oh, he's going to love this, piper, what is that? >> what is it again? disney channel. >> soo you can watch t.v. see, though are inundated. hollywood, disney. that is what they think the world is. >> she has. >> she has. >> she has. >> she has a girlfriend. >> who is -- he has a girlfriend. >> who is the girlfriend. >> it gives a certain bit of credibility for any woman in the workforce at any job but it also tells little girls, you know, you can be whatever you want to be and it's true. >> i have helpers. i have these kids that are expected to help. she does have to do her homework, though. >> just another couple minutes. >> you want a hamburger to go or? >> no, i'm fine, thank you. thank you very much. >> you hungry? >> todd, the man the governor calls first dude enjoys being mr. mom. >> i think in today's society you see more and more dads change diapers and switch roles and, you know, for myself when i was for a short period of time and sarah was working full time and i had the kids that is the real job, motherhood so going back to work was a vacatio

reporter: he may have been the king of pop, but to his fans michael jackson was like a modern day pied piperllowed him to the end. ♪ i'll be there, you know i'll be there... ♪ >> some were lucky you have no score tickets and a seat inside. >> i'm so happy! i had hope. >> have your wristbands visible, walk slowly, watch your step, please. >> reporter: paulette mccowin flew in from texas. >> i'm so excited to be a part of this historical event because you never get an opportunity like this in your life. ♪ saying that's okay, hey, baby, do what you please... ♪ >> reporter: others without tickets came from just down the block and from down under. leo scarola flew from from australia with his wife. she got a ticket, he did not. >> my wife is in there. >> reporter: this crowd was kept blocks away in the so-called cold zone. >> i would love if they'd turn on the t.v. and show us what's going on inside. >> reporter: mostly they didn't mind having a front row seat to nothing. they weren't here for the view (came down here just for this knowing that i wasn't going to get in. just to be here with the a

david piper, fox news. bret: a north carolina drywall contractor was arrested monday as the alleged ringleader of a group of aspiring international terrorists. 39-year-old daniel patrick boyd, his two sons an four other men from north carolina are accused of military-style training at home and plotting with what the government calls violent jihad through a series of terror attacks abroad. authorities looking for one other suspect believed to be in pakistan. boyd's wife says they are an ordinary family and the charges have not been substantiated. the federal government is spending a billion dollars to keep cops on the street. why are some big cities getting stiffed? and the president spends part of his day pushing healthcare reform to seniors. some of them have serious questions about end-of-life issues. if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goals? there may be more yo

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palin took a handful of reporters on a fishing boat in the bristol bay werr her husband and daughter piper were were netting sockeye salmon. palin told fox news she could not rule out angling for the white house. >> i do not know what the future holds. i want to work right now for people who are going to work in office or out of office for the right things, those principles that built up america, those who are inspired by the values of america and will not deride or apologize the values that we hold as americans. i'm going to work for those people. >> the former republican vice ve presidential nominee was eager to talk about her stunning decision to step down as governor but said she doesn't consider herself a quitter. >> i am willing to step aside and not allow distraction anymore to this administration's good positive agenda. i will step aside. i'm willing to do that because i love alaska. >> she complained of a media double standard that made a target of her children. she blasted bloggers and political partisans in alaska who filed 18 ethics complaints, all dismissed but one in which sh

i do we are already seen a tightening of credit were already seen interest rates shoot up piper going to see what they're really means that there could be a lot of people who are not going to appeal to get credit. and someday you may save those people shouldn't have credit to begin with one the other hand you can expect people to go out and make a major purchase that they may need like a washing machine without having some line of credit. or making a major purchaser can do it on credit or a big purchase of health if self-interest we have seen the committee passed the committee on party lines on capitol hill which would require individuals to have health insurance and companies to contribute what are consumers ready to pay all care price for health care reform? i have to take this out of the consumers and i include myself really understand everything about their health care plans i don't know all the ins and outs of my health care plan i know that i have to pay " pay for this and that and i have to get permission for this and that but i don't understand always what the impact financial

