suzanne collado, nathan schneider, and frances fox piven.hen we come back, we will look at how occupy affected one community in new york. in sunset park. >> "this land is your land" by woodie guthrie played by tom morello. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. tonight, one gonzales will be speaking at the national press club in washington, d.c. and we are continuing our silence a majority collet tore around the country. we came back here for the first year anniversary of occupy, but then we are flying to michigan. tuesday i will be speaking in grand rapids for a benefit for the grand rapids community center. on wednesday, we are broadcasting from chicago. on thursday, i will be in madison, wisconsin to speak at a benefit for the community radio station wrot. later i will be at hayward, wisconsin. on saturday, at the wesley united methodist church in minneapolis. you can visit our website, tour democracynow.org, and find more information on this nationwide tour. we are continuing our coverage of

consultant mark schneider says that's only half of what families should know. >> the information about wages, which is for me is the ultimate validation of the value of the degree, which is the ultimate consumer information that students need before making these decisions is not in that giant fat book. >> reporter: schneider works with six states to link up college graduation information with government wage and employment data. the goal is to find the job and income prospects of each degree at each school in the state. he says this research is possible in many states across the country...but right now, it's just not happening on a large scale. >> the level of data that citizens need, that parents need, that students need, that taxpayers need, that everybody needs, is what happens to a student graduating from a particular program from a particular university, because that's where we have so much variation and students should know that. >> reporter: schneider says he hopes eventually, the cost and the financial benefit of each degree from each college, will be at consumers' fingertips.

al roker, garrett utley, mary ellis williams, scott simon, jackie nespral, mike schneider, gisele fernandez, jodie applegate, and from memphis, there he is -- >> there he is. >> did you miss the plane, jack? how does it feel to be back, everybody? >> it's wonderful to say hello to my hair. >> my family wondered if i had dark hair. this shows i once had dark hair. >> husbands and wives are here. i have to get married in order to come back. 9. >> borrow our children. >> i'm happy. >> a show of hands, how many people broke into a cold sweat when the alarm went off at 4:00 this morning? >> definitely. >> i slept through it. >> he's still sleeping. >> so the usual. >> our second half hour we're going to catch up and show more of the hair shots. be prepared. we're going to hear from some of the co-host who is didn't make it here this morning as well. we have a lot to get to. we begin thisorning with the rising tensions in the mideast, the u.s. is beefing up its presence in libya by sending marines and drones as it searches for those who killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans there. ea

travis schneider scaled the fence like spiderman and made the grab. that's not only the catch of the day, that is the catch of the year. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> a reality star defended the nail polish that costs more than some homes. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> we'll show you an incredible response high school students came up with to stop bullying. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." as we look towards the beginning of next week, heads up to everybody in southern california. l.a. could be into the 100s with record heat. fire danger very high with very low humidity. that will be the story next week. this week everything looks fine. warm in vegas and veen nicks. okay in the northwest. as we go through saturday, we start to see signs of a little warmth beginning to build. by sunday we'll jump into the 90s. >>> if you're watching us in eugene oregon, select colors and look on as live cheetahs create paw-printed works

bonnie schneider, thank you. >> sure. >>> politics now. president obama is heading to louisiana monday to view the damage left behind by hurricane isaac. mitt romney was actually in new orleans yesterday at the invitation of louisiana's republican governor, bobby jindal. jindal was supposed to speak at the republican convention but stayed at home to deal with the storm. >>> in about 40 minutes, mitt romney is expected to kick off a campaign rally in cincinnati. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. let's bring in cnn political editor paul steinhauser, from charlotte, north carolina, site of the democratic national convention this coming week. paul, we'll get to the convention business in just a moment, but first, this ohio stop for romney isn't his only event today, right? >> reporter: not at all. no surprise that he is in ohio today. both tickets are going to be spending so much time, have already, and will be spending so much time in ohio. of course, 18 electoral votes up in that battleground state. you're right, paul ryan what a

about a hundred people were there including rob schneider from the bay area. if signed the bill would require parents to submit a statement from a medical professional telling them of the risks of not getting their children vaccines. the governor said that interferes with religious from dom. >> what they hope to do is get everybody to step in line. they are interested in forcing people rather than in educating people. >> we want to make sure we protect all the community from diseases, we don't want to see them come back. >> supporters of the bill say it's important that parents have information. the governor has until sunday to sign or veto the bill. current state law lets children go into school white vaccines if parents file a letter saying it's against their religious or personal beliefs. >>> berkeley sciencists have created the nation's first early warning system for quakes but now the project is on the chopping block and in seven minutes the plea they made to congress today. >> this is a bitter sweet day here. long time photograph journeyist and chief pho

