some unusually harsh words have come from helmut kohl. in a highly publicized interview, his onetime mentor blasted what he called the government's lack of orientation. he said germany has not been a predictable factor for several years now. we must take care not to gamble everything away. we must urgently return to our former dependability. criticism has also come from conservative lawmakers. many openly question merkel's handling of the debt crisis. >> this is a case where journalists have produced a totally inaccurate reports based on a total misunderstanding. >> angela merkel has countered critics by saying her government is working alongside its partners in europe and the rest of the world to master the challenges of these times. >> the u.s. navy has ordered all of its ships to leave the airport and the state of virginia has a hurricane irene approaches from the caribbean this storm is threatening to bear down on the eastern seaboard in the next couple of days. the system has already pounded the bahamas with strong winds and torrenti

it started around 7:00 last night in the chun area between macy's and kohl's. it was quickly put out. firefighters say it does appear to be an electrical fire. >>> repairs are underway in the city of belvedere. this morning the pipe shot rocks and dirt into the air. in one case the rock smashed the back window. water officials say they don't know what caused the main to break and city officials say they don't know either. >> the age of the pipes are approximately late '50s, '60s. i'm not aware of when the last repair or replacement was done on the street. >>> there are questions about an iconic mural in san jose. the mural of a mexican warrior has been on the corner of 4th and taylor streets for the past 25 years. this week it was painted over. this is video we shot this morning. a change came as a shock to the artist. whoever covered it up and why remains a mystery. >>> dramatic moments in cairo, egypt as former president mubarak goes on trial for corruption charges. he's automobiled of ordering the killing of protesters during the demonstrations that -- accus

kohl didn't say much of the jury several blocks they found her misdemeanor felony charge. investigators found evidence of thousands of tex-mex passages and phone calls between kohl and the teen the graphic messages were shown in court evidence of sex was just not there >>> i am disappointed a lesser punishment >> she could face up to a year in jail and you also have to register as a sex offender she also could be retried. >> strength of recent st. robert perris is telling that the suspects are set extremely dangerous >> they're coming up to the victim and physically assaulting them pushing them down >> ted anderson is talking about suspects on recent five a strong arm robberies in three other robberies happened this past saturday. >> this is where the robberies took place last weekend ho. the vehicle is described as a black lexus four-door. >> there has been another arrest he along with two other suspects robert robb an employee from mcdonald's investigators said the suspect is a former mcdonnell employee >> more with the weather >> it is not one of the many spots went low

kohl's and lowe's both fell more than 2%. financials were the day's biggest losers. bank of america was off more than 3%. jpmorgan chase down 1.5%. exxonmobil dropped slightly after announcing the company and russia's state-owned rosneft will develop oil and gas reserves in the russian arctic. boeing rose more than 2% on news the company was moving forward with plans to build a version of its 737 with a redesigned engine. dollar general was up almost 6% on a rise in quarterly earnings. at&t promised to bring 5,000 jobs back to america fp its deal to buy t-mobile usa wins regulators' approval. august employment data is expected to show the addition of 100,000 private sector jobs. >>> and, finally, this may not be too popular on main street. a study out today shows 25 of the 100 highest paid u.s. ceos earned more last year than their companies paid in federal taxes. many companies also spent more on lobbying than they did on taxes. >>> well, coming up, the tigers roar in extra innings. the hammer comes down on the hurricanes. and if you think the oldest trophy in sport

what we're watching for tomorrow: weekly jobless claims, along with quarterly results from retailers kohl's and nordstrom. and, should you pay your children for doing chores? our "kids and cash" series has some suggestions to balance giving your kids an allowance and teaching them the value of money. britain's prime minister is working to restore law and order in london and other major cities. about 16,000 policeman patrolled london last night to discourage days of looting and rioting. the unrest comes amid austerity measures that are cutting social services, along with law enforcement. the "guardian" newspaper reports that the insurance bill for the damaged shops and homes would be paid for by police. estimates put the costs at more than $160 million. >> susie: rupert murdoch's newscorp in with solid quarterly results, despite the phone hacking scandal that closed his london tabloid. the media giant earned 35 cents murdoch said the scandal has not had a material impact on the company's other operations and that the newscorp board wants him to stay on as chairman. the media giant earned 35

