change. basically if we don't do what were they trying to do? anything, everybody's taxes go up at the end of this year. >> well, they were trying to now, understand what i'm apprehend any drug dealers or proposing is 98% of america, 98% weapons traffickers or other illegals coming in there through of american families, won't see that particular area, and i their taxes go up according to guess that pass is a very my plaque. -- plan. popular transportation area, so the only folks who would see they had ground sensors set up. their taxes go up would be the they had surveillance set up, and they were just in waiting top 2%, folks like me who don't for the people to show up, the bad guys to arrive. need those tax breaks, are doing >> and this is a particularly just fine without them. >> republicans will seize the dangerous area, because the spotlight first in cedar rapids. people they were waiting for, just before the obama event, they will unveil this website to these people hold up the drug take one of obama's arguments runners so they can rob themming and turn it against him. right? >> there are many dangerous outsourcing. that's what it's about. people who are trying to do a weeks after the obama campaign number of illegal things in first accused mr. romney, the these border crossing areas so businessman, of sending american it's not unusual that the jobs overseas, republicans return fire. subjects would be heavily armed they say that the president did and ready to shoot, if the same thing, using your taxpayer money in the stimulus necessary. >> you mentioned ground sensors. a ground sensor alerted agents projects that helped green projects overseas. that people were in the area, and the agents announced their presence, but the drug runners raised their weapons, and agents >> that electric car company in returned fire with non-lethal

finland where we sent half a billion dollars over there. never came back here. beanbag guns. they never opened the plant in why didn't the agents use real delaware. this is not the first day we guns? >> well, obviously they were have talked about this. trying not to kill the suspects i talked about this six months and just take them into custody. ago, and so has mitt romney. and we have talked about battery that kind of decision-making at companies in south korea, this point is still under review l.e.d.s in china, windmills in denmark. and investigation, and you have separate investigations of an >> dan lothian is at the white house following all of this. inspector general's office investigation into the overall so now it's outsourcing. fast and furious operation, but >> reporter: that's right. now you have an fbi investigation because the u.s. and, you know, it's the federal law enforcement officer republicans really countering was killed in this operation or this attack that has been coming in this particular incident, so from the obama campaign that mitt romney invested in that's the question. why did they do that? companies that benefited from why were they trying to give sending jobs oversees to places dangerous subjects the benefit like india and china, that mitt of the doubt or the opportunity to surrender by shooting a romney could have stopped outsourcing when he was the non-lethal weapon first? i think in hindsight the agents governor of massachusetts but didn't. at that scene wished that they and responding to these latest had used lethal force to step attacks now from the romney the individuals from shooting campaign, the obama campaign, back. >> and now the fbi in their big saying, quote, we understand presser yesterday, they didn't that the romney campaign wants say whether agent terry was killed with a weapon provided to us to share in their outsourcing the drug runners by the atf.

misery, but the record doesn't support their attacks. can you read between the lines president obama out there on the for us, tom? campaign trail has been saying >> no. that he is pushing for i think the evidence is unclear insourcing, as he likes to call as to which weapon was it, providing these tax responsible for the fatal bullet incentives for companies that that struck him, and the ship jobs overseas for them to indications are that the actual weapon that was recovered that bring those jobs back here to had been part of fast and furious was probably not, but it the united states. that is what they say their message has been, completely was at the scene, and it was in pushing back on this notion from republicans that the president is the outsourcer in chief. the hands of these individuals >> interesting. who it could have been easily dan lothian, thanks so much. the gun that killed him. >> okay. so you're a former fbi agent. new poll out this morning shows the presidential race the fbi is investigating this. this has become so politicized, deadlocked. the abc news/"washington post" and people might think that the survey asked registered voters who they'd choose if the fbi is also tainted by politics election were held today. 47% say they'd vote for obama. in this investigation. 47% chose romney. is it? >> no, it's not, and the fbi, today, mr. romney takes his tax you know, if anything, gets argument to the swing state of criticized for not revealing colorado. this afternoon, he holds a town information during an ongoing information, for not playing politics with this issue. hall meeting in grand junction. the issue for the fbi is that a he is warning that the u.s. federal agent was killed in president's tax policies play on the line of duty. class warfare and will hurt all of us by weakening the economy. that's the subject of their investigation. that's what they are trying to

determine. >> small businesses are how was he killed? overwhelmingly being taxed not who killed him? who is responsible, and how can at a corporate rate but at the they be brought to justice? individual tax rate so and the four subjects that were successful small businesses will not apprehended, one subject was see their taxes go up wounded and apprehended at the dramatically, and that will kill jobs. scene. that will be another kick in the the four others who are fugitives, they have been the gut to the middle class in subject of an intense america. investigation by the fbi as well as fbi counterparts in mexico >> another topic drawing a more trying to locate these heated exchange between the two individuals, the other four, so camps is romney's tax returns. that part of the investigation so far, mr. romney has released is really irrelevant to the one year's completed marijuapap. things ongoing on the hill as far as the documents and as far the obama campaign is saying his as the holding the attorney general in contempt. lack of refusal to do so shows a the fbi investigation is lack of transparency. completely separate. and a break over the if i could add one more thing. nation's war on drugs. i think that the odds are very good because of the attention on new jersey's governor chris this case, there's a good christie says the war on drugs possibility that those four has been a dismal failure. subjects are already dead and would have been killed by the listen to this harsh assessment at the brookings institution. cartels to silence them so that >> the war on drugs while well they could not be apprehended and could not discuss the nature intentioned has been a failure. of the firearm trafficking or we are warehousing addicted the other drug trafficking and people every day in state illegal activities so there's a

prisons in new jersey, giving very strong possibility that them no treatment, sending them these subjects are not alive back out on the street after anymore, and that that would have been reason enough for the u.s. attorney's office in conjunction with the fbi in arizona to go ahead and unseal their term of incarceration, and wondering why re-sid vimp rates the indictment and make it don't get better and why they public and offer a reward and commit crimes again. say, okay. they commit crimes to support their addiction. >> he says lawmakers in new the efforts to covertly find jersey are getting it right. them have not worked over they recently mandated a year of these -- these months, since treatment for first-time 2011. we'll go ahead and enlist the nonviolent offenders. support of the public, but i christie says the inpatient care think -- i would be very costs less than half of surprised if any of these subjects are ever found alive. imprisonment. turning now to the weather. >> interesting. after about a week of scorching tom fuentes, thanks for helping heat, a lot of us are finally us understand. seeing at least a little bit of we appreciate it. relief today. >> thank you, carol. but not the case in the also this morning, president obama and mitt romney take their southwest. excessive heat warnings are in tax fight to the people. effect for parts of arizona and both are stumping out west, and california through tomorrow. both want to extend the bush-era meteorologist alexandra steele tax cut. is here. i guess it's their turn. the agreement ends there. >> that's right. republicans want the wealthy to but it was all our turns because get the tax breaks. democrats, only the middle new climate data just in from class. >> here's what's going to change is basically if we don't do noaa saying this last 12 months anything, then everybody's taxes has been the hottest in the go up at the end of this year. lower 48 since record keeping

