. >> we in tucson seeing a proliferation of what we term home invasion. >> 90% of the cocaine that ends up on our streets travel through mexico. 80% of methamphetamines is produced there. and southern neighbor is the main foreign supply of marijuana >> it's come down, but it's gone up. there is violence among these groups. >> attorney general mora is top law enforcer. before his appointment by felipe calderon he ran the federal police hand prisons and headed mexico's intelligence agency. >> we need to recover for mexican families. >> by summer count, juarez is most dangerous city in mexico. we traveled there to meet the mayor of the town. >> about 1600 people were killed in the city, close to 800 were buried in unmarked graves. >> downtown el paso used to be white. >> just a few feet from texas, juarez is the epicenter of a vicious war. rival cartels are creating mayhem as they battle straight into the heart of america. >> 1500 died, only 30 were classified as innocent civilians and there were about 50 police officers that died. >> it's a classic turf war between different cartels. >> t

. >> we in tucson seeing a proliferation of what we term home invasion. >> 90% of the cocaine that ends up on our streets travel through mexico. 80% of methamphetamines is produced there. and southern neighbor is the main foreign supply of marijuana >> it's come down, but it's gone up. there is violence among these groups. >> attorney general mora is top law enforcer. before his appointment by felipe calderon he ran the federal police hand prisons and headed mexico's intelligence agency. >> we need to recover for mexican families. >> by summer count, juarez is most dangerous city in mexico. we traveled there to meet the mayor of the town. >> about 1600 people were killed in the city, close to 800 were buried in unmarked graves. >> downtown el paso used to be white. >> just a few feet from texas, juarez is the epicenter of a vicious war. rival cartels are creating mayhem as they battle straight into the heart of america. >> 1500 died, only 30 were classified as innocent civilians and there were about 50 police officers that died. >> it's a classic turf war between different cartels. >> t

. >> first place is tucson. >> if your idea of a great town is great food, tucson has it. mexican food is fabulous. people talk about it all the time. there's a rich mix of native american culture, frontier roots and 286 sunny days a year. >> the next is south carolina, greenville. >> they did it smart. four lanes down to two. you can get trails to take you toe neighborhoods. it is beautiful. vermont, month pill year. a state capital. only state capital without a mcdonald's which tells you these are people that valuable authenticity, it is the real thing. >> four utah. >> logan one of the safest cities in america. beautiful views of the mountains which gives you hiking, biking, utah state university can senior there. that gives you all the great things that come with a college town. >> and iowa. >> amess. >> wow. >> all the perks of the big city with rural charm. people say i can be five minutes out of town. maintain trails, three farmers marks a week, rural, green and very nice. >> it is in the september, october edition of aarp, the magazine. if you want the simple life,

voluntariamente bajo el programa de repatriacion voluntaria que cuenta con dos vuelos diarios que salen desde tucsonarizona.. este programa estara vigente hasta el 28 de septiembre.. muchos vuelven contando sus experiencias y con la esperanza de abrirse oportunidades.. bajo el plan que cuenta con la colaboracion de las cancillerias mexicanas y estadounidenses, ademas del departamento de seguridad interior, ya han regresado 82- mil 341 mexicanos.. en honduras,la delegacidon de cancilleres de la oea se reunio hoy con el presidente de facto roberto micheletti para instarle a renunciar y permitir el retorno del depuesto prente manuel zelaya... los cancilleres no hicieron comentarios a su llegada a casa presidencial al medio dia y esta previsto que expresen sus conclusiones de esta visita de dos dias en las proximas horas... la mision tambien se reunio con empresarios, politicos, simpatizantes del mandatario derrocado y con funcionarios del ejecutivo defacto... en honduras,la en chile,el presidente de el salvador, mauricio funes, en su primera visita al exterior desde que asumido el poder, recibio hoy el

these planes are full with about 150 passengers and there are two flights daily out of tucson.they land in mexico city, they are processed and put on a bus. >> these people are going to try again to cross the border. this is around 60% or 70%. >> illegal immigration arrests are dramatically down around the country overall. about 27% in this particular sector. this is attributed to a couple of things such as the slowing economy and less jobs enticing illegal immigrants to come across the border. shepard: thank you. on appeals court has handed down a stunning decision today in favor of the major league baseball players association. the ninth circuit court in 7 cisco has ruled that federal agents violated -- in sao francisco has ruled that federal agents violated players' rights by seizing the list of players that are violated the rules. there were search warrants on only 10 players but when they found computer records on dozens and dozens more, the impounded the data and the samples. someone has been leaking the names of the players involved leaving and alex rodriguez and david o

