the fact that illness has not geographic boundaries, no boundaries with respect to economic status, or race, or whatever. it affects everybody. we are committed. we know that there are important things that can be done by way of getting everyone into the system, keeping them there, and making sure that they have a safety net. the end of the commercial indicates that we're for bipartisan reform. if taking all the work that we had done, packaging it, and putting real dollars are brown the commercial that communicates to the american people about where we are and what we support. it is taking this outside beltway, and people inside are familiar. that was what was very important to the august recess. >> one of the proposals put forth in the sense finance committee -- the senate finance committee is the calotte which is a alternative to the public option did you do not seem to want to support. is that something you can support? how would that play against private insurers? >> there is no way to know how these entities would be defined. let me give you just a broad answer, because until we see de

the fact that illness has no geographic boundaries, no boundaries with respect to economic status or race or whatever. but if affects everybody. and we are committed. we know there are important thing that is can be done by way of getting people into the system, keeping them there. and making sure they have a safety net. so taking all of the work that we've done, packaging it and putting real dollars around a commercial that communicates to the american people about where we are and what we support. so it's just taking this outside the beltway and people inside the beltway are familiar with with what we're doing. but that we thought was very important for the august recess. >> one of the proposals being put forward is a cooperative establishing insurance cooperatives. which you guys have spoken out against and republicans don't seem to want to support. is that are cooperatives something you can support? and how do you think that would play against private insurers? >> there's no way to know what, how these entities will be defined. so let me give you just a broad answer, because until we

obama in the hood and then denied it had anything to do that he was trying to inject either drugs or race into it. kennedy was just upset by the idea that race was being injected into the campaign. he blamed the clintons for allowing it to happen. the clintons were furious that they were being accused of injecting race. bill clinton is the kind of candidate, and with some justification, his whole political career he would say would be aimed at bringing the races together. the idea -- >> i think that's a value thing and you have to give him credit. let's talk about the other party, the republican party. everybody who has ever followed john mccain it seems respects the guy. he was the most media popular guy in the world. accused me of being for him. chris used to like me and then this other guy came along and then -- it was the al smith dinn dinner. he said i can do maverick. i can't do messiah. why did he pick palin because it seemed to be a hail mary? >> it was a hail mary. they thought they were going to lose coming out of the democratic convention. at that point obama was surging ahead.

personally believe that every citizen should be entitled to adequate health care regardless of income or race or status in life. that's just a basic right of human beings. and it seems to me that is what canada feels. guest: well, i think you're absolutely right. this is how we feel and this is what we think. i'm not saying that you're absolutely wrong. but i think a great country like yours should look at giving their citizens a full coverage on health care because this is fundamental. and this is what european countries have understood also, because they're giving full coverage to everyone, whether they have money or don't have money. and this is the principle that we have here in canada and we want to keep it like that. host: janet, former resident of toronto now living in indiana. go ahead. caller: it's not a question, it's more of a statement. i love the states and i love canada and i've lived in both. i came to the states for graduate school and when i came here, i did not have insurance here. i'm a student, i'm paying a lot of money to be here in school so i ended up getting injured in

or quiet about it. yeah, it is about race and it is -- something that that opponents of the president are exploiting, either for political gain or for personal profit. ed, you know, we should have expected such things, the first african-american president. i'm not terribly surprised that this would happen. it is in the, you know, it is unfortunate. but it is going to happen. chris: i don't know -- i don't want to build this up beyond a crazy level. the polls show, at least the new poll out i just saw, it is based in the south where a majority of people don't know he was born in america or say they don't know. the rest of the country is minuscule, this issue. maybe they a point about the racial piece. is this opening the door to the crazies? >> i don't think so. here's the reason why. they play be naive but this is their belief. all these things were aired in the campaign. they weren't aired in the high-profile way they are now, from -- in quite the arena they are now. he won. he won despite all of this, being an undercurrent throughout the campaign. they look at that and say we're going to face this over an

his profound hope as the result of his efforts they would be judged on their merit and not on their race or ethnicity. in response to my questions, judge sotomayor also claimed her ricci decision was controlled by an established supreme court precedent saying, quote, a variety of different judges on the appellate court will looking at the case in light of established supreme court second circuit precedent, close quote. the supreme court didn't see it that way. supreme court noted, quote, few if any presidents in the court of appeals, close quote, discussed this issue. as noted, commentators have recently confirmed even if judge sotomayor had believed her panel was bound by a second circuit precedent review and rehearing by the whole second circuit would have provided the opportunity to review the previous cases of fresh and overrule them if they were on the sound. but judge sotomayor cast the deciding vote against rehearing this case by the full circuit. she defended her ruling and will be other authority exist that time in the second circuit. the case is also troubling to me because judge

