. >> anonymous billionaire number three comes to us from dallas, where he's the owner of a pro sporsm. he enjoys yelling at n.b.a. refs, yelling at n.b.a. players, and yelling about his massive n.b.a. fines. please welcome anonymous billionaire number three. >> the dallas mavericks are the world champs. that's the trophy, and the rest can suck my big gold ball. >> stephen: oh! ( cheers and applause ) this one's fiery. me likey. >> okay, stephen. i have fulfilled my contractual obligations ( laughter ) >> stephen: thank you, kevin kline. thank you very much. ( cheers and applause ) now, then, how much money would you give me, billionary number one? >> i'm not going to give you any money. i already donated $20 to see my name in the crawl. ip. fosters. that's australian for funny. >> stephen: great, billionaire number two. >> stephen, i can't give you any money route now, but i can give you a car! >> stephen: i doment want a car. >> i'll take a car. >> stephen: i just gave you stacks of cash. you're a movie star. you have lots of money. >> i raked in quite a tidy sum with all those "sop

financial consultant eric ahm ahmaddo back with us from dallas.s it what happens in greece does affect so many? >> that's a great question. what's happening in greece is very, very serious. if greece was to default it can have a real concern global wide. first of all it can affect other countries that might have problems and affect the united states and you could have run on banks in greece and some european locations. it's important that imf and other leaders get a handle on what's happening in greece. >> so asian markets will be opening a few hours from now will european and u.s. markets be influential? >> absolutely. what happens in the asian markets will come around to europe and also to the u.s. markets tomorrow morning. some of the things they're going to be looking at, what kind of results came out of imf meeting over the weekend? what did the leaders do. do they have a credible plan. is germany on board with the european bailout fund? germany is a key cog in the european bailout and must be on board. they want to see what type of confidenc

he joins us now from dallas. nice to have you on this program. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start by asking the obvious. that title. by surrendered, you mean to what and to whom the money >> to god and letting go, trying to make things happen myself, trying to engineer my own fate and future without accepting what the will of god was in my own life. allowing god to act in my life. >> as part of that group, we know we have all sinned and fall short of the grace of god, get some of us get so far outside the will of god, how did kwame kilpatrick if so far outside of the gods will buy your own admission? >> there is no one thing. it did not just happen when i became mayor. i was teaching school. i was working a job at a court of appeals. i was coaching basketball. the peso was on during that time did not stop until 2008 -- the pace i had at the time did not stop until i was in jail. i had all this ambition, all these things i wanted to do, and i say all the time that my gift sent me to a place my character coul

darlene is joining us from dallas, texas, democrats' line. caller: good morning. how are you? i think she should run. i think it would be entertaining. i think it would be hilarious. it would probably give president obama a little more fuel to the fire in regards to the gop candidates. they do not have a serious candidate right now. which means he will win the election. i am sorry that people are upset that the economy is the way it is. host: thank you for the call. let's go to politico. she is casting herself as the strongest defender of the tea party wing of the republican party. sarah palin tipped a shot at her 2008 running mates john mccain. the story is available on-line at politico.com. at politico.com. caller: absolutely, she should run. if we have learned anything from obama and the professors in his administration, they do not have a clue when it comes to governing in real life. of course, sarah palin should run. we should have paid attention when obama was writing that he had no experience. that has proven out now. thank you. thank you. host: the weekly standard, how

this one comes to us from kxas, nbc-5 in dallas, texas, where the trynd and true texas tradition of frying up anything and then serving it at the fair, may have gone too far. following in the footsteps of fried twinkies and fried candy bars, this year fried bubble gum makes its first appearance at the texas state fair. that's right, fried bubblegum. made up of pink batter, marshmallow and gum extract, it's generating big buzz around big "d" and its creator hopes later today judges will choose it as the most creative fried food. ij they will. >> that's mild compare fod the fried butter. >> fried butter is genius. that sounds amazing. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> this weekend in lisbon there was a need for speed. and imagination. people came from all over portugal to witness the spectacle that is the crazy carts race. with the prize going to the fastest and most creative cart, participants went all out. crowd favorites were dancing ghostbusters and the smurfs-mobile, complete with a house and cast of characters. >>> hundreds

