mandy man mandy drury is in sydney and ross westgate is in london. i'll start off with the first question. michael, today, largest supplier to walmart in china said the u.s. is going to lead us out of the recession. everyone has been banking on china. do you think he's right? >> no. in fact, china's growth began to accelerate again early this year. we seem to now be picking up into recovery mode about six months after them. much of emerging asia began to snap back from this deep recession in the second quarter of this year already. and it appears that europe is on about the same schedule as we are with differences across individual countries. >> john, i mean, what's your view on europe? we've seen auto pick up in france and germany as well as others. are they going to continue to lead the recovery here? >> i think lead but not lead by very far. i think they're all moving as a pair. i certainly agree we get mild variations but within a month or two-month per you you will see whole of europe on the trend line. >> you work og emerging markets as well. w

i'm contessa bier today joined by mandy drury of cnbc.e you here. >>> it looks like the jobs market recovery is still a work in progress. >>> it certainly s today's weekly unemployment report shows first-time jobless claims fell slightly. at the same time, the number of overall people receiving jobless benefits totalled 6 million, up 92,000. but that is only part of the story. from state to state, the unemployment picture is as different as the terrain. bertha comes is looking at two states with two very different stories. what did you find? >> reporter: it really varies quite a lot, mandy, you know, the saying when it comes to real estate it is local, politics is local. the economy, it is really the same picture as well. nationally, the unemployment rate is at about 9.5%. we have got a number of states, 16 states, that are above that and most of those are double-digit unemployment. among them, california. the state has just reported numbers for july. so, the july numbers in california, the biggest job losses, lost 37,000 jobs in july. th

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notably "creet the battle and resistance" and stalingrad and more recently "d-day and the battle for nor mandy" anthony beaver. [applause] >> i never expected to hear pat buickenen backing up putin's series that the british were responsible for world war ii. let's please concentrate on the key issues of the debate, whether or not churchal was an asset to the free world and when was that? the free world was most at risk during the second world war. so, you know, the gold standard or all of this stuff, let's concentrate on the really important period. now, of course churchill made mistakes, in war who doesn't in but as hastings argues in his book, is that churchill made most of his when he was trying to galvanize the defensive mentality of britain's military establishment. he did adopt a peripheral strategy, so it had been the traditional strategy because we were off shore, we were an island, we did not have the sort of frses when could engage on straightforward terms with them on the ground. not at least until the americans came into the war. and we have heard once again, that if churchill had

on the plan and one amendment lowers the penalty on the middle class for not complying with the new mandy date everyone must have insurance coverage. those faevring health care reform took to the street today to tell major insurance companies how they feel. protestors gathered at the maryland office of united health care in owens mills armed with scenes and posters and ceo signed a pledge to support health care reform and end bad insurance practice. >> they don't have value. they skim profit off the health care system. they are the reason why cost are out of control and they are spending just massive amounts of money to kill reform because they are very, very happy with the system the way it is. >>reporter: some 200 similar protest leak this took place outside the office of major insurance companies nationwide today. we have more information on the plan to reform health care on our web site of course. log on to it and click on the cure for health care icon. >>> speed is probably to blame for a bad accident in baltimore county. happened late this afternoon on hot spring road in lutherville

. >> i was seeing mandy drury. then you started seeing mandy drury. >> and i started seeing mandy drury. >> don't feed the pervs out there this morning. there's one guy that -- >> oh, my gosh, we need to ban that guy. >> it's like reading a penthouse letter. i hope he's a teenager in his parents' basement. if he's an adult -- i can't wait to check it out. >> you may learn something. of course, you do have twins. >> anyway, we are all back together and we're glad to see you. i know everybody is back after the labor day weekend, ready to get back to work. gold prices, in fact, listen to this. surging above $1,000 a troy ounce. this is the first time that the front month contract has hit that psychologically important level since late february. gold has made gains in the last 16 out of 20 septembers. but you also have gold momentum. things have been on a tear and we have seen gold prices skyrocketing. >> that's got a lot of attention. and from one commodity to another, opec ministers gathering in vienna this week. las