began in 1895. now understand what i'm just incredibly steamy, and we proposing is 98% of america, 98% of american families won't see their taxes go up, according to felt it, right ? but even with that last 12 months that doesn't include this my plan. last july. so the heat has certainly been the only folks who would see on and it continues to be. their taxes go up would be the of course, we have seen it so much in the east. vegas, 113 yesterday. top 2%, folks like me who don't need those -- those tax breaks boise, 108 yesterday. so we'll see the cool air come or are doing just fine without down, and as we have, it's them. >> small businesses are brought of course the stationary front. but now with this front it's the overwhelmingly being taxed not at a corporate rate but at the lifting mechanism firing off showers and storms in the individual tax rate so successful small businesses will mid-atlantic. so once again today virginia and see their taxes go up north carolina the potential for dramatically, and that will kill some flooding. of course that was the front that cooled things off. jobs. that will be another kick in the but now it's of course bringing gut to the middle class in some potential flooding. so here is the temperatures. america. in the meantime, a new poll 84 in memphis. 92 in kansas city. is out this morning, and it again, the heat now in the shows the presidential race southwest. deadlocked. the abc news/"washington post" places like phoenix and las survey asked registered voters vegas and palm springs, who they would choose if the temperatures between 110 and 120 degrees. election were held today. 47% said they would vote for so it is now out west. but all in all, like in obama. 47% chose romney. summation for the year, off the mitt romney, by the way, is charts, carol. >> you're not kidding. holding a town hall in grand alexandra, thanks so much. junction, colorado today.

>> sure. the drama surrounding tomkat is over. sure, taxes are the most likely topic, but if conservatives have their way, romney will play hollywood power couple tom cruise and katie holmes have come to an amicable divorce hardball ever since rupert settlement. murdoch, the media mogul behind the couple released a joint the "wall street journal" and statement that reads, quote, we fox news said romney lacked are committed to working together as parents to stomach and heart conservatives accomplishing what is in our have rallied around the cause. daughter suri's best interests. we want to keep matters listen to what rush limbaugh has affecting our family private and express our respect for each to say. >> romney has to start treating others' commitment to each of our respective beliefs and observe math same way he did support each other's roles as newt and santorum, folks. parents. he's going to have to deal with team holmes released a second that. we are dealing -- romney has got statement saying, there were to realize that running a numerous inaccurate reports campaign on traditional american about the confidential terms of the agreement, but of course we values is not enough, sad to want to know more. so let's go to showbiz say. that's the hard cold reality. correspondent nischelle turner in los angeles. simply running around and what do you know? >> well, unfortunately, carol, telling people he's going to fix i'll give you some tidbits. the economy. but the fact that they are what are you going to do with trying to keep this the economy? >> and you thought campaign was confidential, i'm not sure how much more we're going to learn. already nasty. but both sides telling "showbiz silly you. john avlon is a cnn contributor tonight" they are pleased with the settlement. and also writes for "newsweek" and "the daily beast."

and he's here to discuss. although i think they may just be grateful to wrap it up as good morning. >> good morning, carol. quickly and quietly as they did. >> so is rush limbaugh right? are we dealing with something because for awful the attention they had for this, they wrapped new in 2012? up from announcement to >> well, i don't think there's settlement in less than two weeks. anything new under the sun in officially, carol, the details are not coming out because both politics, but what rush limbaugh sides have agreed to keep the terms confidential. is alluding to this race is but according to an "us weekly" going to get uglier and more report, katie did get full physical custody of suri and will raise her in new york city. nasty and when he says romney they are also saying that while needs to do to obama what he tom will be able to spend a lot of time with his daughter. previously did to gingrich and and there were a lot of santorum. that's a specific prescription. questions surrounding did this for example, in florida, when romney was trying to beat back have anything to do with newt gingrich's surge in south scientology. carolina, he outspent him 5-1. for the first time the church of scientology is responding to and 92% of the ads in the last questions about the split if week were negative. only to say they consider this a that's what rush limbaugh is private matter. the church also said that they believe some of their former encouraging mitt romney to do, members are exploiting this to go negative and to use a financial advantage to try, to private matter to further their own agendas. you know, look, politics ain't but, carol, there are two things beanbag but that's the here that everyone thinks happened here. that katie executed a brilliant prescription rush limbaugh is saying mitt romney needs to follow. legal strategy to end the i think additionally, you know, it's not just an issue of going divorce. and the other thing here that is negative. starting to grow is that it i think mitt romney needs to lay

seems to be this undercurrent out a compelling vision for what he would do as president, not starting to grow that maybe tom simple police attack president cruise is being painted unfairly obama. here, and that he is getting a the -- the sort of, you know, attack and distract is bit of a bad rap. insufficient. because at the end of the day, i think romney's got to lay out what actually happened is it a compelling vision for what he seems like they both put their would actually do as president to really help built on this daughter's interests first and dead heat decided, you know what, for the >> i think that's part of it, best interest of suri, we're too, because some conservatives are angry that romney is not going to take care of this. getting out in front of issues be responsible adults. and get this done. like taxes and allowing mr. obama to define him as this >> that's so un-american. clueless rich guy. >> i know. are they right? who would have thought there >> yeah. well, look, running a prevent would be two responsible thinking adults and do something defense at this stage of the to put the best interest of the campaign is never a good idea. you know, the best defense is a child first. who would have thought? >> i don't know. but i sure hope it's true. good offense, and when candidates try not to lose, they nischelle turner, thanks so much. >> exactly. invariably do lose, so i do think mitt romney runs a risk of the new york yankees are not big fans of one of their own. letting the other team, in this that would be hall of famer case the obama campaign, define reggie jackson. hi. why they're asking reggie to a lot of the -- of the stay away. criticisms and narratives that we see the obama campaign using now you can apply sunblock in this to date are exactly what republican candidates and competitors did to mitt romney to your kids' wet skin. previously, talking about neutrogena® wet skin kids. offshore bank accounts, talking about outsourcing, so it's a ordinary sunblock drips and whitens.