. >> mark joins us from dallas. josephhe 1800's, did blackburn run against william jennings bryan for the nomination and did he tie with him? >> blackburn got a few of those of most rallied around bryan. it was not really a close contest. that was unusual because conventions back in that day were contentious affairs. by the time they would get there, they would know who the nomination will go to. >> in 1984, mario cuomo delivers a speech that propels him to the national stage. and then barack obama delivers a speech that propels him to the presidency, some people said. >> obama in that sense is certainly a parallel. he was better known in 1896 to americans than obama was in 2004. which might seem surprising, given all the media that we have. but he had gone over the country. lyndon johnson put the democratic party into support of civil rights, which they never had been before. >> what about today, other parallels to other modern politicians? >> i think obama's speech in that way is similar. it vaulted him into natio

cash for college and gergen says it will give our younger generation hopes and david joins us live from dallasirrors what the conserve corps did during the depression. >> striking what happened during the depression after taking office in 1933, franklin roosevelt propoped the civilian conservation corps. by that very summer, action occurred in the congress and they got 250,000 young men who were employed out in the woods, building parks and helping with roads and doing all sorts of projects. the ccc went on to become a storied legend of the new deal. it was one of the most popular programs in the country and it put a lot of young people to work. and americorps could be our new cc. that is what michael brown who now directs it and arguing a blog on cnn today that we ought to look at americorps because so many young people in this country, the unemployment rate among the young is far higher than it is among the nation as a whole. the unemployment rate among the young is 18%. among young hispanics, 20% and among young blocks, it's 30%. >> you point out americorps is under the knife and that would

. >> mark joins us from dallas. did joseph800's, blackburn run against william jennings bryan for the nomination and if he'd tie with him? >> blackburn got a few of those of most rallied around bryan. it was not really a close contest. that was unusual because conventions back in that day were contemptuous affairs. -- contentious affairs. but the time they would get there, they would know who the nomination will go to. >> in 1984, mario cuomo delivers a speech that propels him to the national stage. and then barack obama delivers a speech that compels him to the presidency, some people said. >> obama in that sense is certainly a parallel. he was better known in 1896 to americans than obama was in 2004. which might seem surprising, given all the media that we had feared that he had gone all over the country. -- that we have. but he had gone over the country. lyndon johnson put the democratic party into support of civil rights, which they never had been before. to do what about today, other parallels to other modern p

from the afternoon el up to improve safety games. this comes after south carolina man arrested for using illegal taser on other fans at new york jets dallase subpoenaed night. previously security guards patted down fans from the waist up before gaining spwrichlt nfl ask fans now with the ankle up policy to arrive early and be patient. >> football to major league baseball. man being pushed out of san francisco giants organization is talking tonight and being very gracious about the change. bill is being replaced as we reported here last tonight as ceo. larry is here with what he is saying about this decision. >>reporter: i guess after that last story he should be happy he wasn'ted tazed on the way out. unbelievable. wow! the giants tray very hard to put a positive spend on the but the facts are that 10 month after winning the world series the ceo is out and even more telling newcomb not just stepping back a little bit into a group of my north owners, he's selling everything that he owner on the team. new kilometer didn't agree with the character sayings that he was being forced out, however. just said good time to good. giants officially d

from dallas. good morning, jim. describe what it is like for us. >> reporter: good morning, carol.ning, there is a steady wind but much, much cooler. as soon as the sun comes up, they will be able to get back at this fire. yesterday they hoped to get it under control but winds picked up in the afternoon and really got away from them. the fire expanded 14 more homes were lost. about 39 total. 400 more, they tell us are in jeopardy. they hope that, again, before the winds pick up, they can contain this and get fire lines. the drought here has been so severe that the slightest spark from -- embertha flies from the fire ignites a whole new fire and they have to pull back the lines. so with these conditions it is going to be a challenge for them. they hope today they can get ahead of it. >> jim spelman reporting live. 50 miles outside of dallas. thank you. >>> crews are patching up some roads and creating all new ones to get supplies to hundreds of stranded people in vermont. they haven't been able to get in or out since sunday. food supplies now in major problem in parts of new england

