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populatis, china and india now seemestined to become the worlds biggest enomies, ahead of the u.s., sooner rath than later. that's scary prospect for many amicans. the polical ramifications, and the environmental es, are hard to predict. but in pure economic tms, it wouldn't necessarily be banews at all. for one thing, country doesn't need to have theorld's biggest economy to have its most vibrant, mt prosperous economy. just becse the u.s. is no longer all-important doesn mean it ll no longer be competitive. but the really big reasoto wishhina and india continued economic successs that strong growth there offers thonly attractive patout of the worlds current economi predicament. after a generation of overextending themselves ameran consumers are taking a time outsaving more and spding less. this is exactly what they ould be doing. but u.s. csumers have for years been the global econy's dring force. to avoid a prolong downward iral, somebody has got to pi up some ofheir spending slack. it's probably t going to be japan or western europe,hich have been t even harder by the downturn tn the u.s. t

it happened around 2:30 in the afternoon and sources tell 9 news now that rathe man has bee identified as danny shance she a golf pro at the club and kenneth armstrong saw the strike and he told us exactly what happened. >> the lightning hit over my head, right and i was trying to get off the course and i heard a guy got hit. that's all. pretty scary stuff. >> reporter: i understand that danny shance will be okay. >>> a 6-year-old boy is listed in critical condition after almost drowning many a loudoun county pool. this happened at la loons down area day camp that is run by dmv sports. according to police, a life guard did what he was trained to do. >> the child was located in the deep end of the pool. a life guard became aware he was at the end of the pool and brought him to the surface and began rescue on him. >> in a couple of days ago a life guard pulled a 7-year-old girl from the bottom of a pool in arlington county. she was breathing and conscious by the time the emergency crews got there. >>> well, wall street has been on quite a roll. coming up next, see where the market is hea

gold, i think, acts rath poor. had been bullish for golfor a long period of time, but i have no position on it. if you made do something, i'd ll it. i'd rather leave gold alon right now it looks like it wants to go lower. >>uick question. in oil, would you be looki for a specific dollar mark, or will you looki for a change in sentiment that would make you decide to get long oget shorter? >> i think we can take gold do to 880, 875, just engh to make everybody angry. >> and for oil? >> for oil? markets have a wayf going to what ialthe obscene number, the nuer that nobody believes possible. i guess i real wouldn't be surprised if we put a five number up as theig number, just enough make everybody upt. just as we got above 75 last week on an mistake, on an erro we find out now drovit above $75. i bet you put $59 up there just to do it, just to ma everybody angry. >> dens, that guy i was quoting from earlier, you know him, of course, tom clellan, mcclellan oscillator. he washe one saying gold proceeds crude by about fou

the out of four of them, cording to surveyfter svey, are satisfied rathe than dissatiied with their health coverage. what you haveo do is convince those ople not only that we have to cover the uninsured, but at is going to be an improved system,nd that they are not going to be brokeny it. i think wre the psident -- i think he has been traed, quite honestly, i did cbo numbers. he has tmake the case that this is not just lookingat t green eyeshade members of t govnment's, it is e economy. health care isilling the economy is not just knocking t budget. that is the case he has to make. quite honestly, it is up the president to do it, and i think he missed a golden opportunity this past week. >> buthe presidentrgues tt healthca isilling the economy, the costs are, and he is right absolutely right. and then he proposes hlth care reform that thcbo is tellin us is ing to add $1 trillion. you do not cut cos by aing $1 trillion. th is the central contradictn. all t tacticaltaff is irrevant. at the problem ishat in order do that, en if you make it revenue neutral, as obama has spoken about, it does t

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believe that her role is notconstrained to objectively decide who wins based on the weightf the law, but rath who in her psonal opinion shou win. the factors that will influence he decisions apparently include her gender and latina heritage, d foreign legal conct that, as she said, get her creative juices going. at is the traditional bas for judging in arica? for 220 year presidents and the nate have focuse on appointi and confirmg judges and justices who are committe to putti asi their biases and prejudice and applying law faiy andimpartiall resolved disputes tween parties. this principle is universally recognized and sharedby judges across the ideologal spectrum. for instce, judge riard pyruz which i disagree wth oa number of issuesxplained this in the same venue where less than 24 hour earlier judge sotomayor made h remar by a wise latina woman making better decisions th other woman. the judge pyip yus described the instructions he gave to jurors about toescribe a case. as jurors recognize you might have biases and prejudice d recognize that it existsnd dermine whether you ca control itso

on the pinhead front, bill maher continues to define america in rath equestionable ways.e discussing sarah palin. >> do you think she has a future nationally as a presidential candidate? >> i don't know but i would neff put anything past this stupid country. >> people are already complaining that you're calling the united states a stupid country and giving you a chance to clarify. >> i don't need to clarify. it is. >> obviously this is not a stupid country so wise up, bill and don't be a pinhead. finally, a reminder that billoreilly.com premium members are getting double discounts the next few days. bill: we have investigated, madame. we've seen the birth announcements. just yesterday a doctor, the director of the hawaii health department verified the president's birth certificate. bill: that is because you don't want to be convinced, larry. bill: in an view -- interview, the second wife of obama's paternal grandfather clearly says on the transcript that he was born in america. by the way, both honolulu newspapers carried birth announcements for barack obama in august 196

