away at the approval rating after osama bin laden's death. is it time for him to worry about 2012? listen to what the chairwoman of the democratic national committee said. >> not at all. the president is in actually remarkably good shape given that he is still struggling to help pull our economy out of the republican recession that he inherited. his numbers are still strong. he still has widespread support. if anyone is in trouble, it's the republican party. >> two of the president's stops will be in iowa. rick perry will be campaigning there for the next three days now that he's officially in the race. you have to think congresswoman michele bachmann is loving iowa now. she finished first in the ames straw poll. ron paul a close second, and then pawlenty and santorum. ames was the straw that broke his campaign's back. you'll hear from pawlenty in 20 seconds. right now a few words from the winner. >> i've been able to attract a lot of people to vote for me who are democrats and independents. that's what we have to do. this won't be just a conservative election. it's going ton an economic selection. people want to know who can turn the country around. that will be the big question. >> we needed to get some lift to continue on and to have a pathway forward. that didn't happen. so i'm announcing this morning on your show that i'm going to be ending my campaign for president. >> in other news this morning, a memorial service at the indiana state fair. yes, it will open again today. indiana state fair has been closed since that deadly accident saturday. five people waiting for a sugar land concert were killed when a powerful gust of wind knocked metal scaffolding over the stage. at least 40 people were hurt, including some children. five people died. indiana governor mitch daniels choked up talking about how people rushed to rescue those trapped underneath the stage. >> everybody i debriefed this morning, people rushing up, i'm a nurse, i'm a doctor, i'm a trained ems responder, but also people who simply pitched in. and the character that we associate with our state. >> so sad. the fair will reopen as i said with a memorial ceremony for the victims. the hacking group called anonymous apparently struck again. this time it appears it got into bart's internal network. that's the name of the san francisco bay area's rapid transit system. the hackers are urging people to protests this afternoon outside of the civic center station. anonymous is upset with bart's decision to cut off cell phone signals at certain subway stations. remember this bizarre video, coffee, tea, a bat? well, dpes what? the centers for disease control and prevention thinks there is a chance the bat had rabies. that's in a delta plane. the animal disappeared near the lavatory. there's no way to test it. the cdc is trying to get in touch with all 50 on board that delta flight. in case you're wondering, it was flight 5121 from madison, wisconsin to atlanta on august 5th. now to see how the world's money is doing this morning. the nikkei closed in the black. right now the dax are up. nina, how are the markets doing right now? >> good morning to you, carol. they seem to be doing quite well in europe. it's taking a battering over the last week or so on the back of concerns that france, europe's second largest economy could be facing pretty tough times ahead, concerns about the debt crisis entering french territory. what we've got is the european markets rebounding on the back of asia. we even have the u.s. markets positive, if you take a look at the futures at the moment, they're indicating we could see a slightly higher open when wall street trades later on today. there is a note of caution here. i'm about to read it to you. it's coming from robert zoellick, the head of world bank. he's been saying the events of late in the united states and the euro zone have led many market participants to lose confidence in economic leadership as some of the key countries around the world. he says that we could be entering a new danger zone. "he said he doesn't take those words lightly." the reason why these words are important at the moment, carol, is because tomorrow what we're going to have is the president of france, nicolas sarkozy, meeting with angela merkel to hammer out concrete guidance and measures to try and prevent the debt crisis. that's the underlying issue that the markets perceive as yet unresolved. we're boldly speaking, looking positive. >> depending how that meeting goes, that means this coming week may be as bumpy as last week's wild ride on wall street, right? >> yeah, it's amazing if you look at the point swings. obviously, you'll know better than i will, carol, we had the dow jones industrials swinging from the up side to the downside one day to the next. it was a white knuckle ride. we saw a similar situation in europe as well. for the moment the markets are up to the tune of 1.25%. last week they were up and down by 4.5%. puts it into context. >> nina loss santos, thank you very much. upon that news, we need to laugh, right? comedian jay leno wants you to know how bad the economy is. here's your punch line this morning. >> during the coin toss for last night's cowboys broncos game, the teams were fighting over the coin. the economy is so bad, kelsey grammar's ex-wife is talking about how small his 401(k) is. >> given how bad it is, china told us we need to be out by the end of the month. that's how bad. the economy is so bad, my cat sold my dog to a north korean restaurant. that's how bad. terrible. >> you just got to laugh. a tropical storm barreling through the atlantic ocean. meteorologist ron marsian owe tracking the storm. he'll tell us where it's heading in a minute. first, here's the quote of the day. romney better strap it on and get on the field. find out who said this about the republican presidential candidate, mitt romney. that's coming your way in 60 seconds. and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? 