kimberly dozier, cbs news, the pept gone. >>> on the "cbs money watch" a mixed day for stock markets in asia, and big profits for a major bank. karen brown is here in new york with more. good morning, karen. >> good morning, ross. >>> most asian markets edged higher today boosted by news the u.s. economy is shrinking at a slower pace than expected. hong kong stocks rose about 1%. only japan bukd the trend this morning with the nikkei down just about 1%. wall street is feeling good this morning after its best july in 20 years and its best month since 2002. on friday, the dow closed up 17 points, gaining 8% for the month. the nasdaq was down just about six but up on the month, continuing its longest winning streak in nearly six years. some analysts are warning the markets may be too enthusiastic, and that thered could be a correction coming this fall. >>> and good news for great britain's second largest bank. barclays reported its first half earnings rose 10% on its profits from investment banking. it also says thawing credit markets helped boost its earnings to $3.16 billion. traders

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kimberlie dozier has more and what it means for the family spieker left behind. >> reporter: navy captain michael scott spieker has been found at last, ending an almost two decade long wait for his family. the first american casualty of the gulf war was found buryed it in the desert west of baghdad near the wreckage of his f-18 hornet. u.s. marines found bone and dental fragment identified by pentagon pathologists, they were led by an iraqi who said he was there when -- >> he remembered a plane going down and he remembered them burying the body. the captain was shot down on january 17th, 1919 two hours after the war began. >> i'm scott spieker. >> reporter: the 33-year-old father of two was not supposed to fly that day. >> i would also like to say hello to my wife. >> reporter: his ship mates told "60 minutes" he refused to be left behind. as the jets approached their target a fellow pilot saw a flash where spieker's plane had been. >> an incredible anti-aircraft bush. >> he was first declared killed in action but without remains doubts brew. officials changed his status to missing in act

jeff. >> glor: all right, kimberly dozier in washington this evening. kimberly, thank you. we've heard a lot of past couple of months about justice sonia sotomayor's long career as a lawyer, prosecutor, and federal judge. but her friends say she has another, more personable side. wyatt andrews has that story. >> reporter: what you might not know about sonia sotomayor is that she's not always the reserved, workaholic judge she portrayed in the senate hearings. >> judge sotomayor, she's so different. ( applause ) >> reporter: different because, according to friends like former law clerk allison barked of,let judge has a big, engaging, new york personality. >> yeah. she is fun. she-- she works hard and plays hard. >> she's incredibly funny. >> reporter: melissa murray clerked for two federal judges, including sotomayor, and when both judges came to melissa's wedding, sotomayor challenged the other judge to a dance-off. >> i think people enjoyed seeing that, seeing two federal judges duel it out on the dance floor. >> reporter: the judge is also known for her cant-miss christma

jeff. >> glor: kimberly dozier in washington tonight. kimberly, thank you. the called cash for clunkers trade of in program is still going strong this weekend, thanks to promises of more funding. dealers estimate the number of clunker trade-ins so far at more than 224,000. late thursday, the program looked like it might be drained until the house voted to fund another $2 billion to keep it going. randall pinkston joins us tonight from a dealership in new jersey. randall, good evening to you. >> reporter: hello, jeff. well, those news reports that the cash for clunkers program was out of cash set off some very anxious phone calls to car dealers but after unusually quick assurances from washington car dealers expect to keep seeing customers who don't want to miss out on a great bargain. >> good luck to you. >> reporter: late this morning, ron holmes drove off in his new van from a new jersey dealership. after driving 250 miles yesterday from his home in maryland, he was afraid he had missed out on trading in his clunker, a 1995 chevy. but it all worked out so

kimberly dozier has our report. >> reporter: this is a man sorely in need of a vacation. barack obama still has a 57% approval rating but that's down by more than 10 points. so are his poll numbers for his handling of the economy, the war in afghanistan, and his signature issue, healthcare reform. his critics say he hasn't done a good job explaining why reform is needed. despite 11 town hall meetings. >> you'll finally have quality affordable option. >> 12 speeches. >> that our health reform bill will extend coverage. >> reporter: and 16 interviews devoted just to healthcare. >> reduce the cost inflation of healthcare. >> reporter: and the reasons the white house gives for the need for reform keep changing. >> i don't think they've ever distilled their argument down into the 25 words or less to say i get it now. i see why he thinks we should do this. >> critics say part of the problem is that the president delegated the job of coming up with a bill to congress. there are now so many versions, the opposition has a lot to attack. >> it is very difficult to sell something wh

kimberly dozier was there and joins us now from the white house. kim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the white house was braced for a showdown at the town hall meeting in new hampshire yesterday. the only fireworks we found were outside. >> we don't need obama and his crew to tell us how to die. >> reporter: inside, president obama quickly turned the event into a forum to answer his critics. >> for all the scare tactics out there, what is truly scary and risky is if we do nothing. >> reporter: mr. obama had it a lot easier than senators at other town hall meetings. >> raise your hand if you are adamantly opposed to any federal cth alermarfore. would yohe rse your hand. >> rorter: like this one held by senator claire mccaskill in missouri. and this one held by senator arlen specter. >> i was lied to because i came prepared to speak. and instead, you wouldn't let anybody speak. >> reporter: the president continues his push for health care reform with more travel this week. he's holding another town hall meeting in bozeman, montana on

cbs news correspondent kimberly dozier joins us from the white house with a preview. good morning, kimberly. >> reporter: good morning, julie. the last couple town hall meetings the president has held have mostly been polite. they've been full of obama supporters who have had doubts and questions, but they've been respectful. we've had word that today might be different. >> we're against this plan! the majority is against this plan! >> reporter: today's healthcare town hall probably won't get as heated at this one in brighton, colorado, but president obama is likely to hear from some of those opposed to reform. protestors have already told the media they'll be there, and conservatives say their voices need to be heard. >> everybody needs to be treated with a level of respect rather than being dismissed as nut jobs, as the president and his minions and the speaker of the house are trying to do. >> reporter: monday the white house launched a counterattack on the web. >> the notion that the government will interfere with what you have, it really is laughable. >> reporter:

>> kimberly dozier in washington, thanks.ng us now from jacksonville, florida, is speicher family spokeswoman cindy laquidara. good morning, cindy. >> good morning. >> first off, tell me exactly where you're sitting. it looks like a very impressive place. >> i'm sitting outside the jacksonville veterans memorial wall. >> this speicher family has waited so long for some real news, some truthful news about what happened to captain speicher. what has been the reaction? what has been the emotional response? >> well, of course there's sadness at scott's passing. that, of course, is normal and expected, and we've been preparing for either a joyful reunion or the sadness of his passing. there's pride in the country for doing what we always knew could be done, which is locating captain speicher. and then there's, frankly, a bit of anxiousness of closing this matter, how are we going to get all of these details wrapped up? and that's partly my job. >> what does it mean, though, to have the evidence of the truth? because i know this fa