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. >> the titans opened their doors unsure of what the reaction from fans would be. quickly they learned it was the right thing to do. >> a chance to reflect on the great career that steve mcnair had and so many people have remarked how much they have meant to him not just as a player in the nfl for the tennessee titans or baltimore ravens, but for what he has done in the community. giving back with charities, signing ought fwrafs. the camps that he had. groups of kids off school buses to pay their respects to a gentleman that they look up to. it is truly been an emotional and remarkable day. >> i'm just taking it real hard and i pray for his family right now. and i know it is hard for his football players, jeff fisher. but we love steve. >> more than 5,000 fans at l.p. stadium on wednesday. they expect the same thursday. thursday afternoon a memorial service again for the 5,000 fans expected. derrick mason from the ravens and ozzie newsome will be in attendance. we will have live coverage at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. >> you can watch the tribute to steve mcnair finger a

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>>reporter: tonight if you're unsure when your trash pickup days will be since they are changing, call the city's 3-1-1 center for information. >>> in an unusual trend for the summer, gas prices continuing to drop. today marked the 20th straight day prices are dropping. regular is $2.54. in baltimore it will set you back $2.47. $0.05 from last month and more than $1.50 from this time last year. >>> republicans opposed to the president's plan for health care reform think they may have found a way to take down the proposal. the washington times is reporting the gop plans to create commercials and give speeches, claiming it will lead to health care rationing. >> they say if the government takes over some of the insurance coverage of americans all across the country, especially low-income americans, the result will be lower quality care because government bureaucrats will be rationing the health care to those people who are covered by the so-called public opg. >> for more, go to foxbaltimore went com and click on the "washington times" icon. >>> reporting say dick cheney intentionally left

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. >> the crowd was unsure why they were saying good-bye, but she has their vote. >> it breaks my heartvoted for her and we believe in her. she's honest. and she was like a breath of fresh air. >> by the time she finally gave it all up yesterday and handed over her job as governor, no one could say palin hadn't dealt with more than her share of time in the spotlight. so what's a hockey mom to do now? get ready for more. palin 2.0, coming soon to a television near you. i'm neal karlinsky for "nightline" in fairbanks, alaska. >> our thanks to neal karlinsky. we'll be right back. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out eir savings. we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

. >> the titans opened their doors unsure of what the reaction from fans would be. quickly they learned it was the right thing to do. >> they have a chance to come and reflect on the great career that steve mcnair had. so many people have remarked how much he men to them not just as a player in the nfl for the tennessee titans or the baltimore ravens, but for what he has done out in the community, giving back with charities, signing autographs, the camps that he had. groups of kids coming off school buses to pay their respects to a gentleman they look up to. it has been an emotional and remarkable day. >> quarterback of three super bowl teams, steve, air mcnair. >> i pray for his family right now and i am taking it hard. a-- and i know it is hard for them. but we love steve. >> more than 5,000 fans at the stadium on wednesday. they expect the same on thursday. also thursday afternoon, a memorial service, and again, more than 5,000 fans expected to attend. derrick mason from the ravens as well as ozzie newsome will be in attendance. we will have coverage at 5:00, 6:0

the trains are still traveling at reduced speeds and metro said it is unsure how long those delays will have to go on. >> $1 billion to get high mileage gas hogs off the road. chrysler says it will match funds. that's the plan or is it? the cash for clunkers program as it has become known began about three weeks ago but 9news now has learned so far not a single car dealer in the nation has been certified to participate. digital correspondent andrew stack has more. >> that's exactly right. the demand for cash clunker program is exceedingly high. one maryland dealer concedes up to 80% of his calls are from people that want to trade their car for a prius. they haven't received the papers yet. it started july 1st. >> the last two weeks i would say 50 or 80% of the people i talk to they are asking for this program. >> reporter: or the fact gus has row after row of high mileage hybrids lined up for it. >> it is kind of frustrating because we want to help the people out as much as we can. >> we have got customers here asking for cash for clunkers. >> reporter: not a single dealer in the entire

it is unsure how the body of a d.c. councilman aid was found floating in the shore. >> yesterday morning, his body was discovered in the marina of the waters where his boat was docked. >> be careful drinking and boating. drinking and anything impairs your judgment. be safe as you enjoy the harbor. city police continue the search for a suspect who shot a woman in the head. the victim was found 3:00 a.m. and had died from her injuries but that information was incorrect. she is currently listed in critical condition. >> firefighters were able to contain a fire to one unit. no word on how much damage was caused. no word what sparked a two-alarm house fire. the flames first reported about 8:30. it was a close call when the back of the home collapsed forcing firefighters to pull back. no one was injured. an unschedule delivery at a furniture story as a car crashed through the store's window. >> in the 10,000 block of york road. no one was hurt. the building only sustained minor damage. >> a group fighting to keep to you send

