but steady improvement. a lot of talk over the weekend, friday, about the economy starting to move in the right direction. obama kind of cautiously starting to take krcredit with e stimulus package but i, for one, am still concerned because the consumer is not onboard. we talked a lot about this but first let s get to the news. it s time for a look at today s top stories. the military says it has identified the remains after navy pilot shot down in iraq during the first persian gulf war. the pentagon says an iraqi citizen led marines to the gravesite of captain michael speicher. the very latest, ron, what are you hearing? reporter: hey there, willie, good morning. captain scott speicher s name has been on the wall here for some time now. the family got some resolution in his case. it came over the weekend. while it wasn t the news they really wanted to hear, they hoped and prayed for, it is a sense of closure, a sense of comfort knowing the search is finally over. this ha
from inside afghanistan. on your national conversation on your national conversation for monday, august 3rd, 2009. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello again, everybody. i m rick sanchez with the next generation of news. this is a conversation, not a speech, and it is as always your turn to get involved. during his campaign, candidate obama said it so often, we can practically all repeat it by now. if you make less than $250,000 a year, you won t have to pay more taxes. that s what he said. he told us that. he told joe the plumber that. he told just about everybody who would hear that, that. that was before the bank bailouts, mind you, before the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill, before the federal deficit topped $1 trillion. all right. are you ready for this? i want you to listen closely now to treasury secretary tim geithner this weekend, in case you missed it. he s talking specifically now about this issue. we will not get this economy back on track, recovery wil
to do with mine. the church hopes the random acts of kindness will cross central florida and zond hopefully we ll inspire people and continue to bless people to see if that makes a difference. i m heidi collins. cnn newsroom continues now with t.j. hol mess. good morning. it s monday morning. president obama at this hour promotes a new gi bill with benefits for iraq and afghanistan veterans. diplomats work to free three hikers after being arrested in iran. also, katherine jackson is in court at this hour. she s fighting for her son s estate, an estate that could be worth billions. hello to you all. i m t.j. holmes. and on the new gi bill, you re seeing a live picture of the ceremony happening right now. this is in fairbanks, virginia. the president is expected to make remarks within minutes. nobody is on the podium just yet. nobody is expecting be the president to speak at any moment about the expanded gi bill. when the president steps up, we will go back to his rem
we can feel free to laugh about this, there were no reports of any injuries. although a witness said the rolling factory did manage to stop just a few feet from the building next door. yeah, looks like that building was just far enough. pretty well constructed, though, stayed in one piece as it rolled over. and amazing, nobody was hurt. thanks so much for joining us on this american morning. see you back here bright and early tomorrow. right now here s cnn newsroom with heidi collins. good morning, everybody, i m heidi collins, we have a busy day right here in the cnn newsroom, so we want to get started right away on this monday, august 3rd. right off the bat, ed henry is going to be talking about promises made and possibly broken now. middle class americans may actually be facing higher taxes after all. and then on to afghanistan, our ivan watson s going to be focusing on the growing death toll of u.s. troops and their allies, as well. pointing to signs that th
good morning, america. breaking news. a continental airlines jet making an emergency landing in miami after turbulence, severe turbulence injures more than two dozen people. what was it like on board? we have a live report. and capture. three american students detained in iran after crossing the border during a hike. their last message, we re surrounded. did michael jackson have a fourth child, exclusive video of the jackson family vacation. who is this young man always at jackson s side? the newest poster person for diet and weight loss. rush limbaugh loses 90 pounds in 5 months. a new diet trend. could it work for you? and the boom that went bust. we show you how not to blow up a and the boom that went bust. we show you how not to blow up a building. captions paid for by abc, inc. and good morning, america. welcome to this new week. i m diane sawyer with robin roberts on monday, august 3rd, 2009. what could it have been like aboard that plane with that turbulence?