. >> just came back from the rachel ray show. she drops things on the floor and throws them in the batter. >> to me she professed she cannot bake. she just did a new cookbook which is just a reedit of a lot of her old recipes. that's not good enough for me. i really want to write a book that's a unique and lasting thing, something that will really fulfill a need in someone's library, so she's different. she's more of an entertainer than she is with a bubbly personality than she is a teacher like me. >> we have cynthia mcfadden coming on the show next week. we're going it ask her. them's fighting words. i'm back with my panel to discuss this culinary throwdown. besides publicity ratings and cash, what does martha have to gain from that type of comment? >> you know, she's just bubbling with joy. you can tell she's so enthusiastic about her life. >> rachel -- go ahead. >> rachel agreed -- martha stewart was like a cartoon of herself right there. she is the queen of smug condensation. i feel like she looks at rachel ray like she's th

. >> just came back from the rachel ray show. she drops things on the floor and throws them in the batter. >> to me she professed she cannot bake. she just did a new cookbook which is just a reed did it of of her old recipes. that's not good enough for me. i really want to write a book that's a unique and lasting thing, something that will really fulfill a need in someone's library, so she's different. she's more of an entertainer than she is with a bubbly personality than she is a teacher like me. >> we have cynthia mcfadden coming on the show next week. we're going it ask her. them's fighting words. i'm back with my panel to discuss this culinary throwdown. besides publicity ratings and cash, what does martha have to gain from that type of comment? >> you know, she's just bubbling with joy. you can tell she's so enthusiastic about her life. >> rachel -- go ahead. >> rachel agreed -- martha stewart was like a cartoon of herself right there. she is the queen of smug kond sense. i feel like she looks at rachel ray like she's the s

so i'm with rachel ray.plify. >>> jen westhoven, evidence that there is still maybe a huge number of foreclosures on the horizon. really? >> yeah. and that even though we had heard so many signs, we've seen a lot of signs that housing was stabilizing with the billions of dollars in government aid. but all along, experts have said that foreclosures could be the hidden iceberg that sinks the ship. reports by the mortgage banker's association shows a record high in foreclosures and homes that are in danger of foreclosure, where we're talking about people that are behind in their payments. and, of course, if you lose your job -- if you get behind in a payment, it becomes very difficult to keep up. how do you pay that back? sometimes there's fees on there. so it's something to watch out for. but it has been one of those, pardon me, hidden icebergs, right? the weather can be fine, all the signs look good and then you have this problem out there. >>> let's move on to a topical story about the real estate market. to

how rachel ray is boosting a town hit hard by the recession. >>> tough sentences for kids committingmes that do not involve killing? that is what's on the docket for the supreme court today. the justices will hear arguments about whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to lock up a juvenile for life with no chance of parole. four years ago, the supreme court ruled out the death penalty for anybody younger than the age of 18. >>> you know, you might be looking for a safer place to put your money. hln money expert, clark howard, says one popular investment is a bad deal. he tells you how to grow your money with less risk and lower fees. >> one of the hot investment products in the marketplace is something i don't consider to be an investment at all. it's an insurance thing called a variable annuity. it's where you have an insurance-type policy with something kind of like mutual funds in it. why do i dislike these so much? because the expenses you pay to have one of these are massive, h humungous commissions. on top of it, the amount of your money that stays with you is slunken so mu

maybe it's rachel ray. >> it could be rachel ray and she can cook and have an em tire. that's key. what about star joins? she could do it. yes. i. >> once again, why does it have to be an african-american woman? >> there you go. >> i have a problem. i'm not beloved. >> threw go. >> my mother has told me to be likeable. she says, i'm funny and smart but not likeable. that's why we have this big house, mommy. >> comedians don't have to be light. well, here's a twitter question that i like. she says kathy is a beautiful woman. is she going to stop with the plastic surgery? was that from levi? >> no. your mother. it's through somebody in england. >> first of all, i call it having dental work. so, yes, i have been to the dentist a few times for -- >> quickly, what have you done? >> i've done pretty much whatever you can lift and although my bobs are the same and i've done a lot of refreshers. although i haven't done anything lately. >> okay. you were always funny and thank you for being with me again. >> all right. >> her new album is sucking it for the holidays. that's in stores now an

rachel ray did her best to boost a town hit hard by the recession. >>> time for you to rise and shineere did the weekend go? isn't that always the feeling on monday. i'm robin meade. morning, sunshine. >>> so the health care reform came to a -- a step closer to becoming a reality. it barely squeaked through the house. but why the real test may be yet to come. >>> is there a connection between the ft. hood shooting suspect and 9/11 hijackers? no evidence yet, but the fbi think there's enough reason to look into it. >>> and -- >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> president reagan said it. the wall later came down. there's a big reason to remember that today. >>> first, though, the first hurricane of the atlantic season which is, by the way, almost over, is heading for the gulf coast. ida is a category one storm with 80 mile an hour winds. it already made a mess in nicaragua. it's due to make land fall near the alabama/mississippi state line tomorrow morning. louisiana already declared a state of emergency. let's see where it is right now. bob's saying it's weakening this morning. >

food network hoeps rachel ray has brought new furniture and apla appliances for a soup kitchen there. she put an early thanksgiving dinner on the table yesterday for this huge crowd. it didn't stop there. >> traditional thanksgiving dinner. the same i make at my house every year. aside from just throwing a nice big thanksgiving supper we're stocking the food pantry for a full year. we have job counselors out front helping people with their resumÉs and to get them online and get them thinking about how to find work. >> the decision left 8,000 people out of work in wilmington. ohio ha one of the highest job let rates in the country. and there it goes. the implosion of a seven-story hotel in kentucky. hundreds of people turned out to watch this thing tumble down yesterday morning. the city hasn't decided what to do with the 20 acres of land that it used to sit on. >>> a man in brazil -- you are not going to be believe this one -- crashed his own funeral. he did it during latin america's day of the dead observances. >>> plus, passengers say they were forced to pray before getting off a ci