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Jon? jon: let's keep talking about money for a moment. financial reform is the law of the land now. business leaders want to see who's going to head the new consumer protection agency. insideners washington say it could be this woman, harvard professor and t.a.r.p. watchdog liz elizabeth warren. is that the name we should expect? james rosen is reading the tea leaves. >> reporter: nobel laureate economist and liberal "new york times" columnist paul krugman said if president obama failed to name elizabeth warren to head this bureau it will be seen as the liberal base as, quote, a slap in the fa...

Bunch of other companies had lunch with barack obama again, aimed at restoring business confidence, the psychological dimension. >> john, it is jobs, jobs, jobs. >> right. >> what are labor groups doing? i understand you've got some reporting about what labor groups are going to do to paint republicans as anti-jobs? >> yes, big labor specifically the afl-cio is busy this fourth of july weekend to -- at the home offices of republicans who voted against that jobs bill that's gone down just this past week. really trying to make mischief for republicans including up in maine, olympia snowe hanging...

Marching throughout the streets of toronto, many covering their faces. one particular group had a message for toronto police. >> you are making a terrible mistake. you have been misguided by the global elites. you think we are your enemy. your enemy are your puppet masters at top of your hierarchy of control. >> joining me from toronto, concern tibbles. the scene behind you today, different than yesterday. you were in the middle of all of this yesterday. things looked out of control at points. what is expected to happen today? >> reporter: well you, know, the demonstrators had their own puppet...

Union. we have amnesty international and green peace, we have women's rights groups. people who want to see the u.s. and canada out of afghanistan. there's a lot of chanting. there's a lot of music. there's nothing like hearing this, i don't think. and if we look over here, we can see that the police presence, at least at this point in the parade route, is -- wait a minute, right over here. look what we have. these are people who have got their faces obscured, dressed in black, running along the parade route, clearly not part of the mainstream of this parade. this is what the police in toronto...

Flash mob action by any of the demonstrators. the price tag for all of this is expected to be, as you said, about $1 billion. a lot of canadiens feeling that is simply excessive. there are also some points of controversy. there are some sound cannons that could be brought in to be used against the demonstrators. police say, hey, these are only for communication. that's the only way we're going to use them. but civil liberties and labor groups have gone to court to try to stop their use saying they could hurt hearing. we expect a decision on whether there will be an injunction against their use...