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Kidnapped Boy Found; 'Faces of Faith' -- God as Financial Planner
Aired October 19, 2008 - 07:00 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: From CNN Center in Atlanta, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING, October 19th. Good morning, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen.
T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: And hello to you all. I'm T.J. Holmes. Seven o'clock in the morning here in the east and 4:00 a.m. in Las Vegas where there is a lot going on out there, a developing story.
NGUYEN: Absolutely. Yes, a breaking news, in fact, overnight, that six-year-old boy who was kidnapped -- you know, we were talking about drugs, kidnapping, ransacking his parents home, all of this will now seems like we're getting some answers because the boy is alive. We'll have the latest on that.
HOLMES: It's a very good news there.
Also, the troubling economic times, a lot of people keeping an eye on the markets these days, a lot of people looking for some financial advice, maybe a financial planner. How about God? We'll be talking to a pastor in our Faces of Faith segment about leading God be your financial planner these days.
NGUYEN: That was pretty good. And did you see it last night?
HOLMES: I did see it.
NGUYEN: "SNL", "Saturday Night Live." And who is on there?
HOLMES: Governor Palin. She made her appearance.
NGUYEN: And Tina Fey.
HOLMES: Tina Fey was there (INAUDIBLE), by the way.
NGUYEN: It was kind of hard to tell the difference between the two of them.
HOLMES: The who is who (ph). But we'll be showing some clips of that. Very funny stuff. But, yes, a big night last night for "SNL."
NGUYEN: Very good.
All right. First up, though, that breaking news.
HOLMES: Yes. So, just four hours ago now that we got this word, police in Las Vegas did, in fact, find that six-year-old boy, Cole Puffinburger, it's his name, there he is. This young man was abducted from his home Wednesday police say by drug dealers who were attempting to recover lost money and property.
NGUYEN: Here's what happened. Police were handing out flyers with his picture on it when he was found on a sidewalk on the city's east side. A police captain says the boy is -- and I'm quoting here -- "in extremely good condition."
CNN's Kara Finnstrom is following the story from Las Vegas. She joins us now live from the Las Vegas Police Department.
Kara, is the boy still being evaluated or is he back home with his parents at this hour?
KARA FINNSTROM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Betty, the last word we had from police this morning was that he was still being checked out at the hospital, but as you said, in extremely good condition. You know, this is the best possible ending for the family members, the detectives, the people in this community who have been desperately searching for Cole for four days now, many are sweeping the city street by street. Among them has been Cole's father, Robert Puffinburger.
And we want to let you listen now to the emotional reaction he had at a press conference held earlier this morning right after by his son was found.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, KVBC)
ROBERT PUFFINBURGER, COLE'S FATHER: I just -- we had stopped passing out flyers for the night, you know, because we wanted to -- catch some news and stuff like that, and we're just sitting down and I just got the call that we got him. And I was like, you got who? Your son. It was like, all right. And I just booked
(END VIDEO CLIP)
FINNSTROM: At that point, he had not yet been able to see his son and obviously was very anxious to do so. We have not yet heard from Cole's mother. Her fiance or any other family members who we were told were asked not to talk with the media during the search.
Police not commenting this morning on whether there will be custody issues or concerns. What they are saying is that this investigation is far from over.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, KVBC)
CAPTAIN VINCENT CANNITO, LAS VEGAS POLICE: The remainder of the investigation shifts and our focus now goes on to the drug dealings, to potential extortion issues, as well as other issues certainly that are involved in this investigation at this time. But please be very clear from start of this investigation it was about Cole. Cole is safe and in custody. The investigative focus has now shifted.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
FINNSTROM: And investigators have said that they believe Cole's grandfather's actions triggered that kidnapping. They believe he stole millions of dollars from drug traffickers from Mexico. They want to know much more about that entire operation. They also are still looking for Cole's kidnappers.
Betty, what we can tell you is that the lights are all on upstairs here. The detective parking lot is full. So, even at this hour, it appears the push is continuing but the good news here, the amazing news, is that six-year-old Cole has been found, is safe, and at some point this morning, will be reunited with his family.
NGUYEN: Yes, that is very good news. As you mentioned, the investigation still continues. Aren't there two other people being sought after in that investigation alongside the grandfather who's already in custody?
FINNSTROM: Yes. What we learned late yesterday before all of this developed, was that they had named one other person of interest who they were looking for. They released a photograph of that person. They also said that there was another person they wanted -- were considering a person of interest that they had been interviewing. They did not release that person's name.
No update on that this morning from police. But they are saying, again, that investigation continuing. You think they're still looking for these people and still continuing to talk with their other source there and still trying to piece all of this together.
NGUYEN: Yes, I imagine Cole will have a little bit to do with that investigation. Hopefully, he'll be able to shed some kind of light on it as well. Thank you so much. Kara Finnstrom joining us live. We'll be checking in with you a little bit later in the morning.
In the meantime, though, let's review this time line on all of this and how it went down. Cole was abducted Wednesday from his home when two men posing as police officers tied up his mother and her boyfriend. Well, the boy's grandfather, Clemens F. Tinnemeyer, was arrested late Friday in Riverside, California, as a material witness.
Yesterday, police were canvassing several neighborhoods, and then word came to police late last night about a boy wandering an east side neighborhood and that is when Cole Puffinburger was found alive.
NGUYEN: Let's turn now to politics and the final 16 days of the election.
HOLMES: Sixteen days and candidates are out there with their running mates, campaigning at pretty steady clip right about now. They are trying to get as much phase time with the voters as they can. Of course, they want your vote.
So, we have some new fundraising numbers in for you. It turns out Barack Obama raised enough money to possibly bailout a small Wall Street investment firm last month. The Democrat's campaign manager says in an email this morning that Obama raised more than $150 million in the month of September. The campaign says the average donation for last month was less than $100.
No word yet on what McCain raised for the month of September.
Well, so much of the focus right now on those battleground states, those places where it's still up in the air and will be critical on Election Day. Today, Barack Obama is in North Carolina. That one is supposed to be a battleground state for John McCain. But it turns out, he's having to defend some territory there. McCain himself will be in Ohio today, certainly a battleground.
In the final days, the candidates are also stepping up those attacks. Yesterday, in his weekly radio address, McCain compared Obama to a European socialist. Take a listen.
(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R-AZ) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: At least in Europe, the socialist leaders who so admire my opponent are upfront about their objectives. They use real numbers and honest language. And we should demand equal candor from Senator Obama. Raising taxes on some in order to give checks to others is not a tax cut. It's just another government giveaway.
(END AUDIO CLIP)
HOLMES: All right. Well, CNN senior political producer Sasha Johnson, on the phone with us now this morning from North Carolina. Again, one of those states that McCain is having to defend right now.
Sasha, we're going to talk more about that socialism in just a second. But, $150 million in a month, have we ever seen anything close to that before? It sounds unreal.
SASHA JOHNSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL PRODUCER (through phone): No, it absolutely is. I mean, this is a new high water mark for campaign fundraising, in that video that you mentioned that David Plouffe e-mailed to supporters this morning to announce the news, he also said that they added over 630,000 new donors. Meaning, there are roughly about 3 million people have donated to the campaign so far and that he said that the average donation was less $100.
So, what's interesting about that video if you sat down to watch the whole thing was, he talks about how they're expanding the battleground map. You know, he says they're competing aggressively in West Virginia. He brings up Ohio where he said McCain is today, in Toledo, where our latest poll of polls shows Obama ahead by about two points, 48 to 46. And he brings up North Carolina where Barack Obama is today, which is, in our latest poll, deadlocked at 49 percent each for each of the candidates.