from head to foe starting this th weekend. goal is to improve safety in games. it comes after a man was arrested for using an illegal taser on other fans at a new york jets-dallas game sunday night. previously security guards only patted down fans from the waist up before letting them into the stadiums. n.f.l. league is asking to arrive early. >>> to baseball, giants third baseman pablo sandoval may be sleeping in after the second leaguer to hit. he got the first leg in the firstening by crushing his 20th home run of the season in the sixth. he needed a triple to complete the cycle. he laid down a triple to complete the cycle becoming the 25th giant in history to do so. the giants beat the rockies 8-5. so a great night with a big smile. >> he was happy. >> a new time line to pick up the phone. new evidence behind rumors that the iphone 5 is just weeks away. >> remember this. that was the man you saw pulled from the fiery motorcycle crash this week, he is talking about riding again. the message one lucky >>> there is new evidence this morning that the iphone 5 is just weeks away and it appears the 5 will have a different design than the iphone 34, how do we know

if you are leaving us today, it looks like fall in many areas. 61 in chicago. 71 in st. louis. check out dallas, 79 degrees. far cry from those are still around phoenix. warm around portland at 80. take a look at all of our major airports and running on time this morning. except for charlotte with flight arrival delays. flight tracker, abc7news.com. it's at the bottom. kristen? >> all right, mike. thanks a lot. 4:48. contra costa vector control officials are asking people to take precautions against west nile virus. ten more birds have been found dead and tested positive. bringing this year's total to 25. the latest turned up in concord, pleasant hill, brentwood, walnut creek and lafayette. it's carried by mosquitoes. officials are urging folks to wear mosquito repellent, drain standing water, report neglected pools and call a state hotline. this number will be on the website later this morning. >>> state health officials say there has been 28 cases of measles so far this year. of the cases reported, 16 of them are from people who recently traveled abroad before getting the highly contagious disease. there have been out

kris gutierrez is live from dallas watching this big story for us. >> >> reporter: jenna, more perspective, six of the worst wildfires in texas history began this year. since december firefighters at the state and local level have responded to nearly 21,000 different fires. it is bad down here. take a look at this video here, you mentioned the worst one is in bastrop, south of the capitol city of austin, so far it has burned more than 30,000 acres, up to 600 homes, in 20 sub -- and 20 subdivisions have been consumed by the flames. thousands of people had to evacuate and more are expected to do so today. an estimated 250 firefighters are working around the clock to put this out, but right now, it's still zero percent contained. no word on how this fire started but it was fueled by strong winds from tropical storm lee over the holiday weekend. now, in case you haven't heard, texas is bone dry right now. take a look at this graphic here. the dark red highlights portions of texas that are experiencing what's called an exceptional drought, that's the worst rating given by the u.s. drought monit

from dallas by wade goodwyn of npr. wade goodwyn, thank you for joining us. so, tell me, how severe is this drought?it's the most severe drought that texas has had in a single year ever. the state has dried out and it is burning up. the dallas... dallas has had 63 days, i think so far this year, over 100. and this just isn't 101, these are temperatures like 105 or 107 or 108. and that combined with the fact that we haven't had water rain, really since the fall of last year, this really all began... the fall of last year there was hard hardly any rain and in the spring there was nothing and by the time we got to summer we were in a very big mess and that's where we are right now. >> ifill: is there a way to measure how much of this extreme condition is caused by the dry... the heat causing the dry brush and how much of it is caused by water supply not only from the sky but also from lakes and pipelines? >> >> well, it's both. the fact that we haven't had any water has just been debilitating. but you add that with 107-degree heat and it just never goes away. i mean, i'm a texan, i've grown up here and

comes after a south carolina man was arrested for using an illegal taser on another man a dallas game last night. previously they only pat ted down fans fromaist up but the new pat-downs begin this weekend. they were asking fans to arrive early and be patient. >> tom brady is taking heat for a locker room comment to get fans hyped up for the new england game this surn sunday. >> they are drinking early. [ laughter ] it makes them rowdy. 4:15, they have a lot of time. >> some fans don't appreciate his sense of humor. they feel like the san mateo was encouraging drunken behavior. have clarified his remarks, he was trying to encourage fans drink lots of water to stay hydrated. >> so that lube means? >> and new carolina's aviation museum has visitors buzzing. wings of flight 1549 is so joining the tail's plane. they lost both engines because of a bird strike. passengers had to stand on those wings before they were rescued. so they were trucked in from new jersey yesterday. danville own sully sullenberger who made possible the miracle on the hudson. >>> oakland police call it a new low. next at 5:30 the hunt for suspects in robbery that targete