unfortunately i believe the mayor has gotten away with too much for too long, she needs to pay the piper." to read more, go to foxbaltimore.com and click on question of the day. >> that gunman charged in the shooting at the holocaust museum in d.c. last june is indicted for murder. james von brunn faces murder charges in the death of museum guard stephen johns. von brunn a white supremacist and holocaust denier is from annapolis. the indictment includes murder and hate crimes. he faces life behind bars and possibly death if convicted. >> anne arundel county police arrest two stabbing suspects. found two brothers hiding in severn. they were arrested without incident and held pending a $1 million bond. the two were wanted for a stabbing that happened back in july 24. >> a middle river mom is concerned this evening after two carbon monoxide incidents at her home in two weeks. high levels of carbon monoxide brought baltimore county's fire department to the commons at whitemarsh twice recently. no one seriously hurt. >> something bad is going to happen to somebody. and i want people to be awa

it was the piper alpha located about 120 miles north of scotland and largest oil facility in the north. on the evening of the th, disaster with 225 workers on board, a gas leak ignited starting a massive fire. flames reaching 350 feet high. a number of employees killed instantly. others overcome by toxic fumes and smoke. some tried to escape by jumping into the ocean. most did not

david piper spoke with secretary gates. tell you he is hoping to accomplish? >> yes, he said it is a listen and learn trip. this is the first time since the june 30 agreement in which iraqi troops take the lead in security here. he has been speaking with iraqi generals and u.s. generals at this base before billing to baghdad. he wants to see what the security situation is and how he can help in the future. the other major issue in iraq is between the arabs and the kurds. there is some friction. both sides hope to control. he is talking to the iraqi government in baghdad, hoping to resolve the issue. megyn: thank you very much, david piper. bill: we have been hearing about the house plan to reform health care. now it is the senate's turn to the senate may be close to a deal. what is in it? why one of the main provisions the democrats were looking for maybe absent. megyn: politicians love to talk about full disclosure. this mayor is accused of disclosing too much about himself. is he violated city rules? kelly's court is on t

they have to have patience, especially against the piper like contreras.an hitters will know if they are patient, he's not going throw the ball in the strike zone. he's going try to get them to chase the ball. we'll look for that next time the o's come up here. jim? >> thank you very much. >> the difference is when you get somebody like contreras who has been pitching well, e had made a -- well, he made a goodtt tord base. speaking of having to make good pitches, that's what you have to do to jim thome. >> 2-1 foul ball o the left. 2 and 2.the has 16 homerun on the year and he turned 39 in august. he's had 14 seasons with 20 or more homeruns. >> he's cald out on strikes. good pitch on theside% corner it the first strike jeremy does something, it's backdoor slider. >> thome,thinks it's outside. he hsa% lifetime on base percentage of over 40%. rightere,ht took aall got cous offhe with a nice approach. that's how you get the good hitters out, make quali pitches. >> thome and konerko are hitters. 2 and 0 on konerko. he was tie d for 6th in the american l

director of the national retail federation is joining us and expecting jeff klinefelter of paperoi piper ja. what kind of back to school season are you expecting this year? >> difficult no surprise, people spending about $550 on become to school compared to 600 last year. the average family is heading down 8%. as a result, retailers are cutting back on inventories as well. >> going to spend less but is it because retailers will be cutting prices anyway? >> certainly part of it, a lot of natural deflation happening now, especially in clothing and electronic bus parents say they will do more with less, kids wearing the same thing on the first day of school they wore on the last day of school. expect parents to postpone the cooler weather purchases until later on in the fall when they need jeans and coats. >> jeff klein felter is with us, retail analyst for piper jaffray. jeff, you know there were probably going to be a few winners in this particular space, as ellen said, a very tough season. who do you think has the right mix of merchandise or bill's held up fliers, discounting approach to

