i had 20 or 15 and i had two producers, tony brown and mark bright.went to the studios and laid down the tracks. tavis: i want to ask about your process. -- process. every author has a way to do this. some people do their own stuff. there is a greater balance and you said clearly, you record other people's stuff. >> i want the best song. i will listen and if i like it, i will ask my husband, and he will say, who wrote it. i don't want to be swayed. i have my favorite song writers. i want the best what is a good r you? >> one that touches my heart and gives me chills. if i can be touched, hopefully you will. tavis: tell me about what you wrote. >> this was, she's turning 50. i started it out. that is as far as i could get, the two lines. the first line was, her husband left on saturday for a woamn half her age -- woman half her age. tavis: that is the third one. >> i knew there was a fourth one. i said can you do something with this. she got with tommy lee james, started writing, and we made some changes and i recorded it. tavis: what did turning 50 do

this is something tony blair was able to enjoy it while gordon brown was destroying that renaissance. it reduced britain from second to 12th place in the international league of competitors, according to the world economic order the diminishing our economic power, and its effectiveness, and sets in -- and such additional short- term decline is exacerbate -- exasperated because it is so unnecessary. the size of the european economy relative to the rest of the world looks set to shrink dramatically. the european commission's own projections have shown europe's share of the world economy declining from 18% now to 10% by the end of the century, and even the united states is not immune from the effects. this diminished economic plight will have a major impact on the ability of western nations to achieve their farm policy goals. for instance, we're used to the idea of calling for economic sanctions against nations whose human-rights records we find unacceptable. south africa under apartheid as a celebrated example. and now we have applied them to recalcitrant racine's in burma and iraq. we

>> larry: we'll take a break and be back with questions for each of our guests, tony, mike, chris, gwendolyn, and pat brownfor each of our panelists. but also from today's press conference, the family friend who says he dated jasmine, had this to day about ryan jenkins. >> ryan jenkins is an animal. what he has done to jasmine. is unspeakable. it's just not right. >> larry: kind lygwendolyn, you said jasmine's grandmother dies. does she have other relatives? >> her moth, lisa lepore. that's all the living blood relatives i'm aware of. >> larry: she called you mom? >> yes. >> larry: was she close to her mother? >> she was close to her mother as well but it was a different type of closeness. like i -- >> larry: where does the mother live? >> her mother lives in santa cruz now. she recently moved back from maui. >> larry: pat brown, the type of death this is tells you what? >> well, it tells me that this man thought all women were his possessions, that he had the right to do with him what he wanted to. he does not like some woman to stand up to him, as we saw in that show. when he gets his girl, he expects he

reinforce the influence of british ministers on world affairs, something which tony blair was happy to enjoy all his chancellor gordon brown was busy running back barry renaissance. one of the damaging effects of gordon brown catastrophic stewardship of britain's finances and additionally reducing britain from second to 12th place in the international league of competitiveness, according to the world economic forum is the diminishing of our economic power and by extension the effectiveness of our international role. such additional short-term decline is exasperating because it is so unnecessary. on top of that, the huge expansion of economy such as china and india means that in our working lifetimes, the size of the european economy relative to address the world looks set to shrink dramatically. projections have shown europe's share of the world economy declining from 18% to 10% by the middle of the century, and even the united states is not immune from the effect of economic problems. this diminished economic weight will have a major impact on the ability of western nations to achieve their foreign policy goals. we are us

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he was sacked because gordon brown pushed for him to be sacked twice when he worked for tony blair. denly he's back because he's a very skillful political operator. in fact, gordon brown is facing a very difficult stretch here in london as prime minister, wouldn't be in office were it not for peter mandelson who somehow persuaded the labor party to keep him in office. mandelson, whenever there's something bad going on in british politics, he's not far away. >> thank you, sir. didn't you do the profile on michael collins years ago? i think you did. >> i did. >> do you think i look like boris johnson? i think i do. >> a little bit. he's got the haircut, chris. >> thank you very much. con coughlin of "the guardian." >>> this thursday is the premiere of our big documentary on the kennedy brothers, all four of them, and it features something you have never seen before, audio tapes, actual audio tapes of president john f. kennedy the year before he was killed dictating his memoirs. wait until you hear this. and here now is a look at how kennedy won that '60 presidential election. ♪ everyon

