right in the heart of london, the london eye. and on this side of me, is big ben. the most famous tourist attraction in london. >>> one of my favorite ways to save, shopping in england is go to the 99 p store. everything is 99 pence, roughly, $1.65 at today's exchange rates. they've got a ton of good stuff in there. and len is with us. hello, len. >> caller: hey, how you doing, clark? >> great. thank you, except you got one of those phone calls nobody wants. >> caller: sure did. >> tell me about this, if you would. >> caller: what happened two weeks ago. my husband and i received a call from a department stating they were calling from a warrant division and they're looking for my stepson. settle and i said why are you looking for my stepson? and they said, he owned $271 on a traffic fine. come to find out this is a traffic ticket he received back in 2001. so that is correct, my stepson did have a traffic ticket. he went to probation. my husband ended up selling his car and paying the traffic ticket off. >> wow. >> caller: we explained that to them. unfortunately, w

here's amy guttman. >> reporter: countdown to the london olympics has begun.officials tick off the months and weaks to 2012, they're also counting the pennies. corporate sponsors hit by the crunch rnkts renewing deals. british athletes are the losers. great britain's water polo team and seven other sports suffered the most. olympic officials here used a commercial logic, making the biggest cuts in those teams least likely to win a medal. it's especially hard for part-time teacher, craig. lon it ton 2012 will be the 31-year-old team captain's last games. his last chance for a medal. craig gave up a lot to move here and play water polo for england. he left a pro position with good pay and perks. but now there's barely enough money for training time in the pool. they now practice just once a day at the national aquatic center in manchester. half of craig's teammates have abandoned the uk for europe, dashing any hopes of a british medal. investment was hard to win in 1948 when london last hosted the olympics. 64 years later, for some teams, victory in medals and m

mcchrystal was in london.question specifically about a plan that is almost identical to what the biden proposal is, and he said, as we saw in that clip, do you think it will work? no. will you support it? no. now, that is really near the edge of pressure on the white house. now, mcchrystal may or may not have had a hand in the leak of the original report, but what he said today is a challenge. now, newsweek reports that he has said that if he is given a different strategy, he will not resign. i'm not sure i believe that. i understand why he would say it, if he were to say otherwise today, it would look like a threat and a kind of a blackmail, but i can not imagine that if his plan is rejected and if he is given to proceed on a plan which he has said now in public in london cannot succeed, how, in good honor he could send his troops into battle with a plan saying and knowing it would fail. i think he would resign, and that would be a crisis for the obama administration. bret: steve, in london, he also was asked

in london, the ftse opened lower.street starts the day with the dow jones industrial average industrial at 9509, after plunging 203 points. the nasdaq index dropped almost 65 points. >>> the labor department releases its monthly unemployment report. analysts expect that about 175,000 more jobs disappeared last month. and that the unemployment rate rose to 9.8%. although the economy is growing again, employers are still finding ways to do the same work with fewer people >>> home sales rose in august, for the seventh-straight month. first-time buyers are driving the trend, rushing to take advantage of a tax credit program that expires in november. that also sparked a rise in construction in august. the biggest jump in nearly 16 years. >>> it looks like michael vick will not be paid to endorse nike. the company announced yesterday that there was no deal with the philadelphia quarterback. just two days ago, one of vick's reps said there was an agreement. i nike says it supplies products to vick, but there is no contract.

in new london, connecticut, i'm eric eric shawn, fox news. >> president obama made his latest spich for healthcare reform to a group of supportive doctors and nurses this morning in the oze garden. the president said healthcare workers are able to see the criticisms of current proposals. >> now, these men and women here would not be supporting health insurance reform if they they rely believed that it would lead to government bureaucrats making decisions that are breast left to doctors. it wouldn't be here too if they believe that the reform with damage the critical and sacred doctor-patient relation ship. >> the house g.o.p. doctors' caucus responded with several physicians saying moaftsd of their colleagues -- most of their colleagues oppose the democratic sponsored healthcare proposals. the economy has shown some signs of regaining its health, but the unemployment rate has continueed to climb despite the president's $787 billion stimulus package. major garrett reports that that is a reality that the administration is struggling to address. >> the economic team is certainly looking at