kohl's lost 8%. its july sales were down. and aeropostale lost a quarter of its value after warning of a bigger drop in sales than expected. after the close, travel website priceline.com turned in very strong earnings. results were more than 50 cents per share ahead of estimates. the stock may be a standout tomorrow. while it dropped 7% during the regular session, after hours the stock jumped 10%. if that holds, it will take the stock back over $500 per share. we saw lots of bond buying. the u.s. dollar rising today slightly against major currencies. looking at the dollar index, the u.s. dollar against six major currencies -- clearly the trend for a weak dollar with the soft economy. japan's central bank intervened to weaken the yen. the dollar rally did help bring gold and oil prices down but gold falling more than $7 per ounce. oil shedding more than $5 per barrel. that is tonight's market focus. >> tom: higher air fares not enough to make up for higher fuel costs. earnings 15 cents per share. a nickel below wall street est

kohl's lost 8%. its july sales were down. and aeropostale lost a quarter of its value after warning of a bigger drop in sales than expected. after the close, travel website priceline.com turned in very strong earnings. results were more than 50 cents per share ahead of estimates. the stock may be a standout tomorrow. while it dropped 7% during the regular session, after hours the stock jumped 10%. if that holds, it will take the stock back over $500 per share. we saw lots of bond buying. the u.s. dollar rising today slightly against major currencies. looking at the dollar index, the u.s. dollar against six major currencies -- clearly the trend for a weak dollar with the soft economy. japan's central bank intervened to weaken the yen. the dollar rally did help bring gold and oil prices down but gold falling more than $7 per ounce. oil shedding more than $5 per barrel. that is tonight's market focus. >> tom: higher air fares not enough to make up for higher fuel costs. earnings 15 cents per share. a nickel below wall street est

kohl's and lowe's both fell more than 2%. financials were the day's biggest losers.ank of america was off more than 3%. jpmorgan chase down 1.5%. exxon mobil dropped slightly after announcing the company and russia's state-owned rozneft will develop gas reserves in the russian arctic. boeing rose more than 2% on news the company was moving forward with plans to build a version of its 737 with a redesigned engine. dollar general was up almost 6% on a rising quarterly earnings. at&t promised to bring 5,000 jobs back to america if its deal to buy t-mobile usa wins u.s. regulars' approval. later this morning, august employment data is expected to show the addition of 100,000 private sector jobs. >>> and finally, this may not be too popular on main street. a study out today shows 25 of the 100 highest paid u.s. krechceos earned more than they paid in federal taxes. many companies also spent more on lobbying than they did on taxes. >>> in health news this morning, a world health organization report shows babies in the u.s. have a higher risk of dying during their first mon

i think helmut kohl is expressing the frustration within his own party, the ruling party, the christian democrats, as well as the german public who are saying, you cannot have it all, i you know? with size and economic%, comes responsibility. we are germany. we are not switzerland. we are part of the european union. we are part of nato. you have to pay tribute to the responsibilities that come with membership. the majority of the german government has been against the u.n. resolution 1973, there would've been no danger to the allies in the security council. this decision will haunt us for not only the next six months, but for years to come. given the statement the german defense minister made in berlin, i am really skeptical that german politics is able and willing to change course in the months to come. we will probably provide more assistance when it comes to the reconstruction, the to release that, to support the european union. in their efforts. a line sooner or later. my foundation, my foundation has put on -- we call this a transformation partnership where we are seeing every tran

we will get second quarter earnings reports from dow and cisco, among others as well as nordstrom, kohl's and macy's. the market committee will hold a one-day meeting and wednesday the international trade balance will tell us if the u.s. is importing or exporting more goods right now. friday the total sales report for the month of july, giving us a window into consumer activity. and finally today, printed menus, tablecloths, even use of the french word restaurant. all date back to delmonico's, a fixture of wall street east since the 1830s. >> it is the first restaurant in america. and we've been feeding this area for the longest time, over 170 years. >> so this delmonico's steak here, it's cut from the rib. so here you have a three-pound bone-in rib eye. the delmonico steak is the same cut. for this one we take the bone out, a single serving. this one we leave it in. and it's for two. >> famous diners abraham lincoln, mark twain, charles dickens. >> in the daytime you have all the business guys. at nighttime the tourists. at nighttime it's 90% steak. and the weekend chicken a la king, bak