i'm igining little piper there saying yes, my vote's yes, mama. >>ho ows whats on in the palinkitchen. i thk that my coeague, y casey put itbest, nobody quits their job unless they have a gamelan. i thinkhe's t. it's because you got a plan. >> it's hd to find another job if you've just quit a job. good move? what are you heang? >> i think h times was exquiz it. look at wh she did it. right before a long weekd. ere was aong weekend when we were on vacation. the president is ouof town. the whiteouse isn't makg as much news as they do when they can control the message here in town. eped right facebk, twitter, controlling that message herself and got corage in theay she wanted. as far as capitol hill where i work most of the time, that's going to be busy next week. there's a week when maybe catol 's not being covered as closely as normal. >> le ask you about something else thahasn't gotten a lot of atttion. here is joe biden making the rounds on the sunday talk shows and was asd about the adminiration's haling of the economy. >> so either you misread

looking at piper's kindergarten.he enters third grade in fall. >> she's talking about her child and sounds like she still wants to balance that mom image. >> that's a pretty generous way -- look how quickly time flies. kindergarten to third grade, actually only two and a half years. >> if she would only come on and do an interview with us, she could explain. you only have 140 characters. she's got to stop tweeting and talk to us. >>> still ahead, how mark sanford says he's thankful for everything that happened. >> and mentions god a lot. >>> and later, the grass roots campaign to keep paula abdul on american idol. you're watching msnbc. when you're on a diet hungry just won't quit. but you can outsmart him with weight watchers online. it's weight watchers, but it's completely online. customizable tools give you structure to make healthier choices while restaurant guides, recipes, and mobile access give you flexibility to live life and lose weight. sign up now and get two weeks free. go to weightwatchers.com/2weeksfre

. >> piper? bill: listen, i don't think she polled the little children.k she polled the other children. >> i think she had what was it three yeahs and one hell yeah, bill. when is enough enough? i don't think anybody wants this to stop. i think comedians love it i think republicans love her. democrats love to hate her. i think she is in charge of when when the mock kerry -- mockery stops. bill: worst thing you can do is diminish or demean. no question america wants to demean and diminish sarah palin beyond practically anybody else in the republican party. so it then falls upon americans to say all right, we have heard it, it was funny the first thousand times but now it's mean and now it's unnecessary. do you think we are getting to that point? >> well, you know, i think she left herself open to this with such a craven vague resignation speech. if she said look the this is too much with me. the ethics charges is too much. i want to be with my family i'm stepping down. she didn't. she gave this breathless herber painting of a speech. i counted three sports

. >> have to pie the piper. gorgeous start as usual. we have been left with nice weather the last couple of days if not week. get you started with the potten update. trees are low. weeds low and ld w.lo but you know at u yoe threg,brhe t's a lack of ailer jens in the air but code orange which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. we are at 72. baltimore 69. he the west winchester where the air isn't -- air is so great to open the window and let the air in. satellite-radar loop. a few problems. nothing with any rain drops. however, that will be changes tomorrow. isolate storm is the case on the weekend on friday. i will have the full weekend forecast in a few minutes. angie has the wednesday drive. >> that's right. it is not just wednesday but every day that i'm all about hooking you up with a personalized traffic report. face me on facebook, e-mail me or follow me on twitter. i just had this on-line. in mclean, virginia, internext of kirby and chester brook watch for crews. use caution. take it out and show you 95 northbound. slow ride fro

rowdy roddy piper one of my favorites of all kind. >> hero of mine. >> great guy.id some cool work with roddy a few years ago. who came up -- i am trying to think. -- >> steel cage. >> what a concept. >> who came up with it. i don't know. the whole purpose is to keep the two guys in the ring instead of, you know, one guy running away or something like that. >> looking for a chair. >> i don't know who came up with it, but i know i will be in one tonight first mariner arena. so. i probably will be cursing the man who came up with it. hey, there i am. >> there you are. >> you know what you have had a really -- people love you. >> some people do. some people love me. you know. i think i am one of the more interesting polarizing characters we have right now. >> do you think so. >> i think you either love me or you hate me. >> somehow i can relate to that. >> really no in between. >> somehow i can absolutely relate to it. >> it has been an interesting couple of months. >> i hear that. >> what is your number one highlight in your career right now? >> god, you know, just d