james couldn't get very far with it, and mike riley s has now tied lon schneider as all-time winningest coach in oregon state history. more importantly the beavers go to 2-0 with a huge road win. sean mannion threw for 379 and 2 touchdowns. here's quint. >> quint: coach, congratulations. how do you best describe the defensive effort today? >> it was an awesome job by our defense. i thought they kept playing and we gave up one big play, you know, but besides, that it was an awesome game, way to go by the offense. >> quint: you said one game in, kind of a mystery. where does this team stand in your eyes right now? >> 2-0. we'll keep trying to get better. like this team. working really hard. a great win for the beavers to come down here to the rose bowl. these guys run defeated. had some big wins, and i really liked how our team played today. >> quint: put yourself on an individual level, tying oregon state with the most wins ever. >> i love it. means we've been there a while. means a lot to me that way and very thankful for the time we've had at oregon state. just going to make it longer.

did he is running for reelection in the northern suburbs against a democrat brad schneider. we will bring a portion of former president clinton's speech and when that happens you could also fall our continuing coverage of the democratic national convention the jury and the drew peterson case will return tomorrow to begin a second school dayruling to determine whether he is or is not guilty and the death of his second wife kathleen savio. 90 minutes into jury deliberation jurors wanted hearsay testimony from kathleen savio divorce attorney harry smith and the pastor of neil chari. she asked if she could get more money in the divorce if she threaten to go to police and tell them how drew killed kathleen. chari met with stacey two months before she disappeared in told him that she lied to police about cruz whereabouts the weekend kathleen died. sherrie had been gone for hours and when he returned early in the morning he was dressed in black and was washing women's clothes true allegedly coached her for hours about what to say to police. there is certainly some evidence like bri

coming up, we will have the judge's ruling in the cases involving former governor on the road toward schneidernd his decision to reduce the sentence for the son of a political ally. here is a live on the outside of golden gate bridge, traffic is moving smoothly. there are a lot of those guys ever had. 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. verizon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what's pretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verizon. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you present it. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. as a >>da: here is a look at our top stories. today marks two years since the data from the explosion. a commemorative ceremony will be held tonight at san verna's city park. >> and 18 year old is dead after being shot during the filming of the music video in its third park. >> repub

. >> reporter: 20 miles outside washington in vienna, virginia, attorney amanda schneider sees an economy on the rise. she supports the president and her optimism is reflected in the numbers. in our poll when likely voters were asked who would did a better job on the economy, mitt romney led by two points in august but that's now flipped to a 2-point lead for mr. obama 49% to 47%. >> i don't support the republican philosophy that tax cuts will improve the economy. i do believe that government spending can be reduced but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be spent on critical infrastructure, education, and health care. >> reporter: the president also holds a sizable 12-point lead among women voters in virginia with almost every obama campaign ad focused on women. >> moms like christy would be stretched even more under mitt romney. >> my goodness, what a northern virginia welcome. >> reporter: but there is another side to the gender gap. the romney-ryan ticket leads with men in virginia by six points and their campaign is pressing the message they can fix the economy. >> here in virginia we're

had she survived, the uprising of the cubans won't have happened and if that happened, paul schneiderothers may have cost gore 50,000 votes in florida. in my history i let her survive, takes elian back to cuba quietly and no recount because gore could have never won a recount under any other circumstances given the politics and then al gore becomes president. it's absolutely the butterfly effect. >> if vice president al gore had been elected, what would this country look like today? what would he focus on in terms of policy? >> you have to divide before 9/11 and ask would 9/11 have happened? i think he would have faced tremendous resistance from republicans who controlled the house of republicans. the senate was evenly divided, had pressure from the left of the democratic party to spend a lot of money. remember the issue in 2000 is what will we do with all that extra money to show you how far we have come. before 2001 it would have been tough politically. my hypothesis is he would have been much more aware of the al qaeda threat because he would have been there eight years on the nati

