explosives into federal buildings in washington. federal prosecutors say ferdaus was radicalized by internet videos and it appears he was working alone. we're told he will plead guilty to 2 of 6 charges and face the possibility of 17 years in prison. another partisan battle over health care set to unfold on the house floor today for the 33rd time. the republican controlled house is going to vote to do away with president obama's signature legislation. the vote comes two weeks after the u.s. supreme court ruled that the law is constitutional. but the political posturing for both sides is now in high gear. >> having now had 30 different debates on this war over repeal of the health care bill. the house republicans have finally hit their boil the bunny moment. enough is enough. today life imitates art. we now have another boss in our

midst. i call this boss obama care. repeal obama care. let's get rid of the boss once and for all. >> all right. let's bring in dana bash live on capitol hill. we know it's going to fail in the senate. the house republicans, what do we think they're accomplishing with what they're trying to do here and, dana, why all the crazy boil the bunny language going on? >> i don't know if somebody just had some 1980s movie trivia and tv trivia running inside the cloak rooms. a little bit odd. fatal attraction and the dukes of hazard for people who don't know. in any event in all seriousness what we are seeing here today are republicans trying to explain why they are doing this. actually let's just play a sound bite from one of those republicans marsha blackburn. >> okay. >> how many times are we going to do this? we're going to keep at it until we get this legislation off the books. it was a bad bill. it has become a bad law.

and, quite frankly, if you are satisfied with a tax based government controlled limited access bureaucrat centric health care program, then this is for you. >> the reality check, suzanne, is yes republicans control the house which is why they can do this. they do not control the senate so this will go nowhere in this senate and obviously they do not control the white house. but if they do control all of those bodies, if they have effectively a hat trick in november, then they could repeal the health care. but in the meantime they don't have that ability so what democrats are trying to do, you saw part of it earlier, is try to have a little bit of fun. there is this theater. let's put on a show. listen to some of that. >> i don't know why republicans want to go back to the day when chicken noodle soup was the only option for hard working families who couldn't afford care.

the truth is, chicken noodle soup might be good for lunch but as a health care policy it is bad. >> i shall read the replacement bill. let me just read half of it first. i shall now read one-half of the replacement bill. now i shall read the other half of the replacement bill. now some of you will say, al, you read too fast. i didn't pick up all of that. so for those who listen slowly, or those who may have missed it, i shall now read the replacement bill in its entirety. obviously the congressman had a sense of humor. clearly, it's working.

they're getting our attention here. why all the antics? >> you said it perfectly. they are getting our attention. and they're really trying to get the attention of the base of both parties. if you look at all of the polls, the country really is pretty divided along party lines when it comes to whether or not this health care law should be repealed or not. and when you are going into november, each party really wants to make sure their bases get out and vote. so republicans obviously run the house. they are the ones who decided to have this vote. they want their base out and democrats figure if we're going to have this vote why not at least push our base as well. there are those independents that both parties are trying to get but they are also pretty much evenly divided on whether this is the right thing to do. >> i want to bring in president obama making a statement, the health care law, obviously the white house reacting issuing a statement saying the last thing congress should do is refight old political battles and take a massive step backwards by repealing basic protections that provide security for the middle

class. i'm assuming they realize this is not really going to be repealed but this is part of their effort as well to at least have voters pay attention to their side of the argument. >> that is exactly right. what you just read is pretty much the democratic talking point. democrats in the house, democrats in the senate, after the supreme court decision upholding the health care law, after republicans made clear they're going to push this and push the idea that the mandate is a tax democrats over and over again, i was in massachusetts interviewing a democratic candidate for senate there elizabeth warren. she said almost exactly what you just read that the president said. we're fighting yesterday's battles. let's focus on jobs and they're trying to make republicans look like they are simply wasting taxpayer dollars by having these debates over and over again. one thing i will point out that i saw from a tweet from a republican aide up here which is noteworthy, when democrats ran the house they had votes to bring troops home from iraq over and over again and they knew that was never going to pass either. >> so antics on both sides.

thank you, dana. entertaining as well. appreciate it. presidential candidate mitt romney making a personal appeal to african-american voters today. just about two hours ago he spoke at the naacp national convention in houston. >> i want you to know if my policies and leadership would not help families of color and families of any color more than the policies and leadership of president obama i wouldn't be running for president. you have to make your case to every single voter. we don't count anybody out. and we sure don't make a habit of presuming anyone's support. support is asked for. and earned. and that's why i'm here today. >> cnn political analyst rolen martin in houston where romney spoke. good to see you. >> like wise. >> tell us what you think romney thinks he'll accomplish here when you take a look at the polls and they say what about 5% african-americans support romney compared to 87% for president obama. >> well, first of all i think if

you go back to a couple things, obvious obviously senator obama got the percent of the vote in 2008. in 1998 speaker gingrich was the leader of the house he was perceived as far too antagonist tick when it came to minorities and that was not appealing to suburban white women. then governor george w. bush ran in 2000 with compassionate conservativism and that was a lot more appealing to those constituents. so really what mitt romney is doing is not necessarily to get significant numbers of black votes but to say to independent voters out there, i am reaching out. i'm not simply trying to be only looking at one ethnic group when it comes to the gop. i think that's really what the intention is to say i'm open, have open arms to reach out to many other people. >> how has he been received when you talk to folks there? what do they say? >> well, it was interesting because when he walked in about a half of the room stood up. about half didn't.

