i'll tell you a funny story abe youngstown -- about youngstown state university.rs great football. jim tressel was the coach. i don't know if you remember, jim tressel -- >> tell her, football -- >> it's -- he's not talking soccer. >> i know you call something else football, but it's not that. >> but this guy brought them to four or five championships but before tressel i played for dwight dike beady. his wife invited the penalty flag. they were the only coach that youngstown had for 50 years. my senior year we were playing pensacola naval station and roger staubach was the quarterback. he was doing his six-year active duty, he had graduated the naval academy, heisman trophy and he's on his away to win the super bowls. so we're playing. as is customary, they do the scouting report. and the team, you know, sits down and they tell you what to expect at game time, a week away. we'll practice that week. so this coach, coach beady, who was 70 at the time, he sa, gentlemen, we have our hands full this week. he said a fellow by the name of roger starbuck, a fine football

guest: that is in youngstown, ohio. it was a major steel- manufacturing capital until the 1970's. you have at least five or six major steel plans unused. host: is this site still a band? guest: yes. host: the last call comes from florida. caller: what is your thought on independent, private bidders? guest: my assessment is that in youngstown one of the biggest, growing industries is dismantling. but they are making a lot of money taking them down and selling the steel. host: justin hollander, author of "polluted and dangerous, america's worst of an improper visabandoned properties." we will look at the congressional meetings this week. the trip next guest will be david hawkins, come monday. the next two guests will also be with us, the last is an author talking to was about the labor movement. thank you for joining us for this edition. we will see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . >> today on c-span, a health care town hall meeting with democratic sen

youngstown, ohio. yeah.esident was speaking to the autoworkers there at the lordstown gm plant, the chairman of the federal reserve was making a bit of news. ben bernanke in washington responding to a question during a speech at the brookings institution said the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over. we'll take up that issue with susan lisovicz in just a couple of minutes. also, the so-called gang of six meets again today trying to iron out a health care reform bill for all americans. we're back in a moment. before i started this job, i admit, i had some doubts. probably a lot like you. but i like what i found. i think you will too. car for car, when compared to the competition, we win. simple as that. i just know if you get into one of our cars, you're gonna like what you see. so we're putting our money where our mouth is. buy a new chevy, buick, gmc or cadillac and if you are not 100% happy, return it. we'll take it back. that's our new 60-day satisfaction guarantee. and as always you'll get ou

the factory worker in youngstown, the home care worker in niles the truck driver in borgman. the center tells the story of working-class communies to a nation tt it helped build. ohioans from across the mahoney valley showed up to listen while others showed up to tell the story of a working-class family struggling with the crushing costs of health care. john from champion, ohio, described how his sick nephew lacks health insurance and can't afford the neurologist he's supposed to see. john said if health reform doesn't pass soon, his nephew probably won't live long enough to receive the care that he so desperately needs. michelle from youngstown asked the question at the root of all the struggles have defined, the progressive labor movement. michelle, in her early 30's, is one of the nearly 50 miion americans who's uninsured. she asked: isn't health reform a moral issue, where people in need and deserve care should have access to it? the question of morality, whether coal miners' lives should be protected or food safety should be -- or food safety should be essential, or the

ball in youngstown. >>> you, first, jonathan on this one.one for both of you. un-opinionated and opinionated journalist. i mean tough. afghanistan is real. it's not a campaign issue. it's not a public relations issue. it's not an obama issue. it's a reality. we have people -- i was taken by the sight of that young italian kid over a coffin. there's so many americans getting killed every day, and you see a young kid lean ing over his father's coffin and realizing the total finality of that, the final, forever loss of your father for a young kid and go wait a minute, italy's not that far away from america. afghanistan's really far away. and it's different culturally. countries like italy and america where people really believe in sharia and are not going to change if we stay there 100 damn years. my question to you, jonathan, how does the president defend a campaign, a war, that isn't going to change anything? >> well, it's not an easy task, chris, especially with the base of his own party. you see vice president biden now, in reports coming o

