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. >> any chance we'll see the president coming back out again for jon corzine?>> he probably would like to stay away from it. one reason he came out so early was to energize the base. which was not terribly excited about john con corzine. that was to rally the troops, particularly in the large areas in northern new jersey, where corzine must get out a lot of votes early. they're all being brought to the federal courthouse in newark. those are supposed to the democratic strength areas. obama's a pretty loyal guy. corzine stumped for him last year. he'll probably return the favor, but we might not see him back in person. maybe tape recorded messages. >> thanks so much. more to come. >>> now to the fight against the swine flu. you haven't heard too much about it lately, but health authorities fear it could be a big problem this fall so that is why the centers for disease control now recommending children from six months to 18 years old be vaccinated against the flu. officials want to make sure children don't get hit with both types of flu. >> we expect when childre

he was in new jersey, trying to excite supporters for democratic governor jon corzine who is trailing his republican challenger, chris christie in recent polls. it is one of two states that has governor races this year, virginia and new jersey. keith richburg is new york bureau chief for "the washington post." good to see you. tell us about the event last night. the president sounded as though he was very fired up. >> he was very fired up and jon corzine was very fired up to have him there. and they spent a long time embracing each other. corzine talking about president obama, the first time he met him. president obama came back and said he really needs an ally like onkjon corzine to help him the health care fight. >> corzine, of course, has spent an extraordinary amount of money in past campaigns. there have been stories that he's going around, hat in hand, trying to raise money. is it harder for someone with his wealth, he's a former co-partner, co-head of goldman sachs, is it harder for him to raise campaign funds when people know he's a rich guy? >> absolutely. and in this economy

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his thoughts on jon corzine and his handling of the financial crisis. >>> new jersey governor jon corzineattack for his handling of the state's economy. the democrat and former goldman sachs ceo trailing challenger in the latest polls, republican, chris christie. we've got the budget problems. and then what are we calling this thing, jersey gate? i don't know what to call it. the mripoliticians in chicago a laughing at us. i mean, in new jersey we've somehow moved them aside and we look more ridiculous than they looked. >> we had a good laugh, didn't we? lasted a couple months. >> new jersey just made a good comeback thursday. the blagojevich stuff where we fell behind, we're now back. we're back. >> do you think some of that you can lay at the feet of governor corzine? is that a stretch? >> listen, i think that whenever you enable people who are in the party system in new jersey, maybe the big boss system in new jersey, when you enable those people, that's a problem. i think the governor over a period of time has not stood up for some reforms he campaigned on. he campaigned to limiting o

president out like he was yesterday in new jersey, that was a very, very powerful speech he gave for jon corzine. i don't think there are many democrats who wouldn't like to have him on their team. >> thank you very much. and again, we are waiting for president obama to talk about health care in just a couple of minutes. this is really, this is intriguing at so many levels. what is he saying to the senators? how is he going to use the bully pulpit today? >> the president said we've talked about talked about fixing health care, his words very strong, so it will be curious to see which president obama we hear in a short while. >> that will be very telling. >>> in the meantime, we'll keep going. calls to investigate the cia are growing as we learn more about the secret program kept from congress. >> eric holder is considering appointing a special prosecutor to see if several interrogators tortured detainees and broke the law. joining us now live is jan schakowsky of illinois, one of the lawmakers demanding an investigation. thank you very much for joining us. what is the very latest? we heard an in

new jersey governor jon corzine issued this statement. quote, any corruption is unacceptable, anywhere, any time, by anybody. the scale of corruption we're seeing as this unfolds is simply outrageous and cannot be tolerated, unquote. >>> okay. all of you investors out there, you're going to get a smile on your face. the dow crossed the 9000 mark today for the first time in six months. major companies like at&t, 3m, they're helping to give the blue chips triple digit boosts. and existing home sales topped forecasts which is helping. there you have it. up 185 points right now, sitting at 9065 and hopefully that trend will continue as we close down the day in about an hour and a half. >>> well, investigators have seized new evidence from the doctor who was with michael jackson when he died. dr. conrad murray, he was paid $150,000 a month to care for jackson. his lawyer says los angeles police and dea agents copied files from a computer hard drive for forensic analysis. they also seized 21 documents during a raid of his houston clinic yesterd

