it's hard to talk about newark without talking about the crime in newark. as a filmmaker, tell me how you tried to balance that particular issue. so it didn't overtake the whole project. >> i think that we're talking about how to get rid of some of the challenges that the city faces. one of the main challenges was crime. and what happens, though, when you go inside that crime, you start to see the people and meet the grass-roots people working on the problems. you try to get inside of them. to me this is about hope and it shows the heroics within the individuals that are living inside the city. so for me it's in some ways a celebration, while trying to rid us of a problem to have a good life. >> so you get inside crime and you discover some stories. there are a number of stories within the film. which one of the storylines with regard to individuals impacted you? >> there's so many. i think it's really interesting to watch jada and crete's relationship, because she's a blood, he's a crip and they become a couple. they have a child, you know. they have a chi

gary moved into newark. he's bought a home tre and he lives there >> the police chief. >> right, the police chief. e of the elements we have to lo at, too, is the grass-roots element,hich is thetreet warriors, you know, and the fathers who have lost their son and children. and those people are interfacing with those policofficers because theyre inside of the counity, and they're trying to offer the help that they can help, and ey're always onhe scene. it's an effort tt needs to come from each indidual as well that's the onl way that communities can reay move forward is for the iividuals insidef it to be and feel empowered that their voice c be heard and that theycan change what's gog on there, and that's what's ocrring by the police officers ing in the commity, by everyone living in the community, by the grass-ots groups who are trying tchange this. it all le continues,ike i sa to blossom out. >>, we of cour, in our community and acoss the untry, we le forest whitaker. bueven when forest wtaker shows up with

it had been bound from newark to san francisco. i heard one report it was newark via washington national to san francisco, but i'm not sure of that. let me tell you the flight numbers. the boston takeoffs were american airlines flight 10. it had 92 aboard. that's one of the ones that hit the world trade center. >> let me just interrupt you for a second. we have been reporting all morning it was american airlines flight 11. >> you know, i'm mistaken. you're right. it's 11. american flight 11 with 92 aboard. and then the united airlines that left from boston and hit the other world trade center tower was united's 175. i don't have a figure on how many on board it. the flight that went into the pentagon was american airlines flight 77, bound washington-dulles to los angeles. there were 64 people aboard it and the united airlines flight that went down south of pittsburgh was united's flight 93 and there's no number on the number of passengers on it. but, again, you have four flights known to have been hijacked, known to have crashed, a

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. >> we were in newark, new jersey, and last week, conan o'brien took a swing at our city, talking abouttywide program. the health-care reform would consist of a bus ticket out of the area. cunnane, we are one of the fastest-growing cities in the northeast -- conan. we have record reductions in violent crime. we have a city on the rise. i want you to see what the people think of you and your joke. >> who is conan o'brien? >> you do not mess with us like that. >> not only am i the mayor of the nation's largest city -- so now, according to the powers invested in me, i am especially putting you on the newark, new jersey, airport no-fly list. dry jfk, buddy -- tried jfk, buddy. -- try jfk. greta: and have you ever heard of this? clothing made of money? they use a special thread made from recycled dollar bills all the way up to $100 bills. go to the website to check it out. and look up in the sky. it is a bird, a plane, a birthday gift for communist china? sort of. the empire state building will light up to mark the 60th anniversary of communist china. the lights are up on special occasions.

. >> conan o'brien joked that newark, new jersey's health care program would be a bus ticket out of newarkyor, unsurprisingly, did not find that funny at all! >> not only the mayor of new jersey's largest city but i'm mayor with a city with one of the largest airports in the united states so now, according to the powers invested in me by the people of the city of newark, i'm officially putting you on the newark, new jersey, airport no-fly list! try jfk, buddy! >> no word on whether fred armanson is on that list who is on "snl." >> the f-bomber? >> jenny slate will not be fired for her crime but it faux pas still falls on me. my mom called mean' said she went to my high school and was valedictorian. i bet she didn't drop an f-bomb when the parents were there for the graduation. >> i like to defend her. they built a skit based on the word friggin' and enough to make the poor girl say it enough times. >> but not in front of the camera. >> they walked her to the edge of the cliff and she jumped. >> do you think it was too much for her first big sketch? she is an academy girl! >> i'm moving on!

