you know, the news never stops here, and kyra phillips going to take it over for the next couple hours as she always does, kyra? >> thanks so much. >>> some congressmen call them listening sessions. barney frank prefers to fire back. take a listen. >> ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with dining room table. i have no interest in doing it! >> table the health care debate, no chance. wait until you hear what may be on the table right now.

>>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live here at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. and you're live in the "cnn and you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and like the man himself, ted kennedy's final journey from cape cod to boston is intensely personal and very public. the late senator's motorcade is just about to pull out of the family compound, after a private mass en route to his brother's presidential library, some 70 miles away. the procession that you're going to see here live on cnn will wind past other significant places, including the rose kennedy greenway, named for the family matriarch, and also nathaniel hall, where boston's mayor is actually going to ring the bell 47 times. that's one for each year that ted kennedy served in the u.s. senate. >>> now, for the next two hours, we're going to travel this journey and chart the ones to come with cnn's deborah feyerick and cnn's senior political analyst, david gergen. he's in hyannis port. mary snow is at the jfk library and, of course, presidential historian, douglas bri

." >>> "cnn newsroom" continues right now with fredricka whitfield, who's in for kyra phillips. fred? >> thank you, don. >>> we're pushing forward on the senate vote that will keep the rebates flowing until labor day. >>> but what about the mail? the u.s. postal service may lose $7 billion this fiscal year. wait until you hear what you might lose. >>> there's a lot of funny stuff going on. i overlooked a lot of things and, you know, you try and look -- see the best in people, not the worst. >> and a sure sign the honeymoon is over. your wife of six months allegedly takes out a contract on you. the tears may be fake, but the charges are real. >>> hello, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield, filling in today for kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. and you're in the "cnn and you're in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> 200 days, 2 key missions. president obama is closing out his second 100 days in office with headway against the recession. headwinds against the campaign to overhaul health care. this hour, we'll look at both, ahead o

. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues right now with our own kyra phillips. kyra? >> drew, thanks so much. >>> we're pushing forward on government health care. critics call it a government takeover of private insurance. democrats call it an indispensable option. >>> a texas judge is on trial for turning her back to a party appeal. the execution went on as scheduled. >>> and who's maxing out your credit cards. it may not be you and it might be the least of your troubles. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live in the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. and you're live in the "cnn and you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> preferable, not essential. the bottom line from the white house on a so-called public option. a government-run health plan that would compete with private plans in supposedly drive down costs. at least for today, president obama is letting others do his public pitching. among them, health secretary, kathleen sebelius, who on sunday seemed to make a big concession to conservative who reject what they call a

"cnn newsroom" continues right now with kyra phillips. kyra? >> drew, thanks. >>> we're pushing forward. town hall meets talk radio. president obama hits the airwaves pitching health care reform to a conservative audience. it happens in minutes and you'll hear it live right here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> nobody says democracy is easy. but don't complain to afghans about touch screens and butterfly ballots. a country at war holds a historic election. >>> and the outrage begins over scotland's release of the only man convicted in the lockerbie bombing of 1988. he's gone home, to libya, to die. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> all week long, president obama's kept a pretty low profile in the health care fight, but that's been to change. minutes from now he'll join conservative radio talk show host, michael smerconish, for a call-in forum live from the white house. you'll see it right here in th

we are pushing forward now with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips! >> tony, thanks so much. >>> prevention, protection, preparation. we're pushing forward on a flu season like none we've ever seen. best guess? half the u.s. population could catch h1n1, the so-called swine flu, and regular flu isn't going away. >>> talk about your vital signs. home values are going up for the first time in years. but so is the nation's debt as far as the eye can see. best-case scenario, another $7 trillion in the red. >>> and should you be alarmed over alli? the only nonprescription fda-approved weight loss drug may carry serious risks. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it took the world by storm in the springtime. now, when it comes to swine flu, the h1n1 virus a presidential panel says that fall and winter may be a whole lot worse. under a so-called plausible scenario, 30% to 50% of the u.s. population could be inf

woman, kyra phillips, next in the "cnn newsroom." >>> north korea opens its doors to the bill clinton private citizen on a private mission to free two americans. incredible pictures from a secretive state. >>> general motors did it. chrysler did it. now detroit public schools may go where no school system has gone before. bankruptcy. we'll do the math. >>> and we'll talk trash with a couple who's sworn off garbage for a year. reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost, compost, compost. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> well, the world is talking about bill clinton's surprise trip to north korea, but now the whole world is asking what will he get and what did he come for? the 42nd president is trying to win the freedom of two american journalists who were captured in march and sentenced to years of hard labor. the white house insists that it's a solely private mission and denies clinton carries any message from president obama. cnn's jill d