what's going on with jon corzine, what's the problem in new jersey? >> he's in big trouble.d him because he's a multimillionaire. he worked at goldman sachs. he supposedly knows how to manage the economy and things seem to have gotten worse on his watch. taxes are up, people plain about that. they're not getting their tax rebates. new jersey has one of the highest deficits in the country among the states, so people are saying he didn't come in and fix things like he promised. >> do you think that this is really just about new jersey? or a lot of people looking at this and saying this is part of a bigger picture of concern for democrats, as we head into the next round of elections? >> absolutely. you've got two races. only two races this year for governorship. virginia which is an open seat. that's what the democrats now have, and new jersey. and this is a competitive one. and the republicans would love to say that their long slide has ended and their comeback started in new jersey and it would end this kind of extinction they're feeling in the northeast. republicans have not

it may be threatening democratic governor's jon corzine's re-election bid though he isn't implicated in any wrongdoing. "the new york times" reports some of the state's top democratic lawmakers have discussed replacing corzine on the ballot. corzine did ask for and get the resignation of his community affairs commissioner whose home and offices were raided by fbi agents in thursday's sweep. corzine is already trailing gop challenger chris christie in early polls. christie is running on a campaign prom toys clean up new jersey's culture of corruption. 44 people were arrested thursday including three new jersey mayors. >>> former president george w. bush reportedly considered but ultimately rejected using u.s. troops to arrest terror suspects in buffalo, new york. "the new york times" reports former vice president dick cheney openly supported using the military to arrest members of the so-called lackawanna six. the report says other administration officials opposed the idea, including condoleezza rice, who was then the national security advisor. "the times" sources are former administra

. >>> president obama stumped in new jersey today for governor jon corzine. after that, it was off to new york for an address before members of the naacp at their 100th annual convention. mr. obama cited the work of thurgood marshall and w.e.b. dubois for his historic rise to the presidency. but he also told members of the baltimore-based civil rights group their work is not done. >> on the 45th anniversary of the civil rights act, discrimination cannot stand. not on account of color or gender, how you worship, or who you love. prejudice has no place in the united states of america. that's what the naacp stands for. that's what the naacp will continue to fight for. as long as it takes. >> the president also challenged the african american community to put a renewed emphasis on education and acknowledge the pain many are feeling because of the recession. >>> well, if you remember seeing it when it happened, it's no doubt video you'll never forget. tonight we remember apollo 11, and show off the remastered video that is making the lasting pictures just a little

mike emanuel following the president campaigning for jon corzine. >> incumbent governor jon corzine isggling in polls, trailing his republican opponent in a late service. president obama comes to the garden state to rally support for corzine. the question is what impact he will have. in the latest survey, some voters said this would have no effect on the boat. trace: mike emanuel live in new jersey. to the weather center, hot, hot, hot, and we're not just talking about jd. >> flattery will get you everywhere. hot temperatures across southern plains as well as the southwest. how hot is it? we could shatter records for july in dallas, oklahoma city. 99 in san antonio. with the humidity, it feels warmer than that. we have heat advisers posted for the southwest across california, arizona, and nevada. 109 in vegas and phoenix. you want to be inside in these areas. trace: and janice dean. an urgent warning about swine flu in australia. the health minister saying 6000 people could die there over the next few months. that is the worst-case scenario if an effective vaccine cannot be produced. m

wakes up every day thinking about your future and the future of jersey and that's your governor, jon corzineat a campaign rally in holmdel, president obama tried to support john corzine's re-election and corzine was up 12 points up from a month ago. in one expert opinion, they said corzine is in trouble even with the president's help. >> i think he is going to need a lot more help than that. part of the drag on corzine is that he had a $29 billion cut that increased taxes and it is a 60% favorable rating on corzine. it is the worst he has had since taking office. in that case, it is with the rank and file that is supporting him. >> they think that the republicans have some fun with mr. obama's visit, releasing this video on his campaign website. >> >> the republicans say that mr. obama's talk of change in their state. we talked to voters who acknowledgeed it may be an uphill battle for corzine. >> lot of these incumbents during these economic downtimes think they can do better than corzine. with the tax situation, it's not easy for these guys whether they're republicans or democrats. >> the

