there's new science today the middle class is fading a usa today analysis showing the middle class is getting less of the pie president obama tossing a lifeline to young americans drowning in college today for the first time ever outstanding student loans are expected to topple one trillion dollars fifty year it's a terrifying prospect chris if you're the parents of children under the under college age or if you're in college as a student and you keep out of these loans the employer rate for college grads age twenty four and younger rose to nine point four percent last year two wishing costs are up more than eight percent passed four year schools the genius of our country is the middle class the fact that most of the growth comes from the middle class most of the new ideas come from that. they act really shocks don't they but the middle class is shrinking the income inequality is growing that more and more young people are leaving school saddled with tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt you know it was it all of this came completely out of the blue hello have you people g

joined by john schwartz of usa today and rich joeslowski.learned over the break while you were talking to marissa meyer that you may have been responsible for google buying the gatt. we needed that on camera. >> i opened the journal and we decided to have marissa and tim on the show. that was at the university of new york. and who better to have on than marissa and tim armstrong. she came and she said that the gatts were there. she thought they were conference stalking her. they weren't. they had lunch afterwards and the rest is a deal. >> i think you should invite fromma hoo and then another company and get that done right now. let me read from your book, page five. in this book i argue if we become too obsessed with privacy, we could lose opportunities to make the connection in this age of links. we think so many times about not telling people who we are, not telling advertisers who we are and ignore the fact that telling people who we are could actually help. >> that's my fear. privacy is important. it needs protection. it has lots of pro

germ and published in "usa today." handles are highly con it will nated. atm buttons and escalator rails were also on the list. >>> rick perry has just released his tax plan called cut, balance and grow. it would allow you to choose between your current income tax rate or a 20% flat tax. the flat tax would keep some popular deductions like mortgage interest and charitable contributions for families earning less than $500,000 a year. the plan would also lower the corporate tax rate to 20% and phase out loopholes and special tax breaks. texas governor also would repeal the health care reform law. and parts of the financial and wall street reforms. some prominent conservatives were quick to slam perry's plan with one saying it makes no sense from a policy perspective. so is rick perry's flat tax plan all that he says it is? cnn's tom foreman has done some fact checking. he shares it with anderson cooper. here's what i found out. >> i think what you most need to know when you look at the plan today is what you don't know b

host: tavis from "usa today." -- host: that is from "usa today." the announcement from president obama made many papers this morning. we want to give your word on this. what is the will of the federal government in refinancing mortgages? caller: i think that the principle has to be cut. as long as they are staying away from the principal being cut on these properties, the problem will persist. one late payment in one year will cut out more people. they have to get these republicans out of the way so that we can start building america for the middle class. republicans are acting like fascists. host: have you tried to refinance, personally? caller: it was such a nightmare. they said that i made too much. they said this. they said that. it never worked. i walked away from my property. and i make over $100,000 per year. if i can walk away from my property with that kind of income, this country is in real trouble. host: but was it worth, if you do not mind telling us? caller: the house was paid for. it was refinanced. it was valued at $190,000. after th

i'm sorry, i was reading "usa today." the story caught my eyes.spill from last year? and all those tar balls were washing up on the shore and everything? the past couple of months have been tropical storms in the south, all these oil balls washing up on the shore again, it's crazy. last summer, i actually wrote a protest song about this very thing. apparently bp didn't get the message. i thought, if you don't mind, i'd like to play it for you guys one more time. [ applause ] >> 5-4-3-2 -- ♪ the oil spill by bp has left tar balls all over the sea ♪ ♪ so don't go swimming down in the south ♪ ♪ unless you want tar balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ balls in your mouth balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ don't swim in the ocean you'll get balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ don't swim in the ocean, you'll get balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ don't swim in the ocean, you'll get balls in your mouth ♪ ♪ balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth, don't swim in the ocean, you'll get balls in your mouth ♪ >> jimm

