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Asked most by people? >> well, i think they want to know did you really do it? some people are fascinated by that. losing 245 pounds in a year, but then i think the other one i get asked is how do you keep it off? because we know how to lose weight. there is a million ways to lose weight but keeping it off is the hardest part, especially in this country. i still eat subway but learned to eat in moderation. try to get exercise in and there is always excuses. you can have a million excuses but you...

I think you would see a wholesale panic, but markets have been here before. we have had 18 government shutdowns since 1976. so there is a little fingers crossed here. the first week, markets were okay. the next week, a little more unstable. i think we get to thursday and there was not a deal. youre going to see a lot more volatility. >> and gloria, lets look at that abc washington poll, the congressional republicans are not doing well, as you said. how key is this moment for the republican party...

The government could pay its bills for another week or two. now if we got to the point at the beginning of november which is when there is a lot of bills like social security checks come due, then you wouldnt have an agreement. i think you would see a wholesale panic, but markets have been here before. we have had 18 government shutdowns since 1976. so there is a little fingers crossed here. the first week, markets were okay. the next week, a little more unstable. i think we get to thursday and ...

Lets look at his approval ratings, where we look at where the president is going into the fall, the latest polling by nbc news and "the wall street journal" is putting the presidents approval rating at 45%. thats down from 52% in january. but a little bit better than congress approval rating which is 12%. not going to be helped by their five-week vacation. but gene, lets look at whats happened. of course the obama administration, like a lot of second terms, they come in and everybody is excited ...

Believe is $32 million in salary. to him its a drop in the bucket. but the key point is here what is the message thats being sent to children? >> reporter: good point. lets talk to some of the kids here. brooke, were going to get to the money angle in just a minute. this is big money were talking about. but elias, youre a baseball fan. how old are you? >> 14. >> reporter: youve been following this. 14 years old. whats your take? >> i mean, i definitely agree with these guys. baseball, have fun, ...

Saw this gamut of cases in living patients. >> and what are blunt force injuries? >> so blunt force, the term is to distinguish it from sharp force, meaning that the instrument thats being used, for example a bat would qualify as a blunt weapon. a stick, if i was to bump myself as i came in here on the corner of this table, i would suffer blunt injury if it was severe enough to cause injury. whereas, sharp force is injury that is caused by sharp weapon, a knife, a bottle that is broken and then ...

The president has asked me to sort of oversee our foreign policy in the hemisphere. secretary of state does that but to help in that regard. >> in this case the vice president is preaching to the choir, but there is going to be, because you mentioned its going interesting to see how this happens over the summer and i think to our guests points you can say that theres overwhelming support for. these things but you talk to individual members of congress and what they will tell you they are not hea...

She has a charisma, an ability to know what the base gets excited about, but she took it too far. i think thats why you see her ending her career here. >> mark murray, lets look at what happened when matt lauer asked her about the vaccine. this was on the "today" show. >> i will tell you that i had a mother last night come up to me here in tampa, florida, after the debate. she told me her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it c...

Kill a strike worker. he said these union officials may have been behind this, may have been the murderers. he says the reason cecil robs is pushing for his indictment is he wants the feds to stay away from his multiple crimes. that is not the case. in all probability, blankenship will be indicted for some fairly extraordinary charges. it will blow open west virginia and the national media will look at this story the way they should have been looking at it for a long time. >> hey, lawrence, lets...

Collaboratively with other brands and retailers to improve working conditions in bangladesh. 71 words in all to basically say its status quo for bangladesh. we invited all of the companies to talk to us. all declined or didnt respond to our collapse. the national retail federation declined as well. dana is a ceo who has been covering retailers and their business for years. dara is a professor of environmental labor policy. dana, lets look at the numbers. multibillion dollar businesses who have m...