then of course as he went to the speech he got tepid applause some places and okay applause other places but two areas where he got i think the loudest applause really dealt with, one, when he began to talk about the importance of family. when he said that if you wait to have a child until you're 21 years of age you have a 2% chance of being in poverty. then he said he was going to defend traditional marriage. a lot more applause on that point alluding to same sex marriage the recent announcement by president obama. the second point was when he talked about education and said he was going to match federal dollars to allow any parent to allow their child to attend any school they want to, education a huge issue. there were other points where people screamed out at one point you lie. some other points. but other people quickly shushed them. it was very interesting. you certainly felt the tension there but then of course when he said i am the president you want

to african-americans folks said yeah right. it was very interesting. it was a bold line for him to use. >> it was interesting having covered bush for many years that he had a really rocky relationship with the naacp because he was criticized at points for being a no show at these conventions and he did finally get some credit for just being there and showing up, realizing people were not necessarily going to agree with him. in talking to folks do you think they give him some credit for standing there and knowing that he might get booed on some things as well? >> you know what? to be honest i don't give somebody credit for showing up to the world's largest and oldest civil rights organization. you are a major candidate for president. you should show up. and so my whole deal is that's what you do. and so, look. then senator obama sat down for a q & a with rick warren at saddle back. it's not like he was going to convince a lot of people in that room on the issue of abortion and others to somehow come to his side. he should be here. several people did certainly say it that they appreciated mitt

romney came here except at the invitation. others i talked it board members and other people here who were disappointed that president obama is not coming. he came to the naacp in 2009. for the last three years he skipped naacp. he will be speaking to the national urban league in a couple weeks in new orleans, but certainly folks here would have liked to have heard mitt romney and president obama speak to the folks here. last point, suzanne, one of the issues mitt romney talked about obviously the economy. he did not touch on housing at all. i was surprised by that. remember these groups deal with civil rights and social justice. the only time he really talked about civil rights was when he brought up his father. he didn't really say what he was going to do to advance civil rights. he didn't speak about police brutality or other social justice issues. >> okay. >> there you go. >> thank you. good to see you. here's what we're working on for this hour. it's mississippi's only abortion clinic. and today a judge will decide if it will have to shut its doors. we're live from jackson. millions of americans can forget

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laws for abortion clinics. now remember, these are some of the strictest abortion laws in the country and would likely force this clinic to close. republican governor phil bryant has said he wants to make the state abortion free. the new law requires all doctors in the clinic be ob-gyns and have admitting privileges at a local hospital. our reporter is outside a federal courthouse in jackson, mississippi. david, talk a little bit about this. if the only clinic here is forced to close folks in mississippi in effect would lose the privacy right that allows abortion. is that right? >> reporter: well, proponents of this law say they are not banning abortion and they are planning to give time to this clinic to be able to get its doctors, the ones who do not have admitting privileges at local hospitals, give them time to get that. but then the owner of the clinic tells us that it's taken weeks, over a month, six weeks or more,

for them to just get an application from some of these hospitals for their doctors to even apply for those admitting purposes. so they're arguing that this law is intended to make it more difficult for them to do business and perhaps close. if that happens then women seeking abortions in the state of mississippi will have to work a lot harder to find a doctor willing to do that or travel out of state which could be a trip of a couple hundred miles. >> one of the things the law says, doctors who perform abortions have to have these admitting privileges to local hospitals. talk a little bit about what the local hospitals are doing. are they accepting these doctors who perform the procedure or are they saying we don't want to get in the middle of this fight? >> reporter: well this doesn't sound like a very big deal if you're asking for these doctors to be first of all ob-gyns which the three doctors at this clinic are. but the law is also asking them to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. these doctors are from out of

state and when they come in they're only here for a limited period of time to do their work and then go back to wherever they live or have another practice going. but the owner of the clinic here states that it is taking a lot of time to get these hospitals to respond to the requests for an application and to get this process going. the state law allows for several weeks for them to do this but they say that wasn't enough time and they're afraid if the law is allowed to stand there will be fines while they're in noncompliance and possibly even worse. they say it could lead to them actually closing their doors. >> david, real quickly here, some people say this is about women's health. other people say it's politics. the people that you talked to there in that community, what do they think they is? >> well, the fight over abortion has been going on a long time here in mississippi. this is the only clinic that's been open since 2004 so this is part of the continuing battle that's been going on. we did some digging here.

when the argument came up that this law was part of an attempt to protect the health of women seeking abortions here in the state of mississippi we checked with the state health department. we found out that there are 2,000 or more abortions performed at that clinic every year and in the last two years they say there's only been one case of a patient who had some minor complications after having an abortion there. the state health department in fact says this clinic is doing a very good job. that seems to put a damper on the argument the health of women need to be protected there. >> thank you, david. republican running for senate says he is the right man for the job. why? because he says he is friendly with the democrats. is that enough to earn him ted kennedy's seat? we'll let you decide. but we had each other and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed

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the who surprised everyone when he replaced ted kennedy in massachusetts wants to surprise everybody again. scott brown is a republican in a largely democratic state. he is running for his first full term against one of his state's democratic icons. here's dana bash. >> this is the senator from massachusetts, scott brown. >> reporter: main street in hyannis, cape cod with senator scott brown. the breezy, every man persona that got the massachusetts republican elected in an upset two years ago still on display. >> thank you. >> absolutely. thank you. >> keep your eyes on the road will you? >> reporter: brown is keenl aware that recapturing the senate seat held by democrat ted kennedy for nearly half a century means distancing himself from fellow republicans whenever possible. most republicans boast about blocking the president's agenda. brown brags about helping. >> i can name a litany of

democrat sponsored bills that i've done that never would have passed if it hadn't been for me. the president called me and the vice president calls me and secretary clinton calls asking for my vote all the time. >> reporter: republicans jumped on the supreme court decision calling the federal health insurance mandate a tax but brown voted for a mandate in massachusetts. he says neither is a tax. >> what the party leaders and others say in washington really has no bearing on what i'm doing. >> reporter: still, brown was elected vowing to help republicans block the president's health care plan and wants to repeal it. his democratic opponent of course does not. >> hi. i'm elizabeth warren. very nice to see you. >> you too. >> reporter: brown's challenger is a liberal icon. >> we're here for the chicken. >> reporter: president obama's high profile consumer advocate and former harvard law professor. >> i never thought i'd run for public office. but i got pulled into this because of the urgency of this moment. families are getting hammered and they can't take it much

longer. >> reporter: the first-time candidate was a quick study on pressing the flesh. >> i'm going to vote for you. wonderful. say that again. fabulous. >> reporter: and she's got her message against brown down. >> scott brown stands with the billionaires and says they shouldn't have to pay more in taxes. scott brown has been standing against working families. >> reporter: but warren has stumbled over an issue she admits tripped her up. while at harvard she identified herself as native american. brown pounced saying there is no evidence. >> i was really surprised that anyone wanted to make this a political issue. i was really surprised by that and very slow to respond to it. i'm like every other kid. i learned about my family from my parents. >> reporter: brown won't let it go accusing her of claiming minority status to advance her career. >> when you run for high elected office you have to pass a test and that is one of honesty and credibility and trustworthiness and truthfulness. she has failed that test. >> harvard administrators say

they didn't know warren claimed native american heritage before hiring her. it's still raw. warren bristles at whether she considers herself a minority. you don't want to put a label on it. >> no. this is part of who i am. this is who i am. >> reporter: warren says brown is distracting from what matters. we put that to brown. there are big issues facing this country. >> i deal with them every day. >> reporter: and that republicans are engaged in divide and conquer politics. >> with all due respect i am evidence to the fact that i'm getting things done. >> reporter: to be sure, democrats have their own arsenal against brown. he touts this. >> i was a tie-breaking vote on wall street reform. >> reporter: but the boston globe reported after the bill became law his aide e-mailed the treasury department to try to loosen restrictions on big banks. >> the e-mail was merely making sure that the treasury did i fact what congress wanted it to do. >> reporter: with the sagging economy driving voters in massachusetts like everywhere else, it's unclear how much brown's wall street ties or warren's heritage will matter.