this is from "usa today." host: also in side of "usa today," it says -- host: stark, louisiana.onnie, independent. you are next. caller: i cannot believe what you just read. now that i know it has something to do with eric holder -- i did not believe that before, but now i really do not believe it. we got into the vietnam war over a lie. we got into the first gulf war because they had a lady to come up and say that the republican guard was throwing babies out of incubators. we got into the second call for because of another lie about this white cake stuff that they were supposed to have, when all along we were the ones that sold these chemicals to iraq in the first place. anything this government says, by and not believing anything that they say any more. they are being caught with their pants down on too many domestic issues, and they need something to cover their butts. host: if you go to "the saudi this morning, they have a headline about this foiled plot. missouri, good morning. how're you doing? caller: it seems to me that after the slobbering in iraq that are based on lot

. >> tonight on our great, great american panel, former secretary of state, usa today columnist, fivets, he loves shrimp, bob beckel is here. >> very funny. >> and columnist, fox news contributor and he writes that column with bob in usa today, cal thomas is here. she, director of the law fair project and director of the children's rightsins statutes, our friend brook goldstein is back. thanks for being here. and we are seven days out of iowa. i will start with cal because once he gets the floor, we are done. seven days out. how do you see this breaking down? what do you make, is herman cain, are his numbers sustainable, and what do you think about mit romney's support? it said steady, high and constant. >> first on romney, it's staying still around the mid-20s. his major problem, and you have addressed this when you have had him on the program, a lot of conservatives are not sure he won't flip again. when he was governor of massachusetts he tried to out-kennedy on abortion. he was for same-sex marriage and now he says he's come over and he has the conservative position. a lot of cons

here's comedian jay leno with your punch line. >> well, according to "usa today," 74% of americans planent obama thinks it should be just the top 1%. >>> let's head to the nasdaq market site and carter evans is taking a look at the numbers for us. good morning. >> good morning, carol. as far as what we have coming up, we have reports coming up on personal income, personal spending withen, consumer sentiment. it's a light day on the earnings calendar. let's revel in these numbers. this is great. so much of the uncertainty was removed yesterday. the economy is growing, not great but better than expected. the nasdaq by 3.3%. 3.4 for the s&p 500. the dow down about 28, the nasdaq off 4, s&p off about 3.5. markets around the world today are up. >> i think like. i like the sound of things so far. >>> tell us about the changes in medicare. >> a lot of people were worried about this, because it will eat up the increase you'll get on social security. this is the story on cnnmoney.com today. for the most part, it's only going to go up by $3.50. the premium that is. and that will leave it right be

the headline in the "usa today" newspaper, majority of ieds are traced to pakistan. quote, from june through august, u.s. troops detected or were hit by more than 5,000 ieds. the most for any three-month period since the afghanistan war began in '01. those bombs killed 63 troops and wounded more than 1,200. more than 80% of the ieds are home made explosives using fertilizer produced in pakistan. pakistan effectively directs the activities of the group that attacked the u.s. embassy in afghanistan last month and set off a truck bomb that wounded nearly 80 u.s. troops. pakistani personnel directly attacked and killed an american major and wounded three other u.s. officers in 2007. also pakistan the primary source for the material for the bombs that are the primary means of killing americans in the afghanistan war. okay. single most shocking thing about those three news flashes is not that they are true. these things are awful news, but they are not shocking given what we know about pakistan. what is shocking is that different parts of the u.s. government and the u.s. m

our partners at usa today say this could a landmark event for wireless phones. it could mean more people have smart phones than regular old wireless phones. the phone went on sale overnight in japan. more than 200 people lined up to get one. >> and nearly 1 million have already been sold through pre orders. and among those waiting for the new iphone, apple co-founder steve with his sneak. he signed autographs, he posed for pictures and he ordered an iphone for himself. >>> just a regular guy. >> are you going to get one? >> not yet. >> me either. not yet. >>> all right. the weekend is here. a lot of things are happening. >> she is putting the pressure on me. you see this. >> there are a lot of things happening this weekend. >> a lot of great walks are going on and events happening. the gold cup. weather is going to get much better over the next six hours. >> okay. >> we are going to get rid of the rain, rid of the thunderstorms. introduce drier, cooler air in here. you'll need jackets and sweaters over the weekend. but i'm see some sunshine. i think a lot of sun

