but after several trips to rita's dialysis appointment, thomas had an idea.d if anyone had ever offered her their kidney. >> that night when i went home, i was in the shower. and the good lord spoke to me. he said thomas, you give her a kidney. >> then the next week we did the cross match where they look at different markers on our blood, and they told him that if we were any closer in match, we would be siblings. i think she an angel. and i think that he is doing -- he is giving me the gift of life. >> thomas is still going through a few tests, but he and rita hope to have the procedure done by early october. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> so let me get this straight. if the weather cooperates. >> right. >> we may have a chance to witness a bit of history here? >> we could see the last nighttime shuttle launch that nasa is going to have of the space shuttle. now here is the deal. of course florida is is a long way away from here. and this is the s

rita, you have at least one story to tell.id a young woman break your jaw and is that something that happens often to nurses? >> it's happening more and more these days. i was working a weekend midnight is when incidents are the highest. i was making round with another physician, and a patient asked me if i could help her to the restroom, and she mistook me for another nurse. so i wasn't even the entrepreneur that was originally taking care of her. and i asked her if she could get up to the go the bathroom and she didn't want to get up off the stretcher and unfortunately because it was a busy urban emergency department in new york, stretchers in the hallways were very common. so, i went to get her a private place to use a bed pan, and when i went back to the stretcher, i leaned over she just hauled off and hit me knocked me back into the nurse's station. >> fractured your jaw. . you were out of work for a while. >> i was. i was out for two months. >> my goodness, were you able to press charges? this is an assault on you. were

rita says that they had a bit of that affair. -- a bit of an affair.t stern camped out and nicole smith to dozens of men. -- pimped out and and nicole smith to dozens of men. -- and none nicole smith -- anna nicole smith to dozens of men. let's go to the panel. >> good morning. megyn: could you make this any more salacious? my eyes are rolling. in the meantime, howard k. stern, who is no darling to the american populace -- everybody knows what he did you and nicole smith and how he supplied her with -- basically he was an able lawyer. you have got a major victory from this court, might he prevail? of >> tea should of what the judge said is accurate. substantial evidence of knowledge is what is required, a willful disregard of the truth. he is saying that these were made up lies. book, she made money. i did not read the book, but i am going by the judge's order, saying that this is all false. i am no fan, but he should -- but should he prevail in a lawsuit? now. megyn: the judge should disclose, me, that is, i know rita -- [laughter] in real court i wou

rita marie knot run still calls this trailer home, one of 2,100 gulf coast families suffering the sameate. >> i gave up on fema. i could have appealed, appealed, appealed. i gave up. >> reporter: at the height of the recovery,, 143,000 families in louisiana and mississippi found refuge from the storm in these trailers. now, two years after fema began moving people out of the trail contaminated with the toxic chemical formaldehyde, case workers tell cbs news the thousands left in the trailers aren't trying to beat the system they are victims of the system that's proved incapable of helping them get out. just ask kendall deschamp. >> this is home. >> reporter: what's it like to spend four years in that box? >> it's miserable. bottom line, it's miserable. >> reporter: a disabled state highway worker, deschamp collects just $1,368 a month in benefit, not enough to afford the sheetrock and new hot water heater he needs for the permit allowing him to move back into his four bedroom home which stands just a few tantalizing feet away kendall, top to bottom, how much and how long? >> probably a

he befriended a woman named rita bell. she always tried to help him out but he never seemed to want it. after walters died bell found out walters was worth $5 million. and he left it all to her. >> he was very intelligent and constantly learning. so -- he did his own tax returns, he did all of his own investing. >> we're told the money will go to rita's favorite cherries, mission of mercury, st. vincent depaul and the salvation army. >> iraqi boy gets a life saving operation. coming up, why the surgery was too dangerous to do in baghdad. >> and why going to to hospital this further away could save your life. if you are suffering from a heart attack. we will explain in tonight's what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the

