>> they drained the pond. >> let wendy finish. >> they drained the pond. >> let wendy finish. >> they drained the pond. >> we know the children are given drugs for certain things, mysterious things, often it's tied to pornography. the child may not have even been in the trailer at the night she was given those drugs. if there was a reason she was removed and brought elsewhere whether a drug debt or some -- >> wendy, you're making it up. >> wendy makes everything up. >> hold on. go to the next piece of the puzzle. misty originally said she was home sleeping. when she woke up and haleigh was nowhere fob found. listen to this. >> i got up because i had to use the bathroom but i didn't make it to the bathroom. i turned the light on and i walked in the kitchen and the back door is wide open and i didn't notice about haleigh until i had seen the back door open. and she's gone. and that's all i know. is when i woke up, when i went to sleep she was there and then when i woke up she was gone. >> i got to tell you if this girl's lying she deserves an academy award for that performance. affiliat

charles, wendy, we appreciate it. thanks, guys. >>> coming up -- former alabama judge herman thomas accused of spanking inmates. we'll tell you what happened in that case coming up. d d d d d d >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. we are continuing our conference about a judge in alabama, herman thomas. he was accused of some horrific crimes. the charges, sexual abuse, attempted sod bomy. inmates claimed the judge would check them out of jail and among other things spank them and perform sex acts. those were some of the charges. he's been acquitted. going over this case with his attorney, bob clark. also with us a criminal defense attorney. bob, correct me if i'm wrong, one of the alleged victims -- and if kids are in the room, forgive me for your parents out there -- one of the inmate's semen was found on the carpets in the judge's office, correct? >> that's right. >> how is that explained away? how did that go down in court? help us out with that? >> it's very simple. there were two inmates -- i don't need to na

sexy women want it all, wendy. does it take away from their sex appeal, do you think, to be called a cougar? >> i don't think it takes away from their sex appeal, but it takes away, i think, from their whole identity. i mentioned it with pretend power. listen, a.j. any woman in her 40s can get a young guy. these guys got loaded guns that will shoot at any target. what does that say? is it saying just that your fannie hasn't gone to the south of france. it's still in paris. really, ladies, are you emotionally secure? are you smart? are you able to nurture your children and the world, or are you just able it get a young gun? so what. >> this is coming from monica s who wrote on the show biz tonight facebook wall -- >> there you go. that's more your point, cooper. demi, not a cougar. madonna, not a cougar. courtney not a cougar. whatever you want to call them. hey, look, they're having the time of their lives. in that case, no harm no foul. just get rid of the word. >> the pressure to have to look a certain way. now y

wendy murphy wendy we're setting him on fire. the boy's alleged yelled "he's a snitch, he's a snitch. pour it on him." where do they learn these values? >> where to begin with the list jane? it's not just television it's not just bad parenting it is literally a culture that for a very long time has rewarded boys for being brutes and now we actually live in an even worse society than probably, you know, when these boys were younger. and i'll tell you why we have never, ever punished juveniles who do grotesque things like this with the kind of severe punishment they deserve. we've always thought, oh well he's only 15 he's only 16 okay, he burned a house down, he tried to kill a kid by lighting his body on fire. let's get him some rehabilitation. >> wendy, wendy, wendy. >> and send that message to anybody -- >> i have got to say this to you. >> come on, jane. >> all right. >> come on come on. >>. >> all right, all right! >> i'm just making a very important point. >> okay. >> and the data is with me on this. >> wendy, this isn't abou

i have to disagree with wendy.eople are going to rush to their tvs and these folks get a reality tv show. they had every element and we are talking about the entertainment basis. this is a different discussion. based on the entertainment factor, this guy is gold. you need to sign him quick. >> turns out that richard and his wife met in acting school. they have been jonesing for their own show for sometime now. if this turns out to be a hoax, it makes it more remarkable to watch theatrics knowing that they didn't need an acting school. maybe they are good actors if this is a hoax. the ladies of the view were told maybe this was the best tryout ever. >> this guy is 48 years old and doesn't have a gig. he's looking for a gig. >> i won't support him. >> bravo will give him a show and all those other networks. >> i know you wouldn't watch, but with all of the anger surrounding this family, i'm kind of thinking any network would have to be nuts to offer them a reality show. >> you know, i think we do have standards. i ha