at the moment the population is unsure as to how the security situation will be in the capital city ofabc news, jakarta. >> the marriott hotel in jakarta was hit once before by terrorist in 2003 a suicide car bomb blew up outside the lobby. 12 were killed and 150 injured in that blast. which was also blamed on the al qaeda linked jemayah islamiya terror group. since then the country has launched an extensive antiterrorism crackdown. stay tuned to abc news throughout the morning for more details on this developing story. >> here at home family and friends are preparing to say billings.to byrd and melanie mourners filled their church last night before today's funeral. the couple was gunned down one week ago during a home invasion. police are sticking by their belief that robbery was the motive but say there is much more to this crime. jeffrey kofman is in pensacola. >> reporter: investigators believe this was the getaway vehicle. it was used, they say, to transport several guns, including the murder weapon and under that sheet the safe stolen from the billings home. the van belonged to t

think that madison had a pretty good point, a pretty strong point even if in the end they might be unsure. that that in and of itself is a reason to remove congressional from the line of succession because we don't want to have any question whatsoever, even if it's never litigated, but just in the public mind, and world opinion, about the legitimacy of transfer of power. we are talking about scenarios about hypothesis that the nation is in extremist where both the elective executive branch officials for one reason or another out of action. could be precipitated by a terrorist event or a natural disaster, the country is reeling, the world is uncertain, markets are on the precipice perhaps of severe collapse because a massive uncertainty. someone steps forward. so and in the next-door is in the following days of blogs and paper, there is some question about the legitimacy of this transfer of power. because there is a real argument that this statute is unconstitutional. that is very much to be avoided. the second point, constitutional point whatever constitutional arguments james madison mad

view this as the city discriminating on the basis of race or the city concluding that because it was unsure that its test actually avoided disparity impact. >> reporter: citing concerns over her record on decisions in cases that involve race. on the other side, new york mayor michael bloomberg is endorsing the nominee. in a letter sent to the judiciary committee last week, bloomberg said, quote, i have great confidence that judge sotomayor's rulings demonstrate her knowledge of the law, objectivity, fairness, and impark shalt. she has won praise from republicans and democrats, and it's believed she will be confirmed before the lawmakers' august recess. terry owens, abc 2 news. >>> u.s. customs officials say agents at bwi airport have seized a soap-encrusted severed birds head from the luggage of a person coming back from nigeria. this isn't the first time something like this came through the airport. just a few months ago another soapy bird's head was come 234 from a nigerian traveler. this time they were given a $300 fine and it was destroyed. >>> maryland health officials report another d

it is something unsure that a lot of people would also do. >> she had first responder training in high school. she was able to help until an ambulance came. the customer is expected to be ok. >> good for her. maybe she will get a raise or a promotion. >> she did the right thing. >>> there is more to come in our second hour. >> a major shake-up to tell you about with the home team. >> the confirmation hearing is set to get under way for sonia sotomayor. we will have that story coming up. >> and lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. traffic and weather when "good morning >>> good morning, everybody. the washington nationals are the worst team in baseball. a big shake-up could change all of that. a big development took place overnight. >> a passenger captures some disturbing images. i will tell you what the driver was caught doing. >> a young girl heads to washington today. hear why her visit is so special. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, was

medical examiners say they are unsure how four girls died before they were found decomposing in their mother's home. but they say they are confident the girl's mother kills them. they couldn't determine causes of death. three girls had marks indicating they had been strangled and the fourth appears to have been stabbed. >>> cigarette smugglers seeking to avoid paying taxes,. >> reporter: these are missing something very important to the taxman, a maryland tax stamp. >> for us it's a violation of the law. we're enforce to go law to create a level playing field. >> maryland has the fourth highest per pack tack if the country. nearby virginia is only 30 cents and south carolina just 7 cents. >> the in fact of matter is with the recession there's there are smuggling of cigarettes because our tax in maryland is $2. up in new york city it's more than $4. >> reporter: the state may be lose ago half million dollars in tabs a year. >> now we're almost double the violations. i think we confiscated a 172,000 packs overgreats last year. >> reporter: organized crime is in and out in on the action.