collapsed in the early ninety's and italy and france to impose the demands of the master treaty on helmut kohl back and that era. the germans resisted it fiercely initially until the german banks figured out they might become the winners of this new euro concept and then cold shifted his position dramatically toward the end of his tenure but at this point that whole arrangement has has changed we have the financial crisis that was triggered when when the washington refused to bail out lehman brothers september two thousand and eight that has created shock waves around the world and now you have a competition between the euro and the dollar as to which currency is going to go down faster and there is no alternative reserve currency to replace it so. really it's a. the euro wound idea a single bond that underwrites or that is underwritten for all euro zone member countries is simply not coherent with the concepts of national sovereignty which the governments of germany france and the other member countries tenaciously hold on to as i can understand do you think marco and sarkozy i mean they obvi

journalists are reportedly being held by government fighters under the rebel controlled compound a kohls that with sly poses also. a job don't do much of a. good job but despite the continued pockets of fighting all across tripoli many rebels rejoice and claim most of the capital is that. north korea will consider holding nuclear tests if six party talks are as you so says the country's elusive leader on a red trip to russia. and iran files a lawsuit against russia a virtual fusel to supply s. three hundred missiles saying they don't fall under a u.n. resolution preventing weapons imports.

investigators found thousands of text messages and phone calls between kohl, the 40 year-old mother and the boy, her son's friend. the jury did not believe that this to have sex. she could spend up to one year in jail and she will still have to register as a sex because the jury was hung on one of the felony charges, she could be retried. >> thousands joined the oakland police to send a message to prostitutes in john's. the police chief says it is going to take a long time, even though they are making arrests, to combat prostitution. >> you have to make an arrest, address it and treat these young ones as victims as well. you provide social services to teach them how to survive without doing prostitution. >> it is not right. it is embarrassing. i see girls every day walking down the street in inappropriate clothing. kids are looking at this. also >> , there are two new billboards along international boulevard with the hope that the johns will see this message and make a change. >> in the national news, a jury in texas convicted polygamist leader warren jeffs of sexually assaulting childr

>> investigators found evidence of thousands of text messages and hundreds of phone calls between kohlteam. --teen prosecutors say that the jury likely felt that evidence of sex was just not there. >> i was a disappointed is more of a fair word. this particular charge would not entail more extreme conduct hence, a lesser punishment. >> keep in mind that she could face up to one year in jail and have to register as a sex offender and because the jury was hung on one of the felony charges she could be retried. reporting in san jose i'm j.r. stone with kron4 news. >> there has been another arrest in the robbery of a man in palo alto. they say that this man along with two other people robbed a mcdonald's employee. investigators say that the individual was headed to the bank, made a deposit for the store and carried thousands of dollars in receipts, investigators say that he is a former mcdonald's employee. a series of recent street robberies targeting agents has an east bay city on edge. the officer handling the investigation tells kron4 that the suspects are very dangerous. >> they're com

the fire broke out around 7:00 this evening in the common area between macy's and kohl's. firefighters say they closed off the area while they contained the flames but the fire was burning into the ceiling. firefighters say it appears the fire started as an electrical fire. the mall is expected to open tomorrow as usual. >>> the municipal transportation agency voted this afternoon to add 87 new taxis to the city's 1,500 vehicle fleet. 50 permits were allocated for part time taxis and another five for full time cabs. >>> the board also voted to raise taxi fares. the base fare is increasing 40- cents to $3.50. a five minute ride cost $3.30 more. the new rates will result in drivers making an extra $600 on a typical day. >>> riders started in santa clara and raveled more. the trip will end september 11th at the brooklyn bridge. it's all to commemorate the firefighters who lost their jobs during the 9/11 attacks. >> the fire service has a close nit brotherhood. we're just memorializing the firefighters who gave their lives. we're going to let fdny know that the rest of the cou