let's get wendy in on this. wendy -- the couple is showing no remorse even through all this. almost using -- >> i am dying to get in here. let me tell you -- >> help us with their mindset. who understands it? not many. help us out. >> i have a word for you. i have one word for you, delusion. delusional, mike. first of all, religion performs a very important psychological function in our culture. gives us a sense of community, moral teaching, comfort in our own fear of tieing. if you think god is a trauma center who is going to step in and take care of thing, mirngs come on. a priest told me this once. the story of a guy who's drowning. three boats come by, i have faith. when he drowns, he said, god, why didn't you save me? god said, i sent you three boats, you dumby. it's a delusion. >> mom, she's talking about the judge and the dilemma the judge had. she writes -- dads same mentality. he almost used the courtroom like a pulpit talking about his faith. for them, it's, what, their girl's a martyr and their going to continue on in this? >> guess what else that judge -- that jud

joining us now, ambassador wendy sherm sherman. thank you for joining us. you have been across the table from some of these players and you know what the stakes are, how did the u.s. handle it today as far as you're concerned and agreeing to these one-on-one talks. i. >> i think you heard consistent statements today that we're looking for transparency and accountability and, andrea, this is not the end of the beginning. this is the beginning of the beginning of a very long and difficult negotiating process. it sounds like everyone did a very fine job in this first direct talks between ambassador bill burns and the iranian chief negotiator. it sounds like all the parties together put their cards on the table and we have a long way to go and we have to see whether this inspection is a real and substantive one handing over documents and meeting with personnel as we heard from david kay, a true inspection. we know and suspect there may be other sites that we have to look at. this is the beginning of a long process, a good first step but many, many more to come.

and i've got to disagree with wendy.ink people are going to rush to their televisions if these folks get a reality tv show. this guy had every element and he executed it and i'm strictly talking on an entertainment basis. yeah, as a dad it's a different discussion. but based on entertainment factor, this guy is gold. you need to sign him quick. >> well, it turns out that richard and his wife, mayumi they met in acting school and apparently, as we've been hearing, they've been jonesing for their own reality show for some time now. so if this really turns out to be a hoax, it makes it even more remarkable to watch their theatrics over the lastss knowing that they did meet in acting school. hln's own joy behar told the ladies of the view, maybe this was the best tryout ever. >> he's looking for a gig. and he might get one. >> i'm not going to support him. >> you don't have to support him. bravo will give him a show and all those other networks. >> wendy i know you wouldn't watch, but with all of the anger surrounding this f

andrea, bob, the whole gang coming up on the wendy's postgame report on the other side of this break. . >>> here now, bob costas. >> well, the chargers make it interesting. down the stretch. but pittsburgh prevails 38-28. ben roethlisberger threw for two and rashard mendenhall filling in in spectacular fashion and willie parker ran for two and here they are with andrea kremer. andrea? >> andrea: you're up by 21. mid fourth quarter. they close it to within seven. what are you thinking? >> we had to answer the bell. we did all night on offense. we moved the ball. told this good night rear here to squeeze it up. he gave is time and opened up holes for him so give a lot of credit to them. >> the guys in the booth said it best. this was not your mother's steelers offense that we saw here tonight. how did you open it up? >> you know what? we came out with a lot of pride and we said we're going to run the ball and pass the ball and we did that great tonight. we're not the steelers of the '70s. we will throw the ball and be balanced and i think we did a great job tonight. >> andrea: what did