And what was kind of remarkable was that at the end of the video, David Plouffe asks for more money. He says that we have -- the campaign has an aggressive battleground plan and no cuts can be made at this point, and that nobody wants to look back on election night and say they wish they had done more. So, if donors can give more, please give more money.
HOLMES: So, Sasha, is there anything -- we only have two weeks in this campaign left, and to have $150 million -- can you even spend that in the last couple of weeks and is there anything he can't do now with this money? He can go, it seems, can go anywhere and advertise anywhere in any state and just really dictate the last couple of weeks.
JOHNSON: Yes, you hit the nail on the head. I mean, this is really about advertising at this point. Barack Obama -- I mean, I sat in my hotel room in North Carolina earlier this morning and saw a ton of Barack Obama ads and didn't see any John McCain ads. So, this really comes down to an advertising advantage.
We all know that Barack Obama's campaign purchased a half hour of primetime network time at the end of this month to make sort of a closing argument, a final case to the American people. That takes a ton of money. And, you know, this money lets them do specific advertising which the McCain campaign can't do.
HOLMES: All right. And to wrap up here, on this issue, we have heard about socialism a whole lot in the past couple weeks, certainly after the whole Joe the Plumber incident with Barack Obama talking about spreading the wealth -- is this resonating -- is this really getting into the minds of American voters and is it bothering anybody?
JOHNSON: Well, I mean, that word socialist obviously can pique a lot of interest and the Obama campaign knows that that something that could sit with the voters.
So, yesterday in St. Louis and Kansas City, Barack Obama took after John McCain on this issue of taxes and called it a values issue and he said, you know, "John McCain supports those that are wealthy. I support those that are working the double shift and that are working in the plant, in the factories, and the diners. And so, if John McCain wants to say that my, you know, tax cut is socialist or if he thinks that it's welfare, that's ridiculous. That shows that he's out of touch and that he doesn't realize how badly the average American is hurting."
And so, Barack Obama is not shy about the fact. He says that people on the bottom need a bigger piece of the pie as he's taken to saying recently. But they recognize that, they said (ph), that word is a buzz word. And so, he's going to come out and say, "All my tax plan does is help the regular person in these hard economic times."
HOLMES: Yes, it's a buzz word. Everybody is buzzing about it right about now. Sasha Johnson for us, on the phone, thank you so much. We'll be talking to you again, Sasha.
NGUYEN: Well, this morning, the candidates are receiving fresh endorsements from three major newspapers. The "New York Daily News" is throwing its support behind Barack Obama. The paper says, quote, "He has the promise to renew America at home and abroad." Well, the "Tampa Tribune" is picking John McCain. It says, "McCain, too, has many ideas for improvement, but his changes build on what has worked in the past to make our nation the strongest in the world."
And the "Philadelphia Inquirer" is backing Obama. The paper writes, "Obama has a superior proposal for this nation."
Find out more about the candidates' plans from the contenders themselves. Join the best political team on television for "BALLOT BOWL." That is 4:00 Eastern today.
You know, the next president will face some really hard choices when he takes office in January.
HOLMES: Yes, we hear a lot about the economy; hear a lot about Iraq...
NGUYEN: Healthcare, yes.
HOLMES: Healthcare is up there again now. But what about the environment and other issues?
NGUYEN: Yes.
HOLMES: Josh Levs is looking into some of this for us.
Josh, good morning to you, sir.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you guys. Yes, it's really interesting. Yesterday, we asked people what you still want to know from the candidates, and by far, one issue dominated your responses.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
NGUYEN: All right. So, you can clean your car and cast your vote. Yes, one-stop shopping at the three-minute car wash. And surprisingly, McCain supporters lined up to the right. Obama followers veer to the left. It's all in good clean fun. The votes are merely symbolic.
But you may be surprised how passions bubble to the surface here. Many customers said that they would never switch lanes even if their line is long and the other is empty.
HOLMES: I don't know. You got places to go. It's just symbolic any way.
NGUYEN: It's just a car wash, right?
(LAUGHTER)
HOLMES: It's just a car wash. So, yesterday we asked what issues you feel the candidates have not adequately addressed during this election cycle. NGUYEN: And, of course, with that question, e-mails just came flooding in.
HOLMES: Yes.
NGUYEN: Many of them focus on immigration, are you surprised by that?
Well, Josh Levs joins us with the latest.
That does seem a little surprising because we haven't heard a whole lot about it on the campaign trail.
LEVS: I think so, and it was really interesting to me. It was insightful to see how many people were saying that they wish they were hearing more.
I just want to show you a couple responses that we got yesterday. Let me zoom in on the board quickly. One person, Greg Prowell, "What the heck ever happened to stopping illegal immigration? One was hot, hot, hot in the primaries, now not a peep. Here from Clare Mulqueen, "I want to know the candidates' positions on immigration. I think they have ignored it because they don't want to offend anyone."
Well, you know what? Let me zoom over to our page here at CNN.com, which takes a look at this issue so you can get some basics as people are asking. What we say about these two candidates is really pretty similar. It talks about John McCain co-sponsoring and Obama backing immigration reform legislation that would increase funding and border security technology. Those are two of the big things it would have done.
Also at their Web sites, they have a lot of information. John McCain now says that his most -- his biggest priority is to finish securing the borders with immigration and governors of border states will be required to certify that the border is secure.
Really quickly, we have a graphic that lists a few things that he's also talking about on this list. He talks about an electronic system to ensure that workers are screened. He wants temporary worker programs. He also wants to require all undocumented individuals must enroll in a program anywhere in the country wherever they are.
He also wants to eliminate what he calls a "family backlog." So, if a family is split over immigration, you could get those who are not able to enter in legally.
Let's go to the next graphic, too. We're going to take a look at some of Barack Obama's major proposals as well. We have those summarized. He just wants a path to citizenship. He also wants to increase the number of people who are allowed in legally. He also wants to strengthen border security and crackdown on employers.
And over here in his Web site, he has a whole immigration fact sheet that we can zoom in on where he lists more of his specific proposals. Now, obviously, it's a really complex issue, guys. But when you take a real look at this issue, you find that the differences are nowhere near as stark as they are on some other issues.
You can get a lot more information on the Web and at CNN.com.
And I'll tell you, who knows. Maybe in the next couple weeks if this many people are caring about it, they'll get some new found attention on the campaign trail.
NGUYEN: Yes, there is still time. So, we'll see. Thank you, Josh.
LEVS: You got it. Thanks a lot, guys.
HOLMES: All right. I don't know if a lot of you all were able to stay up last night. I shouldn't have but I did. But this is the one that everybody was waiting on. We've seen McCain on there...
NGUYEN: Yes, Obama...
HOLMES: We've seen Obama...
NGUYEN: Hillary Clinton. I mean, a whole list of candidates.
HOLMES: But who have they really wanted to see?
NGUYEN: Sarah Palin.
HOLMES: And she was there, finally, last night. We will show you what she did and show how Tina Fey, who is certainly getting a lot of credit these days for that role.
NGUYEN: It's hard to tell them apart, isn't it?
HOLMES: It is. And we'll show you exactly how it played out last night.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
NGUYEN: Well, we are all laughing about last night's "Saturday Night Live." Guest starring -- Sarah Palin in the role of...
HOLMES: Yes.
NGUYEN: Sarah Palin. Who else?
HOLMES: Yes. Finally, this is the one everyone is waiting on. The show has been making fun of her and making fun of the uncanny resemblance to Tina Fey, as the actress and comedian who usually plays her, has been playing her on "SNL."
Take a look at what happened last night.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" FROM NBC)
ALEC BALDWIN, ACTOR: Hey, Lorne. Hey, Tina.