host: "usa today" reports -- also all, we mentioned president obama is pressing the republicans on hiss bill. last week the senate blocked the president's $447 billion -- we will look for that debate in the senate today on c-span 2. west in it, crofton, independent caller. good morning. -- carlton, independent caller. caller: thank goodness for c- span. it is not like the liberal media. you show both sides. i like herman cain except for one thing. and thatuse one ninc ane would be income tax. on the budget, the budget could be balanced if we do wanting -- cut all federal pay by 10% including congress and the president every month until they balance the budget. social security could be saved at by one simple paint -- cut out all the people making over $40,000 per year, cut out all all those. social security would be saved. host: 40 on the line -- freddie online. caller: we have a constitutional republic that no one understands including the irs. someone comes up with a simple solution and that is easy to understand and they criticize his plan as being radical. we have a tax system that

usa today is finally doing something much of the media ignored. and the front page story had this, profits not seen in clean energy, geothermal firms face debt. now, the president says in his news conference, one thing, but the facts are catching up with him. something totally different. the question is, does investment in this kind of solar energy at the level that the federal government is investing in, is it going to pay dividends to the american people to the taxpayers and the answer is no. >> i think that cal makes a brilliant point in the larger context, it's only 500 million for solyndra, only and alan might have a point. >> the reality is, it's 35 billion that-- >> hold on, hold on. only-- if people, it's only viable with high energy prices and president obama said during the 2008 campaign is necessary for electricity for prices to quote, skyrocket, unquote and that's what makes it viable, is that raising carbon prices or car upon fuel prices to make it work. only a few bloggers, and tim mccarney and chris horner at the-- put the whole thi

according to "usa today," tony's napoli pizzeria is the best in the country.u can find it on stockton street in north beach. >> i don't know how i've ever been there. >> do you have gas in your car? >> i do. >> hop in the car. >> you have cash? >> i do. >> have a great weekend. >> you can join us all day long at nbcbayarea.com. i guess i'm paying for the website, too. [exhales]

here's a look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to usa today as of september 28. topping the list is jacqueline kennedy, a collection of seven historic interviews with the former first lady. second is heaven is for real, the father story of this 3-year-old son's journey to heaven and back during emergency surgery. underdog. it tells the story of a blind man and his guide dog stuck on the 70th floor of the world trade center's tower one on my 11. jaycee dugard, the still life above the 18 years she's been in captivity. followed by an unbroken, the story of an olympic runners survival and will work to. former vice president dick cheney is six the list of his personal and political memoir. he recently discussed his book on book tv in beacon was the program on line. thomas friedman, that used to be yes. seventh. and eric greece is book, a. the moral life of henry l. axes ninth. tells the story of a woman who sells our culture than 1951 and have since spin years and numerous medical studies. and tom rathman wraps up the list. a guide to finding annualizing personal tal

that's according to a new "usa today" gallup poll which finds 64% of americans blame the government for poor economy. as opposed to 30% who blame big financial institutions on wall street. senator john mccain blasted the president for what he said was a focus on votes and not jobs. >> he spent a number of minutes attacking our plan and i understand that. i think the question might be, though, is that appropriate on the taxpayer's dime since it is clearly campaigning? and i must say again, i've never seen an uglier bus than the canadian one. he's traveling around on a canadian bus touting american jobs. i hope we can, once the president gets off his campaign trail that we can sit down and come to an agreement in some areas. >> going after the bus. i've never seen an uglier bus. this was a whole flap yesterday about whether or not the bus is canadian. the frame of the bus is canadian, so they can hold the heavy communications equipment that the white house needs. president obama continues his jobs push today in north carolina before he goes to virginia tomorrow. those key states, of cours