singer, actress, designer mandy moore.ore. she's going to stop by to talk all about it little bit later this morning right here on "today." she's doing some really good things. we'll be finding out more about that a little bit later. i'm al roker along with ann curry, natalie morales. having a good time over the last half hour. >> that's right. >> you've got something going on? >> yeah, i'm taking everybody to school. believe it or not, the kids we've been following for the ongoing class of 2020 series, they're now actually in second grade. i can't believe it. where has time gone? and this morning, we're going to meet one girl who's been gearing up all summer for this year and for her future calling. it's been great to watch these kids grow up. >> the time is really flying. >> i know, can you believe it? >> also, you've got a room in your house that you wish you could redecorate and you're trying to figure out what you can do with it. we have some viewers questions that i think will really make that point, and we're going

for mandy, summer entered her life when she was figuring out life as a senior in high school.he news that summer would be blind devastated the whole family. >> i was like in complete shock. >> nothing i can do to help her. >> reporter: it manifests itself in various ways from severe learning disabilities to being shorter in stature or complete blindness. >> we started to work with her. >> reporter: after scouring the internet, her grandma beth came across numerous stories of kids like summer who traveled thousands of miles for stem cell treatment and now were able to see. >> took my breath away. >> i have read testimonials from so many people. just like i know he is blind i know she will see. i have a feeling in my heart and soul she will see one day. >> reporter: the treatments used in china are not approved in the u.s. the doctors there use core blood to regenerate the optic nerve with hopes that patients develop some type of vision. >> if she can see a color or something, we'll oknow we did everything we can do. >> just a little thing. i like to go to bed at night knowing i

consumer reports mandy walker says people send in letters complaining about small items arriving in too much packaging. to see for itself cr ordered several small items from 13 companies including avon, staples, drugstore.com oriental trading company and best buy. >> we were really surprised to find some of these tiny items came in boxes that were way too big. >> for example, this package from drugstore.com contains just one lip baum. these socks from avon arrived from one lip baum. >> oriental trading company, just one small vial of beads. and look at this box from staples, it could easily fit 200 pencils but contains just one. >> we consulted a packaging expert and we found companies can save money if they buy the same size boxes for everything they ship. >> reporter: not every package arrives oversized. this small pack of batteries came in a small shipping envelope, less packaging could make a real difference. if we cutback the use of cardboard from one huntons to 90, it would save more than 5300 pounds of waste, 20,000-gallons of wastewater and more than 34,000 pounds of carbon diox

. >> figuring out motherhood, for mandy, summer entered her life when she was figuring out life as aior in high school. the news that summer would be blind devastated the whole family. >> i was in complete shock. >> i felt helpless, like there was nothing i could do to help her. >> it manifests in various ways, from learning disabilities to being shorter in stature to visual impairment. >> we started working with her. >> however, after scouring the internet, her grandma came across numerous stories who traveled thousands of miles for stem cell treatments and now were able to see. >> took my breath away. >> i have read testimonials, i know she is going to see, i really have a feeling in my heart and soul that she is going to see one day. >> the treatments used in china are not approved in the u.s. doctors there use cord blood to try and regenerate the optic nerves with hopes that patients develop some type of vision. >> if she can see a color or something, we'll know we did everything we could do. >> just a little chance for her to see, i mean, i like to go to bed at night knowing i d

she was driving an empty bus when she struck a mandy mahnke. the act -- the accident was her third on the job in seven years. >>> republican bob mcdonnell has picked up another key endorsement, the fraternal order of police. doug wilder is declining to endorse his fellow democrat creigh deeds. he says his views on guns and taxes are the reason for his lack of support. >>> six new companies are investing nearly $3 million to expand into fairfax county. it is expected to create around 300 new jobs. >>> d.c. teachers are protesting a plan they say could lead to mass layoffs of experience educators. dozens or rallied yesterday. michelle rhee said an unexpected $40 million shortfall is forcing these layoffs of up to 600 teachers. she is being accused of intentionally over hiring over the summer so she could choose whom to lay off. >>> it is now 5:37. >> still ahead, saving dozens of neglected pets. >> she does not deserve animals. >> we have new details on animal rescue efforts in west virginia. >> we have gray skies and puddles of water on the road