. >> just prior to meeting rita, thomas had been facing unemployment.ut after a trip to the dmv he looked up and saw a sign for taxi drivers wanted and rita says the timing for her made all the difference. >>> wildfires rage for days are fine lindh control near athens, greece. now the government is in the midst of a firestorm of its own over its response. at least 150 homes burned and tens of thousands of acres of olive grove and farmed lands destroyed. officials haven't said how the fire started. the conservative government is accused by the socialist opposition of not having a plan to deal with wildfires following the ones from two years ago that burned for two months and killed 76 people. >>> when we come right back on "news4 at 4:00" the ebay auction for the spot above maryland, monroes crypt is over. the multimillion dollar bid serving second thoughts now. >>> this is chris gdon in annapolis. maryland governor o'malley unveils new budget cuts amounting to $450 million. we will tell you who will feel the painthe f budget ax ahead. >>> ano g >>> anot

rita has not been forgotten about. i was the operations manager for salt was louisiana for rita. was very involved, and that is my home area. we have dollars we can get you. i need you to call our local number and ask for irma. she can get you in touch with one of our lawyers. in a very complicated secession title issues and of the transfer property, there were many elderly people who were not able to survive the evacuation of the storm after the storm. there are very sensitive -- a very sad situations. we have attorneys to work through these things, and we will sit down with you. host: next, the bronx, democrats ran. we're with paul rainwater, hello. caller: i have a comment, more or less. i do not think that a natural disaster, as you call it, is really in the back of everybody's mind. it should be in the back of everybody's mind is to send action towards the people after the disaster. the lack of interest in trying to do the right thing for the people. the the people do not come back, that is one of the basic reasons why people are more or less -- and no, they have that fear.

two weeks web by and chapel kept getting sent to bik up rita. she says previously she had different drivers for each trip and these two got to talking. >> i said right a hasn't anybody ever offered you a kidney. >> i cried. because well, at first it was like this -- disbelief. >> i was in the shower. the good lord spoke to me and said thomas, he says, you give her a kidney. >> the next week we did the cross match where they look at different markers on our blood and they told him that if we were any closer in match we would be siblings. i think hay is an angel. >> a transplant has not been scheduled yet. when it is over thomas chapel will have to take severaleeks off of work to recover. his cab company promised to cover his lost wages. they say that they are very proud of him. >>> still ahead in our broadcast, president barack obama teeing up today in massachusetts. we will have more on his golf game. >> what have you got, lindsay? >> coming up, marcus mason hopes his play will help him secure a spot here with the redskins. also, players say tha

if you have an overevacuation that occurred, as did occur during hurricane rita, we had 22 2.7 million people over a short time span decide to get on the roads out of houston. there is basically no solution. you can start with 0 lanes of traffic heading outbound and 20 miles down the road they will be six lanes. where do you want the cloak to flow. do you want it back toward the city where you have resources to take care of the people or just let them go out into the countryside and sit out there several hours? again, without the built infrastructure to take care of that in terms of transportation, contra flow, i don't think, gets you out of those particular instances. what you need, of course, is a phased evacuation where the people in the greatest jeopardy have the opportunity to get out first. where galveston county and galveston island have that opportunity to get ahead of the traffic stream. then you do not want to evacuate certain areas of harris county which are more than 50 miles from the ocean and which are not going to be subjected to devastating high winds or flooding of the

. >> reporter: even a new ale to the chief and an obama rita with. >> it's tequila, sour mix, mandarin orange. >> reporter: while there may be a buzz about the visits presidents have been going here more than a hundred years. clinton visited four times, perhaps enjoying the same peace and quiet that president grant did in 1874. the locals are used to seeing presidents walk through and hope obama gets to like it to. >> i think he would like that he can get to be himself. people just walk up and down the street and secret service will be a bit of a challenge this year but it's a comfortable place for vacation. rmple a place to get away from it all. >> the white house said there are no plans for him to visit senator kennedy in cape cod. >>> still to come on a busy night, we have more breaking news. this time in the search for a reality tv contestant. new information. >>> also outrage over the release of the panam bomber. now a senator wants action. . >>> how a college student accidentally shot a friend and a vacation nightmare. passengers trapped on a plane for hours. . >> great for your