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mopo is the only child, the parents have taken him to tucson for a year. we can't be miss.ll do is we'll raise money and get flowers and candy and we'll go down to nathans and eat hot dogs. [ laughter ] so it -- okay. all right. all right. we go into the class, we bow our heads, go up to the teacher, we went to mopo's house, he's dead. the home room calls home, it's disconnected and they record dead, and we collect $195. okay, this is just the beginning. weeks later, the principal asked to see us. we're walking down the hall, i'm crying. i have no father, my poor mother. i'll never be a doctor. i'll never be a doctor. here's herbie the negotiator. no problem. i'll handle it, we had to mix -- we had a mix-up, we'll give back the money, we think of something. we go into the principal's office and instead of being ticked he is pleased. my three young friends, sit down. he doesn't know us from adam. oh, sit down. he says, boys, here's what happened. "the new york times" wants to do a series of articles on junior high schools because they don't get any credit. high schools get a

>> tucson, arizona. >> jimmy: tucson, arizona. wow. what weapon do you have?hone you using today? ooh. verizon circa 1999, maybe. okay. very good. [ laughter ] nice phone. it does take pictures, right? >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: okay, good. what's your name? >> my name is ricardo. >> jimmy: ricardo, where you from? >> philadelphia. >> jimmy: oh, right. [ cheers and applause ] fan of the roots, huh? >> big fan, big fan. >> jimmy: good man. and what are you using tonight? >> an lg. >> jimmy: very nice. very feminine. very fashionable. [ laughter ] very good. now the last contestant, what's your name? >> audrey. >> jimmy: audrey, where you from? >> louisville, kentucky. >> jimmy: louisville. oh, very good. and do you have your cell phone ready to go? you've got the iphone. i love it. you guys don't have an iphone? what prize you going to go for? >> probably the ring. >> jimmy: oh, you're going to go for the engagement ring. really? very good. all right, good. obviously you're single. no? >> i'm not. the red underwear might be better. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't kn

the dea and tucson police are not releasing the identities of the victims.till be in danger. wolf? >> brian todd, thanks very much. woo with hundreds of drug kidnappings in arizona alone, have we already lost this war on drugs? let's talk about this and more with our cnn political contributor, democratic strategist james carville and conservative commentator terry jeffry, the editor in chief of the cybercast news service. you know, our whole lives, i think, james and terry, i'll go to james first, we've been hearing about the war on drugs, but it seems to be getting worse and worse. >> yeah, i mean, look, i have a nephew in law enforcement who works on one of these drug forces and the stories he tells me are unbelievable. if we win or lose, we have no choice but to keep fighting. you can't just turn the world over to these criminals and, you know, maybe we need a strategy and maybe we need to do some things differently, but i don't think we can abandon this, you know, quote war on drugs. >> are you ready to through many the towel on this war, terry? >> it's

will feel closer to 100 degrees for you. 92 right now, that was also the high today, 90 inies stop, tucson river still checking in at 90. this is the early august heat we kind of expect each year, we haven't had it so far this august but it certainly arrived in august. now it's going to continue to be the case into august. watching that fast moving cluster of storms as it moves northeast of ball, impacking northeastern maryland, and take you out just a little wider to show you the culprit in our sort of mini heat wave here, if you look at this broad circulation, a huge area of subtropical, tropical the key word, going to keep the sun baking us and that hot humid air in place at least into late tuesday into wednesday where we'll drop back into the 80 its. but right now not seeing much in the way of precipitation over the next couple of days. our best shot coming tuesday evening with our cool front, this will be the system that will drop those very hot temperatures as we go into wednesday but a couple real hot days ahead. 74 tonight, hazy, humid, a couple of thunderstorms especially northeas