the newark tech chur will be deployed sooner than the previously proposed third site would have been.ecretary gates has said the new system will be deployed starting in 2011. whereas the previously planned system would not have been deployed until at least 2017. assuming then that it met all the conditions required in our law. such as ratification by the czech republic in poland and demonstrating the system operation fallly effective. as to the suggestion the administration is abandoning some of our european allies the administration's plan would involve more allies than the previous plan and would defend all of nato europe rather than only a portion of europe. and poland and the czech republic is being offered the first opportunity to participate in the newark tech chur. the nato -- architecture. last thursday nato secretary rasmussen said "i welcome the united states today has discussed with nato how we can develop missile defense which can include all allies and protect all allies. i welcome in fact that nato will play a more prominent role in the u.s. plans for missile defense in

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the plane was hijacked on 9/11, after leaving newark, new jersey.en passengers fought with the hijackers. all 40 onboard died. >>> a major push is under way nationwide, calling for a ban on texting while driving. recent study showing texting behind the wheel increases the risk of a crash 23-fold. it says if every state passes a texting ban, it will send a message to the public that this is dangerous. and it is a practice that should be unacceptable. >>> another potential distraction in the car are gps devices. but if used the right way, they can cut down your time on the road. drivers using a gps with real-time traffic information take about 18% less time to get to places. and that can add up to about four days over the course of a year. >>> some sports this morning. in tennis, both defending singles champions, roger federer and serena williams were winners on the first day of the u.s. open. the other highlights now from jonathan coachman at espn news. >> good morning, the story of the night, brett favre. vikings and texans. number 4, getting his se

newark, a delay.see showers and thunderstorms, too and more delays -- it's morning fog, but have not seen the delays yet. more on that in about a half an hour. >>> some big name record companies are suing the ellen degeneres show apparently for using more than 1,000 songs without permission. it's when ellen dances with the audience. the record companies say they asked the producers why they didn't get licenses and were told by somebody, we don't roll that way. they've been working with the labels, trying to resolve the issue. >>> the markets are about to crank up this morning. we're expecting a relatively flat open. >>> and we remember 9/11 today. and the people who died that day. right now, this is a service at ground zero that's underway. >> had health problems from ñÑ working down at ground zero.z! too many have died already. they were here for our country and now, it's time for your country to be here for them. ÷ >>> good morning. the new york stock exchange opened for business. now the stocks ar

and there are flight delays in newark, laguardia, and down to philadelphia for the morning. it's running about 45-minute delays, too. and so we have the dry air to the west poised waiting to come in and it will likely move in as we get toward the weekend. mostly a cloudy afternoon and a hor.ce of a passingweho sr. may climb into the upper 60s. a lot of high school football games tonight. most of them should be dry. a cool start to saturday, near 60. and then a small chance of a passing shower tomorrow. warming up as we get into sunday and monday, as syhe tunshine breaks out. that will be nice. have a great weekend. i will be back with a few more updates yet. >> thank you so much, tom. >>> let's go to jerry edwards and look at the roadways out there. be been a rough morning so far. >> yeah, thank you for the friday buzz, and summer is over and everything is going to city. and now right things are looking much, much better. do be careful, a couple slick spots out there. >>> still ahead on "news4 midday," we will have more seighthhe eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist atta