this morning, rita brave. >> pays a visit, he made dozens of films over the years. >> and yes she does believe in ufo's, reincarnation, and the fact that she was destined to win this oscar. >> this is the oscar. >> it is heavy. >> you are very frail but you can lift it. >> i deserved that on so many levels. let's move on. >> later on sunday morning, moving on with shirley maclaine. >> to have certified world champions on call whenever you need them, might strike you as a very great convenience. of course a lot depends on the nature of a championship at bill geist will show us. >> americans can make a competition out of just about anything. we will take you to the world elk calling championship in fort worth, texas. >> mitchell: latern oda syun morning. david edelstein reviews julie and julia, and also takes us to meet some that work with glass and take a rootbeer break and more and here are the headlines on august 9th, 2009. >> the victim of yesterday's helicopter plane collision over the hudson off manhattan resume, so four far ofth the presumed ne victims ha have been found in choppy

hurricane rita came three weeks after katrina.or rita and each storm since that time, flee neonates and high-risk women were evacuated before the storm. a plan was produced for emergency management of neonates. we contacted neighboring states to discuss evacuation, especially if baton rouge became a disaster site since no other hospital in our state has the capacity to take a large number of patients. we took part in research with tulane university to study the effects of the storms, and we are the officially designated provider for louisiana medical institution evacuation plan. we are committed to anything and everything that will prevent the chaos of katrina. hospitals in louisiana strengthened their infrastructure and plan to shelter and place with the notable exception of especially fragile patients, those hospitals depend on us to transport and care for patients. women's hospital performance after katrina demonstrate an expert organization with adequate capacity is critical for the emergency management of certain populations

and you can wash it down with the obama rita. and if you feel like a little dessert afterwards, the candy shop there in town that is serving up some barackoroad fudge. >> baracko taco. followed by candy. >> that's out there big time. but this is starting to get ridiculous. >> the youngest jonas brother, nick jonas is in town this week, actually his third time now in two months. he has plans to run for president one day. actually, he announced that hi attempts to run in the 2040 and currently selling bumper stickers at all his concerts. and you know, he appeased all the young fans there, probably the future constituents telling them that he's all single and that he loves a steak, made in his home state texas proud and picked golf as his favorite sports as many other presidents. >> fitting right in to the long line of presidents. thank you so much, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> well moving on. the group that played a key role in defeating the gay marriage in california has now opened up an office in the district of columbia.

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gwen: jeanne, rita from kentucky wants to know why isn't anyone discussing tort reform as a way of reducinghealth care costs? >> because it's one brick too many. it would be hard to build. the president has acknowledged that lawsuits have some effect on the cost of health care. obviously, the conservatives and republicans and democrats don't agree on what degree. gwen: we heard dick army saying -- >> they throw all kinds of numbers out. you can talk to one side they give you a bunch of statistics. you go to the other side, you get a whole other set. it's hard to figure out if you're just talking to both sides. the president has acknowledged that something along these lines ought to be done, but he has said it has to be done after health care reform is passed. and the primary reason for that is it is -- it's like abortion. you cannot put an explosive issue like that it will blow it up for sure. gwen: who knows what is happening right now. before we wind up, i want to get to a couple questions we have on the public option, the so-called public option. that is the basis for many questions whet

this morning rita braver visits one of the best known designers of our time. >> reporter: with a huge international following and more than 900 boutiques, tommy hilfiger has never doubted his own fashion sense. with no formal training in design.... >> no formal training. >> reporter: you just looked at clothes and figured i could understand this. >> no, i looked at clothes and figured i could do better. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, the many worlds of tommy hilfiger. >> osgood: once you have the look just right, you need the perfect pair of glasses. that is where mo rocca comes in. >> reporter: when you put on eye glasses, you're doing much more than seeing 20/20. you're changing how the world sees you. >> if you're a person who wears glasses and you elect to wear glasses you should have say-something glasses. >> reporter: what other people see through your glasses later on sunday morning. >> osgood: that's just for starters. barry petersen shows us designers in japan working wonders with bamboo. richard schlesinger walks us through the home that has nothing. david turecamo lo

