in return, obama promised that he would visit steve rogers' students, and if he won the u.s. senate seat, and speak to them. well, he did win the u.s. senate seat. rogers never heard from him, so he called him up, and he asked obama would he come, and he said, steve, i'm too busy. i'm getting phone calls from buffet and steve jobs and all of these important people, but roger said, you promised. obama says, well, you know, steve, you're not supposed to believe promises made by politicians, are you? rogers got angry. he demanded that he show up. eventually he did show up, obama, but the point of the story is that sooming -- so many of the african-american leaders, businessmen, and political leaders i spoke to for this book told me similar stories in which they were there for him for obama day one. they were what you call day one people supporting him, organizing for him, contributing to him, and once legislated to the senate and eventually the presidency, they never heard again from him. there was a lack of gratitude, a lack of sense of obligation, and it was not only african-am

in return, president obama promised that he would visit steve rogers student, and if he won the u.s. senate seat,. >> he did do so. rogers never heard from him, so he called him up and he asked obama would he come and he said i'm too busy, i'm getting phone calls from warren buffett and steve jobs and bill gates in all of these important people. and butters said, but he promised. and obama said well, you know, you're not supposed to believe hamas is made by politicians, are you? >> and he got very angry. they got very upset. the point of the story is that many african-american leaders and political people i have spoken to for this book, they told me similar stories in which they were there for him, therefore obama during day one. they were what they called they want people. supporting him, organizing for him, contributing to him, and that once he was elected to the senate and eventually to the presidency, they never heard from him again. there was a lack of gratitude and a sense of obligation. and it wasn't only african-americans, it was also jewish american donors who gave him vast s

>>host: who is steve rogers? >> a professor at the kellogg school of management at northwest university. >>host: what was his connection and? >> like many business leaders, he was an early backer and a supporter of obama. after he lost a congressional primary to a former black panther, he was deeply in debt looking for people to donate money to his cause. he gave him $6,000 to pay off his debt. he promised he would visit his students rogers never heard of him. and he said i am to busy. i am getting calls from warren buffett, of bill gates and steve jobs. that you are not supposed to believe that? >> he demanded that he showed up. sunday with businessmen end those were there for him on day number one. supporting, organizing, and the lack of sense of obligation only african-americans and never got the phone calls returned. it was so proven free than frozen out of the white house. caroline kennedy. on and on. and did not know anything back in return. >> what about to michelle obama's? >> i love that picture of her.

kent harshpark arer forensic pathologist, jeffrey gold and steve rogers join us. i will start with dr. harshburger. you have read the autopsy reports. an autopsy from kathleen when she first died in i leav beliet was march of 2004 and then autopsies three years later in 2007 which dr. bloom and dr. baden. which is going to make the most sense to the jury? and what do you see as problematic in the different autopsy reports. one that says it is an accident and the other that says it is homicide? >> what is most problematic is the two different opposed conclusions. ing really the first pathologist was blinded he didn't have a lot of the crime scene data we have that came to light in the third -- in the second and third autopsies. dr. baden found some different autopsy findings. more are blunt force injuries than the first autopsy eye identified. there was 12 in the first and 15 to 18 in the second depending how you interpret it. >> judge jeanine: was that one blow that caused her death or one injury or was it the drowning that was the final cause of death? >> all thr

steve wesley and matt rogers were at the fundraisers. they were tied to the solyndra story.ne half billion dollar loan to the failed solar company in the east bay. last night it was all about the president and oakland. he was talking about the middle class. >> the president: this country was not built from the top down. i was built from the middle class out from the bottom up. >> that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. >> reporter: not everyone pleased with mr. obama, especially those who don't like the federal crackdown on pot clubs they've been focusing on pot clubs in the east bay and oakland. protesters set up 19th and broadway blocked intersection no arrests police did not try to break that up protest they were allowed to do their thing. president leaving oakland with four million dollars. he's going to be heading up to portland oregon later this morning. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> the 12 international aids -- the 2012 international aids conference is continuing in washington, d.c. where the only known patient who has been cured

steve: let's see if it works. rob wexler, former congressman from florida and mike rogers, current congressman from michigan. ve supreme court justice scalia has a warning, joint regular could be coming soon. americans have been asking this question about the moon for decades. now we got the answer hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... go on, please. with seven benefits in every bottle, head and shoulders for men washes out flakes, itch and dryness. and washes in... coidence. yeah it does. [ male announcer ] up to 100% flake free scalp and hair with head & shoulders for men. crispy granola, layered with creamy peanut butter or rich dark chocolate flavor. 90 calories. 100% natural. and nature...approves. granola thins. from nature valy. nature at its most delicious. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's monday, july 30. i hope you had a fantastic weekend. i'm gretchen