. >> it may look like a demolition derby or nascar race but those events would feel like the opera comparedwith this. >> we're good to go. here it goes. >> pretty much a red neck car launch [ cheering ] [ laughter ] oh. >> that one was good. >> great family entertainment. >> the price is right. >> we can afford this. >> kids, don't try this at home. >> reporter: the idea was inspired last year by boredom. >> this is the brain box right here. so they figured out a way to turn big cars in to remote controlled toys. >> turn this knob here. project so complex it seems anything but red neck. >> we don't really need steering. >> the car takes off and they follow close behind on a four wheeler controlling the speed and the direction it. >> is going to fly until takeoff. major air [ laughter ] >> school bus. >> that will be the short bus [ laughter ] >> what's not to like when you can destroy big things like that? a different type of cash for clunkers program. we never said it was news but it was fun to watch and our thanks to joe for that story. that's going to do it for us. back here tonight at 1

followed by the all-american skin game or the decoy of race.n always in pursuit, fresh american perspectives '95 to '97 and the most current work and novel don't the moon look lonesome. stanley coach is going to take a tour of his bookshelf in his office. >> well, this book, kenneth clark, what is a masterpiece? i read this often. it's a very important book for me. 'cause he makes it very clear -- clark had a very clear understanding of what made the masterpiece. and how the masterpiece was always connected to the deepest aspects of the tradition. out of which the artist came. and to the present in which the art was made. and it is the combination of the past and the present that gives the masterpiece enough energy to carry it into the future. the disuniting of by arthur schlesinger is very, very important. because i think he puts it in context exactly what our problems are at this particular time. in terms of this idea of multiculturalism. and stuff of that sort. now, this book here, divine days by leon forrest, i think is probably the greates

wherever he saw a group or even a few people disadvantaged because of their race or their economic conditionr whatever it might have been, immigration, he was a strong supporter. >> as president obama said today, it was not a surprise, what we saw coming. and unfortunately, there are a lot of mixed feelings about ted kennedy and i have seen them on the web today. a lot of folks like him, but a lot of folks can't forgive. as you talk to him, how much did he internalize that anger and did he need forgiveness for those things? >> he carried it with him all the time. there wasn't a day that he didn't think about that or regret it. and i think he understood some of the extremes of the language that was used against him and intended to pass it off. that didn't bother him. >> you think he was at peace at the end? >> i think so. i think he was at peace because for 45 years, he did what he thought was the right thing and succeeded at it. >> again thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you, i enjoyed b@bein here. >>> we still have something special to show you tonight and we'll learn y this phot

. >>> the big question is whether the runners should be in the men's or the women's race. >> reporter: there's no doubt who won the women's 800-meter race at the world track and field championships currently being held in berlin. what is in doubt is whether south african runner castor semenya should be running in the women's race or men's. she runs like a man, talks like a man, is she a man? >> with that comes rumors that you are born a man. what do you have to say about stuff like that. >> i have no idea. i don't know who said it. and i don't know. i don't care about it. >> reporter: but international sports officials do care. semenya was a virtual unknown in south africa, until her times began to improve dramatically lately. a gender test has been ordered, officials say, not because semenya is suspected of cheating by having a sex operation. but to determine, what is being called a medical condition. >> reporter: a gender test, as it turns out is more complicated than you might think. it involves not just a physical examination, but the use of psychologists and the study of internal