wildly scattered thunderstorms in dallas, denver and tucson, scattered showers in the pacific northwest. >>> a wet 37 in seattle and 57 in portland. boise hits 92 and phoenix ishe t hot spot at 10 highs in # 0s for chicago, dloit droit and st. louis. it's 74 in boston and mid 08 frs new york to atlanta. >>> coming up, new tension between the u.s. and iran as three american hikers are detained. can a deal be reached to bring them home. >>> the next generation of electric cars to hit the road. >>> the federal reserve wraps up its two-day meeting today. ben bernanke and company expected to leave interest rates and record lose and problem lindh kate they'll stay there for a while but most people want to know how much longer the fed will maintain many of the programs it created to prop up the economy. stocks stumbled ahead of the fed's announcement. the dow fell 96 points to close at 9241. the nasdaq lost 22 points to close at 1969. it's a sum lar stories overseas, tokyo's nikkei average dropped nearly 1.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower and in london the ftse opened lower. >>> two cr

. >>> businesses in an arizona border town near tucson are feeling the effects of the dismal economy.oday business owners from the area met to discuss how to improve things. long waits at the border and fear others the h1n1 virus has kept many at home. owners also say a devalued peso has hurt businesses since many customers are from mexico. >>> julia child died five years ago, but a book she wrote in the late 1950s called "mastering the art of french cooking" is finally topping the best-sellers list. the recent release of the movie "julie and julia" helped the book sell and will make its debut on the number 1 "new york times" best-sellers list. >>> cash for clunkers program will finally be put in park tonight. cars will be flying off the lots for a few more hours. what that manes for people looking for a certain model like a compass, focus, or civic. >>> and the very latest on the wildfires that have been burning away for days now in greece. a month for 6 months. plus a free multi-room dvr for three months. record shows in one room--watch in another. call the verizon center for custom

terry in tucson's mailed to your point saying, this is like someone being attacked on the street and no one stops to help. instead of filming the incident, why didn't the person behind the camera do something? jennifer, you are not seeing felony, but we agree she could probably use help parenting. she's got her hands full here. you don't want to do this in public. >> no. it was a low moment for this mom, no doubt. i actually agree with the caller. i have seen much worse on the subways here in new york city and said things and have made people accountable in public, shamed them. that has a much greater effect, i think, than silently recording this and posting it all over youtube. she now is the villain of this country. it is more of a story here than being told through that one snippet which can be deceiving. you don't have the preceding events. at a maximum, i think she needs assistants and services. maybe another mom to say i know it's stressful at times, but this doesn't look good. maybe you should rethink this. >> to step in, you just walk up and say, what are you doing? it doesn'

we had terry in tucson e-mail. to your point, penny, saying that this is like someone being attacked on the street and no one stops to help instead of filming the incidents why didn't the person behind the camera do something. that's a different point there. let's get back to our attorney, jennifer, bonjean. you are not seeing felony but could use help parenting. you don't want do this in public. i mean, just don't want -- we all agree on that. >> it was a low moment for this mom, no doubt. i agee with the caller. i have seen much worse on the subways here in new york city. and have said things and have made people accountable in public, shamed them. and that's a much greater effect, i think, than silently record thing and posting it all over youtube. she's now -- now is a villain of this country and there's more of a story here than is being told through the one snippet which can be very deceiving. you don't have the preceding events. and at a maximum, i think she needs some assistance and services. maybe another

but he changed his name a lot and eventually he made his way down to the reservation down in tucson where he eventually was arrested where he changed his whole way of working. he stopped doing environmental work in this kind of way and he started working with indian youth taking them to environmental events like at mount graham where they have giant controversies over giant telescopes over there. . they were with his tribe and the youth of his tribe and this is the arc that he had traveled. he was arrested in 1994 but when he went to his trial he was only tried for one fire that he set which was at michigan state in lansing, michigan. and even then they didn't have him setting the fire but for conspiracy. but even then he covered his tracks but unbeknownst to me and thousands of people following him. he had confessed everything but he had -- it had been sealed. the judge had sealed the confession and so no one could see it so i never learned about it until rod told me like five years later, so -- i'm going to bring us up-to-date to where we are now. because of rod and because of his actio