two medical examiners say they are unsure how four girls who were found dead in their mother's house died. they cannot determine what caused their deaths but there are confident the children were killed. they said it marks on the three youngest girls next indicate strangulation. another expert says he was 50% sure that the oldest girl was stabbed. >> there are new details tonight in the investigation at the illinois cemetery where remains were dug up and those burial plots were resold. more unsettling evidence is being turned up. >> the fbi has now recovered in excess of 200 pieces of evidence, almost all of them pieces of human bone. >> we are looking as far down as 8 feet. based on other evidence we have been collecting, we may be required to dig deeper. >> employees and at least one of the suspects has been guiding investigators to where bodies may be hidden. those same investigators released these pictures. gravestones which are almost impossible to see, some completely covered. holes extending all the way to the burial vaults themselves. other tombstones' ripped from graves on n

. >> in now, when i read the book i was unsure how to feel about the fact this very important person is an expert on the great depression. should we be glad that the person running our economy is focused on the depression? it doesn't sound -- >> probably one of the good things of the bush administration have put in their given his background given a good timing, go ahead iraq paul krugman says there haven't been enough money pumped into the economy and our other economists are starting to warn that the deficit has grown so much that it is getting very dangerous so how are you feeling? it sounds like you think enough has gone into the economy. >> yes i think the big issue for me is what will the federal reserve start doing one of the financial processes, the credit creation through the bank's start coming back to normal because basically what the fed did was that ben, the financial sector was a gross for months to. we came to a point where there would have been a lot of credit destruction quote for banks would have been obliged to call back loans from private people, companies and tha

the bodies of four young girls are found in their mother's dc home, medical examiners say they are unsure how they died. the woman on trial charged with premedicine at a time first degree murder. they found the decomposing bodies of her four daughters in january of 2008. medical examiners said three of them were strangled, one was stabbed. but today they testified they are not positive. jacks pleaded not guilty. >>> they are looking for evidence of man slate. they raided the office of michael jackson's personal physician. we have the latest on the doctor with the pop icon when he died. >> reporter: police officers from houston, los angeles homicide, and more than a dozen drug enforce agents raided the office of dr. conrad murray, taking a computer hard drive and documents, but no drugs. they confirm investigators are looking for any evidence that could lead to a charge of manslaughter. >> probably going through records to see what it is they will seizure and take into evidence. >> reporter: dr. murray has not been named as a suspect in the death, but has emerged as a central figure in the

it's unsure whether it can defeat that liability. and so it decides not to certify the test and see if it could come up with one that would still measure the necessary qualifications. >> let me interrupt again because you're not getting to the point of my question and i know as a good judge, if i were arguing a case before you, you would say that's all fine and dandy, but answer my question. isn't it true that the result of your decision was to grant summary judgment against these parties? in other words, it wasn't just a question of a right to sue. you actually granted summary judgment against the parties. secondly, that there was no supreme court precedent and i'm not sure the second circuit result. i don't know what the precedent would be. not necessarily going to ask you to cite the case. >> it was the one we discussed yesterday, the bushy line of cases that talked about the case and the city in terms of defending lawsuits. and so the question then became how do you view the city's action. was it a -- and that's what the district

view this as the city discriminating on the basis of race or the city concluding that because it was unsure that its test actually avoided this great impact but still tested for necessary qualifications, was it discriminating on the basis of race by not certifying the test? >> so -- >> now, one senate judiciary committee member also try to put sotomayor in the hot seat regarding same-sex marriage. here are live pictures as she answers questions. earlier when asked by republican senator john cornyn about it, she said she didn't want to prejudge the issue or come to it with her own personal views. that hearing, by the way, is streaming live on our website if you would like to see it live in its entirety. we have it here for you, cnn.com/live. >>> hard to believe anybody could walk away from a massive explosion on a highway near detroit when you see these pictures, but look at them. ball of flames there erupted when two tanker trucks and a car crashed. one big rig was carrying 13,000 gallons of fuel. the accident happened above i-75, major thoroughfare there. witnesses say they're thankful to