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you actually see the meteors going into the atmosphere from above. >> wow. >> thank you to ron gorean in the international space station. >> that was awesome. thank you for the treat this morning. >> you're welcome. now, today's edition of what is it? is it a stadium? is it a spaceship? is it a vanilla fruit loop? >> none of the above. it's the massive headquarters building for apple. as long as the city of cooper continue owe, california goes along with it, apple hopes to break ground next year on the 2.8 million square foot building. that's pretty darn cool. you may think it's only to line your sidewalk by a denver inventor is using his solar light bulb to light the world. specifically, the underdeveloped world. he named the company no ker owe, meaning no kerosene as in lamps. the underdeveloped world spends $38 billion a year on fuel for light. do you think the epicenter of the economic world is wall street? think again. it may just be new jersey. all the high-speed computer service there and other places, the high frequency trading is up more than 50% and the s.e.c. blames the 2010 flash crash at least in part on computer trading. it's not all good news. back to school time. the typical classroom supply list probably goes something like this. pens, pencils, binder, human bones? a real skeleton somehow ends up as a classroom prop. 14 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. it was a big week for republicans. the big dee date, the iowa straw poll. comedians took the chance to rip into them. here's your punch line. america's got talent, the contestants really sucked. then i realized i was watching that republican presidential debate. that's what it was. that's what it was. you can tell the candidates method of transportation says a lot about how their campaign is going. take a look, you see what i mean. here's mitt romney, that's the mitt mobile. fancy bus he's got there. that's an expensive thing. michele bachmann has a big fancy bus, air conditioning, everything in there. newt gingrich, not too well. yeah, just -- >> i think jay leno is a democrat. time now for your political ticker with tim farley, host of morning briefing on sirius xm. good morning. >> good morning. i think jay leno is an opportunist is what he is. equal opportunity offender. he takes whatever he can. quite a weekend, wasn't it, in iowa? we saw the departure of tim pawlenty as a result of the straw poll which is not a determinative thing. but rick perry getting into the race. things are askew, a little crazy right now. it looks like rick perry, after speaking yesterday, the same dinner where michele bachmann was speaking, is on a hot and heavy tour of iowa for the next couple of days. then he's going to spend some time in new hampshire. it's going to be an interesting thing to watch. also, the fact that ron paul did so well in the straw poll on saturday. he could be a factor moving forward too. it looks like carol, by most accounts, this is really right now at least, three people that you have to watch most closely. that would be rick perry, michele bachmann and mitt romney. with the exception of what is sarah palin going to do. we saw her running around like a rock star over the weekend also. >> yes, we did. going back to bachmann and rick perry, people are trying to find a contrast between the two candidates. they're both tea party favorites. there was an interesting article in politico that said the difference between the two was accentuated in iowa. rick perry was very much among the people, sitting at tables and shaking hands, putting his arms around voters, et cetera et cetera. it said that michele bachmann was more like a celebrity, didn't get off the bus until the last minute, didn't mingle with the fans, had security surrounding her. iowa voters really responded more to rick perry than michele bachmann they said. >> that's probably the true at the dinner last night. although most people who watched the campaigning leading up to the straw poll would say it's her strength with people one-on-one that helped her get that victory. i'm not sure that last night's dinner was the best example of whether or not she can do the retail politicking that's necessary. it seemed she exhibited that talent pretty strongly and wound up winning that straw poll on saturday. >> got you. i couldn't hear the last part of what you said. i had a technical difficulty. but no worries. of course, president obama's on his bus tour. we'll talk about that later