readers in the newspaper came forward and said, "ah, we know the guy," and he apparently graduated from tucsonriz., schools all over the world, teaching in some places, and one person that came forward took a class from him in china. he took a class from him. he is a culinary expert. apparently at one time, he was a famous chef back in new york. now we may know who he is, but he still does not know who he is. at least, that is what he is telling police. gregg: what is happening to him? >> they are trying to revive his memory, but then, he might be turned out to live on his own and see how much memory he gets back,ç çbut it is very rare to back a spontaneous total loss of memory like in this case. gregg: so he did have clothing on his back. that is good to know that he was just not walking around with $600 in his socks. dan springer, thank you. all right, there is a bear to tell you about. @=h [ female announcer ] one size fits all. myth. head & shoulders is just for dandruff. myth. the fact is, it gives you... seven scalp and hair benefits including beautiful, 100% flake-free hair. respect

. >> caller: hey, boo-ya from tucson. >> a wild cat and/or sun devil. go ahead. >> a wild cat, wild cat. with inflation in the future, how is my new might know? nem going to fare? >> you know i like goal but i won't count that. by the way, it is still another not great quarter. starting to hurt me there. let's take one more. let's to go donna in georgia. >> caller: hey, jim, here's a southern boo-ya from atlanta. >> i'm taking it. i'm taking it. peach. >> caller: my home town is in pennsylvania and i want to know what's going on up there in the northeast homeland. it's not having the big run like our southern -- >> wait a second. we had a nice one. they just bought harleysville. that gives them three in the share. pennsylvania, they are a preferred bank. they got a huge am of cash. they are incredibly well run. at $13, $13, i want to buy first niagara and i will tell you. i will buy, buy, buy all the way to $16. i like fnsg and i like our callers. and i'm cramer. >> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. lightning does strike twice. catch "m

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tucson. flagstaff. showers down there. and lightning displaced. for us, most of the rain, we're looking at is moving offshore now. this is still a slight possibility later tonight. you folks in the lower eastern shore can see some of the activity rolling by your region as you can see. it's beginning to diminish out to sea primarily. for the city north and west, there's a few indicator showers. although we're losing the heat of the day. and we'll probably be losing some of these showers as well. hopefully it will stay dry. rather humid. it will stay that way. until the weekend. a little dry air can come in. and then it's going to warm up behind that high. the winds go back to the southwest. temperatures get back up into the upper 80s to maybe 90 this weekend. east winds, 5 to 10 knots. widely scattered shower. hopefully it stays that way. but it's possible we might see a thundershower. sketch. -- sketch. -- sketch. -- 67. tomorrow's high, 85, which is smack dab normal. come back and look at the weekend in a few minutes. >>> still to come tonight on

arizona, a tussle at a town hall meeting in tucson.n walked in with a sign in support of the 0 so-called government option and the meeting dissolved in a shouting match. we're told one man tried to elbow another and was escorted out by police. maryland. >> the smell is horrendous. nearly two dozen dogs found without food and water inside a filthy home. foreclosures say many of the dogs were neglected puppies. many with no hair and welts on their skin from flea bites. >> the animal control individuals have informed me that it takes about a week to develop trust with these dogs and they recommend that rather than giving these dogs out to individuals who may be interested in taking them right away is they go to a rescue facility first, to better acclimate them for private ownership. >> the dogs are cared for at a local shelter and officials are considering charges against their owner. louisiana the mayor of new orleans asking folks to reflect on the city's progress since katrina. >> you drive through lakeview, you see a tremendous-- centr

