. >>> dozens of toledo cops who lost their jobs over budget cuts are returning to work. how the city plans to pay for it. >>> and back to school season may mean a resurgence of swine flu. hear what federal officials want to do to help keep it in check. >>> hi there, you're watching hln news and views, thanks for joining us. >>> the remains of the first american pilot shot down over iraq during the 1991 persian gulf war are finally back home. navy captain michael scott speicher disappeared when his plane went down over anbar province on the first night of the war. his remains have been recovered and positively identified. the discovery should end years of speculation that speicher survived and was held captive. according to the navy an iraqi civilian told u.s. forces early last month that he had witnessed the crash. another iraqi told the marines he saw speicher's body being buried after the crash. >>> the state department trying to find out what happened to three americans who were taken into custody in iran. iranian media report they were arrested for crossing illegally

. >>> dozens of toledo cops who lost their jobs over budget cuts are returning to work. how the city plans to pay for it. >>> and back to school season may mean a resurgence of swine flu. hear what federal officials want to do to help keep it in check. hi, you're watching "hln" news and views. i'm natasha curry. >>> the remains of the first american pilot shot down over iraq during the 1991 persian gulf war are finally back home. navy captain michael "scott" speicher disappeared when his plane went down over anbar province on the first night of the war. his remains have now been recovered and positively identified. the discovery should end years of speculation that speicher actually survived and was held captive. >> it is a bittersweet ending. i mean, it is great that we have finally accomplished an ending. but it is bett bittersweet. you always hope he will be found alive. if he was found alive, look what he's missed. his children are in college now. and, you know, what kind of life would he have led, being a prisoner of war and always speculation that he was, you know,

aka the toledo mud hens. 22% "new york times." >> 8% cnn. 3% pbs. directly ahead, will there be a witch-hunt against cia agents who interrogate terror suspects? it looks like that might be coming down. we will take you back to martha's vineyard where it's party time because of the obama vacation. word has it jesse waters visited a nude beach. those stories after these messages. >> president obama says he does not want to prosecute cia agents who broke rules and laws interrogating terror suspects after 9/11. attorney general eric holder has decided to appoint a prosecutor to investigate about adozen cases of alleged cia wrongdoing while interrogating the terror suspects. he wants to see if crimes were committed. justice department official john durham will head the probe and with us now to analyze attorney and fox news analyst jamie. this will make the aclu happy but it's not going to make obama happy. >> that's not holder's job. i think being the a.g. is the hardest job in the administration. you are not really working for the president. you are wor

aka the toledo mud hens. 22% "new york times." >> 8% cnn. 3% pbs. directly ahead, will there be a witch-hunt against cia agents who interrogate terror suspects? it looks like that might be coming down. we will take you back to martha's vineyard where it's party time because of the obama vacation. word has it jesse waters visited a nude beach. those stories after these messages. @ @ i don't always let my bladder problems... or the worry my pipes might leak... compromise what i like to do... like hunting for bargains, not always bathrooms. i take care with vesicare. (announcer) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to reduce frequent, sudden urges and leaks... day and night... if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. tell your doctor right away if you have a serious allergic reaction, severe abdominal pain, or become constipated for three or more days. vesicare may cause blurred vision, so take care while driving or doing unsafe tasks. common side effects

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. >> the young man is 33-year-old ben ca nop candidate for mayor in toledo. the heckler is maxwell austin. austin said someone from his campaign trampled his flower bed before the news conference started and that's what set him off. so the television station in toledo thought they should get-together for a beer summit. and they did, and both said the meeting was productive. >> isn't that nice. >> so sweet. since jeff is nearby maybe we should have a beer summit during the bad weather. >> don't want anything to come to a -- >> crowd he skies for the first day of august and continue with the humid conditions. for not only tomorrow but through the weekend and for the first part of the work week as well. isolated thunderstorms, both sunday and monday. potential for severe weather again sunday afternoon. we stay on the unsettled side for tuesday and wednesday. officially drying out, with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. both thursday and friday. with partly cloudy skies. and by next friday. that's the look at the seven-day forecast. jeff and karen, back to yo