in london, tom joins us.ou can only imagine the excitement in latin and south america but europe has to be disappointed that madrid did not get the bid, but london it had the last time around, so there is an explanation. >> that's right, andrea. i think most people thinking that south america never held the olympic games and it was simply their turn as far as the olympic committee was concerned. but all over europe, there is a feeling that it's been a sensational for chicago and when the 85 eligible members of the international olympic committee eliminated the windy city in the first round, it was a set back, really, for president obama and first lady michelle obama when they had gone into the danish capital in michelle's case, a couple days earlier and then in the president's case earlier this morning to personally lobthy committee. i think when chicago finished last in the four bids in the first round of voting and then the second round eliminated tokyo leaving rio and madrid and it went to rio, the overwhe

thinks that new owner will make more money and pay more tax revenue. >> city officials on the new london development corporation, the public entity that tried to develop this site, say an office project opened in february, but there have been delays. they point to plans for a national coast guard museum and know several companies that have moved into the area. >> between court cases and now that those are wrapping up, you have an economy that has slowed things down. it is taking longer than we expected. >> the worst more and then to haveic eric shawn, . >> president obama made his latest spich for healthcare reform to a group of supportive doctors and nurses this morning in the oze garden. the president said healthcare workers are able to see the criticisms of current proposals. >> now, these men and women here would not be supporting health insurance reform if they they rely believed that it would lead to government bureaucrats making decisions that are breast left to doctors. it wouldn't be here too if they believe that the reform with damage the critical and sacred doctor-patient rela

ter a successful run in london's west end his hamlet is now in preview on broaay. and here is lk at at production . >> jud law one of my favorite actors back at this table, welco. >> tha you for having me back. >> how does one decide it's timeor me to do hamlet? >> well,hink somewhere in the bac of my mind was alys a sense that it was inevitable only because was a challenge that everyone whoad played it and thoses evewho haven't played it, even richard harr so eloquently put ere, said that you know it's the gatest of challenges. but also theost fulfilling of roles. but getting the timin right and thelignment rig was always very important to me. and ing in the rightands and being inhe right frame of mind and at the right time in my own life. and ken brown asked me to be a part of the season in the don mar inthe west end. and that involved michael grand it who i thinks a fantastic directo anthe don mar is the wonderful mpany known for gatherg terrific ensembles. anit just felt thatime was right. and it was nothing more than that reall t wasn' a great urging, suddenly

she came to london and told officials of her concerns. cottages were overcrowded, 24 children when at most there a space for 12. supervision from london was very necessary. there's no indication that her concerns were passed on. one woman sent to that form as a girl, was angry. >> it was disgusting that the government in england to new how the government was feeling. -- knew how the people were feeling. >> i think the government should apologe for what happened to. >> even now, this is important. for migrants say it would counter the feelings that in britain wave to them good-bye and then forgot about them. >> id is hundred 40 years since mahatma gandhi was born in. -- it is 140 years since mahatma gandhi was born. we explore his mixed feelings as india became a freeountry. the feelings that i can to calcutta, a city simmering with fear and violence. -- feelings that took him to calcutta up and do. taft puf>> of the viceroy comese part in the official end to british rule. >> india's leaders finally gained the power to govern eir own land.

jane: oddsmakers in london had chicago as the first choice. so it has been a shocker on the world that they did not make it farther than the first round. as mentioned, tokyo and chicago have been eliminated in the second round. what are you hearing, wendell? >> we will hear a closer to 1:00 eastern time. the first two knockouts happened very rapidly, with chicago going out in the first round of balloting, a tremendous shock here. there was a huge intake of breath in the press center, and i will tell you, happiest people with the japanese -- the happiest people were the japanese, and then they were despondent as tokyo went down. a very emotional appeal was made to the delegates in his country's push for the winter game. many people were put on the international olympic committee. he said, i'm 89 years old. we're talking about the 2016 olympics, and the suggestion was his last chance. the president has to land later on today at andrews air force base. he will get the news on the plane. we expect him to have a comment, but he will not have good n