here's video where he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant outside of youngstown, ohio. this was yesterday. he told the crowd the economy is on its way back from the brink. tomorrow the president heads here. he'll speak at a health reform rally at university of maryland college park. starts 11:30 a.m. at the comcast center. >>> abc2 news.com. leave us a message on how you feel about it, whether you support the reform bill or not. you can friend us on facebook and twitter. just write us. we want to get your comments on the air. >>> all she wanted to do is have a meal with her 7-year-old daughter. >> instead, a soldier's trip took a turn for the worse with one man, his actions and words that her and her daughter will never forget. >>> and he played for the titans and ravens before being murdered in tennessee. the physicals the former quarterback was worth in the business that he owned. >>> but first, before you head out for work and school here's justin berk with the forecast. >> 5:36. harford county, fallston high school, heavy rain knocking on the door, 63, winds light o

he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant in youngstown, ohio, yesterday. he told them the economy is on its way back from the brink due to his policies. thursday president obama heads here. he's going to speak at a health reform rally at the university of maryland college park. it will be tomorrow. starts 11:00 a.m. at the comcast center. >>> new at 6:00 -- the group environment maryland is going to release a new report in annapolis on the chesapeake bay. the group claims after 25 years the bay is still contaminated and that watermen are paying the steepest price. they say fisheries collapsed and hundreds of watermen have lost their jobs. >>> the giant food store in the tollgate mall in bel air will close for good next month. that is according to the "baltimore business journal." the closure will affect almost 100 workers will will be given a chance to work at other stores in the area. company officials say there are no plans to close any other plants this year. any other giants, rather. the grocery store chain will close october 29th. no word now if anyth

earlier today i visited a gm plant in youngstown, ohio, that is -- youngstown, in the house.-- this plant is rehiring about 1,000 workers to make the cars of tomorrow. that's a sign of life in our auto industry, and i'm pleased to see it. but, do you know what, i don't just want to see jobs return to our auto industry, i want to see them being created across this country in every industry. that's why we're investing in a clean energy economy that will free america from the grip of foreign oil and create millions of new green jobs that can't be outsourced. that's why i've named a new point person to jump-start american manufacturing so that we can make "made in america" not just a slogan, we want to make it a reality. we'll -- we'll grow our middle-class by doing a better job educating our sons and daughters. it was the gi bill that helped strengthen the middle-class in the 20th century, and our generation deserves the same kind of commitment. and that's why we've begun improving standards and holding ourselves more accountable, making college and advanced training more afford

pushing his economic and health care plans and today he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant outside youngstown, ohio. he said the economy is on its way back from the brink due to his policies. president obama then heads here. he'll speak at a health reform rally at the universities of maryland college park, starts at 11:00 a.m. at the comcast center. >>> the u.s. house of representatives voted to admonish representative joe wilson over his you lie outburst to the president. but he's standing by his refusal to apologize to the house. he said the president already graciously accepted his apology. >>> senators cardin and mikulski voted to cut off federal funding to acorn. the community group came under fire after independent filmmakers posed as a pimp and prostitute and secretly filmed or taped acorn employees telling them how they can get away with running a brothel. now, a similar video surfaced at acorn offices in brooklyn, new york. brian kuebler reports on the legal fallout on both sides. >> reporter: the first video shot in baltimore. independent filmmakers getting employees on hidden camer

and then in fact, we have he heavier rain at youngstown ohio and erie, pennsylvania.nd rain holds off here tonight. we may get a drop of rain, possibly, late in the afternoon tomorrow. maybe three, 4:00. but we could see on the radar, broken clouds around baltimore. but look at this pink, and green popping up here. that's an indication of a mixed precipitation over the mountain ranges of northwest virginia. so temperatures cold enough for mixed precipitation back there. hint of things to come as we're on the edge of colder temperatures moving in. westerly flow continuing. winds died down from the 15 to 25 miles an hour range earlier today. and now in the single digits as far as the winds sustained across the region. potential for cloud cover, building in through the mid-morning hours tomorrow. and showers off to the west. maybe a slight chance. 20 percent chance to get a little isolated shower. maybe two, three, 4:00. and start to see things clear out again. thursday nice and clear conditions. and then into friday. partly cloudy. kicking off the weekend with temperatu