what the american people say, 47% yes, 40% say she should not, 13%, one in eight of americans are unsure. this is interesting. take a look at the breakdown by party. there is a partisan divide. 7 out of 10 democrats say yes, she should be confirmed. independents are divided and 1 in 4 republicans feel she should be confirmed. 65% that is a lot of republicans who say sonia sotomayor should not be confirmed. >> hmm. i'm wondering if this is leading up to contentious hearings this week, what do you think? >> we asked that in our poll. 6 in 10 say they think there is going to be a lot of fighting. only 4 in 10 feel there will be agreements and partisanship and kumbaya moments. >> who are some of the major players? >> one of them, the lead republican, senator jeff sessions from alabama. the ranking republican. he may take charge if republicans try to go after her and say she is an activist judge. another republican to keep your eye on, john cornyn. arlen specter, who used to be republican and al franken is on the committee. >> ah, okay. paul, thank you. appreciate it. >>> cnn legal analyst je

despite being an obama voter he's nervous they're taxed to become unsured and demanding specifics from the president. >> he's going to have to spit out number and let them know what they have to give up. >> shiplet says if the president steps up and sells it, he's willing to step up himself. >> we have to do something. if it means paying taxes to get this reformed fluid' begrudgingly do it. yes. >> in the frozen food aisle this republican is ready to do his share too. >> comes down to us. people working and paying taxes will have to pay for it one way or the other. i just hope we can come up with a plan that's worth paying for. >> not everyone here, at the supermarket, buying the president's sales pitch today. one protester out in the parking lot, no fed med. now the president just laned at andrews air force base in the washington, d.c. area. basically today insisted again, he does not want a federal takeover of the health system and say he needs these supermarket workers among others to fight what he called misinformation. lou. >> how many times has the congressional budget office com

it includes the call from the neighbor who first contacted police but she seems unsure if a crime was being committed. here's chris clackum. >> reporter: the day after the caller came forward to say she's the one that called police about the possible break-in at henry gates' house, officials released the 911 tapes. >> ty barged in and they broke the screen door. they finally got in. when i looked, i went further closer to the house after the gentleman was around in the house. i noticed two suitcases. i'm not sure if these two individuals actually worked there and lived there. >> do you think they might have been -- >> i don't know because i have no idea. >> reporter: the 911 operator asked the caller about the race of the two men. >> they were two large men. one looks kind of his ponic but i'm not sure. >> reporter: gates' front door had jammed. he and his driver had to unjam it. by that time, james crowley was dispatched to gates' house, where an obviously tense encounter occurs. >> the gentleman says he resides here >> reporter: the cars did keep coming. gates was taken away in hand

almost half. 40% say no. 13% still unsure. those results from the cnn opinion research corporation.einhauser has more on the numbers. >> reporter: that's right, tom. our cnn opinion corporation national poll, we broke it down by party. take a look at this. our poll suggests a major partisan split. you can see from these number, democrats overwhelmingly think she should be confirmed by the senate for the supreme court. independents are pretty much split over whether the senate should confirm sotomayor. and the republican, only one in ten believe she should be confirmed. but 65% believe she should not be confirmed to supreme court. keating holling tells me that number is higher than the number of republicans who opposed the confirmation of judge ginsberg back in the '90s and hootie higher than the number of democrats who opposed the nominations of alito and roberts four years ago. this is also interesting. if sotomayor is qualified should senators still vote against her because of her stance on the issues? now you can see americans are split on that answer but that's a big difference

. >> reporter: the mayor says she's unsure how many, if any, jobs will be lost. >> it's a position that i don't think anyone in government wants to be in. >> reporter: and councilwoman clark notes that the city has millions of drz in a rainy -- dollars in a rainy-day fund that can provide a cushion if things continue to get worse. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the city spends $112 million a month from its general fund. >>> we're following breaking news right now out of west baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 is over a school bus accident with at least one student on board. police are on the scene of an accident on west north avenue and hilton street. seems like the serious injuries appear to be in the car. at least one adult has been seen loaded onto an ambulance. we'll bring you more information on that story as it becomes available. >>> 150,000 city and baltimore county residents are being asked to conserve water as a mandatory water restriction goes into effect. water managers request that those living in northwest baltimore city and baltimore county curb their us