. >> reporter: 20 miles outside washington in vienna, virginia, attorney amanda lipon schneider sees an economy on the rise. she supports the president and her optimism is reflected in the numbers. in our poll when likely voters were asked who would do a better job on the economy, mitt romney led by two points in august, but that's now flipped to a two-point lead for mr. obama, 49 to 47. >> i don't support the republican philosophy that tax cuts will improve the economy. so i-- i do believe that government spending can be reduced, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be spent on infrastructure, education, and health care. >> reporter: the president also holds a sizable 12-point lead among women voters in virginia with almost every obama campaign ad focused on women. >> moms like kristy would be stretched even more under mitt romney. >> my goodness, what a northern virginia welcome! thank you! >> reporter: but there is another side to the gender gap. the romney-ryan ticket lead with men in virginia by six point and their campaign is press, the message they can fix the economy. >> here i

the kind of weather you can expect if you are in isaac's path, let's bring in meteorologist bonnie schneider. bonnie, good morning. it's labor day weekend. is it going to be a washout for some? >> i think so, especially the first part will be looking at a lot of rain, like kansas city right now. it's been raining all day so far and more is to come. you can see on the radar picture that even though isaac is a tropical depression, the remnants just keep pounding kansas city, an we're not only getting heavy downpours of rain, we're also getting frequent lightning strikes, especially further east towards illinois and indiana. let's look at the rainfall total. it's interesting looking forward what we can expect with isaac, even though it's no longer an organized tropical system. four to eight inches over the next 48 hours over parts of central indiana, so keep that in mind. we're still looking at wet weather. and as we slide eastward, the expanse of isaac really does affect so many people. indiana, and look at this, even in baltimore, maryland, we're looking at two to four inches of rain over the

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lucil lucille schneider, st.him. i mean from bushnell, illinois, 100 years old today. avid hunter and carpenter. give him a hammer and nail and he can build an arc. lillian lamontagne. good beer there. 106 years old today. loves watching the boston red sox play in person or on tv. and now back to our favorite people in the world. >> all right. thanks so much, willard. >>> coming up next a labor day concert on the plaza from matchbox twenty but firs >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> getting your labor day off to a rocking start this morning, ladies and gentlemen, matchbox twenty. ♪ ♪ ♪ she says it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat ♪ ♪ she's always worried about things like that ♪ ♪ she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault ♪ ♪ and she only sleeps when it's raining ♪ ♪ and she screams ♪ and her voice is straining ♪ she says baby it's 3 am i must be lonely ♪ ♪ when she says baby well i can't help but be scared of it all sometimes ♪ ♪ says the

phil schneider, the director of spine surgery at holy cross hospital in maryland. >> your disc collapsedoramen to become so narrow, it was crushing your nerve. >> crushing the sciatic nerve. >> correct. >> reporter: he opened up my collapsed vertebrae to free up the nerve and used an a guidance system to insert screws and rods. >> this is a screw we put in your spine. >> reporter: along with a bone graft they hold my spine in place. nbc's tom costello is at a gas station in maryland. >> reporter: a month after surgery i was back reporting for the "today" show. >> reporter: who would have thought it i'd be back talking about cheaper gas prices and meanwhile, back in boston -- >> the goal of any of these surgeries is to increase a person's quality of life. >> reporter: jennifer's surgery went well. soon after surgery she was out walking the neighborhood and plans to be driving the school bus again in october. jennifer and i had new minimally invasive surgery no, cutting through muscle which dramatically speeds up the recovery times. >> any idea how you developed this back problem? >> you k

another thing governor schneider did was that they cut an insurance -- unemployment insurance from 26 weeks to 20 weeks. the unemployment rate is still at 9%. it will probably shoot up after yesterday's announcement. caller: how long do you have before you consider collecting unemployment. ? host: i called for the first time on the 19th. it hurts. after seeing governor gran home, she never turned her back on working people or -- grandholm , she did the best she could. the other party did not want to work with her. this government snyder was elected as the nerd. he was elected -- he has no legislative experience. it hurts me that he is leading the state and he turned his back on 400 state workers. he had to get his new detroit international bridge built. host: thanks. next up is the clinton township, michigan. annette has identified herself as stopped looking. tell us a little bit about your experience. caller: i live in the suburbs. most jobs do not hire minorities. i went to detroit and the work for about seven years. i went to school the whole time i was there. i have the document.