todd and i, track, willow, piper, trig, i think i got them all, we will forever be so grateful for the honor of our lifetime to have served you. our whole diverse full and fun family we all thank you and i am very, very blessed to have had their support all along, for todd's support. i am thankful, too, i have been blessed to have been raised in this last frontier. thank you for our home, mom and dad because in alaska, it is not an easy living, but it is a good living and here it is impossible to lose your way wherever the road may lead you. we have that steady great north star to guide us home. let's all enjoy the ride. i thank you alaska, god bless alaska and god bless america. thank you, guys. [applaus [applause] >> thank you. thank you, governor palin. >> julie: there you have it, sarah palin resigning as governor, 17 months before the end of her first term. palin says for those who question why she decide today chart a new course for the state of alaska, she says to be obvious to you because i love alaska and with this decision i will be harder to fight for you and for the truth.

part of the experiment was we queued people and what we saw in people had these characteristics of piper eating syndrome, it's not the disease, but it's very much a normal part of our makeup. what we saw is people with this condition high breeding have hyper activations during the anticipation phase in the amygdala and reward pathway of their brain compared to control and was pronounced. and what we further saw was when they actually consumed the food, when they tasted the food that elevation in the amygdala which we always thought was just the que remained elevated. so, the mural pathways remained active medium negative activated until all of the food is gone. so for the first time we have evidence, certainly evidence is emerging that lack of control, hard time resisting, it's not a matter of willpower. literally the brains of millions of people are being hijacked by these accused, by this highly palatable food. let me put it together. "the washington post," "the washington post" outed me because i wanted to know -- i wanted to understand the science, but i also wanted to go inside the

back with genemanster, senior analyst piper jaffray. we're waiting on the mac numbers. from what you've heard so far, let's talk about the mac numbers and the margins here. what's your assessment of the quarter at apple? >> the mac was $2.6 million. that's spot in line where we thought it would be up from our original estimate of 2.2. this business has rebounded fast. and we're still in a tough economy. imagine what's going to happen when things get better. gross margins were unchanged from last quarter, 36.3%. with tough component environment, everyone was expecting margins to go down. i don't know how they're doing this or what deals they're crafting to get these impressive margins but this was a solid quarter all around. i think that their guidance as typically is conservative but even more so now given the strength in the mac business and also the iphone going into september. >> the stock up better than 70% to date. do you want to put more money into apple? >> yes, the reason why the september quarter as people digest these numbers they're going to realize the level

. >> reporter: palin is a mother of five, track, piper, bristol, willow and trig.he oldest is about to be deployed to iraq and the youngest, trig, born in april, has down syndrome. her refusal to consider abortion has made her a darling of the christian right. >> i don't think john mccain will have to worry about motivating those people to vote on election day. >> i think mccain has made a brilliant move, folks. >> reporter: today rush limbaugh, for one, sounded mighty impressed. >> she is a maverick pick. she is a total maverick. we're the ones that have the babe on the ticket. >> reporter: barack obama was gracious. today he called to wish her good luck but not too much luck. >> i congratulate her and look forward to a vigorous debate. >> reporter: but obama's campaign spokesman was sharper edged. today john mccain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heart beat away from the presidency. said bill burton, though conceding mccain had already won. >> i've appreciated the 1 years in elected office i've had to give me good exp

bottom line, they have to play the piper, on the basis of how people vote.would vote on each one on their own individual merritt. it would be difficult, especially for those, who exited the ability, before the steroid era began. it's sad because the people we're talking about, i knew roger clemens, in college. he was a brilliant competitor and very positive person for the game. it's sad that it has come to that. my feeling is, anybody that was tainted, i wouldn't vote for. but, i don't have a vote. that's what it is. >> fascinating. george, mc, a original espner, many thanks for joining us. >> all right. thank you. >> top stories on the way, latest on the roy halladay trade rumors, stay current with "espnews" during the autobahn for all event you can get great deals. yeah, it's great. we just really want to be sure. whoa, it's us from... - the future. - cool. 11 days in the future. man: look, you love your new routan. you love the german-tuned suspension. you love not having to pay for scheduled maintenance. i love what you've done with your hair. we'll take