(APPLAUSE) BALDWIN: Lauren, I need to talk to you. You can't let Tina go out there with that woman. She goes against everything we stand for. I mean, Good Lord, Lauren. They call her -- what's the name they call her? Kara -- what do they call her, Tina?
GOV. SARAH PALIN, (R) VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: "Caribou Barbie."
BALDWIN: Caribou Barbie. Thank you, Tina. I mean, this is the most important election...
LORNE MICHAELS, "SNL" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Alec...
BALDWIN: ... in our nation's history and you want her, our Tina, to go out there and stand there with that horrible woman. What do you have to say for yourself?
MICHAELS: Alec, this is Governor Palin.
PALIN: Hi, there.
BALDWIN: I see. Forgive me but I feel I must say this -- you are way hotter in person.
(LAUGHTER)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NGUYEN: He's a riot.
HOLMES: He is -- a lot of people know -- he has not made any secret about his liberal leanings and left leanings...
NGUYEN: Yes, his views.
HOLMES: ... there as well. But, it seems weird sometimes to be talking about a possible vice president as hot.
(LAUGHTER)
NGUYEN: Yes, she's standing right there.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Exactly. I thought she did great job. But, you know, I can't tell Tina apart. When I see them side by side, really, it's like, oh, my gosh, which one is...
NGUYEN: Yes, their mannerisms and when they talk. It's just so similar. It's almost frightening how close it is.
HOLMES: And there's another clip we're going to show you in the little while, it has to do with the rap. There's a rap I saw up there you didn't see it...
(CROSSTALK)
MYERS: It might go down in history for that one. NGUYEN: And you know what? Palin has some pretty good dance moves. I will give that to her.
HOLMES: She did.
NGUYEN: Yes, she could really do it.
HOLMES: But, Chad, good morning to you, sir.
MYERS: Good morning. I'm here for Reynolds. He is doing a little family reunion thing. So...
NGUYEN: Oh, nice.
MYERS: I got Friday off, he has Sunday.
NGUYEN: So, good to have you. (INAUDIBLE)
HOLMES: Good to see you, man.
MYERS: It is cold out there. I mean, I'm not whining because I'm in Atlanta.
NGUYEN: Right.
MYERS: But I'm telling you why. It is chilly. Saranac Lake, New York is 16 degrees right now.
HOLMES: OK...
MYERS: So, that's the end of the tomatoes. There's no more tomato festivals going on in Saranac Lake.
Here's a shot now of Lady Liberty we got from New York City. And I think she's shivering this morning. Put an extra jacket on on the lady here. It is chilly, New York City. Temperatures around 40 degrees. It's not so bad in the city.
If you get out toward Sussex, New Jersey right now -- 27; Bradford, Pa. -- 23. Youngstown, Ohio was 26. And even Elmira, New York this morning, you are waking up at 23, saying, what in the world just happened to summer? Because just a couple weeks ago, we were in the 80s and 90s, and now, all of the sudden, it is gone.
Well, you're probably waking up this morning saying, hey, was I supposed to move the clock? Was there something, you know, was I supposed to fall back today? You don't fall back until the first weekend of November.
Remember the Congress in 2005 said, let's make daylight savings time a little bit longer, maybe we'll save some more energy? You're feeling like, (INAUDIBLE) cold, I'm sure we're (ph) changing the clocks. Not just yet, a couple more weeks for that.
Forty-four degrees right now in Birmingham, 42 in Nashville, 41 in Charlotte. It is going to be mild across the southeast today but it's going to be dry, too.
There's going to be an issue here. You're going to be nice and cool outside. If you'll want to be outside all day long, don't forget about the UVA and UVB rays, they are still going to be very strong today. In fact, stronger than usual because of how dry the air is, there's not going to be that reflection refraction going on. So, take care of yourself, make sure the kids are prepared to be outside for any length of time even though temperatures are going to be cool, you're going to feel cool, and you're going to come in by evening and (INAUDIBLE) going to say to yourself, I should have had some sunscreen on today.
Cleveland, you're going to be in the 60s for the rest of the week. But all the highs in the 40s and 50s on Monday and Tuesday. A pleasant weekend or end of the week, I guess, and weekend to be in Washington, D.C. as well. High today, 62.
Guys, back to you.
HOLMES: Not bad for some places, but others like you said -
MYERS: The dogs are going to go -- whoa.
(LAUGHTER)
MYERS: I don't want to step out there.
HOLMES: All right. Thank you so much.
MYERS: You got it.
HOLMES: Glad you're here with us this weekend. We'll see you again here shortly.
NGUYEN: Yes. Good to see him. You know, when we talk about being right on the money, and especially retirement. The reality is, most couples don't retire at the same time. Christine Romans shows us how one family is making their staggered retirement work in this week's "Right on Your Money."
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These days, Tom Sheehan has a view of the Connecticut shore from his garden. Tom retired two years ago earlier than he planned due to cutbacks after 9/11.
TOM SHEEHAN, RETIREE: How are you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good. How are you?
T. SHEEHAN: How was your day?
ROMANS: His wife, Sandy, works full time.
T. SHEEHAN: There is a tremendous amount of, I don't want to say guilt, but an uncomfortable feeling when your wife goes to work and you're staying at home.
SANDY SHEEHAN, SALES REPRESENTATIVE: There's a financial change. We had to make adjustments for what our original long-term goals were.
ROMANS: "Money" magazine's Janice Revell says their experience isn't uncommon.
JANICE REVELL, SR. WRITER, MONEY MAGAZINE: The harsh reality is that 40 percent of the time, people were forced to retire long before they wanted to.
ROMANS: Tom and Sandy made it worked by downsizing. They sold their house upstate, knocked down their beach cottage, and built a year-round home in its place.
REVELL: One of the things that Tom and Sandy, I think, did really well is that they didn't just, you know, uproot themselves and move to a brand new town that they knew nothing about. I mean, this is a place that they spent summers in for, you know, decades.
ROMANS: When Sandy retires, they'll start a new life in a familiar place.
S. SHEEHAN: The kids grew up being here.
T. SHEEHAN: Yes. And now, the grandchildren.
ROMANS: Christine Romans, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HOLMES: Well, as we know, a lot of people doing without a lot in this tough economy. People are going without food, without gas in some cases, but sometimes, people are going without a lot more than that.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's quite literally the difference between having access to medical care and none whatsoever.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NGUYEN: So, what do people do when they can't afford to get sick?
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HOLMES: Hello again. And welcome back to CNN SUNDAY MORNING. I'm T.J. Holmes.
NGUYEN: Yes. Good morning, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen.
HOLMES: Good news to report, breaking news overnight we've been following. The six-year-old Las Vegas child who had been abducted. Well, he was found alive. Police believe that Cole Puffinburger was abducted by drug dealers in dispute with the boy's grandfather. That abduction was last Wednesday. The boy is described as being in extremely good condition. We'll get a live report and all the details from Las Vegas at the top of the hour.
NGUYEN: Also your money and your concerns, they are front and center at the White House and in other capitals all around the world in fact. President Bush says that he will host the first of what could be several economic summits of world leaders. The reason? Fears of a global recession just keep growing larger every day it seems. Well, the president made the announcement after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at Camp David.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I look forward to hosting this meeting in the near future. Both developed and developing nations will be represented. And together we'll work to strengthen and modernize our nation's financial systems so we can help ensure that this crisis doesn't happen again.
For this meeting to be a success, we must welcome good ideas from around the world.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NGUYEN: The White House says the first summit will likely be held next month after the presidential election. Your money is "issue number one" right here at CNN. And we're going to take a closer look at the summit plans next hour when CNN's Kathleen Koch joins us live from Washington.
HOLMES: All right. Affordable health care is the topic that a lot of people have been talking about. Hot issue right now in the campaign trail.
