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reporters in tow. are we falling for yet another presidential tease? what to make of dick chain nays media blitz? are the anchors holding him accountable? hurricane irene, i say television was swept away with breathless coverage. well ask two critics whether im all wet. as the media gear up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a look at how that tragic day changed the news business at least for a while. slate lays off one of the countrys most provocative media critics. jack schaeff...

Airplane hangar. from my experience ghana is a place on the map. >> recently i was on a plane, 10 years ago. i reclined and the woman behind me, an elderly woman, looked at me and said can you not do that? i said, sorry, this is my property and you can recline if you want. she says i am not. i said, well i am. i realized that most of this comes from people who rarely fly. they dont understand that reclining is some kind of option. it is a necessity when you are on a plane. >> that was a psa. tha...

Margin and the tough economy, theyll be a lot of hotel folks that will say, panic button may be a great idea but we just cant afford it. >> that happens to be true. the revenues available for room and hotels is diminished because of the recession. we all know that. some of the technology that does exist there are cameras in the hallway. surveillance cameras. those can be viewed live and also record digitally. we can see who goes in and out of those rooms. also, the maid has a key card, and so do...

Allegations led one new york lawmaker to propose security measures for hotel workers. his plan includes panic buttons for housekeeping staff. were joined by a security expert. good to see pup good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think about the idea of panic buttons? >> we have technology that can work with maids while theyre in the room, and security can track them, understand where they are. if they have a problem, they can activate that panic button and be rescued by security before ...

Accountable. >> that is the individual mandate, isnt it. >> its a variation on it. >> it sounds like hes totally in favor of the individual mandate there. after he gets the panic button, this morning he records this outside of a hotel. lets watch. >> i am for the repeal of obama care. and i am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and i believe unconstitutional. >> is the main problem here that president obama agreed to the mandate which was o...

Kazakhstan. one bit of american sporting news. >> tell us. is it good? >> football junkies, about your boston red sox. take your finger off the panic button. sox looking yesterday for the four game sweep anaheim angels after the fear and loathing early in the season in boston, they are rolling. carl crawford finally gets on the board. >> can you believe it? >> april 24th, john lackey, the red sox right-hander. >> how much are they paying him? >> six hits. 162, something like that. >> he finall...

Would pay 70%. that does save the federal government money, but it isnt saving money just a cost shift on to families and no reason to think those families could handle it. >> real quickly, ari, the other big fight over taxes. >> you have this idea circulating today that the president is going to talk about raising taxes on some of those multi-millionaire earners that were spared in the bush years in a speech out this wednesday. the other point, were just not talking about normal negotiating her...

50 kilometer evacuation zone from the united states government. theyre looking at the same data, theyre coming up with different recommendations. the united states being more conservative. theres also been a lot of discussion about potassium iodine as of recent. people buying them up in the united states. really the stuff is flying off the shelves. a couple of things to keep in mind. first of all, people taking potassium iodied may develop problems because of the salt, allergies, people with pre...

With that jurisdiction, the iaea to follow -- >> exact. >> i are they on scene? >> i dont know if they are on scene but they are trying to get information from japanese officials. they, too, like the united states government, has offered -- they have offered japan any kind of help it would need in dealing with this situation. but at this hour, it is not known if that help has been accept. >> when you talk about fears of a potential meltdown, anne, how realistic do you think that is? >> thats the...

>> neil: forget drill baby drill try tap baby tap. democrats yeah democrats today calling on the president to tap our own emergency oil stockpile. we keep this hidden in a big old piggy bank times like these they say and we need them now. even though the saudis say they will happily open up their spigots for libyans spigot getting shut off. all that oil dipping back to 97 bucks after going to 100 bucks a barrel. its not the time to hit the panic button. president of the commodities training firm...