though, even in these dark days for the american automobile there are times i wish they stayed in toledo and take overnight the buick agency and really, just to be on those late night tv local car dealership ads... i got the whole idea, i wanted to pirate pat's treasurer island buick with a parrot on my shoulder and big patch, eye patch and head on down to pirate buick where pirates walk the plank and don't miss our pieces of v8 car lot and free trunklet doubloons for the kiddies. a great life, grandpa died in 60, from honors from the rotary and the moose lodge and lions club and my family, we owe everything to the american car and without the car, i mean, you know, we -- no food and stuff and our history begins with the beginning of the american car. and, by now, you know, some o'rourkes, some of us have gone to college, we didn't go far in college... do very well there but we went, you know? so see you took the demise of the american car, i take this personally. i am looking around for somebody to blame. i'm mad. you know? i mean, i want to blame somebody like ralph nader, you you know

the democrats set the stage -- >> started -- it >> with roberts and toledo, and roberts in particular, who was very well qualified. the republicans have copied the same kind of behavior. you'll see this set for some time now, where it will basically be a partisan vote when it comes to judicial nominees. >> the republicans' best hope is that not many people paid attention this august. >> hispanics were paying attention. the african-american vote is now said, hispanic vote, the largest growing voting population in the country. they have a problem with women, and they are shrinking to a sort of the white male vote, which if you look at all demographics, voting demographics, is really not a long-term plan for them. >> first law of politics is survival. >> i want to make a comment on who announced her assent to the court. having the first hispanic to the court is historic. what is really historic is having a comedian presiding over the senate. that has ever happened before, or maybe it happens every day. >> charles never met george murphy, one of the giants of the senate, tap danced with o

but already strong storms up there toward toledo. moving through ft. wayne, defiance. heavy thunderstorm activity there. and for us, mainly clear can this. across parts of pennsylvania and then into maryland. talk about the storms brewing out there in the atlantic. this is a look at satellite image here. of hurricane bill. now, this is upgraded to a category 2 storm. this is getting stronger. by the minute. looking at winds sustained at 98 miles per hour. gusting to 121 miles per hour. and in this storm continues to strengthen as we go through the next day here. in fact, the projected path from the national hurricane center is taking it up west of bermuda toward saturday evening. so we have to watch this storm because the cone of incident of where it could potentially go, further to the southwest. or to the northeast. of course it would be bad news maybe for parts of mid-atlantic. further southwest it would travel. so watch this storm closely as we go down the road. back at home. not a lot of activity going on. but potential for showers and thunderstorms down the road

reporter: it was patty ford who first thought of the idea after reading about paired donations in toledosd jumped right on board, even though there was only a 5% chance of the swap being doable. >> it was a match that was meant to be. >> reporter: the couples believe it was fate. >> somebody out there was watching out for us. >> reporter: they met just before the surgery, and realized they're all about the same age, have the same interest, especially golf. >> there was a connection. sure enough, it was meant to be. >> reporter: they only live 25 miles from each other, and look forward to the new quality of life they're truly sharing. lauren reynolds. >> according to the congressional kidney caucus, nearly 80,000 u.s. patients are currently waiting for an organ transplant. >>> and now with a look ahead to abc 2 news at 6, a man accused of flashing unsuspecting women. where it's been arrange and what neighbors are saying. >>> plus, we'll meet a local man who is battling the same type of cancer ted kennedy had. >>> and now a preview of what is ahead on "world news" at 6:30. >> coming up on

and are both from toledo. an honor to make this introduction. there are an awful lot of things that have been said about our next speaker. in 2007, she was called racist, crude, and a hate monger. they said her blog was a hate site full of ignorant diatribes. last year they said she had too much time on her hands she was the flavor of the month among conservatives. they even said to probably not be where she was today if she were a blonde haired, blue-eyed standard issued conservative. being a brunette, i took exception to that. that is what the experts said. just as we are seeing with healthcare, the american people have a much different perspective. john said she is wonderful if you are tired of the press releases given by the mainstream media i do not know how or where she finds the time to pull together all this information. she backs every posting up with integrity. she will shock you, through you, and educate you to real news you will not get anywhere else. vincent said as an independent voter, i am glad

wayne indiana, toledo ohio. dayton getting good thunderstorms, as well as columbus, ohio. but thunderstorms that were to the north of us. kind of -- firing off, lessening in intensity as we go through the overnight. stronger storms we saw in the region was down to the south. continue to see that activity move off to the bay. so it looks likes things will quiet down for us around the state. still slight chance for a stray shower. but for the most part all the stormy activity to the south, or to the north. we're caught in between on a quiet note. but mainly clear skies. over baltimore. and we will continue to see that the case. mostly for the night. but there is the slight chance for a stray shower in the area. here is what it looks like for the future scan. as far as timing this out. tomorrow morning, rush hour commute around 6 a.m. looking at clear skies. in the afternoon, we could get some pop up showers and thunderstorms again across the area. and only about 30 percent chance for that. and the better chances for rain will arrive as we get into friday though. as the cold