>> look, i was thrilled with the london run. thrilled that we were embraced and enjoyed as much as we mr. . but i look back now and i think what was i doing. what was i doing. i mean i think -- i think it's the natural process that apart beds into you, there are qualities that you throw yourself into at the beginning of a run which slowly turn, hone down and cut, other colors come up. i would say there was a brashness to them an aggressive that i found. a fury i found in be done which i think is just leveled out somewhat. and slightly a bit more wit here. certainly more confidence and that's because we know it as a company. we know the play very well. >> and the response has been terrific too. both in terms it of critical and in terms of audience response. >> yeah. >> let me do one more scene. act 5, scene 1 hamlet discusses the skull, the king's gesture. what can you tell us of that. >> i had this, i read one of the many books in preparation for this part, this wonderful outlet this wonderful observation that because hamlet can

i started my career there. >> i love london. bill: they won't let you in london. you can't get in. the passport. no the dollar is getting hammered. i mean, you know, a cup of coffee over there for americans is $4. >> and you are cheat. bill: i don't drink coffee. you say it's because the health care chaos is so pronounced that the rest of the world says america is in big trouble? >> not rest of the world is telling us we are a joke. they are hardly the ones to judge. but in a world where that increasingly looks to us to get our spending under control for many years and certainly the prior administration and hyper drive in this administration. piling up debt. health care looks like it's an open game how many zeros you wanted to put on the zek. do -- check. increasingly they are saying no, we don't. bill: the stock market goes up? >> the stock market goes up because obviously the weaker the dollar gets, our big companies that do business abroad have a better shot and stuff that comes in here is expensive. i think it's a short-lived event. whatever tonic or nicotine fit you get from t

london down 2%.e down 26%. >> know how much to spend. >> people in most major cities should fly into mexico in the fall for $300 or less. to get to europe, you'll pay $400 to $600 round trip. from west coast, 500 to 700. >>> the death toll from a pair of devastating earthquakes in indonesia could double. that is the word from officials and search and rescue who are looking for survivors. there is fear that four villages in west sumatra have been wiped out completely by mountains of mud. efforts to reach those areas today were hampered by heavy rains. the quakes killed more than 700 people. as many as 3,000 could still be buried under mud and debris. that includes hundreds of people trapped in a mosque during a wedding. people are using anything they can, hammers, chisels, even their bare hands to dig through debris. >>> hundreds of people from agencies like fema and the red cross are helping samoa dig out from the tsunami aftermath. the u.s. coast guard is bringing in supplies like meals, water, blan

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that is what the commander o u.s.nd nato fces in afghanistan said in london today. it is easy to see why genal stanley mcchrystal s concerned. they face almost dailgun battles wi the taliban. the bbc went to one of the marines' mos rete combat outpos. >> marching to war, taliban positions, just a coupl hundred meters over in that direcon. things have been acquired over the last few weeks, but the fe was th thealiban were regroung. so fr, that seems to be bei borne out. they need cover anda volley of mortgages as fire in. -- a volley of mortars isired in >> we got one marinehot. >> oneof the marines is st through the chest. he is able to talk but needs urgent medical care. the talibanad the troops in eir sights. watch as the rounds land close by. >> we are going to try to shoot thbirds down. >> as the emergency medical team rives, the taliban agai opened fire. o days later, another member the platoon wahot and this time killed. they have lost 13 men in the la three months, and although ty had driven the taliban backthey are stretched. >> the reaty is w should be able

