. >> president obama south of in a prime-time news conference. >> he is going to do what he does betterthan anybody else in the united states. he will explain what is at stake in what we cannot just stick with the status quo and do nothing. >> he is trying to shore up support for his plan among members of his own party. he spoke with moderate democrats tuesday. their key concern is this. >> the cost of the legislation and how we are going to make sure that it is deficit-neutral. >> democrats and republicans are concerned about the $1 trillion price tag. one person more last week that the bill may not lower costs. >> how will we get sustainable health care reform by loading up tens of billions of debt. >> after making his case tonight, he will continue his public outreach tomorrow hosting a town hall meeting in ohio. in washington, nikole killion, wbal tv 11 news. >> good morning. we are checking on your morning commute. there is an accident on pulaski highway. possible delays there. southbound i-95 is backing down south of the white marsh area. 59 miles per hour in the area of hartford

president obama head south to talk health care. he will hold a couple of town hall meetings today one in north carolina and the other in virginia. the call killion from washington has the latest. >> -- nikole killion from washington has the latest. >> no major breakthroughs. congress has spent in other late hour of meetings. >> we are not there yet. our biggest concern is making sure that we control costs. >> the conservative blue dots work out their differences on the plan. >> i do not think it is a reasonable option for democrats. >> i feel relatively confident that we will be able to come together. >> bipartisan members of the senate finance committee say they are closer to an agreement on a plan. it will create the creation of independent panel to hold down medicare costs to fund reform. they say they would save a $35 billion over the next 10 years. >> you cannot do that without cutting their benefits. seniors know this. americans are beginning to ask a lot of questions. >> something the president is trying to answer during tow

president obama through south the first pitch. >> mr. obama sporting his white sox jacket.thpaw on the mound, not quite a strike but not bad. albert pujols picked up the shorter flow but enough about that witch. we want to know why are you wearing the white sox jacket. >> everybody knows i'm a white sox fan and my wife thinks i look cute in this jacket so between those two things, why not? >> why not? >> all right. later on, the president shared his opinion about the nats. >> i really enjoyed that interview. it was just great to see the president. went into the clubhouse an shook hands with every single player there. a lot of players said that to them was the highlight. >> it is also refreshing and we were talking about this earlier, having a president or any politician for that matter who clearly has his favorite teams and what have you because they don't want to upset anybody. we all have our favorite teams. >> we'll hear what they had to say about the nationals. one of the people did call hum out and say you're trying to give a politically correct we are. >> it was neat

the economy is going south. obama's numbers are going south. it's not really fair because six months is not enough time to turn the economy around. let's get something to divert attention away from us and get it back to cheney and bush. so here we go. it's just bogus. if they had anything, give it to me and i will put it on the air, go ahead, mary katharine. >> i'm for one, shocked, that the cia had a secret plan to kill osama bin laden and ayman al zawahiri. the idea they are going to make political hay out of this is not very smart for them. now is a time republicans have been punished on the national security issue because of the iraq war and mistakes made. democrats have had a chance to take this back with all the infighting with cia and making political hay out of it, i don't think they are whiffing on this entirely. i don't think it's benefitting them. bill: "newsweek" magazine obviously wanted an investigation and they are pushing holder to do it. >> i think you are confusing two things. i think one thing is the secret plan that they did

president obama threw south the first pitch at the all star game but blog ares focus who some call hiss jeans air little bit frumpy but he says he refuseds to wear tighter denim emsays the jean he wore to the game enwere comfortable and he will stick to them. >>> still trying to get a win. good wednesday morning. timothy mcveigh ross with you. since the all-star break, the nats have been dismal. 0-5 coming in play against the mets. this on the heels of having the worst record in the entire league before the all-star break. you guess on the positive side, they're consistent. the mets in town. died wright from virginia beach trying to do damage against john lanham. in night belonged to lanham. trying to close out a seven-hit shutout. 4-0 in the ninth. first win for riggleman and this game is -- dropped by alberto gonzales. riggleman cannot believe it. he with not give in and he would get the final out. gonzales redeems himself right there. the nats, the first win for jim rigle machine. congratulation. john lanham, his first ever complete game shutout. nats win 4-0. >>> tase unite in the

