but owning $300,000 in gold -- would be too much of your assets tied up in something that's very volatile. and has significant risk over time. >> caller: all right. >> but if you're going to buy gold, i would like you to buy something that's kind of like a mutual fund of gold. known as an etf. exchange-traded fund is the kind of gold you should buy. research this term -- gold etf fund. because gold etf allows you to own the underlying gold without you having to handle it, store it, or without you paying big fees to buy and sell it. but i would be careful taking too much of that low-earning cd money and throwing it into gold. because that would ultimately prove to be very risky. >>> michael is with us, hello, michael. >>. >> caller: hi, clark, how are you? >> great, thank you. i understand that you were ill recently. are you okay now? >> caller: much better, thanks for asking. last month i had to go to an emergency room locally for flu symptoms. and saw the doctor for a few moments, paid the bill, left, everything was fine. then i get about a month later, i receive another bill for doctor

has turned in to a gold mine. the company urges people to send in their gold jewelry in exchange for money. it became a household name with the super bowl ads featuring ed mcmahon and mc hammer. it brought in $90 million in sales so far and on track to hit 160 million in sales by the end of the year. >>> time for the money saving tip of the day. it can be hard to put away money, especially when times are tight. here's a way to do something good for your body at this same time. each time you skip a snack or dessert, put it in your savings account. it is really going to add up. and the twin goals of losing weight and saving money could keep you motivated on both fronts. >> pretty good idea. we were talking about the fancy coffees. if you put that aside it is a lot of money. >> good deal. i was hoping for something else, too but thank you. >>> a watch dog group has determined which foods are most likely to make us sick. that story is coming up. >>> plus, after chicago was rejected as the host of the 2016 olympics ther

>> you know, i do think investors want to continue to put money to work in gold. it wouldn't shock me to see a bit of a pullback. if you look at gold longer term, i don't think it's an overvalue people might suggest. i do worry a lot about the supply of dollars we've seen. the monetary basis doubled over the past year. if and when that spreads to the real economy and banks start lending again, i would be really concerned about the dollar. gold is a natural hedge. >> stu, what's your investment strategy based on a weak dollar? >> i think ki verse fiing globally is the watch word, maria. the dollar has gone down pretty hard against the euro and the yen. it could still go down further. the dollar on a tradewind basis is still 10%, 12% above where it was in the lows in the cycle. it's got downside room. longer term i think the question of the dollar is going to depend on the environment for corporate profits here, on the environment for investment returns here. and ultimately it's going to depend on whether the fed is obliged to mon etiz this federal debt. the fed's to

increase the amount of money you save, whether you choose to tut p in real estate, or in a 401(k), in gold, in whatever. the amount of savings you got to generate per month has got to go up. so you can boost how much money you'll have to live on later in life. now, to the question i'm asked a lot -- if you're burnt out by a stock market and you really feel like it ate you up, what is it you can do? gold? that can be a small amount of what you do. but don't be dazzled by the run-up that gold had recently. second, real estate, a great opportunity. very different than stock market investing. but i do believe in real estate for the long haul, as an investor of rental properties. so if you want to diversify away, fine. most important thing, though, is save, save, save. >> next on clark howard? >> we definitely always try to save. i think you've always got to be prepared for the worst. >> they then purposely messed up your computer and then held your computer hostage and wanted you to buy your computer back from them. they kidnapped your computer. >> caller: right. >> catch that and more this su

. >> bullish refrms in gold today. commodity closes higher by 13 bucks above the $1,000 mark. joe, you made a pretty good move on gold in terms of buying it when you did a couple weeks ago. >> what was miss k this morning from a higher equities market was the participation of the commodities space but got that as we went further along in the day. right now the commodities tried trade, the gold trade, it is not about inflation, it is about liquidity. it is a liquidity-driven trade right now. gold looks like it wants to take out the 1033.90 high back from the bear stearns days. commodities, you had a nice reversal in oil, nice reversal in copper and when you look at the equities names themselves the coal names pete talks about, the steel names i talk about, they were on fire this morning. the entire commodity space i believe through the -- >> you've got to splain when you say it's a liquidity driven trade. >> it's an accommodative policy around the world. global central banks just want to flood the system with as much cash as they possibly can, stimulate, stimulate, stimulate gr