resuscitation of attacks we've neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier seen, and they really do need a for full strength sun protection. strong pushback. wet skin. neutrogena®. otherwise you fall into that trap of being defined by your opponent before defining yourself to the american people. >> the obama camp tried to paint obama as an outsorcerer and the republican national committee chairman is on his way to iowa. priebus is going to accuse the president of outsourcing tax dollars. what? >> yeah. you've got to love this. in every way, shape, and form. this is the -- this is the i'm it's my dream vehicle. on a day to day basis, i am not using gas. rubber, you're glue strategy. you say our guy is an my round trip is approximately 40 miles to work. outsorcerer. you know who is the real outsorcerer, it's you. that's what they are trying here, and, you know, the thing head on home, stop at the grocery store, whatever else that i need to do -- still don't have to use gas. is it does strain credulity. i'm never at the gas station unless i want some coffee. it's the best thing ever. this big offensive by the rnc as a matter of fact, i'm taking my savings rips off a series of ads that so that i can go to hawaii. were launched by americans for prosperity back in may arguing ♪ that the stimulus money went to overseas firms in effect. that fact-checked by our friends at politifact and found to be

false or pants on fire in many cases, so i don't think this is necessarily -- this isn't breaking news, as the rnc would maybe have us believe. this isn't a brand new offensive. it's a recycling of another attack designed to try to blunt the obama's criticism of mitt romney's record at bain. >> john avlon, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks, carol. in new jersey a young girl on a sky ride gave beach-goers a show, oh, they will not soon forget. we'll show you. here at the hutchison household. but one dark stormy evening... there were two things i could tell: she needed a good meal and a good family. so we gave her what our other cats love, purina cat chow complete. it's the best because it has something for all of our cats! and after a couple of weeks she was healthy, happy, and definitely part of the family. we're so lucky that lucy picked us. [ female announcer ] purina cat chow complete. always there for you.

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launching their first effort to arms trade told state media on monday that russia is concerned kill obamacare since the u.s. about the situation in syria, supreme court upheld that that they are not going to arm sweeping reform. lawmakers will hear from doctors any new supplies to that country and patients during several until the situation stabilizes. hours of debate, five to be exact. but it wasn't clear whether the the house votes to repeal and could come as soon as tomorrow, official was saying that russia would discontinue the delivery but move will, of course, never of all arms or whether it was stopping just the supply of new get past the senate because it's weapons. and that's where the concern is right now. controlled by democrats. despite the jerry sandusky there has been condemnation of sexual abuse scandal penn state russia's backing of the syrian did not lose the support of regime, of their continued alumni. supply of weapons there. the university reports the the russians clearly concerned school received close to $209 million in donations in the last as well about how this all fiscal year. it is the second highest annual appears. they want to see an end to the crisis. amount in penn state's history. so what this -- these ships now to a picture that's leaving today for the port of getting a lot of attention. oh, you see that. tartous means in the bigger that was a teenager jumping 35 picture yet to be determined. feet from a sky ride. but still a lot of questions at she landed on a new jersey beach. this hour. our affiliate reports the teenager said she was freaked >> thank you so much. checking our other top out when the ride stopped as a stories, house republicans gearing up to do battle over storm approached. obama care. she didn't want to get struck by in the next hour, they'll start lightning. the girl was celebrating her holding hearings to repeal it since the supreme court upheld 17th birthday, and she decided the law last month. a vote could come tomorrow. to jump to safety. she was not seriously injured.

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a source with close ties told questioned alex rodriguez's home run numbers after rodriguez cnn's christiane amanpour said admitted to doping. moscow would not risk a military jackson told "usa today," quote, intervention in syria. the yankees think that the timing is not right for me to be around the team. >> a top-level delegation hosted when the yankees feel the timing by the center for the national is proper, i will return. end quote. interest. it included senior russian in weather news, check out officials being there in an these lightning flare-ups in official capacity and working atlanta. this was the view from the cnn center roof cam last night. with private dinner, the situation was raised, and the it was a spectacular show, answer was very clear. wasn't it? russia would not welcome such an in north carolina, flash flooding dumped up to five intervention. inches of rain on downtown russia would in the approve such an intervention. greensboro. it would not resist such an the heavy downpour left between 20 and 30 cars stranded on a nearby interstate. intervention, and this intervention would not become a major issue in the u.s.-russian every day we ask you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. relationship. >> another sign that russia is is it class warfare or paying distanting itself. your fair share? state media reports machine will we want you to weigh in on not deliver any new weapons to whether president obama's proposed tax cuts are enough to syria as long as the situation get your vote. in that country sun stable. mohammed jamjoom is following summer is here.ncer ] developments from abu dhabi. what more can you tell us? and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer >> reporter: well, carol, on the powerful c250 sport sedan. interesting these two reports that have emerged so far today

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now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, mr. obama's proposed tax cuts. will they make you fall in love again? here we go again. if you're a republican, it's class warfare. if you're a democrat, it's paying your fair share. whatever you believe, the president is going there again. he wants to extend the bush tax cuts but only for those making less than $250,000 a year. and if congress votes to extend the bush tax cuts to all americans, regardless of income, mr. obama will whip out the presidential pen. >> i would veto it. and here's why. what i'm proposing is that we

give a tax break, that we make sure the taxes don't go up, on 98% of americans. 98%. but to extend tax breaks for that top 2% of wealthiest americans would cost us $1 trillion over the next decade. >> mitt romney, who signed grover norquist's no tax pledge, insisted that mr. obama's tax plan would crush small business people. >> small businesses are overwhelmingly being taxed not at a corporate rate but at the now is your chance to talk individual tax rate so back on one of the big stories of the day. successful small businesses will the question for think morning. see their taxes go up obama's proposed tax cuts. dramatically, and that will kill will they make you fall in love? jobs. that will be another kick in the oh, here we go again. gut to the middle class in america. if you're a republican, it's class warfare. >> except only 3% of small if you're a democrat it's paying your fair share. businesses actually make above $250,000 a year. whatever you believe, the and even if mr. obama's tax plan president is going there again. he wants to extend the bush tax flies through congress, it would cuts but only for those making less than $250,000 a year, and only raise $968 billion over 10 years. if congress votes to extend the so the talk back question for bush tax cuts to all americans, you today, obama's proposed tax

regardless of income, mr. obama cuts: will they make you fall in love again? will whip out the presidential pen. >> i would veto it, and here's facebook.com/carolcnn. why. what i'm proposing is that we your responses later on in this hour. give a tax break, that we make some new rules could soon be sure that taxes don't go up on put into place to protect homeowners from risky mortgages. 98% of americans. we'll fill you in. 98%, but to extend tax breaks [ male announcer ] how do you trade? for that top 2% of wealthiest americans would cost us $1 trillion over the next decade. >> mitt romney who signed grover norquist's no tax pledge insisted mr. obama's tax plan would crush small business people. >> smaug businesses are overwhelmingly being taxed not at a corporate rate but at the individual tax rate, so successful small businesses will see their taxes go up dramatically, and that will kill jobs. that will be another kick in the gut to the middle class in america. >> except only 3% of small businesses actually make above

$250,000, and even if mr. obama's tax plan flies through congress, it would only raise $968 billion over ten years. so the "talk back" question today. obama's proposed tax cuts. will they make you fall in love? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. we are following the heart wrenching story of the mysterious illness killing children in cambodia. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is there trying to figure this out. he'll join from us cambodia.