we trace the roots of michelle obama back to the great, great grandfather and rice plantation in south carolina. we begin with breaking news. another shocker in the florida double murder that horrified the nation. the sheriff just minutes ago making the brief announcement. listen. >> tonight, we are taking into custody miss pamela longwiggens and she will be charged with accessory after the fact for felony murder. again, tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. we'll hold a joint press conference. we'll fill you in on the specifics of these charges and miss wiggens. >> pamela long-wiggens. authorities located here in alabama where he was apparently keeping a low profile. she allegedly rented property to one of the six suspects. one is a juvenile. the tenant gonzalez jr. with a long record of criminal violence. first, david mattingly with more on the key suspect. >> reporter: watch the chilling video of masked intruders breaking into the home of billings just minutes before the violent deaths. authorities say you will see leonard patrick gonzalez jr., the man allegedly organized the well-rehearse

also, michelle obama is linked to a scheme from the south side of chicago. our own ainsley earhardt has more. and we have a detailed look inside the obama health care plan tomorrow night, a special edition of this program, at its regular time, and 9:00 p.m. eastern, edit it is -- and >> they believe one of osama bin laden's sons was killed in a air strike. they suspect that he was killed earlier this year by missiles fired from an american predator. it apparently haven't summer in pakistan. the u.s. counterterrorism officials say the body has not been recovered. there is a 85% chance this report is true. he had no known ties to al qaeda. he had been living in pakistan since last year. they think the son of osama bin laden was killed earlier this year in an air strike over pakistan. and another breaking story out of houston. several people have been shot out of texas southern university. six people were shot. it happened near an outdoor rally where a local rapper was appearing. a car drove past the debt. some say it opened fire on the crowd. -- a car drove pas

so-called g-5, a group of important regional players that includes brazil, china, india, mexico and south africa. obama acknowledged the growing importance of such countries. >> for us to think we can somehow deal with some these global challenges in the absence of major powers like china, india and brazil, seems to me wrongheaded. >> reporter: afterwarts the president in the rome with pope benedict xvi. the two greeted each other warmly. this despite their differences over issues like stem cell research and abortion. and more on the president's meeting with moment today we are joined by the reverend drew christianson. editor in chief of the national catholic weekly magazine published by the jesuits. father, good to be with us. >> good to be with you, martin. >> let's talk about the significance of this meeting. was there real importance to it or was a courtesy call on the part of the president? >> i think it's an important meeting for two world leaders in which mutually esteem one another. the pope has reached out to president obama from the day after his election. in the president's move, he called h

obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him, said the senator from south carolina. president obama, by the way, responded just a little while ago to senator demint's comments. here it is. >> just the other day, one republican senator said, and i'm quoting him now, if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. think about that. this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families, breaking america's businesses and breaking america's economy. and we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. >> then there's more. mitch mcconnell, for example, he says that our health care system in its present form is already the very best in the world, and to those who say the canadian system may be better, he said this on "meet the press" yesterday morning. >> i had a friend of mine in florida who called up recently and said he had just lost a friend of his in canada because the government decided he was too old for a certain kind of procedure and appar

it was a sprawling south carolina rice plantation in the 1800s. this is where michelle obama'sfamily believes her great great grandfather jim robinson spent his life and where he toiled in the relentless carolina sun. it's called friendfield plantation but these fields would hardly have been a friend to michelle obama's great great grandfather or to the other 350 slaves here. it was a hard life. farming rice was back breaking. alligators, snakes and swamp fever everywhere. sun up to sun down six days a week. historian toni carrier. >> it was a terrible labor regime. slavery itself was oppressive, and it's left a very deep wound in our society because it's so unpleasant. >> reporter: slaves here likely spoke their own dialect and grew their own food. typically, most had roots in the rice growing countries of west africa. today, this is what's left. it was called slave street. their cabins whitewashed, bare bones, no plumbing, one or two families in a cabin. >> shall we go in? >> reporter: ed carter manages the plantation property. he's been here 20 years. so this is it, huh? >>