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two, he's in london, our ally, our great ally. so in a nato context, he's not able to say oh, by the way, our allies, we don't need to do that. >> colonel jacobs, you have the president and field commander engaged in a public discussion. the general has taken sides. he says we need 40,000 more troops. the president is weighing the options, including the one that's been associated with his vice president, joe biden, which is to focus on catching al qaeda, not on nation-building or even on population defense. isn't it strange to have this debate going on out in the open? >> yeah, i'm not very fond of policy like this being made out in public with everybody, including the vice president and the secretary of state, by the way, weighing in in public on what should be done in afghanistan. and if i had been general mcchrystal, fielding that question, would have said, look, we're in the middle of a policy debate, i'm not going to answer that question. and it's irrelevant that the thing had been leaked before, somebody else did that. there

a lot of contrast with president bush. >> but mcchrystal had some pretty interesting comments in londonut a timeframe, didn't he? >> right. >> keep extending these signal very publicly about we can't wait for a decision. >> right. for a commander whose job is to take orders from the commander in chief, from the civilian commander in chief, he was pretty blunt in london and he was asked, you know, did he think that this limited strategy put forward by vice president biden, just going after al qaeda, you know, not perhaps sending in 40,000 troops, does he think that was gonna -- did he like that strategy? he said no. and that's really blunt talk for a military man. >> any sense at this point who is winning this argument between the more limited strategy, the pullback strategy or mcchrystal? >> a really good question. we know sort of that the white house political advisers have a lot of doubts about that going in big. we if know that vice president biden has doubts about it. those are the doubts that are being aired right now, that we hear coming out of the white house. the military, admir

in the heart of london, the london eye. on this side of me is big ben. the most famous tourist attraction in london. >> one of my favorite ways to save shopping in england is go to the 99 p store. everything is 99 pence, roughly $1.65 in today's exchange rates and they have a ton of good stuff in there. lynn is with us. >> caller: how are you doing, clark? >> great except you have a phone call nobody wants. >> caller: sure did. >> me about it. >> caller: my husband and i received a call from a department stating they were calling from a warrant division and looking for my stepson. i said why are you looking for my stepson. they said he oh,s $271 on a traffic fine. come to find out, this was a traffic ticket he received in 2001. that is correct, my stepson about d have a traffic ticket and went to probation and my husband sold his car and paid the ticket off. >> wow! call you will we explained that to him. we don't have receipts and i did research and called back and called back and it was a collection agency. >> they were pretending they were going to pu

>> a big speech was made yesterday in london about the prospective for afghanistan. we do not know what the president said, but we know that presidents like to talk to general specifically about their attitudes when the general is as visible as mcchrystal has been. the white house duck photos out rapidly, presenting them on cable networks to see how often they would be brought up on screen. they wanted to show the president with his commanding general to quiet criticism. shepard: we are told that the general was quizzed during a teleconference a a few days ago. what do we know about that? >> i talked to two senior officials who took part in the entire three-hour meeting on wednesday at the white house. questions were raised, but they strongly dispute that this was an approximation of the dressing-down of mcchrystal. they say that was not the case at all. it was a collegial meeting about what he is seen on the ground, how forces might be deployed, and a discussion of what the next best step is for the united states going forward. shepard: now to iran. they are apparen

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it didn't help president obama, but surely since the president knew mcchrystal was going to be in london, did the president arrange for him to come to copenhagen to meet, surely the white house should have known that he was giving a speech and they should have known what the speech was. so if that speech had not been cleared, there's a real, i think, failure of responsibility in the white house to not have the appropriate relationship with the general. the second point you made i think is equally troubling, to be commander in chief, you have to actually be in the chain of command. you're not only in the chain of observation, you're not in the change of oratory, you're supposed to know enough to be in command, when you have an active war underway with young americans getting killed, you have an obligation in this day and age to talk to both general petrais and talk to general mcchrystal. and i think it's very unusual that the lack of face time, the lack of genuine communication that we're being told about between president obama and his generals. sean: especially when the general is sayin

london. same was true for beijing in '96. atlanta won. bookmakers say chicago's olds went up because of one person. and they're not talking about oprah. chicago has been favored all along, but just by a hair. 5 to 6. when president obama announced he would make the case in person, the odds skyrocketed -- 8 to 15. that is, for every 15 pounds you bet, the winner gets another eight pounds back. safer bet, poorer payoff. and what does vegas say? chicago is still the favorite, but rio is a strong second. >> rio is probably the second choice because south american countries never had it before. >> reporter: want a long shot? pick tokyo, at 24 to 1, winning that bet might feel like olympic gold. miguel marquez, abc news, london. >>> and we hear which city wins tomorrow morning. >>> "on the money tonight," october got off to a rough start on wall street. worries about jobs and manufacturing weighed on the market. the dow lost 203 points, more than 2%. the nasdaq was down almost 65 points. >>> and most automakers saw sales go in reverse last mont