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aside from the convenience, one of the best things about online shopping is you almost always pay less. that's because most states don't charge their usual sales tax on internet purchases. but as lisa sylvester reports, that's changing. and now depending on where you live, it will cost you. >> how about an organic green iced tea? >> reporter: if you buy anything from a restaurant in washington, d.c., the sales tax is 10%. >> you can see the sales tax, 41 cents. >> reporter: but if you bought something online from a business that doesn't have a physical presence in d.c., the retailer wouldn't ask you to pay a sales tax at all. neal austin is with the national conference of state legislatures. he says that's costing states $23 billion this year. >> look at california. california has a great deal of problems. this would mean $4.1 billion in

revenue for california that they don't have right now. that could mean more teachers. after the big bailout american automakers have bounced back, and now they are revving up for more. it could mean more police, more check out chrysler's high-octane firemen. >> reporter: he says more and more states are passing laws that would require consumers to add for its new dodge dart. pay sales tax on all internet purchases. but so far, online sales companies have been able to get around that because of a 1992 supreme court ruling on mail-order purchases. i thought it had words in it. that decision said if a retailer it does, really, and at the end doesn't have an actual physical tom brady pops up. location in the state, the chrysler isn't the only retailer doesn't have to collect sales tax. impressive comeback kid. alison kosik is at the new york legislation in congress would change that. stock exchange, but alison, before we get into chrysler's so say you are in washington, increased profits, let's start d.c., and you buy a $20 shirt off on capitol hill because online from an out of state there's this big hearing on the company. who happens to be in california. auto bailout today. why? >> yeah. well, as of now, you pay zero and with this hearing, carol, that's happening in washington dollars in taxes. this morning, it really is but if this federal bill became bringing back tough memories for a lot of people. law, you would have to pay have you to remember delphi was d.c.'s 6% sales tax, and that general motors' biggest supplier shirt would cost you $21.20. by the way, taxes go to the toe the big issue is how pensions were treated between state that the item is being delivered, not where it's sold. delphi's hourly and sal read bricks and mortar retailers say workers as the industry was falling to pieces. the new federal proposal is only

fair. >> all we're asking for is for now when delphi went bankrupt back in 2009, it terminated the the government to close this pensions of 70,000 workers, and loophole, level the playing the government wound up stepping field, and let everybody compete in to refund a majority of those on price in a free market. >> reporter: but a coalition of plans, but the big problem with internet companies, including this, according to "the detroit ebay and overstock, are lobbying news," is that gm itself took over the pensions of most of against the federal legislation saying this is going to hit mom delphi's hourly workers. and pop operations. now, many hourly workers are in >> nothing could be less fair to the uaw union. as you know, this union is a america's small businesses than huge force in the industry which forcing them to collect and remit and file sales taxes for gm negotiates its contracts with. nearly 10,000 different jurisdictions across the now salaried employees didn't country. >> reporter: a clause in the senate bill exempts relatively get the same treatment and small retailers, with less than salaried workers say they are $500,000 in annual sales. not getting as much money as they should be. lawmakers have a lot of and what do consumers think? questions. they want to know how the decision was made. people in the former auto ian karen says he buys industry task force have refused everything from clothing to dish to answer questions up until soap online. >> as a consumer, i wouldn't be now. super excited. carol? >> interesting. so there's still some but i also wouldn't be shocked if that happens. controversy lingering from the bailout, but overall automakers >> reporter: lisa sylvester, have been doing pretty good, cnn, washington. right? >> reporter: they really have. all three of the big u.s. the consumer financial protection bureau wants to put automakers, they have been doing new rules into place to keep you much better since gm and chrysler took their bailouts. all three are making money, and from getting stuck in a mortgage

you cannot afford. just a few days ago each wouldn't that be nice? reported strong june sales. chrysler has done especially well. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. you know, you mentioned about seriously? >> seriously. part of the reason, carol, that the dodge dart commercial last the cfpd was set up in the first night. it made its first small vehicle place is to try to help in seven years as the dart. americans, keep them from it's viewed as the most important car that chrysler is getting into the big mortgage mess that got us into the going to launch this year, but recession in the first place. what the watch dog group is now the thing, is these companies are not totally out of the trying to do is expand its woods. ford recently warned that the problems in europe would cut into its profits and a few days ago there was a report on definition as what qualifies as a high cost mortgage. manufacturing overall that it is trying to bring more home showed the first contraction in buyering under its protection. three years so it's not a slam so it looks to prohibit certain dunk just yet. features of risky loans. for one, it bans these balloon we'll see how things flush out as the months go on. payments, and that's where you carol? >> alison kosik reporting live pay the principle in a big lump from the new york stock exchange. sum at the end of the loan. 31 minutes past the hour. it also gets rid of a lot of checking our top stories now. prepayment fees, the right now president barack obama modification fees, and it even caps late fees. is heading to the battleground borrowers also have to get state of ohio. his focus, pushing tax cuts for homeownership counseling before the middle class. he's hold a roundtable taking out risky loans much. discussion in cedar rapids, and republicans will hold events but these people still have the there as well. right to be protected and the fbi has unsuld an

informed. indictment charging five men in these rules are set to be the murder of u.s. border patrol finalized in about six months. agent brian terry. carol? the agency is offering up to $1 >> but what's really confusing to people is all the paperwork million for information leading that you have to read through to buy a house. to four of their arrests. and a lot of people don't one man is already in custody. understand the language. two guns from the government's >> you said it. fast and furious gun tracking anyone who's ever bought a home operation were found at scene. knows the paperwork is extremely in cairo, egypt, it's be a overwhelming, to say the least. so the cfpb is hoping to whittle act of defiance by law the mortgage documents down to just a few pages. enforcement in parliament. they met today despite the fact it's on a mission to do this. that they were dissolved by the it named the program that it's ruling military. riot police were in full force. doing the know before you owe project. so it's cutting the loan barriers were set up outside, but so far no violence. estimate form from seven pages down to three. this is a form that lays out the children, sick with a mysterious illness and dying cost and the risks of your mortgage. within a day of reaching the it's also cutting the closing hospital. yesterday we told you about disclosure form from nine pages doctors in cambodia struggling to five. and this form contains all of to find the source of the your closing costs. of course the goal in all of illness that's killed 64 this is to make sure that children so far. our own chief medical borrowers know exactly what they are getting into. correspondent dr. sanjay gupta so that should hopefully help is in phnom penh in cambodia out a little bit. carol? >> i hope so. where he has exclusive video for alison kosik live from the new instance side the hospital where york stock exchange this these children are being morning. treated. show us, sanjay. 30 minutes past the hour.