dallas and somebody called little stevie wonder. they all lived near us in detroit, place we knew from driving to ballgames or the cinerama. we would look across the yard since he sammy on the back porch everyday after every day after school playing his motown records and dancing. we have seen this kind of dancing before and tv on american bandstand and on shindig. but we had never seen it in person. and there he was, dancing up a storm in a world all his own. sammy goode's afternoon party life from lapeer street. one day he invited his younger boy in. the older boys were playing baseball and saw this. they knew what this music meant and they knew what sammy was. we would go over day after day to sammy's dance party and dance with him. one day, sammy brought out his mother's rouge and eyeliner to show us how we could do ourselves up. and the older boys across the street saw this and it was then that they had to put their foot down. sammy became the victim of multiple slapping, punching's, beatings and face washings in the dirt or snow. all of this drove sammy into a dark place. the phenomenal hates toward him did not in tu

using fossil fuels. from ohio, maxine waters should know if it weren't for fox news, we would hear anything she had to say. in dallasrolina, your comment about miss waters' hair was inappropriate. please remain professional. difficult for me, elaine. i was just saying the hair is a distraction. i wasn't casting aspersions on it. stephanie conway, new jersey, i lived on the "jersey shore" my whole life. can't wait for the program to end. i can promise you that most of us don't act like those people. in new york: "jersey shore" is nothing more than a show for viewers who revel in shop wore anti-italian stereotypes. from virginia, the segments by jersey waters are da bomb. i believe that means mark likes them. am i correct on that? jerry, little river, south carolina: mr. o, when are you and the ever amazing dennis miller going to bring the tour to myrtle beach? i'll buy the oysters. miller will like that you called him ever amazing. you can watch a 15 minute clip on billoreilly.com. everybody can do it. info about our upcoming appearances, connecticut, virginia, and new jersey posted on billoreilly.com as well. pin he

dallas has burned dozens of homes up. but firefighters may be gaining the upper hand. cnn's jim spellman joins us from the front lines.yesterday you were pushed back because it was seen as you were too dangerously close to the fire. and it does sound like now the firefighters are advancing on the fire as opposed to the other way around. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, candy. now they're saying it's 50% contained. we were right here yesterday as fire was coming across this ridge right here. and spot embers were coming across the reservoir. they were concerned a fire would break out on this side. they had to striekt command center, up with it. right now you can see the helicopter working all day dropping on this fire. they're going to keep at it. still only 50% contained. so they want to just keep at it until this fire is completely out. because all those factors still remain. extreme heat, high winds and drought, candy. >> can people go back at least to the areas that are not still on fire? can people go back to their homes or what's left of them? >> reporter: yeah. they're allowing some of the people back, the people

from dallas to the persian means so. please please don't talk t.v. don't come. for thirty on a sunday morning here in moscow russia's capital this is our team glad to have you with us. banker on the streets of israel hundreds of thousands demand social equality and reform in the biggest anti-government rally in the country's history the critics say prime minister netanyahu is more concerned with blocking palestinian statehood than addressing concerns of his own people. and. russia condemns the vicar use a new round of sanctions against syria saying that they will be useless in ending under-estimate country of brussels has a band of the import of oil from syria to europe cutting off of the country's major source of income. from ukraine pushes for discounted gas supplies from russia backtracking on the two thousand and nine deal that ended the european gas prices the president of yet have says kiev's of proposals are not concrete and the current deal cannot be revised to no longer. not next hour moscow our team goes on a trail of russia's literary legends around the capital. great. old good. cold food. you need. so much of what the. moscow. hello and welcome to the p

from the loss to dallas. up next sam bradford and the st. louis rams stand in their way. >> we'll check in with the sports junkies. stay with us.right back. there are over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee that have earned the keurig brewed seal of approval. the keurig brewed seal is our commitment that the coffee inside will deliver a delicious cup of coffee every time. keurig brewed. look for the only mark of genuine keurig quality. >>> the redskin are looking for the big bounce back sunday when they take on the st. louis rams. is this a set-up game in joining us now or the sports junkies from 106.7 the fan. good morning, gentlemen, how are you? >> what's happen something. >> you sound like our producer matt valdez talking about a set- up game. he was you can aing about this. there was a bye week. some of the guys are looking into their vacations already. we are not buying it. it is a must-win. i think coach shanahan gets them ready for this game, they're poised and take care of business against a team thats that struggled. >> i don't thinkle he'll let his guard down. >> at some point, the rams are going to come out and play a