. >> general mcchrystal in london repeated his need for more troops.et's take a listen. >> the situation is serious, and i choose that word very, very carefully. we need to reverse the current trends and time does matter. waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome. >> very clear at saying this effort will not remain winnable indefinitely. that the situation is in some ways deteriorating. how unusual is that blatant of a criticism? >> very usual. especially given back and forth on the subject over the last couple of weeks to have officials of any kind, but particularly uniformed officials, to batter around options in public and affectively cast gate each other for being wrong. don't forget also that i think general mcchrystal's criticism is not just of the president and his procrastination determining what to do and have to do, it's also a criticism of the previous administration. don't forget that the bush administration had the bad guys on the run, then diverted resources into iraq, and we spent five years not paying any attention to what was going

with general micchrystal at all and not saying that the president approved of the speech given in london and this very sort of public assessment and i think you can be sure in conversations with senior advisors is that the president is looking at an array of options and it's decidedly unhelpful to have a general mcchrystal out there saying a scaled down plan would not work. his plan is the only way to go. they are looking at an array of options. the white house is saying out of this, at least publicly, but privately the defense secretary's speech was met favorably here at the white house. >> the defense secretary seems to be taking the front line and also jim jones the national security adviser over the weekend saying very publicly that he disagree would the call for more troops. >> no questions. so, i think what you're seeing here is sort of a predicate being built up for the president to have a number of options at his disposal and reading between the lines and following everything that is happening. the president has not told his advisors which way he's leaning, but definitely giving

it's okay for him to give a speech at the institute for strategic studies in london. but the administration does not want general mcchrystal and general petraeus before the senate armed services committee. how does that work? >> senator casey, how does that work? do you share senator mccain's concerns, if not his passion, about general mcchrystal briefing congress? >> well, when i mentioned before that we need to have a debate in congress, john's one of the voices we should listen to and take a measure of what lindsey graham and john mccain and lieberman wrote a piece. what was the focus of their column in the "wall street journal" as well as other points of view. on the question of who should appear before the armed services committee, i'm on the foreign relations committee, or any committee, i think we're going to have lots of opportunities to question general mcchrystal, to question maybe other administration officials as well. there's a whole long list. >> but the senator is saying he's out on "60 minutes" and he's out at this london foreign policy group and he ha

remember paris for the 2012 games and we already called he them the london games but at one time they were supposed to be the paris games and that didn't happen. anything can happen here. it's crunch time now. as you said, all four finalists, chicago, rio, tokyo and madrid, on paper, this is important, on paper, their pluses and minuses cancel out and pretty much the same technically and ioc delegates has said such. what's different is the two potential game-changers. one of them of course, is the obama factor. that would help chicago. the question is did the world's most powerful man appeal today and it was a persuasive one, did it close the deal? we'll find that out at 1:00 p.m. your time. here's a little bit of the taste or sampling of what obama had to say today to the ioc delegates. >> it's a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town. where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a dream. that's not just the american dream. that is the olympic spirit. it's the essence of the olympic spirit. and that is why we see so much of ourselves in

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it was before he was preparing nor the concert series in london. he appears to be in good health there is controversy surrounding this film. some published reports have questioned whether the director used body doubles in some of the scenes. sony is not feeling that. representatives from sony say that is pure garbage. >>> the timing of the release of the movie is on your views from today. jimmy in louisiana says if the money is not given to charity it should not be shown. >>> this is a great time to celebrate michael jackson's life and music. bobby left this comment on my facebook page. did it come out too soon after michael's death? maybe. maybe not. this is flavor of michael we didn't get to see and for me i'm glad they did it. thanks for your e-mails phone calls, texts and facebook comments. >>> if you bought a baby einstein video in the last five years you could have cash coming your way.