mayor adrian fenty and the mayor of newark are getting confused. all has to do with the dome, i think. describe their relationship. mayor booker was in town this week. >> he was in town. there was a new documentary called "brook city" airs next week on the sundance chancer. it features booker who happens to be a young, smart, african-american bald mayor. when the two of them get together in the same room, they really like it because they realize they are actually two of them and they don't get confused for each other. ey are both handsome and adorable. it was very cute. >> all right. you could play tricks on people that way. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >>> coming up on news4 at 4:00, the dress that turned heads at an event where kate blanket was guest of honor. >> yesterday we took you to the farmer's market. today we'll fill you i >>> we finally got a chance to see a little of the sun today. very little. >> right. i don't know if you got a chance to spend much time outside, but it's been awfully nice. meanwhile, i've got video where hopefu

that the work of protecting america is never finished, we will do everything in our power to keep newark safe. >> then he went to work on what will now be known as the national day of service and remembrance. >> it is a day we can start looking at as a day of rebirth and renewal. >> all over america cleaning up and building up to remember those unsuspecting victims who gave their lives on a day america will never forget. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> this morning the coast guard doing a rue teen practice drill gave some a scare. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those here illegally. >> last night i heard from the leadership that they wanted me to contact them from the wlouse and state that my statements were inappropriate. i did. >> we all make mistakes. he apologized. >> he apologized. that's not the correct story. but i can tell you we will have continuing coverage of the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on our web site at wbal-tv.com. you can also take part in our online survey. do you think the u.s. is a safer place now than it was in 2001? it is all on wbaltv.com.

might catch a delay at in a gua laguardia or newark. more details in a bit. 80s today in new york.y saturday, mid-60s. >> wow ooflt a cold front going through. >> bob, thanks so much. >>> a story here that's interesting about one of our colleagues. you probably are taking cautions against the-b h1n1 virus. dr. gupta came down with it while on assignment and talked to anderson cooper about some of the symptoms including a cough that sent him to see the doctor. >> i had to check my temperature. europe in the desert. it's hot outside. i hadn't really thought about it. i went there and my temperature was around 102 degrees so pretty high certainly for me, being 98.6 as being normal. that was the first sign and then i had the same cough you did, light headedness, and i was freezing cold. i don't know if you had that as well. that was really the most memorable part of it. i was freezing cold despite being in the desert. >> read his story at cnn.com/robin and go to the important website section. he's doing all right there. >>> there is a new system to calculate your spending score. your s

transportation safety board says the air traffic controller gav the plane's pilot the frequency for newark airport. the pilot read back the wrong frequency. an air traffic controller tried to reach the pilot later but didn't get through. the single owe engine plane and a helicopter collided over the hudson river and nine people killed. >>> a man survived an awful crash at the heyward airport today. the twin engine plane hit the side of the building. the pilot was the only one on the plane. >>> the lottery in bulgaria is under review tonight. that's because the same numbers were drawn two weeks in a row. the lottery over there is called a tantalizer. last week the numbers that came up were 4-15-23-24-35-42. this week those same numbers came up again b in a different order. the numbers are drawn in front of a studio audience and independent inspectors, however, the government appointed a special panel to look into the matter. the chances of the same numbers coming up two weeks in a row are 1 in 4 million. it pays to help people. you can consider the story of 86-year-old jeanine vermant. she

as for the rest of the region, flight explorer picking up light rain around newark.n around new york city metro. here's what we have for the rest of the day. one hour or more delays possible. new york metros, one hour or more. boston, gusty winds. more on that in just a bit. >>> a guy will be riding through the pearly gates in style. find out what his friends have to say about him being buried in his car. 75% of kids don't get the recommended amounts of calcium and vitamin d. that's where their favorite cereals can help. general mills big g is the only leading line of kid cereals that has calcium and vitamin d. help them get more of what they need with general mills kid cereals. where all your cat's favorite flavors, including real carnation milk, come alive. friskies feline favorites. feed the senses. >>> it's 18 minutes past the hour by the way. new information on a mass killing in a georgia mobile home. officials say that one of the eight victims won $25,000 in a lawsuit. he had not collected it because the case was being appealed. police won't commit on whether i

