the most pressing issue there is greece. >> reporter: yeah. that's right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euro's bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that they're still having trouble paying bills and might also like a discussion about moo mooch mutualizing. germany, of course, is still very, very reluctant to fit the bill on that, ali. >> different finance abilities. so that mutualization or further union mayen very far apart. the international monetary fund christine lagarde has stern warnings about the prospects for recovery in europe. what did she have to say? >> reporter: yeah. not mincing worlds and in an interesting position, because this time last year she would have been one of those very euro zone finance ministers trying to draw consensus to iron out these problems. she spoke about political indecisions and political dysfunctions and indecisions at the heart of this putting the blame at the political front saying, guys, get it sorted. take a listen. >> exactly three years ago after the collapse of human brother, the economic skies today looked troubled, they looked tush beaux length as global activity slows and downside risks increase. and we have entered into a dangerous phase of the crisis. >> so it's a dangerous phase, but, ali, she points out that the world central bank seemed to know that and we had concerted action to lend for the next three months to come. >> something we last saw in 2009, saying when politics is still working they are ready to step in. we'll stay on top of the story with you, thanks, nina. speaking of politics working, talk politic, shall we? house speaker john boehner rolling out an alternative to president obama's jobs plan, a proposal calling for less government spending and regulation. more ever what the speaker said to the economic club of washington yesterday. >> we all know some regulations are needed. we've got a responsibility under the constitution to regulate interstate commerce. there are reasonable regulations that protect our children and keep our environment clean and then there are excessive regulations unnecessarily increasing the costs for consumers and small businesses and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. >> speaker boehner rejected the option of raising taxes to cut the deficit. no surprise there. he said the special committee charged with cutting $1 trillion from the deficit should use spending cuts and entitle reform to get the job done. the u.s. supreme court delaying the execution of convicted murderer dwayne edward buck, a man scheduled to die by injection last night. buck supporters were elated by the temporary stay and the lawyers released a statement hoping the supreme case might tame up the case. convicted of a double murder 16 years ago. at issue, testimony by a psychologist who said his race increased the risk of him being a danger in the future if that he put something on the decision. and chief of pakistan killed. the death in waziristan, pack sann, considered a blow to al qaeda's leadership. eight of the terror organization's top 20 leaders have been killed this year. don't ask, don't tell will be history in days. the pentagon says the ban on gays serving openly in the military will be officially repeal eed on tuesday. two house republicans are making a final push for a delay saying they need more information on specific policy changes. congresswoman michele bachmann backtracking. looks like she's overplayed her hand with the attack on texas governor rick perry. this all started at the cnn tea party debate monday night. bachmann blasted perry for ordering young girls in texas to get the new hpv vaccine. seemed to have him on his heels in this debate and seemed to score political points. it looked like it gave her campaign a new life. then she went on the "today "show last night. >> i had a mother come up to me here in florida after the debate who told me her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it can have very dangerous side effects. the mother was crying when she came up to me last night. i didn't know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern and people have to draw their own conclusion. >> immediately following that appearance, the american academy of pediatrics posted a statement on its website saying there is absolutely no scientific validity to the suggestion that this vaccine causes mental retardation, and yesterday bachmann backed off of it. >> during the debate i didn't make any statements that would indicate that i'm a doctor, i'm a scientist or that i'm making any conclusions about the drug one way or the other. i didn't make statements about that. at the conclusion of the debate a woman came up to me who was very distraught, crying and she thanked me for my remarks an said that her daughter had had a meg negative reaction an that's all that i related. i'm not going to answer that. question. >> yes. >> thank you. so a respected biochemist upped the ante. the director at the university of pennsylvania tweeted this challenge to congresswoman bachmann. so here is the deal she has one week to produce her victim. she pays $10,000 to a pro vaccine group if she can't. i pay $10,000 to a charity of her choice if she does. >> i don't think she respond top that either. coming up next on "american morning" -- >> i blacked out and came too for about five seconds when i was under the car. >> you will hear from the utah college student rescued earlier this week from underneath that burning car. there's one hero in particular he wants to find and thank personally. jennifer hudson, you've noticed she's lost a lot of weight. check her out. but the young girl lost a role model. our "talk back" question of the morning. even though i'm a great driver, and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving habits, so you can save money. 