NGUYEN: Even routine doctor visits are a luxury. Many people can no longer afford. So skipping care may save a few bucks now but later it can cost a fortune. CNN's Brianna Keilar explains.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): William Fitzgerald is a stroke survivor with throat cancer. He is unemployed and uninsured.
WILLIAM FITZGERALD, CANCER PATIENT: I can't afford to be sick. Plain and simple. If you have something that is ongoing, requiring maintenance like high blood pressure such as I have, one of my medicines alone would run over $100 a week.
KEILAR: In this tough economic times, a growing number of Americans say they're going without medication doctors say they need. More say they forego health insurance and doctors appointments. Experts say it creates a vicious cycle because people who wait too long to seek health care costs more to treat. DR. DONALD FISHER, PRES. & CEO, AMERICAN MED. GROUP ASSN.: When people forego the diagnostic test and the procedure, then the illness get much more severe and when they present themselves with health care later, they're much sicker.
KEILAR: Like William who figured his hoarse voice didn't warrant an expensive doctor visit. He now owes about $20,000 in medical bills. It could be worst. William gets medication and treatment from the Arlington Free Clinic, a facility that provides dramatically priced reduced health care for low income patients.
FITZGERALD: It's actually been a godsend for me. It's quite literally the difference between having access to medical care and none whatsoever.
KEILAR: The clinic has seen up to 15 percent more patients this year.
NANCY PALLESEN, EXEC. DIR. ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC: I think this is just beginning. I think we're going to see more in the months to come. Because more people are going to lose jobs or be cut back their number of hours and so forth and then they're going to come.
KEILAR: As the slumping economy forces an increase in patients, it also threatens to cut off the private donations that fund these last resorts for health care leaving many concerned this safety net will catch fewer and fewer people.
Brianna Keilar, CNN, Washington.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HOLMES: It was just yesterday that we asked you all out there what you still want to know from the candidates. We got a lot of interesting answers.
NGUYEN: CNN's Josh Levs joins us now with some of those. OK. We've talked about immigration. What else is on the list of what people want to know?
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's so interesting, guys. You know, when we open up these e-mail questions, you never know which one you're going to get. And sometimes you get a question that really makes you stop and think. Let me show you this first one. I was just - take a look at this. I find this so interesting. It comes to us from Mike in sunny California - "Mr. Candidate, if your programs are soooo great, why have you not pulled a pen out of your desk and written them as bills already. You're an important senator, why do we have to wait until after the election?"
Interesting, huh? So I tossed it out to campaigns. And I haven't heard back but we're going to be seeing more more of those. Let's take a look at some more. Obviously, a lot of people taking back to the primaries and what it was like during then. Look at this next question. We got several on this. I pulled out one of them. "Would you pay for the abolition of the Electoral College board? Would you favor a law constitutional amendment requiring all 50 states and U.S. territories to hold presidential primaries on the same day?" You know sometimes we get a short-term memory but that was only months ago that we were all talking about this kind of issue and how long the primaries go on.
Look at this, "would you cut funding for scientific research? How would you protect scientific advancement if additional cuts are going to be made?" Jennifer. Next we hear from a couple of people about disaster relief. A major issue in the U.S. that hasn't gotten a lot of attention lately. "I'd like to hear their plans regarding disaster relief," from Chris.
And this one, "what will candidates do to improve the response to process an evacuation for and aftermath support of people affected by areas that are declared disasters? What will candidates do to assist disaster affected areas that are slower to economically recover particularly New Orleans." That's from Asia, who calls herself a proud New Orlenian.
Let's read just a couple more here. I have not heard anything about going after those who might have had a hand in this economic meltdown. Will either of you go after the people that brought this on?" I saw a lot of these, dozens of these yesterday. Will there be prosecutions and stuff like that.
And let's end with this. What would the candidates do to restore confidence in the justice department. A lot of people talking about their frustration at the firing of those U.S. attorneys and some of the studies that were done and some of the congressional investigation results. So I tell you, everything you just saw I sent to the campaigns, all of those questions. I haven't heard back yet. But if I get any responses to any of these questions, I'm going to bring them to you. Who knows maybe during this week or next weekend we'll actually have some.
NGUYEN: Hey, there's still some time. OK. Thank you. Appreciate it.
LEVS: Thanks a lot.
NGUYEN: Listen to this. 106 years young and making sure her vote counts.
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ANN COOPER: ... time to die as I've got to see a black president.
DON LEMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You want to see a black president?
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NGUYEN: Ann Cooper is her name. She's waiting to see what's going to be history. Our Don Lemon shares her story tonight in the CNN NEWSROOM that is 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern. HOLMES: All right. A lot of people looking for financial advice these days and a lot of people they know turn to names like Edward Jones, Charles Schwab.
NGUYEN: Right.
HOLMES: What's another name they turn to?
NGUYEN: Well, there's a name that in fact you know quite well probably and you may even have the book -
HOLMES: Already got it.
NGUYEN: -- that could answer all of your questions. Stay tuned.
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NGUYEN: You know, most us of may not consider the Bible a book on money management but a baptist minister right here in Georgia certainly does. So, we were just so intrigue with this message that I decided to follow up with Bryant Wright and our conversation is this week's "Faces of Faith."
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REV. BRYANT WRIGHT, RIGHT FROM THE HEART MINISTRIES: times like this cause people to wonder and they have great fear and uncertainty because there is so much uncertainty about the future.
NGUYEN: Pastor Wright, in this financial crisis, a lot of people turning to their advisers, their accountants and the money people. But you say turn to the Bible. What kind of answers can people get there?
WRIGHT: I realized that when we talk about turning to the Bible we're talking about people turning to god and people are looking for immediate results. They are looking for immediate answers but we really do hope in a time like this when so much of the security people find in their things and their bank accounts and their financial portfolios is just evaporating in front of their eyes that people really will look to god through the personal Christ.
NGUYEN: Do you think that people can find tangible answers there? Because a lot of people watching, even faithful, will say absolutely I believe that but at the same time when I'm looking at my 401(k) I need to know what to do.
WRIGHT: Well, I think there's basic principles in the Bible. Principles of hard work. Principles of making the most of your talent. Principles, the warnings about debt and not having too much debt and being sure you pay your debts on time and the dangers of co- signing loans. There's all kinds of basic principles that the Bible teaches in good money management.
NGUYEN: Give me an example of one of those principles.
WRIGHT: A basic principle is to spend less than you earn. That's a basic principle that's often overlooked.
NGUYEN: At the same time though, with the stock market a lot of people looking at that and there's nothing they can do about it. Is this a time in which faith is truly key because a lot of it is really out of your hands?
WRIGHT: Well, it's very interesting, Betty. Jesus says we have to choose between money and god when it comes to where he put our trust and faith. And I think this really is one of those times as reminder of how all that money can be lost in a moment but a relationship with god lasts and a relationship with god doesn't leave you when you're going through tough times. So I think it really is a gut check time for those who are believers but also an opportunity for those who are not believers in Christ to realize that he has really given us very good news. Good news about salvation. Good news about eternal life but also good news in the Bible about how to live a very meaningful and fulfilled life.
NGUYEN: And what's the good news about making it through these trouble times?
WRIGHT: Well, I think the good news is to realize god is the only one we can put perfect trust in to not be let down by.
NGUYEN: You say he's the best financial planner out there?
WRIGHT: Well, I can't find anybody better than the biblical principles there on financial planning. Jesus talks more about money than he talks about heaven and hell because he realizes man's big challenge is where man puts his trust. Do we trust in money? Or do we trust in him? And so this is one of those opportunities for people to put their trust in god through the person of Christ and not be disappointed because once that's done, you can't lose that relationship with the lord.