what is clear? retail politics does still matter in new england. >> good to see you. i like your shirt. very handsome. >> reporter: politics and baseball. dana bash, cnn, hyannis, massachusetts. the parents of robert champion, a college student who died after a hazing ritual, are now filing a lawsuit against the school. you'll hear what they're alleging. don't forget you can watch cnn live on your computer while at work. head to cnn.com/tv. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪

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a policy that's been three years in the making. now the episcopal church has become the nation's largest christian denomination to offer religious blessings to same sex

couples. despite a vote overwhelmingly in favor of the change there are church members on the opposite side of the issue. >> the fact is the church is not -- christians of good will and good conscience come down on different sides of this issue. by taking an official stand like this, by providing a liturgical right we've essentially moved forward in a direction that is not affirmed by a significant number probably a minority but nonetheless a significant number in our own church and is also looked upon with some horror by christians around the world. >> the intention in this service is to be a right for witnessing and blessing same gender or same sex commitment. >> the family of a florida a&m drum major who died after a hazing attack is now suing the

school. robert champion died last november. the lawsuit claims that the school failed to take action to stop the hazing. according to court documents the campus police chief recommended that the ban be suspended for hazing three days before champion died. 11 of the school band members faced felony hazing charges. we've all heard the term not as good as the paper it's printed on. unfortunately that is actually true for some teachers' licenses talking about tennessee, arkansas, as well as mississippi. prosecutors are blaming this man indicted on federal charges for allegedly helping an unknown number of teachers cheat on their licensing exams. authorities say the teachers paid him as much as $3,000 to find someone else to take the exams for them. the alleged scheme dates back to 1995. married or single? the answer may help you predict who you're going to pick for president.

that's right. a new poll showing married and unmarried voters do not see eye to eye when it comes to candidates. we'll bring up paul steinhauser. what does this mean? married or single? who are you going to go for? >> we've heard a lot about the gender gap in the race for the white house, the generational divide but, yeah, there is a marriage gap. it is alive and well. a new quinnipiac poll points to it. take a look at these numbers here from this brand new national survey. you can see among those people who are married a big, big advantage for mitt romney. 13 points over president barack obama. but among unmarried people a 20-point advantage for the president over those -- over mitt romney. first of all this is nothing new. we've seen this for a long time. other polls indicate this. we saw it in the last couple elections. unmarried people tend to go for the democratic candidate. married people tend to go for the republican. why? unmarried people are usually younger and often vote more democratic. married people tend to be a little older and more socially conservative. interesting stuff here. again, not new but definitely

worth pointing out because it has not been getting a lot of attention. >> fascinating. tell us about the race over all when you take a look at the big picture where the two stand. >> i'll sound like a broken record. this race continues to be close. it's been close ever since we started this general election in april. take a look at this. our brand new cnn poll. we take the most recent national surveys, the latest ones, average them all together. 47% for the president. 45% for romney the republican challenger. that is about as tight as you'll get. there's been a lot on this campaign so far the last couple months. a lot of fireworks. those numbers the needle is not moving much in the overall national horse race. >> that makes it so interesting. all right. thanks, paul. imagine your boss tells you he or she is cutting your pay, slicing it down to minimum wage. you'd probably be upset. that is happening in one pennsylvania city. we'll take you there. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face.

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in california another city is in financial peril. city leaders in san bernadino have voted to declare bankruptcy. this is the third time in just the past two weeks that a california city has sought bankruptcy protection. san bernadino has a budget shortfall almost $46 million. bills can't be paid. city workers could soon have trouble getting their checks. in scranton, pennsylvania the fight over minimum wage gaining a lot of attention. we're talking about the city facing two federal lawsuits over a decision last week to cut public employees' pay to minimum

wage. joining us is scranton's mayor christopher doherty to talk about this decision and, first of all, mayor, thank you for joining us. it was last week that you ignored this court order and you cut the pay of about 400 city workers and yourself to the federal minimum wage. all getting paid $7.25 an hour. why did you do that? >> well, suzanne, in november of 2011 i proposed a budget that raised taxes about $11 a month and my council decided they would rather borrow so when they passed that budget they've been unable to fund that budget through the borrowing. the banks have set conditions and they've been unable to meet them. throughout the year i've been telling them we are going to be short. in fact the budget that they passed i vetoed because i knew we'd be short on money. right now we have a $16 million deficit and what i'm trying to do is keep the city operational. i'm not only paying employees but also keeping the garbage trucks running, keeping the fire trucks running, keeping the

police cars running. the people who pave streets, take care of our parks. it is a challenge. our employees do an outstanding job and i am very happy with them. this is my 11th year in office. our commitment is to pay them. we want to get through this. and we will get through this. >> there are a lot of people who are not happy with this decision. the city council president janet evans says this. she says your refusal to negotiate in good faith with police and fire unions over the past ten years has recently resulted in a landmark supreme court award of $32 million that is crippling taxpayers of scranton. she goes on to say that incessant lawsuits have amassed this historic debt in the city of scranton. they're blaming you. >> well it's very simple. they passed a budget that i vetoed and then they overrode my veto. in their budget they have $16 million of borrowing. if they had just passed my budget with the tax increase we wouldn't be having this discussion today.