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[ cackling ] he's my ride home. how much can the snapshot discount save you? call or click today. brandan wright is thankful to be alive but broken up about his bike. the young college student pulled from beneath a burning car after his motorcycle collided way bmw at a parking lot. wright, from his bed at hospital saying thank you to bystanders who lifted that car and saved him him. >> i just wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. i'm forever in debt. i can't thank them enough. i just hope they know how much they mean to me. i woke up to a man in a green shirt just kneeling over me and trying to get me to talk and keeping me awake, and i'd really like to meet him, too, just because he did not -- did not let me close my eyes and go back to sleep. really, without him i don't know if i would have hung in there. >> he is so lucky to be alive. brandon says the sight of his mangled motorcycle made him cry. he suffered a fracture to his leg and burning. no damage to his head, despite the fact he wa not wearing a helmet. he said that will not happen again. >> go out and buy one right after he gets out of the hospital. >> i think his parents are saying, why don't we not get him a motorcycle for a while. >> even i don't go out -- wear a helmet. >> no matter how careful you are, it's the other person. >> exactly right. >> it's often not you. >> it's the other person i worry about. scientists may have find luke skywalker's home planet. i did say that. the first drebt evidence of a planet with two suns, just like the desert wasteland planet in the "star wars" movies. only not in a galaxy far, far away. 200 light years away from earth. relatively close. just two centuries to get there traveling at light speed. >> wow. let's all go then. >> no kidding. >> hey there, rob marciano, want to thumb? >> do that and we'll be right there. it's fascinating. one sun, a little sun that goes around that sun and then you got the planet that goes around that. so -- >> double the spf. >> you may want to do that. although this particular planet is outside of the realm of sustained life. a little tribute to canada, because i heard ali say something that was very canadian and i can't remember the word. >> a? >> you put the accents, emphasis on different syllables. if i think of it, i'll tell you. first of all, st. john-jo's the you go. hurricane. maria, 80 mile-an-hour winds clipping newfoundland late are today. a rare event. the third hurricane of the season and this one will hit canada. international falls is near canada, too. 19 degrees. marquette, michigan, 31. record lows. cold air infiltrating and even the earliest snow ever across north central wisconsin. just a little falling there. maybe lake effects happening, too. 20 to 30 degrees in some spots this morning. frost and freeze advisories issued and this cold front pushing all the way. the gulf of mexico in the atlantic. a lot of folks getting a taste of this, but that cold front, a bit of a price to pay here. ocean city, maryland. check out this video. a water spout caught on tape. this thing came off the bay and got on land. did a little damage to trucks and structures, but nobody got hurt with this thing. remarkable video. ocean city, maryland, thank you for that. the only severe weather report as far as tornadoes are concerned. that was yesterday. enjoy the cool weather, guys. back up to you. >> okay, a. >> there you go. >> i'm heading to toronto this afternoon. pop a weather report in for toronto. i understand it's going to be cool. >> i mentioned st. john's? >> a beautiful, beautiful place. i have to give it a shout-out. few people go there but it's really nice. >> maria's on her way. >> a nice summer, both days. >> a lot closer. >> exactly. >> thank you, rob. one of the stories of the day. the question for us this morning, what does jennifer hudson's weight-loss controversy say about obesity in america? i know. jennifer hudson. hear me out here. no doubt jennifer hudson is skinny. since she appeared on oprah down to a size zero saying, i'm prouder of my weight loss than my oscar. a far cry from what she said in 2007 when she was a lot curvier. oh, this is what she said in 2007. i love my size and i think everybody should have some kind of meat on their bones. i've never bought into that. her change of heart about her weight has some fans steamed. it's fuconfusiony for teens wit body issues and their own weight struggles. you could argue all of america is confused about body image and weight. the biggest losers, audiences love that show yet criticize hudson for losing weight? some criticize michelle obama for her anti-obesity campaign somehow promoting healthy eating is equivalent to a nanny state. the facts are the facts. one-third of adult americans are obese, and heart disease is the number one killer in the united states. as for what jennifer hudson is saying now -- >> it's about what you want for yourself, how you feel about yourself. it's about good health and at least for me it's about good health, overall, what