wendy murphy? >> that's like my grandfather's era, women go to the bathroom together. am i wrong? i thought i read that they found some of her property in a parking lot? >> yes. one at a time. >> let's say worst case scenario from the perspective of no crime or best, depending on the perspective, that they saw her getting into a car. let's say they saw her get into a car. you cannot say that's not a crime. i think saying there's no crime here or even hintding is so disrespectful because we have got people on alert. >> seriously, hey, okay. you with the beret, the red beret. >> this was not an outdoor concert. bathrooms are inside. she left the facility. and you leave a concert and go outside, generally to do things you can't do inside. that's why people leave a concert. and then she couldn't get inside. >> seriously, people, one at a time. >> i'm saying, it wasn't for a bathro bathroom. bathrooms are on the inside of the concert venue, not outside. >> this reminds me of the natalee holloway case because we have a disconnect. this girl, morgan, who is missing, doesn't seem like a p

at 5:30 now i'm jim handly i'm wendy rieger. coming up a bizarre grand sendoff for edgar allen po. art history, the obamas pick paintings for their private residence. and homeless in the city. money is running out while the demand continues to grow. >>> we begin this half hour with a new 4 exclusive. never before seen video of a mystery woman who could provide a key clue in the high profile murder case. it was in 1997 when she was killed inside her home in washington after walking in on a burglary. tonight police have new information in the case. pat collins reports. >> reporter: police are hoping this newly discovered picture of this mystery woman, taken by security cameras at this grocery store in northwest, will help them solve a 12-year-old high profile murder case. january 21st, 1997, 26-year-old sharon moskowitz found dead inside this street on biltmore street. sharon moskowitz, an honors graduate from connecticut, a japanese studies expert. she had only lived in our city for a few weeks before this happened. on the day this happened, she felt ill. she called in sick. she wen

and joining us to discuss this and more is talk show host, wendy williams. okay, wendy, you're no stranger to publicity yourself. >> no. >> so what did you think of this story? were you drawn to it? >> yes. and so was my house full of people at the time. you know, one of the rare times after work we were entertaining, every tv was glued to it. and something smelled a little rotten when they found the boy and the boy was upstairs. you know, upstairs in a box in the attic. and then i had seen "wife swap." it used to be part of my regular lineup on friday nights when it came on network, i was familiar with this family. and so yeah, everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame, so they got it. >> but who's really more to blame? the father and the crazy mother or the media for pushing this, like we're doing. >> the media. but, you know, you can put the carrot out there, you can dangle it, the parents took the bait, and so now there are going to be consequences and repercussions. >> i don't think it's the media's fault. >> thank. >> because we could otherwise be talki

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sexy women, one and all, wendy.it take away from their sex appeal to be called a cougar. >> i don't think it takes away from their sex appeal but it takes away from their whole i had it. i mentioned it was pretend power. listen, arnl.j., any woman in tr 40s can get a younger guy. they have loaded guns that will shoot at any target. really, ladies, are you smart? are you emotionally secure? are you able to nurture your children and the world or are you able to get a young guy? so what. >> one more comment. monica s. wrote -- so there you go. that's more to your point, cooper, demi not a cougar, courtney not a cougar, mad no not a cougar. whatever you want to call them. they are having the time of their life. in that case, no harm no fall. >> the pressure to look a certain way. now you can't be a woman over 40, you have to be a hot woman over 40. if you weren't a hot 20-year-old you can't be another hot 40-year-old. now there's another level to live up to. >> can we move to this other controversy, which is just burnin

i think now is absolutely on the money in that letter. >> wendy murphy,? >> i've also written a column posted at the patriot ledger.com where i take david on as a little bit. i do think he is a victim, and extortion is worse than what he's done thus far. but i do give him the top five things he should be saying on his show to stop joking and to take this seriously, because whether or not there's a quid pro quo, if you create a hostile environment based on sex and/or gender, it interferes with the ability of women to have an equal employment opportunity. and that's the whole point of civil rights and title 9 and title 7 laws we've been fighting about so long in this country. i think he's wrong to do the behavior, but, but, let me say this, the whole jealousy motive and the idea that we're going to somehow turn this into a this guy was jealous and that's why he did this? let's be clear. it was about money. and the only reason it's being described as an issue of jealousy or revenge is because when he puts up his insanity defense it will stick a little better.