expected to be much support for jack kennedy in the west, and so he came and slept on our floor in tucson, arizona, and he was working and strategizing with my dad. and i have very fond memories of him then and have had since then, and have worked with him on mental health parity, worked with his patrick. we have had a good, solid, close relationship, and i talked to my dad yesterday. he's 89 and lives here in new mexico, and he just has such fond memories of jack kennedy and bobby kennedy and ted that he just wanted me to tell that to everybody. >> you know, that is amazing. we're watching the motorcade, and you have seen, i'm sure, on the television coverage, the crowds of people from all walks of life there. we're also -- we also know that a memory war wir was one of the priorities for senator kennedy. just looking back, was there ever any advice or discussions about the burden or the helpfulness of being a part of american history but in the sense of a political dynasty as your family can so greatly identify with? >> well, we don't like to use the dynasty word. >> and i understand why

i am calling from tucson, but i grew up in phoenix. we do have a lot of nice resorts in phoenix. want to congratulate you on phoenix spending $600 million to own a resort. i don't know where it came from. my primary concern is i live in tucson because phoenix is so violence because, first off, it take the funds from anyone trying to do anything to do about immigration in our city. last time i had my windows shot out, then my car stolen. i can't live there. i grew up in south phoenix, and that used to be a nice. and all there is not as taco stands and graffiti and check cashing places. if you want comprehensive immigration, that means give everyone permission to stay here, how is that going to believe that the problems? if there is not enough work for people like me, would use to call the working poor, now you cannot work unless he speaks spanish. it is my country, i may veteran, i tried to do everything right but you are not on my side. i remember in the 1960's try to get his city job, telling me if my name was garcia i have a better chance. host: mr. mayor? guest: first, let me

a couple of years at the u of v in tucson. walks another batter.eed to do something here before this slips out of reach. a quick trot to the mount with dukes coming out. >> bob: and trying to reach throwing a strike. all about muscle memory. trying to do the same thing twice in a row because it is throwing a ball and a strike. a couple of balls. not able to repeat the delivery, that's what you have to do at this level. >> bob: dukes a walk. 32nd. shopping in t is foul. >> throwing some breaking balls. back with the proper me chan ecs that lets you throw strikes. >> bob: arizona lowed out a 6-5 win at the mets. haren won his 11th of the year. >> rob: you said haren was getting beat up. >> bob: they scored 4, 5 runs off him. he was ahead 6-0. then 6-4. they won 6-5. >> rob: he held on. >> bob: some help from calls with his 20th save. consequencing, the 9th inning guy for the nats in a five-run game unless washington scores more here. a possibility. foul tip it for the second out. bard o-4 tonight. a food job of handling mock. sean burnett. >> rob: a

i am calling from tucson, but i grew up in phoenix. we do have a lot of nice resorts in phoenix.ant to congratulate you on phoenix spending $600 million to own a resort. i don't know where it came from. my primary concern is i live in tucson because phoenix is so violence because, first off, it take the funds from anyone trying to do anything to do about immigration in our city. last time i had my windows shot out, then my car stolen. i can't live there. i grew up in south phoenix, and that used to be a nice. and all there is not as taco stands and graffiti and check cashing places. if you want comprehensive immigration, that means give everyone permission to stay here, how is that going to believe that the problems? if there is not enough work for people like me, would use to call the working poor, now you cannot work unless he speaks spanish. it is my country, i may veteran, i tried to do everything right but you are not on my side. i remember in the 1960's try to get his city job, telling me if my name was garcia i have a better chance. host: mr. mayor? guest: first, let me sa

considered somewhat common for that area but for one wonl in tucson it was still unusual enough to makeng here and all of a sudden the building moved back an forth my desk was moving the floor i thought the building was going to collapse. it was crazy. bill: all four of the quakes struck wan 45-minute period. megyn: way to maintain your sense of humor. bill: yes. megyn: well for checking our board erds protecting our board erds and waterways from terrorists. that the moment the coast guard and others are holding a test just off the coast of the water ways. rick levin all this is in new york city live. rick? >> we're on the new york harbor on an nypd boat with the chief who is taking part in this exercise. going on looking for private vessels an exercise to try to determine whether or not someone was trying to smuggle some sort of dirty bomb into new york city. so chief i understand you're going to have -- unmarked -- >> launches involved from eight different agencies in securing these, and they are going to what we call a choke point. going to direct people into a certain area. >> can w