new plans being created in toledo, ohio, or california, the network of doctors is likely to be pretty identical. a lot of plans exist in the same marketplace and doctors are part of a variety of networks. so, the idea that you would keep your own doctor is highly likely. the other thing about the new marketplace, i think the president is eager to stabilize the employer markets place. small business owners are dropping coverage because they can no longer afford it. they can't stay in the market. small business owners would be encourage to actually stabilize their insurance plans to offer coverage to their employees. they have tax credit, to be able to afford the coverage. if anything, it wouldn't dismantle the private market. it would help to provide a more stable private marketplace, which right now, serves 180 million meshs very well. people like those plans. they want to make sure if they have an employer-based coverage they like, they can keep it. this will encourage employers to stay in the market. if you lose your job right now, you lose your coverage. the new reform plan would m

." >>> the man who opened fire in a health club and kill toledo people wte that he experienced years of rejection from women. >>> d.c. high school stunts are going to get the option of being tested for sexually

joe the plumber and i are from toledo. there are not many conservatives there. i am grateful for americans for prosperity to bring us together so we can see that we are not alone. it is my honor today to make this introduction. there are an awful lot of things that have been said about our next speaker. in 2007, she was called racist, crude and a hate monger. they said her blog was a hate site. they said she had too much time on her hands. she was the flavor of the month among conservatives. the even said she would probably not be where she was today if she were a blonde haired, blue- eyed standard issue conservative. being a brunette, i took exception to that. that is what the experts said. just as we're seeing with health care, the american people, everyday americans, have a much different perspective. jon said that she is wonderful. i do not know how or where she finds the time to pull together all this information and she backs every posting up with integrity. art bell wrote that she will shockey and through you and educate you with new she will not get anyw

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from seattle to toledo to tijuana. we renewed our commitment to work together in ottawa, washington, and mexico city, building on our progress of the g8 and g-20 summit, week continued to take coordinated efforts to restore economic growth and create jobs for our workers, including workers in the north american auto industry. because so much of our common prosperity and millions of jobs depend on trade that goes across our borders, billions of dollars worth of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to reject protectionism. we committed ourselves to the infrastructure investment of regulation, intellectual property protection on which trade thrives. we are among each other's largest trading partners. we work together towards lasting prosperity, we need to expand that trade and not restricted. i would note our common prosperity depends on orderly legal migration. altria our nations have been enriched by it -- all three of our nations have been enriched by migration. my own brother-in-law is canadian. anamericans, canadian

i heard a number of people say that they came in from far away as toledo. >> all right.resentative dingell, i've had a lot of people send me tweets, having asked people i solicited their questions. an express who says my biggest concern is that the health care reform bill will not have a public option. without it, it won't be real reform. to that answer, as you know the senate won't likely have a public option in there. the house insists upon it. yet the white house is signaling that they would accept a bill without it. >> well, you have pointed out to one of the controversies that plagues us in this matter. the harsh fact of the matter is, we have to give the insurance companies either control, so that they off air fair level of benefits and they don't put in any more fine print that denies people access to service and we have to see to it that things like preexisting conditions are no longer used to ban people from getting health care. we also have to see to it that the insurance companies get competition and the importanter purpose of the public plan is to see to it c

. >> holy toledo, what's happening to your taste. >> cool it dad, let me finish. >> violet, you're turninglet, violet. >> i know what i want, -- >> i ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. >> leave the gun. take the canolli. >> well, he came in, you came. in i figured, you know -- >> you know what time it is. >> i'm so happy to see him. look, go inside. make yourself comfortable. i'm make you something to eat. >> this is what the customer asked for. make it. make the pasta, make it, make it, make the pasta. come on, let's go. >> but i would like the pie heated and i don't want the ice cream on top, i would like it on the side and i would like strawberrys if you have it, and if you didn't no ice cream. >> now the director and writer nora etch ron has taken her passion for food and paired it with her passion for writing and directing. her new dish is called "julie and julia" it stars meryl strep and amy adams and others. and speaking of meryl streep as julia child, the new york time says in its review, by now this actress has exhausted every superlative that exists and to sug