this morning. tim farley, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks. you coffee junkies out there, listen up. you know who you are. the red bull warriors, if you want to know how to kick the daily habit, here's a quick how-to on using caffeine strategically to help you get through in a pinch. first of all, adjust tolerance. takes about a week to build it up and ten days to work it off. plan ahead. learn how it works, i'll spare you the science lesson, but the bottom line, cough even stops your body from getting signals that it's tired. that's a bad thing you say? anyway, if you combine naps and caffeine, you'll get the biggest boost. when it's not go time, drink decaf coffee. there you have it. i never want to kick the caffeine habit because i love it. a typical elementary school anatomy class probably goes like this. a quick verse of head and shoulders, knees and toes, show and tell prop skeleton and call it a day. but new zealand teacher just realized that the classroom skeleton is not a plastic model. it was the real thing. historians examined the bones. they say they were a medical specimen at some point. how they became classroom supplies, nobody knows. it remains a mystery. home sweet home for $160 million. london's luxury home market is red hot. hear what's behind the buying spree. but first, we have two national day ofs for you. for optimists, the national day of relaxation and for pessimists, it's the national day of failures. it's 19 minutes past the hour. naturals from purina cat chow. delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. it is 21 minutes past the hour. this is your a.m. wakeup call. here are three things for the radar today. president obama kicks off a bus tour in the midwest today. he's planning to meet with small business owners it talk about the economy and creating jobs. tropical storm gert is expected to skirt bermuda this afternoon. predicted are large swells to cause life threat epg surf on the island. we're also watching for developments in the case of an american woman miss not guilty aruba. we expect to find out what's next for the man being detained in her disappearance. ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is back in court accused of giving the order to kill protestors. he pleaded not guilty, the same as his sons and a former interior minister. let's go around the world now live in cairo. muhammad, mubarak is back in the cage with his sons, is that right? what's happening now? >> that's right, carol. we're seeing the deposed egyptian president and his sons in that iron and mesh cage in the courtroom. they are there as defendants today. this is the second hearing in their trial. the first one was on august 3rd. inside the courtroom today, mainly taken up with procedural matters. a lot of civil claimants, people representing families of the revolution, people killed during the uprising. trying to get involved in this case, link up their cases with the criminal proceedings. there's been presentation of evidence. a little bit of confusion in the courtroom as to how exactly this will play out. outside the courtroom, though, there has been violence, clashes throughout the morning between anti-mubarak protestors and pro-mubarak demonstrators. this happened august 3rd as well when the trial started. today at different times they've been throwing rocks at one another, riot police deployed. a lot of emotions really running throughout the streets of cairo and outside of the courtroom. some people think it's undignified for a former president to be treated that way. others saying this is great for the country, this is the only way the country will heal and he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. carol? >> so hosni mubarak's health isn't any better? he's still suffering from whatever malady he was suffering from before? >> well, carol, there's been a lot of speculation and rumor about his health. many people here in cairo simply don't believe the claims of the mubarak team. his defense attorney. they believe that this is a ploy for sympathy, that the former president was trying to get sympathy, trying to get some kind of amnesty or clemency fwranted so he wouldn't have to appear in the courtroom at any time. nonetheless, he did appear on august 3rd, he's appearing today. they wheeled him in on a stretcher. a lot of people are dubious, very skeptical as to the claims of his poor health. they believe, again, he's trying to get sympathy from the public and by most accounts the people that we're speaking with, that doesn't seem to be working. a lot of people we talked with in egypt, even though there are supporters, believe this is a good thing for the country, that he should be prosecuted and it's good that he's being made to appear in the courtroom as a defendant in this case. carol? >> mohammad, thanks so much. if you want to buy a luxury home in london, be ready to dig deep. buyers look for a safe place to park their money. this is heath hall, cue the music to lifestyles of the rich and famous. brace yourself for the price tag. this home is on the market for $160 million. that includes sweeping staircases and indoor pool, tennis court, two kitchens. just one example. london's luxury home prices are up so% in the last year. somebody has money somewhere. iphone mania is gripping the world. according to digit times x apple expects to sell some 56 million iphones in the second half of the year. half of the phones will be the new iphone 5 which by the way isn't even out yet. it should hit the shelves this fall. 60,000 pounds of beef recalled over e. coli concerns. new information from the government on what you should be checking for. 