>> well in all actuality, i don't think -- it really shouldn't be about race or anything like that. but sometimes race is involved. that's a sad case when it is. but for someone to actually go in and actually try to perform a duty or a job of the caliber that i was doing, which is trying to interact with the people, to get roughed up in the matter that i was, you know, it's just totally outrageous. neil: ken, you never even had a chance to get inside. did you get inside or were you too banged up? >> no. i had to go right to the hospital. i didn't get a chance to get inside or nothing. they actually broke my glasses off of my face when they started beating me. i couldn't see anything. neil: they did mention your race. >> yes. neil: essentially saying that someone of your race shouldn't be saying the things you're saying about this health care program? >> well, like i said before, i don't have an opinion at this point about the health care program or anything like that. right now i'm just kind of like focusing on, you know, the assault that was, you know, committed upon me at the time.

and what it means to live in a country in which not all people are of the same race or family or origino, in a way, when one thinks about those who tell of the great war that really destroyed athens, the question arises, it has something to do with not being inclusive enough or finding a way to deal with others. they have many detailed ways in which, referring to the ancient self, from the point of view of american politics, what helps us most are the american readings which take place emotionally in the last year. >> what kinds of things do you read? >> all kinds of things, supreme court cases, declaration, constitution, and huckleberry finn, which is a great comment not only on race relations but also what it means to be civilized and uncivilized. all of those readings go into a kind of hot and stew, then you have something to refer to. something to give things background against which you act. i find it works that way for me. >> what is the state of classics and reading now in our culture today? how would you describe it? run en >> it looks dismal. here is a very encouraging way to l

personally believe that every citizen should be entitled to adequate health care regardless of income or race or status in life. that's just a basic right of human beings. and it seems to me that is what canada feels. guest: well, i think you're absolutely right. this is how we feel and this is what we think. i'm not saying that you're absolutely wrong. but i think a great country like yours should look at giving their citizens a full coverage on health care because this is fundamental. and this is what european countries have understood also, because they're giving full coverage to everyone, whether they have money or don't have money. and this is the principle that we have here in canada and we want to keep it like that. host: janet, former resident of toronto now living in indiana. go ahead. caller: it's not a question, it's more of a statement. i love the states and i love canada and i've lived in both. i came to the states for graduate school and when i came here, i did not have insurance here. i'm a student, i'm paying a lot of money to be here in school so i ended up getting injured in

and sergeant james crowley at the white house close yet another chapter of tense race relations or rekindlee flames? the meeting gave the president a chance to make further amends for saying: >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> bonnie: although both parties agreed to the meeting, leading up to it gates continued to say he was a victim of raraal profiling, and crowley said he was not going to apologize for doing his job. meanwhile a new poll finds more americans disapprove of the president's initial response to gates' arrest. so is this the end of the dust up or the beginning, irene natividad? >> let's get real. this is one person's solution to a person faux pas. but that said, i think this is the way you lower the temperature and reach out to peacpeople who don't necessarily believe what you do. >> no, i don't think this is the end. this has demonstrated by his own words and association that this president is not in fact the postracial president. >> i think it's probably good pr for the president but it doesn't change the fact that racism is a fact and a factor in the united states.

all other places, and what it means to live in a country in which not all people are of the same race or family or origin, so in a way, when one thinks about -- who tells of the great war that nearly destroyed athens, the question arises, what went wrong? it has something to to with not being inclusive enough for finding a way to deal with others. many detailed ways which i can't think of at the moment, in which referring to the age themselves. but i think from the point of view of american politics, what helps us most are the american greetings which take place mostly in the last year. >> what kinds of things do you read? >> we read all of the documents, we read supreme court cases, and of course the declaration, the constitution, and we read huckleberry finn which is a great commentary not only on race relations but on what it means to be civilized or uncivilized. all those readings go into a kind of talk and stew and the moment it comes have something to refer to, something a review -- to give things background. .. >> someone gives a good example, and people start reading or someone m

building of a dining facility is not a case of contractor fraud or misconduct, it may be inefficient or race, but it is not a broader misconduct. -- waste, but it is not a fraud or misconduct. the commission has held only two public hearings and government officials were invited to testify but only if you. the council stands ready to further the commission in any way of purpose as they do the outrage. this is not a conclusive document. the need for additional import -- input is needed. we are trying to determine the would cause for these issues and develop an action plan for future occurrences. congress should expect the men and women who never served in iraq and afghanistan the support of the u.s. government. thank you for the invitation to provide this news. i like to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. we appreciate the testimony. bowhat if any areas do you disagree with of the recommendations of the panel? >> i have had a chance to look at the report quickly last night. the focus of the panel of oversight is appropriate. i think it misses an appropriate part, the front end o