roger with the tieing run on second facing steve, and he goes down swinging. nats fall 2-1.the start tomorrowth the orioles pitching staff keeps getting better. jason hamels, who's basically been there ace may need surgery on his right knee. if he does, he could be out until saturday. bottom two, tied at one, robert and dino, takes max scherzer deep to left. the o's had a 4-1 lead in theh. jim johnson's been the best closer in baseball much just one blown save all year. until today, two out in the ninth, quinton barry slaps one to the left. brandon bosh to the plate, tied at 4. o's down 5-4, adam jones. already his three walkoff winners in extra innings this year. scores nick markakis, who had three doubles in the game. o's tied at 5. bottom 13 after j.j. hardy hit a home run tied at 6th. taylor tea garden. with a man on, it's a tea garden party. his first career walkoff home run and the triple pie in the face. nice job for taylor. great day all around for o's fans, before the game, cal rich kin, eddie murray and brooks robinson on hand. great to see brooks at the ballpark a

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roger bernadina with a terrific catch. the offense also getting it done for the nats in the fifth. steve lombardozzi coming through. the native delivers the base hit. that scores jhonathan solano. nats go on to win 4-0. jason kidd was to be a mentor but apparently it's kidd needing to learn to make the right decision. he was arrested this morning for a d.w.i. he was involved in a single-car accident when his s.u.v. slam into a telephone poll. he signed with the knicks just three days ago. >> senior open, a local guy in contention that's fred funk the former turk getting it done. birdie putt on 17. he finished at eight under. bernhard langer entering the day. but he had trouble getting things going and a bogey here and langer with a shot at 72 he also finished at 78. chapman, jack nicklaus, gary player and hail irwin were the only ones to win in the same year. >> speaking of legends, our john collins is back with the seven-day after this.

two of those guests, steve westly and matt rogers, who was part of the solyndra loan guarantee processe going to be comfortable, especially bay side and right by the coast. however, a little hot inland, 82 degrees in san jose, 88 in livermore. we continue to cool you off all the way through this friday. 81 degrees. your temperatures ramp up for the weekend. back to you, laura. >>> thank you for joining us. another local news update in half an hour. >>> tomorrow on "today," we will all join matt in london as we get ready for the olympic games and some of the biggest names will be with us including michael phelps at the pool with our special correspondent ryan seacrest. we say let the games begin from london tomorrow on "today." >> i wonder if ryan is going to be in the pool as well. >> in a speedo. >> exactly. in a special ryan seacrest speedo. well, we are looking forward to sinking our teeth when we get to london in a favore british desert, a staple of english cuisine. >> some scones there, too. >> that's delicious. >> now we're talking. you may also want to serve them if you're throw

steve: great. >> peter: some even got pilots licenses. even worse o'clock an illegal immigrant owned the school. republican congressman mike rogers shocked and outraged. >> iraq war veterans, all forced to undergo rigorous security checks before getting on an airplane. and at the same time, ten years after 9-11, there are foreign nationals in the united states trained to fly just like mohammed atta and the other 9-11 hijackers did. and not all of them are getting a security background check. is that risk based security? i don't think so. >> peter: the gsa finding people on the in fly list were approved for pilot training. >> steve: remember mohammed atta? dust from the desert making its way all the way to florida. that's right. meteorologists say the dust particles will travel across the atlantic on trade winds and set up camp 5,000 feet or so above ground. it will paint the sky kind of a milky shade in florida. those with extreme sensitivity to air particles might want to limit their time outdoors. good advice. >> gretchen: shocking video of an attempted child abduction in philadelphia. come to your screen if you're not watching

steve nash has agreed to a trade to the lakers in exchange for draft picks. nash picked l.a. to remain close tore his family in phoenix. >>> rogeroyalty at wimbledon. attending his match, royal prince william and wife kate. match point, federer finishes off michael kusni. he gets djokovic tomorrow. >>> still ahead, missing no more. >> inside this high-flying rescue that reunited a pup with, >>> in imon, one dog is lucky to be back home thanks to some extraordinary rescue efforts. daisy went missing two days ago, and was enterally found on a ledge. rescue teams suspended one firefighter from a ladder. daisy was thirsty but otherwise okay. >>> it was truly pandemonium in downtown london. over 100 street performers dressed as pandas and took over tray fall gar square. it was part of the first-ever panda awareness week. there are less than 1600 pandas living in the wild. living in the wild. >> that's a panda ,, i'll have the $4 everyday value slam with... bacon. wait... yeah... well, yeah, bacon. and my eggs sunny side-up. no, umm, over-easy. the $4 everyday value slam. one of 4 great choices for $4 off the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only

the second question, matt rogers who worked at the department of energy. is he a rich guy? i understand why steve government job to afford a $35,000-a-plate fund-raiser? >> he went to consulting. it is an example of the revolving door -- >> greta: was it in solar energy? >> no. but i has a lot of contacts in this world. for him, this is an example of the revolving door and the very tight web, the interconnectedness of all of these energy official, people inside the government, outside the government, at omb, people saying, wait a second, let's put the brakes on this and people putting intense pressure on it. and there is a web of folks that are highly interconnected. >> greta: i want to find alternative energy. i want to get us off foreign oil. i would love to make solar energy really be efficient. but when you have such stupid decisions and we spend $500 million in a company where we can get the product cheaper somewhere else and have you steve wesley warning somebody so close to the president saying, don't do it. and she doesn't tell the president or he said, we don't care. they set the back al