you wear sunglasses -- [ laughter ] >> steve: and it's like rowdy roddy piper in "they live."hat just happened to mine. >> maya: you need a refund. >> jimmy: look at that. we do now. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] wow. >> steve: those are 3d, jimmy. >> jimmy: can you see that? >> maya: it is okay. >> jimmy: don't mess with me. >> maya: it's for your good eye. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm like a terminator. terminator, part animal. all right. [ laughter ] all right, everybody. we're going to put these sunglasses on, and we're going to turn the lights out. and that's when the magic happens. [ laughter ] are you guys ready? [ cheers and applause ] turn off the lights! whoa! ♪ to the left! to the right! to the left! to the right! ♪ one, two, three, to the left. three to the right. three to left. three to the right. three to left. three to the right. let's do it again. ready? here we go. one, two, three, to the left. one, two, three, to the right. one, two, three, to the left. now, head bang. now, head bang. ♪ one, two, three to the left. one, two, three to the right. one

babb napoli, managing director at piper jaffray. let me kick it off with you, and ask you, dan, about some of these earnings coming out. amazon.com, microsoft, and american express. is there one company out of the list that you think is going to surprise more than the others, be sort of the name to watch once that -- once the numbers come out and you want to be looking at what that means for tomorrow's trading session and beyond? >> well, you know, maria, very optimistic that we're going to see a continuation in terms of the momentum that we saw in the last week or so. we know thain tell had great numbers. we talked about that last week. obviously, we're looking for those numbers to roll over into microsoft. they had higher chip volumes in terms of netbooks and servers. and then if you look at amazon.com, also looking for them to show a good earnings report. the expectations are unbelievable on that stock. the stock's up 73% year to date. we know that ebay came in with numbers last night or the day before and they were very, very go

joininus from washgton is ambassador steven piper acting director othe center of the united states andope at the bookings instute. his foreign service career includes 25 years at state dertment and servg as ambassador in e ukrae. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. i'm happy to be with you. >> it's a pleasure. what do you ma of this compromise we saw today? manypele expected it, but obviously a powerful message hearing the presidt today. >> well, this understanding o ducing stregic nucle forces is a good step. if you g back to 1991, the s.t.a.t. treaty allowed each side 6,000 weapons. the 2002 treaty signed by presidents bush and putin lowed each side 2,200 now we're talking about a reduction 25% to 35%. that's good news. the presint said basically you have to be a lead tore the world, eeclly a world that uld have north korea and iran both working on their nuclear progms. how does this message resone beyond what we see in thi picture here? >>well, on a broade question of nonproliferation, i think what president obama is saying is that unless the uted stes andrussia, whichetween the

piper jaffray comes out and says listen, june sales at sprint and at&t was down, so they're a little cautious on the name. i also want to point out cisco's down 1.4%. google, microsoft the story of the day of course. google working on an operang system, probably going to see it someme in the second half of 2010 they're saying they're catered toward the lower end netbook but it's a straight shot at microsoft. we'll see if it can get some traction, get some market share there. it is definitely a dropping of the gloves, if you will. amgen has held up beautifully today in terms of gains, up 14.8%. it's basically been there the entire day. their breast cancer drug had a fabulous trial. basically, analysts saying it's the best case scenario for a market cap that big to move that much it's a big deal. other things that are in the positive territory right now in terms of big names, amazon, apple, ebay. especially amazon seeing some pretty good strength. finally i want to point out two stocks. tractor supply. i always toned focus on the stock. i've been in the store once. they have all the to

if you and to call the breakdown of beers and space, speed and time and other barriers piper transgression. 1959 was a year when the shock waves of the new grip the scenes of daily life and humanity stepped into the cosmos and also, and dared the conception of human life. when the world shrank but then not need to expand exponentially. when outsiders became insiders, when categories or cross and taboos trampled and when everything was changing and everyone knew it, when the world as we now know i began to take form. just two months before that the jet age ford in today with a brand-new boeing 707 took off with great when they're on the first nonstop jet fighter crossed the atlantic to paris, on the runway first lady and the eisenhower declared i christen thee before smashing a bottle of ocean water across the plane's nose and sharing with a crowd of thousands to the runway while the band play that the star spangled banner. in "the new york times" and the news over quote the possibility of hurdling and ocean from one continent to another from one world to another and half a dozen hours, age