says it will enable much faster broadband connections in kenya, tanzania, mozambique, and south africa. president obamais taking his message to the people using a prime-time television address to tell americans that the u.s. health-care system must be reformed. he is insisting he will the five opposition to promote better choice, coverage, and lower costs for insurance. 47 million u.s. citizens have no coverage at all. it has been near the top of his agenda. but the issue is also knocking his popularity ratings. from washington -- >> the administration's top salesman, the president himself, pushing the need for health-care reform. in his latest television news conference, he once again stressed that reform is essential to rebuilding america's economy. >> let me be clear. if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits. if we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket. >> he wants lawmakers to vote on a bill before the break for the summer on august 7. >> if you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen. the defau

. >> reporter: on a lighter note, after meeting with the president of south africa, president obama was asked if he plans to go to soccer's world cup in that country next year. he responded with an attempt at humor. >> that's my goal. did you get that? >> reporter: from italy, the president heads to the nation of ghana, where he will praise that nation's commitment to democratic ideals. chip reid, cbs news, l'aquila, italy. >> couric: now to the war in afghanistan, the new u.s. commander there believes to win he'll need a bigger afghan army and billions in additional funding. an american buildup is already under way with 17,000 new troops heading there. by year's end, u.s. forces will total 68,000. but our david martin has learned that general stanley mckristal's plans could require even more americans, perhaps thousands, to train new afghan recruits. of course, much of the war against the taliban and al qaeda is being fought across the boarder in pakistan. and the most valuable weapons there are american drones. today, the u.s. reportedly used them to attack a taliban communications ce

obama specifically took issue with what one republican critic, south carolina senator jim demint said last week f. we're able to stop obama on this. it will be his waterloo. it will break him. >> it will be his waterloo. it will break him. think about that this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families. >> reporter: republicans believe they have the president on the political ropes and there's even a republican health care play book that michael steele spoke from nearly ver bait tum today. >> the barack obama experiment is a risk our country can't afford. it's too much, too fast, too soon. >> reporter: another difficulty for the president, explaining to the majority of americans who have insurance how the lack of reform costs them money. and so he's on yet another media blitz. here with nbc's meredith vieira. >> people know the system isn't working right now, but i also think that it's very easy to scare people it's that going to get even worse and they think well, maybe the devil i know is the better than the dev

obama's family roots. we'll show you the south carolina plantation where michelle obama believes her great, great grandfatheranks, anderson. joining us, best selling author of "don't start the revolution" without me. jesse ventura. you appointed 70 juns while in office. how does judge sotomayor impress you as a nominee? >> first of all. larry, she already held numerous appointments. appointed by president george h.w. bush, i believe to the federal bench. this is a woman with a vast amount of experience. you know, when they get to these hearings, it's more about political posturing of the two political parties, in my opinion. it's almost laughable. because if the appointment's a democratic appointment if it's republican the democrats attack and the litmus test is always roe v. wade. they all wand to know how are you going to vote on roe v. wade. abortion. that's how it comes to the wash to me. she's totally qualified and in my opinion should be appointed to the bench. >> larry: al franken final ali got into the united states senate from your state. what do you make of that whole election? >> it's the process.

