norman rockwell did a famous painting about her. that school is now boarded up.re are some signs that the school is doing better, but by and large, people's feeling in it or lanes is there is too much damage to deal with and neighborhoods are running away, and history i think will show it is one of the tragic resort -- results of recent american history. i do not know how we get the momentum with the deficit and iraq and afghanistan and health care debate. it is hard to focus with such a full agenda, but we cannot forget about new orleans. we have to keep reminding people. tavis: your new book, new york times best-seller list, "the wilderness warrior," strange question, but since we were talking about new orleans and the environment and concerns, what is happening now in that city, juxtapose for me roosevelt's legacy and the drama we still see happening every day and north lanes? >> -- in new orleans. >> roosevelt was very worried. in the state of louisiana, he created this barrier island, protection island. it was for birds, but it was also to protect the city o

they call it a norman rockwell approach to medicine. some folks love it and maybe it will catch on.en we are dealing with a lot of debate when it comes to health care. >> more debate, more news-worthy information. >> with everything unique, we begin at news. >> we just teased the. >> there is nothing. okay. there you go. coming up noon hour, former presidential candidate john edwards, well, his ex-mistress was in a merrill court this week. what do you suppose they were talking about? no, not that child, whose is it. also, did you go to summer camp as a kid? i did. loved it. >> loved it. >> i had bars on it. and guards. >> so it was in the city. this is scary. well, in gaza, hamas believe children should have summer camp there, as well. christi christian emcrist anna emtakes us there is the economy taking a turn as the president said yesterday? we are going to be having a conversation. a number of people are going to be involved in that conversation to say whether we sud have our hopes up. >> seems like everyone appears to be optimistically cautious. >> that is a good word. >> the jo

she used to say where she lived was like living in a norman rockwell painting.eryone was friendly. and she's just living there. >> reporter: monica massaro, a 38-year-old felt so good about the street of victorians and colonials, she did something unusual, maybe unorthodox for a woman on her own. >> she never locked her doors. >> reporter: as comfortable as she felt in this pretty unlocked house, this beautiful woman was, in some ways, an odd fit for a town that was very low keyed. monica was anything but. >> she was bubbly and everybody flocked to her. everybody flocked to her. she could tell a story like you were there. >> reporter: her best friend say monica didn't just take in life, she devoured it. >> she would talk to 30 or 40 people a day and have serious conversations with them, interact with them. we can't do that. she would stay at 4:00 in the morning chat with them on the internet, talk to them on the phone. 'tweon d do that, you know? onhe would do that. >> reporter: when not running her house cleaning business, monica was pursuing her passions, phot

it's really a norman rockwell scene here, huck fin type of a place. beautiful, beautiful beaches. people walking around in their bare feet and just a lovely place to be. this is where he wanted to be at the end of his life. he could sit on the back porch and look out to the glistening ocean and beautiful sailboats and he loved to sail. he apparently was unable to sail in his last days, partly due to the heavy wind, but, again, this is a beautiful place and as you know, it's been home to the kennedys for generations. this day has finally come and family members are starting to gather. the police have set up a cordon around the home and the compound. as you know, the family just suffered a loss several weeks ago. eunice shriver kennedy. they're getting ready to bury one of their own once again. >> if you're just joining us, the legendary democratic senator edward kennedy, teddy kennedy as he was better known, has died at home at the age of 77. he was battling some pretty serious health issues over the last year. he had several seizures following the diagnosis of a malignant brain tu

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

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while and they said go to, the recipe books of they created this beautiful cello recipe book, norman rockwelland others, it was absolutely gorgeous. they handed them out the door to door. they have people coming in the door asking for cello. sure enough that worked better as they give away something which was enticing but useless without being greedy and creating demand for the ingredient, you created demand for cello forever more. the notion that giving away one product has a dependency on a paid products led to the 20th century market model so you'd get a cell phone for free and pay for the mets and so on. that defined that form of freedom, not really free. likewise if you are going to run somebody's out on your side you want to run the guidance of the most ad because the price of gas would be most effective so there are winner-take-all markets but not all businesses so there are thousands and thousands of businesses. there's the software servers, games, content, we are in the media business and have a fantastic when or to call monopoly over the 20 century. we own the broadcast towers, flee

there a famous norman rockwell painting part of a series illustrating f.d.r.'s four freed freedoms shows an ordinary citizen protesting. his neighbors don't like what he is saying but they let him speak what his mind is. that is a far cry from what happened. some shouting this is america have been drowning out and in some cases threatening members of congress trying to talk about health reform. so, when you ask folks to go to town hall meetings what exactly are you telling them to do? guest: we want them to go and ask questions. we don't encourage them to be unruly. it is not necessarily any benefit for that. but when you see the gigantic encroachment on people's lives that we have seen just in the last 10 months, you go back to the busch wall street bailout. $700 billion, a $1 trillion stimulus package now the encroachment into healthcare, they are going to get upset and i can't really blame them for raising their voices and not using their inside voice when talking about such a serious issue. host: dick armey from texas is chairman of freedomworks. you can le

there a famous norman rockwell painting part of a series illustrating f.d.r.'s four freed freedoms shows an ordinary citizen protesting. his neighbors don't like what he is saying but they let him speak what his mind is. that is a far cry from what happened. some shouting this is america have been drowning out and in some cases threatening members of congress trying to talk about health reform. so, when you ask folks to go to town hall meetings what exactly are you telling them to do? guest: we want them to go and ask questions. we don't encourage them to be unruly. it is not necessarily any benefit for that. but when you see the gigantic encroachment on people's lives that we have seen just in the last 10 months, you go back to the busch wall street bailout. $700 billion, a $1 trillion stimulus package now the encroachment into healthcare, they are going to get upset and i can't really blame them for raising their voices and not using their inside voice when talking about such a serious issue. host: dick armey from texas is chairman of freedomworks. you can le