gwen: jene,rita from kentucky wants to know wh isn't anyone discussing tort rform as a way of redcing healthcarecosts? >> because it's on brick too many. it would be hardo build. the presidentas acknowledged that lawuits have some ffect n the cost of health care. obviously, the conservatives and republicans d democrats don' agree on what degree. gwen: we eard dick army sayng -- >> theyhrow all kinds numbers out. you can talk to one sie they give you a bunch ofstatistics. you go to the other side you get a whole other set. it's hard to figure out f you're just lking to both sides. the president has acnowledged that somethg along thes lines ought to be ne, but he has said it has o be done after health care reform is pased. and the primary rason for that is it -- it's like abortio you cannotput an eplosive issue like thatit will blow it up for ure. gwen: wo knows what is happening right now. before we wind up, want to gt to a couple questns we have o the public optn, the so-clled publ option. that is thbasis for many questions wheer this is going to be a governnt-run insuranc ogram. am c

her for the gulf coast dates that were hit by hurricane katrina and rita, this is not optimal due to the extent of distractions. that i that we're nearly four years for these events and the states and fema are still arguing over doorknobs of whether a building that was flooded that is and falling down was more or less than 50 percent damage to demonstrates this. link in catastrophic cormack disasters the states and localities maintain the flexibility to rethink and replant the recovery and have other mitigation plan. they need to have a flexibility to decide whether rebuilding in the pre disaster for a. is the best solution for the committee's long term. what are some of the fixes that i hope you look at? in regards to this stafford act? us -- legislative regrading a level for catastrophes or mega disasters are rich in holistic look at the community's needs to be taken, this is the feasibility of lump-sum settlements and mega disasters like that which was then decided to respond to the disaster of september 11th. shifting more responsibilities to end their by incentivizing states and

. >> reporter: in kabul, where many women still hide behind the all-covering burqa, fa rita tirana was touching up her makeup before hitting the campaign trail for office. "people here who look down on women who go out in public," she said. i want to change that. so tirana, a 26-year-old pop singer, spent her live savings to launch a campaign with posters and ads on television. tirana makes public appearances at parks without bodyguards, despite repeated death threats. "women don't have any freedom in this country," this woman said. only 10% of afghan girls go to primary school. only 13% of women can read. but the greatest injustice to women may be hidden here. it looks like any school, but the classroom is behind prison bars. and so is the nursery for afghanistan's youngest inmates. the children are locked up with their mothers at kabul's only jail for women. under 24-hour guard, behind rows of razor wire. more than a third of the women here were convicted of the crime of escaping their homes or adultery. each can carry up to a ten-year sentence. but many of the women tell us their ad

. >> rita braver will explain. >> these works by the great venetian painter, they are considered masterpieces. >> this i love called the gentleman's passion. >> but they are also the product of a renaissance rivalry. >> the artists would see something, take it up and say okay watch, i can do that same composition and i will twist it and make eight lit better and tighten it up and make it the best it could be. >> later on sunday morning, rivalry in renaissance venice. >> he is one of the biggest and funniest names in hollywood today, not on the screen mind you but off it the as a director and screen writer. >> amber alert, rocca searches for the secret of his success. >> action. >> he is the force behind all of those blockbuster comedies that have made the man boy america's leading man. >> hey, nobody cares you are a virgin. >> turns out he didn't have to reach far for material. >> for the movies that have fueled his billion-dollar hollywood empire. >> in my head i had in security of somebody who was a 40 year old virgin, i understand that feeling of shame and feeling like a freak and afraid t

has experienced multiple hurricanes in the last few years alone right after katrina we had hurricane rita which was very, very serious, that particularly hits louisiana and southeast texas and hurricane gustav and a hurricane hike since then i will not go through the devastation but particularly in places like the gulf coast but also other co-star reformable as well i think there is a clear need for increased research and many areas like understanding and predicting hurricanes and reducing the uncertainty associated with where and when hurricanes make landfall understanding interaction predicting the storm surge rainfall and improved observation. also and the broad category i think we need to understand even better the interaction of hurricanes with engineers structure the economic and social impact of hurricane and mitigation members, measures with the natural ecosystems. the third category is in response measures and we have a lot of additional work to do assessing and improving the resilience of the improved and fire met with disaster response and recovery and certainly i am working ha