you're from tucson, right? >> yes, we are. >> what's your name? >> sue.guy on the side? >> my husband, mike. >> he's okay? >> yeah i am. and he's okay. >> he looks like a nice guy. one or two things we want you to know about as you step out on this tuesday. boston looking good this morning. so is new york. here's the news. it was a rough weekend as bill moved off the sheline. there's the area of high pressure. on the west coast, we have widely-scattered showers in the inrthwest. >> a lot of sunshine today already. we have a low humidity levels. 66 degrees right now in frederick. dale city, 71. welcome back to school, 69, bowie. mostly sunny. a few passing clouds. highs near 90. it will be warm but not to so, you brout friends with you, too. tell me your names again. you're from pennsylvania. >> carly. >> carly and -- >> vita. >> i wanted to introduce you to two of the lovely ladies in our audience. >> the dolls' names, sophie and nicole. >> how did you know? chris knows the dolls' names. >> news man knows all, sam. thank you very much. >>> very interestin

and from tucson, arizona, where the probably hotter today than in washington, this is rich carmona signing off. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, dr. carmona. we had also invited dr. david sacher to say a few words this morning. unfortunately, he was unable to join us even by telephone but also sent his regards and support for this conference. i'm most pleased now to introduce david colby from the robert wood johnson foundation. he's vice president of research at the foundation. his bio is in the packet and he has a few words of greetings for us. david? >> thank you, susan. on behalf of the robert wood johnson foundation, i want to thank you and everyone at health affairs for hosting us today and especially for putting together this event. it comes at a crucial time because as we've all seen over the last couple of weeks, over the last month, the facts of health reform are too often getting lost in piles of myth and gigabytes of fear or maybe i should say terabytes of fear or if i could, i think, make up a worth zetabytes of fear. as some of you know, i spent nine years at the ph

in tucson, fanny rasman, cnn. >>> what do you think about this one? shoot me a tweet and we will try to read some on the air in just a few minutes. >>> this just in to cnn about that eighth terror suspect from north carolina. this is number 8, the one investigators are looking for, the one they believe is in pakistan. they are hoping someone will see this picture of 20-year-old jude kenan mohammed and offer clues as to where he is. the other men are in custody and indicted of accusing to plot terrorism in a foreign country. >>> the fight for afghanistan turning into a raging fire fight today. u.s. and afghan forces hitting hard at taliban militants. the militants hitting back. barbara starr takes us to the front line. >> reporter: up close with marines on the front line. part of operation eastern resolve two, the third major push this summer into the dangerous and lucrative center of afghanistan's drug trade. 400 u.s. marines and 100 afghan troops jumped taliban lines and helicopters to take the town of dahana in helmand province, the first time u.s.

. >>> mark and angela are trying to hold on to their house in economically battered tucson.witched careers. nothing worked. >> i don't wish this on anybody. i know we are not the only ones. >> they still have one shot left. the obama administration's making home affordable program. >> okay. so both you and i will be discussing making home affordable plan. >> mark kohler is talking to his bank about it's latest loan offer. >> you are holding my feet to the flame? who is your supervisor there today. >> reporter: doesn't sound good. more on the kohlers in a moment. in return for taking the bailout billions, the banks allowed to give a little bit back and cut mortgage payments for qualified homeowners to 31% of their before-tax income. who are qualified homeowners. they have to have an income and live in the house which can'ting worth more than $730,000. they tell us lenders are making good progress. >> this is a program where the interest of the homeowner and the interest of the lender are aligned. everybody wants to avoid that foreclosure and keep that loan on the books and th

the move on now to tucson, arizona, republican caller. caller: hello.ost: what do you make of this? caller: well, i think that we better do is go back to the idea that freedom and choice is what america has thrived on, and spread it around the world. going back to government control and everybody in taking all our money is not going to solve anything. host: caller, it is over to the sentiment by the cia director that it is time to move on to the business of protecting the country and not dwell on the past. caller: absolutely, absolutely. we are in a place where nobody has ever been before, and going back to the past is not going to help. host: thanks for calling. pablo on the line for democrats from brownsville, texas. caller: there are issues that have never even been discussed. host: like what? caller: there is a lot of secrecy and the cia and it goes back to a lot of people in my family who are now gone and not on this earth, but they worked for the defense department. there is something critical here. do we want the truth on everything? we want acco