. >> reporter: late this afternoon a member of new jersey governor jon corzine's cabinet resigned amidst the allegations. >>> pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberr is speaking out today for the first time about allegations that he sexually assaulted a lake tahoe casino hostess last year. at a news conference in pittsburgh today the super bowl winning quarterback insisted he is innocent and said the woman's lawsuit is bogus. >> i did not sexually assault mcnaullty. saturday was the first that i learned of her accusations. her false and vicious allegations are an take on my family and on me. i would never, ever forc myself on a woman. i'm going to fight to protect my family and my reputation. >> roethlisberger said he would remain focused on the upcoming season with the pittsburgh steelers, defending super bowl champions. >>> another developing story out of sports. this one we are watching in afternoon involving michael vick could meet wit the nfl commissioner, roger goodell, as early as tomorrow. that's what espn is now reporting. vick was released from federal custody earlier

president obama was in new jersey campaigning for troubled governor jon corzine, but in reality he's fighting for his own administration, pushing back against rejectionist democrats and stubborn republicans in the congress. >>> and president obama is in new york to mark naacp's 100th anniversary. let's listen. >> thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. please, everybody have a seat. thank you. thank you. thank you. what an extraordinary night, capping off an extraordinary week, capping off an extraordinary 100 years at the naacp. to chairman bond, brother justice, i am so grateful to all of you for being here. it's just good to be among friends. it is an extraordinary honor to be here in the city where the naacp was formed, to mark its centennial. what we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the naacp has traveled, but the journey that we as americans have traveled over the past 100 years. it's a journey that takes us back to a time before most of us were born, long before the voting rights act and the civil rights act, and brown versus board of education, back to an ameri

in new jersey where he attended a fund-raiser and rally for the re-election campaign of governor jon corzine. the president spoke at the naacp convention last year as a candidate. but he's returning now for the centennial celebration as the nation's first african-american president. the white house officials say his message will be one of shared responsibility in the areas of education and economic opportunity. >>> you have our attention now. all that humidity. woke us up. >> got the president heading north. >>'t don blame him. >> outside our hottest day of the summer. we said that many times over the years. >> probably will say it again. >> we may say it again before the summer is over. outside our temperature is high temperature made it up into the mid 90s. d although we have a westerly wind so that's not the humidity -- knocked the humidity down. you remember 1988, 104 degrees on this day. nonetheless, today hottest day since back in june when we were at 98 degrees. right now we have that sort of hazy sky. but with a westerly wind, humidity is not too bad. we are getting that westerly win

a member of governor jon corzine's cabinet may be ensnared as well. authorities will not say whether dorea is facing criminal charges. >>> the wife after former prince george's county police corporate, keith washington, is asking for a new trial for her husband, washington is in jail serving time for a shooting. two furniture deliverymen, killing one. the other was wounded and testified against washington. chris gordon has this exclusive report. chris? >> reporter: mrs. washington told me she absolutely believes that her husband shot in self defense. today she met an hour and half with prince george's county state's attorney glen ivey whose office put her husband on trial. she's asking them to reconsider the case. stacy washington is asking for a new trial for her husband. former prince george's county police corporal keith washington who is serving a 45-year prison sentence for fatally shooting a marlo furniture delivery man, brandon clark, wounding delivery helper robert white. it happened at washington's home during a confrontation. washington argu