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it's largely the point jim rogers made when he sat here and guest hosted the show. you may have pockets of the chinese economy, steve, that do have a hard landing but that doesn't mean the overall economy goes into a hard landing, steve roach, other names we've heard on china aren't nearly as negative as some investors and traders tend to be like you. >> when we were on the show together, i think it was kudlow, she was so bullish on the chinese economy and i'm as bearish as i am now. i'm glad she's coming around. going to grow 5, 10%, a hard landing. the bottom line, it doesn't matter what the endpoint is. it matters what happens when you get there. it's slowing. i think barron's is right, i know jim rogers, he's taking a much longer-term view. it's crushing commodities, stay away from them. china, to think they could manage through an economic malaise better than we can in the u.s. when we've got hundreds of years in experience in capitalism, it's ludicrous. >> the 3 to 4% call barron's is making is the lowist anybody is making by half. >> futures to 6% that's disastrous. they still have inflation, monkey around wi

steve scott of independent television news. >> reporter: you seldom see an empty seat at wimbledon even when it's to watch the less celebrated players but when roger fedderrer strolls on to center court, you can guarantee a full house. well, not today. not at london 2012. yet if you come looking for a ticket, you'll be turned away. >> it's really really disappointing. i would have hoped that the organizers would have sorted this out by now. >> reporter: the prime minister who rode the tube to the olympic park today told me there was no complacency. filling the gaps was a priority. >> there will always be a bit of a problem because you do need to leave some seats available that is for the families and the people from the various sporting organizations. you're never going to have total perfection. but we can do better. >> reporter: if you're looking for evidence that the organizers are getting top of this problem perhaps the arena this morning provides a good example. the turkish women were taking on the czech republic in a preliminary round hardly a blue ribbon event yet there was barely a spare seat in the house. >> we were able to put back into t

fitness expert steve hayes is here this week with great workout ideas next time you visit your neighborhood park. good morning, who did you bring with you today? >> this is jasmine rogers>> hi, nice to meet you. >> great to have you with us to talk about some of the things you can do to enjoy the parks, even when it's hot and yucky like it is today. >> barbara, hot fun in the summertime in the park. >> okay. you say that many of the parks in our area have stations where you can actually work out. >> oh, yes, they have stations where you can work out, plus, you can play ultimate frisbee and volleyball. >> we have some video here. this is using one of those stations in the park to do pulps. >> when you're doing pull-ups you can't do it on the pole itself, so they have the chains that allow you to pull up which makes it even easier. >> many stations. you can move from one to the other. >> this is one where you're working your arm as and legs and back you're just hopping over. you notice how it elevates. for a shorter person you can go down to the bottom and for a taller person, you go the top and put more tension on the exercise itself. >> that's great. now, you also talk

steve redgrave, the five time olympic gold middlest. there was a bit of odds suggesting it might be sir roger bannister, the first man to run the four minutemedal to have gotten us to this part. he's had two rehearsals in 60,000 people. but using that #save the surprise seems to have incredibly worked. >> it has. but it's nice because it builds all of the excitement. thank you very much. we'll check in with you again. >> and we're talking about early looks at what's going to happen. we have an early look at what some of our american athletes will be wearing tonight. we've been talking about the uniforms and see mock ups of them, but now some of the athletes actually wearing them and pretty famous ones, too. carmelo anthony on the right tweeted out this picture of himself and that's devon durant from the oklahoma city thunder. this is what they look like in their outfits. >> how do they look, what do you think? >> you know what i think . i'm not so hot on the berets. but they of course look very nice. >> if they were wearing a baseball cap, you'd be happy with that? >> totally what's american about a beret? rob has a look at today's weather

duke's ceo jim rogers will stay in that job and remain chairman as well. steve?ove on. our "american made" series continues with a company built during the great depression and expanded into one of the world's sweetest brands. joining us with more is kim schaller, chief marketing of hershey's entertainment and resorts. how is business? is it a business that sort of tracks the economy? >> absolutely. definitely. we're impacted by any kind of economic condition and also weather we've got a glorious day here so we're impacted by the economy. >> chocolate, people buy more chocolate when they're feeling wealthier, right? >> i don't know about the chocolate part. i know about the entertainment and hospitality aspects. >> tell us about the parks, is it something where you're seeing more people coming to the parks because they're traveling more domestically? >> i think definitely, whenever there is an issue where international travel is deferred, people do, they stay close to home and we have 60 million people within a half a day's drive of hershey so we clearly benefit