wind did, there's austin, georgetown, that would be i-35 up toward dallas, you can see the smoke from the satellite and nasa just gave usctures. they flew over this from the iss and there you see the pictures. the smoke still coming out, containment near zero. the firefighters doing their best. the winds have calmed down today, down to about five or ten miles per hour, where yesterday winds were gusting to almost 30 miles per hour. i know we're talking about that one fire and everybody else around texas is going wait a minute, there are 58 other fires that we're watching here. this is where we're seeing them all the way from texarcana to san antonio. any time you get one little spark, you are going to see the potential for that fire to pop up. so far, the winds haven't been bad. dallas down to the south, that's about waco, six miles per hour or so. the winds are over to the northeast and that's where they are going to be for most of the day as lee moves away. there is potential for another tropical system to develop in the gulf of mexico. looks like it will spread its rain to mexico, not into texas, but it's too early f

use some of that rain in texas this weekend. the lone star state in the midst of a historic drought and dealing with several major wildfires. the largest not far from dallas has destroyed dozens of homes but crews may finally be getting the upper hand as we head into the weekend. cnn's jim spellman live in possum kingdom lake, it texas. good morning. are they closer to getting this thing under control? >> yeah, they are, christine. the first thing we noticed this morning, we're no longer smelling smoke and seeing ash come down. that's definitely a good sign. yesterday all day they hit this fire with helicopter drops and plane drops of retardant, be helicopter drops of water, and plane drops of retardant to get any hot spots out and keep it from spreading and as contained as possible. little help from the winds, the fire blew back on to it itself earlier in the day and they were able to make a lot of progress. still 50% contained. we expect that to go up today. some residents are allowed to go back home, putting together plans to get the rest of the people to come back to the heavily damaged areas and this is a big tourist area, and the economy here relies

use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn't look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they've got about the fire half contained or so. >> we can do all the work by air we want, but as my instructors told me a long time ago, it's boots on the ground that gets it taken care of. >> employers added no jobs during august. the unemployment rate is unchanged at 9.1%. a couple things we should point out. the report was distorted because it counted thousands of verizon workers who went on strike but that were now back on the job. the numbers also included minnesota employees who were temporarily out of work because of the government shutdown. >>> this discouraging jobs report is driving stocks down across the board, the dow fell more than 200 points in early trading. remains in the red. we'll keep a close eye on the markets throughout the day. firefighters who say they got cancer after the 9/11 attacks have more evidence today. a new study finds those who were at ground zero were 19% more likely to get cancer than firefighters who

wayne slater, dallas morning news, saying he is from a cotton farm back in the day. another story that a lot of usdings just released of former first leady jackie kennedy taken back in '64. part of this new book. what is she saying on these recordings? give us the flavor. >> reporter: what we have seen on the jackie kennedy tapes is just jaw-dropping. i don't think you would imagine a modern day political figure, even a spouse, giving such candid remarks as jackie kennedy did back in the day. she gave, we thinking with just three interviews after the death of her husband. new york times, christian science monitor reporting that in several hours worth of interviews she called charles tegal of france a ego maniac. calls martin luther king, jr. a phony. called ga a horrible pushy woman and whether powerful women in politicser with leez bee ans and in the cuban missile crisis, jackie

from dallas. he got on because of that reality show? >> he had not played for a while it also said he looked great. so did it reggy bush. yeah >> this kid is 27. he useday basketball. he was on the n.c.a.a. championship team in north carolina. >> i did not know that. >> q. was selling itself funds and was a security guard. he was on a so-called fourth and along. he was the sole survivor on the show which meant he got to try out if he needed to the team. >> i could not believe, it sounded like half of the crowd was for dallas. >> i understand they are america's team, they have only won one playoff game in 10 years. people love dallas. copper >> i am always falling tom brady said he is a local boy. he was incredible for the patriots even though they lost. >> two games in a row he was going crazy. >> 940 yds. cahow >> he will be here in two weeks deprave the raiders >> . that will be fun. >> had a concussion. i feel bad for him. michael date. i >> when he got that $100 million contract, they said, he is so active. >> cam newton, everyone was impressed. >> no quarterback, statistically, have ever started faster than that guy. >> right out of the gates. >>