also visiting new jersey on thursday, appearing at a reelection rally for governor jon corzine. >>> our anderson cooper got exclusive access to the president. the president compared it to a concentration camp. >> do you think what happened here still has resonance in america? that the slave experience still is something that should be talked about and should be remembered and should be present in every day life? >> well, you know, i think that the experience of slavery is like the experience of the holocaust. i think it's one of those things you don't forget about. i think it's important that the way we think about it and the way it's taught is not one in which there's simply a victim and a victimizer and that's the end of the story. i think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant is because whether i s it's -- what's happening in darfur or what's happening in the congo, or what's happening in too many places around the world. you know, the capacity for cruelty still exists. >> find out what else the president had to say when he gave anderson cooper exclusive access

president will visit new jersey on thursday, where he will appear at a re-election rally for governor jon corzine. a schedule like that you can understand why our anderson cooper went overseas to catch up with the president during his trip. he was there when the president visited that slave port in ghana. listen. >> do you think what happened here still has resonance in america? that the slave experience still is something that should be talked about and should be remembered and should be present in every day life? >> well, you know, i think that the experience of slavery is like the experience of the holocaust. i think it's one of those things you don't forget about. i think it's important that the way we think about it and the way it's taught is not one in which there's simply a victim and a victimizer and that's the end of the story. i think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant is because whether it's what's happening in darfur or what's happening in the congo or what's happening in too many places around the world, you know, the capacity for cruelty still exists. >> yo

. >> now the president was in new jersey at a campaign rally for governor jon corzine. taliban threatened to kill a captured american soldier unless the u.s. halted operations in two afghan provinces. they were asking for the soldier's safe return. the taliban claimed responsibility for kidnapping the still unnamed soldier missing for more than two weeks now. the u.s. says it's possible he's been moved across the border into pakistan. >>> and madonna said to be devastated to hear that a man was killed while building the stage for one of her concerts in france. the 53-year-old worker was killed when a crane lifting some of the beams for the stage lights collapsed. at least one of madonna's upcoming shows has been canceled. and finally this, a first today. marine one, president obama's helicopter, an all female crew assembled to honor major jennifer grieves who became marine one's first female pilot last year. now today was her last day. the president jumped into the cockpit to shake her hand before they took off from the south lawn. tonight's sendoff. her next stop, quan

. >> reporter: jon corzine criticized the corruption while asking one of his staff to step down after he was investigated and not charged. >> this morning i asked for the resignation of joe doria and he has agreed to resign. >> reporter: the same cooperating witness who aledly was paying the public officials bribes earlier infiltrated the money laundering investigation involving rabbis allegedly taking thieves and laundering millions of dollars to their charitable organization. debra farick, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> new jersey is not the only state where elected officials are corrupt. in recent years there have been several high-profile examples of politicians behaving very badly. brooke baldwin with our report. >> reporter: mayors busted. assemblymen, busted. prosecutors in new jersey name 44 suspects in a wide-ranging corruption investigation. >> for these defendants, corruption was a way of life. >> reporter: americans elect our leaders to lead. but time and time again, according to one watchdog group, lawmakers act as though they are above the law. >> they think getting a job w

president obama is going to be in new jersey campaigning tomorrow for vulnerable new jersey governor jon corzinegoing to be president obama's first campaign rally for a candidate since becoming president. also tomorrow, vice president joe biden is going to be helping out the other gubernatorial, the democrat in a gubernatorial race in virginia helping to raise money for democratic gubernatorial nominee cree deeds. biden is also going to be promoting the stimulus and health care in virginia tomorrow. finally day four of the sotomayor hearings. we'll hear from outside witnesses testifying f