. >> the titans opened their doors unsure of of what the reaction from fans would be. quickly they learned it was the right thing to do. >> had a chance to reflect on the great career that steve mcnair had and so many people have remarked how much they have meant to him, not just as a player in the nfl for tennessee or baltimore ravens, but for what he has done f philanthropically. the camps, groups of kids off school buses to pay their respects to a gentleman that they look up to. it is truly an emotional and remarkable day. >> steve air mcnair. >> i'm just taking it real hard and i pray for his family right now. but -- and i know it is hard for his football players, jeff fisher. but we love steve. >> more than 5,000 fans at the stadium wednesday. they expect the same thursday. also thursday afternoon a memorial service for the 5,000 that are expected. derrick mason from the ravens and ozzie newsome will be in attendance. we will have live coverage at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. >> you can watch the tribute to steve mcnair beginning at 8:00 live on wbal plus. comcast digita

and we have focused -- there's been a lot of talk of the unsured who definitely need coverage, but what hasn't been talked about is if we leave things alone. how even people who are covered, are going to pay and pay and pay. >> opponents view the health care plan as one example of the expanding role of government in u.s. economy. others include government majority ownership and companies such as general motors and aig, government job creation through economic stimulus spending and the fact that federal, state and local government jobs grew faster than private sector jobs before the recession and have declined more slowly since. >> state and local governments through all their crying and mr. obama's expectations weren't laying people off. >> even in california which faces a $26 billion budget deficit. the state lost 5,600 government jobs since december. >> during the same period, california has lost about 560,000 private sector jobs. in other words for every government job lost here, 100 private sector employees found themselves looking for work, lou. >> nationwide, about 7 million jobs

however, 40% say no, and 13%, well, they're still unsure. let's get more about public sentiment on the eve of her hearings and check in with cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser. how deep is the divide in the support when it comes to party lines? >> our poll shows a big partisan divide. take a look at these numbers, the national poll. you can see nearly 7 in 10 democrats think that the senate should confirm sonia sotomayor. independent voters appear to be split and republicans only about 1 in 4 indicate they think sotomayor should be confirmed. that is interesting, our polling director tells us that's a lot higher than the republicans in the 1990s who opposed ginsberg and higher than those who opposed the nomination of alito and roberts. >> 60% of democrats say yes, 65% of republicans say no. all right. when it comes to the hot-button issues, what are people saying? >> people feel that if she is qualified, the issues may stand in her way. take a look at these numbers. americans are split. if sotomayor's qualified, senators are ju

47% said yes. 40% said no. 13% were unsure. then we broke it down, democrats, independents and republicans. 68% of democrats said yes. 42% of independents said yes and 26% of republicans said yes. looks pretty close there. i don't know how close it is going to be in the senate borrowing a bombshell. >> with all respect to the poll, i don't think it matters very much. the key number here is 60. 60 democrats in the senate. the last time a nominee of the president's, a president's nominee lost when his party controlled the senate was abe fortis in 1968. that is a long time ago. barring some disaster, it seems virtually certain she will get confirmed. >> i don't even know any democrats that are even thinking about not voting for her and it's unlikely that the republicans will try to filibuster, give on the fact that the democrats now have 60 votes. >> it does seem unlikely to filibuster for a big reason, which is that this could backfire on the republicans if they push it too far. coming out of the last election, they did not do we

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poll, almost half of americans say judge sotomayor should be confirmed. 40% say no. 13% are still unsure. eva rodriguez is an editorial writer with the "washington post." she is joining me now from d.c. eva, thanks for being here. let me start with the real basic question here. what do you think the biggest challenge, the number one challenge is, for the judge as she sits down to begin the confirmation process? >> i think the number one challenge is going to be proving that she is not the judicial activist that her critics claim she is. in other words, proving that she doesn't have a political agenda that she plays out through her legal rulings. the white firefighters' case that was decided earlier this year is going to be a huge issue for judge sotomayor, as are her speeches, the ones that you highlighted previously. >> talk to me a little bit about the firefighters' case. you have written that she has been unfairly a attacked on this, yet there are real issues involved. there are real issues involved and i think she has been unfairly attacked on this i mean, the case in a nutshell was

and, i mean, staff from the marriott were unsure, themselves, in terms of what had gone on. so, you know, all the securi security -- police, medical, fire, and then shortly after that the specialists arrived. army, everything. >> peter puomey, stand by. you're a guest at the marriott hotel. we just want to continue our coverage here on cnn today and bring in my colleague, zain verjee in from london. we're going to have duel coverage from hong kong and london. zain? >> we continue to follow the breaking news o