us throughout the three hours. >> absolutely. honored to be here. >> it's my honor. back to you guys from the dallasgolf course where we're just getting started. >> very nice. great day down in dallas. thank you very much, brian and guys. straight ahead on this thursday, karl rove can't go back in time but hollywood can. who will play a younger version of the so-called architect? that is coming up. >> brad pitt? >> and rick perry didn't exactly graduate at the top of his class while president obama went to harvard. but do grades matter when it comes to leading the country? lesson in history next. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. but it's ou

us background on next-generation air traffic control system and why is it so important? >> i would love to. [laughter] >> i have to chase down mr. secretary and tell him i can get him from dallas to houston in an hour. [laughter] >> first of all, it's a pleasure to be here and thanks for moderating our session here. our council is on jobs and competitiveness. i would turn that around. i think if we, as americans and as business, if we want to generate jobs, we need to start with competitiveness and every day that's what we do when we come to work. at southwest, we are competing to customers, what is our competitive advantage and how are we going to make that happen. all of this discussion, i think, is framed around that and that's the way we should be thinking about it. infrastructure, obviously, is worth while in generating jobs while we are building a new terminal at love field. if nobody flies out of love field, it is wasted. we need to be investing in infrastructure that will be used and generate a return. and in the case of the air traffic control system, i'm sure you all know the air traffic control system in the united states of america has fallen behind. we are using 1

it step from his effort to require young girls in texas to be vaccinated against the sexually transcommitted virus that can lead to cancer. ed lavandera's in dallas watching this story for usa sudden this whole story has take on new life. >> reporter: wolf, it's a controversy that's been around here in texas for quite some time. but what was interesting, and you saw this firsthand, tea party crowd should have been friendly to governor rick perry but there were a couple times where the crowd turned on governor perry and this hpv vaccine issue was one of those times. the hpv controversy has hovered over rick perry for more than four years. but it wasn't until the cnn tea party debate that paerry's opponents dug into the texas governor. >> to have innocence, little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor and this is just flat-out wrong. >> the company was merck, and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million and if you're saying that i can be bought for $5,000, i'm offended. >> report

us this morning. he's in atlanta. good morning, rob. >> good morning. obviously the rains from lee have not reached texas. we have critical fire danger from dallas antonio and austin as again today very dry and the winds will be whipping at times. the winds may be exaggerated a little bit from what's left over of lee. the backside working its way with the front and that squeezes the isobars and gets things cooking a little more. this is where lee is. it's kind of sort of falling apart. it has a lot of moisture with it. new orleans seeing over 10 inches of rain, pascagoula, jackson mississippi a lot came last night over 10 inches. there are some evacuations in and around jackson proper including some homes and apartment complexes there this morning. we have tremendous amount of rain that's forecast to head up across the tennessee valley later on today. we also have the threat for seeing severe weather and we've seen a couple tornado warnings that have been posted. wayne and washington counties in eastern mississippi and the county along the florida panhandle including fort walton beach these cells continue to rumble across i-10 around the mile-ma

from our parade of papers. "dallas morning news," the largest employer in texas says starting january 1st, it will no longer hire anyone who usese. yes, that is smart. the new system will not affect current employees who can still smoke, but must pay a health insurance surcharge. >> unconstitutional. >> that's fair. i'm good with it. then smoke all you want. >> you know what? it's not about -- >> some people drink. >> exactly. >> it's not about smoking. >> what's it about? >> freedom. >> really? >> freedom. i support freedom. >> i support we don't have a substitute in our national food chain. >> but we do. >> so the choice is, do we allow those substances to be out there so we can -- because the bottom line is, i don't think people -- >> cigarettes -- >> if we -- we are a civilized society. >> what about alcohol? should we ban alcohol? >> by the way, alcohol -- >> kills a lot of people. >> but from cars. alcohol used properly -- cigarettes even not abused are -- >> good for you even in small doses. >> an airplane can kill someone. >> when we have to lose weight, it's that -- >> moderate cigarettes, it's very dangerous also. it'