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wendy, kri ril, thanks for being with us. coming up parents sentenced to six months in jail for praying instead of getting medical help for their 11-year-old daughter, to pray is great but get the medical help, as well. well, she died of untreated diabetes. well, they could have spent 25 years behind bars. what do you think of this sentence? call in, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. but for right now, want to meet our newest cnn hero. >> this is cnn hero. >> hello i'm depack chopra. for the past two years i've had the honor of serving on the blue ribbon panel that selects the top ten cnn heroes. as a contributor to the star fund global which sponsors projects that transforms communities around the world, i see just how much we all need heroes. now, i'm thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten heroes. >> buildings being burned, people just trying to save their life. the children are supposed to have proper upbringing and what they were having there was far from being normal. my name is is -- i'm a pilot. i founde

let's get wendy in on this. the couple is showing no remorse even through all this. >> i am dying to get in here. >> help us with their mindset. because not -- who understands it? not many. >> i have one word for you. delusion. delusional, mike. first of all, religion performs a very important psychological function in our culture. it gives us a sense of community, moral teaching, comfort in our own fear of dying. but if you think god is a trauma center who's going to step in and take care of things, come on. a priest told me this in a homily once. you know the old story of the guy who's drowning and three boats come by and every time he says, no, it's okay. i have faith. i'm praying. it'll be fine. god will save me. he eventually drowns and says, god, why didn't you save me? i prayed. and god said, i sent you three boats, you stupid dummie. right? >> well, help us out. >> it is a kind of delusion. >> okay. so then when they get in the courtroom and mom let me read her statement again, no regrets here. she is ta

let's get wendy in on this. wendy, we're -- the couple is showing no remorse, even through all this. almost using -- >> i am dying to get in here. >> help us with their mind-set. who understands it, not many. >> i have one word for you. delusion. delusional, mike. first of all, religion performs a very important psychological function in our culture. it gives us a sense of community, moral teaching, comfort in our own fear of dying. but if you think god is a trauma center who will step in and take care of things, come on, a priest told me this in a homily once, you know the old story of the guy who is drowning and three boats come by and he says, no, i have faith and god will save me. when he eventually saves me, he said, god, i prayed, and he said, i sent you three boats, you dummy. >> right. help us out. >> it is a kind of delusion. >> so then when they get in the courtroom and led me read mom's statement. no regrets. she writes, judge howard had a difficult task before him today in sentencing us but he was wi

speediest was wendy's. number one overall according to fast food magazine qsr, chick-fil chick-fil-a, did they get your order right and then that speaker. that's how it used to sound ten years ago. you couldn't understand everything. >> what's good sales practice when they go through the drive-thru, hi hi would you like to order this special, super sizer and you're like, no, i just wanted a coffee. but they ask you straight out. so you have to go, no, not today. >> which makes everybody a little bit longer. >> true. oh, all right. hey, thank you. >>> have you checked ow the new edition to our prime time lineup? "enjoy behar show" appears here at 9:00 pm. friday she was chatting with kathy griffin. >> i want to be jennifer aniston. >> why? >> my life would be better, i would be happy and have everything figured out. >> you think she's so happy? >> then somebody from the hills. i want to be one of the kardashians. how is that? >> no, you don't. >> yes, i do. i want to be khloe. you didn't see that coming. >>

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly.t where students and teachers are gathering to protest big layoffs announced last week. citing the budget, d.c. school officials laid off nearly 400 employees, including more than 200 teachers last friday. students protested, saying cuts at the beginning of the school year are a disruption to their learning. news 4's tom sherwood joins us live from freedom plaza with the latest on this. big crowd throughout, tom? >> reporter: gentlemyes, jim, t rally for respect is just

wendy fritz, best buy senior vice president of computing said on the call, "when we look at the netbookategory, we view it as a companion device. so it's an additional device, not a replacement device to a notebook. so that business is generally and vastly incremental." then brian dunn, best buy's ceo, chimed in, putting all our netbook fears to rest when he said, "i think the notion that people are going to choose one device, one for connectivity, is an erroneous assumption." listen, i'm taking them at their word. they've never, ever been dishonest. in my experience with them. so i am saying that netbooks are not cannibalizing sales of more expensive computers. in fact, i am going with them and saying it's creating an additional incremental world. it's an entirely new product in a category that's going like crazy, and that means we've got to find a way to make money. and just like that i realized if i had been running best buy's conference call i would have followed up by saying are you ready skee-daddy? i probably wouldn't have said that on the call. buy -- ♪ nvidia. the best way to p