>> reporter: we did take a look good morning to you. i'm carol costello. inside the hospital, not only to other stories we're watching give you an idea of just how right now in the newsroom, crowded these hospitals are on a president obama hitting the road regular basis, but also inside to push his plan to keep only the intensive care unit where so middle class tax cuts for those who make up to $250,000 a year. many of the children have been the president will be in iowa treated, and the doctor, one in today visiting a cedar rapids particular works has been caring for them all along. family who he says will benefit if the plan gets the green take a look. light. republicans say the rich should be included too. >> by no means are we at the despite the jerry sandusky conclusion of our investigation. >> reporter: an investigation child sexual abuse scandal, penn into the mystery of what's state did not lose the support killing some of cambodia's of its alumni. children at a frightening pace. the university reports the >> the majority of these cases, school received close to $209 million inonations in the last fiscal year. and mostly those under the age it is the second highest annual of 3, were seriously ill, and amount in penn state's history. many of them had died within 24 hours of admission. more new evidence will soon >> i mean, that's pretty be released in the trayvon martin shooting investigation. frightening, i think, for people to hear. >> absolutely. we're learning that this will happen on thursday. >> there is there's a lot of the orlando sentinel is diseases in this part of the world, many parts of the world, reporting it will include but to kill that quickly. shooter george zimmerman's prior >> reporter: the backdrop is calls to police and his application for a concealed important here. weapon permit. this hospital treats thousands of children suffering from zimmerman is charged with second dengue fever, malaria, and degree murder in the case.

a governor's weekly radio tuberculosis every week. and remember, this is a part of address has sent shock waves far beyond the state's border. the world where bird flu and sars originated. republican paul la page of maine stilling right away this doctor had this to say about the u.s. knew this was different. >> it's a new picture for us. supreme court upholding the we never see this in cambodia president's health law. before. >> reporter: he is the head of he said, quote, you must pay up the hospital, and he allowed us into the icu where the patience or face the gestapo. are treated. to give you an idea of how busy b this is. even as we were talking, the he has apologized, but the buzz doctor got called away to see persis another young child in shock. persists. >> reporter: can we ask about your comments from saturday? that's what we're going to see >> no, you can't. right now. the doctor says 66% of children >> reporter: governor la page didn't want to talk about the outrage he sparked when he came to this hospital with the mystery illness. compared the irs to the gestapo for 64 of them it was 24 hours of the nazi secret police. of hell before they died. but when pushed for comment, you heard right. here's what he said. all but two died. >> it was never intended to offend anyone. and if someone is offended, then for many of these children, it started off rather mild, a mild they ought to be god [ bleep ] mad at the federal government. fever, but then things progressed quickly from there. >> reporter: the governor made the gestapo remark during his for example, in this child's case who is 1 years old, we weekly radio address this past don't know what's causing his saturday. it was part of remarks slamming president obama's health care encephalitis, but this is

reforms. typically what happens, the fontanel starts to bulge and the >> we the people have been told there is no choice. you must buy health insurance or pay the new gestapo, the irs. eyes become dis-conjugate and from there it goes merciless, >> and making sure that the language you use -- >> reporter: emily is the executive director of portland's from the head, to the brain to jewish community alliance, just the lungs. one of the groups that called >> you see this, and here that's for the governor to apologize. five hours late sneer in the last two hours of life the >> to compare a modern day unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs, and there was no way to stop it. united states government to a >> you've never seen anything like this before? >> this, this is the first time genocidal regime is just -- just crosses all boundaries. at the end of april, and this >> reporter: the governor's makes us worried. communications director says she's the one who wrote the >> reporter: something called majority of saturday's entroe virus 71. statement, but she says governor typically associated with hand, la page added the word foot and mouth disease was found in more than a dozen patients, "gestapo." >> it is added for effect. but that's only adding to the he did say the new gestapo. he was not referring to the old mystery. gestapo. that's important to note. >> reporter: she said the governor has called her to say would the entero virus lead to this? >> never, never, i don't think he's sorry. >> in an election year, it's important to raise the level of so, but we must look for. >> reporter: and that's where civil discourse and use the investigation goes next.

cam bodyio health officials and information to educate rather than to be inflammatory or to the w.h.o. say they are looking polarize. into whether expired medication, the wrong medication or inappropriate medications such >> it's the new gestapo, not the old gestapo. asteroids could be to blame. the governor may be sorry about the gestapo comment, but he is steroids can also make a relatively harmless infection still mad at the president. something much more severe. in his apology, he said, quote, >> yes. with every step that obama care that is definitely a moves forward our individual freedoms are being stripped away by the federal government. end quote. possibility. >> so sanjay, a question for now for a quick reality check. you. middle class workers will be expired drugs may be causing this? how can they determine if those paying more next year regardless of what happens to the bush era drugs were indeed the cause? tax cuts. the president of optimum capital management is joining us from >> it's very hard to do. our new york bureau to explain why. good morning. they talk about laboratory testing, but it's very hard to >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. find, first of all, the presence >> thank you for having me. of the medication and to confirm >> thank you for being here. in any way that it was an let's start with the bush era expired medication or a bad tax cuts. batch of medications as well, president obama wants to so, carol, i mean, they real eliminate them or extend them for people making $250,000 or very to do an investigation less. here. they go to the places where these children lived, try and will that really do much to figure out what medications they reduce our deficit? were taking or had been >> well, essentially, it might prescribed, and then see if do a whole lot more, but for there's something in common