. >> of the make a or heart racing for headaches are things of that sort. >> dr. roderick says because ob/gyn see their patients regularly, they develop a relationship. >> we become somebody they trust. >> he says this is a trend he has seen for several years, but he says more patients are turning to him so they are not faced with separate copays. >> it is simple and fun, but if it is something more complicated or a long-term problem like blood pressure issues, and i encourage them to go see a pcp >> she says she has a better relationship than with other doctors, and she plans to continue to look to him for basic health care needs. >> now your forecast. >> the frog tried to make it way through the baltimore area, just south of us now. the winds coming from the east and northeast. the and result is we still have a couple of isolated thunderstorms. it looks to the storm is trying to caught up around baltimore county, said the risk of an isolated storm is going to linger through the early evening, but most locations will stay dry. temperature-wise we are at 85 degree

always competitive within the kennedy family, whether it was touch football, sailing races or certainly the great game of politics. i've just been told that the motorcade is now about two miles away altogether, and that they will have this brief stop here before going across the bridge after circling the lincoln memorial for the burial ceremony of edward kennedy. there's been a lot of talk, obviously, about is this the end of an era. and, you know, that's always a subjective judgment. but, in fact, with the death of the last kennedy brother, gene kenne kennedy smith is now the soul surviving member. with the death of the last brother, the last public servant in the kennedy family who is a sibling of john f. kennedy and robert f. kennedy, it is fair to say that an era has come to an end. and the kennedys always talked in their political campaigns about the need for change. in fact, senator kennedy, when he was talking about bobby kenn dy at his eulogy in 1968 cited his memorable speech to young people in south africa, at a time when apartheid was at its peak, nelson mandela was in jail.

if it looks more black or more white or doesn't look like they have any black in them, we're still our own racet belong to one or the other. >> you're not just black or you're not just white. we somehow need to be acknowledged more instead of saying somebody's just black. look at me, i don't look like i'm black. >> reporter: she made the documentary after struggling with her racial identity for years. her father is black and her mother is white. she said the documentary became an outlet for her to vent and take a stand about something that has affected her all her life. >> i was told as a child by my father, i was black. my mom said, hey, i had something to do with this, but for survival purposes, i lived my life as a black woman. and internally, i never felt right. as i got older, i felt like it was almost a form of self-hatred, because i was ashamed of who i was. >> reporter: curtis haines and ruwand share her sent tilts. >> this country says you are one or the other. identify yourself properly as one or the other. >> i've been called a zebra. i've been called a swirl. i've been called an ore

at this point police don't know if the cars were racing or if someone had a medical condition that caused the crash. >>> prayers of thanks yesterday at a church service in northern colorado. a gas explosion at the church destroyed the basement but luckily no one was hurt when it happened. the pastor is calling it a miracle that he was not inside. he was on his way to the church to check a gas leak but stopped nor a known call and wasn't inside when the explosion happened. the church will be closed until the damage is first. call that divine intervention. >> absolutely. >>> "cash for clunkers" so popular. you'll have trouble finding a car. in a ford dealership in boston said it had to hire overnight workers just for the paperwork. they say sales doubled and it's hard to keep up with the demand. the deal provides up to $4,500 in government cash for thin that trades in their own vehicle for a new car. it will be until labor day or until the money runs out. >>> it's a boy. "the view" co-host elisabeth hasselbeck gave birth to her third child. a boy timothy. mom and baby are said to be doing v

. >> they never tried to overcome the barriers to their housing, that are based on race or based on municipal resistance to affordable housing. >> reporter: the map tells the story, here's westchester county, the lighter the map, the lighter the skin of the people who live here. most of the county is unshaded. westchester county stood to lose up to $180 million in federal funds if they lost this case filed three years ago. instead they settled, admitting no wrong doing but agreeing to major changes in seven years. the county will spend almost $52 million to develop 750 affordable housing units that are to be marketed outside of westchester. at least 84% of those homes need to be in mostly white communities, neighborhoods where some minorities say they felt unwelcome. >> we know it's not scars dale. >> reporter: the new housing isn't set aside for minorities, it's based not on skin color, but on a moderate household income. 53,000 for a family renting, up to $75,000 for family owning. >> affordable housing is one of the tools. the goal is to achieve fair housing. >> reporter: this local mayor