i cannot comment or state what did or did not take place between gordon brown or tony blair.i acted, as i said, without politil, or dip mr. diplomatic situations. it wille for others to decide whether it was right or wrong to act from the law. >> i thank you the cabinet sdcretary for his statement. d ask him to clarify how much advice and support he receid from the first printer in hiss damaging and disgraceful mishandling of the rease of the mr. abdelbaset ali al megrahi, any or none. and can i ask you to confirm that hisefinition of scottish compassion and his bizarre reference to the rule inll of this of a higher power were whatever role that might be, mean tt every termly ill prisoner however heinous their crime will now be released from scotland's jail. is that scottish justice? it is certainly not the view of justice in scotland. >> briefly please. >> does kenny offer to release every criminal on compassion grounds if they demand it? does he appreciate today that people across scotlan have major concerns about his conduct and creditability as justice minister? >> i'm so

tony diocola. what do we have today? >> we have the sausage, cheese. >> excellent, you brown the sausage -- >> you get it tender, get them the wrap, put it in -- >> put it in there. >> and you cook the pasta where you do the water -- >> this restaurant is where the -- like southern italy, you don't have to go far to get a taste of it. a family owned place? >> yeah. >> you want tocome around? >> i will. >> and while you do that. tell me more about what you all do at the restaurant? because it is more than just a restaurant? >> we have a chef catering, we do wine dinners -- >> camera can i test that? and the chef table, tell me more. >> that is a personal menu that i actually work with the customers whatever they want. and and then i just cook it in front of them, prepare the wine. >> great, the restaurant was there two and a half years? >> yes. >> and business is good. >> all right if i want to come in with my family, say this is what we want -- you actually create it. >> we actually personalize dishes every day, special requests. we try to make everybody happy. >> how long does this cook? >> about five to six minutes, l

tony romo and the raiders. no t.o., no problem. he connects with his bff whitten for the score. up 7-3 early. it's not enough. raiders come back to beat them in oakland. browns receiver dante install worth has been suspended without pay for the entire upcoming season by roger goodell after pleading guilty to dui manslaughter. he struck and killed a pedestrian while driving drunk and recently served a 30-day jail sentence. tiger woods coming off second at the buick and bridgestone. trying to make it three in a row. this will certainly help. draining the long birdie on three. finished 5 under with a stroke lead. shot of the day from bob else advertise. his approach on 6 right on the money. takes a bounce. found the cup. hello. start calling him one-hop bob after that eagle. a 74 is what he shot. he's in a group with phil mickelson 7 back from tiger. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> well, science fiction oro man particular fantasy at the box office this weekend? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, folks across the country will be eating lobster this weekend but they can only dream of the lobster

tony about the hot weather. >> it is a fairly muggy start to the day b uayenttbut enjoy thenestee atmpurer esin the ha on today. the counties you see here in brown will feel like it is at or over 100 degrees today. so take all the necessary precautions. at warning in mention, this is effect. it is not in our area but it is off to the north and east. it does include the philadelphia area. record highs for today, let's check them out because we are going to be flirting with or breaking these records. 9 # degrees is the record high in washington and i believe we will either tie the record or break it by a degree or two later on today. dulles, 96. wing we'll tie or break that record. bwi, 100 degrees. an interesting threshold. could gt there at bwi. we'll have to wait and see how the afternoon develops. we may tie that record. we'll see how things go. here are your current temperatures around the nation. 77 here. 77 in wichita. 77 in northerly ends. salt lake city, 59 degrees. now, take a look at the satellite-radar composite for the entire nation. actually, it is the radar, not the satellite. but as you can see, there are a few rain showers all acr