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don't know if you have return there, showing video of the president who went out on a stump for jon corzinew jersey gom vernor who's behind the polls. he seemed to be enjoying himself back out on the political campaign trail as we said in this case for corzine. but how cognizant are people of the fact that we do have the 2010 elections coming up or is it too early for there to be much worry about that. >> there's very intense focus. i'm up on capitol hill every week, i promise you, chris, as long as they see the republicans seeing an opportunity to campaign on the fact that barack obama's economic agenda has done nothing to relieve -- to relieve the trajectory of joblessness and is not growing the economy. we still see sluggish growth. we don't see enough revenue coming in to the government to pay for the democrat's plan. the democrats are also focused on 2010 and they see when they go home and talk to their constituents lots of concern about the cap-and-trade legislation that barack obama's administration's trying to push through the congress, about whether or not the hell care bills can b

it was unclear if he wod be arged, but governor jon corzine said the off.d could no longer effective. in afghastan, another american was killed in the sth. the u.s. military announcent offered no oth details. atleast 35 u.s. troops have died in afghastan so far this nth. nth korea has refused again t reume talks on ending its nuclear weapons. the announcement me at a meeting of asi nations in thland. secrary of state clinton was there as well. she waed north korea has "no fries left" to guard it om further u.n. sanctions. t, she said that does not include a militarresponse. >> the unid states does n seekny kind of offensive actn against rth korea. we have said at over and over again. the north koreans said in the meeting today that they have been subjectedto clear weapons on the korean peninsula aimed at them, that ha't happened fo dedes. so i think they are living in a historical time period thadoesn't reflectoday's alities. >> lehrer: iturn, north korea charged clinton has made "lgar remarks" that "ggest that she isy no means intelligent". ce president biden assured officials in t r

attorney under whom all of this has started is chris christy, the republican running against jon corziner the november election. >> exactly. and he had been slightly ahead in early polls anyway. this certainly, this whole controversy is not going do governor corzine any favors as he seeks re-election. i mean it's reached into his cabinet and clearly even though he's not part of this, you know, that casts a pal. >> dina temple-raston, thank you so much. >> it's a pleasure to be here, thanks. >> lehrer: finally tonight another take on education boosting scores with fun and games. newshour correspondent spencer michels has the story. >> reporter: in the playgrounds of inner city schools throughout the country, recess can be chaotic. so unruly in fact, that some schools have eliminated or shortened it. when it's disorganized and unsupervised, kids wander aimlessly; bullying is commonplace; putdowns are part of playground life. arguments become fights. that's the way it used to be at this oakland, california, school and others. working on the schoolyard today, bryant hicks says a few years ag

on thursday, the president will be on the campaign trail with governor jon corzine, a fellow democratr reelection and he's behind in the polls. first time this year the president will have gone out on the campaign trail and helped a fellow democrat. he's been doing fundraisers but two very close races in new jersey and virginia. the president would like to see both those seats stay in democrat hands. >> thanks so much, paul. we're going to talk more politics later with wolf blitzer. he fills in for john king on "state of the union" this morning. kathleen sebelius will join wolf to talk health care and the latest on swine flu. "state of the union" this morning starting at 9:00 eastern. also this. anderson cooper was with president obama on his historic trip to africa. monday night at 10:00 eastern don't miss the a c360 special report as anderson shares his exclusive access with the president on his yourn to frooik. that's tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern on cnn. >> eric holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate bush's methods to question terror suspec

will check in with the man who wants to be new jersey's governor, chris christie trying to unseat jon corzinethe economy the biggest issue on the campaign trail. from wall street to washington, we will cover the issues of the morning with famed business leader steve forbes. we begin at the top of the hour. may i say you looked fantastic yesterday, fascinating to watch all of those stadiums go up. 2012 will be exciting. >> it is. it is. we had the british summer weath weather, rain for everybody. >> yes. >> was good, just to get you prepared for that. >> we will hit the pubs, you know that. >> yeah. that's part of the training, the intense olympic training. >> oh, teach me, oh wise one. >> grasshopper, i will. carl, look forward to it. >> all right. >> boy does that sound like trouble. we still have more on this program. up next, viacom has a big earnings report to look out for. with ed lewis, partner atlantic equities. thanks for joining us. first, your take on charles plosser's comments about the fact that the fed may need to raise interest sooner rather than later. is the market going to pa