the first lady dressed in olympic gold for the occasion. really stole the show. spoke in a personal way. her voice quivering almost throughout the presentation. she talked about t importance of the para olympic games and her father's battle with multiple sclerosis. the president talked about the broad strokes, and america's desire to inspire. but it was the first lady's personal pitch, when she told them she was dreaming of these games. dreaming big. how much she wanted the athletes to come to chicago. i think that is really what stole the show today. you know, brazil hasn't gone yet. and rio, they say, is the one to watch. >> certainly sounds like a heartfelt pitch from the first lady. have to ask, though. just hours to go, what's the mood? is there a front-runner right now? >> everybody's money is on rio here in copenhagen. but you never know. like diana said, london came in and stole it from paris. so, we just have to watch. there's a lot of people who think that the president, oprah winfrey, and the first lady, did a lot of great work here on the ground. you k

gold. people forget that. how does one go about cashing in jewelry? the problem with gold is -- gold jewelry, anyway -- it is not a set amount. it is not pure gold. 14 tariff is 58% gold, and again, it is not exactly 40 karat c -- 14 karat gold. your best bet, shop around. there's probably more than one person in your town who buys. you can sell scrap gold. 14 karat, 10 karat. i buy lots of other kinds of gold, too. i buy gold sand, and that is only 1% or 2% neil: i do not think my wife is watching, but she thinks she has a lot of real gold jewelry. it is just cost him. what can i do if things get tough in the cavuto household? >> you could go to pawnshops. here in new york, there are hundreds of them. go get offers for them. neil: right, but you are not going to get as much. costume -- is it a gold? >> cost a mistake. -- costume is fake. it has no value. neil: have you noticed a lot of people doing it now? >> i see a lot of people selling out. the economy in vegas is pretty bad. neil: and that is a pretty big thing in vegas? >> bling has always been

nyse euronext powering the exchanging world there was a $50 drop in gold. now in the markets, the sectors like energy and materials led the way. banks were also strong and retailers did their part. the index dropped 4 .5% across the board. that's terrific. now you know, my point f washington doesn't screw this all up by destroying the dollar, stocks are telling us the economy is healthier than almost anyone believes. a printer of the v shaped recovery if we would save the green back. so, do we set our sights on the october 9th, 2007 market peaks of two years ago? let's talk briefly about this with our pal dan fitzpatrick, stock market mentor. let's read the numbers out. october 9th, 2007. we called this the good old days. dow was 14,164. the s&p 500, 1565. the nasdaq was 2859. the nasdaq peaked in 2000. to date s&p 500 was at 1071. what is your take, dan? can we march back to the old highs? >> i don't know. back then i remember the cotton was high. the living was easy. i mean, i think it's going -- i think it's going to be kind of a tough trek back to the hi

in brazil. also, you're going to see flows into the tourism sector. so the airlines. gold and tam are going to do well. then there's names like local car rental in brazil and dufre, the duty free in brazil. vale and petrobras are the big blue chips in brazil. those will get more flow. there's also a small cap etf, ticker br frchlt. it's the market vertical small cap brazil etf. we think that's an easy way to play the small caps. trades about 10 million a day, so it's pretty liquid. that's another name we like to play, small caps for brazil. >> the other good news for brazil this year, the huge oil find off the coast. >> yeah, petrobras has discovered a lot of oil offshore on the pretty solid area. that's kind of a long-term investment theme for brazil but it's definitely a sizable find. so there is going to be investment needed to bring it out of the ground, but yes, it's definitely another positive for the investment case in brazil. >> what about security? do you remember the movie "city of god" which was all about the horrendous crime levels there and the gangs that coul

the fire broke out in gold's gym just before 5:00 this morning. nobody was injured. investigators confirmed the fire had several points of origin, which is why they are treating it as a suspicious fire. >>> it's a great start to the workweek, weather wide, with -- weatherwise, with clear skies for miles. here's a live look outside. how will the rest of the week shape up? bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods have a look at first warning radar. >> let's take a look at radar. nothing around here for miles. just as you mentioned. the closest rain. and you can find a few showers across the eastern carolina now. that's all moving out to sea. not not going to impact our region. a few sprinkles here up near utica, new york. there is something that may get to us late, late tomorrow night early wednesday. bernadette has a look at your tuesday. and beyond forecast. bernadette? >> that's right. just a little bump in the road coming our way. but tomorrow, still beautiful. it will be a chilly start to the day. but temperatures warming up close to 71 again in the afternoon.