. >>> and is it a race or is it a pub crawl? well, it's in new orleans, you be the judge. coming up. so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. only verizon's 100% fiber optic network makes uploading as easy as downloading. because your internet's not fast unless it's two-way fast. >> time for a look at headlines across the country. we begin at ohio in the king's island amusement park where a man died shortly after riding a rollercoaster. it is called the fire hawk and during its ride it inverts holding riders in a flying position. yesterday the victims started having trouble breathing soon as he got off the rollercoaster. he was taken to a hospital where he died. right now there is no sign that the ride caused the man's death. >>> members of tv pitch man billy maysfamily are angry over an autopsy that sh

. >> criticize him without it being around black or race. is lucky, no problem, go for it, but when you bring race into it now, it's like why? why? >> i got it. >> not right. >> it's wrong. >> let it go. >> it's wrong. >> are we going to make that bet? >> we'll discuss it at commercial. >> no, let's discuss it on the show! >> a hundred bucks, sarah palin. she can get it done. >> he has got sarah palin to win the republican nomination in 2012. a hundred bucks. i say no. >> i believe she can get it done. >> yes! i just made a hundred bucks! >> still ahead in the second hour of the "morning meeting," jonathan capehart is on the verge of a aneurysm in washington, d.c. >>> a new poll shows the president losing the message war over his health care plan. it's all beginning to look like a campaign war in august in an off year. is that in the interest of america or america's health care and how do we get this conversation back on track? we'll have that conversation here right after this. paying $8 a day for lunch can add up fast. so i'm packing my own

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personally believe that every citizen should be entitled to adequate health care regardless of income or race or status in life. that's just a basic right of human beings. and it seems to me that is what canada feels. guest: well, i think you're absolutely right. this is how we feel and this is what we think. i'm not saying that you're absolutely wrong. but i think a great country like yours should look at giving their citizens a full coverage on health care because this is fundamental. and this is what european countries have understood also, because they're giving full coverage to everyone, whether they have money or don't have money. and this is the principle that we have here in canada and we want to keep it like that. host: janet, former resident of toronto now living in indiana. go ahead. caller: it's not a question, it's more of a statement. i love the states and i love canada and i've lived in both. i came to the states for graduate school and when i came here, i did not have insurance here. i'm a student, i'm paying a lot of money to be here in school so i ended up getting injured in

race that is heating up. the president appearing for creigh deeds, the democrat. is this going to help or hurt his candidacy, do you think? >> the interesting thing is obama has helped democrats in virginia. he's a -- he's popular. still remains popular but it's his programs that are causing his ratings to go down. they're affecting the candidates apparently in virginia. the health care costs are bothering a lot of people. people aren't sure what the plan is. of course, he being the local democrat has to explain for obama, and he's having a difficult time getting the message out. >> i don't know if it's necessarily his agenda on health care, per se, that's causing the problems. the way it's being marketed -- >> yeah. >> -- certainly at issue. in a room full of people, the question was asked, who's against socialized medicine? nearly 90% of the people raised their hand. then they asked, how many of you are on medicare? the same people raised their hand. you're already on socialized medicine. what are you talking about? that having been said, deeds has raised a lot of money. hi polling hasn

i mean to base a decision on ethnicity or race and for those arguing lately that to play the race card and, i call them racialists, basically they use it for political expediency, as well as, you know, to drive home a point and drive a wedge between our communities and that's not what this is about. illegal immigration is not about being anti-immigrant or being against t.a.r.p. bailouts or anything, it's not about any group of people, it's about good governance. >> we've got a lack thereof. maria, i'm interested in both your thoughts on the mccain vote and also on what chris just said, in other words, the use of an immigration issue or immigration as an issue for political maneuvering as opposed to trying to solve for immigration, let's say, in a way that is in the interests of society, the immigrants, labor, all the conversation, which sort of began a couple weeks ago here. >> this is a lot of questions. good morning. how are you? >> loaded. good morning, good morning. >> i think first of all, when obama chose judge sotomayor, she's an incredibly, incredibly well-qualified woman who h