"usa today" says it may include blue nail polish for 25 bucks or $45 for justin bieber favorites or, of course, that costume for your pet. i can't imagine trying to get happy or raleigh in a halloween costume. that will not happen. >> just get me some food. that's what makes me happy. >> not the blue nail polish? >> no. take me out for a nice dinner. that works for me. >> i usually do on the weekends, don't i? >> let's not start any rumors. ashley morrison here in new york, appreciate. it. we will take a quick break on that note. >>> coming up on the morning news, a look at the major cases coming up for the supreme court as it opens its term today. >>> plus the occupation of wall street. hundreds of protesters are rested as they take a stand against corporate america. this is the "cbs morning news." >> announcer: "moneywatch" sponsored by just for men hair color. live forward. color. live forward. [ female announcer ] starbucks via® is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. ♪ it only makes sense it would taste the same.

susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today," and steve kornacki, welcome back, steve kornacki! i haven't seen you in a while. he's with salon.com, seriously, i mean it. here's the latest flip-flop from romney. he was asked this summer what his position was on manmade global warming. let's listen to his response. >> i don't speak for the scientific community, of course, but i believe the world's getting warmer. i can't prove that, but i believe, based on what i read, that the world is getting warmer. and number two, i believe that humans contribute to that. i don't know how much our contribution is to that, because i know there's been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past, but i believe that we contribute to that. and so i think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you're seeing. >> and now let's listen to what governor romney had to say yesterday. here's the flip. >> my view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this

"usa today's" ed baig has had one for a week. and finds its new voice-driven personal assistant is a major selling point. >> the way you can converse with it is what makes it interesting. you can ask it, do i need a raincoat today? or what's the weather forecast today? an you get the same result. it's conversational. and it understands more often than not the intent of what you ask it to do. >> you can read more of ed's review on usatoday.com. >>> and at apple stores they've been lined up for days to buy the 4s. among those waiting out all night outside one california store, apple co-founder steve wozniak. woz says he's done it for every iphone launch. of course, he doesn't have to. not at all. good support of the company. i like that. very cool. >> company man. >>> next on this friday morning, look out. another satellite is set to plummet to earth. >> here we go again. >>> and back from the war zone, we've seen emotional homecomings before. but nothing quite like this. a really, really great moment. we'll be right back. my name

we're back with usa today nba reporter jeff zelga.t to know, are we going to have an nba season or what? >> we will have a season. i can't tell you when it will start. but at the end of the day, there is too much money for both sides to let it go away on the way side. >> people are glad to hear that. forbes magazine said teams are losing money. players get 50% of revenue right now. how can they justify their stance? >> the one thing is they felt like they already made concessions. they came down. it amounts to 160 million in annual givebacks from players to owners. the players felt they have met owners halfway. they have addressed some of the financial concerns and that is enough right now. >> when we read the team leads in a couple of weeks, 51%, 50%, do you think that is going to be done. >> the split of basketball related income will probably be in the neighborhood of 51, 52% to players, 48, 49% to owners. and that will be enough at the end of the day to get a deal done. we're not there yet. >> we're certainly not there yet. so wha

. >> "usa today" reports about 80 products used the label in 2007. now more than 800 tuesday from bread to tortilla chips. so tricky. >>> the city of san jose is ready to sell five acres of downtown property to the oakland as co-owner lew wolff. the plan would give the as exclusive rights to the land near the hp pavilion and diridon train station if the team can build a new ballpark there. wolff and the city hope it will make a good impression with major league baseball official, who still haven't allowed whether to allow the as to move in the first place. the price tag for the land would be $7 million much less than what the city paid for when the economy was better. >>> jack the cat is a feline who escaped from jfk airport in august. he has been found. after nearly three months on the lamb, yesterday jack tumbled through the ceiling tiles into a customs and border patrol room. a deputy immediately called the airlines who notified jack's owner. she is from san jose. the time away from a comfy home and regular meals has taken its toll. apparently jac