>> rowdy piper. as a little kid i saw this guy on tv which in my brain meant he was a millionaire. he just talked trash and got away with it. and this was just something i wanted to do for some reason. >> how did you come up with the punk? >> it's probably why i got -- i was nicknamed punk kind of at an early age. probably from the same reasons i liked to talk trash. sometimes i got away it, sometimes i did not. the name stuck. >> what does the cm stand for? >> right now cm stands for caramel macchiato. that's the free plug. >> watching this video, do you feel bad when you see this? what do you think when you watch yourself? >> i think i -- i'm one of the few guys that can get away with wearing pink in a wrestling ring. and pull it off. >> your traditional move is the gts? stands for go to sleep. >> you practice these out on anyone? >> no. the gts is -- is kinds of why i got a bum knee now. i boost a guy up over my head and on the way down i knee him in the face. it's kinds of like a little bit of gravity and little bit of violence. >> they are going for your knee tonight, right? >

, they've been the rats following behind the pied piper the whole time.with him. steve: all right. stay right there, brent, because we want to continue the conversation. he's sticking around because there's a shocking new development on capitol hill. why some democrats are now turning their backs on unions and this card check thing. is it a distraction or something else? alisyn: bernie madoff is facing a tougher time behind bars than he de in his manhattan penthouse. his fellow inmates want to snack him around. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security system delive

on the ground in baghdad with more on the trip and what it hopes to accomplish, our own man david pipering, i'm actually at the air base with robert gates flew in a short time ago and actually met those iraqi generals and also those american generals to find out exactly what is going on on the ground here. he hasn't been here since last december, and he wanted to find out what was happening were the june 30th agreement with the iraqi forces taking the lead in security here, and from what he told me, he was encouraged by what he's seeing, but he's been only going three and a half weeks. back to you. gretchen: you've been down in southern iraq. how is this advisory agreement operating there then? >> it's really a mixed picture. we've been out right on the front here with iran, and we've been seeing the u.s. special forces working very closely with their iraqi colleagues, but nearer to the base here, we went out with a patrol yesterday, and it was very difficult to even interview iraqi soldiers. there seems to be a major chain of command, and we were even told if we went to the iraqi briga

sitting on the second row to my left, i am pleased to introduce to of the governor's daughters, piper and willow. likewise, in coming governor parnell are his two daughters. former lt. gov. jack cargo, former mayor, he has done it about all. the alaska commander dave atkins. on my second row is just los and data winfrey -- justice daniel winfrey. . finally, help us to give them all at one interior welcome. [applause] i first met governor sarah palin in the winter of 2002 at a candidates' forum. i think it was october. it was cold and dark and she had traveled all the way from mazzola -- from wassila. we traveled there to discuss state policy and because of the temperature and the time of year, there were not that many people there, but the governor was glad to engage the citizens that did take the time to show up and discuss policies. of course, she was not successful in that run for statewide office but it whetted her appetite and she became the first female governor in the state of alaska. as she prepares to leave office, i want to personally thank her for the time that she has give

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piper was on-hand. and trig was on shore. says the family hasn't discussed move i away from alaska. but when they talked about whether she should leave office, it was her son, track, who voted hell, yeah. are you happy? >> i'm extremely happy. i know this is the right thing for alaska. >> reporter: is it possible, governor, this could be the end of your political career? >> i said before i stood in front of the mic the other day. you know, politically speaking, if i die, i die. so be it. >> reporter: i asked her if she would consider being a tv talk show host, diane. she says she hasn't considered that option, as of yet. >> a lot of rumors. she's emphasized the money it cost her, kate. i don't get the sense she's going to disappear behind doors. >> reporter: she's not. she looks like a woman who still wants to continue in politics. i asked if she's going to slow down. and both todd and she said, not likely. she will continue at her normal pace. and that debt is a burden for them. $500,000. >> that's astonishing. kate, thanks