president obama asked the general to come over from london while the president was in copenhagen forhe olympic's bid. a day before the general given a speech in london essentially said anything less than what he's asking for is not going to be successful. i wouldn't be surprised if there were a little bit of that conversation where about let's try to keep it more internal. let's not make this debate public. let's not give our nato allies the sense that we are divided over afghanistan, that may affect whether they commit more troops to this war effort. so i wouldn't be surprised if they were a little bit -- i don't know if i would call it tension but at least some disagreement over how to approach this in terms of coming to an agreement on a strategy. >> okay. thank you very much for your time, scott wilson, do appreciate that. good interview. >> thank you. >> the war in afghanistan is among the topics on "meet the press" when david gregory speaks to the u.s. ambassador to the united states susan rice. >>> nun ral services held on saturday for the 16-year-old teenager beaten bay group

in 2012, london got the olympics after blair tried for them in in 2016, all four finalists sent their head of state. obama didn't do anything unreasonable. for them to be cheering the loss on the right is disgusting. >> there are two biggish sures here. the president looks we s weak, bad politics for him. but there's a second one. i think valley jarrett is running the white house. you don't send the president across the world for something you don't know the outcome. >> when obama went, i would say most senators thought oh, we got it in the bag. there's no way he would possibly go unless we had it. st i have to say, i'm with obama on this. he took a risk. he comes away somewhat humiliated. he took the risk for his town and country. he lost one. i actually don't mind it. i think he was all right on this. >> i think rachel is right on the issue of the right cheering. john mccain's slogan was country first. in this case, it was obama's hatred on the right. but one of the things that went wrong here is that our olympics committee, the chicago olympics committee counted the votes completel

instead, he's talking in london and answering questions that are making life difficult for the white house. >> that'because, that could affect the decision, politically, and they don't want that happening, obviously. his point there, that you just heard, about not breaking promises, i think is a very important one. a ban in afghanistan again, could have an impact on us. this is really very serious thing that we would be doing here. >> we're talking about nonmilitary. smarter alternatives. >> it's not there to protect these people. the possibility of taliban taking back over and this whole argument is, is the taliban really the same thing as al qaeda? that's a big question they're addressing. what that says, the implication of that, is to say the taliban, we'll let them happen. and then they'll happen inside the country, once again, we're suppressing the people inside the country who are mostly women. >> women have never fared well in a military occupied situations. i respect president obama for what he is doing with this review process. i think it shows good judgment. he knows that i

i saw it in london and florida. >> i had to idea. >> i'm telling you.ove this show and it is at the national theater. >> through december 12th. we are talking about the jersey boys. i think it is a wonderful and so do you. >> it is a great show. >> if you haven't made plans you might want to get tickets. i think tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays are the best days to get great seats so consider that. >> good to see you. the new you. you are looking great. >> thank you. >>> thank you for being with us. please come back and join us at 5:00. check us out 24 hours a day on our website, wusa9.com. have a great day.

designed to monitor london's own financial district. laura ingle is live in lower manhattan with a closer look at new york's version of the ring of steel. hi, laura. >> reporter: high, julie. today for the first time we were allowed to take our cameras inside lower manhattan's security command center. inside this high tech nerve center is where law enforcement and those in the private sector all at the same time can keep their eyes on high-value targets like the brooklyn bridge here behind me, wall street, the ports, all at the same time. the center has been up and running since november of 2008, and there have been constant upgrades to the state of the art facility, but now the mayor of new york, michael bloomberg and the police commissioner, ray kelly, say they have $24 million in homeland security grants to not only improve the high tech equipment in place but to expand the system as well. >> it is an area that includes penn station, grand central station, the empire state and chrysler buildings, the united nations, and other highly