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has the government made it better? let's see. it goes down again. >> i love that one. time to get serious again. nearly 40 economists are now predicting the same thing for the economy. the diagnosis is worse than three months ago. i'll have more details still ahead. but first today's businessman's special is about the super addictive and successful angry birds. find out how much they're worth. that's coming up in 60 second. it's 33 minutes past the hour. to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. 35 minutes past the hour. this is your a.m. wakeup call. now back to the businessman's special. angry birds. bloomberg is reporting that the company behind the insanely successful cell phone game is reportedly in discussions to get funding that would value the company at $1.2 billion. according to the company, the game has been downloaded 300 million times. let me say that again. angry birds has been downloaded 300 million times. for those of you who don't know angry birds, where have you been? any-who, it's a game where players slingshot birds to wipe out pigs who stole their eggs. let's go to patricia woo live from the nasdaq market site in new york. good morning, how are futures shaping up? >> good morning, carol. well, the good news is that right now, they are pointing to a higher open. so we can hope that we will extend those gains that we saw for the end of last week with the dow closing on friday up about 1% at 11,269. the nasdaq was up about .75 of a percent. closing at 2507. the s&p up about half a percent closing at 1178. of course, as you know, investors are still worried about that european debt crisis. all eyes will be on that meeting between angela merkel and french president sarkozy i o tomorrow. will the u.s. slip into another recession, carol? >> i was just going to ask you about that. there's a new survey out done by a group of economists. what are they predicting? >> well, they are predicting that there is a 30% chance that the u.s. will slip into another recession. and that's twice as high as just three months ago. and the main thing is that there's a lot of uncertainty right now. you know, we had the downgrade, we have the european debt crisis spreading. so that is why these economists are predicting that the u.s. could slip into another recession. a 30% chance. but even if we do manage to avoid that r-word, economic growth is looking like it's going to muddle along at about 2.5%. you know that the economy has to grow well over 3% for it to make any kind of a dent on unemployment, which is stubbo stubbornly high at 9.1%. it's really a stunning reversal because just weeks ago, economists were calling for a strong rebound for the second half of the year. partly due to those falling gas prices. they give consumers more money to spend. they were also looking at july retail sales, which was posted the biggest gains in about four months. but then all of a sudden, we got that downgrade and the european debt crisis spreading. a very different picture right now. >> so i'm going with the 70% of economists who don't think we're going to see a recession. >> exactly. >> thanks, patricia. check out our get smart question this morning. the world's largest restaurant chain isa, mcdonald's,b, wendy's orc, subway? 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[clucking] [ding] [clucking] announcer: separate raw meats from other foods by using different cutting boards. 3,000 americans will die from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. 39 minutes past the hour. this is your wakeup call. back to our get smart question. the world's largest restaurant chain is mcdonald's, wendy's or subway? the answer is subway. the sandwich giant stomped past mickey d's in 2010. mcdonald's is focusing on being better, not just bigger. for the political ticker, let's bring in mark preston joining us on the phone from d.c. mark, you spent the weekend in new hampshire covering the first visit to the state for some of them. you -- who were the winners and losers? >> caller: no question, big big weekend for michele bachmann, carol. she showed that in a short period of time she could build an organization. the bottom line is she won. the big question from bachmann is can she build on that momentum and carry it to other states. let's don't forget rick perry who came out of nowhere and really stole the show. he didn't participate in the iowa straw poll but made a big splash in south carolina. i saw him up in new hampshire and last night in iowa for his first visit. two big winners, michele bachmann and rick perry. losers, tim pawlenty, the former minnesota governor, carol, didn't do well enough. spent a lot of money in iowa, put a lot of effort in there. only came in third. he dropped out of the race on sunday