the fire broke out around 7:00 this evening in the common area between macy's and kohl's.ighters say they closed off the area while they contained the flames but the fire was burning into the ceiling. firefighters say it appears the fire started as an electrical fire. the mall is expected to open tomorrow as usual. >>> the municipal transportation agency voted this afternoon to add 87 new taxis to the city's 1,500 vehicle fleet. 50 permits were allocated for part time taxis and another five for full time cabs. >>> the board also voted to raise taxi fares. the base fare is increasing 40- cents to $3.50. a five minute ride cost $3.30 more. the new rates will result in drivers making an extra $600 on a typical day. >>> riders started in santa clara and raveled more. the trip will end september 11th at the brooklyn bridge. it's all to commemorate the firefighters who lost their jobs during the 9/11 attacks. >> the fire service has a close nit brotherhood. we're just memorializing the firefighters who gave their lives. we're going to let fdny know that the rest of the country c

they continue with the results from retail chains kohl's and northwardstrom.osik with the new york stock change. >>> china is putting its all-new steel rail construction on hold. that comes after dozens of people were killed when two high-speed trains collided last month. let's get more on this. eunice joins us live from the country's capital. eunice. >> reporter: that's right, andrew. what we see here was an accident that really wasn't just any other accident. this collision happened on what many people touted as a technological marvel, a symbol of china's economic mite. for your this project alone, china had invested and earmarked over $400 billion for the next couple of years in order to build what they expect to be -- will be the future of the network. now because of this accident people have been outraged, people have been looking at the news of these train delays as well as the breakdowns and also the widespread allegations of corruption because of this rail project and so because of that people here have been really questioning the value of this investm

kohl's me like $3.50. i'm a man of the people, mr. rove. you know that, i wasn't down there riding dirt bikes you and w. that's not you. i'm afraid of dirt bikes. >> that's what a lot of americans do to get good exercise like that. maybe you ought to try it out. >> bill: there isn't any brush on long island. if there was, i would cut it karl rove, everybody, give him hand. >> plenty of plants to cut out there. plenty of weeds to pick. >> bill: colonel ralph peters and charles krauthammer will analyze the qaddafi situation. and then, is president obama morphing into jimmy carter? crowley and colmes have thoughts on that subject upcoming. >> bill: impact segment tonight, it is still chaotic in libya. there is no doubt the qaddafi era is over. after 42 years the dictator is out but nobody knows what's. in joining us now from washington to assess america's role on libyan action fox news strategic analyst lt. colonel ralph peters. senator mccain says we should have been more aggressive in the action. karl rove gives president obama a b minus. wh

kohl's me like $3.50. i'm a man of the people, mr. rove. you know that, i wasn't down there riding dirt bikes you and w. that's not you. i'm afraid of dirt bikes. >> that's what a lot of americans do to get good exercise like that. maybe you ought to try it out. >> bill: there isn't any brush on long island. if there was, i would cut it karl rove, everybody, give him hand. >> plenty of plants to cut out there. plenty of weeds to pick. >> bill: colonel ralph peters and charles krauthammer will analyze the qaddafi situation. and then, is president obama morphing into jimmy carter? crowley and colmes have thoughts on that subject upcoming. [ male announcer ] if you're in a ford f-150 and you see this... it's the end of the road. the last hurrah. it's when ford's powertrain warranty ends. but in is ram truck, youe still got 39,999 miles to go. ♪ guts. glory. ram. ♪ the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience.

it started around 7:00 last night in the common area between macy's and kohls. the fire was burning in lighting fixtures in the ceiling and quickly put out. it appears to be an electrical fire. >>> 5:05. throughout the bay area and across the country last night was a national night out with the goal of getting to know your neighbors better and reducing crime. the city of oakland set a new record for the city. 550 neighborhood block parties. police chief anthony bass was enjoying some of the activities in china town he says with 30 officers coming back to the police force, there will be more sweeps. did you see him make that basket? chief bass also said the community is key to make the city safe. >> there is not going to be anybody that rides in on a white horse to turn things around so it needs to be us. we have to stand up for our community. we have to work together, we have to come together. >> san jose had a big turnout at on the night out. the crime rate is pretty high in this neighborhood. in east palo alto block parties included music, dancing, and food. >