the council has to fund their budget. our employees have done a great job. when you pass a budget you have a bond with your employees that you'll pay them for the year. that's what this is about. it is a simple thing about passing a budget and living up to it. >> how do you respond to the people who say i can't afford to work on $7.25 an hour. you might be able to with minimum wage but i can't. >> i understand it. they shouldn't have to go through this. they shouldn't have to pay this price. you're a leader of a city and you pass a budget you have to follow through on it. i presented a budget that would raise taxes and that would have had the budget balanced and paid for everything. they decided, the city council, that they would borrow money. when you borrow money you live by the banking community's rules. and you have to follow what they do. to this point they've been unwilling to do that. therefore we don't have the money. my commitment is to the employees and citizens of our city to do the right thing. that's what we're trying to do. >> how long will people be paid on minimum wage in your city? how long will this last? >> well, i think we're working

very hard to honor the judge's decision because you have to follow the rule of law. but even if we do that, you still will have the $16 million shortfall that the council has given us which means you're not paying for the gas in the police cars or the tipping fees at the landfill. you know, our health care bill is about a million four a month and our tipping fees at the landfill are $60,000 a week. if you have a shortfall in your budget you will have a shortfall somewhere every week. >> all right. >> we have to make this work and we will. >> all right. mayor doherty, we'll have you to come back again and update us on how you and the city are doing. thank you for your time. really appreciate it. millions of direct tv subscribers not going to be able to watch some of their favorite channels. what's behind the blackout? up next.

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all right. some of you were up late last night watching tv and then your channels went black. >> this is a bad situation. >> like the end of civilization. >> tonight directv is getting rid of mtv. >> really? >> nickleodeon. >> what? >> we're doomed! >> comedy central. >> no! >> that's so sad. >> we see just the disturbing part again? >> bet. >> what? >> we got to stop the show. >> and more. >> all right. that's the reality for directv viewers. today the satellite provider has dropped 19 viacom channels including mtv and comedy central. alison kosic is at the new york

stock exchange. i was not one of those up late watching tv last night. i was in bed but for a lot of people this is very disturbing. tell us why this is happening and how long this is expected to last. >> reporter: this is turning into quite the cat fight between viacom andreev. viacom on its blog saying we're ready to talk any time. directv saying wait a minute. you're the ones who demanded we take those channels off. so all of this coming down to money. viacom saying that a rate increase it wants to charge directv adds up to only a couple pennies a day per subscriber but directv says wait a minute. those pennies add up to what it says amounts to a 30% increase in rates. because the two sides couldn't reach a pricing deal directv had to go ahead, drop viacom programming just before midnight. directv had previously said listen, we're willing to offer an oliver branch and continue carrying the channels while the sides duke this out but they say viacom just wasn't onboard with this. viacom saying it wants a lot more money but directv points to

falling ratings on some of the viacom networks and is trying to use it as a bargaining chip saying you can get a lot of content of your channels on netflix and online. we're not doing it. there is a stalemate. >> so this affects what, 20 million directv viewers. they can't see their favorite shows. >> right. >> isn't there a sense that directv would be afraid they'll lose a lot of subscribers if this continues? >> that is a good question. they both have something to lose. viacom has ratings to lose. directv could lose subscribers. analysts say it probably wouldn't happen right away as far as the subscribers go especially for directv, which has, you know, football around the corner and the nfl sunday ticket where you can watch any game on local football across the country on directv. that is a bonus for directv. but the problem for directv is that it just doesn't have a lot of wiggle room to compromise. remember directv is only a

television provider and doesn't have things like internet like verizon and time warner to boost the bottom line. it has to watch its pennies. one analyst says he believes directv will put some type of retention strategy in place to make sure customers don't leave but we shall see. there is only so long you can go without your favorite channels. >> all right. well said. thank you, alison. civil rights activist reverend jesse jackson is expected to speak at the rainbow push coalition, the organization's 41st annual conference, but the focus today not necessarily on the coalition but on its founder. we are waiting to see if he'll address the health of his son congressman jesse jackson jr. the 47-year-old has a mystery illness, hasn't been on capitol hill since late may. here's what elder jackson said yesterday about the condition of his son. >> rumors are flying, but without the facts.

the fact is he's under medical supervision and is right now regaining strength. >> ted, we heard from jackson there, saying that there are a lot of rumors. there's pressure now for the congressman to reveal why he's been absent here. a lot of democrats publicly demanding answers from him. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, suzanne, you're right. there are so many rumors now that it's getting out of hand where every day you are hearing something new about what may have happened to the congressman or what is ailing him at this point. people are asking for information. i'm at the rainbow push coalition conference right now. it is interesting. reverend jackson went through the back door. he never avoids cameras typically. he did today because he just didn't want to talk about it. the question is who is making the decision on what to release

and when but one thing is absolutely sure. the pressure is mounting here. not only from constituents here in chicago but also on capitol hill from democrats. >> that is absolutely right. you have his fellow illinois democratic congressman luis gutierrez who actually made a comment. i want to play that for you. >> the people of his congressional district deserve it. the people of illinois deserve it. if he is going to stand for re-election you guys are going to demand it. >> they know it's coming. do we expect that anybody is going to speak on this today? and do we expect the congressman will speak on it soon? >> well, we're getting conflicting reports. at first we were told there could be a statement from a medical professional possibly out of washington and then another sort of feedback from his office from jesse jr.'s office saying maybe it won't be today. so really there is not a lot of information out there.

senator dick durbin came out very strong yesterday saying, hey, there is a time where you do have to come out and say, what is wrong with you? because you are a public official. that's really the pressure that's being felt from the jackson camp here is because these rumors are wild in terms of all the directions they're going. people want to know which direction is the accurate one and what really has happened to the representatives. >> ted, one of the things people are talking about or speculating about is whether or not he is depressed or under some sort of stress stemming from any kind of connection to the former governor rod blagojevich who is now serving time in prison for trying to sell president obama's senate seat. is there any talk at all that that is a legitimate line of questioning, that that might be connected in some way? >> well, quite frankly that is just one of the avenues of speculation. there is talk about everything on this. there is speculation it does have to do with the

investigation, that there is a possible indictment coming down. there was even a wild rumor that he attempted suicide. it was reported by a local radio station here at wls in chicago. that came on yesterday. off the record nobody has come on the record with anything from his office to give guidance on what the situation is with the congressman. and that's really frustrating to a lot of constituents and people following this in the political world as well because, quite frankly, if he's not going to be there democrats want plan b in place as soon as possible for november. >> if you get anything more on this story appreciate it. children were dying so fast and so many. doctors didn't know why. now they actually do. a breakthrough in cambodia that may keep children alive. dr. sanjay gupta is there. my conversation with him next. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven.