south. the obama administration is considering sending national guard reinforcements to the border as a security measure, but a final decision has not been made. separately, the senate approved an amendment to complete 700 miles of double-layered fence between mexico and the united states by the end of next year. it still must clear the house and be signed by the president. >> in this world today, where we're threatened in many, many ways, it is critically important that we're able to determine who comes and goes and what comes and goes on the borders of the united states. >> reporter: the who and what are elements of a long-delayed comprehensive immigration reform favored by members of both parties. at least one key democrat, senator chuck schumer, agreeing with republicans that ending the free flow of illegal immigration is a necessary component of any future legislation. >> in order to get and rationalize our system, we are going to have to make sure that there are not future waves of illegal immigrants. >> and this week, the department of homeland security also took a step to discourage ille

now disprove of the way obama is handling health care 50% to 49%. 59% say the president is spending too much money. 52% oppose his expansion of the government. things are going southresident obama. david brooks see a collapse on the entire left. quote: bill: now, tomorrow night, president obama will try to save his health care vision press conference. he will not succeed. americans understand that the essential force of this country is freedom, not big government micromanaging what we can and cannot do. mr. obama does not get that he is still using his power to demand his vision of social justice. >> if you attach a surtax to people making 280,000 or more. isn't that, in fact, punishing the rich. >> no, it's not punishing the rich. the way i look at it is if i can afford to do a little bit more so that a whole bunch of families out there have a little more security when i already have security, that's part of being a community. bill: wrong. that's being forced to fund obama's vision of what's fair. being part of a community means voluntarily helping your neighbors by charitable acts and donations. we americans lead the world in that. look, the feds need to provide

obama points out his familiarity with south africa but expresses enthusiasm visiting the continent's western region. >> it is recognizing the extraordinary process they've made in beganna around democratic issues. >> reporter: barack obama senior was from -- from kenya. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: strong words from the president emphasizing the importance of a strong democracy. >> no place wants to invest in a place that skims 20% off the top or where the rule of law gives way to the rule of bribery. >> reporter: the president urging them to expect the most from themselves and the government rell -- relatives. >> that is a responsibility that can only be met by africans. >> reporter: the president was fresh off a trip to italy. washington. courtney keely, fox news. >> now during the trip the first family got a first-hand look at the historic cape coast castle and that's the fort where the atlantic slave trade began. >>> it appes congress was in the dark about a controversial c.i.a. terror program. at associated press is reporting dick cheney directing the c.i.a. not to let congress

the g8 has become the g13 as developing nations china, india, brazil, mexico, and south africa joined in. president obama took the leading role on global warming. he's pushing rich and emerging nations toward a deal for new clean climate goals. >> this week, the g8 nations came to an historic consensus on concrete goals for reducing carbon emissions. we all agreed that by 2050, developed nations will reduce their emissions by 80%, and that we will work with all nations to cut global emissions in half. >> president obama will meet with pope benedict on saturday and visit the african nation of ghana. >>> now to iran and a showdown in the streets. hundreds of protesters have been on the march chanting death to the dictator. this is the first significant protest since a police crackdown more than a week ago. the demonstrators say the ruling government stole last month's presidential election. >>> just ahead... forget three strikes. metro says it's now one strike and you're out when it comes to texting. plus, the price for one local city to go green. >>> it was another beautiful day today, but we do have a to

camp obama isn't just an international program. it's hawaiian luaus on the south lawn. ream outings with dad. community service, and an emphasis on getting out. >> we've instituted camp obama at my house. the television and computers are f all day until after dinner and right before bedtime. >> reporter: camp obama isn't cheap. like any guest of the president, the girls fly free on air force one. but here in rome and beyond, the obamas pay for every extra room, meal and souvenir. but first families know that front row seats to history is priceless. susan ford followed her dad to china. hillary clinton brought chelsea along through asia and africa. >> imagine that opportunity. those are experiences of a lifetime. and they also are images that are sent around the world. >> reporter: in their own way, they're all america's little diplomats. yunji de nies, abc news, rome. >> wouldn't we all like to do that for our kids. >>> and that's "world news" for this thursday. i'm charlie gibson, and i hope you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have you had a good day. for all