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NGUYEN: Reverend Wright is based right here in Georgia but his outreach efforts are enormous. He has weekly radio and TV spots called "Wright from the heart." If you want to check out his website, it's at www.rfth.org. You'll find daily devotionals, Sunday sermons podcasts, even classes that can be downloaded to your computer desk top. T.J.
HOLMES: All right. Betty, well, palling around with Palin. If you missed it last night. You just stick around and see the long- awaited appearance of Governor Sarah Palin on "SNL." There was a bit of dancing involved. There was a reap involved as well. You just stick around and see this.
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NGUYEN: All right. So Sarah Palin - she has been a favorite fixture on "Saturday Night Live" this season even though she's never actually appeared on the show. A lot of people might disagree. HOLMES: They thought it was her but it wasn't. But it was her last night. The republican VP nominee popped up twice on "SNL" last night. Here is one clip. Now she wasn't talking in this but she was certainly involved and dancing a bit and even waving her hands in the air. Check it out.
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AMY POEHLER, "SNL" CAST MEMBER: ... from my porch I can see, Russia and such. All the mavericks in the House, put your hands up. All the mavericks in the house put your hands up. All of the plumbers in the house pull your pants up.
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NGUYEN: All the plumbers in the House, pull your pants up.
HOLMES: What's supposed to be happening here. You got Eskimos, the back up dancer and the guy on the left is supposed to be her husband.
NGUYEN: Her husband.
HOLMES: Who of course rides a snowmobile, whatever they are.
NGUYEN: A snow machine.
HOLMES: Snow machines, they're called.
NGUYEN: The first dude is what they call him.
HOLMES: What's happening here is that this - the actor there -
NGUYEN: Watch the moose. It's going to be shot.
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HOLMES: But Sarah Palin came out and said she refused to do the skit that they had written for her and so they wanted the anchor there as you see to perform the rap that Sarah Palin was supposed to. You see now why she didn't want to.
NGUYEN: She amazes me. The person playing the anchor is pregnant. And she was jamming. That rap was hilarious. Don't expect that from us, folks. Not going to happen. But Sarah Palin in a role so meaty that it lured "SNL" alumni Tina Fey, back to her old stage with his impersonations. But here's a question do they help of actually hurt the candidate?
HOLMES: Well, CNN's Alina Cho was at last night's show and talked to the cast after the fact. And look closer at the Fey effect tomorrow on AMERICAN MORNING.
In the meantime now, let's check in on the presidential candidates and share a sampling of what they are saying.
HOLMES: First stop here Concord, North Carolina. A state that has historically been a republican strong hold. Well, GOP nominee John McCain struggling to hold onto it though and he's sharpening his attacks there.
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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: America has an alternative to the phony tax cut my opponent started talking about only months ago. The McCain-Palin tax cut is the real thing. We're going to double the child deduction for every family. We'll cut the capital gains tax.
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MCCAIN: And we'll cut business taxes to help create jobs and keep American businesses in America.
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MCCAIN: As Joe has now reminded us all and small business persons all over America has reminded us, America didn't become the greatest nation on earth by giving our money to the government to spread the wealth around.
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MCCAIN: in this country, in this country we believe in spreading opportunity for those who need jobs.
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And those who create them and that's exactly what I intend to do as president of the United States.
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So this is the choice that we face. Now, I'd like to give you a little straight talk. These are hard times. I don't have to tell you here in North Carolina. Our economy is crisis. Americans are fighting in two wars, by the way. We face many enemies in this dangerous world and many challenges here at home. The next president won't have time to get used to the office. He'll have to act immediately.
We can't - we can't spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight, waiting for our luck to change. We have to act immediately. I've said it at the last debate. I'm not George Bush. And Senator Obama wants to run against George Bush, he should have run for president four years ago.
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HOLMES: Well, Barack Obama will be heading to North Carolina, as well, today after really something phenomenal we saw in Missouri. NGUYEN: Oh, yes.
HOLMES: Actually, there were more people that saw him at a rally in St. Louis than saw the Texas-Missouri game.
NGUYEN: It is hard to - well, not necessarily because they are physically, there were people on television watching him, but rule them out.
HOLMES: He had 100,000 in the place to watch him in St. Louis, according to police data.
NGUYEN: Really, like you said, remarkable. And at a later stop, get this, in Kansas City, the park service said that crowd numbered 75,000. His topic, same as John McCain's - your money and your taxes.
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator McCain's argument that I want to raise taxes, that hasn't been working because it isn't true. But, so now he's been trying a different attack. Lately, Senator McCain has been attacking my middle-class tax cut. He actually said this. He said it goes to, "those who don't pay taxes."
Even though it only goes to people who work and who are already getting taxed on their paycheck. Let me repeat this. I'm not giving tax cuts to folks who don't work. I'm giving tax cuts to people who do work. John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you're facing. He must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people welfare.
Well, let me tell you, the only welfare in this campaign is John McCain's plan to give $200 billion in tax cuts to the wealthiest corporations in America, including $4 billion in tax breaks to oil companies that ran up record profits under George Bush. That's who John McCain's fighting for. I'm fighting for you, and we can't afford four more years like the last eight.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!
OBAMA: So, let us be clear. Let's just be clear, here. George Bush and John McCain are out of ideas. They are out of touch. And if you stand with me in 17 days, they'll be out of time. We need new priorities in Washington. I think it's time to give a tax cut to the teachers and the janitors who work in our schools, to the cops and the firefighters who keep us safe, to the waitresses working double- shifts, to nurses in the E.R., and, yes, the plumbers fighting for their American dreams.
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NGUYEN: Well, this morning, the Obama campaign shared some astonishing numbers on its fund-raising. Listen to this. The campaign says it raised more than $150 million just last month. In addition to that record amount, the campaign also added more than 600,000 new donors to its list.
HOLMES: A North Carolina community is caught in the credit crunch.
NGUYEN: Changing jobs, changing fortunes. We're going to show you a town taking a beating.
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NGUYEN: The credit crunch, it is squeezing big banks, big businesses.
HOLMES: Man, it might be trickling down to your town. CNN's Rusty Dornin now with the case in point.
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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When Merrill Howell went into work recently, he got the news no employee wants to hear. After 36 years, the textile plant where he works was shutting down that day.
MERILL HOWELL, LAID-OFF WORKER: Surprise not only to me but to the whole plant.
DORNIN: So what you're saying there was enough work coming in.
HOWELL: Yes, plenty.
DORNIN: Spectrum Yarn Incorporated's website is still online, pointing out they dyed textile yarns since 1972. They own two plants and both closed, putting 200 people out of work.
DORNIN (on-camera): We met with the owner of the company, who declined comment, but he did notify the state of North Carolina that the credit crisis has made it impossible for him to borrow enough money to keep the doors open.
DORNIN (voice-over) Owner Doug Blanchard wrote, "in the midst of this national financial crisis, Spectrum has been unable to obtain sufficient financing to keep operations going. The plant closure hits King's Mountain, a city of 10,000 right in the pocketbook. The city lost a car dealership to the lagging economy earlier this year and at another company, 57 people have been laid off so far this year.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They put the incentives in the bridge.
DORNIN: Rick (Morfrey) worked for Spectrum for 35 years. Now mayor of kings mountain, he's worked to bring in new industry. Now the city will lose $2 million of revenue from Spectrum.
MAYOR RICK MYRPHRE, KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA: Because of the credit crisis, because of the Wall Street, which affected Main Street, and we're Main street, so that's what did it right there.
DORNIN: Down at the diner, former Spectrum Yarns employee Beverly Smith knows this closure is a kick in the town's gut.