i thought i was living in the gold old usa. the fact that somebody in a voluntary program can enforce this by putting you in jail by a threat, by coercion and all of those things as opposed to having an incentive plan where people voluntarily want to do this is an outrageous thing. it is the tyranny of the government again. we're slowly slipping into total fascism in this country. you got to be careful. you have to know that your congressman is jeopardizing your own freedom. >> hold on. hold on, nancy. listen, here is the thing, i mean, again, your's going back to taxing the high-end earners, potentially the middle class. this is a tax. >> well, to your class warfare point, go to any prison. it is 98% poor people, but if anything, there is class warfare the other way in prison. anybody who owes the federal government money and doesn't pay it could face jail. it is called not paying federal obligation. states have no say in this, by the way, and this talk of states they might as well have a civil war because the federal governmen

gold. i've been wrong, but i won't get in because i've seen the movie to a certain extent. ure i know how it ends. it doesn't matter.minors work because people is chasing. frankly, it's freeport-mcmorran. we made a big deal of gold going to 150. look at freeport, a name we've been on, frankly, forever and that stock looks like it's broken out above 75 and that's the big play out of all of them, frankly. >> going back to you, katie. they're thinking 1080 in the short term and what in the technician's mind is short term. >> short term, that could occur before october 23rd based on the measured move price target from this week's breakout, and i think the breakout's in the gold stocks are also very real. earlier in september we saw the price of gold break out from the long-term triangle formation and that's the theme we've been on internally for some time now and that yielded a long-term target of about 1185. so i think that this move continues. >> let's talk about another sector out there that is also in fuego, now at session highs. some indications that house speaker nancy pel

having kids, being around kids and watching them liking being in the pool. >> reporter: an olympic gold medalist looking for ways t make a splash. keith garvin, news 4. >> michael phelps says he enjoys doing commercials but doesn't know if hollywood is in his future. for now he's concentrating on swimming and one more olympic game. >>> captain sullenberger and first officer jeffrey skiles took to the skies together for the first time since what is called the miracle landing in the hudson river. this morning the two men flew from charlotte, north carolina to new york then later in the day they finished the flight from laguardia back to charlotte. that's the one they started back in january. incredibly one of the 155 survivors from the miracle landing happened to be on sullenberger's first flight again. >> i think it's really taking it full circle because, you know, i was on their last flight and now i'm on theirirst flight. >> it was great to fly with jeff again. secondly, being back in the cockpit felt very familiar. it was like coming home. >> "the hill" newspaper reports republicans t

gold? what do they do? >> in effect, honestly, you sit back and you observe the fact that if you don't wake up, if you're not attentive to the fact that the world is changing underneath you, and in america, we still have the chance to change, those individuals, or the bodies that makes these decisions, you don't wake up to that. if that doesn't occur, then you are going to be subject to what occurs to you. it is a tough one. glenn: thank you very much. one of the stories that we have been following is acorn. well, the leader of acorn has been accused of embezzling a million dollars. next guest says you had your numbers wrong, way off. louisiana attorney general buddy caldwell, here, next. to other people, then don't bother watching this commercial. i've taken precautions all my life to protect my identity. i've been in law enforcement all my life... and my identity was stolen. did you know that identity theft has topped... the federal trade commission's list of consumer complaints... for the last eight years? it'