hurricane rita came three weeks after katrina.r rita and each storm since that time, flee neonates and high-risk women were evacuated before the storm. a plan was produced for emergency management of neonates. we contacted neighboring states to discuss evacuation, especially if baton rouge became a disaster site since no other hospital in our state has the capacity to take a large number of patients. we took part in research with tulane university to study the effects of the storms, and we are the officially designated provider for louisiana medical institution evacuation plan. we are committed to anything and everything that will prevent the chaos of katrina. hospitals in louisiana strengthened their infrastructure and plan to shelter and place with the notable exception of especially fragile patients, those hospitals depend on us to transport and care for patients. women's hospital performance after katrina demonstrate an expert organization with adequate capacity is critical for the emergency management of certain populations o

hurricane rita came three weeks after katrina.r rita and each storm since that time, flee neonates and high-risk women were evacuated before the storm. a plan was produced for emergency management of neonates. we contacted neighboring states to discuss evacuation, especially if baton rouge became a disaster site since no other hospital in our state has the capacity to take a large number of patients. we took part in research with tulane university to study the effects of the storms, and we are the officially designated provider for louisiana medical institution evacuation plan. we are committed to anything and everything that will prevent the chaos of katrina. hospitals in louisiana strengthened their infrastructure and plan to shelter and place with the notable exception of especially fragile patients, those hospitals depend on us to transport and care for patients. women's hospital performance after katrina demonstrate an expert organization with adequate capacity is critical for the emergency management of certain populations o

. >> rita perio come on down. >> some -- someone from baltimore could be hearing those magic words. jim hopes it will be him. >> you never know. three people get picked. and i got a lot of energy. i'm a lot of fun. and good baltimore boy. and i just love to do it. i think it will be great. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> reporter: you could be screaming, shaking, or even breakdancing. auditions are being held at the maryland spca on falls road. >> yes, ron. it's going to be a lot of fun. but we some rules for our viewers. most important for the early birds. make sure you do not enter the spca property until told to do so. >> reporter: the gate here until -- will not open until 9:30 a.m. >> reporter: there's a reason the auditions are being held here. >> i think the partnershipping with wjz and price is right is a perfect fit. i understand drew perry still says, spay and neuter your pets at the end of the show. and that maryland is the leader in the state for spay and neuter services. >> reporter: make sure your audition for on camera is 30 seconds. >> be unique, articulate. 30 seconds

specials it was created in a by partisan manor republicans democrats got together we have the obama rita and baracko tacos. why is it different? >> his favorite fruit is mandarin orange and it is one of his favorites. >> you want to do the cheers? >> it is your show geraldo. >> we put in -- >> fresh pureed mandarin orange and slash of pineapple from hawaii. baracko taco we liked the name so we came up with a hawaiian style coconut shrimp>> pineapple cilantro, salsa on top. >> great. >> it is the number one margarita already. >> back with reverend sharpton and ann. -% that's a-- tiny netbook. yeah, it's-- good-looking, lightweight. generally awesome. and you could just-- go online, video-chat with my cousin. this is un-- under $200. are you some kind of-- mind reader, visionary ? no, i have them. huh. the new lightweight hp mini netbook with windows and america's largest and most-reliable 3g network built in. only 199.99 with mobile broadband plans from 39.99 i am-- speechless, envious. wanna be me right now. getting one. >> i would like to see michelle also and the children and the dog.

. >> reporter: rita -- lida says her house could have been saved if firefighters had acted sooner. >> it's a graveyard right now. a graveyard. >> reporter: no one died in the massive wildfires. but more than 150 homes were destroyed. >> we have a lot of memories here. our life. >> reporter: 500 greek firefighters are keeping close watch as helicopters patrolled to put out any flareups in the fire zone north of athens. >> residents say this is the exact location that the fire began. and they say it should have ended here. instead, it burned out of control, for 22 miles, until it reached the outskirts of athens. >> the firefighters and police didn't show up, he says. nobody came. he could only watch as the farm his great grandfather built went up in flames. neighbors are outraged. not a single fire in sight. >> we used our bare hands and buckets of water to stop the houses from burning, he says. residents here feel abandoned. >> what are you going to do now? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> but the greek prime minister insists the country's fire defenses worked. homes here may one d