you want for yourself. so if you want to be that big girl, big the fiercest big girl you can possibly be, and i will be the healthiest fierce girl i can possibly be. >> what does jennifer hudson's weight-loss controversy say about obesity in america? facebook.com/americanmorning. eel read your responses later in the hour. >> her story is great. i don't do much in the way of exercise. you've figured this out. you recall from time to time i boxed a little bit. >> i remember. >> so this is an interesting story. we're talking about living the american dream. a fighter came to america to train with the best and beat the best and to be the champion of the world but found out one thing was missing in his corner. i sat down with boxing's would-be rabbi yuri foreman. take a look. >> and i came to experience my own american dream. >> this is a story of a young man on a mission. yuri foreman born in belarus, proved to israel, ten years ago came to america and walked into the world famous gleason's gym in brooklyn because he wanted to be the best middleweight boxer on the planet. >> i came here and i spoke with the owner, i want to be a world champion. >> reporter: you want to be a world champion? that's what you said? >> yeah. that's why i came to the united states. >> if you reach for the ring, you're going to -- >> reporter: it was the right place. gleason's trained robert de niro for "raging bull "and produced more than 130 champions in real life boxing. the owner -- >> i was impressed with yuri, because instead of coming from bedside he came halfway around the world with no support team. >> reporter: so impress head gave him free lessons. through all the sweat, punches and poundings, eventually, those lessons paid off. >> middleweight champion of the world. >> reporter: in 2009, foreman became the wba super welterweight champion of the world, first ever from israel. his quest was complete. >> hard right hand by foreman. >> reporter: then foreman discovered something was still missing. something he'd been disconnected from ever since he was a child in the former soviet union. his jewish faith. >> reporter: when were you growing up did you observe jewish witrituals? >> many jews forgot about their roots. the reminder was in think passport, it says, jew. >> reporter: it occurred to the young champ, when his girlfriend, soon to be wife, asked him basic questions about judaism, he didn't have the answers. so a new quest began. yuri foreman, not only embraced his long-lost faith, but with the zeal of a champion, decided to become a rabbi. since then he's progressed far along the path. with a year, his rabbinical studies will be complete. >> right now my goal is to work with young adults. kids who need, perhaps a little push, a little motivation and i think i can offer that through boxing or through personal experience. >> -- back to the center of the ring, clearly compromised. >> reporter: it may be a fitting change. last year all the rounds in the boxing ring came up with limb. a nagging knee injury took him down in a tough bout in yankee stadium. he lost his title. he's training to win his belt back but it's clear his new passion for his old faith is weighing heavily. these days he prays each day to be a good father for the health and safety of opponents and completion of rabbinical studies. now when he fights his faith goes far beyond the power of his punches. >> wow. >> god, i loved meeting him. >> what an incredible story. >> he is what he seems to be. a legitimate guy whose wife asked him about his faith. didn't have answers. decided to learn about it. about to be a rabbi. good luck, yuri. not where you think you'd find religion, in the boxing ring. but these guys thank god before these matches. >> that's really cool. ahead on "american morning" a former marine, speaking of pure of heart, receiving the country's highest military honor. sergeant meyer feels anything but heroic. how combat commanders may have failed at the worst possible time. ♪ [ multiple snds ng melodic tune ] ♪ [ malennounc ] at northrop grumman, makthworld a feplace. th's value performance. northr gruan. you know what,ell me, what makes peterpeter ? 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"minding your business," dow, nasdaq and s&p trading lower. watching what's happening in europe closely. u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner is there in a rare appearance with finance ministers in poland this morning and urged them to free up more resources to tackle a 2-year-old debt crisis now. investors are hoping more kwo n coordinating efforts will be released. agreeing to step in and boost dollar liquidity for european banks for the next three months. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all gained more than 1% on the news yesterday. new this morning in a new poll, economists say there's a one in three chance, one in three now, that the u.s. economy will slip back into recession in the next year. the poll was conducted by the "wall street journal," less pessimistic since the recession began. the average rate for a 30-year fixed rate loan fell to 4.09% this week. that's the lowest 30-year fixed rate mortgage in 60 years, according to freddie mac. and more bad news for netflix. the company expects 1 million fewer subscribers in the third quarter after it jacked up the price of its dvd rentals. the stock plummeted on that news yesterday. 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