gold settled above $1,044 an ounce. prices are already up 20% this year. and heading for their ninth annual gain in a row. gold prices are closely tied with the value of the dollar and the value of the dollar has been sinking as gold has rallied. as i mentioned earlier alcoa officially kicks off earnings season today, and tomorrow we'll get third quarter results from pepsico and marriott. this is like oscar business for people. >> i like how you put that. wear something pretty! >> reporter: yeah, exactly. >> thanks, steph. >> reporter: sure. >>> all right, a 12-year-old girl sues over a major league slugger's home run. she caught the ball. he wanted it back. all right, are you ready, are you ready for the turnout? you'll have to wait till the other side of the break. >>> education secretary arne duncan and attorney general eric holder are in chicago. they're talking with mayor richard daley and community leaders about ways to stop violence against school kids. this was all prompted by the murder of 16-year-old derrion albert, the honor student was killed by a mob of teenagers while walking to a bus stop. t

i kid you not there's a man in charge of used gold bars. e says. >> here are the coins. can i just walk in with a pile of cash or credit card and say i'd like a few of those and walk out with them? >> that's the idea. the idea is we have a simple service for customers. they are able to purchase gold over the counter, provided they meet our requirements. they come in and purchase in the usual way, walk straight out. >> just walk straight out. i've got to tell you rich i think there might be something in that store that may be better suited for our budgets. it's a $15 gold bar option and it's made out of chocolate. >> fantastic. >> you like that? >> i like that a lot better. i'm sure i meet his requirements as he put it. >> i think we can afford that one. >> you got it girl. >>> this is an interesting story. some former guantanamo detainees claim they were tortured with extremely loud music. now musicians want to know if their songs were used in interrogations. groups like r.e.m. and pearl jam joined in a freedom of information act request. th

but the logic behind buying gold at this point is look, gold has had every reason in the last seven days to go down and it has not. ranging from the news from barrick gold to the imf selling gold to the federal reserve itself and getting a little bit of a bid in the u.s. dollar. gold just has not gone down. and gold should go down. and when gold goes down, it goes down violently. and it has not done so. that is why i believe the trade here to the up side. >> listen, and you can make the same argument that it had every opportunity to go up and it didn't. it's definitely a tug of war right now on the gold market. it had a nice reversal today. it should break out from where we are right now. it has no reason to stop going higher. it does scare me, though. >> it's about inflation fears, right? >> i'm going to take a pause because we do have some breaking news here. we have been speculating in the past will ken lewis make it through the year? no better guy to talk about this than charlie gasparino. charlie, what is the latest? >> our long national nightmare is coming to an end. not really. he

. >> patricia traded in her burgundy and gold for pink wild cheering on the home team. is all part of the nfl's crucial catch program in collaboration with the american cancer society to raise awareness for breast cancer. outside the city, a mammogram van was set up to give free screenings and provide information. the cause was carried on to the field as well. from could lead to campbell, the players and coaches were thinking pink. some bands, including patricia cotton, were happy to see the men stand behind a disease that affects so many women. >> it affects so many family members. but to many people ignore the cancer. they think of breast cancer is only for women, but the men suffered just as much. they lose their mother, they lose their sister, and is very important. >> a lot of pink mixed in with the burgundy and ld today. these breast cancer awareness events will continue throughout october here at fedex field as well as throughout the season. >> some wounded warriors were among the people participating in the 25th annual army 10 mile race today. soldiers who lost t

in 10 of the last 11 weeks. keep your eye on that. gas still a volatile trade. gold seems to be more in keeping what was going on with the dollar. the dollar weakened and gold went up. the other metals stayed down. and it's about global growth fears. rick, i know you're watching the dollar all day. interesting that the oil didn't respond more to the weakness. >> we all know that a lot of commodities like gold are just so indirectly correlated with the dollar, because they're denominated in dollars. but oil and energy and gas, they have a life, they have seasonality. national gas season starting, winter coming. now, in terms of how did it turn out for the week on treasury, so fascinating. look at this. they're down a dozen basis points on the week, unchanged on the day. a ten-year note, right now, it's actually helping steepen the curve a bit. up five on the day, but still down nine basis points on the week. something to pay attention to. and the last dollar index, we've all heard about the indirect relationship with the dollar in stocks. but on the week, the dollar i