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>> reporter: what we are learning over the last day is that in addition to virus 71 we talked about that yesterday, the pathogen that causes hand, foot and mouth disease there were two other pathogens found, something known as strepand something that causes deng afever. why were these pathogens so aggressive? why were they leading to the death of these children 24 hours after admission. one of the things the world health organization is pointing to is the inappropriate use of steroids in these children. steroids is a medication that is an anti-inflammatory. in someone with an infection it suppresses the immune system. it can take a dangerous infection and turn it to a

deadly one. that is the simplest and best way to put this together. that is how the mystery illness gets solved. >> what is next in terms of doctors dealing with this? >> the big thing is a message from the world health organization to doctors and health care teams around cambodia saying refrain from using steroids. i think that is a message heard pretty loud and clear. with regard to the infections themselves this is a part of the world where we saw save yn flu originate. there is going to be infectious diseases. how deadly they are obviously is the name of the game here. so in addition to not using steroids they are going to try to prevent the spread of the infection as much as possible. some of it is just simple messages, things you and i have talked about a lot even after

all of the reporting reminding people to wash their hands because hand and mouth transmission is one of the way the pathogens are spread. >> is this something that can happen in another country if the conditions were right? >> reporter: it absolutely could happen in another country. we have been talking to a lot of doctors who have looked as these things. they have seen virus 71 outbreaks in other countries. they have seen them cause dea deaths. what was quickly was how quickly and the destruction of the lungs we were seeing with this particular pathogen. it can happen. i can tell you from a contagious standpoint you can walk back some of the concerns we heard early on. it does not appear to be contagious and clustering. does not appear to be a necessity for travel warnings. there is a bit of good news in there, well-.

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international criminal court in the netherlands was set up to prosecute war criminals but it has taken ten years for the court to hand down its first sentence. yesterday it sends thomas lugonga to prison for forcing children under 15 to become soldiers. he is charged with killing 8,000 men in because nosnia 17 years

>> it took a long time for it to come in. why it takes long? who knows why the judicial process is so long? because it is international it takes more time. the idea is good and it should be better simply when a person anywhere in the world is involved in crimes against humanity that person should know that person will be judged. >> let's talk about the criticism about these cases and where they have been launched. we look at the scene set up. we have charles taylor going to prison for a special separate court. now you have yesterday. do you think that there is a bias about who is being prosecuted and who is being tried for these crimes? >> i don't think so because the very first one more were

involved in the war of bosnia and yugoslavia. >> there is no bias. i'm brooke baldwin. you got to give mitt romney some points here for certainly his boldness. he is seeding no ground to barack obama going to the president's base, black voters. the republican challenger spoke today to the annual naacp convention in houston. even the romney campaign acknowledged the long odds of winning the black vote. it is an uphill battle. it is more like a mountain. the most recent poll shows only 5% of black voters support romney compared to 87% backing

president obama. mitt romney steamed ahead with his speech today and it was going pretty well until this moment. >> i'm going to eliminate every noun essential expensive program i can find including obama care. i'm going to work at reform and save -- >> that wasn't all like that. it wasn't all boos. the romney camp is claiming there was far more agreement than animosity in that room in houston. >> you have to make your case to every single voter. we don't count anybody out. and we sure don't make a habit of presuming support. support is asked for and earned. that is why i'm here today. do these five things. open up energy, expand trade, cut the growth of the government, focus on better

educating tomorrow's workers today and restore economic freedom and jobs will come back to america and wages will rise again. job one for me will be creating jobs. let me say that again. my agenda is not to put in place a series of policies that get me a lot of attention and applause. my policy will be number one create jobs for the american people. i do not have a hidden agenda. [ applause ] and i sniet yubmit to you this. if you want a president that will make things better in the african american community you are looking at him. take a look. >> let me throw one more number at you and then we will have a conversation about that. 95% of black voters went with barack obama in 2008. romney did his best to chip away at that steady base. was the crowd really listening? let me bring in watkins.

question number one, let me look at quick unemployment rates in the country. first when you look at what president obama took office in '08 unemployment was 12.7% for african americans. now fast forward to june job numbers it is 14.4%. it is more than six points higher than the national average. when romney says life has gotten worse for blacks under president obama is he right? >> he's right according to some measures. the question really is not whether or not things have gotten worse for black america under obama because they have gotten worse for everywhere. the question is whether or not romney can do a better job. i don't think a lot of people are convinced of that. i think romney's decision to speak to the black community was incredibly bold and raises the bar in terms of making black

voters feel that there could be a home for them in the republican party. one of the biggest secrets in black america is you have millions of african americans looking for solutions. many of them have conservative values that would be at home in the republican party but don't feel welcome. >> so he made a good move but back to my question, did life get worse for african americans under president obama you said essentially yes. let me play another comment that got a bit of a better reaction from the crowd. >> any policy that lifts up and honors the family is going to be good for the country and that must be our goal. as president i will promote strong families and i will defend traditional marriage. >> so you hear some applause. he is talking marriage and families.

what cord does that strike? >> african americans are incredibly religious. one of president obama's strongest support groups are african american women who are the most religious demographic in america. when you talk about gay marriage you can't walk into a room full of church going black women and speak about gay marriage without controversy there. you can win votes out of that. the republicans are going to have to try harder and it will require a consistent determined effort to say we respect you and will listen to your agenda. there are a lot of african americans who feel that the obama administration has not responded to the agend skpau taken the black vote for granted. that doesn't mean they will vote for mitt romney. >> he can get points for stance on traditional marriage. everyone wants to talk about the economy. five ways to fix the economy during the speech today. did you -- here is what i want

to know. did you hear him talk about anything he would do specifically to put more african americans back to work? >> no i really didn't. i heard him say that he would listen to the african american community but i think specifics are certainly called for. i think when you want to appeal to black voters you have to express an interest and concern for racial inekwaubquality. you have to talk about the unemployment rate. you have to talk about specific policies. if you look at the track record of the republican party they don't have a record of doing things that are appealing to broad numbers of african americans. i believe if they keep digging home on the conservative issue with gay marriage and reproductive rights and those other things and family values you will find a lot of black voters will listen. if they feel respected they may have a chance to get their votes. >> it is more than talking about