and, i mean, staff from the marriott were unsure, themselves, in terms of what had gone on. so -- at that stage, the police, medical, fire, and then shortly after that the specialist teams arrived, the guard, the army, everything. >> that was peter puomey speaking, he was a guest at the j.w. marriott in jakarta this morning. he was inside his room when the bomb exploded. he was on the 17th floor. giving us his take of what happened earlier this morning. now we are waiting for a police news conference in jakarta that will give us more information about what happened. that news conference is going to take place in about 40 minutes. we have a cnn crew on the way and we will keep you posted on the newest information. for now we're going to take a quick break. you have questions. who can give you the financial advice you need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough questions. that's why we brought together two of the most powerful names in the industry. introducing morgan stanley smith barney. here to reth

states and great britain, that this was, for a lot of people who were sitting on the fence, a little unsure about what made americans different from the mother country, once the stories of prisoner abuse came out it was dramatic. everybody said this is it. now we know what we are fighting about. now we know how different we are from these people. this is the fate that awaits all of us if we don't win. i have some stories of american general's conducting recruiting campaigns. everybody was so angry about it. it was a public-relations disaster for the british and the wonder is that people like general powell or general clinton just never got it. they never understood what a disaster this was. >> what about the treatment of benjamin franklin? >> i take up briefly the question of whether americans british -- treated british prisoners as badly, there is no doubt that there are comparable stories. the state of new york had its own prison ships that were anchored in the hudson river, in upstate new york. which were every bit as dreadful as british prison ships. the only difference is, if there's a

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he said it's not just about insuring the unsured. there's another called the status quo which he says will double your health care costs over the next ten years. what will you have to give up& things? he said paying for things that don't make you healthier, for instance getting multiple tests for the same doctor. watching this from our washington, d.c. bureau is, of course, bob schieffer. bob, the president tried to answer the question he said many americans have right now, what's in it for me? do you think he was persuasive and reassuring enough tonight? >> schieffer: well, the president put hit in the starkest terms he's put it yet. he said if we don't get this it's going to be put everybody's health care in danger whether you have health insurance or not and it's going to bankrupt, it's going to wreck the federal budget. he tried to argue that we have no choice but to do this, but what the president's really trying to do here, i think, katie, is take control of something that he had kind of farmed out to congress. he told congress

however, though, 40% say no way. 13%, well they are still unsure. public sentiment on the eve of her public hearing, let's bring in our political advisor. is there a divide in the sotomayor support along party lines? >> reporter: our poll shows a big partisan divide. take a look at these numbers. you can see almost seven out of ten democrats feel the senate should confirm sonia sotomayor. independents appear to be split. republicans one in four think that sotomayor should be confirmed. look at that number in the lower right. 65% of republicans say they don't think she should be confirmed. our polling director points out that number is a lot higher than the number of republicans who didn't think that judge ginsberg should have been confirmed back in the '90s and higher than the number of democrats who felt roberts and alitto should not have been confirmed. >> let's move from that to this hot button issue that we'll hear about. could that stand in the way of her getting a confirmation? >> reporter: it could. americans have a different opinions. we ask

on the 911 call, she said she was unsure if the two men were breaking into the home or if they lived there. she did not mention the race, although the sergeant who arrested gates said she saw two large males. >> there's two men, one looks kind of hispanic and i'm not sure. the other one entered and i didn't look what he looked like at all. >> wayland's attorney has planned the news conference because she wants to get back to a normal life. >>> how dangerous is dwit, that is driving while texting? and the answer might be worse than you expected. we all know the practice is distracting but a new practice reveals just how much? >> joel d smith is live at the maryland house with reactions. >> reporter: good morning, joel. >> you're texting right now. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, i will get you in a second. this is not illegal to do. it's not advisable for your career. people are distracted when trying and trying to text at the same time. >> your eyes haven't even come off of the phone. >> reporter: what am i supposed. i'm very distracted. i'm concentrating on this message. it's ve

consumers still unsure if the economy has hit rock bottom.t is a live look at the national debt clock in new york city. take a look at that monster number. it constantly updates to show each american family's share of the debt. that clock was created in 1989 by a new york real-estate developer. on the road to recovery, in the meantime, we are looking at a number of different industries and how their business is doing. this morning, we look at tully's coffee shop. they have 500 stores across the country. we last spoke with them in may. we are back again today. we are in seattle. dan's brenner, how is business? >> -- dan springer, how is business? >> sales are improving. when we spoke to you in may, you said sales were down. as the owners here, you were not seeing as much foot traffic. how have things changed? >> sales have increased dramatically. there is more people coming into the store, buying their regular cup of coffee. >> the trend is due in yourself, the individual-sized coffee, tested out and see if they like the flavor. >> this is a s