in terms of gold, traders on the floor saying it's not only the gold futures that are getting a lift, but gld, which gets a high when we're seeing this rally in the stock market. natural gas futures up over 5% today. we did see natural gas etf issuing shares for the first time since july. that also contributing to the rally in natural gas prices. rick santelli, to you in chicago. >> thank you, sharon. you know, this morning started out with some pretty interesting news. maybe it doesn't fix everything immediately. but to see it above 50 reads for the first time in a year on the biggest section of the economy in terms of the service sector, it was really good news. now, everything fell into place. the equities did better. but the dollar didn't. interest rates normally associated with moving higher on good data. well, they're virtually unchanged. if you look at a one-month chart of the dollar index, we're only 3/4 of a cent within striking distance of the one-year low, closing around 76 the 23rd of september. the beginning of fiscal 2010 for the u.s., there's going to be less bills, and

and that is, you are going to have to increase the money that you save, in gold, whatever, the amountf savings you generate has got to go up so you can boost the amount you have to live on later in life. now, to the question i'm asked a lot, if you're burnt out by the stock market, you really feel like it ate you up, what is it that you can do? gold? if you want to do gold or precious metals, that can be a small amount of what you do, but don't be dazzled by the run-up gold had recently. second, real estate, a great opportunity. very different than stock market investing. but i do believe in real estate for the long haul as an investor of rental properties. if you want to diversify, fine. the most important thing, though, is save, save, save. >>> next on "clark howard" -- >> we definitely tried to save and we definitely never lived out of our means. i think you have to be prepared for the worst. >> they then purposely messed up your computer and then held your computer hostage and wanted you to buy your computer back from them. >> caller: right. >> they kidnapped your computer. >> cat

have to increase the money thaw save, whether you choose to put it in real estate or in a 401(k), in gold in whatever, the amount of savings that you've got to generate per month has got to go up so you can boost how much money you'll have to live on later in life. now, to the question i'm asked a lot, if your burnt whal is it that you can do? gold? you want to do gold or precious metals? that can be a small amount of what you do. second, real estate, a great opportunity. very different than stock market investing. but i do believe in real estate for the long hall as an investor of rental properties. >>> next on clark howard -- >> definitely never lived out of our vehicle. >> took your tomorrow kout peer hostage and wanted you to buy the computer back to them. >> catch that and a lot more this sunday at 4:00 p.m. on clark howard. >>> hi, i'm very familiar with the area and versus water prepared to operate. and known to make a deal and that's something that -- >> well, not after the fact but as part of negotiations. >> well, let's say the lifting agent has a listing at 6%. you are coming t

. >> reporter: the first lady appropriately shining in gold, emphasized chicago's diversity and love of other cultures. >> and i am dreaming of an olympic and paralympic games in chicago that will light up lives and neighborhoods all across america and all across the world. >> reporter: afterwards, the president and first lady took time to shake hands and take photos with the olympic voters, making every last best effort. >> i think chicago could not have made a better presentation. obviously, now it's up to the ioc members. >> reporter: it has been a hard-fought race all along, but especially in these last 48 hours. >> we were saying earlier to those from the united states, it's just like the iowa caucuses, where every single vote counts, and down to the last second. and we said, do you need a break? and she said, "we didn't come here to rest, we came here to work." >> reporter: the rest of the work is up to the ioc, facing the difficult decision today to send the olympics perhaps to unchartered territory in south america, with the choice of rio, or perhaps more lucrative ground in e

. >>> firefighters fight a fire in gold's gym. no injuries are reported.fire investigators are at the scene but it's too early to say if this was a result of arson >>> a local rabbi is once again being accused inappropriate behavior. five additional women are accusing rabbi max of touching them en appropriately or making >>> this man faces charges of stalking sports caster erin andrews an putting hidden camera nude videos of her on the internet. we'll bring you the latest. >>> and could you spend a year without toilet paper? this couple did and they took it even further. they'll tell you about their year of no impact living and going green to the extreme "early" this monday morning, october 5th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >>> very nice crowd out here this morning. right? from all over america. >> this this is what stood out to me. you are like -- you're standing out. what's your name? >> i'm linda and this is frances. we're from charleston south carolina. >> look hike you're having fun in new york. >> it's all about pink this month. welcome back to "th