specials it was created in a by partisan manor republicans democrats got together we have the obama rita and baracko tacos. why is it different? >> his favorite fruit is mandarin orange and it is one of his favorites. >> you want to do the cheers? >> it is your show geraldo. >> we put in -- >> fresh pureed mandarin orange and slash of pineapple from hawaii. baracko taco we liked the name so we came up with a hawaiian style coconut shrimp>> pineapple cilantro, salsa on top. >> great. >> it is the number one margarita already. >> back with reverend sharpton and ann. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss for the event as well as abnormal behaviors such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitat

for hurricane katrina and rita a lot of the budgets were wiped out because of those storms.ow are towns like yours holding up for these types of storm coming now? >> we're not. in fact, we're just hoping for the best. budgets are real bad in small communities like apalachicola. >> we can only imagine. we wish you the best and check in with you to see how you guys are doing, if you get information or anything happens and you want information to get out, get back in touch with us, okay, mayor? >> appreciate it, don. >> mayor johnson from apalachicola. send us your reports and stories to ireport.com and we'll try to get them on the air for you. please, we want you to stay safe. >>> would you believe today's weather forecast for parts of california included the term, scattered smoke. there's currently 11 wildfires bunk along the coast in various containment. the lockheed fire that has already charred santa cruz county and in a state of emergency. besides a windy condition, fire crews are having to deal with mountainous terrain and people have left their homes. >>> critics of pre

first, the obama-rita, a margarita with orange juice and mango juice. i haven't tried it but i'm told it's very tasty. we also have the back-on-taco which is made with cocoa snutd crusted shrimp. there you have it. >> gregg: that sounds great. that i may try you know i wouldn't get near an alcoholic beverage. >> gregg: not on television. there is going to be a little golf in this president's agenda, maybe with tiger. >> reporter: yes, there are persistent rumors about tiger woods coming to play with the president. bill burton and press secretary called it a bad rumor, not a wrong one but it's possibly true. a golf outweigh tiger woods but we asked and producer asked the president about this on friday as he was getting ready to leaf. let's take a listen what he said. do we have that is maybe not. president said i'm going play golf, kind of a look on his face you've got that tiger thing. i don't want to confirm or not confirm that but he is playing gulf, might be tuesday, might be thursday. if they come and play we will duty duty any report. >> gregg: sor

plus four years after hurricane katrina and rita people are still living in fema trailers.e'll investigate that much more coming up at 6:30. >> we'll see you in a little bit. >>> up next, if coffee delivers your daily jolt, we'll show you a way to fill up your cup for less in. i've had asthma forever. i've had asthma for 5 years. 10 years. i used to wonder why my controller medicine wouldn't help prevent... ...help prevent my symptoms from coming back. i just figured it couldn't get any better. and then i found out something i didn't know... i found out there are two main causes of asthma symptoms... ...airway constriction you feel and inflammation you may not. most controllers don't treat both. so my doctor prescribed advair. advair treats both main causes to help prevent symptoms in the first place. (announcer) advair contains salmeterol. salmeterol may increase the chance of asthma-related death. so advair is not for asthma that's well controlled on another controller medicine. advair will not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be taken more

beautiful peaches in the country, white sand, beautiful blue water, and just after hurricane katrina and ritaugh, i would hope, sir, that people take these warnings seriously and more serious each time. do you feel they're doing it this time? >> we feel like there's been a real good response. i think one of the things in florida people are really familiar with is a couple days ago we had the anniversary of hurricane charley. that storm proved things can rapidly intensify at times. we've learned lessons in florida that make floridians more prepared than ever. >> again, it's going to make landfall sometime soon and we're going to be here covering it for you. and john cherry will update us with the florida division of emergency management if need be throughout the evening here on cnn. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> after nearly two years behind bars, michael vick is back in pro football. does he deserve it? what do you think? twitter, facebook, myspace, i-report.com, tell me, tell me, i want to know, we'll put it on the air. but first -- >> when i think back to what kind of child i had, it hu