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this is the brian child of mandy carpency who wanted to come up for something fun for students at the beginning of the school year. >> we wanted to bring the college feel in. we are a big college. we thought why not let them have the fun experience they would get at our school away from home. >> all the pizzas today are cheese pizzas, produced by four local rockville pizza stores. pizza a is la pizzeria pizza, close to montgomery campus. pizza b is three brothers pizza with lots of locations including rockville. pizza c is potomac pizza with four montgomery county locations. pizza d is lido pizza with lots of locations in maryland and virginia. the tasting was hot and heavy. after trying four offerings, students were encouraged to vote for their favorite. pizza a. what about a? >> more cheese taste i like. >> juicy. >> b was special. was fresh, cheesy. >> describe it. >> it had a lot of sauce. >> b was the best. >> b, why b? >> it was deep dish and really good. >> pizza c comes from potomac pizza. >> i think it had more flavor to me. >> it was greasy and cheesy. >> that's what you go

people are getting back from the beach and looking at the stock market -- >> tom, mandy's point. it may be a ton of worry, but the reality is there's a ton of punch. okay. >> and you committed to keeping that punch there. >> they aren't going to have an exit strategy maybe in our lifetime, i say that tongue and cheek. the monetary experiment is putting stocks higher. it's going to come and bite us the next couple of years. >> it always does. >> in the short run, this thing could blow up. stocks could blow higher, could they not? >> tom. >> there could always be some type of correction, but folks, what if you miss it and that's a key. >> it's like a melt-up. easy money melt-up. not a meltdown. >> warren buffett is starting to get a little antsy. we better wrap it up, guys. thank you very much, everybody. and keep on adding more booze. >>> coming up, speculation is the name of a game for apple. >> kraft foods reeling from rejection and they're not the only company that could come up with a bigger offer for cadbury. >>> shares of u.s. health insurance are down across the board. it c

first we go to mandy. >> i'm here with my mom today. she raised us as a single mother.rned everything from this woman f your schools and communities can't teach, you have to be the ones that teach. glenn: leslie. >> absolutely. we need to teach our children the constitution, what their rights are, the bill of rights so when these rights are starting to be usurped they can stand up and say no, these are my rights. glenn: my five-year-old and i was reading a scripture, a story and i said what a hero he was at five and he said no, dad, he can't fly. we have to teach kids about real heroes, not superheros. find the real american heroes because they exist. frank, you have a book "what americans want, really." we will talk about what they want next week. >> everyone in in this room, american people say you're the best. if you begin everything with

mandy moore making the media rounds this week, talking about a trip to sudan.dy on the "today" show. >> you know there are ways to stop it, and they don't have the tools they need. >> they don't have the tools, and i am with an organization to help people help themselves. >> why do actors like to go to africa when detroit doesn't look that great. >> africa doesn't need help? >> well, why not start next door? >> i was going to say something, but i will not. >> oh, come on! >> what about madonna and babies? >> i will go all day. thank you, jonathan. >>> we are moments away with the president and his first address to the united nations assembly. and jonathan capehart will declare himself not to be george w. bush. we first go to the break room and the return of our friend and neighbor, although not too close of a neighbor, pee-wee herman, showing off his abstinence ring. toure was here he was on leno -- pee-wee herman was, not toure. we're back after this. [ engine revving ] [ engine powers down ] gentlemen, you booked your hotels on orbitz. well, the price went do