morning. and then get this, sarah palin, she's another one of my losers. because the fact that rick perry is now in the race, you know, she might give a second thought about actually running for president. not only will she have to compete with rick perry for the social conservative voters but also michele bachmann. even though we hear a lot from sarah palin about her consideration about getting into the race and maybe she will, maybe she won't, perhaps she won't now. >> perhaps she'll just continue to have fun like making all of us guess. who knows? mark preston, many thinks. here are three things to be on the radar. we're watching wall street, especially after the roller coaster ride last week. several economic reports out it week, including the july industrial production figures and inflation numbers. this wednesday, schools are set to reopen in joplin, missouri. the tornado destroyed or damaged ten schools back in may. also on wednesday, actor justin timber lake and the new managers of myspace are set to announce their plans for it. they lost traffic to facebook and linked in. let's look at sports shall we? first up the u.s. pga championship. look at it. 25-year-old bradley wakes up this morning a champion. he beat fellow american jason did you havener in a three-hole playoff. he's the seventh first time major winner in a row. that would be a record. you might remember dennis rod march or his flam poins off the court. any-who, listen to his speech from the nba hall of fame. he was inducted over the weekend. this is a side of him that you have not seen. >> it wasn't me that -- i didn't play the game for the money. i didn't play the game for -- to be famous. what you see here is more just an illusion that i love to just be an individual that's very colorful. >> hockey shot was supposed to be impossible. oh, he nailed it. no one told 11-year-old nate smith of minnesota it was impossible. he shot a three-inch puck through a 3 1/2 inch slot during a halftime charity event and he won 50 grand. nate's twin brother paid for the chance to take the shot. he was nowhere to be found. so nate stepped up, took the shot for him and as you saw, that little boy nailed it. this date back in history in 1969. the woodstock music festival began. half a million people braved the elements to see dozens of acts perform. grateful dead, janis joplin, jimmie hendrix were a few that played in new york state at a dairy farm. it's 44 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. it is monday, august 15th. this is your a.m. wake up call. i'm carol costello joining you from new york. it's 47 minutes past the hour. mohamed osman mohamud trying to rally supporters with an audio message. let's head around the world live in london. what exactly did he say? >> well, he was basically telling the -- his people to get up, get ready to fight, fight against the nato forces and to what he says liberate his country. as he was addressing these -- as he made this live audio address in the early hours of the morning in libya, nato rebel -- i should say libyan rebel commanders were saying they had secured three key cities in the country, specifically, one which is very important to the west part of the country and it's just 30 miles to tripoli is the town of -- a critical -- to the capital of the country. all of this is happening while nato forces continue their bombardment of the country. they were bombarding key strategic sites as well as gadhafi's military hardware. while this is happening, this continues the back and forth in terms of who is saying what and who is saying that they achieved what in this particular stalemate in libya at this point. carol? >> thanks so much. let's talk about the news you're going to hear about today here in the u.s. of a. gas up the bus, president obama is getting ready for a road tour of the midwest. his approval ratings, well, they're somewhere under the bus. take a look. gallup's poll says the approval rating below 40% for the first time. 54% of respond dents give him a thumbs down. the debt ceiling fiasco chipped away at the 53% approval rating after osama bin laden's death. so you might ask, is it time for him to worry about 2012 in listen to chairwoman of the democratic national committee, what she had to say about that. >> not at all. the president in remarkably good shape given that he is still struggling to help pull our economy out of the republican recession that he inherited. his numbers are still strong. he still has widespread support. if anyone is in trouble, it's the republican party. >> two of the president's stops will be in iowa. rick perry will be campaigning there for the next three days as well now that he is officially in the race. and you've got to think congresswoman michelle pac-man is loving e-- rick santorum and pawlenty. pawlenty trounced john huntsman and thaddeus mckotter but it was not enough. ames was the straw that broke his campaign's back. you'll hear from pawlenty in 20 seconds. right now a few words from the winnerment. >> i've been able to attract a lot of people to vote for me who are democrats and independents. that's what we have to do. this won't be just a conservative election. this is really going to be an economics election. people want to