tucson, ariz., good morning. caller: i want to express my condolences.ou had a caller from texas who said he had been in vietnam and was born in 1962. i would like to know how that happened. your other caller who wanted to know about a republican who did something for the people, you forgot all about abraham lincoln. maytag kennedy rest in peace. host: we hear next from the former senator -- what was your relationship with senator kennedy? guest: we were elected on the same day and served together for 18 years. we were on the judiciary committee. this is more than a loss of a senator and colleague. this is a loss of a friend. host: as for a short friendship is concerned, being collected together, talk a little about the relationship during those first days? guest: ted and i came to the said it in january 1963. that was a very exciting time. we had president kennedy in the white house. also later, with bobby. in 1964 we passed the landmark civil rights act. ted and i were on the judiciary committee and there was a group of us who were determined to get th

dave: there is twice daily flights from tucson, arizona.ona is the busiest point in the country in terms of the border. twifs daily flights flying them back to mexico city with hopes that they would not try once again. brian: here is an official to explain why exactly this program works on your dime. >> you have to look at it all in context. for example, when someone is arrested, they could be detained, they could be prosecuted. if they are prosecuted you have to take into account the cost of the prosecution and incarceration. >> of the 10% of the people -- i'm going to try again to cross the border. instead of around 60 or 70%. dave: so 10% will try again. gretchen: that's a low recidivism rate in my mind. that's a low amount. to me, we waste gazillions of dollars in this country that we live. in to me this is a pretty good program. brian: if we waste money on this. not going to have any money left to pate prisoners stimulus checks. gretchen: we're going to debate that. it's not only massachusetts that's happening. another state has croppe

it's interesting the film highlights the basis school which is a tucson arizona charter school "newsweekhe best school in the country and we think there is a lot to be learned and this is the kind of opportunity to say every school could be this good if we apply the right principles and prepare to insist on excellence. i believe detective flirting is critical. i don't see how you create job opportunities with productive been fallen planned for americans and a knowledge based internet connected global the competitive world without having high-quality learning in america. international competition and future of this country require effective learning by all americans and economic viability of the community requires effective learning to read the future of our children requires the learn -- most important debates in this country the next few years and i want to say we are actually directly involved with president obama and with secretary of education arne duncan and reverend al sharpton and we will be this afternoon and then friday we are announcing we are tomorrow morning on the today show

tucson, sarah on the democrats' line. caller: i'm one of the people watched in horror when three of four days went by and nothing happened from the government. we have the look of the ways we do wrong and how we can do things differently. we saw a racial divide. i heard racist people calling in today talking about illegal immigrants. we have illegal immigrants from canada and other countries. but we just have to be more tolerant country. yes, we want our laws to be upheld but we need to be a more tolerant and compassionate country. it is sad when people call with anger against other races. i'm grateful i went to school where i was 80% or 90 percent hispanic. i grew up with lots of minority. color is only skin deep, as my pastor explain that last sunday. i just want to say from your perspective, how do we fully account for everyone killed by hurricane katrina? now we have people committing suicide, mental illness, on dialysis. how do we fully account for it? isn't each one of those peoples lives of valuable even if we want

they'll take a direct flight from tucson to mexico city where they'll get bus tickets to their hometowns with no costs. the summer program is in the sixth year now. the goal, to reduce border deaths in the desert during the hottest season of the year. >>> libyan leader to embrace the freed bomber of pan am flight 103, muammar qaddafi wants to pitch a tent near new jersey near the homes of some of the victims' families. he comes to new york next month for the u.n. general assembly. there are plans for him to stay in an air conditioned tent at a libyan owned estate. as a host of the united nations, the u.s. may be unable to stop it. >>> a serial bank robber has reportedly struck again. it's believed he has hit as many as ten banks in eight states across the south from louisville, kentucky to charleston, south carolina. the fbi released photos of the man using electronic billboards in major highways to warn the public. the suspect is armed and considered dangerous. kevin keithley in johnson city, tennessee. thanks for being with us this morning. what's the latest on this string of robberies

