President Barack Obama arrives on stage with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander-in-Chief Glen Gardner (R) to address the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention August 17, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Here are the big stories on the agenda today:
- Is the White House wavering? It was billed as the backbone to his health care plan. But is President Obama considering reform, this morning – without a government-backed public option? We're breaking through the politics and getting the real answers.
- In a health care town hall in Arizona, a man was in the crowd toting, not just a gun, but two – legally. There was an assault rifle on his back and a hand-gun at his waist. The man says he was just exercising his rights while protesting the president's health care reform. In fact, police say about a dozen people at the Phoenix event were armed. That has some political observers asking: is this the start of a disturbing new trend? Or are people just exercising their rights?
- The “x-files” released. Thousands of pages of documents detailing all kinds of alleged UFO sightings. But it turns out, people go alien crazy when Hollywood does. Are these really close encounters, or are we just buying the hype?
- Would you rather get a good night's sleep, or have great sex? According to a Westin Hotel survey, sleep wins. We do hear their beds are comfy. 51-percent of travelers say they'd rather have a perfect night's sleep than great sex. Believe it or not, more men than women choose sleep over sex. And "ohhh" Canada. Our friends to the north, were the only group to pick sex over sleep.