john newsroom continues right now with kyra phillips. >> we're pushing forward to the end of the line. time is running out to get cash for your clunker. you can still make a deal, but work fast. seven hours and counting. >>> seconds thoughts in scotland but not from the judge who freed a lockerbie bomber, defending his decision and denying a quid pro quo. back to school means bracing for h1n1 keeping kids safe while keeping schools open is keeping educators up at night. i'm kyra phillips, you're live in the cnn newsroom. >>> money, school, safety nets, we're pushing forward on states pushed to the brink by recession. recession means fewer tax dollars paid in and a lot more dollars paid out. that means coast to coast battles over tax hikes and spending cuts or both. more than eight weeks into fiscal 2010, the states of connecticut and pennsylvania still haven't made ends meet. if pennsylvania doesn't have a budget by friday, it will almost be $900 million in to its public schools. schools are struggling all over. asking kids to bring their own light bulbs and toilet paper with them. in

we're pushing forward with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with this lady kyra phillips. >>> we're talking about a legacy of pushing forward -- >> the work begins anew. the hope rises again! and the dream lives on. >> by looking to the future, ted kennedy changed american history, but the cause of his life has outlived him, and the future of health care reform is just as uncertain as ever. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> well, we knew this day was coming. so did president obama and we awaited it with dread. the death of edward kennedy ends not only a momentous career in politics, but a chapter in u.s. history that no novelist could ever have imagined. true to our mission, we push forward on the next chapter, the next generation of the first family of democratic politics and the fate of what might have been kennedy's crowning achievement, health care for all. the 47-year-old senate veteran died late last night at the family compound in h

we're pushing forward with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips! >> it's friday, tony. >> yeah. >> we are pushing forward. >>> making waves. hurricane bill stirs up the surf around bermuda. the east coast of the u.s. is next. chad myers watching every move. >>> some call it mercy. others a travesty. scotland's release of a libyan bomber was controversial enough. his arrival back home? outrageous. >>> and a former swimsuit model murdered. her ex-husband charged and on the run. we're pushing forward on the manhunt. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> warnings go out as hurricane bill closes in on bermuda. waves are already picking up, as we can see in these pictures from one of our i-reporters and along the u.s. east coast people are being advised to keep a close watch on the big storm. it's not expected to make a direct hit, but it's still going to produce some pretty dangerous riptides and mess up a

. >>> the "cnn newsroom" continues with fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. >> thanks so much, betty. >>> unemployment down. layoffs down. economy, looking up? we're purring forward on bombshell reports from the labor front. more signs the recession is losing its grip. >>> tempers, voices, blood pressures, spiking in the fight over health care. we'll shed some light on a fevered debate. >>> we have to prepare for the worst. the honest answer is we don't know how bad this is going to be. >> swine flu in the schools. the feds provide a lesson plan for educators bracing for an h1n1. >>> hello, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield in today for kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. and you're in the "cnn and you're in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "issue #1" on day 200 of the obama administration, the president is due to speak in the white house rose garden later on this hour on an economy that is still very weak, but showing new signs of life. we'll get to those in a second. >>> and earlier, he signed a $2 billion lifeline for th

with kyra phillips! >> it's always go time with you,

hello, i'm kyra phillips live. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." the deficit is soaring and health care may be expending and taxes may be rising and not just on the rich. we're awaiting the conference on the talk show appearances of both officials who suggested broad-based tax hikes may be needed to cut the deficit and bank roll health reform. here's tim geithner. >> people have to understand we have to bring the deficits down and it will be difficult, hard for us to do and the path to that is through health care reform but that's necessary but not sufficient. we'll do other things too. >> receive news are on the table? >> we're not at the point where we'll make a judgment -- >> you can't rule it out? >> i think what the country needs to do is understand we'll have to do what it takes, what is necessary. >> here's the problem. the message that president obama delivered on a daily basis when he was candidate obama is this -- >> under my plan, tax rates will be less than they were under ronald reagan. if you make less than $250 nourks a year, you wil

. >>> the "cnn newsroom" continues right now with kyra phillips. >> don, thanks so much. >>> pushing forward, ever try to push an rv? it's a little like trying to push elkhart, indiana, the rv capital of the world, out of recession and into recovery. we're talking about that economic jump-start from president obama today. >>> recessions are one thing, but birmingham's in a full-blown budget disaster. a flap over taxes means deep cuts, long lines, and a bombshell from the county sheriff. he'll talk to me live. >>> and burbank never looked so beautiful. euna lee and laura ling home in california after months of captivity in north korea. it's the story of their lives. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the last time president obama went to elkhart, indiana, he was stumping for the stimulus. today he's all about the payoff. as you just heard live from the president's appearance at an rv plant, the stimulus is helping fund dozens of proje