this is a documentary that highlights the final rehearsals leading up to jackson's last concerts in london. that was supposed to happen but we all know he died before the tour ever opened. so will this much anticipated movie finally bring closure for fans? joining me now, the entertainment reporter for the associated press. she's seen the movie. my first question has to be, what did you think of it? >> i loved the movie and i'm not a huge michael jackson fan. the movie was fantastic. the concerts would have been amazing had he lived. he was extremely musically inclined, could dance like he was 25 years old, very impressive. >> all right. we've heard from some family members who seem to be really excited about it, glad there is this movie. we've heard not quite the same thing from la toya and from joe. is the family united behind this movie or not? >> the family is not united behind this movie. of course, joe jackson has spoken out about the movie a ton but he did say after seeing the movie in las vegas, he went to the premiere there, that it did provide some closure and he was happy to see

we all want to see what he was going to do in london for those 50 shows.get a chance to kind of get a glimpse of it. and i think that's to be celebrated. i think, also, to the point before about why the family's not going to see it, i think it's just too fresh. you know, they're going to see their family member that is going what he loves, yes, but i think it's going to bring up a lot of emotions and i think that's why they're staying away. for the most part, i think they're going to sell all those tickets out in two weeks and we're all going to love it. >> of course. and i think as far as the outrage is concerned, i do understand it, because so many fans are just still so angry over the fact that michael died, over how irresponsible his death was and the people around him were being. now, this, i find fascinating. according to "entertainment weekly," cameras were, in fact, rolling when michael's concert crew got the announcement that michael had died. i mean, that, i can only imagine how powerful that would have been to have seen. they didn't include that

outside london. included 400 guests.tainment by earth, wind, and fire giant image on the front of his home. none of us on the couch were invited. gretchen: a woman who has worked in the health care industry for 20 years has seen red flags in the health care reform plan. she decided to take those concerns to the american people. oakley ryan joins us live from chicago with her story. good morning, oakley. >> good morning, gretchen. gretchen: i find this a fascinating story we heard throughout the summer when we were watching all these town halls happen on health care reform, we heard people criticizing health care reform being deemed racist, part of the mob, they were manufacturing their anger. explain why you got involved? >> well, as you mentioned, gretchen, i work in health care since i got out of college. and i also, in 2002 was diagnosed with the tumor and had multiple surgeries. spent six weeks in radiation. have mris freakly. and what i saw was unfolding was there were some real concerns i had. as not just a health

don't forget that tony blair played a key role for lone -- london and getting the olympics. >> and spain was a super power. >> what i'm saying is now that's what was required. there were questions raised about president obama going but the idea it was distracting, i thought was a little much. >> does this become something like pardoning the thanksgiving turkey and receiving the bowl of shamrocks from the irish prime minister? something that every president has to do? >> real story is not the diminished credibility of the president, it is the diminished credibility of olympic ! i think this proves that the president is over exposed. when you take the office and the prestige of the presidency of the united states down to lobbying for a city like chicago, especially, and you lose, the iranians are going to be looking at this, the republicans are going to be looking at this.ç >> a little over -- >> would have been criticized if he hadn't gone. >> i don't know he would have been criticized if he hadn't gone what press did point out there's a lot of cronyism in chicago and a lot of obama's b

mcchrystal appeared in a three hour video conference, he was in london, next morning he gave a speech where he strongly backed his recommendations, was not backing down at all, and then the president had mcchrystal fly in from london to meet with him in copenhagen and you saw the result of that. we don't know what happened but we did see the picture, alex. >> thank you very much for that. >>> now i'm out of questions for this hour. more next hour. thank you, mike. >> bring them on. >> we have to break for now. an arrest in the case involving sports reporter erin andrews the woman secretly videotaped nude in her hotel room. police say they've arrested 48-year-old michael barrett in chicago. he's facing federal charges of interstate stalking for taking those nude videos and trying to se them to tmz and posting the videos on-linep andrews attorneys say they're determined to press criminal charges for those responsible for the invasion of erin's privacy when alone it's clear she was the victim of stalking and invasion of privacy at more than one hotel location. joining me live from boston