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Candidate, have the speakers complement what the candidate wants you to tell. >> greta: and the democratic national convention is coming up, and their biggest speaker is former president bill clinton, speaking the same nights as the nfl season opener. >> thats right. >> greta: bad timing. >> thats the only chance to counter programming against that. that was supposed to be vice president bidens night. >> greta: its tough to go up against the nfl. >> no question. ill be torn. its the giants. >> g...

Candidate, have the speakers complement what the candidate wants you to tell. >> greta: and the democratic national convention is coming up, and their biggest speaker is former president bill clinton, speaking the same nights as the nfl season opener. >> thats right. >> greta: bad timing. >> thats the only chance to counter programming against that. that was supposed to be vice president bidens night. >> greta: its tough to go up against the nfl. >> no question. ill be torn. its the giants. >> g...

Theres a potential deadly problem with two s.u.v. models sold in the u.s. it will include the recall of about 730,000 ford escapes and mazda tributes. the report is the 2001 and 2004 models might have sticky throttle that can cause the cars to crash. back to greta. >> a campaign flash just in. the governor of alaska telling president obama no. and no, we arent talking about former alaska governor sarah palin, its the current alaska governor shane parnel refusing to implement part of the national...

Overweight adults who are suffering from weight-related illnesses. in trial, patients lost up to 11% of their body weight. the drug is made two of kinds of drugs, one that suppresses appetite, and another that makes people feel more satisfied after eating. now back to greta. thanks for watching. sticky throttle that can cause the cars to crash. back to greta. >> a campaign flash just in. the governor of alaska telling president obama no. and no, we arent talking about former alaska governor sara...

Can dates are more vulnerable to attack or easier for the obama people to change the subject? and our country, greta, typically re-elections are referenda on how the incumbent has done. if thats the case, everybody ive named would beat barack obama. >> governor, thank you for joining us and i hope you come back soon, sir. >> thank you for having me, greta. >> and now to an on the record campaign flash. something president george washington never would have imagined, a caucus app. they have a bra...

Angle up by 3. >> its a very close race. too close to call. considering his unpopularity in previous polls, its amazing that he is even tied with her. so i think your bet is probably closer to what is likely to happen. >> i think he will clean up. hes on a roll. if you look at the polls, his trend has been totally upward, one or two tv markets at most. it is not that expensive. he has a lot of money. and his opponent has had missteps along the way. i think hes going to win. >> well, i think -- s...

Here. sounds like major, major, major in catch-22. next, exohio congressman jeff trafiken is ineligible for the ballot this fall. he was hoping to make his return to congress as an independent candidate. the election board ruled he fell 107 signatures short of qualifying. finally, a campaign flash back. the 2008 primary fight followed hillary clinton to a town hall in the republic of georgia yesterday. watch what happened. >> i saw two women wearing t-shirts from my presidential campaign, whic...

And at holiday inn, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and stay rewarded with the hit it big promotion-- earn up to five hundred dollars at over three hundred retailers. >> greta: now a campaign flash. sarah palin made big headlines using facebook. the former alaska governor endorsing former hewlett-packard ceo fiorina in the republican primary race. thats big news because a conservative named chuck divorce was endorsed by the tea party -- chuck devore was endorced by the tea party express. ...

Is a serious issue. im watching closely what the rating agencies are saying. we are going to continue to watch. >> greta: lets say the economy gets revved up, gets going in the united states apart from the health care, for instance the stimulus gets things going. does that compensate, will that satisfy moodys? >> that is a good question. it would for the time being. but, weve seen time and again that the congress cannot control itself with its spending. again the warning shot across the bell her...

Im watching closely what the rating agencies are saying. we are going to continue to watch. >> greta: lets say the economy gets revved up, gets going in the united states apart from the health care, for instance the stimulus gets things going. does that compensate, will that satisfy moodys? >> that is a good question. it would for the time being. but, weve seen time and again that the congress cannot control itself with its spending. again the warning shot across the bell here is you cant grow o...