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> can't you tell? this make-or-break month for health care reform in america. look at all these town hall meetings going on just today. and some of them happening right now. florida, pennsylvania, senator specter again, montana, and nebraska, also hagerstown, maryland, and that's where senator ben cardin hosts a meeting this hour. we're keeping a close eye on this one. cardin actually got booed and jeered monday at his town hall in towson. and in new jersey, congressman steve rosman hosting that one. and there's a bunch of town halls in iowa. >>> republican senator chuck grassley is hosting four of them today. the second one is wrapping up this hour. the president praised grassley yesterday as a republican that is honestly coming up with a health care reform both parties can live with. he's one of the group of six senators from both parties heavily involved in the negotiations. this even

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> go it alone or risk not going at all? an emerging, potentially explosive scenario for democrats in a make-or-break month for health care. we're pushing forward now on the prospect of partisan reform as rock-solid republican opposition shows no signs of cracking. the white house briefing comes up at the bottom of the hour. you'll see it live right here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> and later, if you think reform doesn't have a prayer? well, you may be wrong. president obama is joining hands by phone with religious leaders in a group called faith in public life. cnn's elaine quijano joins me live from the white house now. elaine, a top adviser told cnn, quote, a win is a win, no one is going to remember how messy it was. on the other hand, there's this poll by quinnipiac university showing 6 in 10 americans don't support health care reform that doesn't have some type of republican support.

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live in the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> arkansas, montana, light-years from the corridors of power, so today power comes to them. members of congress and president obama holding health care town halls in those states and more as we near the halfway point in a make-or-break month. the big event of the day starts an hour and 45 minutes from now. president obama in big sky country pitching reform to what may be the toughest audience yet. you'll see it live right here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> i just hope he rests easy finally. i hope it gives his family some peace. captain scott speicher's navy buddies speaks for the entire country, really, as the gulf war pilot is honored and laid to rest. early this morning thousands of people began lining the streets of jacksonville, florida, for captain speicher's funeral procession, after a public memorial at the city's veteran wall, the motorcade slowly driving by his church, his old hig

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> chad myers might disagree, but if you have a stake in the health care debate -- and all of us do -- this feels like the hottest august ever. today's hot spots are new jersey, oklahoma, kansas, wisconsin, and oregon. all sites of town halls with local members of congress. the jersey forum is just getting started with democratic congressman steve rothman front and there in secaucus. and it gets hot and heavy, you'll definitely see it live. we're keeping an ear on the white house briefing due to start in ten minutes. the president returns to the town hall stage tomorrow in montana. now, ali velshi has been on the road all week long holding his own version of the town hall meeting listening to what people are saying about health care reform and he's not running for office. not trying to keep his seat. he's just in search of real people with real concerns. ali's found his way to sedalia, mi

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. >> -- are set to turn things over to kyra phillips. >> sure, please. cape a number of occasions, because i live up in massachusetts now. but i've never been to the compound. what surprised me coming yesterday, i always assumed the compound was an isolated set of buildings with big walls and everything. be really separated out from everything else, and, in fact, it's just part of a neighborhood. and there are houses right next door. yes, there are some bushes here and there that hide things, but it's more of a sense of neighborhood, with lots of kids on bikes, on towels, and dogs frolicking around. you know, even as reporters are lined up here with cameras to record this, the neighborhood -- the neighbors are just, you know, sort of strolling by. and there's a mournfulness now about it. buth

as kyra phillips shows us, his influence on the industry extended far beyond the news show he startedrter: pioneering journalist donahue wit in the early days of television. >> call me when you get that. >> reporter: he began his career in print journalism. he moved to cbs in 1948, where he stayed for more than 50 years. >> see it now -- a document for television. >> reporter: he directed "see it now." and the legendary series "cbs reports." he worked alongside correspondent edward r. murrow and producer fred friendly. they set the highest standards, virtually inventing the new medium of television journalism. as producer and director of douglas edwards and the news, he had a tremendous influence on the development of day to day television news programming. he headed cbs' early political coverage including the 1960 presidential debate. >> nixon was ill. this phi's been to the hospital. he arrived looking like the wrath of god. jack kennedy looked terrific. >> reporter: 70 million viewers tuned into that debate, which revealed the awesome power of television. >> but people who heard it