BEVERLY SMITH, KING'S MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA: A lot of folks eat here. It will affect us and affect them. They won't be able to come out and eat anymore.
DORNIN: This region already suffers from nearly nine percent unemployment. It may be tough for Merril Howell to find a job, but he doesn't blame his former employer for what happened.
HOWELL: Now this is something he just couldn't do for us right here. They all just out because of the credit crunch. So he's done his best.
DORNIN: You've been affected from the credit crunch.
HOWELL: Yes, we all did.
DORNIN: Rusty Dornin, King's Mountain, North Carolina.
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HOLMES: Well from the CNN Center, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING on this October 19th, 8:00 in the morning here at CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. 7:00 a.m. in the heartland. I'm T.J. Holmes.
NGUYEN: Good morning, T.J.
HOLMES: Good morning.
NGUYEN: Good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us today.
HOLMES: Yes, breaking news we've been following overnight and good news to report, the six-year-old that had been kidnapped out in Las Vegas, all this had to do with a drug cartel and stolen millions and all this stuff...
NGUYEN: Right.
HOLMES: Well, he's found. He's been found. He's OK. So, that's good news. The investigation continues, though. We'll get a live report from Vegas in a moment.
NGUYEN: And the economy -- who is really being helped by this bailout? You know, we've been talking about Wall Street versus Main Street, well, we're going to visit a town where of those streets intersect and how the folks there are being affected. So, stay tuned for that.
And let's get right to the breaking news out of Las Vegas this morning. He was the subject of a nationwide search. There he is, six-year-old Cole Puffinburger, was found by Las Vegas police overnight. Now, the youngster was abducted from his home Wednesday, and police say he was taken by drug dealers who have a beef with the boy's grandfather.
Now, the boy's father was emotional in thanking searchers. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, KVBC)
ROBERT PUFFINBURGER, COLE'S FATHER: I can't -- I can't thank you enough. And this police department is, like he said earlier, they have worked nonstop, and I can't give enough gratitude to this entire city, actually this entire country. I mean, it's been everywhere, you know? And you didn't stop. And just thank you so much for helping me find my son.
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PUFFINBURGER: I just -- we had stopped passing out flyers for the night because, you know, we wanted to catch some news and stuff like that, and we were just sitting down and just got the call that we got him. And I was like, you got who? Your son. It's, like, all right, and I just booked.
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HOLMES: That's something. You got who? Your son, sir. Well, actually, the young man was found just wandering alone on the sidewalk by himself there in Vegas. And the police captain says he is in extremely good condition.
Well, CNN's Kara Finnstrom has been following this story for us from Vegas and she joins us now from outside the Las Vegas Police Department, where it's very early there.
But the work certainly continues right now, Kara. Tell us, though, you know, the whole country really was looking for this young man, keeping an eye out for him. How far was he actually from his home when he was found?
FINNSTROM: T.J., he was right in that general area, and actually yesterday, investigators had told us that they were really focusing their search on that area. They believe that was where he might be.
You know, this is just heartwarming news for all of the people who have been involved in the exhaustive search during the past four days for young Cole, including his father. You just heard some of the emotional reaction from him during this morning's press conference. We have not yet heard from Cole's mother, her fiance or any other family members. We were told they were asked not to speak with the media during the search for Cole.
Also, we've not heard from police if there will be any custody issues or concerns. They are not addressing that at this point. They do tell us, though, that their search for the people who kidnapped Cole and for answers to what happened here is far from over.
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CAPTAIN VINCENT CANNITO, LAS VEGAS POLICE: The remainder of the investigation shifts, and our focus now goes onto the drug dealing, to potential extortion issues, as well as other issues certainly that are involved in this investigation at this time. But please be very clear, from the start of this investigation it was about Cole. Cole is safe and in custody. The investigative focus has now shifted.
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FINNSTROM: Now, investigators did say that they believed Cole was kidnapped in retaliation for his grandfather's actions. They believe his grandfather has stolen millions of dollars from drug traffickers from Mexico.
We can tell you, T.J., this morning that all the lights are on inside the detective headquarters and that the parking lot is full. So, even at this hour this morning, they appear to be pushing forward with that, trying to get some answers, and looking again, for those kidnappers.
HOLMES: Yes, looking for those kidnappers. And last thing here, quickly, if you can, how -- what is Cole going through right now? Are they trying to just evaluate him and make sure he's OK? Because he's certainly going through a trying experience here. Or are they really trying to get information from him, maybe get some clues to maybe track down the people who did this?
FINNSTROM: I would imagine a little bit of both. But I'll tell you, they are not sharing a lot of information about Cole. They're being very guarded about what he's going through this morning. They have told us that he is being checked out, you know, at the local hospital. They want to make sure he's OK. But their words were extremely good condition, which, of course, is very encouraging, good news for this community.
HOLMES: And has his family seen him yet, mom and dad?
FINNSTROM: We know that the father was very anxious to get by his side this morning, but they wouldn't release the details of exactly when that reunion was going to take place.
HOLMES: All right. Well, Kara Finnstrom, again, early out there in Las Vegas, as that work continues, and certainly good news to report. That investigation continues, but the good news, he is OK. Kara, thank you so much.
NGUYEN: That is great news, because yesterday, we were just, you know, talking about the possibility, especially when you're dealing with, you know, drug traffickers and kidnapping, will the boy ever come back alive.
HOLMES: Ruthless (ph).
NGUYEN: Thankfully, he has been found.
All right. So, back onto the campaign trail. Just 16 days left in the race. Here's what's on the candidates' schedule today.
HOLMES: John McCain launching a series of rallies and a town hall meeting as well in the battleground state of, you guessed it, Ohio. And his running mate, Sarah Palin, campaigning in New York. You know, she had an engagement there last night. Also, she'll be in New Mexico. So, that's a heck of a trek for her today.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama in North Carolina, also battleground territory, as we've seen, and his running mate, Joe Biden, campaigning in Washington State.
NGUYEN: That's a look at the candidates' schedule.
Now, on to a topic they've both been talking a lot about and that is voter fraud. Whatever you've heard about this, I want you to join us next hour because we're going to be talking with a professor who is considered the best of the best on this topic -- fraud or foolishness. We're going to sort it out for you.
HOLMES: All right.
Well, to the global crisis now, and the president wants to put together a global committee, if you will.
NGUYEN: A summit, yes.
HOLMES: Put everybody together, get all these leaders together from around the world to focus on the economy. And this weekend, the president was meeting with leaders of France, and also, the European Union.
NGUYEN: And together, they want to launch, as I mention, that global economic summit. And CNN's Kathleen Koch is in Washington.
Were any summit details hashed out yesterday?
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Betty,: there were some details, you know, certainly coming up what ways to prevent another global financial crisis will not be easy. So, President Bush, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and European president, commission president, Jose Maria Barroso, agree that a series of summits would be necessary.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto says they want to cast a broad net for ideas including both developed and developing countries from around the world. The plan which verifies what a senior Treasury Department official old me last week, is for the first summit to be held here in the United States sometime after the November 4th election. The aim, of course, is to assure global prosperity.
And Fratto says the first time it will focus on the current crisis and setting forth the principles that will guide future meetings. Before yesterday's talks, President Bush insisted, though, that any reforms must respect the free-market system.
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PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: As we make the regulatory institution changes necessary to avoid a repeat of this crisis, it is essential that we preserve the foundations of democratic capitalism, committed to free markets, free enterprise, and free trade. We must resist the dangerous temptation of economic isolationism and continue the policies of open markets that have lifted standards of living and helped millions of people escape poverty around the world.
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KOCH: The leaders have not yet settled on a location for the first summit, though some have suggested New York City. Fratto says the plan right now is for three leaders to basically reach out to other nations, get their ideas, and gauge their interest in moving forward with the multiple summit idea -- Betty.