jon corzine is now is inevitably behind republican challenger cris christie, even after a special visitissue and the stimulus package and a lot of other issues have the impact on these democrats? let's bring in our panel. monica and peter. peter, good to have you with us today. it is interesting because if you look at the virginia race, the candidate is not really open arms with president obama apparently. it is early on to see this kind of reaction. martha: the virginia race and the new jersey race will be very tight. in both those states, the economy has just hit the whole country very hard. both corzine and deeds will have a tough race. i do not count corzine out. virginia is a much different story. martha: what would you advise right now? would you say, yes, you should definitely have the president in your ads and publicize the connection to him? >> the president remains enormously popular. it will be key if this health care bill does get through -- it looks like there's a deal structured with blue dog democrats and moderate republicans in the senate. if this gets through after labo

. >> it is not only pervasive but has become -- >> reporter: jon corzine criticized the corruption while asking one of his staff to step down after he was investigated, but not charged. >> this morning i ask for the rest of the nation, commission has agreed to resign. >> reporter: prosecutors say the same cooperating witness paying bribes had earlier infiltrated the money laundering operation. the rabbis getting fees as much as 10% to launder tens of millions of dollars through their religious organizations. >> oh, my goodness. a public official, this guy from hoboken that took $25,000 bribe and throw away his political career for 25 grand. >> only been in office for 25 weeks. that was a run-off election and shortest the mayoral run in history. >> just never fails to surprise the garden state, does it? >> never. you have to love jersey. >> thanks so much. kiran? >> thanks, i guess. >>> here's a quick check of the am rundown. cnn is on the trail tracking the stimulus. where your tax dollars and all of our tax dollars are going. president obama sparked a debate on race relations when he we

after giving a speech for new jersey's jon corzine, he spoke at the naacp's 100th anniversary event in new york. >> make no mistake, the pain of discrimination is still felt in america. by african-american women paid less for doing the same work. by latinos made to feel unwelcome in their own country. by muslim-americans viewed with suspicion, simply because they kneel down to pray to their god. by our gay brothers and sisters still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights. on the 45th anniversary of the civil rights act, discrimination cannot stand. not on account of color or gender, how you worship or who you love. prejudice has no place in the united states of america. >> president tonight, he had a lot more to say in the way presidents have not been able to say before. >> you know, anderson, we saw the different kind of obama. you mentioned that before, the cadence, the rhythm, the style, the energy from this president that we saw in the campaign for two years but essentially turned the corner in that tone when he turned the president, that things were a lot more serious.

. >>> new jersey governor jon corzine announced his new running mate.oretta wein berg. she was picked after weeks of investigation. >>> republican contender chris christy is in the lead. corzine hasn't been implicated in any wrong doing and says he is committed to routing out corruption. >> we are troubled by the unforgivable breaking of the public trust. since the beginning of my administration we have made clear that we will not tolerate this behavior. >> does president obama have a clear plan on healthcare? voters are sticking to party lines on the hot button issue. 64% of democrats say he does. but nearly a third don't think so and among republicans only 23% say he has a plan while nearly three quarters disagree. fox's alisyn camerota has more. >> many americans don't think president obama has a clear plan to fix the ailing economy. the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll shows a majority of americans, 54%, approve of the job mr. obama is doing. but the surprising number here is the rising dill approve -- disapproval. from january to july the disa

what you see the president start to do, most notably in new jersey campaigning for jon corzine, thousandsf people in the audience to get on members of congress and push for his agenda. he sort of is doing things behind the scenes but also using his stage to try and gin up support and not be -- >> can't win congress if he doesn't win the public and the congress will flee from him. >> reminder, be sure to watch cnbc's coverage of president obama's prime time news conference tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. had to be moved from 9:00 p.m. >> as if the apple app store isn't hot enough, now they have a quts sports illustrated swim suit act. darrel will took to brooklyn decker and maybe she'll sign his speedo. maybe he does have it. we'll be right back with that. welcome to the now network. population 49 million. right now, 1.5 million people are on a conference call. 750,000 wish they weren't. - ( phones chirping ) - construction workers are making 244,000 nextel direct connect calls. 1 million people are responding to an email. - 151 accidentally hit "reply all." - ( foghorn blows ) that's h

