popular. >> but what we learned from africa was extremely important. not only was president clintonnt to save the day, but these hot-spots all over the globe, these seasoned elder statesman men, from ho holbrook to george mitchell. >> anybody who thinks that hillary clinton is not in on the policy of this administration, doesn't know hillary and doesn't know the administration. i love the notion that instead of having a secretary of state that sits there, and worries over these spots, she has agents out at these spots. and i also don't believe, i believe it is much too early, to write her off as no john foster dulles. this woman has such personal and imuintellectual power, that when she starts to fill that office you will know. >> i don't know, i think it will be a big leap to say that the country will see that type leadership again. but i would not discount her ability to come out as a very strong leader, especially when you compare that to the situation and kind of the political falls, pitfalls of president obama. she may come out very strong in the end. >> well a lot of people th

when henry kissinger became secretary of state, he found the juan w one way to end that rivalry was for one person to occupy both positions. hillary clinton is different, isn't she? she's still an enormously popular figure in the democratic figure, still one of the most admired americans both at home and abroad, and still a woman of formidable talent and drive. can she use all that to carve out a role and what distinctive mark does she want to leave in her position as secretary of state? what is her vision for the world? these are some of the questions i asked her in nairobi, kenya. let's get started. >> madam secretary, thank you for taking time out of this very hectic schedule to spend with us. >> thank you fareed. thank you for coming to nairobi for this opportunity. >> it is my pleasure. north korea, tell us a little bit more about it. so president clinton comes back, he spends three hours talking to the leader of north korea, kim jong-il what was his impression? >> we're going to get a full debriefing which we really haven't had a chance to get. >> you haven't had the chance to speak to him? >> i did. i spoke to him on the phone, but

henry waxman the stage is set for a full vote. politico is pointing out that health reform never cleared the energy and commerce committee back in '93 during the clinton years. does this bode well for the passage of this bill this time around? >> yeah, interesting when the fabled john dingell who is still in the house, the longest serving member, was the czar of the energy committee he did not get it through. it bodes well for some sort of agreement. i think we're going to be here in the fall, and the contours of a congressional debate on both sides is pretty clear. "a," is there going to be some sort of public option? "b," what will employers be obligated to pay for workers' insurance? and finally, how are we going to pay for all this? real conflicts, the house ways and means committee wants a surtax on the wealthy. the senate finance committee doesn't like that idea. so there's going to be a battle roy royale. >> sarah palin, asked you to think about this when you left us last hour, no tweets, no facebook, no nothing since stepping down as governor nearly a week ago now. she said she's not going to appear at a reagan library event everyone thought s