wisconsin state senate district 2, republican incumbent, robert kohls, his challenger, nancy nusbaum.his is considered to be the safest republican seat of them all. in district 8, the republican incumbent is roberta darling, democratic challenger is sandy pasch. right now, polls closed at 9:00 p.m. eastern. nothing but 2% in, roberta darling at 62% of her vote, her democratic challenger, sandy pasch at 28% of the vote. sheila harsdorf, sheila moore. harsdorf ahead. in district 14, luther olsen, his democratic challenger is fred clark, right now with 17% of the vote in, the republican incumbent, luther olsen leading 59% to 41%. in district 18, the republican incumbent is senator randy hopper, democratic challenger is jess king of oshkosh, wisconsin, hopper leading 54% to 46%. finally, in district 32, what democrats hope to be their best chance of a pick-up tonight with just 7% of precincts reporting, republican incumbent senator trails his democratic challenger, jennifer shilling 52% to 48%. we'll keep an eye on the results as they come in to us. [ male announcer ] looking for a comple

. >>> earnings reports come in from big retailers like macy's, kohl's and j.c. penney. at more income thanks to higher ad sales on its tv networks. >>> congress may be on its biggest recess but some big-name politicians aren't taking any time off. iowa's first presidential primary debate takes place thursday at iowa state university. >>> president obama travels to an electric car battery maker in michigan to talk about innovative technologies and creating more high quality jobs. >>> and the nfl players union approved that new ten-year contract with team owners. despite the recent lockout, the 2011 preseason is slated to kick off as scheduled this week with the seattle seahawks battling the san diego chargers. i'm sue herera. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> a reminder you can get all your business and tech news before the bell weekdays right here starting at 4:30 a.m. with my buddy, scott mcgrew. >>> 45,000 unionized verizon communications workers are on strike. verizon and the workers union cannot reach a deal by the midnight deadline overnight. verizon is askin

>> one of our favorites is herb kohl is usually listed as the poorest member of congress because liabilitiesvalue of his basketball team. jared from colorado who became internet millionaire with blue mountain greeting cards online. basically most of these people made their money the old fashioned way. he they inherited it or married it. >> laura: how about darrell issa. >> he made his first million in this automobile protection, you know, the car alarm, viper. but he is now converted his money into real estate. and you'll see this year his apparent wealth has basically doubled. and the reason is, again, he had a bunch of it in one big pile before, now he has gone out and moved some of those piles into various littler piles they add up to more. a bunch of buildings in california. >> laura: how many women in the top 50? >> that's a really good question. i have never done the math that way. again, does it count that teresa hynes has all of john kerry's money? >> laura: yes. >> john kerry's name on the list but its his wife's money. hard to sort out how many of these people the money travels thr

but once people are accountable, and for granted maryland pays a lot of taxes to as a kohl supports baltimore city but it's go downtown. what used to be a manufacturing center is a center for the prison i took the philosopher on a tour and he was like a can't believe how many prisons you have. it goes on forever. even the warehouse. that is what we do now. when we decided that is not affected and that is not what we want to do politically to the people in the city, we want to house them or somehow segregate them then things will change but until then nothing will change. >> [inaudible] basically it's something the systems in place within baltimore city hour own society here to try to stop these murders. >> i think part of the issue that we have that we are narrow minded and our approach to responding to people and their problems, so i agreed that as young as we can get them any to be responding to them but it's not just the use it is everyone in our lives we sometimes need to be working with, and i just hope we are really clear that this is about class, this has very little to do with race. t

. >> rose: was the sew kohl affair the thing that caused you most angst because it had to do with judgment of... >> it caused angst. i don't know whether it's the most in my business life but it was up there. >> rose: when you think about whatever legacy there is, your legacy berkshire hathaway beyond family and philanthropy. >> yeah, well it's... i'll settle for those. >> you quoted sir christopher ren who created st. paul's cathedral and if you go there the epitaph he has written for himself. >> i'll paraphrase it. if you seek my monument, look about you. and i say that should be the... that's the way we should think about this country. this country a monument to what was done a few years ago and the people that have followed. it's incredible. back in 171790 you said i want to create a monument to this country i'm giving you and you'd envision the country of 2011. i don't think anybody would have dreamt big enough. i think this is something that... so i just... when i fly across the country that thought occurs to me that if you seek our founding father's monument, just look around you. >