confidence as well. here, investigate those the middle class really needs medications and see if it's certainty right now in terms of common amongst all the children, making sure that they know so it's hard work, but it's a exactly for the next year or real medical investigation, hopefully even longer than that that their taxes are going to be carol. >> it's a global world. right where they are. people travel a lot. and we have to celebrate this i mean, how worried should they because we actually have 98% be if they are traveling to agreement in the congress right now. cambodia, let's say? the right side agrees that >> well, you know, looking into middle class needs to keep their this, i would say probably not tax cuts the same. and the left side agrees that that worried, and here's why. it's a little bit of a puzzle as the middle class needs to keep well. with this particular virus, it their tax cuts the same. typically is contagious, so if but it's the top 2% where you're living in a household, there's a discrepancy. for example, another child in >> let's talk about that that household, another person, more likely to get it. discrepancy. because what you said, shouldn't that apply to wealthier in communities, they call that americans too? clustering, but we haven't seen shouldn't they feel comfortable that at all over here. about the tax rates saying the same in the midst of this it's seemingly very sporadic, so economic downturn? i think while it's a mystery >> from my perspective, a lot of it's also a bit of good news. individuals can afford to pay a probably not contagious, whole lot more. probably not at risk for people we do a lot of traveling across living outside those areas or the country, talking to middle certainly for people visiting class individuals, working poor either. >> dr. sanjay gupta reporting and even impoverished live from cambodia this morning, thank you. communities. back at home. if you ask them to pay another arizona governor jan brewer $100 to $50 a month, that will wants the supreme court to impact their lives a whole lot strike down domestic partners

more than someone making over $1 benefits in her state. million a year, in terms of coming up, we'll talk to one of making sure they have to get the men fighting against that. sr package could their taxes risen to the point literally pay for itself. where thduring the clinton year jim twitchel is this true? yes it's true. we did pretty well. how is this possible? we have to look in terms of proper tire inflation, by using proper grades of oil, proportionally what level of impact it causes in that your car runs more efficiently, saves gas. individual's household, and can you could be doing this right now? they afford it or not. yes i could, mike. from a business owner myself -- i'm slowing you down? >> let me just stop you for a yes you are. my bad. moment. whether you have lots of money the works fuel saver package. just $29.95 or less after rebate. or not, you're still loathe to spend it because of the way our only at your ford dealer. economy is right now. so, to sum up, you take care of that, >> well, you know what? no one likes to pay taxes. you take care of these, you save a bunch of this. at the end of the day, you have that works. to pay taxes. and from a business owner myself, i'm not going to stop working hard because my taxes are increased. i'm not going to stop going and putting additional effort in and keeping my employees on the payroll. >> are you going to hit bloomingdale's and buy a bunch of stuff there? >> well, you might not do as how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? much in terms of spending. but at the end of the day, we by building on the cisco intelligent network not spending now. the consumer spending is not as they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, high as it was, and a lot of businesses are keeping their creating fans from berlin to beijing. money -- we have over $2 what can we help you build? nice shot kid. trillion of surplus on the the nba around the world

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a year, it means $83 a month. geico, see how much you could save. that's actually some hefty dollars for individuals to come out their pockets if this payroll is increased after december 31. no one is really talking about it right now, but it should be a huge issue for working class and middle class families. that's a grocery bill. that's food for your children. that's going back -- you can do school shopping for about a quarter of that price for someone earning $50,000 a year. it will be heavy impacted for middle class families. >> i suspect not many politicians will be trumpeting that. >> right. >> yeah. ryan mack, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. one of the nation's most tom cruise and katie holmes visited landmarks still closed to the public. are taking the high road on the washington monument. their split coming to an we will tell you how long it will be until you can go to the amicable divorce settlement. top and look at the beautiful view of washington, d.c. we'll be right back. what's that? i know. it sounds like a foreign term. let's send it to los angeles and send it to "shobiz"

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well, the thing i was saying is and focus on what matters. you're right, what does that mean because the only thing that we actually know is that there was a settlement, so i don't know what else is going on, but he says the stuff that you're hearing, the little tidbits, most of it is -- >> oh, like the scientology stuff. >> probably that kind of stuff. when people are speculating about custody and all of that, they are saying don't speculate because we're not going to tell you, so whatever you think, don't worry about it. >> okay. point taken. you know how much i love football, and it's never too early to talk about the super bowl, and i'm not the only one, right? >> right, and you know what? i love the whole pageantry of the super bowl. the game and the halftime show. we're talking about the halftime show here, and we're talking about maybe van halen, you know. david lee roth isn't always the most direct person, and this next story is an example of his kind of round about way of communicating. he released an open letter in which he called rampant rumors that van halen would be playing

the super bowl halftime show. he wrote in saying thank you for people saying that van halen would do it but roger goodell isn't really on board with van halen, but he went on to say we're really happy you put our name out there. they cancelled some tour dates recently. i think they want to show they can play the halftime show and want everybody to know that we're not done basically. so he's kind of lobbying and not lobbying at the same time. it's a van halen way. >> okay. so if van halen does the halftime show, i'd faint. i'd -- i don't know. >> might as well jump, baby. might as well jump. >> that's a good one. nischelle turner, thanks so much. >> bye, carol. >> bye. today may or may not be a this morning in egypt, a day of historical significance. we could be celebrating the reminder of just how divided that region remains after the arab uprising. anniversary of aliens visiting this morning, protesters our planet. gathered in cairo to support the just depends on who you believe. [ kimi ] atti and i had always called oregon home. new president and his active

defiance. the president had called parliament back into session, a direct rebuff of military leaders and the country's highest court. they had dissolved the legislature and are refusing to budge in from that decision today. ivan watson is in cairo. fill us in. >> reporter: carol, nobody really knew what was going to happen today. the president said parliament should meet. the highest court and the ruling military generals said the parliament shouldn't meet, that it was illegal. until i got a job in the big apple. in the end, lawmakers gathered adjusting to city life was hard for me. in the parliament chambers for the first time in nearly a and becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. month. and some of them had mixed feelings about getting their old jobs back. but we had each other take a listen to what one lawmaker said to us. and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. was this a good day today, that parliament met again? and i knew he was getting everything he needed >> well, it's -- yes and no, to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! because there is such a big confusion within the egyptians, [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. because of all those who are always there for you. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. always or against this decree. over the south pacific in 1943.