you can't back out without having to pay the piper. martha: that is what i wanted to ask, juan.what point does the white house say he raises a good point and we better look at the bill instead of ramming it through or rahming it through. >> the problem from the white house perspective is they don't think this is going to happen. they think politics and the way that politics has derailed every other attempt at healthcare reform back to president truman, they think it will derail it again so they have to get it done now while they have momentum before the august recess. they are putting tremendous pressure on max baucus and he is up in arms. he says he doesn't know what he is supposed to do it. is a train wreck. martha: you set that up perfectly. i want to get to mark but first listen to what max baucus said that got him in trouble. >> the president is not helping us. he does not want the conclusion. that is making it difficult. but apart from that, we are clearly going to find ways to bend the cost curve in the right direction, that is, include provisions which will actually lowe

said she was reminded how quickly time flies when looking through kindergarten papers from daughter piper who will soon be in third grade. she officially resigns at alaska's governor on sunday. >>> toy little trouble on the international space station. one of the two toilets broke down. 13 people are now at the station and astronauts will try again this morning to fix that problem. but today's space walk, as you might imagine, is the top priority. >>> and finally, would you like chianti with that skinny latte? starbucks is shaking things up. the coffee chain testing the idea of a new store that serves wine and beer and coffee and is not labeled as starbucks at all. supposed to feel like your neighborhood coffee shop. if it's successful they may expand it to other neighborhoods around the country. interesting idea. trying to geaway from the starbucks label when they add poetry readings. >> and tofu. okay. sam champion, hi. >> good morning, diane. chris, good morning, kate and velvet ropes with a line outside. let's take a quick look at the cool temperatures going on right in the middle of

. >> are you trying to instill those values in piper and the other kids? all fish, yeah. and my niece and all my nieces and nephews, they fish. and it's all good. it teaches these kids to work extremely hard. and to not be divas, and to not be picky, and yeah, they're tired, and they're wet, and they're cold, but, it teaches them good lessons for life, too. >> now there's the book, the lecture circuit, maybe a talk show. but what about politics? can you imagine yourself running for president? >> i don't know what the future holds. can't predict what the next fish run is going to look like, much less what's going to happen in a couple of years. but my focus is on my faith, still, and it always will be. and my family and what is best for them. what is best for them is to not run for re-election and to avoid a lame duck kind of wasteful session in a final year of office. >> are you sorry now you said yes to john mccain on august 29th? >> not in the least. absolutely not. it was a great honor to stand by a true american hero. i believe in john mccain. i apprec

it's initiated as a buy, but piper jaffray says june sales at at&t and sprint were weaker.and i also want to point out, the chips are underperforming the market right now. someone who never underperforms is my man rick santelli in chicago. >> you know, the ten-year auctions today, let's look at an intraday chart. you can see yields are down to 3.40. look at a three-month chart. last time we had a close below that yield was may 21st. so, it's been a while. this is a big day for the 10s, but don't look for any horrible news in this auction, but continue to look at the auctions. the last chart is by far the chart of the day here on the floor. it's the dollar/yen two-day chart. just in the last hour, the dollar is really getting hurt against the yen, and the mantra on the floor is maybe the carry trades back. will that have something to do with commodities at these levels? let's wait and see. bill, back to you. >> thank you. we'll check back with you next hour. >>> there's a hearing on capitol hill right now looking into where the billions in stimulus money is being spent, even

initiated but piper jeffries looked at some of their june sales and said, you know what, they're weakerat&t. carl icahn, they might jump back into delphi to go after their assets. they went out of it and might be back into it. first solar battered yesterday. they received an upgrade, equity to a buy. they're up 1.8. that 1.9%. that's it in the nasdaq. let's go to the center of the country and great santelli in chicago. >> oh, thanks. you know, if we look at interest rates, the yield curve was a big issue at one point. the difference between, for example, ten-year rates and two-year rates, widened out to historic proportions about a month ago. that's important. because if you can borrow at the lower rate and lend at higher rates along the curve like certain financial institutions, that's a big benefit. it's not necessarily big benefit if you're a fixed income retiree of course because all of your incomen your money in the bank is probably more closely aligned to the short end. having said that, two-year rates are about the lowest. let's talk zones. since about the beginning of june. but