. >> we have newark airport and kennedy and laguardia airport, all within several miles of the trade center. it's unusual for a plane to get into this area without being completely tracked or identified by air-traffic control. you would have to imagine that a, if this plane were headed right for the world trade center, there must have been somebody trying to talk or communicate with the pilot, and for it to fly right into the side of the building. >> the smaller plane, you can understand, almost, but a jumbo jet, a large jet, completely -- >> let's rerack that video where we saw the jet fly into the building. >> yeah, and elliott walker said it was a building. i thought to see this plane come into the picture, and that is a big plane. i mean, it's hard to emergency -- it's a 737 we are now being told. and it was flying directly into the midsection of the -- the eastern tower of the world trade center. >> jennifer, do we still have jennifer on the phone? she is not on the phone. she was near a police officer. perhaps we could have gotten more information from the police officer. needl

a rally was being held for me in newark, and it drew -- in newark, new jersey, and it drew a crowd ofthousands, and i wanted to think that they were there for me, but it was obvious that they were there for ted kennedy. the warmth, the affection with which he was received in the city far from the borders of massachusetts, far from the halls of power in washington, was amazing to witness. it was fitting that ted came to newark to help me camign because he inspired me to devote myself to public service. he encouraged my entry into the unitedtates senate. and as soon as i joined the senate, ted kennedy became a source of knowledge and information, wisdom. he was a seatmate of mine, as i mentiod, in the senate, and freely offer ideas on creating and moving legislation that i thought of or i sponsored and even though he was born into privilege anwas part of a powerful political family, his fight was always r the worker, for jusce, and for those never often forgotten. he was nev shoul shy to chase oe down and demand four vote or to call you on the phone & insist on your support. sometis he

police in newark, new jersey, say the boy shared the drug with his friends at the day care.ed authorities when she saw a girl with a baggy in her mouth. thank goodness none of the kids was hurt. >>> you like to watch videos and listen to songs on the internet? an announcement today from the government could be music to your ears. our money expert jennifer westhoven. >> some of people who use the net a lot. like do a lot of downloading. they're happy about this. it's called net neutrality. might affect your everyday experience online. basically the way it's been going is that, if you were downloading too much in the eyes of your internet provider, they could slow you down. very easily. you wouldn't even necessarily know it. their argument was, hey,s if you're downloading that, slows the internet down for everybody. consumer groups say that's not the only reason they were doing this. consumer groups argue to block out the competition. the fcc was listening and now are tall calling for a new rule so providers wouldn't make distinctions. have to treat all web traffic equally. no

a rally waseing held for me in newark, and it drew -- in newark, new jersey, and it drew a crowd of thousands, and i wanted to think that they were there for me, but it was obvious that they were there for ted kennedy. the warmth, the affection with which he was received in the city far from the borders of massachusetts, far from the halls of power in washington, was amazing to witness. it was fitting that ted came newark to help me campaign because he inspired me to devote myself to public service. he encouraged my entry into the united states senate. and as soon as i joined the senate, ted kennedy became a soce of knowledge and infoation, wisdom. he was a seatmate of mi, as i mentioned, in the senate, and freely offered ideas on creating and moving legistion that i thought of or i sponsored. and even though he was born into privilege and was part of a powerful political family, his fight was always for the worker, for justice, and for those never often forgotten. he was never shoul shy to chasee do and demand four vgte or to call you on the phone & insist on your support. sometimes he would

. >> we have a report the second plane may have flown out of newark, new jersey. this is an official who was speaking on the commission of anonymity. again, no confirmation of that. we just know two planes went in and the first one apparently american airlines flight from boston to los angeles and now seeing it from the harbor view of this continuing damage and destruction of the world trade center. >> sdenel, tom, i want to interrupt you for two seconds. apparently jamie has more information for us. >> spoken again to u.s. officials with access to the highest intelligence and they are now confirming that it does appear that at the pentagon, it was a plane. again, they are saying they believe now a third plane was involved at the pentagon. >> of course, this has been the nightmare, katie, for national security officials for a long time. we talk about nuclear bombs and those kind of exchanges or invasions but everyone is worried about the suitcase size bomb of some kind or an airplane or an attack on our subways in the large cities and this, obviously, no one had a