p the general motors plant in lordstown ohio just outside of youngstown laid off 2800 workers more thand thanks to the success of this program, more than 1,000 of those workers are coming back to work. >>> it appears the nation is in need of a credit check. number of people behind on their credit card payments is going up and a lot of banks and lend hes are trying to cut their losses by helping you manage your debt. fox 5's money reporter melanie alnwick shows us how. >>> with unemployment rising and peonal wealth falling, more americans are having trouble paying their credit card debt. >> everyone has been expecting that this is the next financial shoe that is going to fall. >> reporter: charge-offs, the amount credit card companies think they can't recover are xpected to reach 12% next year. that is $100 billion in losses. now, some lenders are offering new products to help customers better manage their money. >> today, they have instant access to money with debit cards and credit cards. it gets them in trouble sometimes with overdrafts and overuse. >> reporter: the virtual wallet is

that's why this past week, even though he did a big financial speech, he also went to a car plant in youngstownand talked about actually people and the cars they can make. they're not going to be crowing about their accomplishments completely until those jobless numbers have turned around. >> and i want to look at the health reform bill and the olympia snowe factor, because if she signs on to the bill right now, does she have the political weight and the political savvy to bring other republicans with her? >> not with her diplomatic skills, but she could give some cover, but not a great deal. at this point it's going to be substantive, and that's what the negotiations are about. i don't think that since she's on board there's suddenly going to be a flood of republicans. >> ann cornbleau, as always, thank you. >>> for your doaily dose of all things political, you can log on to firstread.msnbc.com. >>> now we take you to a fruit stand, still. this is how it looked in albuquerque after a semitruck carrying loads of fruit hit a highway median. talk about a mess there. it still stopped traffic in bo

tomorrow the president travels to lordstown, ohio, a northeast ohio community not far from youngstown, where g.m. workers are building the next generation fuel-efficient vehicles, the most fuel-efficient vehicles in the g.m. fleet. increased production of these vehicles invests in ohio's workers, invests in the future of our domestic auto industry. we have a rare opportunity to reinvigorate manufacturing by helping to build demand for products and technologies in a brand-new industry. we haven't had an opportunity like this in 40 years. we can build a new industry that will help end global warming and create goodwill and will -- and -- to rebuild our fitting that's manufacturing backbone. we can build on our auto industry, which in my state has been a leading economic engine for all kinds of next-generation manufacturing. when you look at a g.m. factory in parma outside of cleveland or a chrysler factory in toledo, you're also seeing the genesis of next-generation manufacturing jobs up and down the ohio turnpike as it chris-crosses the state from west of toledo in williams county to t

he spoke to auto workers at a gm plant outside of youngstown, ohio yesterday. he told them the economy is on its way back from the brink due to his policies. on thursday president obama will head right here, will speak at a health care reform rally at the university of maryland college park, starts tomorrow in the comcast center. we'll be there to cover the speech. >>> a dinner is a great way to give back to those in need. >> how your meal will give you a great organization who brings meals to those suffering from hiv and aids. >>> baltimore city is trying to crack down on animal abuse. do you remember these pictures? they want your help. hear how a new task force is helping those in the community prevent animal abuse including dog fighting. >> they are one of the fastest dogs but will be slowing down for a picnic this weekend. hey, i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know, she's running around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month? seems crazy... actually, fios customers get that price for 6 months.