a woman named wendy cortez said he was a frequent client of hers. that suggests there may be as many as three. if there are three, there may well be three others. that's a crime. soliciting prosecution is not just a serious sin but an actual crime. it's appalling that mr. vitter was committing crimes and much less than the u.s. senator who was sworn to uphold the institution committing crimes. bad as that is, he wants to go against those not guilty of prostitution and get a criminal investigation. he seems fair to demand that mr. vitter be held to account to account for his crime. >> senator vitter responded to the complaint to the louisiana bar saying that your organization, crew, is biassed. you're pro-democrat and pro-acorn. i have to get your response to that. >> sure. i think mr. vitter may have forgotten that crew has gone after a couple of other politicians. democratic former representative william jefferson. we put out our most corrupt list, something we do every year. this year, eight democrats on the list and seven republicans. we're a non

. >> wendy baucus panel convened, there were a lot of misgivings -- when the bacchus' panel convened. yet, most of what senator baucus proposed seems to have prevailed. republicans gave it their best shot, but there and it's apparently did not get anywhere. -- but there are amendments -- but their amendments did not get anywhere. >> they have a majority. they ought to be able to do anything you want to. the question is will they? are there on members comfortable enough with a proposal that takes $500 million -- $500 billion out of medicare over the next few years and raise billions of dollars in taxes on both individuals and corporations -- are they comfortable for that? if they are, they should have enough votes to pass it. let me tell you how this issue is connected. if you are an employer and thinking about hiring, and you are looking at the cost of hiring an employee, and you look at this health-care bill, are you incentivized to expand employment or not? i think the answer is you are not. so there are many things we are doing here that are in heating the economic -- impeding the

. >> i guess, wendy, there is a family that doesn't want to prosecute because they don't want the publicityre like, well, then i wouldn't get anybody to testify. so maybe it isn't worth the trouble. >> it is not up to them. you look at domestic violence court. it is packed full of defendants arrested when the victims were saying, no, no, don't take him away. you take him away and then let prosecutors decide how they're going to protect the people of the state. >> i believe this one is not over. i think we're scratching the tip of this iceberg. so to speak. on the surface, this sex scandal, as kim just mentioned, it sounds a lot like the david letterman affair but there are some important differences. while brooke hundley is alleged to have stalked the brooks family, this young woman here, stephanie, was outed because she reportedly left her diary, her secret diary out. where her reportedly jealous boyfriend you was able to find and it read it and may have allegedly become enraged over what he read about stephanie and dave in the diary. so we can contrast those two, the way these two paramou

wendy, is it my imagination or are we seeing more drunk driving moms? >> no. imagination. in fact, there are statistics that show in the last seven or eight years, the percentage of women driving drunk has increased to over 30% what it was before. i think a lot. it has to do with the fact that it is the bread winners, the stress on them, more pressure to achieve and to be on top. but you no, you are not, that is definitely what's going on here. there are places that women can go to recover. and it is a lot of women don't know this. that there are specific places that are just for them. friendly house, which you mentioned, is one of them. one of the oldest houses for women. residential treatment programs for women, recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction in the united states, having been first started in 1951. two houses, one chch on normandy. that was built in about 1918. and we have another house given to us by the grace of william shatner. >> i'm looking at these videos and these are beautiful places. some people are so afraid, women are so afraid of g

is absolutely on the money in that letter. >> wendy murphy? >> i have also written a column that will be posted at the patriotledger.com where i take david on a little bit. i do see him as a victim and i think extortion is worse than whatever he's done that i've heard thus far. we have to remember that. but i do give him the top five things he should be saying on his show to stop joking and to take this seriously, because whether or not there's a quid pro quo, if you create a hostile environment based on sex and/or gender, it interferes with the ability of women to have an equal employment opportunity and that's the whole point of civil rights and title nine and title seven laws that we have been fighting about for so long in this country. i think he's been wrong to do the behavior. but, but let me say this. the whole jealousy motive and the idea that we're going to somehow turn this into a this guy was jealous and that's why he did this, let's be clear. it was about money and the only reason it's being described as an issue of jealousy or rev