because when the government grows, we end up paying more and more, and eventually you've got to pay the piper. it's not an investment. >> ann, you get the last ten seconds. gdp, debt over share gdp is much lower than it was under president reagan and president bush. we've got a to go before we have oblems created by our predecesso predecessors. >> we're on our way. >> way to go. >>> have you ever heard of butner, north carolina? >> a long way from park avenue, folks. >> and it's where bernie madoff is going to spend the rest of his life. scott cohn takes us inside his new home. >>> and is bing taking alternative energy a lot more seriously than we are, and will that green push send shock waves to our shores. the chairman for china equities for jpmorgan joins us first here on cnbc. at 155 miles per hour, andy roddick has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis. so i've come to this court to challenge his speed. ...on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill k

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some hitters, some pitchers and the match up doesn't go the piper's way. >> rob: it looks like he's doinge delivery and wind up to throw strikes and 11 walk this is 11 innings pitched and coming off the disabled list which is not an injury disabling, more mental and bad mechanics and stay on the ball and trying to throw a fastball over the middle about 87 miles an hour and easy pickings if he tries to find the plate like that all night. >> bob: here's adam dunn with a fastball over the corner. adam dunn 7 walk this is his last 7 games and his on base average hitting right on the .400 mark putting him in the top 10.    >> rob: even perez when he was on the rehabilitation starts, 11 walks in 17 innings down in the minor leagues and still struggling to throw it over the plate.   >> bob: 0-2 to dunn. short lead by zimmerman and perez goes after it with high heat and adam dunn strikes out for the 106th time this year. each team with a base hit and nothing in the 1st. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers...

. >> that implies that we are going to pay the piper here still at some point? >> yes, sir. think it does. >> name the top three issues we should not repeat? you talked a lot about leverage. what else? >> well, i think that leverage simplicity. i mean, it's silly what we did. if you look at residential mortgages, this residential mortgage crisis never would have happened if two things would have been implemented. number one, 20% down. 20% cash down. number two, no exceptions, and if you want to give a poor person a subsidy, do so but do it outside of the banking system if that's the case. two, check on people's financials. to the extent people lie or -- >> make loans thaw might dish. >> yeah. it's common sense underwriting. >> it's straight-forward stuff. >> who's at fault? the people askinfor loans or the banks for not asking for -- >> both party. i mean, both are lying. both aren't -- one's not checking and the other's not telling the truth. and i think it's not that complicated. we like to make this regulation much more complicateded. derivatives are complicated. commerci

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. >> well, if they do that, they may have to pay the piper in about 15 months. >> people say social securitythe third rail but this affects everybody. we'll talk more about it. >> in the meantime, futures this morning are -- let's see, asia had a pretty good night overnight. europe had a pretty good night. you see some of the earnings out of europe, bp, alcatel, volkswagen, royal touch all beat expectations. it took us seven sessions wab joe, to get from 52 to 48. >> that was a big drop yesterday. >> ten-year note, we continue to watch the options yesterday and the five i don't think was that oul hot, either. >> which means today you get another auction of the seven year and people will be watching that very, very closely. >> and some signs, perhaps, that the chinese in conjunction with the strategic economic dialogue must have been holding bids earlier in the week. there is a look at the dollar. and here is gold, which has given up a few over the past couple of days. overseas, christine tan is in singapore and first let's check in with london and get a handle on some of those earnings with

todd and i and track, bristol, trip, willow, piper, trig -- i think i got them all. [laughter] >> we will forever be so grateful for the honor of our lifetime to serve you, our full family we thank you. i am very, very president to have their support all along, for todd's support. i am thankful, too. i have been blessed to have been raised in this last frontier. thank you for our home, mom and dad, because in alaska, it is not an easy living but it is a good living. and here it is impossible to lose your way wherever the road may lead you. we have that steadying great north star to guide us home. so let's all enjoy the ride and i thank you alaska and god bless alaska and god bless america. [applause] >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe. i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through the taxes. >> federal funding. >> part of a funding thing. >> i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? >> america's companies -- no government mandate, no government money. >> on the communicate airs more from new media leaders from this year's