. >> i read in the newspaper here about a doctor in toledo, ohio who was doing these paired donations>> so patty contacted uc san diego south, who called patrick. >> are you guys interested in a pair of donations? yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: the surgeries were a success. >> when i woke up thursday i was like, wow. >> robin gave me a better quality of life. >> reporter: and with renewed health has come what they say will be a life long friendship. >> we just clicked automatically. it wasn't because of the kidney. >> i felt like we new them from somewhere. it was meant to be. >> somebody was watching out for us. >> reporter: the united network for organ sharing is launching a nationwide registry for potential kidney pairs. it could be in place as early as next year. >> great story. when we return, we'll get back to our top s ry with a look at ted kennedy's biggest challenges. >> from his divorce to his presidential run. >> we return to the life of >> we return to the life of senator ted kennedy. he ended his bid for the 1980 democratic presidential nomination with a stirring concessi

o larry on the line for democrats -- toledo, ohio. caller: this is all just a smokescreen. this fact checking. it is just a smokescreen because republicans don't believe that there are death panels, they don't believe they will have rationing care. everybody needs to just sit back and take a deep breath and think of how we got to this point. when barack obama was getting elected, cnn loved him and just trashed hillary clinton. now they don't got a good word to say about barack obama. guest: i'm all for sitting back and taking a deep breath. i think that is good advice. we have been saying, democrats really have not helped the clarity of the debate very much by the way this legislation has been handled. it is so much of a moving target. i mentioned before we had three house committees that have done extensive amendments to that house leadership bill. you can go through and peace through each on their own, but they have not yet reconciled or at least not the last time i looked. that legislation into one bill. the senate -- health, education, labor, and benson -- pensions comm

i think this kid is a typical drama teen who needs to be put on the first bus back to toledo before shesearch the church and we were not able to find much on it. i do not know anything about it. they say they subscribe to some radical philosophy. they do not know what it is. she claims that the threats were explicit. >> this is a very serious situation. i think that the court is about to commit a grievous injustice against this young woman who should have the ability to practice a religion of her choice. she has made it very clear. i do not think she is a drama queen at all. she is deeply frightened and freight for safety. we have seen soon -- we have seen too many cases like this where women who go against the family, the only way for the family to erase the harm that has been put against them is to kill the female family member. she is in danger. the court should recognize that. they should not send her back to her parents. she could apply to be emancipated. megyn: the father has come out and said, we have no idea why she left. she had an argument the day before. according to the colu

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto toledo, we are building on the progress at the g-8 summits and restore economic growth and create jobs for workers, including workers in the north america auto industry. because so much of our common prosperity depend on trade that flows across our borders, billions of dollars worth of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to protect this and recommitted ourself to the infrastructure investment and common sense regulation and intellectual property upon which trade drives. we are among each other's largest trading partners as we work together towards lasting pro pert. i would know our common prosperity depends on legal migration, all three have been enriched by our ties of family and community. i think of my own brother-in-law who is canadian and the many mexican-americans who found home in los angeles and texas and in my hometown of chicago. at the same time, americans, mex cans and canadians expect the borders to be safe and secure. that is why my administration will continue to fix america's broken immigration system in a

the global recession has cost jobs from toledo to tijuana.ssive, coordinated action to restore economic growth and create jobs for our workers, including workers in the north american automotive industry. because so much of our common prosperity and millions of jobs depend on trade that flows across our borders, billions of dollars worth of trade every day, we recommit ourselves to the infrastructure investments and common-sense regulations and intellectual property protections upon which trade thrives. we are among each other's largest trading partners as we work together towards lasting prosperity. we need to expand that. i would note that our common prosperity also depends on orderly, legal migration. all three of our nations have been enriched by our ties of family and community. i think of my own brother-in- law, who is canadian. i think of many mexican americans who found a home in los angeles, in texas, and in my home town of chicago. at the same time, mexicans, americans, and canadians all expect the board is to be safe and secure, an

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto to toledo to tijuana, so, we renew our commitment to work together in ottawa, washington and mexico city, building on our progress at the g-8 and g-20 supports. we agreed to continue to take aggressive, coordinated action to restore economic growth and create jobs for our workers, including workers in the north american auto industry. >> president obama arrived sunday night. he was spending less than 24 hours in mexico. >>> people are lining up for work and some were still asleep when the bombs in iraq began going off before breakfast. the attacks targeted shiite areas across the country, mostly in baghdad and also near mosul. iraqi officials say 48 people died, 231 were wounded. truck bombs leveled 32 homes near mosul, where officials say people may still be buried in the rubble. >>> we're getting amazing pictures out of the front lines in afghanistan. here it is, from a helicopter. an attack team came across some men on a road, apparently insurgents setting up a bomb. here's what happened next. >> hit the guy in the