the unemployment rate. you want to hear specifics. i know a lot of folks want specifics, as well. i want to talk about education here because i know a big part on the speech was on that. the last time he focused on that issue was when he was in the african american community in philadelphia not long ago where he was heckled. when he talks about ideas like fighting teacher's unions do you think he under cuts his own economic message to black voters by doing so? >> i don't think so. i think one of the problems that mitt romney has is that people don't believe him. >> they don't believe him because why? >> because he really doesn't have a record or a history that shows he is genuinely concerned about what happens in the black community. it doesn't look like he is serious about trying to get african americans to support him in the next election. i don't think anybody who

analyzes the numbers thinks there is going to be a significant black turnout for the republican party. you can plant the seeds that will lead to black voters feeling that they have a choice. african americans are not opposed to the idea of considering republican candidates. if this were colin powell giving the same message he could have had the same faeeffect that bar obama had on the black community because both had the same effect. >> i have to bring in the president. why is president obama skipping out on the 103rd annual naacp convention in houston? is he taking his base for granted this year? >> i will say that the answer is yes in certain contexts. >> how so? >> because black americans have given president obama a blank check. they have supported him

unconditionally without asking for much. you find that the white house when resources are limited they will tend to put their energy into stitconstituencies that ar the fence. a lot of people are disgruntled about that. being disgruntled about president obama doesn't mean you are going to vote republican but we know there is the threat of people not feeling the same energy for president obama like in 2008. that concern is real. >> the energy when you think about 2008 the energy and the enthusiasm was so pervasive and it is so lacking this year. and i'm curious what the tipping point would be for an african american voter. you saw the poles yesterday. 47% still split. what is the tipping point for african americans to say mitt romney's got my vote? >> i don't think we are anywhere near that tipping point.

i don't think that is going to happen. i think what you have in the black community is a lot of political orphans, people who don't feel a love or loyalty for either party and feel disrespected by both parties. i think the black vote is up for grabs maybe in the next election. you will see changes over the next five years. just moments ago a hearing began on the fate of the only abortion clinic in the state of mississippi. this judge set to decide whether this clinic could stay open. critics say this would absolutely threaten women's safety. this is a huge case. we are monitoring that in mississippi. a lot more happening in the next hour. >> a mother leaves her disabled daughter on the side of the road no i.d., no direction and there is nothing police can do.

i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. a scare in the air. just before landing an american flight takes a frightening turn. plus where is jesse jackson jr. he disappeared for personal reasons but some are demanding answers. history's most memorable moments on television. you may be surprised which ones didn't make the list.

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clinic will learn its fate as a new law is threatening to shut is down. the law requires abortion doctors to be board certified with privileges at local hospitals. some say the law is an attack on abortion clinics. now a judge has to decide. david mattingly is at the courthouse. >> reporter: a federal judge is hearing arguments over the new mississippi law that requires the state's only abortion clinic, the doctors there that perform the abortions that requires admitting privileges at the local hospital. the owner of that clinic says these doctors come from out of state and work here temporarily through the month and it will be difficult for them to be able to get admitting privileges at a local hospital at a timely fashion, not quick enough to satisfy the terms of the law as it is. they are worried if this law is allowed to stay in effect they

may have to shut down closing the only clinic that performs abortions here in the state of mississippi. proponents of the law claim that this law strictly wants to protect the health of women seeking abortions in this state. opponents say it is a political attempt again to attack the availability of abortion services here in mississippi regardless of how this comes out quite a few states are watching this. it is already on the books in ten separate states throughout the country. so there will be a lot of interest to see how this judge decides whether he decides to let this law stand or if he strikes it down. david mattingly, cnn, jackson, mississippi. >> we'll be watching for the judge's decision today. they thought they were going to die. next extreme turbulence during the flight from paradise to a true nightmare.

terror in the skies as really a freak pocket of turbulence has american airlines passengers fearing for their lives heading from aruba to miami violently thrown around for 15 seconds. passengers screamed. many of them not sure if they were going to make it back alive. >> just felt like a huge drop. i was watching the movie and the entire plane. >> i thought we were going to die. it was scary. >> of course i was sure that i was going to die.

>> a dozen people were injured. five of those were sent to the hospital. american airlines says nothing showed up in the radar to indicate they were in for such a bumpy ride. more news now. rapid fire. for the 33rd time house republicans vote on health care reform. it is near an end. very soon the house is certain to pass a bill to repeal obama care. the deal is dead on arrival in the senate. democratic majority is why. we are watching election year politics playing out there on thrill. we will listen in to some of the shouting very shortly. a train derailed in ohio today. take a look at these pictures from the air. this mile wide section. this is columbus evacuated after this train caught fire and an explosion rocked the area. this is the after math on fire for quite a bit of time.

these tankers burning were hauling thousands of gallons of ethanol. people miles away reported hearing the explosion. >> it was like i don't know how to describe it. it was a big boom. like boom. it was loud. we ran outside and everything was on fire. >> i was nervous. i thought i was going to die. >> i heard a big boom and then i looked up and then i just saw orange and i started freaking out. >> no serious injuries were reported but some people are still waiting to return to their homes. a car bomb explodes outside a police academy. at least ten people killed. 19 others wounded. police say a suicide bomber saw cadets leaving today and set off the blast. a plan to save spain from financial melt down not going over very well in madrid. there you have it.

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if you called in sick to work for a month without explanation would you expect to have a job when you come back. illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. has been on leave

since june 10th. he was taking a leave of absence due to a medical condition. this is a mystery. jackson has not publicly revealed what it is that he is suffering from and his colleagues are getting impatient. rick pearson is covering the story for us. first off, what are you hearing? are you hearing any kind of information about what is wrong with congressman jackson? >> the latest word we are hearing is there is a possibility that there may be a statement from his doctors today. we don't know more really from when his office released the news on june 25th that he had taken a medical leave of absence two weeks earlier. i think that is what is causing a lot of consternation. >> we are talking about the possibility of a statement not

from the congressman but from his doctors. as we await that some fellow democrats will wrestle with this. >> i think congressman jackson and his office and his family would be well advised to advise his constituents. when people get sick they miss work. everybody in america understands that. >> number two democrat in the house and dick durbin said something similar yesterday. a lot of mounting pressure on jackson, isn't there? >> it's especially interesting because yesterday hoyer said he thought that the jackson family and the congressman's office had given enough disclosure to people. quite a turn around today. >> and then in addition to that turn around jackson's office waited two weeks to tell his