not one organized delay from like newark to laguardia because of wind or weather or low clouds.obviously some are delayed by mechanicals or whatever. but no widespread slowdowns today. and who would have thunk? you would have thought, let's not go on labor day, it will be really slow. >> what's an organized delay? >> if the faa says, you can't get 60 planes on the ground on hour anymore because the clouds are too thick, you can only get 30 planes on the ground an hour, all of a sudden those planes have to be backed up farther apart, so you can't get as many planes on the ground. >> organized chaos? >> sure. >> that works. thank you. >> talk about this later on in the day. >> bye, chad. >>> talk about a pastor with a past. a sex offender about to be ordained. his old sins pushing the concept of forgiveness to its very limits. well allow me to introduce the top-of-the-line pc. oh, wow cool. hey. well, i want a computer with a big screen. and a really fast processor. some say i'm too fast. and i want one that just works, without thousands of viruses and tons of headaches. look, lad

that flight was going from newark to san francisco.assengers on board had the advantage of time to talk to some of their cell -- to some of their loved ones. they fully realized that the plan would never touch down in san francisco. some heroic stories coming out of the flight, for which we can think the passengers on board, passengers like todd beamer, whose call of "let's roll" still resonates with many. they decided that they were not going to let that plane be taken down by terrorists, and certainly not in a manner that would increase loss of life at some time in this country. it is believed that the flight was headed to washington, d.c. [bell rings] [reading of names] [reading of names] [bell rings] [reading of names] [reading of names] [bell rings] [reading of names] [bell rings] [reading of names] [bell rings] [reading of names] [bell rings] megyn: we listened to some of the family members. at this moment, there were struggling to get into the cockpit to try to take back over control of that plane. we know that because some of t

volume delay in newark. what else is new? half hour delay. that's good.and out. no problem due to weather. that will probably change. here's why, east wind 20 to 25 miles per hour. all around new york city. so watch for an hour-long delay there. boston, the wind. philly, d.c. occasional showers out there. down to the south, showers and storms. charlotte, atlanta, miami, houston. >>> a soldier got a call to duhdy in iraq and almost forced to return the beloved dog to did breeder but then a complete stranger stepped in to help. goodwrench... we roll out the blue carpet for drivers of these great gm brands. we can do the small things, the big things, just about everything... right inside your gm dealership. find out more at goodwrench.com. when our team is playing. well, almost nothing. announcer: with unbeatable prices on totino's pizza rolls-- game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. gm drivers.. it's goodwrench & go time. three great services: all in one place. all at one time. all for one price for most gm vehicles. but it's onl

police in newark, new jersey say the boy shared the drug with his friends at a daycare.teacher called authorities when she saw a girl with a baggie in her mouth. none of the kids were hurt in this. >>> hundreds of thousands of people rocked out at a concert called peace without borders in cuba yesterday. ♪ the concert lasted 5 1/2 hours. it was put together by colombian singer juanes. he's trying to connect isolated cubans with the rest of the region and the u.s. but there were also some protests in florida, where some cuban exiles called the concert a declaration of war. >> this is nothing more than a farce, to think that a concert can change a dictatorship that for 50 years has repressed the cuban people. >> we're hoping for the best, that this concert brings a sense of feeling to the cuban people and that the discussions that take place because of this concert are a catalyst for more deeper discussions in the future. >> okay. so juanes said he got death threats over the concert and that police are keeping watch over his and his manager's homes. >>> the biggest regular