guest: we want to the county, not that far from my home town of toledo, ohio, so it felt sort of likeoing home. it was a relatively small group of 200 people, but most of them were people who had gotten their jobs back after being laid off, in part due, they think, to stimulus money from the federal government in that the stimulus encouraged netstar to come in and buy their own company that had gone bankrupt. host: over the last few weeks as we were beginning to see some upbeat language from the treasury department and the fed about the economy, we keep hearing concerns by economists that this might be a jobless recovery. what does that mean, and how can you have a recovery without more jobs? guest: and that we start from a lower base. we have gone down so far in what some call the great recession, that you can recover, but you are at a smaller size. so you are not hiring back new people, and expanding, and growing. hopefully that will come. but it could be literally a matter of years for a lot of people. host: jackie calmes will be with us until the top of the hour. what are welcomin

thomas says -- continue don in toledo, ohio -- and john writes -- if you didn't see your e-mail here,om/caffertyfile. look for yours there among hundreds of others. wolf. >>> jack, thank you. to our viewers, you're in "the situation room." >>> happening now, passions over health care reform reaches disturbing new levels. >>> death threats has one lawmaker refusing to hold any town hall meetings at all, at least for now. >>> also, fighting in afghanistan under way right now. hundreds of american marines on the move and fears of growing violence out of a presidential election only days away. >>> and more than six feet of rain triggering deadly flooding. now frantic efforts to rescue survivors. can they be reached in time? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> democratic lawmakers have been facing much of the reform outrage. now a republican is putting himself out there, as well. we're talking about the iowa senator, charles grassley. our senior political correspondent, candy crowley, is joining us now. four town halls today? >> reporter: four town hall meetings today. i

network of metropolitan economies and our able to recover nationally departments on how well detroit, toledongstown, would rebound and shift to the next economy. and we focus on them because they general raid 75% of the nation's gbp. so this is the economic engine of the country and we need to ask how they're doing. this is where we work and live and where the employers reside. so let me give you some statistics off the first quarter this past year. the second quarter numbers have just come out. in the first quarter, the u.s. unemployment rate at the end of the first quarter, march or 2009 was 9 percent but in metropolitan areas it was from as low as 5.1% in provo, utah to as high of an unemployment rate of 17.5 percent in modesto, california. if you look at home prices which i is important to property and real estate values, home prices at the national level had dropped 6.3% over the past year, for the first quarter of '09 to 08. if you look across the top 100 meant areas, home prices drop as severely as 30% in one year in stockton, california, and in vegas, and we have been hearing again h

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto to toledo doe to tijuana. we renewed our agreement to work together, we agreed to continue to take aggressive, coordinated action to restore economic growth and create jobs for our workers, including workers in the north american auto industry. because so much of our common prosperity depends on trade, billions of dollars bort of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to protectionist. we are among each other's largest trading partners as we work together toward lasting prosperity we need to expand that trade, not restrict it. i would note that our common prosperity also depends on orderly, legal migration. all three of our nations have been enriched by our ties with family and community. i think of my own brother-in-law who is canadian, i think of the many mexican americans from jalisco who found homes in los angeles, texas, and my hometown of chicago. at the same time, americans, mexicans, and canadians expect their borders to be safe and secure. that's why my administration will continue to work to fix our i

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto to toledo doe to tijuana. we renewed our agreement to work together, we agreed to continue to take aggressive, coordinated action to restore economic growth and create jobs for our workers, including workers in the north american auto industry. because so much of our common prosperity depends on trade, billions of dollars bort of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to protectionist. we are among each other's largest trading partners as we work together toward lasting prosperity we need to expand that trade, not restrict it. i would note that our common prosperity also depends on orderly, legal migration. all three of our nations have been enriched by our ties with family and community. i think of my own brother-in-law who is canadian, i think of the many mexican americans from jalisco who found homes in los angeles, texas, and my hometown of chicago. at the same time, americans, mexicans, and canadians expect their borders to be safe and secure. that's why my administration will continue to work to fix our i