senate--usa today that people are happy. and the nelson cruz, this can offer my man jose.es 310 to one. an analyst whorl's really have taken over. it would not be beyond on nutrition and a squirrel in there all the economic any appears to tonight his cardinals were craig. doubling in four runs for st. louis, that looked pretty much it. milwaukee is coming back is now 43. but someone named jason mott is awful good. he struck out three of the four batters that he faced. it is the official, heal and to new gm of the chicago cubs. the boston red sox, the raiders' first moves as the passing of mr. davis came up with the fourth overall pick in the 2009 draft. they came up and seventh rounder and a fifth rounder. david cameron from seattle it has been two years since he was highly thought of but the raiders asked in the old town favorite position the tape from an that bombed another location and try to turn them into something special. now you do have the many trade in the nfl, he leaves the seahawks to come to the raiders. and we have rob, he finished a very respectable third pl

. >>> the new iphone 4f goes on sale in about two hours here in washington our partners at usa today say this could be a landmark event and could mean more people have smash phones than regular, old wireless phones. >> the phone went on sale overnight in japan. more than 200 people lined up there to get their hands on one. nearly 1 million have been sold through pre orders. >>> among those waiting for the new iphone, apple co-founder steve woes yak and yes, he ordered a new iphone for himself. why wouldn't he? he should be handed one. >>> still ahead this morning, we are talking about a rail meeting. >>> in four minutes, monika santani gives us a preview. >>> and should we expect more rain today? howard, there is your weather first when 9news returns. >>> it is 6:12. we are looking at live doppler 9 hd with rain west of us that will be here in the next couple of hours. grab the rain gear but also, grab the sun shades. you are going to need them mid afternoon. sun to finish the day, highs around 70. monika. >>> southbound side of 25 at howard road we are just getting word of an accide

the phone number on the screen -- one is "usa today's" article this. down and little further in this article -- that is a little bit from "usa today" this morning. again, we want to talk to you about the economy and your confidence in the economy. "the wall street journal" editorial -- again, that was "the wall street journal" rating -- writing about the economy. george, what is your confidence level on the economy? caller: here is the problem, peter. what we have had over the last several years, actually decades, falling wages in the face of rising worker productivity at all levels. we are producing more, working harder, and receiving less pay. we have a wage gap. you have to prop up the economy with artificial demands, meaning even more debt or propping up the area where wages should be. if we don't have an environment where employers are competing for workers, trying to give the employer's choice instead of, i hate to say it, employer of last resort, we will not have a healthy economy. skill level and education is not going to be a panacea because i

"usa today reports the campaign is launching an outreach efforts that will use facebook twitter, and other social networking sites. it will target college students in key states such as pennsylvania, ohio wisconsin. the initiative starts tomorrow. >>> he is well known for his role in the movie "and grant." comedian will ferrell was awarded the mark twain price of american humor last night at the kennedy center. one of his longtime costars molly shannon said that despite his wacky persona, he's a pretty shy guy off camera. >> caught up with him before last night's event. >> i don't know if i am shy i am just myself. whether i feel like being funny or not i never felt any pressure to be on. >> he dropped the award after it was presented. ben ali shannon, jack black, -- ben ali shannon jack black, and conan o'brien among those speaking. >>> the annual alumni crunch and fashion show yesterday in northwest washington, i was honored to host the event with my fellow howard university alumni. it was a great fashion show. >>> there's a new project in the works for google. >> and things could