new jersey wants a center as well though the neighboring newark, morris county, union county and hackensackave one. that's $3 million for five top centers in a 20-mile radius. >> it's way out of control. anytime you can put those two words "homeland security" in appropriation bill you automatically got less scrutiny. >> that is speci especially tru when it comes to disaster and terror preparedness. they built a training center in nores to train first responders and this year alone congress earmarked $160 million for 17 similar centers. including the national domestic preparedness consortium, center for domestic preparedness in alabama, national institute for hometown security in kentucky, rural domestic preparedness consortium, advanced training center in west virginia and national center for counter terrorism in vat vermont. each training center has its own expertise but they say the training is largely redundant. for the op center grant program, they're so infested with waste they want it cut entirely. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> shannon: the big push to get h1n1 vac

by the time newark figured out that they needed to be talking to this guy, it was too late.crash on august 8 was what people thought would be another miracle on the hudson. an intense search went on for it anymore survivors. it just was not to be this time. big questions about why that was. today, a little peek into may be why that plane did not know something else was in the sky. back to you. trace: that was the critical thing, the handoff from new york to new jersey. now we know it was problematic. thank you. martha: we know how she died and now we're waiting to find out who killed her and why. next, shepard smith with the breaking details on this murder, the death of annie le and the search for who did this. this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. ma

gibson, mississippi, 7 cons and 2 doctors people and south orange new jersey wants one, as well, newarkcounty and hackensack have one, $3 million tor five opes centers in a 20 mile radius. >> it is way out of control and any time you put those two rdz works homeland security into the appropriation bill then you automatically have less. >> reporter: especially true when it comes to another pork-barrel program, the disaster and terror preparedness. in 1970 the government built the federal law enforcement training center in georgia, to train first responders. yet, this year alone, congress earmarked $160 million for 17 similar centers. including the national domestic preparedness consortium, the center for domestic preparedness in alabama, the national institute for home town security in kentucky and the domestic preparedness consortium and the advanced training in west virginia and national center for counterterrorism in vermont and each center has its own expertise and former homeland security officials tell us, the training is largely redundant and the program is so infested with waste

newark, now, you're really slow, almost two hours. and teterboro has been having a problem the past couple of days. a one-hour delay for you, kyra? >> running a question. do you know what the question is lining in springfield, mass? >> springfield, massachusetts. i probably have some graphic that can tell me. give me a minute and i'll be back with you. it will probably be raining, though. >> oh, really? are you a michael jordan fan? >> sure. >> apparently according to ash, one of the fabulous members of our team here, that is the birthplace of basketball, the springfield, mass, so chad will check on the weather there, and m.j. is being inducted into the basketball hall of fame. the former nba superstar, obviously, one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, and one of the richest, is going to be there, and cnn sports larry smith is taking a look now at jordan's impact not only on the nba but also on sports marketing as well. >> he's the best that ever played his sport. >> i think he changed everything. ♪ >> there will never be

we already have airport delays in new york and newark.running from one to six and there's a lot more coming from our times square studios. chris? >> all right, sam. >>> we want to update you on a story now that we have been following closely. we promised to take you along. as you remember, for 2 1/2 years, michael mccarty is a father who has fighting to bring home his son, liam. his son was taken to italy wrongfully by his mother. and the fight continues now. just over a week ago, michael mccarty went to rome to visit with his 8-year-old son. what happened next is absolutely shocking. take a look. it's a trek michael mccarty knows all too well. in the past two years he's made about a dozen trips to italy, to try to bring back what means the most. his son, liam, now 8 years old. but for all his dreams, he was just hoping his son is okay. >> the last time i saw him was a few months ago. every day, i'm worried about his safety. and what's going through his mind. >> reporter: now, michael would be able to see for himself. and we went along. i