toledo, ohio, you are on the line. caller: hi. would like to know, why is there no money for jobs? i know they did not burn the money, so what happens to all the money? why is it going? if we could get the money, follow the paper trail and find out where the money is, maybe we could get some jobs back. thank you. host: langley park, maryland. what is your situation? caller: i have been unemployed since last may. i work in the apparel business working for a manufacturing company. what i wanted to say is a lot of jobs that are being created are going to non-english speaking people or people who speak little english. and you being in the maryland area -- i mean, i do not know if you want to attest to this or not -- but if you look at the construction jobs around, many of them are non-english speaking people, and you can tell -- i am not just looking at them. you can hear them, they are not speaking english. i mean and as far as where is the money going, a lot of these -- it is all politics. politics is local, and a lot of these local

it is based on how well toledo, detroit, las vegas, youngstown, orlando, would rebound and shift to theext economy. we focused on the 100 because the 100 largest metropolitan areas generate 75% of the nation's gdp. this is the economic engine of the country in to ask how well these areas of the country are doing. this is where people work and live and employers reside. let me give you some statistics of the first quarter of this past year. the second quarter numbers have just come out and we are looking at that now. in the first quarter, the u.s. unemployment rate at the end of the first quarter, march 2009, was to enter%. if you look across the top 100 metropolitan areas, it range from as low as 5.1% in provo, utah, to as high as 17.5% in modesto, california where they have been hard hit. if you look at home prices, which has been important to real estate values, property revenues at the state and local levels, and for other important indicators, home prices, at the national level, had dropped 6.3% over the past year in the first quarter of 2009. if you look across the top 100 metropol

and that's why with all of george bush's failures we can thank him for toledo and robert, and we can be worried about who obama may appoint next and be ready for a fight. and i will also mention for your four daughters, you give them a copy of my book of the feminist fantasies there are about a hundred of my essays about feminism, because it is really important for them to know what feminism is and how destructive and anti-marriage it is. thank you. [applause] >> my name is delicately, and i have more of a comment than anything because i was part of this central virginia against the era, and that was a long time ago. but i just wanted to thank you and really how it was being on that committee that initiated me into the import of action and doing something. and i would just commend to everybody, the a part of eagle forum and just read all her books. thank you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. [applause] >> well, yes, it is enjoyable. and it is more fun to win than lose. and we have had, we've had some some defeats, but we have had some very significant victories. which when you get ac

it is based on how well toledo, detroit, las vegas, youngstown, orlando, would rebound and shift to thext economy. we focused on the 100 because the 100 largest metropolitan areas generate 75% of the nation's gdp. this is the economic engine of the country in to ask how well these areas of the country are doing. this is where people work and live and employers reside. let me give you some statistics of the first quarter of this past year. the second quarter numbers have just come out and we are looking at that now. in the first quarter, the u.s. unemployment rate at the end of the first quarter, march 2009, was to enter%. if you look across the top 100 metropolitan areas, it range from as low as 5.1% in provo, utah, to as high as 17.5% in modesto, california where they have been hard hit. if you look at home prices, which has been important to real estate values, property revenues at the state and local levels, and for other important indicators, home prices, at the national level, had dropped 6.3% over the past year in the first quarter of 2009. if you look across the top 100 metropoli

the global recession has cost jobs and hurt families from toronto to toledo to tijuana. we renewed our commitment to work together in all three capitals and building on our progress from the previous summits we agree to take coordinated action to restore economic growth and create jobs, including workers in the auto industry in north america. because so much of our common prosperity in millions of jobs depend on trade that flows across our borders, billions of dollars worth of trade every day, we reaffirm the need to reject protectionism. we reaffirm commitment to common sense regulations and intellectual property rights. we are among each other's largest trading partners. as we work together toward lasting prospered we need to expand that. i would note that our common prosperity also depends on orderly, legal migration. all three countries have been enriched by our ties to family and community. i think of my own brother-in-law who is canadian. i think of the many mexican- americans from jalisco who found homes and taxes and in my hometown of chicago. at the same time, a

cathy, from toledo ohio, a health professional, you are first up. caller: thank you very much. appreciate cspan having this discussion. i know you're talking about medicare part c. i caught your show about 4:30 in the morning yesterday. your guests were very misinformed about what is going on in the home medical industry. i have been in the business for five years. i am a baby boomer. as i understand it, if you take a person and they are in a nursing home, it costs about $45,000 for about one year. is that correct? these were to statistics i read. if you keep someone at home. the baby boomer generation would like to keep the family at home. they're more comfortable. they do better at home. they have an opportunity to get healthier. in the home medical equipment company, we are the people that work with the families, with the care givers, we are the ones that work between the doctor. we have to almost be like social workers. we have to have respiratory care therapists. they need us to show them to how to work the equipment. cahost: what is your point? caller: this initiative may