something extraordinary the court is going through judge schneider's courtroom has been locked down inporters are watching it in anotherria television screen. trailer that s posted on youtube. miguel, thanks very much. >>> also news we're following, the u.s. is removingore staff from its embassy in triptripo, libya. this is a temporary further draw down for security reasons. oue sst will be reviewed early next week with the goal of restoring staff as soon as conditions allow. this all coming as pentagon officials and many are discussing still talking about investigating that attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya, that killed ama basder chris stevens and three others. >>> a dramatic warning from israel's prime minister, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but would the red line he's calling for really a stop iran's efforts toevelop a nuclear weapon? stand by. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. d everdae, 've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars h to a businesses w were fected, and to cover cleanup costs. todaeaes and gulf

lake partners, tpg and providence equity were subpoenas in early july by the new york state ag eric schneider loophole that allows the firms to pay a lower tax rate by manages investors money. it's called a management fee, the only guaranteed income for the firm and ranges from 1% to 3% based on the fund's size. the other way is by selling or exiting businesses they've bought and the profit they make doing that, is taxed as a capital gain at 15%, not as ordinary income taxed at 35%. by reinvesting the management fee or steady income stream into a fund firms pay the lower rate rather than the higher one and ag schneiderman is investigating whether the state was cheated out of hundreds of millions in tax dollars. this isn't the first inquiry nor is the issue limited to private equity. many venture capital firms and hedge funds reinvest fees in a similar way and big banks are known to reinvest into assets like treasuries. the irs opened a similar study about five years ago and that ended with no charges but now that many of these firms have gone public there's more disclosure around the fees and

lucil lucille schneider, st. illinois, 100 years old today. avid hunter and carpenter. give him a hammer and nail and he can build an arc. lillian lamontagne. good beer there. 106 years old today. loves watching the boston red sox play in person or on tv. and now back to our favorite people in the world. >> all right. thanks so much, willard. >>> coming up next a labor day concert on the plaza from matchbox twenty but first this hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what's the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we're on vacation. this is no plan. really? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. the mileage card with special perks on un

back goes schneider to the track. back at the wall it's out of here. no! he caught it!ought it back. he brought it back. >> he climbed the fence. >> emblematic of the mets' season. even the call had it wrong initially. a heck of a catch. spiderman action. great story. r.a. dickey, a tough luck story for much of his life. 20th win of the year. the first met pitcher to win 20 in a season since 1990. could make up the nl cy young. up next the must read opinion pages. you're watching "morning joe" which is powered by a little local coffee chain known as starbucks. we're back after this. now, that's what i call a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the maker of splenda sweetene

illinois will send tammy duckworth, brad schneider, bill .oster, david gill illinois is proud to castd states, barack obama. >> thank you. illinois casts 196 votes, for our president, barack obama. indiana, you have 105 votes. >> madam secretary, greetings from the great state of indiana. we are the heart of the heartland. i am the chairman of the indiana delegation. indiana has a rich political history with senior statesmen, like our senator who put title 9 into law. that change higher education in america and give women equal opportunities in public education. our tradition also includes representative lee hamilton, who served his district and our country 34 years in the united states congress, and then again after words as vice chairman of the 9/11 commission. that commission of strong, democratic leadership continues today and includes my friend, rep on dry carson of the seventh congressional district. >> president obama's commitment to the american auto industry save more than 150,000 jobs. his commitment to medicare, and social security, means whose years to not have to worry --

moderated by former cnn, cnn contributor bill schneider, the discussion focuses largely on iran's nuclear program and america's presence in afghanistan. this event, which took place yesterday, runs about an hour, and we'll show you as of this as we can until the pentagon briefing scheduled at 2 p.m. eastern. >> struggling in, and you're encouraged to help yourself to coffee, food, whatever you need. my name's mike bennett, on behalf of my colleagues, jim kessler -- who's here somewhere -- sean gibbons and mika, welcome to another anti-politics press breakfast. before i hand it over to bill, i just had a couple of things we wanted to talk about relating to our work on national security. as mitt romney discovered on september 11th of this year, nothing has the power to shake up a presidential race like a change in national security. and that can be either an external event as we had in libya and egypt, or it can be a political mistake. i learned that the hard way when i was a junior campaign staffer working for mike dukakis and was there at the moment when he was climbing into that tank. so