tony harris thinks she s one sexy devil. and i love the fro. have a great day in new york city. live from studio 7 at cnn headquarters, the big stories for monday morning, august 23rd, a fired police officer holds tourists at gun point in manila and it plays out to a violent end on television. trapped miners confirm they re alive in dramatic fashion, but rescue, that may be months away. the doctor charged in the death of mick cal jackson, fans outside target dr. conrad murray with their anger. those stories right here, right now in the cnn newsroom. so we re up to more than a half billion eggs and counting? the head of the fda says more eggs could be added to the recall, prompted by a salmonella outbreak. about 1,000 people have gotten sick is and 17 states are on alert. it is traced to two iowa egg producers. casey wian traces the record of one company. reporter: this modest building is at the center of one of the largest food safety scares in recent history. w
off. 11 weeks after israel attacked an aid boat, israel and palestine appear headed for new peace talks. our cnn hero of the week, he is building bridges in kenya in more ways than one. i feel good when i see people walking over my bridges. i feel good because people s lives are being transformed. they are being saved. communities are being transformed. i m tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. so let s do this. let s begin with the latest on jobs. the recovery can t come fast enough for the 14.5 million americans who don t have one but instead of filing new claims for benefits have jumped for three straight weeks. the labor department says first-time claims surged to the half million mark last week. democrats are pushing for a new jobs bill. when congress reconvenes, this jobs bill will be the first business out of the gate, and the senate republican leadership needs to stop its efforts to block it. let s put aside
billion bailout we gave gm? the automaker will soon take a big step towards paying that money back to us, the taxpayers. a lot of talk about gm s filing initial public offering and the buzz is it could happen today. the once mighty gm was d-listed from the new york stock exchange when it went bankrupt last year. the big question for the taxpayers is how many shares and how high they will be praised? will it be enough to pay back gm s total debt. all right, patricia, thanks. pakistan s epic disaster might be just the beginning. flooding there has killed more than 1400 people. wiped out entire villages and plunged about 20% of the country under water. now humanitarian workers say the polluted vlad water can bring cholera and hepatitis to millions of children. the international aid trickling in. if the world or even pakistan s own government doesn t help that s people, guess who will.
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flight attendant steps in. we are going to tell what you happened after the plane landed. 92 years old and killed by cops in a botched drug raid. some of those officers are going to prison. and millions of dollars will now go to the woman s family. the birds, the bees, and the books. teenage sex may keep parents awake at night but a new report says that it is not so bad for school performance. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. out west. i m krya phillips. you are live in the cnn newsroom. talk about mixed messages. day 120 of the gulf oil disaster. we are still not getting clear messages on how safe our food is. how the oil is destroying the sea. an alarming survey is now telling us oil from the ruptured well has moved east settling on the sea floor and entering the food chain. ed lavandara joins us live from florida. reporter: we caught up with the scientist that returned from the ten-day mission from the gulf waters. one of the interest things about wh