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benefits. the law has been challenged and so far the federal law says arizona must continue to provide benefits to same-sex partners but here is what the state is saying. it is not allowable for same-sex partners to have benefits under the state law because the state constitution defines a spouse as someone of the opposite gender. that statement from doug nick of the attorney general's office in arizona. keith humphry is a plaintiff in the case. he's fighting against it. tara borelli, a staff attorney. welcome to you both. >> good morning, carol. >> thank you, carol. >> good morning. keith, first of all, tell us why it's so important for gay 45 minutes past the hour. checking our top stories now, couples to have same-sex health lawmakers in washington are benefits. >> i think that same-sex couples getting another chance to repeal deserve the same opportunity to obama care. in just a few minutes, the u.s. provide the love and care for house will start hearings for their families that our the first time since the u.s. heterosexual colleagues have. supreme court upheld the for me it's a simple issue of affordable care act. a vote could come tomorrow. equal pay for equal work that i do for the state of arizona. in money news, starbucks is >> and do you have -- you live jumping on the energy drink

train. starting today, the coffee giant with your partner, right, and will offer several versions of there are special circumstances. its refreshers energy drinks in >> i do. >> and you need these benefits its stores. and on friday afternoon, to -- tell us, to what? >> sure. my partner is a stay-at-home starbucks stores will give customers a free drink just so dad. he cares for the two children you can try it out. that we adopted out of the foster system several years ago. in in weather news, in about 2009 he was, hurricane emilia is gaining unfortunately, had a torn strength. but it is not expected to make carotid artery inside his brain landfall. it could start weakening later today. which requires pretty lawyers for seven-time tour significant medical care, and having these health care benefits from the state was de france winner lance armstrong have less than three weeks to quite a blessing to make sure refile their lawsuit against the that we could provide care for him without public assistance. >> and so tara, i turn to you. u.s. doping agency. the original lawsuit was thrown is there something in the out. arizona state constitution that armstrong is accused of doping would really prevent gay couples despite never failing more than from having health benefits? 500 drug tests during his career. >> not at all. you're going to have to wait in fact, arizona has been a while to get that majestic providing these benefits now since 2008, and in fact reported view from the top of the nation's capital. on one of its state websites the washington monument will remain closed to visitors for that the program was working another year, and maybe until 2014. well. there's simply no reason to tear

down this important health it has been shut down since an coverage that's such an important safety net for these earthquake hit d.c. last august. families. arizona hasn't been age to our sandra endo is following the produce a good reason, and every story. court that has decided this case that's a bummer. so far has agreed that there simply is no excuse for this kind of discrimination. >> reporter: yeah, carol, it is a big bummer. we actually spoke to some >> yet the case may wind up in the u.s. supreme court. tourists who are out here on the what do you suppose will happen? national mall today. and they say they are >> i think it's highly unlikely disappointed that the washington monument is closed. that the u.s. supreme court as you mentioned, it has been would be interested in taking this case. it's at a very preliminary shut down since last august's stage. arizona began appealing the case 5.8 earthquake that struck this very early on, and, in fact, area. and clearly they have a lot of before it even introduced a work to do, because after a very shred of evidence about many of its defenses, including, for lengthy assessment, engineers say that the washington monument example, cost. there's negligible costs to this has to endure extensive internal program. arizona argues differently, but and external repairs. they have never put in a we are talking about sealing cracks and removing loose scintilla of evidence. stones, replacing them, they should be put to the test in the trial court, and i think reinforcing internal beams. that's an important thing to and that will take a lot of happen before the supreme court time. would consider taking this case. because the national parks >> keith, why did you decide to service says the real challenge is that they have to build a lot get involved in this? of scaffolding. >> well, for me it -- it's an keep in mind the washington monument stands 555 feet tall, issue of just simple fairness

and a lot of the damage was and equality in our society, endured at the top of the monument. something that i feel like i had so they have to do a lot of work to get up there, carol. the time, space and willingness to do to fight for equality for >> ok. so how much is this all going to cost? my fellow gay and lesbian and will taxpayers foot part of the bill? employees in the state of arizona. >> and tara, anti-gay >> reporter: yeah, partially. but the washington monument has legislation has been cropping up across the country. a big fan out there. it's a slow chipping away of and his name is the co-founder rights that gay and lesbian actually of the carlyle group, who forked over $7.5 million for couples have won. is this a concerted effort by these renovations. some across the country to chip and the total cost is an estimated $15 million. away at the gains that gays and so some taxpayer money in there, lesbians have achieved? but of course some donations as well. >> i think we have seen that in >> just looking at these many places in a whole realm of pictures of the earthquake as it happened, sandra. that's just incredible. important spheres, including the so you can see how it would cause that much damage. amending of state constitutions to strip same-sex couples of the basic right to marry the person i mean, it actually sunk a they love, and some of these little bit too, didn't it? discriminatory laws are actually >> reporter: yeah. giving rise to cases that might they want to be real careful in be far more interesting to the the terminology of sinking. supreme court than this one. it has sunk two millimeters. for example, there are now two requests to the supreme court to so when it's engineers saying hear cases about the

that, it's a lot. constitutionality of the but they all say it's so-called federal defense of structurally sound, and the repairs will start in the fall. marriage act, including a lamda and of course tourists want to get in there as soon as legal case. possible. i suspect that the supreme court the national parks service says will be interested in those 700,000 tourists go up there kinds of cases which present far every year. more important issues of so clearly that's a lot of national importance. people that won't be able to go >> keith and tara, thanks so much for being with us this until the latest 2014. morning. >> thank you, carol. that's when they expect this monument to reopen. >> thank you. 65 years ago, our planet had carol? >> well, it's still beautiful to look at from the outside too. some very unusual visitors. really? sandra endo, thank you so much. still ahead, celebrating one of we asked you to talk back on our most enduring mysteries on earth. one of the stories of the day. are we really alone? i don't spend money on gasoline. the question for you this morning, obama's proposed tax i don't have to use gas. cuts. will they make you fall in love? i am probably going to the gas station your responses, next. about once a month. nt kind of communications company drive around town all the time doing errands and never ever have to fill up gas in the city. by continuing to help you do more i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. and focus on the things that matter to you. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. the last time i went to the gas station must have been about three months ago. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. ♪

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booing. the hometown fans at kansas city's kauffman stadium jeered a.l. derby captain robinson cano, first with boos when he was announced. after all he's a new york yankee, and then cheers when he failed to hit a home run. fans were upset the second baseman did not pick the royals only all-star selection, designated hitter billy butler, for his team. this is the first time the defending derby champ has failed to hit one out. the boos got into his head. lots of cheering for this man. mark trumbo's ball hit the roof we asked you to talk back on one of the stories of the day. the question for you this of the stadium and projected to morning. obama's proposed tax cuts. land on the ground 475 feet from will they make you fall in love the home run plate but the 2012 this. from pamela, yes? it would make me fall in love. home run derby winner is tigers it helps the 98%, it's the right first baseman prince fielder. he launched 28 shots out of the thing to do because they are the ones who really need the help. park, including a pair measuring >> tax cuts? 476 feet. obama? surely you gest. ah, there he is with the trophy. tax hikes? tax everything that moves or it is the second time that sits still. fielder has won the contest. this from mary. go, tigers. only $968 billion?