race issue? sergeant crowley or professor gates? my argument is, we don't give points for who introduces race first or we don't take away points if we prove that you didn't. race was in the issue of that incident before either one of them started talking to each other. and that's why we need to have a better understanding. i'll give you a specific example. >> real quick. >> the president in the press conference he made the issue a national concern by raising it in his comments. the next day the president flew to ohio, he had a town hall conference to talk about health care, and we need a lot more talk about health care because that's a very problematic issue for the president, at that town hall we had the perfect forum to now start and launch the national conversation about race. a mixed audience, predominantly white in a state that is very mainstream. we need that all over the country. you want to have beer fests, fine. let's open up the bars in america on saturdays. let's invite people in, and let whites and blacks, they want to ha

then in 2008 it was tried again and didn't get as much attention that we lked at 22 race that charlie cook labeled ssups orn a democratic comprehensive reform and in 20 of those races the democrat won, so for all of its power as a wedge issue that was going to really make it hard for democrats to win in tough races with swing voters been the determining factor, it just ha't happened. the other part of conventional wisdom particularly among republicans and ana as well is this notion that it is oka to? to this issue because latinos don't care that much and they don'teally count. that is then turned on its head t i think the most underreported political story from my field and from the work i do is tell bush and per have a brilliant strategy to win hispanic voters and in 2004 among spanish dominant hispanic voters-- i jot going to use the overall numbers which are pretty well-known but among spanish dominant voters bush kerry 52-48 so many of the new voters who turned out in 2004 voted for george bush. he advertised in spanish, i talked about sharing values. there wa a lifetime court chipper cow he was a bril

is it just a matter of race, or is it possibly because of what they do for a living? >> i think it's a combination of both. because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> reporter: a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. she was known to her friends as "sunshine." friends and family publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like the other victims, she disappeared from rocky mountain. her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it is only a 15-minute drive to get to places just like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say that the victims are being held. they won't give us a lot of detail but they do tell us that two of the victims were strangled, one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecomb county calls this a critical time in the investigation, leading many to hope that this lonely cou

side of being a canadian, having won the race, and he has so much emotion towards jacques villeneuve, so it's certainly a big upper hand for him. >> stock car guy oroad race will win? >> marcos ambrose. he's going to got at them again. >> do we consider him a stock car guy or a road racer? >> at bristol he's a stock car guy. >> i think he's a stock car guy. i do think in his performance at bristol he's certainly a stk car guy, but experience has always kept... knowing how the race has kept road race guys from winning a race like this. guys like carpentier and fellows have the experience. >> i think it will be a lot of fun to watch road race or oval guy. marcos is beth. circuit villeneuve in montreal, it should be fun. >> second round play at the barclays at liberty national in jersey. hey, what exit? tiger woods struggling with his putter all afternoon. the greens notoriously difficult on this course. first hole for birdie. tiger not happy. second hole for par. tiger not happy. on nine, seven-footer for par. tiger not happy. he would bogey nine. third shot on 10, you know it's coming. tiger not happy. he would settle for par on ten and then again

white house spokesman bill burton said "whether or not race plays into criticism, i don't think it is the case, the president doesn't think it is the case." paterson continued the theme monday saying some people are uncomfortable with too many powerful african-americans, quote, part of what i feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories, then some people get nervous. reverend al sharpton, normally a paftserson ally said the comments are not productive and that an intelligent discussion is needed, and new york city's only black mayor, david dinkins said pat errson, quote, should get off the acist thing. p president obama is hitting the links on martha's vinyard. one of his top donors was the head of a bank and center of a u.s. investigation into illegal tax shelters. robert wolf is the president of ib.s. americas, a swiss-owned bank that was caught up last year in a senate probe of financial firms which attempted to shield millions of dollars in offshore accounts from u.s. taxes. last week, u.b.s. announced a settlement with the i.