constituents about his absence. was there any kind of cover up here? >> i don't know about going that far but i will say that during that time period that two week period his office did release various press releases that quoted the congressman and certainly gave the appearance that he was on the job doing the taxpayer's work. that leads to all of the skepticism. you would think as an experienced politician that this would be something that an experienced politician would try to get in front of rather than leave this feeding frenzy of rumors going on back here in illinois. >> that is probably why so many people have so many questions since he has been in office for that long. this is a big if. if this is some kind of mental or emotional exhaustion that we have to ask, does his absence have anything to do with the

fact that jackson is under an investigation as to whether he tried to buy president obama's senate seat from former governor rob blagojevich. >> there is no doubt that the years have been a difficult one for jackson going back to the morning when then governor blagojevich was arrested. congressman jackson has come under intense scrutiny just a few days before this leave was announced. it turned out that a supportive businessman who was one of those who had been said to have offered rob blagojevich's campaign up to $6 million to get that appointment he was arrested on unrelated charges to that investigation. but still arrested by a federal agent. jackson's people and lawyers say there is no connection to that at all. when you look at some of the things that have gone on over the past four years it certainly may have added into this equation of what is taking its toll on the congressman.

>> if the doctors release a statement today will you let us know? >> i will do that. >> rick, appreciate that. a mother cares for her severely disabled daughter until she can't do it any longer. she leaves her daughter in a different state at a road side bar and police say they can do nothing.

on this show it has become a mission to report the stories that we demand we can do better. and victims who have the toughest time speaking up for themselves as we have found is children. in today's case the victim isn't a child in years but it is clear she can't take care of herself. it is 19-year-old lynn cameron. she has a vocabulary in the neighborhood of 30 to 40 words. police in tennessee say on june 28th her mother left her at a bar and went back home to illinois. the mother spoke with our affiliate about why she did it. >> when i didn't get the help i needed from illinois somebody said why don't you go to tennessee. they have a good health care system. then her id card got lost and she became a jane doe. it wasn't supposed to happen that way. the thing is, we thought it

was -- we just thought it was -- she just needed to go to the bathroom. we don't drink. it's all a misunderstanding and hoopla over nothing. >> so legally she is accurate. this incident did not break laws because lynn is an adult. her mother isn't facing charges and she signed a statement declaring what lynn is now in tennessee. on the phone with me is chief of careyville police. what did eva cameron tell you as far as why she left her daughter at a bar? >> she said that she just couldn't deal with her anymore. she didn't want her and if she had to take her kentucky would be dealing with her. >> and what did you say back? we have been pointing out this

is legal. she didn't break laws because she is over the age of 18. >> that's correct. >> what did you say back when this mother said she couldn't handle her anymore? >> i believe i had to swallow my heart because it sunk. i couldn't stop her. and she signed a statement that said she wished that lynn would be awarded the state of tennessee. >> what does that mean? >> i'm assuming that it means that we take custody of her and care for her. >> back to this daughter, this 19-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy. when she came out of this bathroom left in this restaurant and the mother left, was she nervous? was she frightened? did she understand at the time that she was left?

>> no ma'am. she didn't. she has the mental capacity of i would estimate a two to three year old. she didn't know what was going on. >> so what happens to her now? >> she is in a facility that specializes in her situation. and they have been caring for her. and quite frankly i believe she is in the best place. >> took a deep breath and swallowed your heart. have you ever had something like this happen to you? >> no ma'am. myself and my chief of police, we just sit back and we scratched our heads. we cried because it's just a sad situation. what do you do? we have never seen anything like

this. we have never had anything like this. and we pray that it never happens again. >> assistant police chief stephanie smith i thank you and i'm sure many people are scratching your heads. eva cameron, the mother, told an illinois newspaper that she has another disabled child and caring for both was too much. and the story made the irking news and highlights how difficult life is for these caregivers. with that -- how can you leave your child nine or 19 or 29 who leaves a child at a bar and being a caregiver is extraordinarily difficult. >> i thought how can a mother do that to their disabled child who is an adult but really isn't an

adult. without passing judgment it is extremely difficult to care for someone like her. and to have two children like that and try to make a living at the same time it is extremely difficult. i am going to give you statistics to show the stress that caregivers are in. when you take a look one in three suffer depression. that is a very high rate, twice the rates of chronic illnesses. 55% say they have no choice but to take on this role. nothing else they can do with this person they are taking care of. >> caregiver they are giving care. who cares for them when they get help? >> you would hope that they could but it is tough. you take her situation. medicaid tends to pay -- to pay for care giving. even if she had medicaid her mom would be stuck doing the care giving by herself.

that's a difficult situation to be in. >> people who are watching and i know there are a lot of caregivers out there, where can they get information and get help? >> if you go to cnn.com we have a link to an article i wrote about how to care for the caregiver because caregivers get sick because they are giving care and they need help. >> they get lost in the equation. thank you. if you woke up this morning without your favorite tv channels you are not alone. a big corporate battle means millions of tv watchers are out of luck. is this a sign of things to come? a huge development in the hazing case involving one of america's most famous universities.

we have just learned the president of florida a and m university resigned as a lawsuit is filed against the school today for the death of a drum major during a hazing incident. why did he resign? >> i just looked at the letter. he makes no mention of the hazing incident which the family of champion says took his life. he says he is resigning and stepping down to begin his retirement but going to serve as a professor on staff. again, no mention of the -- >> the name robert champion is not in that letter.

>> or why. that comes about on the same day the family files a lawsuit. >> there has been pressure on this man really since november, since the death, the head of the band stepped aside but the president had not until now. >> had not. and then of course the timing could not be considered coincidental. what is interesting here is this lawsuit maintains that there is a long history of hazing that has taken place at this university dating back to 1983. as a result 1983, 1998, 2001, 2011 and october a couple of weeks before the november 19th incident that took robert's life. the lawsuit contends that everybody at this university knew hazing was a problem and little or nothing was done about it. >> thank you.