to teach what happened there to his daughters, the descendents of slaves in south carolina, through first lady michelle obama. and after their tour he said the visit represented tragedy and triumph. >> the courage of so many black and white to abolish slavery and ultimately win the civil rights for all people, i think is a source of hope. >> reporter: there remains much to overcome in africa. despite his late father's roots in kenya, mr. obama chose ghana for his first presidential visit to sub-saharan africa because of its embrace of democracy and good governance. an example he wants other african nations to follow. he did so by invoking his ancestors. >> i have the blood of africa within me. >> reporter: the president said his father struggled with both it was a message of tough love that the president, a source close to him says, feels he has a more powerful voice to say because of his unique status as the first african-american u.s. president. and it's one that a former ghana supreme court justice says africans need to hear. >> on of the things we need in africa is for our leaders to be told where they g

we are waiting to hear how the remarks from two presidents, president obama is set to speak to military families on the southlawn of the white house, we have his comments live on the "fox report" and where waiting to hear from the man who preceded president obama in the oval office, former president george w. bush speaking tonight at fourth of july yesterday's in woodward, oklahoma. we will bring you some of his rumors as well. >> julie: it has been closed to the public since the attacks of 9/11 but that ended today as america celebrates its independence or did they deliver tv opening her crown but wait until you hear how many people get to up there. talk about exclusive. >> my name is sergeant savannah mangold i am here and camp on steel going through a course about ready to go on air assault mission. i would like to give a shout out i just don't feel young when my skin looks old. (announcer) gold bond ultimate restoring lotion. coq10 helps skin renew itself. gold bond ultimate restoring. this stuff really works. >> julie: there is a fifth victim and gaffney south carolina were a killer is on the loose. we'

obama or race in general. we have a long history of people profiting off of racist ideas to poor white. one of the striking things is the regional divide. if you look at folks in the southe that obama's not a u.s. citizen. it matches up pretty well. >> beyond the ignorance that exists and david, you make a great point, i think what hits hard in addition to the racial part of it, you have lawmakers. i'll show you a clip. elected officials who are unwilling to look in the camera and deny this birther movement. let's play a very popular conservative. >> do you believe barack obama was born in the united states? constitutionally to serve? >> you know, i am focused on unemployment right now. >> this is a yes or no. >> i am focused on job creation. i'm focused on making sure the american people can keep their health care, especially seniors. >> i'm glad you're focused. >> focused on lower spending, lower taxes. i'm just going to keep fighting. >> do you think that there would be a democrat in congress and they would have tried to avoid the answer? >> some of them did, but to go . i didn't prepare myself to answer that and i don't want to just step in. but at the same time the

obama on this it will be his waterloo. it will break him. >> it will break him. republican senator jim demint of southina presumably trying to rally conservative activists to oppose health care reform on a friday conference call. what he actually did of course was give the white house all of the ammunition they need to portray the opposition to fixing health care as a political goal that has everything to do with scoring points against democrats and flog nothing to do with wha right for the country. >> just the other day one republican senator said and i'm quoting him now, if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. think about that. this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families. breaking america's businesses and breaking america's economy. we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. not this time, not now. >> on the republican side, there isn't yet a counterproposal on the table. so the fight is not about what to do about health care. right now it's about wh

some families reportedly have been sent to south africa and paris. president obamais spending nearly $60 billion of federal stimulus money on building a more energy efficient economy. newsweek on-line reports that not a single green job exists as of yet. in a piece called "what green jobs?" the newsweek article states "no one can agree on what a green job actually s the working definition paints a broad stroke, a job that's good for the economy while simultaneously healing the earth, but that leaves lots open to interpretation." the report says the labor department is working on a definition, but that questions over classification make it, quote, difficult if not impossible to measure whether eco-based jobs are being created. the president's green czar says the definition problem, quote, is not unusual in a democracy. it takes a while to come to some agreement. in response to the president's call to find $100 million in budget cuts across government agencies, the justice department has figured out a way to do its part. "the wall street journal" reports that the depa