you talk to any democratic insider in the state, there's no tape roird around, they'll tell you jon corzine is cooked. he's up for re-election this year. he was already 10, 15 points behind before this. the republicans running against him is the u.s. attorney who began these investigations that resulted in this dragnet last week. the expectation, democrats are now saying can we get corzine out of this race and replace him with somebody else? that's wishful thinking. corzine will never do that but i can't imagine a circumstances he wins right now. >> steve, thanks for all the info. we will stay in touch with you. >>> in desperate need of rain. parts of texas gripped by extreme drought now. an extended period of triple-digit temperatures drying up lakes and drinking up the water supply. esesesesesesesesess >>> in central and southern texas, they are praying for rain every day. that's because those parts of the state are suffering through extreme drought conditions now. the worst many people have seen in 50 years. jacqui jeras joins us now live from austin, texas this morning. how bad is it? i

. >> reporter: new jersey governor jon corzine criticized the corruption, while asking one of his staff to step down after he was investigated but not charged. >> this morning i asked for the resignation of commissioner joe dougherty and he has agreed to resign. >> reporter: prosecutors safe the same cooperating witness who had been allegedly paying public officials bribes had earlier infiltrated the money laundering organizations which had rabbis taking fees after laundering millions of dollars for their charitable organizations. >>> as you know, you've been watching the past hour or so on cnn, we took live the cambridge police department holding a news conference. you'll see right here, sergeant jim crowley, the officer who arrested harvard professor skip gates. his bosses, his comrades, co-workers, stepping up to the mikes, showing support for him. our don lemon was actually there at that news conference, on the phone with us now. don, i understand you had a chance to talk to some of those cops just a few minutes ago. >> yeah, kyra, and boy, oh, boy, was it emotional. not only did i

. >> reporter: new jersey governor jon corzine criticized the corruption while asking one of his staff to step down after he was investigated, but not charged. >> this morning i asked for the rest of the nation, commissioner and he has agreed to resign. >> reporter: prosecutors say the same cooperating witness who has been paying public officials bribes and earlier infiltrated the money laundering taking fees for laundering millions of dollars through their charitable organizations. deborah feyerick, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> the arrest of those rabbis is big news back in israel. it's making the front pages of the major newspapers in jerusalem. investigators say five rabbis in new jersey set up charitable organizations to launder $3 million. one other man arrested in the crackdown is accused of trying to sell a human kidney. of course, we'll stay on top of this story for you. >>> marines exchanging heavy gunfire with insurgents. we're there with the troops as they lose one of their own. help brehe bter all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me brea

political ticker today, president obama on the campaign trail this hour for the new jersey governor, jon corzineident has attended for a fellow democrat since his january 20th inauguration and it's a high-profile ditch to rescue corzine's ailing re-election bid. a new poll out today shows corzine is trailing republican challenger chris christy by eight percentage points among likely voters in the state of new jersey. >>> a very early measure of mitt romney's possible support in the 2012 republican presidential contest. the former massachusetts governor's political action committee said it raised $1.6 million during the first half of this year. that's more than double the cash raised by sarah palin's pac during the same period. two familiar faces are making a comeback in the battle over healthcare reform, but they're on a different side than they used to be. many of you remember those harry and louise ads that helped kill the clinton's efforts to overhaul the medical system in the 1980s. now harry and louise are starring in a $4 million tv ad supporting health care. it's airing this weekend. >>>

