welcome to world news. tonight, gloves off. the escalating battle over health care reform. the white house cos out swinging. and we fac check what, if anything, the proposals say about abortion. full speed ahead. all of a sudden, detroit is in demand. ford is ramping up production, plants and overtime. candid cheney. former vice president dick cheney reportedly talking with asciates about his problems with president bush. three days and 40 years. celebrating the woodstock anniversary. peace, love and lives that were changed forever. and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized rock and roll. captions paid for by abc, inc. good evening. after days of raucous, in your face town hall meetings about health care reform, the white house today said enough, and launched its own e-mail chain letter campaign to counter the critics. and try to get the upper hand in the intense national debate. supporters of
we re back with more of today on a thursday morning. the 13th day of august, 2009. of course, it is national left-handers day. not sure when they came into existence. but oh, it was 1974. here is a little fact for you. did you know that most lefties are not 100% left-handed? no. most do things with their right hands, as well. for example i write left-handed but i bat in baseball right-handed, play golf right-handed. wow. eat left-handed. is there a right-handers day? there s not a right-handers day. i feel so left out. oh! oh! out on the plaza, matt lauer along with lxtv s sara gore filling in while natalie s on vacation. and mr. roker joins us, as well. neither of you left-handed? no. although i wear my watch on my right hand and i shoot baskets with my left hand. not that i play a lot of basketball. because you tend to wear your watch on your off hand. i wear mine on my right hand, too. but i never wear a watch. coming up in this half hou
welcome to world news. tonight, gloves off. the escalating battle over health care reform. the white house comes out swinging. and we fact check what, if anything, the proposals say about abortion. full speed ahead. all of a sudden, detroit is in demand. ford is ramping up production, plants and overtime. candid cheney. former vice president dick cheney reportedly talking with associates about his problems with president bush. three days and 40 years. celebrating the woodstock anniversary. peace, love and lives that were changed forever. and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized rock and roll. captions paid for by abc, inc. good evening. after days of raucous, in your face town hall meetings about health care reform, the white house today said enough, and launched its own e-mail chain letter campaign to counter the critics. and try to get the upper hand in the intense national debate. supporte
are forced out by a fast-moving wildfire. there s no way to know when they can go home. former vp dick cheney is working on a book. will the author has not so fond feelings about his former boss. bizarre to see a man standing in the waves calling for help. a crash survivor has one incredible story. we ll share it with you. happy friday eve. i m christi paul. so glad to have you. let s talk about this wildfire that s burning in the santa cruz mountains. this is in northern california. it s been declared a major natural disaster by fema. here are some of the most recent pictures. the so-called lockheed fire started yesterday evening. it sense has burned 1200 acres. now, of about 600 people near the town of bonny doon were told to leave their homes. the fire is burning in timber and really heavy brush. officials say it is threatening 250 structures right now. more health care reform town hall meetings being held today. six states, from attracting jam-packed crowds here.
woman, kyra phillips, next in the cnn newsroom. north korea opens its doors to the bill clinton private citizen on a private mission to free two americans. incredible pictures from a secretive state. general motors did it. chrysler did it. now detroit public schools may go where no school system has gone before. bankruptcy. we ll do the math. and we ll talk trash with a couple who s sworn off garbage for a year. reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost, compost, compost. hello, everyone, i m kyra phillips, live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you re live in the cnn you re live in the cnn newsroom. captions by vitac www.vitac.com well, the world is talking about bill clinton s surprise trip to north korea, but now the whole world is asking what will he get and what did he come for? the 42nd president is trying to win the freedom of two american journalists who were captured in march and sentenced to years of hard labor. the white house insists that it s