post and contributions to national public radio and the fox news channel, melissa joining us from tucsonarizona. good afternoon. >> caller: i would like juan williams to comment on what i think is the most powerful artifacts of the dates of fare, whether or not there was racial profiling. it wasn't president obama's comment, it was the e-mail that came from the boston policeman, mecism and prejudice from the u.s./mexico border, a clear artifacts. bt just repetitious racial can-aphs, notorious jungle like, marking african-american dialogue. he spelled and -- marking the african-american dialect. clear artifacts. t and hate and racism. comment on that in terms of the breadth and depth of the civil rights movement and where we are today. and the importance of talking honestly and personally, is personal feeling to it, as a child of the 60s, civil-rights activists, part of my make a. it felt like a punch in the stomach to me. >> guest: boston, i always felt uncomfortable. i wrote "eyes on the prize" in boston. i was living there for a while. >> host: the state's governor is african-american.

. >>> a tucson man will spend time for roadside cleanup. walt is a member of group called no more deaths. it's committed to providing humanitarian help to the illegals crossing the wilderness in triple digit heat. he was cited with littering for his water jugs. he's ordered to spend 300 hours picking up trash, and he's banned from the desert area for a year. >> i'm proud of the work that i did. i think that -- i'm happy to go pick up trash. >> he plans to appeal. his group says more than 2,000 people,including children, have died trying to cross the particular desert area since 1998. we watched as bystanders tried to save a frantic whale. preliminary reports indicate the mother was suffering from pneumonia, parasites and had not eaten in at least five days. she wasn't producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old calf. the calf had to be euthanized after the mother whale died. >>> a gruesome discovery for animal officials in indiana after they raided a dogfighting ring. they found nearly 100 dogs chained to trees with thick chains around th

it's interesting the film highlights the basis school which is a tucson arizona charter school "newsweeked as the best school in the country and we think there is a lot to be learned and this is the kind of opportunity to say every school could be this good if we apply the right principles and prepare to insist on excellence. i believe detective flirting is critical. i don't see how you create job opportunities with productive been fallen planned for americans and a knowledge based internet connected global the competitive world without having high-quality learning in america. international competition and future of this country require effective learning by all americans and economic viability of the community requires effective learning to read the future of our children requires the learn -- most important debates in this country the next few years and i want to say we are actually directly involved with president obama and with secretary of education arne duncan and reverend al sharpton and we will be this afternoon and then friday we are announcing we are tomorrow morning on the tod

and from tucson, arizona, where the probably hotter today than in washington, this is rich carmona signing off. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, dr. carmona. we had also invited dr. david sacher to say a few words this morning. unfortunately, he was unable to join us even by telephone but also sent his regards and support for this conference. i'm most pleased now to introduce david colby from the robert wood johnson foundation. he's vice president of research at the foundation. his bio is in the packet and he has a few words of greetings for us. david? >> thank you, susan. on behalf of the robert wood johnson foundation, i want to thank you and everyone at health affairs for hosting us today and especially for putting together this event. it comes at a crucial time because as we've all seen over the last couple of weeks, over the last month, the facts of health reform are too often getting lost in piles of myth and gigabytes of fear or maybe i should say terabytes of fear or if i could, i think, make up a worth zetabytes of fear. as some of you know, i spent nine years at the ph

it's interesting the film highlights the basis school which is a tucson arizona charter school "newsweek" rated as the best school in the country and we think there is a lot to be learned and this is the kind of opportunity to say every school could be this good if we apply the right principles and prepare to insist on excellence. i believe detective flirting is critical. i don't see how you create job opportunities with productive been fallen planned for americans and a knowledge based internet connected global the competitive world without having high-quality learning in america. international competition and future of this country require effective learning by all americans and economic viability of the community requires effective learning to read the future of our children requires the learn -- most important debates in this country the next few years and i want to say we are actually directly involved with president obama and with secretary of education arne duncan and reverend al sharpton and we will be this afternoon and then friday we are announcing we are tomorrow morning on th