from twitter. roger in dallas said this by e- mail. for a different opinion we go to bob in venice, florida. patty, republican in jacksonville, florida. caller: i think the politicians use to volunteer their time because they love their country. i have a hard time seeing all the benefits they get while this country is in so much financial trouble. if politicians went back to the way the country used to be run and would volunteer their time, they used to love their country, then we would save a lot of money. i would like to know when we last had a politician who did not get paid. host: all right. let's go to warrenton, virginia. ed on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. a few callers back, someone mentioned about the general motors subsidies. why don't they look at these politicians who are taking all these subsidies on farm subsidies that they get? that is just money handed to them and for no reason. it is not ever reported. no one knows or ever brings up anything about all this money that they get freely. yet they can turn around and say obama is a socialist, yet they receive money from the government for free. host: all right. let's go to james, democratic call

use a special jetliner to dump fire retardant on this fire. the problem, though, is they haven't been able to find a qualified pilot. are you kidding me? an american airlines flight from dallas to washington canceled before takeoff after a passenger reported two men on the plane acting suspiciously. republican congressman blake farangold, a member of the homeland security committee was on board during that security scare. >> when you're sitting on the airplane and the pilot comes on the p.a. system just a couple of days before 9/11 and says there's been a security breach and you fleed to leave your stuff on the plane and get off so we can search it, it certainly gives you a wake-up call. >> the two passengers were questioned and they were released without any charges. reese witherspoon on the mend this morning after being hit by a car while she was jogging near her home in santa monica, california. the oscar winning actress was taken to the hospital but had just minor injuries. the driver was an 84-year-old woman. she was cited for not yielding to a pedestrian at a crosswalk. and those are your headlines. >> goes to show you, you shouldn't exercise. >> one way to think about

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us background on next-generation air traffic control system and why is it so important? >> i would love to. [laughter] >> i have to chase down mr. secretary and tell him i can get him from dallas to houston in an hour. [laughter] >> first of all, it's a pleasure to be here and thanks for moderating our session here. our council is on jobs and competitiveness. i would turn that around. i think if we, as americans and as business, if we want to generate jobs, we need to start with competitiveness and every day that's what we do when we come to work. at southwest, we are competing to customers, what is our competitive advantage and how are we going to make that happen. all of this discussion, i think, is framed around that and that's the way we should be thinking about it. infrastructure, obviously, is worth while in generating jobs while we are building a new terminal at love field. if nobody flies out of love field, it is wasted. we need to be investing in infrastructure that will be used and generate a return. and in the case of the air trafficontrol system,'m sure you all know the air traffic control system in the united states of america has fallen behind. we are using 1950'

us background on next-generation air traffic control system and why is it so important? >> i would love to. [laughter] >> i have to chase down mr. secretary and tell him i can get him from dallas to houston in an hour. [laughter] >> first of all, it's a pleasure to be here and thanks for moderatingur session here. our council is on jobs and competitiveness. i would turn that around. i think if we, as americans and as business, if we want to generate jobs, we need to start with competiveness and every day that's what we do when we come to work. at southwest, we are competing to customers, what is our competitive advantage and how are we going to make that happen. all this discussion, i think, is framed around that and that's the way we should be thinking about it. infrastructure, obviously, is worth while in generating jobs while we are building a new terminal at love field. if nobody flies out of love field, it is wasted. we need to be investing in infrastructure that will be used and generate a return. and in the case of the air traffic control system, i'm sure you all know the air traffic control system in the united states of america has fallen behind. we are using 1950's t

us background on next-generation air traffic control system and why is it so important? >> i would love to. [laughter] >> i have to chase down mr. secretary and tell him i can get him from dallas to houston in an hour. [laughter] >> first of all, it's a pleasure to be here and thanks for moderating our session here. our council is on jobs and competitiveness. i would turn that around. i think if we, as americans and as business, if we want to generate jobs, we need to start with competitiveness and every y that's what we do when we come to work. at southwest, we are competing to customers, what is our competitive advantage and how are we going to make that happen all of this discussion, i think, is framed around that and that's the way we should be thinking about it. infrtructure, obviously, is worth while in generating jobs while we are building a new terminal at love field. if nobody flies out of love field, it is wasted. we need to benvesting in infrastructure that will be used and generate a return. and in the case of the air traffic control system, i'm sure you all know the air traffic control system in the united states of america has fallen behind. we are using 1950's t