know who can turn the country around. that's the big question. >> we needed to get some lift to continue on and to have a pathway forward. that didn't happen. so i'm announcing this morning on your show that i'm going to be ending my campaign for president. >> in other news, memorial service will be held at the indiana state fair. it will reopen today. of course, it's been closed down since that deadly accident on saturday. five people waiting for a sugar land concert were killed when a powerful gust of wind knocked the stage over. at least 40 people were hurt, including some children. indiana governor mitch daniels choked up while talking about how people rushed to the rescue. >> everybody i debriefed this morning. people rushing up, i'm a nurse, i'm a doctor, i'm a trained ems responder. but also people who simply pitched in. the character that we associate with our state. >> so sad. as i said, the fair will open with a memorial service for the victims. a maryland man being held in aruba in connection with a missing american woman faces a judge today. 50-year-old gary giordano will find out whether he will be held for another week. his lawyer says he's been cooperating all along and should be let go. he's been held since august 5th in connection with rob ingardner's disappearance. >> the hacking group called anonymous hit again. it got into bart's internal network. that's the name of the san francisco bay area rapid transit system. the hackers are urging people to protest this afternoon outside the civic center station. anonymous is upset with bart's decision to cut off cell phone signals at certain subway stations. let's head to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. you're tracking tropical storm gert. what's the late snes. >> the latest is it strengthened to 60 miles per hour overnight and getting closer to bermuda. not going to affect the u.s. but it will affect bermuda with heavy surf and winds farther to the west. that yellow box is another area we're watching closely. that shouldn't affect the u.s. either. here's the forecast track. it almost gets to hurricane strength. if it gets -- if it doesn't, that will break a record. we normally, if we're to the g's in storms, we normally have a hurricane by now. but we haven't had one this season. it has been active but nothing that's really come terribly close to land with any strength. rainfall across the northeast will continue. not as heavy as yesterday. that will cause travel delays. here's the radar right now. slow moving system continues to spin moisture up across the northeast, especially through new england. the rainfall tallies are certainly impressive across this area from yesterday. record shattering numbers in places like jfk. 7.8 inches. ten inches in philadelphia. newark seeing 6.4 and bridge port almost 3 inches there. there were workers, carol, that were stuck in an elevator working at what was the former staten island hotel. the elevator was going down and down and it hit water flooding the basement. they were stuck there as the water was rising. so the fire department had to come and rescue them out. thankfully, they had a cell phone that wasn't wet and they were able to call the fire department. that would be a scary thing. be stuck in an elevator as water comes up to their next. >> it's bad enough to be stuck in an elevator, let alone with water in it. >> exactly. >> and filling up. >> good end to the story, though. >> rob, thank you. let's take a look at the word of the day. it's dag gum it. we're fixing to tell you what it means after the break. it's 54 minutes past the hour. u. with all the essential nutrients your growing puppy needs. u. purina puppy chow. 57 minutes past the hour. this is your wakeup call. now back to the word of the day. it would be dag-gummit. also known as dad-gummit. it's actually southern slang for an exclamation of frustration. one of rick perry's favorite words along with y'all. the republican presidential candidate strummed at the hearts of good 'ol boys and girls about growing up in a small texas town. expect more southern slang over the coming months. let's go to a patricia woo. she joins us from the nasdaq site in new york. things are looking up? >> yes, they are. right now our futures are pointing to a higher open with the s&p up about 9. the nasdaq up about 14 and the dow up about 65. now, we have some stories on cnn money.com that we want to draw your attention to. the first one is protecting your parents, keeping those sharks at bay. believe it or not, carol, one in five older americans have been a victim of fraud or sold an inappropriate investment or paid excessive fees for a financial product or investment. totaling about nearly 3 billion in losses. why? because older americans, after a lifetime of saving have a big nest egg. the average net worth for a household over 75, about $600,000. so how can you protect your parents? you'll get all of the tips on our website at cnn money.com. in that story. but one quick one is beware of the free lunch. as we all know, there is no free lunch. often there are invitations to a free meal, then they give a seminar on estate planning or tax classes and that's where the parents will be susceptible to that sales pitch. and if you