the question this morning is whether one of the runners should be in the men's or women's race. go live to london and cbs news correspondent mark phillips. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. there was a very dramatic race in berlin last night, but the drama had less to do with who won the race than who was in it. >> castor semena of south africa. >> reporter: there was no doubt who won the women's 800-meter race at the women's track and field championships currently being held in berlin. what is in doubt is whether south african runner castor semena should be running in women's races or men's. the 18-year-old semena is the subject of a gender verification test. if she walks like a man and talks like a man, is she a man? >> there are rumors you're a man. what's being done about that? >> i have no idea about that. who said it. i don't know. i don't give a [ bleep ] about it. >> reporter: but international sports officials do care. semenya was a virtual unknown in south africa until her times began to improve dramatically lately. a gender test has been ordered,

is it just a matter of race, or is it possibly because of what they do for a living? >> i think it's a combination of both. because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> reporter: a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. known to her friends as sunshine. friends and family publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like the other victims, hargrove disappeared from rocky mount, her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it's only about a 15-minute drive to get to places like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say that the victims are being killed. they won't give us a lot of details about what they're finding, but they do tell us two of the victims were strangled, one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecomb county calls this a critical time in the investigation. leading many to hope th

or understanding of our own constitutional rights, unquote. in these speeches judge sotomayor described how such things as race, gender, life experience, personalsympathies or prejudices affect judges and their decision. that is certainly possible. but i waited for her to say that judges have an obligation to eliminate the influence of these factors. i wanted for her to say that because these things undermine a judge's impartiality, judges must be vigilant to prevent their influence. that would have given me more solace about what judge sotomayor's phrase fidelity to the law really means. but she never said it. instead, she endorsed the notion that judges may look either inside themselves to their empathy or outside the foreign law for ideas and notions to guide their decisions. turning to her cases, the supreme court has disagreed with judge sotomayor in nine of the ten cases it has reviewed. three of them in the most recent supreme court term alone. that is nine of her ten cases that they have reviewed. and these were not close decisions either. the total vote in the cases reversing judge sotomayor happen to be in lopsided 52-19. in one case

personally believe that every citizen should be entitled to adequate health care regardless of income or race or status in life. that's just a basic right of human beings. and it seems to me that is what canada feels. guest: well, i think you're absolutely right. this is how we feel and this is what we think. i'm not saying that you're absolutely wrong. but i think a great country like yours should look at giving their citizens a full coverage on health care because this is fundamental. and this is what european countries have understood also, because they're giving full coverage to everyone, whether they have money or don't have money. and this is the principle that we have here in canada and we want to keep it like that. host: janet, former resident of toronto now living in indiana. go ahead. caller: it's not a question, it's more of a statement. i love the states and i love canada and i've lived in both. i came to the states for graduate school and when i came here, i did not have insurance here. i'm a student, i'm paying a lot of money to be here in school so i ended up getting injured in

i don't let race or socio-economics become an excuse. >> weis says his new aim to get every student in the county college-ready. a college graduation rate twice the national average. he says it is important to start as early as pre-k to accomplish that new goal. >>> a man seriously burns in a morning house fire. >> and working close around the clock to fix a scheduling mix-up. four other stories making headlines in our area today. >>> a man was seriously burned in a town house fire this morning in frederick county. in the victoria square development off of schaefer drive. three men were renting the unit but only two were home. fire official his to medevac one the victims to johns hopkins in baltimore. the landlord says the house had two working house smoke detectors. >>> it happened just before 7:00 a.m. on east randolph road between old columbia pike and fairland road. no students were on the bus at the time and no one was seriously injured but authorities did have to close part of randolph while they cleared the debris. >>> it appears everything is back on track for prince george's c

. >> stomach ached for heart racing, colds or headaches and things of that sort. >> the doctor says because they see their patients regularly, they develop a long-term relationship. >> over time that relationship becomes closer so we become literally somebody that they trust. so they will come to us. >> the doctor says this is a trend he has seen for several years it but what these tough economic times, he says more patients are turning to him said they are not faced with two separate copays. >> if it isn't in that is a little more complicated or is going to be a long-term problem like blood pressure issues, cholesterol issues, then i encourage them to go see a pcp. >> jamie says she really has a greater comfort level with that doctor than any other. but the relationship you on that as a woman -- >> and she plans to continue looking to am for all of her basic health care needs. >> up next, your maryland lottery mid-day pick three and four numbers and another check on your forecast with sondra. first, a look at how wall street is performing at this hour. is performing at this hour. i need th