let's talk about pitchers we've got to start somewhere? for tonight's all-star game. why not there? if it doesn't get passed, that fielder's tiger teammate justin will be $968 billion not raised, verlander will start for the and this from wade. a.l. steam team. obama has put bush policies on vernlder is a 9-5 and 2.5 e.r.a. steroids as far as i'm concerned. we got bush-whacked twice. and starting for the n.l. is keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your matt cain who threw a one-hitter comments, and that does it for in april and a perfect game. me today. roger federer has paid off a thanks for joining me. snam dead man's debt, after federer >> reporte -- cnn "newsroom" won his first wimbledon a british fan placed a new bet. continues right now with he wagered almost $1,000 that federer would won seven ashleigh banfield. if you thought the supreme wimbledon crowns by the year court had the last word on health care, you might not have been paying attention because republicans are trying once 2015. again to kill the affordable care act. it is just the 31st time that's a look at sports. that we've had a whack at this thing. no doubt you've heard of ""fifty will it be the charm? also today, repairing the shades of grey," you know that erotic book. now there's the youtube musical. washington monument is one tall order. even taller than anyone thought.

as cnn's cnn maas reports it what an ex-can do in seconds can will leave you tapping your take years to fix. toes. >> reporter: "fifty shades of and sanjay gupta joining us grey" has gone from mommy porn to musical, but at least the live this hour in cambodia where musical won't make you blush 50 shades. it's relatively clean. children are dying after 24 hours of hell. ♪ fifty shades of gray how will they fix this? where is the solution? ♪ how could i refuse in a boring hi, everybody. we start with house republicans live as a house wife ♪ renewing their efforts to ♪ i can dream of being sexually overturn the affordable care act. you know the thing they call abused ♪ >> reporter: musical pits a reader who loves the book against a reader who hates it. ♪ every page i read mike my obamacare which was upheld by the supreme court but there's eyeballs bleed ♪ . always tomorrow. you're looking at one of the >> reporter: the maker of this hearings on capitol hill dealing video is brothers. with health care. a whole lot of debate going on >> i saw all women reading it on the subway, literally teenage tomorrow, because that will set girls to grandmothers. the stage for a vote tomorrow. ♪ this the so well written what you're looking at now, the ♪ who the [ bleep ] who write this ♪ >> reporter: eventually a gay house ways and means character makes his ent try. ♪ fifty shades of gray i pray that no one realizes that i am loving it, every bit ♪ >> reporter: there have been

other musical tributes to this lady porn fetom none, turning the words into music. jimmy fallon featured "fifty shades of grey" karaoke. seriously, that's from page 277. honest, comedians mockly vie to record the audio book version, from gilbert gottfried. >> he scrunches my panties. >> reporter: to ellen degeneres, though ellen chose to paraphrase the overheated prose. >> he guides his hand across my secret garden. i'm going to add some sound effects if that's okay because i think -- apologize. >> reporter: what's been whipped up are sales. the "wall street journal" reports the "fifty shades" trilogy has sold almost 20 million copies in the u.s. in five months. it took "the dragon tattoo" books three years to accomplish

that, and while some couples say the book has done wonders for their love life. >> we don't have a big bed, but we sure get around it. >> reporter: musical has it both ways. ♪ this degrading fluff, i've had enough ♪ >> reporter: so they have written their mini musical but have they read the book? >> i did not read the whole book. >> reporter: and you read just a little bit? >> passages here and there. >> it's really -- some of it is awful. >> reporter: no shades of gray in that book review. ♪ fifty shades of grey >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i don't know if i can go on, but i must, to the next hour of cnn "newsroom" that starts right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. happening right now in the newsroom. fast and furious in the night of an american agent's death. new details from the border and what really happened to agent brian terry.

a cnn exclusive. dr. sanjay gupta on the ground in cambodia investigating a mysterious illness that's killing children. >> see how busy this is. even as we're talking how the doctor got cold away to see another child gone into shock. >> reporter: >> we're at the hospital while doctors try to save lives. and arizona governor jan brewer going to the supreme court again. she wants to eliminate health care benefits for state employees same-sex partners. this hour we'll talk to one of the people suing the state. a new jersey jumper jumps 35 feet when she got freaked out by an approaching thunderstorm. the unbelievable video straight ahead. but we start with this happening right now on capitol hill. republicans launch their first big attack on obamacare since the supreme court upheld the sweeping reforms. lawmakers will hear from

doctors, patients and, of course, each other as they begin hours of debate. the vote to repeal could come as soon as tomorrow, but the outcome may be more about symbolism than substance. congressional correspondent kate balduan is live on capitol hill. seems like deja vu all over again, won't it? >> reporter: took the words right out of my mouth, carol. that's absolutely right. what we're looking at today is the real leadup to the expected vote to repeal the president's health care law in the house. that's expected tomorrow afternoon, but today we're talking about five hours of expected debate on the house floor, three house hearings about the -- about the implications and the impact of the health care law, and, of course, i think we actually are hearing from house republican leaders. they are going to microphones right now following a meeting with rank and file members. we'll be hearing from them this morning as well. this is all leading up to this vote, but the results of this vote is a foregone conclusion. house republicans are very much expected to pass this repeal of the president's health care law

in the house, but it's not going anywhere in the democratic-controlled senate, carol, as you know, and even if it did the president would veto any repeal of the health care law if it made to his desk but the result in the alternate universe that's capitol hill the result of this vote isn't really even the point. point is political messaging and scoring political points in an election year. republicans showing their base, showing their voters that they are going to do what they have promised to do. as house speaker john boehner told cbs last weekend or so, he said we've got to pull this out by the roots, and that's exactly what republicans will be doing today and tomorrow. they are trying to score political points. we know that an overwhelming majority of republican voters oppose the mandate, the crux of this law, as well as 55%, a small majority of independent voters. republicans looking to try to grab support from independent voters in an election year as well, carol. so political theater but with important political implications. >> well, you have five hours of fun ahead of you.

thanks, kate balduan. >> reporter: you know it. been more than a year and a half since a u.s. border patrol agent was killed in a fire fight. two guns from the fast and furious gun tracking operation were found at the scene. now, the fbi has unsealed an indictment charging five men with the crime and offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to four of their arrests. agent terry was filed in a fire fight in arizona in september of 2010. one suspect was arrested. he was arrested on the night of terry's murder. the government first hand down an indictment in the case late last year. four others charged in the murder do remain at large. hence, the big reward. agent terry was killed by a single gunshot in the attack, and he died at the scene. that's what happened in a nutshell, but there are plenty of people who want to know exactly how this operation went down. to help us tom fuentes, a former fbi assistant director and cnn contributor, he joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, carol.

>> so tom, this happened in arizona in an area used by drug runners. border patrol agents including agent terry were on a hill. two others were nearby to observe traffic.