researchers observed customers at mcdonald's, wendy's, kfc and burger king.bout 1/4 say it influenced what they orders. low-income customers were more interested in cost than calories. >>> an upcoming movie executive produced by tyler perry deals with abuse. who knew the issue would hit so close to home for the filmmaker himself. >>> alabama judge tried on 83 charges for forcing inmates to have sex with him. they told inmates he would throw them in jail if they didn't perform sexual acts. the judge resigned two years ago in mobile. jury selection began this week. >>> comedian, actor and producer tyler perry is sharing painful past. he reveals intimate details of his troubled childhood, including physical and sexual abuse. he said he wanted to share his story of survival after watching a screening of the film "precious" the movie he coproduced with oprah winfrey. >>> here's something that may surprise you in eight states and washington, d.c. insurance companies can use domestic violence as a preexisting deny condition to deny health coverage. according to a na

wendy's was the speediest but doesn't just measure speed.he number one overall, chick-fill-a, speaker clarity, that you could understand what the person was saying on the other side. >> i would like an orange slushy. wasn't that a recording from the late 80s? i said orange soda, or is that just in ohio. maybe so. have you checked out our new edition to the lineup. for example, friday joy was chatting with comedian cathy griffin. >> i want to be jennifer aniston then my life would be better and i would be happy. >> do you think she is happy? she didn't have a boyfriend. >> i want to be somebody from "the hills." i want to be a kardashian. >> no you don't. >> i want to be chloe. you thought i would say kim. >> you know what, i don't even know who they are. >> catch "the joy wehar show at 9:00 p.m. men >>> all righty. let us look at the morning papers. "washington post" reports that president obama has postponed a meeting with the dollalai lama s week. the first time since 1991 that a sitting president will not meet with a spiritual leader whil

wendy writes, i'm a flight attendant with an 11-month-old at home. it's scary. i feel i need to get it to protect both of us. nancy says, i'm not getting the swine flu vaccine. shot or not. it sounds too experimental. stephanie says, i'm waiting. tell us what you think. go to cnn.com/robin. there's a little facebook link. click on it, it'll take you there. you're going to hear more about the h1n1 vaccinations and why pregnant women may face a higher risk of getting the virus. our correspondent richard lui will have that in about 15 minutes. >>> will president obama send troops into harm's way, or more of them, in afghanistan? he meets with congressional leaders today to talk about what has become a major debate. top military leaders want as many as 40,000 more troops. they say the taliban is gaining strength. others say the u.s. can fight the war with unmanned drones and special forces teams. >> you have to start where you are. not where you wish you were. and the reality is that because of our inability and the inability, frankly, of our allies to put enough tr

researchers observed customers in mcdonald's, wendy's, kfc and burger king and four city neighborhoodsith high obesity and also diabetes rates and found only half of the customers noticed the calorie counts. about 1/4 said it did influence what they ordered. only about 1/4. health add co-kits say it suggests they're more interested in cost than calories. >>> encouraging news for those crews fighting the massive 7,000 acre wildfire still burning, still, in southern california. forecasters not only expect cooler temperatures, higher humidity and light winds today, but those favorable, calm conditions should stick around for the rest of the week. fire officials expect to contain the wildfire by thursday night. that is the goal. right now, it's about 32% contained. it's burned three homes near the mountain town of wrightwood. >>> a man who fell out of a hot air balloon is in serious condition. we have video of this. the balloon's gondola hit a tent. he fell 25 feet to the ground, 70 years odd and has a dislocated hip. >> and we saw the man cartwheel out at about 35 feet. now, he didn't hit