dated nicole richie, mandy moore. but he was sober for a good 11 years. he was the model, recovering addict and doing ads to help some get off drugs and there was one in production and i think it will be good for addicts to see this, but it's a very sad situation to watch him decline. he was in the huge plane crash what travis barker and i think that was the downfall. he had to go on plane flights again and he was taking prescription drugs to get him through and i think that led him down this path. >> and was he taking any prescription drugs for pain that was a result of the crash? do we know that? >> after the plane flight he was taking painkillers but i don't know if that extended on to after he was off. >> and there have been changes de to michael jackson's death certificate. what are those changes and what do they signify? >> well now the fatal injury listed on his death certificate now says intravenous injection by another person. so this means he was injected by someone else and the official cause or the -- they're calling it a homicide. so it's not

first we go to mandy. >> i want to say that as a single mother, i have learned everything through otheren. if your schools and communities can't teach, you have to be the ones that teach. >> leslie. >> we need to teach our children the constitution, what their rights are rrk the bill of rights that when they are starting to be usurped, they ask stand up and say these are my rights. >> i was reading a scripture with my five-year-old and i said look at what a hero he is. at five, he said, no, dad, he can't fly. we have to teach our kids about real heroes, not superheros. find the real american heroes, because we need that. we will talk about the superheros next week. >> the american people say you're the best. if you begin everything with, as glmom, you win.

consumer reports mandy walker says people often send in letters complaining of small items arriving inoo much packaging. to see for itself, cr ordered several small items for 13 companies, including avon, staples, drugstore .com, orientle trading company, and best buy. >> we were really surprised to find so many tiny items came in boxes that were way too big. >> reporter: for example, this package from drugstore .com contains just one lip balm. and this box from avon arrived with just one lip balm, too. inside this box from oriental trading company, one small vial of beads and look at this box from staples, it could easily fit 200 pencils but contained just one. >> we consulted a packaging expert and we found that companies can save money if they buy the same size boxes for everything they ship. >> but not every package arrives oversized. this small pack of batteries ordered from keytar came in a small shipping envelope. less packaging could make a real difference if we cut back the use of cardboard from 100 tons to 90, and it would save more than 5300 pounds of waste, 20,000 gallons o

. >> mandy overton from disappoew, illinois. >> and you match today. like the color. now let's go back inside to ann. >> announcer: "today's health" is brought to you by abbott, a promise for life. >> al, thanks. this morning on "today's daily dose," taking health to heart. too many women still think of heart disease as a man's disease, but in fact, it is the leading cause of death among women, killing twice as many in the united states of all cancers combined. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here with the risk factors and symptoms we need to know. dr. nancy, good morning. >> hi, ann. >> a lot of us think about breast cancer, but not the thing that's most likely to kill us. >> cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer in the country. we worry about breast and ovarian cancer, but every woman needs to worry about her heart. >> basically, it kills 1 in 30 women. >> right. and one in two women will likely have heart disease. >> so, you know, why -- is there any evidence that it's actually increasing in women, in fact, more than we -- we think of it as

we're so excited to have mandy and ross with us, especially poor mandy staying up all night to be here show with you today. let's look at the futures in the u.s. lower open across the board. merger monday, dell buying perot systems for $30 a share. talk about back to the heady days of m and a. this is about a

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and mandy drury. carl will be back on tuesday.iday. our top story today, the august employment report. polled forecasters say the economy likely lost another 233,000 last month. that is a big number of job losses, but it would be a decline because it's a slowing pace of job losses. but the unemployment rate is the important number, too. that is stekted to tick higher from 9.5% from the current 9.4%. >> me? >> yeah, you. i know. it's a tough re-entry. >> i'm rusty here, not that i was ever that -- okay. old parent and young children do not make for a relaxing vacation. >> you need a vacation from your vacation. >> i need a vacation from my vacation. we're going to rt sta right now. but i will read a-4, markets. futures ahead of the jobs report today, let's take a look, up 260. i was actually going to talk about this a little bit, guys. waiting for a gadeau correction. while i was there, i could not pick up a newspaper without reading that the pros, it's in their gut. >> even the pros were expecting a correction. >> where is it? may