teach what happened there to his daughters, the descendants of slaves through south carolina through first lady michelle obama. after the tour, the president said the visit represented tragedy and triumph. >> the courage of so many black and white to abolish slavery and ultimately win civil rights for all people, i think,a source of hope. >> reporter: there remains much to yorver come in -- overcome in africa. plm chose ghana because of its embrace of democracy and good governance, an example he wants other african nations to follow. he did so by involking his ancestors. >> i have the blood of africa within me. >> reporter: the president used his own father's struggle with corruption in africa. >> we know this kind of corruption is still a daily fact of-for far too many. >> reporter: it was a message of tough love that the president, a source close to him says, feels he has a more powerful voice to say because of his unique status as the first african-american u.s. president. and it's one that a former ghana supreme court justice says africans need to hear. >> one of the things we need in africa is for our le

also, michelle obama is linked to a scheme from the south side of chicago. our own ainsley earhardt has more. and we have a detailed look inside the obama health care plan tomorrow night, a special edition of this program, at its regular time, and 9:00 p.m. eastern, edit it is -- and isit is a "hannity" you cannot miss. sean: hilary clinton made quite the fashion statement when she arrived in bangkok. it looked to me like she may have been showing some solidarity with the remaining detainees at guantanamo bay, although that looks like some upscale gtmo gear. tastyville, feed your summer fun with the full, juicy flavor of johnsonville sausage. johnsonville. sausage is all we do. finally, good news for people with type 2 diabetes or at risk for diabetes. introducing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar. hi i'm mike, and i lost 100 pounds on nutrisystem d when i was first diagnosed with diabetes, that first step was more like a giant leap. till i discovered nutrisystem d. in a clinical study people on nutris

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president obama and the summiteers are meeting with eight african nations from egypt to ethiopia and algeria and south africa. the g8 nations plan to contribute $15 billion over the next three years to boost agriculture and ease the contine continent's ongoing food crisis. mr. obama is heading to the african nation of ghana today as the last stop on his foreign trip. before leaving italy, the president will meet with pope benedict xvi from the vatican. joining us now is papal expert father thomas williams. >> good morning, michelle. >> father, what do we expect the pope and the president to talk about during their time together? >> they'll have about a half hour together. i think boast men have already expressed in past days different ideas they have they'd like to bring up with the other. president obama has spoken about the environment. he's spoken about the situation in the middle east. they'll both want to speak about poverty, the economic crisis, and all the points of conversion they have. the open undoubtedly is interested in these things but will bring up issues of ger divergence, especially li

senator demint of south carolina talked to obama's waterloo and how republicans must defeat him on health care. bill kristol in the conservative weekly standard said with the republican weakened somewhat, republicans will see an open to deal. bill kristol says, go for the kill. 60% of the personal bankruptcies in this country are because of health care costs. is there a risk for the republicans in sounding so harsh? >> yeah, there is a risk. i don't think you want to make this your only issue and make it rise or fall only on this issue. besides, when, you know, when the other side is falling apart, don't, you know, don't get in the way. let this thing proceed. right now barack obama, president obama has to deal more with democrats than republicans. it is an odd thing, john. he is both at once it seems to be overplaying. he is flooding the zone with too many proposals, too much money, too many testify sits. yet, when it comes to backing up his play, to take james' analogy of the poker game, he is stingy with the chips. >> six months does not a presidency make. i want to go back to the wall