before the show last night, wendy williams told "showbiz tonight" dave didn't have to say a thing about his wife on tv. take a look. >> i think he's handles it very well and i don't think we're owed any more explanation on it. i don't think it's necessary to apologize to his wife or say anything about apologizing to the staffers on the show. he needs to handle that with the staffers in the boardroom and handle his wife at home. last time i checked, sex between two consensual people or four or however many it was. >> but today, ladies on "the view" praised letterman and they say, bravo, dave. take a look. >> the thing i love that david did was he apologized to his wife. even though they were not married at the time, they were dating at the time. and the fact that he made it public -- >> for 20 something years? >> he acknowledge he had had done something wrong. >> i agree it was important for dave to address this because i think it was important for fans to see his humanity and see he's not callous about what happened to his life. nicole, do you think dave should have left the issue betwe

before the show last night wendy williams told "showbiz tonight" that dave didn't have to say a thing his wife on tv. take a look at this. >> i think he's handling it well. i don't think we're owed more explanation. i don't think it's necessary to apologize to his wife on the show and i don't think it's necessary to apologize to the staffers on the show. he needs to hantdle that in the board room. last i checked sex between two consensual people, or four or how ever many was not illegal. >> that's one side of the issue. today on "the view" the ladies were praising letterman because he did reach out to his wife publicly. they say bravo. take a look. >> the thing that i love that david did was he apologized to his wife. even though they weren't married at the time, they were dating at the time. and the fact that he made -- >> for 20 something years. >> he acknowledged he had done something wrong. >> i agree it was important for dave to address this because i think it was important for fans to see his humanity, he's not callous what happened to his wife. you think dave should have left t

. >> take to you wendy's and let you super size it. >> you're so romantic. >> let's go to rick for weatherut there, guys. all right. hey, somebody just tweeted me and said that the loser has to appear shirtless. >> no, that's-- between dave and i, you don't want to see that. >> i think aly was included in that. >> oh (laughter) >> we would have to-- one of us would have to appear shirtless. >> i'm not playing. >> that's not a good idea, not a good idea at all. take a look at the weather maps, guys, we've got a cool start to the west, cool and snowy in fact, across much of the west and not that bad across the immediate eastern seaboard. take a look at satellite radar picture, we've got some rain across the south and in fact, as you move forward, areas of the south, some this have is moisture from what was thunderstorm olaf. kind of getting pulled into the subtropical jet here and we'll keep things active for lot of the week across texas and eventually towards areas of the deep south and the southeast and that's good news for texas, not so good news in areas like atlanta, are we going to be

i was in missouri wendy brown shoe co. -- when the shoe business went to brazil. 5000 jobs were lost there. we got those jobs back but it was a blow. and the zenith television company was the last one to manufacture televisions in the u.s. that plant went down to mexico to lower the costs to consumers. host: someone who identifies themselves -- with china pegging its currency, can we continue to export and grow? guest: the relationship between the u.s. and china goes beyond the dollar. they buy a lot of our debt. during the time of stronger dollars, they were the principal supplier of a lot of our manufactured goods. we have this enormous financial legacy relationship. we will do business with them for a long time. the weakness in the dollar is causing the chinese to wonder whether they should continue connecting with the dollar. the official currency of the chinese may go independent. they made recompose the portfolio that supports that. they have fewer dollars in that ratio and more other things. a lot of people say what the chinese do in the next year financially may have a big ef

after the first quarter of 2009 wendy real gdp -- when the gdp fell by 4.6% , second quarter numberst gdp fell by 0.7%. the institute for a supply at management's monthly index shows an expansion in the manufacturing sector but the second consecutive month, after contracting from the very 2008 to july 2009. -- from february 2008 to july 2009. i participated in a hearing yesterday looking at the progress in getting our projects funded with the pro-american recovery and reinvestment act. secretary hood presented evidence of the benefits created by the stimulus, but in terms of improved infrastructure and economic recovery. the transportation portion created 122,000 jobs already. i want to highlight a few things as well as congratulate the secretary and president obama and transportation agencies that have made the progress possible. secretary lahood spoke of $20 billion in stimulus funds for the federal highway administration. he briefed us on the third phase of the interstate 215 widening project in san bernadino. he also noted atlanta's and ministration received money also. creating