. >> why don't we do that in youngstown, ohio.ve places in this country that needs money and economic development. the "washington post" poll says 51% narrowly thinks the war is not worth fighting. talk about creeping here. what has crept up is people who don't like the water. a quarter of the country thinks we should send more troops. if the president goes against the base and the left that don't like this war he is challenging the people who voted for him. h. don't forget his opposition to the iraq war was his main point against his chief rival hillary clinton. he was in that sense a peace candidate. >> he covered himself by supporting the afghanistan war. was that a ploy or true belief? >> i'm sure it was true belief. i think the left in general had a position which was iraq was the wrong war, afghanistan was the right war. because they're the ones who hit us. al qaeda hit us. sheltered by the taliban. we ought to resource properly what we do in afghanistan. here he is as president biting off a huge task of counterinsurgency an

there's probably a few nervous congressmen in your district right now, or in and around your area in youngstown. congressman, you said something in an interview with our own greta van susteren. you and i got into this on my radio shock, and i am shocked, frankly disappointed. and these remarks sound like the conspiratorial, anti-somersetic remarks of people that we have heard from over the years and what you said was, quote, talking about israel and, quote, jewish people, they're controlling much of our foreign policy, they're influencing much of our domestic policy. what do you mean by that? because that sounds to me like a bizarre conspiracy theory. why would you say something like that when it's, first of all, patently untrue? >> number one, i served in congress for 17 years. i've seen members question bills and votes on how does israel feel about this? i must have heard that every time there was a significant vote. here's what i'm saying -- i'm not an enemy of israel. america supports israel, and we should. they're a free nation, they're our friends amidst the cluster of dictators and monar

saying the mob was responsible for traficant, but the fact that they allowed their fine city of youngstownat the mob thought of congress, i think. >> top of the hour. >> i like jim. >> welcome to "morning joe." >> i wish i would have been able to vote for him. >> can he vote? >> not anymore, i guess. >> chuck todd's with us. >> when does he get to vote? >> as well as "the washington post's" jonathan capehart. we need to get to the news. >> we do need to get to the news very soon. a lot to talk about. united nations, you're going to be playing a lot of that. >> that was quite something. >> that was something. it was crazy times at the u.n. some news getting out of there, slipping out. the president challenging the world, saying we've made mistakes. but you have no more excuses. we want to work with you. we talked about it before, mark halperin. some news from iran. ahmadinejad talking about possibly a concession or two. >> making an offer. we'll see if it's a real offer. >> in "usa today" the fed all but declares the recession is over. time forred too's top stories. this morning. >>> presid

but the fact is people here in pittsburgh, youngstown, ohio, they're not feeling the recovery yet.ng to rest until this economy turns around. and wolf, i'm not going to rest until i can follow you on twitter. >> don't rest, we want you to rest. you got to work really hard. ed henry in pittsburgh. >>> the obama administration says it favors extending three-access business records, monitor so-called lone wolf terrorists and conduct roving wiretaps. it says it is willing to consider adding additional privacy protections. all three provisions implemented by the bush administration are to expire at the end of the year. >>> on the backdrop of president obama's trip today to an ohio auto plant, the administration has unveiled a plan for new regulations governing gas mileage and auto emissions standards. the new plan would require the auto industry to produce cars and trucks that average 35.5 miles per gallon by the year 2016. it would have the effect of removing 42 million cars from the road. their follow jup to president obama's announcement in may that would boost -- >>> high political

i visited a plant in youngstown, ohio. youngstown, you are in the house. this plant his rehiring of about 1000 workers to make the cars of tomorrow, a sign of life in our auto industry, and i am pleased to see it. [applause] but, you know what? i don't just want to see jobs return to our auto industry, i want to see them be created across every industry. we are investing in a clean energy economy to create millions of new jobs that cannot be outsourced. i have named a new point person to jump start manufacturing so we can make "made in america" not just a slogan, but a reality [applause] . [applause] we will grow our middle class by doing a better job educating our sons and daughters. it was the g i bill that helped strengthen the middle-class in the 20th century and our generation deserves that commitment, which is why we have been improving standard, making college more affordable, and offering students a complete and competitive education from the cradle to the classroom, through college and into a career. that is how we will prevent not just some child