steve. >> go ahead. >> the economics of walmart. walmart has come a really long way from the first store in rogers, arkansas, 50 years ago today, butoyer returns substantial profit for investors, offering lower prices on millions of items to consumers. but at what economic cost? the company says its overall impact on the retail industry and beyond has changed the way business is conducted globally and increased consumer benefits, regardless of where they shop. now, most agree walmart has changed retail, but not everyone believes the effects were net economic positives. walmart's 1.4 million u.s. employees account for 9.5% of the nation's retail workers, as defined by the bureau of labor statistics. the retailer's u.s. employee count has increased 8% since 2005, but total retail unemployment has grown to 8.7% from 6.8% in that same time period. a university of missouri study found that for every 100 jobs created by a new walmart, 50 retail and 30 wholesale jobs are lost at competing establishments over the next five years. so, the study does find the net job effect positive, but others argue those jobs pay a lower wage, depressing t

steve: it's always open. >> every day. the intel leaks from the white house have not stopped. that's charge from a leading republican. mike rogersn issue come november? rand paul is on the fiscal cliff today and we're going to mars, kinda sorta. coming up in ten minutes on "america's newsroom" >> steve: quick headlines. new congressional report revealing one in five illegals arrested for violent crimes commit more crimes within three years of being released. and it's tough being tim tebow. that youtube going viral after he was seen running shirtless during practice. his reaction, it's hard to lead a normal life right now. i think that qualifies as me doing sports. >> brian: i really do. >> steve: sorry, brian. >> brian: 224 years old, gray's, the oldest general store in america is closing its doors for good. the rhode island shop first opened in 1788 and has been in the wade family for six generations and just last month, 21-year-old jonah wade inherited the store. he joins us with his mother. welcome. i know this is somewhat of a very sad day, i imagine. am i correct? >> yeah. the saddest days with sunday, obviousl with the sto

steve womack who represents the third district of arkansas. prior to his election in the house this congress he served as the mayor of rogers arkansas. he's the sponsor feature 3179 the marketplace equity act and is a member of the appropriations committee. we welcome you here today. .. and only congress can result. i would also like to thank my colleague and code sponsor, jackie speier for help in ability for you. this bill levels the playing field in the world of retail sales. currently it, they trespass to do now understand, traditional retailers, i'll refer to them as brick-and-mortar retailers, collect sales taxes on purchases made in respect to stores. these taxes are admitted to the political subdivisions to that event, typically by the state department of finance and administration. this was not an option for the retailer. it is a requirement. there is no requirement however, for online, remote retailers with no presence in a given state to collect such attacks. the united states supreme court and in 1892 decision, quill v. north dakota will it states cannot make such a requirement on states that do not have the next story pr

steve womack who represents the third district of arkansas. prior to his election in the house this congress he served as the mayor of rogers arkansas. he's the sponsor feature 3179 the marketplace equity act and is a member of the appropriations committee. we welcome you here today. .. and only congress can result. i would also like to thank my colleague and code sponsor, jackie speier for help in ability for you. this bill levels the playing field in the world of retail sales. currently it, they trespass to do now understand, traditional retailers, i'll refer to them as brick-and-mortar retailers, collect sales taxes on purchases made in respect to stores. these taxes are admitted to the political subdivisions to that event, typically by the state department of finance and administration. this was not an option for the retailer. it is a requirement. there is no requirement however, for online, remote retailers with no presence in a given state to collect such attacks. the united states supreme court and in 1892 decision, quill v. north dakota will it states cannot make such a requirement on states that do not have the next story pr

and surely, jim rogers could imagine how this was going to get spun and it is not a pleasant role to be in. if he were to step back in, say the way stevete benefited from that -- >> yeah. >> -- is that you do this carefully, you do this staging. i mean, this is the kind of thing that happened this swif y swiftly, because clearly, it was the board and not jim rogers on the campaign it was too easy -- >> no, true, and it was the board, of course, getting together for basically probably its first time as a unified board. jeff, we've got to leave it there. appreciate it. jeff sonnenfeld. >> thank you. >>> let's check with bertha coombs for "market flash." >> after a second-quarter sales came in below expectations, ativan falls. the company citing a slower spending environment at the telecoms. year to date, shares are already down 30% or so for adtran. not a pretty looking chart. back to you guys. >> thank you, bertha. >>> up next on the program, should goldman sachs simply shut itself down? the stock is down 30% over the past year, maybe due to transparency. who knows? certainly, shareholders may not be happy with the returns they're getti