tucker and senator whitehouse. >> thank you, senator kohl.distinguished senior senator from minnesota, senator klobuchar, has joined us, senator from delaware, senator coons has joined us. the order on our side is senators franken, blumenthal, klobuchar and coons. senator frank franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i notice that our former congressman, jim ramstad is here, and i'd like to recognize him, too, for his leadership in mental health parity and in parity for treatment of addiction. minnesota's been a leader in, actually, in addiction treatment, and we're very proud of that. and minnesota we have seen drug courts do pretty good things, do very good things. you talk to, talked about really return on investment both in your opening statement and your response to senator kohl. and part of this is recidivism. we've found in minnesota that participants in drug courts are less likely -- less than half as likely to be arrested for another crime as offenders who are prosecuted in traditional courts and, i mean, this, of course, we give lent k

kohl still high is getting up to near 70 degrees. a quick break as the kron 4 morning news returns in two minutes. a live look from the james lick. >> a big story developing an oakland, the group anonymous and march of leaders are supposed to be talking today, at least we think they will. we are waiting to see if anyone from anonymous shows up. there you can see the protests from monday and on the right. they forced part to shut down manifestations. will tran is live outside of the meeting in oakland. is anything under way? have you seen anyone from anonymous? >> started about 10 minutes ago. anonymous is very angry at to part. there is no one that looks like a member of an anonymous. right now, it is very quiet. here is a video of the meeting. one barge distance telephone service, that disrupted a lot of members of anonymous. the board director said that this is just an informational meeting. they will come back in about a month to come up with a hard policy. as far as members of anonymous, i do not see anyone carrying a placard at

it started about 7:00 last night in the common area between macy's and kohl's. firemen quickly put out the the fire. they say it appears to be an electrical care -- electric cal -- electrical problem. >>> well, there's some more disturbing videotapes to tell you about. it's all tied to the jaycee dugard kidnapping case. today, california lawmakers will investigate the failures in the dollar justice -- criminal justice system that led to her 18-year in imprisonment. >>> the bridge district painted these new lines to separate bikists and pedestrians. normally the -- bicyclists and pedestrians. pedestrians and cyclists will have to share the eastern walkway until the western side reopens in september. >>> 7:38. we want to check in with sal who is gonna be showing us some pictures from newschopper 2. where are flying over? >> fremont. northbound 680 as you mumm up -- come up on the mission boulevard exit. there is a motorcycle crash here. newschopper2 showing us the lane closure. the coroner just arrived a few minutes ago. this is northbound 6le -- 680 that you see

i think helmut kohl cole is spot on here. he is expressing frustrations within his own party, ruling party, the christian democrats as well as also with parts of the german public who are saying, you can't have it all, you know. with size and with economic success comes responsibility. and this is even more so the case for germany. i mean we are not an upgraded switzerland. which are part of the european union. we are part of nato. and this means you have to, to pay tribute to the responsibilities that come with such membership. and even if the majority of the german government has been against the u.n. resolution 1973, there would have been no damage, no danger at all, to work with our allies in the u.n. security council. and the damage that this decision has caused german politics will haunt us not only for the next months but for the years to come. and we better correct this i think. but given the statement that the germans defense minister made today in berlin and really skeptical that the german foreign politics is willi

macy's, polo, ralph lauren and kohl's have all come out with numbers, and they seem to think that the consumers will come shopping. last but not least we've been watching the neck-and-neck fight between apple anne exxonmobile. apple is the largest. 340billion products. that too is up today. jenna: it's remarkable to think about it. the largest company, or the company out there that has that medal of honor, being apple instead of an oil company. let me ask you more about the banks. earlier in the week we talked about questions about the french banks or banks in europe. we talked about that during the financial crisis as well. are there any lingering questions about how stable our banks are in the united states right now? is that something that traders are talking about on the floor of the exchange? >> reporter: there seems to be confidence in our own banks at home. it was really more of a european issue, particularly france. that was the big worry over the last few days. that's what brought us down. right now there seems to be a nervous calm, the fear index is pulling back a little bit