"usa today" says consumers may soon have lower prices on things ranging from gasoline to make the goodssweets. linda bell reporting for abc 7. >>> 54 degrees. >> you are watching "good morning washington." ♪ one taste and you'll understand. deliciouss dunkin' donuts coffee. mmm! pick some up where you buy groceries. america runs on dunkin'. >>> another chance to get affordable clothing from a famous designer. >> jason wu is designing a limited edition collection for target stores. he is one of the favorite designers of michelle obama, the first lady. he designed a white gown that she wore to the inaugural ball. his 60's and inspired line will reach the target stores in february. all items will cost $60 or less. >> he is a young guy and has had great success. good for him. >>> down to nine couples on a "dancing." >> despite strong performances the bottom two contestants or hope solo and kristin cavallari. >> ♪ >> the audience did not like that vote. even kristin cavallari herself said she was surprised by the results. >> we were all surprised, because she did a pretty good with the votes

"usa today" talks about europe and how it's tearing at unity. a lot happening over there. ht is it claimed its own country. they're expanding the bailout fund. they'll do a deal and the market is shrugging that off. here we are at the height now of earning season kicked off last night with alcoa, the aluminum giant suggesting maybe the world is worrying itself in a recession. aluminum prices are falling, it will open down. better news from pepsico. they have to spend more money in the united states advertising the soda, because they've been underinvesting against coke. that's dragging them down. >> simon, alcoa, when alcoa goes down, that's a warning of a possible recession to come, is it not? >> yeah, but we've already had the fall in aluminum prices. that's had what has been happening. the question is whether it becomes self-fulfilling or perhaps you don't get china going into the recession. the other thing that's happened overnight, we started to get business reacting to the occupied wall street protest. yesterday they marched around outside john paulson's house. he rele

according to a report in the "usa today." he luxury carmaker are expected to announce it at a news conference later today when they host them. >> there it is. >> have to pay for all of the renovations. >> hopefully, they'll beat the colts when that announcement is made. >> they're 0-4. >> congratulations. >> thank you, jess. >> you're welcome. >> check out the white house! going pink monday night. this is, of course, the first week of breast cancer awareness month. the vice president's residence was bathed in pink lights. both president obama and president george w. bush have put up red ribbons and the fountain has been dyed green for st. patrick's day. >> howard says we'll see the sun this afternoon. we have details coming up next. >> here is a live look at 270 in clarksburg. southbound traffic on the left side, pretty good for this time of the morning. monika's next time save err traffic report is 7 minutes away. >> after that, it is morning siesta time. we're celebrating national taco day with the folks from district taco.

this is a "usa today" right up -- write up. just a bit of the "usa today" piece this monday morning. "watts street journal -- "wall street journal" -- weymouth, are you there? caller: the thing that bothers me the most about herman cain is the fact that he sat on the kansas board of the federal reserve. we can trustif anybody who sat on the federal reserve. at the other thing that bothers me about rick perry is he has been to the bilderberg group meetings. host: who do you like? caller: i like mitt romney. yampa -- host: why? caller: i trust him. i'd think he would make a good president. i think he can help straighten out the economy, get jobs, put people back to work. host: let us give your response to a comment from a white house official yesterday, the front page of "the washington times." they point out yesterday the senior advisor to the white house says mr. romney "has no core." the talk about is changing positions on issues. what do you think? caller: i think sometimes people ask questions and they make a decision to qui

host: front page of "usa today" has this story about the unemployed. on craig's list, the jobless and desperate plea for work. and a story about the sun belt boom reaches its end. and also in the national section of "the new york times" this morning is a piece about justice john paul stevens retired last year, out with a new book, and he will be our guest on "q&a" this weekend at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern time. new jersey. bonnie, you are next. your thoughts on the governor and his potential bid for the presidency. caller: good morning. i do believe -- i might be wrong -- but regardless of our political ideologies and what party we adhered to, if any. we all recognize the fact that money has had a very corrupt and corrosive effect on our politicians and our government. that is why we are in a standstill right now. i don't know of the listening public was aware of the fact that as a lobbyist he were to remove securities fraud on the securities fraud act on behalf of the organization run by bernie madoff. in addition to the last caller, he put tha