right after katrina we had rita, which was very serious that particularly hit southwest louisiana andsouthwest texas. then hurricanes gustav and ike since then. i won't go through all the statistics, all the devastation, death and dollar loss, but clearly, particularly in places like louisiana, florida, the gulf coast, but our other coasts are vulnerable as well. i think there is a clear need for advanced and increased research in many areas. areas like understanding and predicting hishg intenurricane intensification and size and reducing the uncertainty associated with where and when they make landfall. understanding air and sea interaction. predicting storm surge, rainfall and inland flooding. improved observations. also in the broad category of impacts. i think we need to understand better the interaction of hurricanes with engineered structures, the economic and social impact of hurricanes and mitigation measures. interaction of hurricanes with natural ecosystems. a third big category is preparedness and response measures. certainly we have a lot of additional work to do there ass

rita across a hall. this is a pretty big issue before us. -- i bring you greetings from across the hall. my biggest concerns about the plans on paying for this. currently we have medicare and medicaid, social security, these programs are underfunded. and now it looks like we're going to take on another program that i clearly have not heard how we're going to fund these programs. can you answer that? >> is a fair question and it is important. we have to figure out how to pay for this. it is crucial that we are not adding debt to future generations. the irony is that under the congressional budget office, a non-partisan committee that scores these and tells us what is going happen, they said that under the current reform proposal, it will extend a lifetime of medicare by seven years, because of the changes we're making with the medicare program. >> they say that this would be a net of $0 savings. >> all i can tell you what cbo said. the solvency of medicare is extended by another seven years by what we're

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>> it's been well over $100 billion spent by the federal government on katrina and rita combined. not just louisiana alone, that's where most of the money was spent, but several of the gulf states that were impacted by those two hurricanes. locals have spent in the, you know, tens of billions of dollars in terms of matching, so it's been a massively expensive disaster. >> what about federal/state cooperation? are there measures now in place to address some of the issues that rose following hurricane katrina? >> the arbitration process is designed to deal with those disputes and come up with a process that resolves them much more expeditiously than had been the case before. >> what do you hear from the louisiana congressional delegation about the next stage of recovery for the state? what needs to be done? >> it's all about flood protection, hurricane protection and the big fight will be over the goal of the delegation to eventually come up with category 5 which is the most destructive hurricane, protect the new orleans area from a category 5 storm. right now we're trying to rebuil

looking back to 2005 in the katrina, wilma, and rita era, 50% of people say they have no disaster plan, christi, and no survival kit. can you believe that? >> no. after katrina i kind of thought people there would have a change of heart, i guess. >> yeah, they just think it's not going to happen to them. >> all right. well, we'll see. i hope it's not the case. thank you so much. we appreciate it, nicole. >>> you heard about milwaukee's mayor? he's in the hospital after one vicious attack. how mayor tom barrett tried to stop a crime and then became a victim himself. >>> the man accused of attacking milwaukee's mayor with a metal pipe is scheduled to make a court appearance today. police found the 20-year-old suspect and the alleged weapon yesterday, and they say it started when the suspect got into a fight with his daughter's grandmother on saturday night. at that point reportedly mayor tom barrett heard her screaming as he was leaving the state fair. he began dialing 911, and that's when the man allegedly turned on him and started hitting him with a pipe. doctors are evaluating barrett

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. >> reality, religion -- >> reporter: supporting campers is rita harold who told me criticism exists in ireland, they have a blasphemy law where it costs 25 euro to criticize the religion and cause offense to a number of people within that religion. it's definitely alive and well in a lot of places. >> reporter: controversial or not, camp quest uk was a success. this introductory session of camp sold out at a fee of 275 pounds or $450 per person. next year, camp quest plans to extend its season so it can enroll more campers. no promises of better weather, though. one counselor light-ha heartedl quipped, you could pray for it. >>> what do you think about a miss land mine beauty pageant in cambodia? our first reaction when we came across this story today was could this even be true? apparently the cambodian government banned the event today, calling it an insult to the disabled. but we wanted to dig a little deeper and this is what we discovered. not only are the contestants beautiful, but they've got guts. they and the norwegian artist who created the pageant see it as a way to empowe