. >> thank you, senator kohl. senator coons has joined us.he order on our side is senator franken first. you, mr. chairman. i notice that former congressman jim branstad is here. i would like to recognize him, too, for his leadership in parity andlth care today for treatment of addiction. minnesota has actually been the leader in addiction treatment, and we are very proud of that. minnesota, we have seen drug courts do very good things. when you talk to return on -- you talked to return on investment in your opening statement and in your response to senator kohl, and part of this is recidivism. we have found that in minnesota, participants in drug courts are less than half as likely to be arrested for another crime as offenders who are prosecuted in traditional courts. this, of course, is the equivalent kind of a rest, etc. i want to know if you are seeing now a nationwide -- get trend nationwide in drug courts in terms of recidivism? >> with respect to recidivism, senator, we are seeing them nationwide. in fact, drug courts -- one of the pri

unless you're buying an apple product or shopping at kohl's or walmart or target, everything else ise middle. jenna: do you think this is a new reality for us as far as where the american consumer is? >> i do. consumers are buying close to need now. so there really isn't a back to school selling season. what do i need now? kids' feet grow faster than paychecks, so it's all about what does my kid need to get in the door at school? new pair of shoes, new backpack. and, unfortunately, you can see it with stock performance, you can see it just going to the mall. all of our shopping habits have changed, unfortunately. jenna: we've had quite a few years to change that. it's funny, i was just talking to rick's daughters about their new schools they got for school, the light-up kind. [laughter] very fancy, but their feet were growing, so it was a necessary purchase. kristin, always great to have you on. thank you very much. >> stay dry. jenna: we'll try. [laughter] rick: and breaking news now out of libya. the head of-in ya's rebel government -- libya's rebel government is making the diploma

and i think helmut kohl is expressing the frustration within his own party, really party, the question democrats as well as also was part of the german public were saying you can't have, have it all. with size and with economic success comes responsibility. and this is even more so the case for germany. i mean, we are not an upgraded switzerland. we are part of the european union. we are part of nato. and this means you have to pay tribute to the responsibilities that come with such membership. and even if the majority of the german government have been against the u.n. resolution 1973, they would have been no damage, no danger at all to vote with our allies in the u.n. security council. and the damage that this has caused german politics will haunt does not own for the next months, but for the years to come. and we better correct this. that given the statement that the german defense minister made today in berlin, i'm really skeptical that the german foreign politics is willing and able to change its course in the next months to come. we will probably provide more assistance when it c

however it must be stressed that the democrats emerging majority coalition needs to be kohl son consolidated, yes, it's true, effective governance which is dramatically impeded at this point by the state of the economy. i don't need to tell you about that. in such a situation even an nonmodernized g.o.p. which we face today can fair well. witness 2010. i don't believe such approach is stable over the long term. the country is changing. the grand old party must change with it or they will leave the democrats to reap the demographic benefits of social change. thank you. >> please send your questions up front if you have any. >> thank you very much. i want to salute ruy teixeira for his courage in making an argument for a permanent democratic majority after the 2010 election. and his book -- his very fine book that he and john co-authored was published just before the 2002 election. which turned out to be republican victory. i reviewed that for national review and after a couple little cheap shots about the 2002 election, i think i came to the conclusion that this was a serious and interesting

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we are also grateful to george bush, to gorbachev, and also the german politicians and chancellor kohlful to them but we are also calling a spade a spade and speak the truth. at the same time, there are a number of frustrating studies published, indicating that fewer and fewer individuals know what the gdr man. for that reason, that part of our history is increasingly minimize. we have to educate. we have to educate our young individual so that they can learn that no matter what extremist regime it is, whether on the left or the right, it leads to nothing but oppression. this is mainly a task of the individual states and their school systems, but the federal government also considers this a task on a national level. for the reason the governing parties have agreed that additional measures will be taken in order to teach children about recent history, including about the gdr retain. the federal government supports a number of more of the remind all of us of the brutality of not only the berlin wall but the entire border dividing germany. and here in berlin, we have the bernauer strasse

provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable herb kohl, a senator from the state of wisconsin to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: mr. leader. mr. reid: thank you investment following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur on the house message to go accompany s. 627, which is the legislative vehicle for the debt limit increase. the senate will recess from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. when the senate reconvenes the time until 2:30:30 will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. i want to spend a few minutes with the united states senate today and the american people to talk to them about this great body that we serve in. i know that there are all kinds of pundits and commentators who talk about how the system is broken. they point to what's been going on in washington the last few months as saying it shows we need a complete change in the way we enact laws. it doesn't work any