now being challenged by sports league and new jersey governor jon corzine says the federal band on sportshing unconstitutional. legalized betting would hurt the integrity of the games. and i read that entire story while brian was flashing the light in my eyes. brian: i want to make sure you are healthy. am i doing the right thing here steve. >> you have to turn the light on. gretchen: ok, dr. kilmeade. brian: what do i use that for? >> look into her eyes and see if they are dilted or not. >> she definitely has beautiful eyes. brian: can i play a lot of party games. if the eyes are dilated that means she is attracted to me? >> no. it means she had a lot of coffee. gretchen: party games. too much to drink. are they dilated? steve: the reason dr. mark segal has brought in this stuff. gretchen: stop. steve: study suggests that just counting money can boost your happiness and confidence and even reduce pain. we will put that to the test. we have $1,000 of cash right now. >> house money. steve: we borrowed it from glenn beck. explain the idea behind, why would counting money actually relax us?

. >> reporter: new jersey governor jon corzine criticized the corruption while asking one of his staffto step down after he was investigated but not charged. >> this morning i asked for the resignation of commissioner joe dor doria, and he has agreed to resign. >> reporter: now, prosecutors say that these same cooperating witness, the man posing as a phony real estate dop developer, the one paying the bribes to public officials, he was also arranging for the money laundering, the government paying out some $3 million as part of that scheme, which they believe laundered tens of millions overall. wolf? >> very shocking story. thanks, deb. deborah feyerick in newark, new jersey, for us. >>> meanwhile, not far away in long island, that's where he grew up, in the suburbs of new york, a typical american kid who ended up actually in pakistan allegedly working for al qaeda. now court documents reveal a stunning set of charges including a plot to murder fellow americans. in a cnn exclusive, our senior international correspondent nic robertson has obtained a legal document with some extraordinar

host: the polls show that jon corzine is down. guest: i think what he's seeing this year is what president bush saw last year. there are people in new jersey who feel like their economic condition isn't imprufinge fast enough for their case and they're ready to take a chance on something new. i think governor corzine, however, has a pretty compelling story in terms of being able to manage a fragile economy. this is something who did quite well for himself in private business, who understands the economy, who understands how to bring pressures to improve it. the economy in new jersey isn't improving as quickly as they would like, but it's not improving as quickly as most americans would like either. i think you'll see a lot of governors, democrat or republicans, who will begin to feel the effects of an anxious and discontented public. guest: so when it comes to corzine, you guys like the private sector? guest: we like it respectively. we just finished talking to daniel, and the stimulus money, which kevin says is going to the gover

host: the polls show that jon corzine is down.think what he's seeing this year is what president bush saw last year. there are people in new jersey who feel like their economic condition isn't imprufinge fast enough for their case and they're ready to take a chance on something new. i think governor corzine, however, has a pretty compelling story in terms of being able to manage a fragile economy. this is something who did quite well for himself in private business, who understands the economy, who understands how to bring pressures to improve it. the economy in new jersey isn't improving as quickly as they would like, but it's not improving as quickly as most americans would like either. i think you'll see a lot of governors, democrat or republicans, who will begin to feel the effects of an anxious and discontented public. guest: so when it comes to corzine, you guys like the private sector? guest: we like it respectively. we just finished talking to daniel, and the stimulus money, which kevin says is going to the government, is

jon: president obama is headed to new jersey to do campaigning on behalf of john corzine.resident right now, who said he would do what he could to get sean goldman back from brazil after being taken there by his mother. we will talk to david goldman, his father, about the status of the case, coming up. . . jon: we have told you about the agonizing story of david goldman locked in a five-year battle in the brazilian courts. he is trying to bring home his own son back to the united states. sean's mother took him to brazil supposedly for a vacation in 2004. she died during the initial custody battle. but sean's brazilian stepfather, the man that she remarried, has vigorously fought the idea of sending him back to america and his natural father. as heart breaking and hard to believe as goldman's plight is, it is shared by scores of other american families. there is new legislation now in congress that may help these americans get justice. joining us now is sean's father david goldman and his attorney. i know that congressman chris smith, your congressman, has introduced this l