captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer president obama asked the first lady to head a campaign against childhood obesity. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, almost one-third of all children in the united states are overweight. in a white house interview, mrs. obama told jim it s time to tackle the problem. it s not about demonizing parents, and it s not about demonizing business. it s just saying we know there s a problem; let s figure out what we can change. lehrer: then, toyota recalls another 400,000 cars worldwide. woodruff: and spencer michels reports on the demise of a joint venture between general motors and toyota in california. i m a single mom so it s pretty scary. it seems like there s, you know, lots of other people out there looking for jobs as well. lehrer: and rising debt burdens in europe have had an impact here in the u.s. jeffrey brown takes a look. that s all ahead on toni
hour of cnn newsroom. with tony harris. good morning, everyone. it s monday, july 27th. here are the top stories in the cnn newsroom. and how an operator in nevada can take part in a war on the other side of the world and get paid to get rid of your gas guzzler. the government s cash for clungers program is picking up speed. good morning. i m tony harris and you re in the cnn news roonl. number one, the economy, the cnn money team is all over it. cnn s susan lisovicz is all over it. and susan, wow. a lot of talk with these numbers and christine, jump in any time you d like. well, you should have heard heidi. she had been on the air saying that the estimates for new home sales was an increase for 1.37%. instead, it came in at 11% and that s the biggest monthly jump that we ve seen since late 2000. of course, you know, this comes with a year over year decline for a new home is down in the vicinity of 12%. but the bottom line, tony harris s. that we are seeing a trend he