. >> charlie: it was the choice they me given what they we given -- choic they made rath than what they were given by the cnton economy. >> that's right. and they cut taxes n for fiscal stimulus but for it logical reasons, they wanted to cutaxes. >>harlie: they were elected in fact. iouldn't haveut taxes at that pointn the economy i would ve used e rplus -- the -- i would not have dissipated the growing surpl i uld have used it to sort of fix healthcare and social curity. >> charl: how would you have fixedealthcare. >> manof the same ways that obama's looking at now. >> charlie: do yoknow the chois he going to make. >>o. >> charlie: they're going to be written -- these are tuf choices. >> charlie: you're an economist. you belie healthcareeform can be budget -- can be deficit neutral. >> i think if one of the goals is major expansion of corage, it's going to be vy hd to make it cost neutral. i do think that we need to think about how we can reduce the cost of healthcare. but th real truth is, the on wathat's reay going to happenis ifhe habits d norms of how we end money in the st ye of l

on the pinhead front, bill maher continues to define america in rath equestionable ways.arah palin. >> do you think she has a future nationally as a presidential candidate? >> i don't know but i would neff put anything past this stupid country. >> people are already complaining that you're calling the united states a stupid country and giving you a chance to clarify. >> i don't need to clarify. it is. >> obviously this is not a stupid country so wise up, bill and don't be a pinhead. finally, a reminder that billoreilly.com premium members are getting double discounts the next few days. bill: we have investigated, madame. we've seen the birth announcements. just yesterday a doctor, the director of the hawaii health department verified the president's birth certificate. bill: that is because you don't want to be convinced, larry. bill: in an view -- interview, the second wife of obama's paternal grandfather clearly says on the transcript that he was born in america. by the way, both honolulu newspapers carried birth announcements for barack obama in august 1961. so what, di

when cronkite left, he handed the post over to dan rath.ast night on the rachel maddow show, rather spoke about how much he learned from his colleague and friend. >> and he never ceased being a reporter. i touched on this before. i think the public recognize this had. walter loved reporting. he loved the news, a passion for it. he talked eloquently about the responsibility and to be passionately involved in the responsibilities of doing the cbs evening news, things like this is not just another broadcast. this is important to the democratic process. >> coming up later in this hour, more on the legendry newsman, his life and the ways he changed journalism forever. >>> now to washington news this morning, president obama pushing the health care reform plan in his weekly internet address. >> this is what the debate in congress is all about, whether we'll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under and more americans lose their coverage or whether they'll seize this opportunity, one we mig

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i thinkhis is actually a good example of ere the focus tes to be on what we ven't gotten done yet rathe than what we'veone. we have three out of t five committees at have urisdiction over this thing have already passed a bill. we've got support from the american dical association, so the nation's doctors have said we're suprtiveof the president's apprch. we havehe nurs, so the ople who know health care best have id we're supportive. we've g theospitals saying we're supportive 've got aar the ganization of retirees saying we're suppoive. and so we actlly, i think, have made extradinary progss. now we've got this last little bit to go. and th includes some vy tough questio. primarily, how do you pay on the front end for coverage of the people who don't currently ve it, because what i have said is i'm not going todd to the deficit. we have goto pay for whatever we're doing am nd how are we ing to then make sure we are controlling health care inflatn on the back end. those twouestions are tough, difficult queions. b that's why presumably ese folks got elected. that's certaly why i got elect

>>or e unemployment number back dn, rathe >> yeah, i would say that rmula, it's not a magic secret but somewhere arnd 3% foreal gdp growt so it fell 1% in the spring arter. and that's w jobs continue to fall. i think it will be flat to up a little this quter. but i do tnk it will grow 3% nextear. that why i'm forecasting an upturnn bs. no a rapid one. but an uprn in jobs in th first quarter of next ye, continui through 2010. but aittedly, yes, we're tohe going to have a rea strong rebod in jobs. they w't go up awhere near as fast ashey've gone down over the lasyear and a lf, unrtunately. >>nd daniel gross, of course, there sti are some economists who contue to think that there's the possibility atleast of a so-called double d recession. that is, things mightet betr for a wile but th may drop downgain. >> that always a ssibility. i thk, however, tat e polcy responsese've seen from the federaleserve and from congress and the whi house were all so of on t same page, at least wh it cometo the nd to stimulate economic growt we saw a really rapid response la fall roughout this year. think th