police in newark, new jersey say the boy shared the drug with his friends at a daycare.aggy in her mouth. none of the kids was hurt. >>> hundreds of thousands of cubans gathered over the weekend in havana to witness a rare event. a peace concert that lasted 5 1/2 hours. ♪ it was put together by a columbian rock star who is trying to connect isolated cubans with those in the u.s. this amounted to criticism to some, and took to the streets in protest. >> this is nothing more than a force to think that a concert can change a dictatorship that for 50 years has repressed the cuban people. >> we're hoping for the best, that this concert brings a sense of freedom to the cuban people, and that the discussions that take place because of this concert are a catalyst for more profound, deeper discussions in the future. >> he says he got death threats by twitter over the concert, and police are keeping a watch over both his house and his manager's homes. >>> another sign today the recession is easing. good news for a bad economy. the latest report in the leading economic indicator sh

i came from newark and i was just trying to get myself settled and when i looked into the internet and just see what had happened and to read it and then i guess listening to these statements by yale's president, i sort of felt like, okay, this is then the real thing and not like what happened on saturday where they were not sure about finding a body. this was -- this was -- this was her. so it was very difficult. >> any idea why somebody would want to do this to her? >> the only thing i can possibly think of right now, it's maybe a psychopath, an anti-social person who, i don't know, maybe got upset about what she wte about back in february about not being safe and wanted to prove her wrong. >> you talk about her fiance, john. he is not a suspect. tell us about him. >> uh-huh. i think he was perfect for her. like john was so -- or is -- i mean he is -- he was just so wonderful to her. john was so supportive of her, of her dreams, of following her research goals to -- you know, they had to separate. they were together in rochester and she went to yale. he went to columbia, and he suppo

. >> newark, new jersey. caller: i have experience being rejected for a preexisting condition.if you are a violence victim, insurance companies view that as being a preexisting condition. insurance companies are very corrupt. we really need healthcare reform. host: this information released by the group consumer watch dog. this was on their website looking at this issue including one from blue shield of california. this is documented australia of august 2006 this is called a declinable condition. listed below may be declined. some of these you know such as aids a meemia, arthritis, basil cell skin cancer, several types of cancer. heart failure, cystic fibrosis. on the democrat line next is norm from illinois. go ahead. caller: the democrats, we just messed up by calling this healthcare reform rather than insurance reform. what you are talking about this morning is exactly on point. when we love our doctors. we like our hospitals. we all know nurses who work in the hospitals and nursing homes. just looking at that list, i'm 61 now. i have already seen a half a dozen things that

derek holland is out of newark, ohio. came through the rangers system very quickly.1-2. you wonder where players find homes in big league organizations. the other night, on friday night, scottfeldman started for the rangers. he was a 30th round draft pick in 2003. pie goes down on strikes. back to back ks to begin the first. >> >> you spoke of fedman. this guy has basically come out of nowhere. bolt of these guys can outstanding. >> jim: here isratzmannn reimold who is dh'ing today. holland was a 25th round pick of the rangers in 2006. >> rick: that's amazing. >> jim: he was the 748th player chosen in the 2006 draft. one of those what they call draft and follow players, as texas drafted him and he then went to junior college in alabama, and pitched well enough there for the rangers to offer him a contract and he signed son two members of the roy face of the moment at the top five, very low round draft picks. and reimold gets ahold of one. in front of the warning track, he makes the catch. so each team goes three up and three downny the first. we'll head to the second

. >> newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker.ally bucks the partisan litmus test on a lot of issues. he has backed tort reform, and he has worked with prisoner re-entry issues. this guy says old politics is a matter of the last generation's approach to politics. we need to focus on problem solving. he gave an interview to "meet the press" where he really articulated this. let's take a listen. >> i have endorsed mayor bloomberg. he's republican. he's been a leader in bringing america together on gun issues, on lowering the carbon footprint this is the way we need to move forward. i'm proud to sit here with a republican, because that's the only way our nation will forward, left and right working together. >> you really are applauding these types of effort. easier said than done whether it comes to congress, because there is so much partisanship and you really are pressured from both sides to vote with your party. >> that's exactly right. people in the beltway have blinders on. they don't see what's going on in the larger picture. t