NGUYEN: So, we have seen this meeting after meeting after meeting, getting these ideas, gauging how people feel about these leaders in particular, but why no major announcements on reform from these meetings, especially yesterday's meeting?
KOCH: Well, certainly, we did have three powerful men together there, but the three leaders realize that there are a lot of nations around the world that have a lot at stake here, so as Fratto explained it yesterday, he said they understood it's really not in their interest to impose their agenda on the rest of the world right now. The three men realized this is going to have to be a global unified solution, and basically yesterday was just really laying the groundwork for where to start, Betty.
NGUYEN: All right, a lot ahead. Kathleen Koch joining us live from Washington. Thank you, Kathleen.
KOCH: You bet.
HOLMES: Well, we have heard a lot the past few weeks, that saying about this Wall Street versus Main Street...
NGUYEN: Main Street, right.
HOLMES: ... and so on and so forth. Also, a lot of people saying this whole crisis started -- this is really where Wall Street and Main Street collide.
NGUYEN: Collide, yes. But in one Connecticut town, that mythical intersection that they've been talking about is more than just a symbol. It's an actual street corner and a perfect place for Brooke Baldwin to sample the real cause and effect.
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Just 50 miles from this Wall Street is another Wall Street in Norwalk, Connecticut. Downtown Wall crosses Main, an emblematic intersection of America.
GERRY GIANNINO, UNEMPLOYED: People are so desperate for jobs that you can't get what you're worth.
BALDWIN: Gerry Giannino needs work. This former dental office manager has been unemployed for a year, and in that time, she says she has been forced to drastically change her spending habits. No new clothes, no eating out, no gifts for her grandkids.
GIANNINO: I can't spend $4. I love you but I can't spend $4, not when I'm, you know, worrying about thing like buying (ph) my groceries.
BALDWIN: Gerry is brainstorming job prospects in, ironically enough, Fat Cat Joe, a coffee shop on Wall Street. This mother of two believes the real fat cats are getting federal help while Main Street America is still suffering.
GIANNINO: For all of these bailouts and such, to trickle down to the common Main Street guy, it's going to take quite a long time. And I think people -- some people are underestimating how long it's going to take to straighten this situation out.
BALDWIN (on camera): Everyone on this symbolic street corner is familiar with the financial crisis and the seesawing stock market. Here where Wall meets Main Street, small businesses are wondering if the turmoil will hit them next.
GUILLES ROUSSEAU, CUTRUFEELO'S CHEESE COMPANY: You know, we've been trying to make a living out here.
BALDWIN (voice-over): Guilles Rousseau is known as the "cheese guy." His mom and pop shop makes deliveries right here.
ROUSSEAU: Being the way it is, where do you go? What do you do? You know, just slow things down, you cut things back, and just try to make things work out whatever way you can.
BALDWIN: Things are working out at Fat Cat, at least for now. This family-owned business is booming. The store's owner knows that could change.
ANTHONY ANCOAN, OWNER, FAT CAT JOE: I don't care how good my business is doing if the next three days, nobody walks in, I'm in trouble. It doesn't matter what my last year's financial statement was. If people stop coming, we're in trouble.
BALDWIN: People like Gerry Giannino, whose spirits, like the coffee, starts to percolate when she imagines the end is near.
GIANNINO: I'm just hoping for a miracle.
BALDWIN: A miracle at Main and Wall Street in the form of a job.
Brooke Baldwin, CNN, Norwalk, Connecticut.
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NGUYEN: You know, talking about a miracle, it seems like this time of year when we get into the cold weather that we hear people getting lost on a freezing mountain, and then, all the extreme things that they have to go through just to stay alive.
HOLMES: Yes, we got one guy who has to do something pretty extreme, but he also did something that actually my sister did as a child. We'll explain. Stay here.
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HOLMES: All right. I told you, my sister used to do this.
NGUYEN: She is so upset with you, though.
HOLMES: But the little centipedes and the millipedes as well, I think, they call them.
NGUYEN: She would eat them?
HOLMES: She would eat those as a child.
NGUYEN: Why?
HOLMES: Now -- OK, we've been asking that for 30 years now.
NGUYEN: We still don't why he needs to do that.
HOLMES: We still don't know. But this guy had good reason. He actually ate centipedes, drinking at creek, and that is how this 27- year-old climber said he survived five cold days on Washington's Mt. Adams while rescuers searched for him. Well, crews finally found this young man. His name is Derek Mamoyac. He was rescued yesterday and airlifted to the hospital.
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STEVE MAMOYAC, CLIMBER'S FATHER: The sheriff and he asked me if I was Steve and he said my son was alive and he was OK. We just -- the car blew up, it exploded.
SHERIFF KEN IRWIN, YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON: Their car kind of went nuts. I was really excited to be able to do that for them.
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NGUYEN: Officials say Mamoyac has a broken ankle and was dehydrated, but other than that, he is A-OK. Mamoyac was reported missing Monday, the day after he started climbing Mt. Adams, the second tallest mountain in Washington. So, note to self, if you're in a jam, centipedes are the answer -- protein, I imagine.
HOLMES: I imagine. He must has turned out just fine and it helped him survived. So, everything is OK.
NGUYEN: Chad Myers, would you suggest eating centipedes?
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: I'm not sure I've ever eaten a bug in my life.
NGUYEN: Ever?
MYERS: No, and I'm pretty proud of that.
NGUYEN: Not even like a chocolate-covered, I don't know, grasshopper or ants, or something like that?
MYERS: No, I can't think of a time where I actually put a grasshopper in my mouth or anything like that. And so...
NGUYEN: You need to get out more often.
MYERS: Yes, I was well protected as a child
HOLMES: (INAUDIBLE)
(LAUGHTER)
NGUYEN: As seen on TV.
MYERS: Hey, good morning, everybody.
Thirty-one in Albany, 32 in Buffalo, 33 in Pittsburgh. It's going to be a cold morning out there as you stepped maybe for the paper or taking the dog for a walk. You are going to need a jacket this morning all the way down even in northern Florida where Jacksonville right now is 50 degrees. It gets to 73 in Kansas City, 68 in Nashville, and 66 in Atlanta.
And still a very mild but dry day, mild and dry, across parts of Florida. You don't get many of those because all of a sudden when you do, there's fire warnings and all kinds of other things. Well, not for today. A pretty decent weather there.
The winds are going to be out of the north all the way across the northeast and it is going to be a cold day across most of the cities in the northeast. Even today for New York City, a high only of 57. So, as you walked out for your (INAUDIBLE) feeble, as you walked off down, you are going to need a jacket for sure. Kids are going to need as well.
Hey, there's Lady Liberty. Put a jacket on her this morning, too. It is chilly down there. Forty degrees really around downtown. A little bit farther just in toward midtown I'm getting about 44. So -- but you get towards Sussex, New Jersey, and we were into the upper 20s or down into the upper 20s for tonight (INAUDIBLE) right now.
Washington, D.C., for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, you're in the 60s to around 60 degrees. And then for Atlanta, temperatures are very mild. Temperatures are in the 40s, though, kind of cool for the morning lows. That's what you're going to feel.
The afternoons are going to feel good. The sun is going to feel good, but the mornings are going to be cold. Something you need to worry about, too, there are still UVAs and UVBs bouncing around out there. If you're going to be outside, if the kids are going to be outside playing in this beautiful weather, make sure they are protected. Just because it's fall doesn't mean that the sun is not certainly still strong.
NGUYEN: That is so true. Often, you do get those sunburns and you're thinking, where was the sun today? MYERS: Yes.