that comes back up in the obama rita that has his favorite frud, mandarin oenchls and pineapple juice. >> you didn't greek the obama tini. it is friday and afternoon. >> we have the summer one. this is the 1 to have. the one side. here's the back and here's the front. a to do list for the president. >> this is funny. >> bailout again. did that. martha's vineyard. >> shoot hoops, shop. cute. very cute. >> relax and others say i vacationed with the obamas 2009. they are having fun with it which is great. a baracko taco at sharky's restaurant. >> the locals are loving this. it will help the economy i would think. we have breaking news and more on the michael vick situation. >> thanks, bill. michael vick signing a two-year deal with the philadelphia eagles. this statement coming in from nfl commissioner. i said several times they want michael to be one of the nfl success storiesa as an individual and football player. i believe he can accomplish both goals with the eagles organization which has done an outstanding job with the community and on the field. the last 15 years under the directi

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during ike and gustav in cameron parish in louisiana, and hospital was elevated after rita. the storm surge in ike was to the beat fire -- feet higher and the hospital survived. we can do this. we're one of the greatest countries in the world. i think americans can figure out how to survive storms and how to survive floods through smart and effective ways of rebuilding. host: our guest is the executive director of the louisiana recovery authority, paul rainwater, joining us this morning. thank you for being on. . >> a live picture from the center for american progress. a moment or two away from the start of a forum on the challenges facing labor. we will hear from richard trumka, tended to become the next president of the afl-cio -- today to become the next president of the afl-cio. -- candidate to become the next president of the afl-cio. ilive coverage on c-span. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the center for american progress action fund. i'm executive vice president here. it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the first that of our new series called "perspec

wrong, against the constitution -- i want to hear from other people besides just fox news and talk rita. whether or not people like sarah palin, she is the only ones to endingup. what can we do to get the attention of our elected officials? the head of the republican party does not stand for what i believe in. i believe he is not doing the job he should be doing. if you need money to run ads, if there were a single source i could spensend my money to to im people of the truth -- before obama was elected during his campaign he told us specifically what he would do to our country. he is doing. people wonder why this is happening. he is doing exactly what he said he would do. . . it means if you move jobs, you cannot keep your plan. if you get laid off, you cannot keep your plan. simply this is not what he said during the campaign. what i would tell you about the republican party, there is a debate about where the party is going. i have been a strong advocate for change. change in the direction for relying on the republican core principles. right and wrong in terms of our goals and values.

right after katrina, we had hurricane rita which was very, very serious. that particularly hit southwest louisiana and southeast texas. and then hurricanes goosed off and eich since then. i will go through all of the statistics all of the devastation, death and the dollar lost. but clearly, particularly in places like louisiana, florida, the gulf coast, but also our other coast are vulnerable as well. i think there is a clear need for advanced and increased research in many areas, areas like understanding and predicting, predicting hurricane intensification and size and reducing the uncertainty associated with where and when hurricanes make landfall. understanding air sea interactions, predicting storm surge, rainfall and inland flooding. and improved observations. also in the broad category of impacts. i think we need to understand even better the interaction of hurricanes with engineered structures. the economic and social impact of hurricanes and mitigation members. measures. interaction with hurricanes with natural ecosystems. third category is prepa

mike writes -- rita writes from florida -- ron in florida writes -- president obama was elected becauseple's agenda. lynn in oklahoma city -- i'll tell you why. because she knows it's -- bev in new york -- none of them has read the plan as evidenced by how fast the euthanasia rumor got around. even the alaskan quitter was willing to repeat that. jim in colorado -- if you didn't see your e-mail here, go to my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile, look for yours there among hundreds of others. wolf? >> will do, jack. thank you. >>> cnn's ali velshi is taking the pulse of health care reform on a road trip aboard the cnn express. he's joining us now. where are you, ali? >> reporter: wolf, we're in chattanooga, tennessee, next to the tennessee river, where we have been talking to people about health care. we're trying to get an unfiltered response from americans. pulling up on a road from atlanta all the way to des moines, iowa. we'll get there friday or saturday. we're stopping in towns along the way to ask people what they want of their health care system. here are some of the responses we've had