obama on this. you had the health-care challenge, jim demand from south carolina saying that this will break obama.uys put politics before they put health care. >> come on. the republicans are looking to work with democrats to get something done. it is the democrats who are stopping this from getting through the house of representatives. you mentioned that things may have changed before wednesday night. after wednesday night's press conference, thursday morning, the senate majority leader said that he was not going to pass anything before an august recess. nothing changed wednesday night. the more the president talks about the issue, the less happens about it. i think that is a fundamental problem for the democrats. >> democrats were behind bush on his tax plan, on his war, on no child left behind. and number of democrats can to support. republicans have given exactly 3 votes 2 barack obama. it is very clear that they want to derail the guy because he is very popular. they are playing politics with people's health care and with their lives. >> that is absurd. the republicans in the senate and the h

their focus is on securing the south, while the british continue to look north. president obama outlined his goals for afghanistan. >> the key strategy for us at this point, the benchmarks of success that we've laid out are are we building an afghan national army and police structure that can secure itself without the assistance of into the forces or u.s. forces -- nato forces or u.s. forces. >> breaking news. an american soldier is captured by the taliban in afghanistan and is still missing. >> in the east of the country, a u.s. soldier is being held by insurgents. the circumstances behind his capture aren't clear. >> this is just the start of what will be a long and bloody campaign. u.s. commanders must know that they need to end what they call the stalemate in the south if this campaign is to be considered a success. martin patience, bbc news, kabul. >> while that was going on, the british forces in helmand were concentrating their efforts on clearing taliban positions around the town. around 700 troops were also working to secure the canal, a key crossing point used by the t

. >>> south websites in south korea were attacked. >>> president obama attended his first g8 summit today. the leaders of the world's eight industrialized nations met in italy, which is where hundreds of people were killed in last april's earthquake. >> reporter: world leaders tackled the global economic crisis at the g8 summit sitting down to discuss recovery efforts they emphasized the need to keep promoting powerful measures that will stimulate growth. this is the first g8 meeting for president obama. he has already done a turn around for the bush administration's position on climate change. >> by the time these meets meetings are over you'll see there has been a significant step forward. >> reporter: they are also wrestling with north korea's nuclear positions. they chose italy to host the g8 summit to boost the economy but the residents claim the money spent could have been used to build the area back up. >> reporter: president obama met those who helped in the recovery efforts. more than 300 were killed in the quake and 50,000 remain homeless. changing the slogan, yes we can, to no,

south side of chicago. they beat the white sox. obama wouldn't like this. he wouldn't like this. that's an obama stimulus package right there. thome three-run shot. his 15th. 12-8 the final white sox win it tonight. wizards summer league basketball out in vegas. a grand theft orange. and nick young had two steals. later on more d in the second half. they take it all the way to the ten. but the wiz still lose 89-82. 89-82 tonight. the last time tiger woods missed a cut in a major he just returned from time off to mourn his father's passing. that was 2006. you could see that one coming. most off the world's number one was primed and ready for the winner circle this year after the win at the at&t a couple weeks ago. it didn't look good today. tiger giving new meaning to visiting the jungle. here in the 10th check this out. into the rough on the left side. they never found that ball. that was a double bogey. that kind of was a michael cosmo today. and then the wheels come off the wagon. 13th hole. he went from even to plus five in a hurry. missed the cut. the other surprise of the da

are are well known but this is also an important visit for michelle obama whose oldest known relative jim robinson was a slave in south carolina. >> as americans, as and as african-american, obviously, there's a special sense that on the one hand this place was a place of profound sadness. on the other hand, it is here here where the journey of much of the african-american experience began. >> reporter: the obama's visit to the cape coast attracteded thousands, overflowing crowds filled rooftops, peered off window, hung off scaffolding, did anything to catch a glimpse of the american are president, even running down the road, chasing a motorcade, normally not exposing their daughter ss tv cameras, the couple made an exception. >> it is particularly portant for malia and sasha who are grow grohhing up in such a blessed y to be reminded that history can take very gruel turns. >> reporter: the excitement sur under roing the president's visit was evident in every corner of acrra. he hopes to make a connection to encourage african leaders to embrace his vision that was laid out in a lunch time speech to the ghanain parliam