>> you're welcome. 20 million direct tv customers woke up with no jersey shore. no spongebob. no daily show. shortly before midnight direct tv stopped carrying nearly two dozen viacom channels all because they were unable to settle a dispute over carrier fees. we had the blackout. any agreement in sight? >> no. game of chicken going on as we speak. viacom said it is ready to talk and direct tv said we have been willing to get a deal done. this is all about money. a seven-year-old contract between both sides expired. viacom wants to raise rates to what it says is a couple of pennies. direct tv says a 30% price hike. direct tv said we are willing to

offer an olive branch and continue carrying the channels while we work this out. they say viacom wasn't on board. part of the problem is if viacom caves and lets direct tv continue with a elower price it thooz do the same thing for other providers like comcast. direct tv doesn't have a lot of wiggle room to compromise. >> making the channels go black seems so drastic. we will see if they can work something out. i'm sure people want their comedy central and mtv back. one of the dresses by the master mind of chanel, tough gig this go around. gives you an exclusive back seat pass next. would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients.

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this saturday you get to go behind the scenes of the fashion world with cnn. our alina cho gets this crazy access to designers like the arttistic director for the fashion house of chanel. >> reporter: as the only cameras allowed inside chanel's paris design studio we get a glimpse of carl laggerfield few see. the chanel maestro at work just

hours before he unveils his latest couture collection to the international press. the clothes you see here will soon be on the run way but never in a department store because they are custom made. >> made by hand and what fits like a glove. >> reporter: with the most expensive fabrics and details so intricate a single cress can take hundreds of hours to make. >> couture is the place where you hear and see it first. >> reporter: it elevates a brand like chanel even though many fashion houses lose money or break even doing it. at chanel he says couture makes money. what is the cost of a dress? >> it depends. it goes from 35,000 to 200,000.

>> for one piece of clothing. what you see on the runways is like no other. this is museum quality. >> reporter: so who is buying couture? >> and younger these days you say. >> average is 30 to 35. >> reporter: and more international. >> completely different. >> reporter: and these clients aren't discriminating. >> you put a dress on the actress for the red carpet she sees a photo of the dress they want to have the dress. >> reporter: yes because for all that money he says the client

wants a dress nobody else has. so for chanel and you what does couture represent? >> the top of crem delacrem. >> reporter: cnn, paris. >> i'm still getting over that $300,000 for a dress thing. you can watch the special. we hope you do. beautiful clothes saturday afternoon 2:30 eastern time. they are the moments that are certainly seared in your memory. major events that played out on television and kept you glued to the tv set but stayed with you as markers in your personal history. this new survey from sony electronics determined the top 20 most impactful moments on tv. these are the number five top five. number five the death of osama

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. we are back. i know you have been thinking about this. the top two most impactful moments on tv. number two when the levees broke during hurricane katrina. the number one most impactful tv moment devastation from september 11th, 2001. that number one moment no surprise. i tweeted this out and so many of you gree that 9/11 was the number one most horrible memory that you remember where you were on that day. nick tweeted this. 9/11 live on tv in my tech ed class my senior year in high school. the survey by sony and nielsen. here are a couple of others on the list. you can see o.j.'s bronco ride. number six the gulf oil spill. number nine whitney houston's death.

the assassination of john f kennedy. the oklahoma city bombing. the l.a. riots, rodney king beating and the casey anthony verdict. someone who has talked me through a number of these historic stories, larry king, host of "larry king live" on cnn. how are you, sir? >> how are you? >> i'm doing well. i remember watching you. i remember where i was watching the o.j. simpson bronco ride you were on tv for quite a while i know talking about that one. what do you remember about that? what on this list stands out to you? >> i was in washington. i was on the air just about to go off the air 9:45 on the east.

we headed the local -- suddenly they told me it was on the loose. i sat there in washington with the feed of l.a. and a map of l.a. in front of me. i knew o.j. well so i knew the participants. just as it hit midnight is when they hand cuffed him in his house. >> i remember where i was watching that play out on tv. what do you think is the common thread among all of these major, major stories that brings people with their families and their friends in front of the tv for potentially hours on end? >> that's the magic of television. it can do that and it takes you right to the moment. i guess the first ever big moment was before cable news and

before anything was of course the john f. kennedy assassination which was not live on television but the killing of lee harvey oswald was. we saw the man come from behind and shoot him in the stomach. all of that was live. it was incredible. these stories never leave you. they gravitate inside your soul. it is part of what we do. that was a momentous night because that changed it. in all of these years you are part of the scene and the public is right there with you. nothing tops 9/11. >> nothing and hopefully nothing will. you mention bobby kennedy.

there were a number of other things that happened or bits of coverage that didn't make the list. i want to look down. someone tweeted me neil armstrong's one small step not on the list. the pope assassination attempts not on the list. in terms of the entertainment world we thought it was interesting whitney houston's death made the list but michael jackson's did not. why do you think? >> that is very surprising to me. i am a music fan. i love music. i would think michael jackson's death, i think it was the bigger surprise in that it was momentous. whitney houston was big, big, big. michael jackson was bigger. i am surprised at that. >> we were surprised at that. >> michael jackson's death

surprised, shocked and hitting more of the world instantly especially young people i would say michael jackson's. >> final question to you, larry king. the future here i know so many people are getting their news from the internet. what do you think will change in terms of getting people in front of their television sets for a major moment that would take them not going to their lap tops or smart phones or to television? how might those moments be different? >> i can't predict the future. i'm joining the internet. i'm just looking at to me it is all -- as of now television is the place. you would go to television. however, with twitter and all the rest you can get it from a million sources. let's say i'm on the street now. i don't have television. i had my ipad and i connect to

it. with me it don't matter where you are you would be addressing this store aem. you could be addressing the story. the only person who couldn't would be someone driving the car would have to hear it on the radio. everyone would know it instantly through sources. it is all this incredible, what it must be to be young today. what an adventure. >> larry king, thank you so much. good luck with your internet venture, by the way. it is amazing how things are changing. larry king. thanks, larry. let's roll it. top of the next hour. hour number two. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. house republicans are forcing another vote on the president's health care reforms. this is attempt number 33 to kill obama care. in the words of a house democrat

this is their boil the bunny moment. democrats say the republicans need to move on. no points for the movie reference either. let's get to a question of why another vote to repeal obama care. it is an instant death in the senate so why do this? >> you just have to look at the calendar to answer the question. we talk about it so much now that so much of what they do particularly here in congress at this point is because of politics. if you look at the polls it shows that this country has been split along party lines since the inception of this legislation. what republicans and democrats want to do is to get out the vote and get out the base and explain how important this is. i want you to lis