cite soleil is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world. >> pelley: cite soleil is a this is a breeding ground for disease and despair, gangs and violence. they know you're here. ( cheers ) man, they are coming by the hundreds and thousands. they're coming for wyclef. when he's around, it's as if he's the only ray of hope in sun city. >> jean: we're going to get out and do a little walking. you going to walk with me, man? >> pelley: yeah, man. >> back, back, back. >> pelley: crowd's getting bigger. we found ourselves in the middle of a spontaneous homecoming for a haitian icon who left here nearly 30 years ago. wyclef jean is one of the world's most recognizable stars, performing before sold-out audiences, selling more than 50 million records in a 20-year career. his music is an eclectic mix, rooted in his haitian d.n.a. known primarily as a hip-hop artist, he has a gift for guitar that reminds many of jimi hendrix. ♪ >> jean: i came from haiti. english is not my first language. i came to the land of the free, the land of the opportunities. i made something of mysel

reporter: the days of parking lot kitchens big enough to seat an army and tents big enough for cirque du soleil may be over. we sought out x rtr experts for some help downsizing the pregame party. our first stop georgetown to see a man who knows a thing or two about grilling. executive chef richard brook. he says the key to saving space starts at home. >> organization. that's the key. coming from home you might want to have all your items already cooked and all you have to do is heat them up on the grill. >> reporter: or you could ditch the cooking altogether and get take-out. but for those that want to grill your own you'll have to think smaller too. no, smaller. smaller than that. smaller. yes. >> you're looking at the q100. small and portable. one-ton propane tanks. great size for tailgating. >> reporter: also dump the charcoal and go with gas. >> you can put propane in your car, go to the game you don't have to deal with charcoals. >> reporter: thinking small in alexandria, james hash, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> and as if that new tailgating rule wasn't bad enough the team also said driver

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steve: the answer to the question of the day it is soleil moon frye. gretchen: a provision in the health care reform package gives $50 million for comprehensive sex education reform. steve: dr. grossman is the author of "you are teaching my child what." you are talking about how it is a coalition of planned parenthood groups and stuff like this. this outfit is the lead organization. we need to know about this organization. >> yes, absolutely. you need to know that comprehensive sex education is not comprehensive. it is not science based. it is definitely not what parents want their kids to be getting. gretchen: why? >> because it is driven by a social agendas and not health. steve: what does siecus stand for? >> it sounds like a government organization, but it is not. steve: they are politically driven? >> they are sociall agenda driven. they want children to end up being open and except into nearly every kind of sexual behavior. gretchen: let's give some examples. some of them seem to be outrageous. for example, the basic just that it is ok to be ques

would never go back but of course, in a back six months later and he was much better, it was saved at soleil and crew zero marquez had just published the patriarch now that i come to think about it but this was ambiguous but he said he would not to write another book until 10 a check foul and it did not fall for many years and gabriel garcia marquez did dedicate himself to politics and political rating he meant it literally and he did found an organization called habeas and he also did work on the russell tribunal which was important on those days he gave himself to politics but gradually he realized it would not fall soon he came up with the berlin statement he was more useful as a creative writer than a politician so perhaps he really ought to get back to reading. with a book in his pocket was the chronicle of death and he put that out and many people thought that was a book that not got him the nobel prize as such but approved he was still a great writer and he had had enough in his knapsack to deserve the nobel prize. but the that is what happened he grew tired of waiting as people do an

and greg valliere is chief policy strategist with soleil securities. he's also, as you know, a cnbc contributor. welcome, gentlemen. good to see you both. we have been talking aw lot about turning the corner, whether you're talking about the economy as pertains to housing or the consumer or whatever. so do you feel that it is essential to extend these ñ unemployment benefits to keep ñ the economy in recovery mode?ñ >> no, it's not.ñ if you're in a state with high ñ unemployment, you qualify for a year and a half of unemployment insurance payments. and this proposal would take that to a year and nine months. well, a year and a half is more than enough time. and you have to understand the government doesn't have any money of its own, everything it gets it takes from someone else somewhere else in the economy. we've got a problem right now of the government running horrendous deficits. we're going to need to pay that off or we're looking at either ridiculous interest rates or strong inflation just around the corner. the government, we shouldn't b

we get the thoughts of greg valliere, chief policy strategist with soleil securities. he's a cnbc securities. we also have matt miller at the center for american progress. guys, i've got to tell you, this story really chaps my hide. i'm sorry, i got so excited about this i didn't see matt is also the author of "the tirny of debt ideas: letting goes of ways town leash the old prosperity." sorry about that. as i said, they force people like jamie dimon to get on the train, snand security lines, whatever they needed to do. jamie dimon out there ostensibly sabing the economy. these guys want to fly on gulfstreams to go spend my taxpayer dollars more quickly. greg wlarks do y greg, what do you think? >> you have to ask the question what were they thinking? are these people so tone deaf? when we talk about tone-deaf auto officials or big bankers -- >> and they were so smug. >> what in the world were they thinking? don't they realize that perceptions matter? >> matt, what do you think? >> i agree when it comes to tone deaf. i actually think congress was right to hold the ceos

and soleil securities downgrading comcast to hold from buy because of the cable operator's lower subscriber numbers. finally, stifel knick o'laus upgrading hansen's to buy from hold. >> today's better than expected job numbers may be giving boosts to markets but there are no consolations for millions out there looking for work. that's where careerbuilder.com steps in. the website has more than 1 million jobs listed right now. president and ceo matt ferguson joins me now to take us through the job openings and where to find them. thank you so much for joining us. let me ask you quickly, were you surprised by today's jobs number or does that go along with what you've been seeing? >> we did see jobs at our were up over 10% in july and june. so i'm not claer completely surprised but i think the number was better than most people expected and trending the right way. we'll see what happens in the next couple months, maybe the number will soften as they revied it in the last couple months. so i'm not going to be overly enthusiastic about it today. but i think it's a positive sign and we're klay we

greg valliere is chief policy strategist with soleil securities and a cnbc contributor. tony fratto former white house deputy press secretary and a cnbc contributor. thanks so much for joining us. tony, where do we stand in this battle? >> there's still a lot of time left to go in this month. but i'll tell you, it's not looking good for the president. the white house said today the president was setting out to change some minds and it appears he's succeeding. every time he goes out he keeps changing more minds against the health care proposals under consideration in congress. so it's a real problem for them right now. >> greg, you don't agree with that? >> maybe my friend tony can help me. there are so many good arguments against this health reform plan, i'd be the first one to agree. but this euthanasia death squad stuff which is mccarthyite garbage, why haven't any republicans spoken out against this kind of demagoguery? >> i think we know exactly why. but instead of the health plan itself, let's talk about how it's being managed, how the message is being managed. i me