. >> party time in brazil as rio strikes gold. th the first south american country to host the games. there is a shocking chicago, the front runner is voted out in the first round. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, still finding survivors for two days after powerful earthquakes in indonesia. prove he is alive, the first pictures of the captured israeli soldier, gilad shalit, are released. it will be the first time south america has ever hosted the olympics. four countries on four continents bid for the games and it was rio that beat off challenges from madrid, tokyo, and chicago. even a personal intervention by two obamas was not enough to sswing it for their home town. >> tonight, i have the honor to announce that the games of the 331st olympiad are awarded to rio de janeiro. [applause] >> the joy of finding out that four years of hard work had ended in success. they had defeated the world's most powerful man. the president that touched down just an hour before the chicago presentation. his challenge was to persuade the

what's necessary, irrespective of politics to protect the american people. >> in the short amount of time left, going for the gold in copenhag copenhagen. was it a mistake for the president to go out on the world stage and be rebuffed by the ioc and not bring the games home? >> it's never a mistake for the president of the united states to be willing to fight and compete on behalf of our country, and that's what he did. and he would do it again in a nanosecond. this was about competing with three other compelling candidacies for the olympics and bringing that home to the united states. the day i'll get concerned is when we have a president in the white house who refuses to fight for the united states and compete because he's concerned about pun kdits or political criticism. >> finally, talking about the united nations, the body where you're now serving as our ambassador. recently during the u.n. general assembly in new york, americans sue this kind of parade of anti-americanism. you see chavez of venezuela, ahmadinejad of iran and gadhafi who may still be speaking as far as we know. you once said the u.n. is impe

gold. the precious metal rising because the dollar is weakening, and it generally moves in the opposite direction, but adjusted for inflation, gold is still nowhere near its all-time highs. we continue to see signs of a strengthening economy, and even so there are still calls for another stimulus package. is it necessary? joining us now to talk about that and a whole lot more is ed lazeer, stanford university professor and former chair of the council of economic advisors. ed, wonderful to see you once again. thank for joining us. >> thank you. good to be back with you. >> so the talk keeps on going about the possibility of a second stimulus package. do you think it's necessary? >> well, i don't think it's necessary, and i would say that primarily for two reasons. first, most of the money has not yet been spent, the money that's already allocated in the current stimulus bill. if we look at what the government has proposed, next year is actually a bigger spending year than this year. there's still a lot of spending power out there. the second thing that i would say is that if we look at the effects

have to increase the money thaw save, whether you choose to put it in real estate or in a 401(k), in gold, the amount of savings that so you know how much money to live on in your life. and if you're burnt out by the stock market, you really feel like it ate you up, what is it that you can do. the small amount of what you do, but don't be daz zelled by that. second, real estate is a great opportunity. very different than stock market investing but i do believe in staying for the long haul as an investment on the properties. if you want to diversify a way, fine. the most important thing is to save, save, save. >>> next on clark howard -- >> they then to hold hostage and want to buy the computer back. >>> get that and a lot more this sunday at 4:00 p.m. on "clark howard." >>> hi, i'm very familiar with the area and versus water prepared to operate. and known to make a deal and that's something that -- >> well, not after the fact but as part of negotiations. >> well, let's say the lifting agent has a listing at 6%. you are coming there with no agent that they have to co-op with. in the askin

it happened at gold's gym in park ville. when firefighters arrived, they found at least one broken window in the building. arson investigators did respond to the scene. but firefighters have not said whether the flames were intentionally set. >>> the man accused of drowning his 3 children in a baltimore hotel room will go to trial this week. police say the 42-year-old confessed to killing his children in the downtown marriott hotel in march of 2008. investigators say he also tried to kill himself. defense attorneys maintain that castillo was not sane at the time. the trial is scheduled to start tomorrow. >>> troops killed in afghanistan continues to grow. the rising death toll is putting pressure on the obama administration. here's joel brown reporting on the president's tough choices. >> reporter: u.s. and afghan forces moved quickly to seal off insurgent strongholds in eastern afghanistan this morning after hundreds of militants launched a series of deadly attacks over the weekend. 8 u.s. troops were killed. another u.s. s