host: kurt from newark, ohio with michael scherer. caller: why do you think the government can do this when they cannot even take care of our american indians on a reservation? they had 100 years. they ran out of money in june to even cover these people. how do you think they can handle one sixth of our gross product. this is bs. guest: i am not going defendant anyway the u.s. government has handled native american issues of the years. there is no doubt the government has been a great failure in a number of areas. that said, -- so there is a risk, here. that said, though, is significant percentage of the american populace and right now are essentially getting their health care through government insurance options. there is a va, and medicaid, and people are generally not satisfied -- not dissatisfied. this is not creating a massive new entitlement -- public program as much as giving federal tax subsidies to individuals so they can buy private insurance. host: our next call is from atlanta. caller: i would just like to say we need to g

in his honor his two brothers along with others are taking a motorcycle tour from newark, the path thatary memorial for the victims of that flight sits on this vacant field, construction on a permanent one that will look like this begins this fall. and here in new york the estimated cost of rebuilding the world trade center site and meme yam is at $10 million. >>> baltimore's finest are honoring the fallen heroes of 9/11. the annual run to remember is taking place with the finish at federal hill. joel d smith is live there where a lot of runners have finished already. good morning, joel. >> reporter: the fastest one finished in 15 minutes. most everybody done in a half an hour. here we are talking with one of the finishers out there. how was it with all of the rain? >> cold and wet but well worth it? >> reporter: why do you want to be a part of the event. >> it might be cold and windy and i'm losing my voice, but the people at the tours and at -- the towers and at the pentagon had it worse. >> reporter: what was it like when you were running? >> i had tears in my eyes ask a lot of other

current airport delays, quiet conditions through the northeast, laguardia, newark, we could see delays on around philadelphia due to wind. especially as you move into the nation's capital, add rainfall to the mix. as far as some of the interstate forecasts around the northeast here, temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 70s, cloud cover for the big apple, maybe an isolated sprinkle. but you'll hit the rainfall once you move into the philadelphia area, back down through the nation's capital. also into richmond, virginia, it will be a wet go. so certainly expect some traffic trouble and also some delays in the mid-atlantic. back to you, joe. >> okay. thank you. and it went just long enough. i found what i was looking for in barrens to go along with this first upgrade that we have. we'll start with general electric, upgraded to overweight from neutral at jpmorgan. and the price target goes from 17 to 12. jpmorgan says ge is one of the few left in the look for nonconsensus catchup stories. jpmorgan says it's one of the last stocks for which a little good news can still go a long wa

it it leaves newark airport this morning and arrives in san francisco on nine days, on the eighth anniversaryf the september 11th attacks. those are the latest headlineos c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. >> erin arvedlund, the author of "too good to be true: the rise and fall of bernie madoff," good morning, thanks for joining us. >> i think he expected to be caught long before he was. with this report, the inspector general report shows it was a series of almost keystone cop type of of examinations. one hand didn't know what the other was doing. and at one point i think the examiners were given his dtc number, which is basically a tracking agency showing where custody of securities are and they just never checked. >> the essence of the book can be found and i want to share what you wrote. the madoff scandal transsends borders and shows even the savviest and most intelligent people can be duped into believing something that is too good to be true. >> guest: that is right. i wanted to make clear this is not specific to wall street, wasn't specific to the jewish community, witho

host: kurt from newark, ohio with michael scherer. you think the government can do this when they cannot even take care of our american indians on a reservation? they had 100 years. they ran out of money in june to even cover these people. how do you think they can handle one sixth of our gross product. this is bs. guest: i am not going defendant anyway the u.s. government has handled native american issues of the years. there is no doubt the government has been a great failure in a number of areas. that said, -- so there is a risk, here. that said, though, is significant percentage of the american populace and right now are essentially getting their health care through government insurance options. there is a va, and medicaid, and people are generally not satisfied -- not dissatisfied. this is not creating a massive new entitlement -- public program as much as giving federal tax subsidies to individuals so they can buy private insurance. host:@@@@@@á @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insurance if i had to pay that out of pocket. and this is what this

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