. >> brown: we met michael vick in virginia; he wasn't allowed to cross state lines without permission from his probation officer. he was accompanied by two men: former nfl coach tonybeen asked by nfl commissioner roger goodell to mentor vick, and someone you might never expect-- wayne pacelle, president of the humane society of the united states. why would you put your reputation on the line in working with michael vick? >> tony dungy: i've visited a lot of prisons. that's something that i do. and i know that there are a lot of young men, especially african-american young men, who need a chance, who made a mistake, who did something wrong, who had a problem, but are looking to bounce back. that's what i've always been concerned about. not just for michael vick, but for hundreds of guys that i've talked to. >> brown: pacelle's relationship with vick is even more unlikely. his organization provided evidence that helped put vick in prison. while pacelle says he remains skeptical, he nevertheless enlisted vick as an anti-dog- fighting ambassador. >> wayne pacelle: if we just punish mike indefinitely and don't pivot to this problem in the communities, where kids are vi

tony harris and you are in the "cnn newsroom." >>> let's start with the recovery and some of those green shoots gave way to brown patches today. retail sales take an unexpected tumble while jobless numbers show a surprising increase. new numbers, as the fed paints an optimistic picture of recovery and takes the first steps to dial back some of its rescue efforts to new york now, cnn's christine romans is at the business desk in new york and our susan lisovicz is at her post on wall street. christine, let me start with you. some analysis here on the first time jobless claims, if you would, please. >> you still have more than half a million people every week, tony, lining up for the first time for unemployment benefits. that's a lot of folks. we watched, what is it 4,000 more or 4,000 less. we agonize over this weekly number because it gives us the best sense of real time what's happening out there with the hiring and firing decisions in american companies. we know that 558,000 people filed for unemployment benefits for the very first time in the week of august 4th. we know that's up a little bit, about 4,000 from the week befor

brown goes before a committee in parliament. tomorrow morning, the young america's foundation conservative student conference continues in washington. we will hear from tonyperkins of the family research council, plus a radio host and former ceo of godfather's pizza. our live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and later in the day, the head of the federal aviation administration will talk about aviation safety and the challenges the industry faces. that is live from the air line pilots association at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> this week, the full senate debates the nomination of sonia sotomayor as supreme court justice live on c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org, and coming this fall, tour the supreme court. >> now, a pentagon briefing on the afghanistan operations. we will hear from the u.s. general in charge of forces along the afghanistan/pakistan border. this is 30 minutes. >> can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> the general and his troops are responsible for security and stability operations in the major regional command east. this is the first opportunity to get an operational update from the general, who assumed command on june 3 of this year. w

brown at cbs. look at jeff gordon's car spinning violently. how would he be? perfectly fine. knocked out of the race though. held a good race for tony stewart.ord fifth time at watkins. the victory gives him 260 point lead in the sprint cup race. and one more story for you. it's involving relationships which i'm an expert on. kate hudson has a new movie role and one she is playing quite well. it's a reality show. it's called good luck charm. ever since she and yankee slugger alex rodriguez went public with their relationship, last month his numbers have perked up big time. so have the yankees. arod's batting 30 points higher. he also socked key home runs in the recent sweep of the red sox four straight gates games. sources tell the new york daily news that hudson is well liked around yankee stadium. so we do have sources that say she is well liked around yankee stadium stadium. her mom did not take kurt russell's name. goldie hawn. steve: goldy hawaiian is her -- goldie hahn is her mother. brian: concerning numbers and a story we started this segment with. steve: 19 minutes before the top of the hour. they were on their way to their sister's

tony zinny, the former commander of the u.s. military central command talks about fighting the taliban, but he also was supposed to become the u.s. ambassador to iraq. what happened? >> i kind of feel like charlie brown> a u.s. missile strike is believed to have killed a top commander in pakistan. baitullah mesud is suspected of having a role in the assassination of benazir bhutto. what would his death mean for al qaeda and the taliban? >>> and joining us now, general anthony zinny, former commander of the u.s. military central command retired u.s. marine four-star general, the author of a brand-new book entitled "leading the charge: leadership lessons from the bloomfield to the boardroom." we'll talk about those lessons in a few moments, general. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >> is this apparent assassination, this targeted killing of the taliban leader in pakistan, baitullah mesud, is that a big deal or a little deal? >> that's a big deal. the operations that the pakistan military conducted, there have been some comments about the leadership of the taliban fading back in the mountains, and they're not really getting the key people. so, this is a major i think pos