look at metals because since we last checked in gold was negative, now pos pif the most of that because of the dollar trade, melissa. we are, you know, rick talked about 76.80 as a key level of the dollar trade and dollar index. we are now below that. i want to point out silver and copper still weaker than gold. back to you. >> brian shactman, thank you. >>> the ceo of cnbc's parent company general electric says the company is holding discussions on partnerships or an idea for nbc universal unit. he's speaking at conference in new delhi responding to a question on whether ge was talking to comcast about buying a stake in nbc. >> partner ship with vivendi for many years? if for some reason vivendi decides not to sell, not saying the venture we've said for a long time we would consider a ipo or other partnerships and activities that would strengthen nbc for the future. that's the context of any discussion. and that's really where it stands. >> cnbc, of course, is a unit of nbc universal. that deal under consideration was first reported by the brain, our very own david fib faber. take a lo

gold. which means you already know how many snakes there are in the grass who are out there pretending to sell gold or selling gold but ripping you off when you go to buy it. >>> as you have probably figured out by now, i am a very opinionated guy, and it's all about you taking control of your wallet. if you go to cnn.com/clarkhoward and scroll down to commentaries, i have a variety of them there for you to see how to take control right now. >>> now we are at the cheap way of seeing the bird's-eye view of london. we are at monument tower. had to walk 311 steps up from the ground. we have a view of the complete panorama of london. very much like the london eye but at one-seventh the cost. plus behind me, if you look over here, we have tower bridge and the tower of london. a beautiful view from up here. all you have to do is be fit enough to walk the stairs. every day when i'm doing research for my radio show, i go to cnnmoney.com. you should too. poppy harlow is here from cnnmoney.com with some good money tips for you. poppy? >> hey, there, clark. trying to keep your small business afloat in th

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, contributing editor, danny bonaduce, actor and raid show talk show host of 94.1 wysp in philadelphia and judy gold, comedian store air. welcome to the show. >> thank you, joy. >> is that show finished. please tell me. >> it might be. jon is putting a stop to filming. they'll show a couple more episodes until november. that's stuff they've been taking. they're stringing it together. the reason he's trying to stop it is because he wants to star in a show of his own. and now believe is or not, he's teaming up with michael lohan, as in lindsay lohan's father. >> another bargain. >> right to. do a show called -- to do a show called "the divorced dad's club." >> oh, god, that's going to be a hit, don't you think? do you really want to watch that? >> do you pay attention to this story of jon and kate? >> i have been day paying attention to the story of jon and kate and i find it fascinating that anyone would want to air out their dirty laundry like that. >> i do it for a living. that's my job. >> he's barring -- he wants to bar the tlc cameras from filming his kids. >> yeah. when he was on the show he di

in fix and starts and we need to grind out this recovery step by step. >> plus, prospects fade from public options. part of the health care plan. >>> and the president goes for the gold but comes home empty handed. the 2016 games to be held injury ohio, not chick kag go. strong opinions about what it means. and david brooks and e.j.dione and mike murphy. >>> finally, in our meet the press minute, remembering william sapphire, who appeared on this program 99 times throughout the course of his career. >>> but, first, news about iran and this morning's newspaper, the new york times reports that they may be closer to producing a nuclear weapon as it comes as the international inspector irs with ahmadinejad. what does it mean for the negotiations with iran? here with us live is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. welcome. >> good morning. thank you. >> this is what the article says. iran has the ability to produce a nuclear bomb. and the senior steve members of the united nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis says came from intelligence agencies and it's own investigations. but the report's conclusions, described by senior eur