race goes. can you understand how when someone said, a latino person or any other race could make a better decisionthan a white man or a black man or whoever it is, that those kinds of words deeply troubled me. i was raised in a world without race. colorblind society, that should be our goal. >>guest: were you upset when clarence thomas used similar words when president -- when a republican president nominated him? >>host: the line is gone. >>guest: well, that is her speech. i'm not going into that. she has said only to answer the question. ultimately and completely the law is what covers. just about every nominee has spoken about their background. his background. every good members of his family. that shapes his thinking. certainly i find nothing wrong with that. his background, how that shaped his thinking. we are not all the same. even as members of the senate are not the same. her@@@@@@úÃ >> caller: when will you folks who call yourselves leaders start to step out of the way? you have repeatedly blown reasonable planning opportunities for our country, all in favor of your own selfish political

laborers, clung to the country so that no matter that they had been denied opportunities because of race or education or other circumstances, they passed on the hopes and dreams they once had or that they still had. equally important, they passed on that sense of obligation and necessary to see the dream become a reality. today, there is much focus on our rights, and there's a proliferation of them. i will not deny that these rights are important. they are. but often i am surprised by the virtual mobility that seems to be those with grievances. it seems to me that more and more, people are celebrated for their litany of grievances about this or that. shouldn't there of least be equal time for our bill of obligations and our bill of responsibilities? what is required of us? i think we have an idea. i watched my grandfather. i think he is the greatest man i have ever known. i told my wife to yesterday with 26 anniversary of his death. why is it there are certain days we never forget that still bring pangs of either paint or a smile to our face? that is one of those days. but he is the greates

you don't let race or economics become an excuse. >> the superintendent says his new aim to have every graduate college ready. >> as parents we want to see them college ready also. that's a great goal. >> i think that's excellent. i think that's a wonderful goal. i definitely want my son in college. i have one daughter already in college. it's a wonderful goal. >> and the idea of going to college, you say it frightened you to think about it? >> well, not frightens me, but leaves me nervous. >> reporter: a the sophomore here, english is his second language. he is among latinos and the 60% of minorities in the montgomery county school system. >> we found out we could get them college ready regardless of the back grounds and regardless of some of the impacting circumstances. >> reporter: would you consider college? would you think about it? >> yeah. yeah. i think -- i think it's good for college to get ahead, and like, to -- >> reporter: the superintendent says the college preparation begins as early as pre-k. we talked to parents, and they said they agree and look fward to their kids bei

is the anger at the town hall meetings only act health care or, yes, sadly about race? there's a question that generally a lot of people oppose reform, but what has got most of the protestors upset is they can't deal with an african-american president. we'll debate that hot one. >>> and democrat versus democrat? liberal groups are going against democrats for failing to support health reform. >>> also, florida senator mel martinez surprised everyone today when he announced today he's resigning before his term expires. in fact, he is quitting now. was it gauze because he's had it with his fellow republicans? . >>> and what is it about john baldin that has hillary clinton laughing at him on television. by the way, i'm laughing with her. >>> we begin with today. the unexpecting job employment figures. we have chuck todd joining us. right up from, susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today. you write the big storieses for people. in fact, you tell us on television what should be on television because the "usa today" is on every doorstep. >> you can buy it, too. >> you

was this about race or was this about something else? >> it was about a lot of things. i think the fact that sergeant crowley who i also know and who is a very decent man, his aunt has been helping us clean our house for 20 years, a wonderful woman, francine, i think the fact that he didn't believe that he owned the house immediately, the house has many pictures with skip and nelson mandella. after that it was contempt of cop or disturbing the police. if you talk back to the police that is going to happen. i got arrested in fenway park and taken away also twenty years ago. >> geraldo: you weren't streaking were you? >> a couple of seconds before the race. >> i think it was turning into class. it had been race and i think they stepped back saying this starts to look like, you know high brow harvard professor and a blue collar policeman but henry is a terrific guy and i love him. >> geraldo: we will take a break and be right back from break and be right back from rainy martha's break and be right back from rainy martha's [bell ringing] the way the stock market's been acti