with a realtime system that can actually monitor these kinds of mistakes as the trains are opinion rath that's what the ntsb has asked metro to do. i'm tracee wilkins, live atta coma station. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, tracee. >>> transportation officials in the district say drivers will notice a change in the traffic pattern, it will affect outbound traffic from the city into arlington. work crews will adjust the construction barriers and restripe the roadway to create a separate lane for traffic turning onto route 123. currently traffic turning on to 123 heading on to gleeb road share a single lane. these changes are part of the on going chain bdge project that began last month. >>> an investigation into black market kidneys and counterfeit hand bags led to a sweeping corruption probe in new jersey. 40 people were arrested yesterday including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several rabbis. federal prosecutors say the investigation initially focused on a moneyaundering network that operated between the u.s. and industrial. one of the suspects trafficked in black market

lose their fixed meaning unelected judges set poli and americans ha seen as membersf separe groups rathments on government power ar ignored when picians want to buou private compies. road, i thin and therare the stark differences. i willot vote for a a senator should not ve for an individual who is not committed to fairness and impartiality to every personho appears befor them i wi not vo for ando senatoshould vote for an individual nominated by any presidt who believes it is acceptable for judge to low their person background, gender, prejudices or sympaies to sy their decion in favor of or ast parties before the court. in my view, such a philosophy is disqualifying. su an approach to judging means th the umpire calling the game is not neutral but, staeeds feel power to favor one call it empathy or call it strej or sympathy, t whateve it is, it's not law. in truth,t's more akin to potics and politics has no place in the couroom. some will respond, jge sotomayowould never say it's acceptable for a judge to display prudice in a case. but i regular say, judge, that som of your statement w

examinations because they knew that the exams, they knew where the exams certified the mayor would incur the rath of reverend boyce kimber and other members of the african-american community. you decided that based on their claim of potential desperate impact liability that there is no recourse, that the city was justified in disregarding the exams and, thus, denying these firefighters, many of whom suffered hardship in order to study and to prepare for these examinations and were successful only to see that hard work and effort disregarded and not even acknowledged in the court's opinion. and, ultimately, as you know, the supreme court said that you just can't claim potential desperate impablt liability as a city and then deny someone a promotion based on the color of their skin. there has to be a strong basis in evidence. but you didn't look to see if there was a basis in evidence to the city's claim. your summary opinion unpublished summary order didn't even discuss that. don't you think that these firefighters and other litigants deserve a more detailed analysis of their claims and an explana

have you seen a girl throw, mark rath reardon. >> girls don't throw that well generally speaking.. she'll be back. the truth sometimes hurts. and sometimes they just don't like to tell us the truth, like if you're the treasury secretary or the vice president. why do we live with what appears to be a good fellows government? some comments from hank paulson and the treasury secretary as i try to reconcile with contessa. >> to beat you up. 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 kurtis and i'm faster than andy roddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" >>> don corleone. >> what's with all the secrets in our government? whether it's the secret meeting of the nine with hank paulson last fall and the 100-some odd billion dollars that was put into the banks at that meeting, or all the dick chene

. >> i'd rath ver that debate than the certainty of it failing. >> you know who's going to benefit?r old boss, the last president, to actually balance a budget and display some fiscal responsibility. the democratic party will be empowered. they'll be back. >> all right, guys. we'll leave it right there. >> they've had beer 30. >> given their beer preferences, red, light, and blue. those are the three beers. >>> all right, guys. next thursday night, our 200-day special. 8:00 p.m. eastern. your chance to grade the president, grade the congress, grade the news media, grade a lot more. live coverage. 8:00 p.m. eastern thursday night. the cnn "national report card." >>> finally something positive in the michael jackson death saga. who will get full custody of his kids. >>> and a new defense spending bill full of pork. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll

have today, this legislation would strike this funding and redeuce the cost of the bill by a commence rath amount. how can any fiscal conservative say we don't want to do that in this year when we're returning a deficit that could reach $2 trillion? i would say it's time and if we can't do it here, where will we do it? with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. >> will the gentleman georgia yield? the chair: the gentleman from georgia has 90 seconds. >> very quickly i just wanted to tell the gentleman from georgia that i will join him in urging a no vote on this amendment. mr. kingston: i thank the gentlewoman and i want to say to my friend, number one, i am working on a number of amendments as we have offered in the subcommittee and in the full committee, some were accepted, some were not. i have one that we will be discussing in a few minutes, a $400 million reduction in the spending on this, and i got to say, it kills me to say this just about but i have to hand it to the democrats. in 2006 this bill had $865 million worth of earmarks. today's bill ha