earlier today i was in youngstown, ohio.is plant was rehiring about 1000 workers to make the cars of tomorrow. that is a sign of life in our auto industry, and i am pleased to see it. [applause] you know what? i do not want to see just drums return to the auto industry. i want to see them created across the country in every industry, while we are investing in a clean energy economy that will create millions of new jobs that cannot be outsourced. that is why i named a new point person to jump-start american manufacturing so that we can make "made in america" not just a slogan, but a reality. [applause] [applause] we will grow our middle-class by doing a better job of educating our sons and daughters. as the g.i. bill strength in the middle class in the 20 century, our generation deserve the same kind of commitment, and that is why we are holding ourselves accountable, making college and advanced training more affordable, and offering students complete and competitive education, from the cradle to the classroom. that is how we

youngstown, ohio, 73,000. just opened a state university. lots of young people moving in. great sign. grand rapids, michigan, 100,000, syracuse, new york, 98,000, jacksonville, florida, 147,000, with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country and houses trading at 50% of the value of a year ago. >> very interesting stuff. barbara corcoran, carmen ohlrich and melissa francis, thanks so much. >>> still to come, a fertility clinic mix-up brings emotional turmoil to two families. meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. >>> still to come on "today," my trip back to junior high school and back in time. >> look at that hair. >>> and a mother and daughter crash their cars into the same sinkhole right on top of each other. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >

youngstown, ohio, 73,000. just opened a state university. lots of young people moving in.eat sign. grand rapids, michigan, 100,000, syracuse, new york, 98,000, jacksonville, florida, 147,000, with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country and houses trading at 50% of the value of a year ago. >> very interesting stuff. barbara corcoran, carmen ohlrich and melissa francis, thanks so much. >>> still to come, a fertility clinic mix-up brings emotional turmoil to two families. >>> still to come on "today," my trip bk to junior high school and back in time. >> look at that hair. >>> and a mother and daughter crash their cars into the same sinkhole right on top of each other. >>> 7:26 is your time. live look at the nation's capitol. rain is guaranteed today. the forecast after the news. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. saturday, september 26, 2009. here is a look at what's making news this morning. horrifying crime has shaken one quiet and close knit maryland community. police found the bodies of four family members in a mt. airy home last night. two of the dead ar

areas you addressed include new bedford, mass., pittsburgh, richmond, va., trenton, new jersey, youngstown was there something about these that made them so interesting, and how do they differ from detroit? guest: my strategy was to get a range of different kinds of cities, and range of sizes. prior research indicated most of these sites are in the northeast and midwest. in terms of turn to a creed of book and learn, i needed access. -- in terms of trying to write a bucook. that accounted for part of the challenge. host: travers city, mich., on the line for democrats. sue. caller: are you familiar with two-multinationals? conrad and united technologies? both have a site at the mouth of the river here in traverse city. i believe that united technologies is probably long gone. the other has been amending their remediation plans for years. it has been only due to the force of the citizen movement against such grievous pollution and a legacy of industry, and it is basically abuse that has forced them to do anything at all. look at your politicians. our governor for eight years who is now runni

i stood there for four hours, four hours just south of youngstown, ohio and i had two people out of all the entire time come up to me and say, what are you doing with this socialist and also against the energy bill, so it was the right-wing talk radio crowd that was inundating them with this stuff, two people came up against this. but what this one woman said. she's 35 years old, married, kid. husband just lost a job. they made about $58,000 a year when he worked. they now make $32,000 a year. he -- she is working. he, after he lost his job, is going back to school. no income, trying to better their life. the daughter was in the stroller there. this woman is telling me this story. she has a condition. she's got to take medication. it's very expensive. she can't afford it. they are paying out of pocket. she makes $32,000 a year. down from $58,000, because the husband lost his job. and she said do you want me to go on welfare and go on medicaid , because that's what i'm forced to do? now if there is any value we respect here in america is somebody who wants to work. she wants to work. she