thank you, guys. it s wednesday. we have money 911. we re answering a lot of great questions. our panel sharon epperson, jean chatzky and dylan ratigan, declaring bankruptcy for your business or your personal finances to the best retirement accounts if your company doesn t offer a 401(k). our gang of three here to answer the questions. all right. we talk about it a lot on the show, the obesity epidemic and now a cdc report that really is alarming. you ll see the statistics. up to 72 million americans are now categorized as obese. that s a rise of 2.5 million people from a couple of years ago. so are you considered obese? we ll give you a breakdown. you may be shocked. and then speaking of i was shocked, it s off again. bristol palin. you were shocked? i thought it was love. actually al made fun of me because i really thought it was a romeo/juliet. turns out it s a bust. apparently levi johnston offended bristol palin. she s called the whole thing off. we have de
ready to open up about her extraordinary feet today, wednesday, august 4th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. this could be good news happening a mile underneath the gulf. bp said the mud it is pumping into the busted well is holding the oil down. it was injected into the well for about eight hours straight and then it came to an end overnight. the system now being monitored to make sure there are no sudden spikes in pressure. it may be enough to seal off that well even before those relief wells permanently fix the problem in a couple of weeks. we ll have more on that in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, every parent says they would never do it and yet it is happening more and more children left alone in hot cars. it s happened more in the first six months of this year than ever before in the same time period. coming up today investigates wha
actually happened about a year ago. the mother and the family are trying to fight for custody of their children. also coming up, talk about money 911. a very important topic if you have financial emergencies. our team of experts has answers, whether about changing your credit score or your changing credit score or also about keeping money in your child s name while saving for college while consolidating your credit card debt. speaking of credit cards, we ll catch up with a woman who turned into a shopping addict to mask the pain she was actually feeling inside. a lot of people who suffer from this kind of thing. at one point listen to this she hit rock bottom spending her last $20 on a pair of pants. but now there s good news. she s turned her life around and got some important advice for anyone facing a similar problem. a lot of people do, they mask other issues with spending. that just creates bigger problems in their life. psychological. they go deeper in debt. a
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. any incumbent coming up for re-election in november has to be worried after seeing the results of yesterday s primary. that s right. in pennsylvania, kentucky and arkansas, the results seemed to show that many americans are not satisfied with the status quo in washington. led by the defeat of 80-year-old senator arlen specter, he left the republican party, you ll remember, and became a democrat last year to try to keep his political career alive. while president obama did support him, he never went to pennsylvania to campaign on his behalf, and this morning some in specter s camp are pointing fingers at the white house for not doing enough to help. more on that and the rest of tuesday s election results coming up in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, the victim of a horrible crime in texas was just 8 when she was snatched f
high rate of ranges, with these high increase in business expectations because, of course, the expectations at some point in time in october and november have to be confirmed by business with activity and that is, with indeed, going to be difficult. so i think it reflects a bit of optimism and it s a slight disappointment for markets. it might give a little push for bond markets this morning. very well, yes. that could very well be an idea. thomas, what do you think is behind the drive in expectations at the moment? are people looking forward to the stimulus that s been put in place? are people looking at the return to revenue on some fronts? i say return to revenue under very low levels. what s driving the actual sentiment? cash for clunkers in germany has been an incredible success. ex ports have been holding up a little better. we have seen dynamic, a lot of industries and all summer has been actually a surprise, how much dynamics we ve been seeing. so i think today re