so i think that she is being portrayed in this case as a gold digger using him in order to try to makeop in the media world. and when that did not work, of course, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. >> see, i think that's sexist. because this guy has a track record. and i'm going to go to steve kardian on this. this is not the first or only time steve phillips has cooked up his own sex scandal stew. >> i haven't gotten to him yet. >> 11 years ago. so let me -- i'll tell you the facts, then we'll go back to dr. dale. 11 years ago phillips was general manager of the new york mets and he admitted to having sex with a team employee, who sued him for sexual harassment. that case was later settled out of court. "the new york post" quotes an espn source who says phillips is suspected of sleeping with several espn employees. so again, back to dale archer. this is more than hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. >> well, i know, but i had only done half of it. so now we've got to go to mr. phillips and say that look, he does have a record of being a serial adulterer, without a doubt. and

in the first round. it would be a great city to host the games. we just have to go back to the drawing board. alisyn: your team won the goldin los angeles. how does the host city affect the athletes? >> it makes a difference. i competed in my home country and my home town in my home court. gymnastics or house in the arena at ucla where i went to college, so i could not have asked for a better environment to compete in, and that is what we were hoping for our athletes, to have that comfortable familiar environment to compete in. >> alisyn: what what does this do to the morale? >> i do not speak for other sports, but the fine people at usa gymnastics will discontinue to do what they have done so well in the past, and that is to prepare our athletes to win medals at world and olympic competitions. whether the games are in chicago or rio, we have work to do, and our kids will be doing that. alisyn: you continue to cover the olympics as a broadcaster. why do you think chicago was eliminated so early today? >> pat ryan said his biggest fear is getting past that first round vote due to the possible regional loyalties. europe is l

in fact, they see gold rising to 1100 in 2010. rick santelli, to you in chicago. >> thank you very much. we all know we've come off the end of the quarter and half year in japan. oskt is another interesting month in terms of redemptions and many in fund industries calendar year ends in october. many stories out today that there's a bit of a snag. some of the funds, of course, due to liquidity ish shus cansu give liquidity back. something to pay attention to. we have supply all week. we start out with bills and ten-year tips today. and just note, one-month bills are under five basis pace. three-month, under ten. options the six-month bills are under. we auction those today. maybe the tips auction won't go extremely well. why? even though inflation on the back side is an issue, say many, doesn't seem to be an issue when you have a ten-year note at 3.19. let's go back to the nyse. bob now has that mike cooking. >> rick, so good to see you. the g-7 meeting supplies didn't provide any support for the dollar. no strong comment there. th

if spreads are narrowing, if the yield is the widest, put the currency back to gold. in the roman empire. we have so much monetary -- >> because i'm not wearing blinders. it's all around us. the more job loss, the more foreclosures. not one rig on the book ins a year. i rest my case. >> and larry does it all with such a smile. >> okay, thanks, guys. >>> coming up next, stock market reaction to bernanke's testimony and we're going to resume live coverage. >>> plus, the ken lewis exit strategy. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. can't wait for the market to heat up. (woman) need to sell? re/max agents have the experience to get the job done. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. where do you want to be? we know why we're here. to stand behind all who serve. ♪ to deliver the technologies... vital to freedom. ♪ to help carry hope to those in need. ♪ around the globe, the people of boeing... are working together -- for what matters most. that's why we're here. ♪ >>> welcome back to "the call." for customers of td bank, the bank says it has having computer

good luck. >> olympic gold medalist michael felt temporarily traded in his will wear to team up with severarrester on tou-- with the. you'll see it on nbc prime-time late-night and nbc sports programming including "football night it in america." >> bring it on right now. the ravens may be the talk of the nfl these days with their high-powered offense and flaco, but the patriots are still the standard in the afc. tom brady is the reason. pretty good-looking girl friend. >> i guess so. >> brady was nearly perfect a couple of seasons ago. the "mystery mutt" all of last year. still getting into shape. he played well in the second half against atlanta and is still very dangerous. ask the defensive coordinator greg matheson. >> he is always so much on rhythm that sometimes you have to be careful of the pressure. you have to have a method or have to have a reason and know that you can get to him, otherwise it does not affect his throwing at all. >> the kickoff sunday at 1:00. the patriots almost unbelievable -- almost unbeatable at all. we will have a highlight sunday night at 11:30. pete w