NGUYEN: Yet you see it on your face.
OK, thank you, Chad.
HOLMES: Thank you, Chad.
Well, we got iReports that have been coming in to us. And Josh Levs keeping an eye on those things.
Hello to you, again, sir.
LEVS: Hey, good morning to you, guys. OK. So, this morning we've got "W" the movie, cheap gas, and etch-a-sketch. Check it out. Etch-a-sketch. And you can send us your creation.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "W." COURTESY LIONSGATE FILMS)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've created a successful small business. I own a Major League Baseball team. I'm in touch with real people in Texas. I work with them every day at the ballpark. Talk with the fans, hotdog vendors, get to know what they think, because truly, deep down inside, you know I'm a guy like you, a guy you can trust.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fabulous -- fabulous stuff. What it all comes down to is who voter wants to sit down and have a beer with.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HOLMES: Was that supposed to be Karl Rove?
NGUYEN: It was. I think it was a little distorted because of the way, I don't know -
HOLMES: Maybe.
NGUYEN: The video was. His head isn't really like that.
HOLMES: I don't know how Karl feels about that.
NGUYEN: It looked a little odd.
HOLMES: But that was a clip from as we do know now from that new movie "W" that's out. And some of our iReporters are weighing in on that movie. Josh Levs has that and other iReports -- Josh.
LEVS: Yes, Karl Rove can absorb a general look. Yes, I think it's the same thing, we need to see it on the big screen.
NGUYEN: On the big screen, yes.
LEVS: So, you guys won't be surprised, a lot of people want to weigh in on "W" the movie as they're seeing it. And it's beginning. Some has already begun this conversation.
Let's take a look at the screen right here. We're getting this from Mike Culawski (ph), who sent us this photo of himself, but also wrote about what he sees in the movie. Let's zoom in here, he says, "While 'W' may portray an inside look into what every American wants to know in the last eight years, it only seems to leave a larger, unanswered question. What is really the Office of the President supposed to accomplish?" Well, he means "unanswered question" there.
So, if you want to weigh in, just go to iReport.com. After you'd seen the movie, let us know what you think. We'd love to hear from you.
Next, check this out. Hey, guys, did you have etch-a-sketch when you were young? Do you have that?
NGUYEN: Yes, absolutely. I loved it.
HOLMES: Everybody did.
LEVS: I love to hear that. Etch-a-sketch rocks. Did you know it's their 100th anniversary?
NGUYEN: No.
HOLMES: No.
LEVS: So, cool, it's their 100th anniversary. The Ohio Art...
NGUYEN: Here's what you're excited about.
HOLMES: Yes.
LEVS: So cool. Well, how often do we get to talk about toys, you know? So, in a good way?
The Ohio Art Company, the maker of etch-a-sketch, is turning 100 this year. So, iReport has invited people to send in their creations.
And we got our first one of these from this one comes to us from Trevor Dougherty (ph) who knew he'd get on the air because look what he did. He said it took several hours, but it is pretty impressive. He managed to get the double lines going there. So, thanks for that Trevor.
Again, you can send us your creations.
One thing left, because this comes to us from Arkansas. It's one of the latest ones we have, this is called "pleasure at the pump." Somebody celebrating the price of gasoline. If you look back a few years, this would not be something that anyone would celebrate.
But I'm going to press "play" here and you'll be able to see, there's nothing you need to hear, but this comes to us from Arkansas. Barbara Radamacher (ph) who is very excited because she could get unlimited gasoline, I know it's like "Blairwitch Project" $2.47. So, she was very excited about that. All these topics getting dozens and dozens-of iReports. Keep them coming at iReport.com. We'd love to hear from you. Send us your stories, your videos, your photos, and now your etch-a-sketch creations and we'll try to get some of those on the air, guys.
HOLMES: OK.
NGUYEN: You know, I really feel that when it comes to gasoline. My mom called me the other day, she lives in the Dallas area, just so excited because gas was $2.50.
LEVS: Isn't that crazy? I mean, a few years ago, we wouldn't like that.
NGUYEN: Each time it's below $3. You know, we want to jump for joy.
LEVS: That's right.
HOLMES: All right. Josh, where was that Arkansas one from? Let's see.
LEVS: I don't know. All it says is Arkansas. I'll find out. A little later on the show.
HOLMES: All right. Good work. OK. Josh, thanks, buddy.
NGUYEN: Well, speaking of iReporters, citizen journalists, they step out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
HOLMES: Yes, the iReport film festival looking at some of the best entries as decided by you, the viewer. Now, voting is closed, but here is one of the nominees.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, VIDEO BY ANGIE KAY AND THE POST PARTISANS)
(MUSIC)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NGUYEN: OK. Fairly, they can be used as videos as well.
HOLMES: They can. Again, our film festival is taking place in Cannes, France.
NGUYEN: Not.
HOLMES: It's not. But you can see more of the nominees at our Web site. That address is: iReport.com/filmfestival.
Are we having, is it somewhere? Is it an actual thing that's happening somewhere?
NGUYEN: You know we'll have to get with Josh on that.
HOLMES: Yes.
NGUYEN: We'll see. We'll send out the truth squad.
HOLMES: All right.
Well, of course, you can't be proper -- and you certainly know this, Betty -- you can't be proper all the time.
NGUYEN: Are you saying I'm not proper?
HOLMES: Not all the time.
NGUYEN: Well, Britain's royalty get a little muddy -- speaking of those who are typically proper -- but it's all for a good cause.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) - NGUYEN: Well, Britain's princes go offroading to raise some money for the children of South Africa.
HOLMES: Yes. ITV Charlotte Fisher (ph) has the story for us.
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CHARLOTTE FISHER, ITV REPORTER: Getting ready for an arduous eight-day motorbike trip across South Africa, Prince William and Prince Harry are both bike fanatics, but this trip means up to 12 hours a day in the saddle, 1,000 miles off-road, all to help raise more than 250,000 pounds for charity.
PRINCE WILLIAM, UNITED KINGDOM: The money raised today goes towards Nelson Mandela's children's fund, UNICEF and Center Valley Sentebale, three outreach British charities. (INAUDIBLE). And in Africa, it's important that we definitely get what's going on ahead as well as what's going on back at home.
And it's a great way of bringing all three charities together. And understanding the fact that AIDS in Africa is still a major issue and it's something that people forget about all the time.
PRINCE HARRY, UNITED KINGDOM: I mean, we never really get to spend any time together, as I'm sure most of you know. And we both got separate jobs going on in the moment, we never get to spend any time. But, yes, it's great. And then, once we started (INAUDIBLE) we'll have a bit of fun. We want to see how it goes.
FISHER: Prince Harry co-founded Sentebale two years ago to help AIDS victims and vulnerable children in the city.
PRINCE WILLIAM: It's not just, you know, shaking hands and saying hello to people, which is great and raises money in a way. But this is way activating and showing support in a much more active and, you know, challenging way.
PRINCE HARRY: Yes, it's not just a trip (ph) across the country, that's for sure. It's going to be very challenging and expecting a full of many time everyday.
PRINCE WILLIAM: Dirt ride, dirt ride bikers on the road but off- road biking is (INAUDIBLE), it's hills, down slopes, cross rivers, and it's all rocky and hilly. It's a bit different (ph).
FISHER: When they do get to their (ph) bikes, they'll often be camping out, just like the other 150 participants. So, this morning, Prince William and Prince Harry waved goodbye to their home comforts and to the media. They're hoping any tumbles will be well-away from the cameras.
Charlotte Fisher, ITV News
(END VIDEOTAPE)
NGUYEN: But that should that happened, they may need to call a doctor. And we're calling on Dr. Sanjay Gupta right now, "HOUSE CALL" is next.