romantically linked to some of them as well, including nicole richie and mandy moore.overing drug addict who had been clean for more than ten years, goldstein was a true survivor. he and close friend travis barker from the band blink 182 escaped this fiery plane crash that killed four other people. >> the relighting of an addiction fire in someone who is sober is basically having them fall off the wagon. >> reporter: he reportedly started taking anti-anxiety drugs, xanax. they say his return to prescription drugs could have triggered a relapse into addiction. goldstein's not the only celebrity to die from what police suspect was an accidental drug overdose. actor heath ledger, painkillers and a series of anti-anxiety drugs, including the generic form of xanax. anna nicole smith, a lethal combination of a powerful sedative and nine other prescription drugs, including valium. most recently, michael jackson, whose homicide was blamed on the anesthetic propofol, another sedative, including the anti-anxiety drug lorazapam. the national drug of drug abuse says 7 million amer

mandy, we want to keep our great insurance that we pay premiums for. we don't want our tax dollars to fund another fee as cow and become another canada. holly, stop the spending. when i get in debt, i pay for things slowly, but surely, i'm out of debt now and i don't want to ask people to print money for me. bob, promise me you will put yourself and your family on the same plan you are going to force upon us. grace, i hope you look at the people who don't have insurance. james, u.s. congress and the executive branch of the federal government should limit their reach to what is allowed by our founding fathers' documents. robert, we must stop this crazy deficit spending and borrowing. marilyn, i hope you will find a way to find the programs that are available to cover all americans. rosa lee, government is spending too much money, back off. larry, in the bill, there is language limiting the growth of physician-owned hospitals. they supply health care services more efficiently than other community-based larger hospitals. i'm against this bill. sandra, we

he dated mandy moore and nicole richie was found dead. >>> and mel's startling claim. gibson asking a judge to wipe his record clean of the 2006 drunk driving arrest that spawned his infamous antisemitic rant. mel's lawyer got the ball rolling saying actor has kept his nose clean during his three-year probation and deserves to have the nasty incident erased. he poll guidesed and begged for forgiveness for his rants after he went out on a cop when he got stopped for speeding saying jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. >>> welcome back. the kardashian craziness. i got to ask -- what the heck is going on here? an all-out war erupted over the wedding pictures of reality star chloe kardashian and nba star lamar odom. why in the world would those pictures be worth up to half a million dollars? >>> and while i'm at it, what is the deal with the obsession with the kardashians. chloe, kim, courtney, are they the ultimate example of being famous for nothing? we have kim from hollywood, senior editor for "in touch weekly." and hila. i brought you both here to help

mandy wrote this. i do not think it's appropriate for her or anyone else to air such things.undry. shaun wrote this, i'm in full agreement more awareness needs to be shed, but not when it's going to profit you. had she shared the story without a book deal the public and myself would be more receptive. it's a piece of some of the views you shared about this story. >>> well, firefighters in southern california say they are on full attack, an update on efforts to stop a 25 square mile wildfire burning in the county. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. your hair mixes with pollen and dust in the air. i get congested. my eyes itch. i have to banish you to the garden. but now with zyrtec-d®, i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec®, plus a powerful decongestant. i can breathe freer with zyrtec-d®. so, i'll race you to our favorite chair. i might even let you win. zyrtec-d® lets me breathe easier, so i can love the air™. zyrtec-d®. behind the pharmacy counter. no prescription needed. announcer:

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i have a friend mandy whose husband is in the army. i have two cousins who are in the marines.now, the shipping halls, but i think as a nation that we're a lot safer and that we do look out for things, and i think there can be a little bit of work done, but i'll never be desensitized to 9/11. i wake up every morning on 9/11 and think about it, and not just 9/11. there's other days, you know, when i find out someone is going to iraq or someone is coming back from iraq or someone has died in iraq, i remember why. >> heather, thank you very much for your phone call. i appreciate your passion very much and i appreciate how much you've been moved by this and you still are. steve is calling us from michigan. steve, what do you think? do you feel safe after what the country has been through? >> caller: yeah, i really do feel safe. i mean, i was in desert storm back in the day, and, you know, itch come to think that we united a lot stronger back after it happened. i understand that, but i think a lot of security measures have been beefed up since then. i don't see us ever being desensi