>> sandra: that is us from america's newsroom. i do believe. >> bill: more to come soon. >> sandra: we'll see you back tomorrow morning. thank you for joining us. "happening now" starts right now. >> jon: and we begin wit primaries asca whichtical set the stage for the november midterms. yore excited about that, aren't you? >> melissa: always. who isn't? >> jon: a lot at stake. good morning. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. california jungle primary yielding surprising results in thes race. democratic lieutenant governor gavin newsom won by republican john cox finished a strong second. cox seeming to benefit from president trump's endorsement. >> this debate is going to set up a clear choice between venezuela which is what gavin newsom wants california to look like and the california dream restored, which is what i'm aiming to do.

>> melissa: peter doocy i live in del mar, california. always the tough assignments, peter. >> melissa, republican lawmakers in california have been trying to do something to keep voters interested in them come november. now they have another way to do it. there will be a republican on the governor's ballot who the democratic candidate gavin newsom is already trying to tie to trump. >> it look like voters will have a real choice this november between a governor who is going to stand up to donald trump and a foot soldier in his war on california. mark my words. i've never backed down from a fight. and neith you. >> reporter: but the trump endorsed john cox is already trying fact-check newsom by clarifying the origin of certain california policies. >> it wasn't donald trump that passed the sanctuary state.

gavin, you did that. you are the one that is protecting ms-13. you're the one that is making our communities less safe. >> reporter: this morning president trump tweeted this. "great night for republicans. congratulations to john cox on a really big number in california. he can win. even fake news cnn said the really big, much bigger than they thought possible. so much for the big blue wave. maybe a big red wave. working hard." there was a primary printing problem that kept some voters ty and there were concernles about the impact that it had on close contestsre, particularly if people walked away from the 1,500 precincts affected without casting provisional ballot. it was a long night for the l.a. county registrar but a night of relief in orange county for democrats who believed they were danger of finishing too low to qualify

for the november midterm in places like the republican congressman rorabach district where it appears that the second and the third place are democrats. the parodied not get -- the party did not get locked out of any house races anywhere in california so they don't have to take stop off the roadmap as they attempt to retake the house in november. melissa? >> melissa: peter doocy, thank you so much. >> jon: the fired deputy director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe is seeking an immunity deal in exchange for his congressional testimony on the handle og of the clinton -- handling of the clinton e-mail allegation and he could face charges over allegation he leaked information to media and lied about it. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live with that. john? >> john: jon, good morning. specifically the former deputy director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe is asking for something use immunity in exchange for his testimony

before the senate judiciary committee. he has been called to testify on the clinton e-mail probe but he is facing criminal fer fro department justice inspector and anything he says in the committee could be used against him if there is a criminal case. use immunity does not protect him from prosecution. but what it does do is prohibit the prosecutors from using anything that he tells the committee in a future criminal case. basically it's like whatever he tells the committee, he never said anything under use immunity. in a letter to chuck grassley, mccabe's attorney writes, "this is a textbook case for granting use immunity. he has a legitimate fear of criminal prosecution based on the criminal referral that has already been made, the irregularities in the process by which he was terminated and the proper command influence that continues to be exercised by the president of the united states." but grassley, himself, is looking for some assurances

that granting usemmunity wi worth it. in response writing, "before even beginning to consider whether to initiate that process, the committee wld need to know a lot more about the anticipated scope, nature and extent of the testimony. the committee could thenformalle department to solicit its views before deciding whether to proceed formally." mccabe attorney responding to that saying, "mr. mccabe is in no position to describ the scope, nature and extent of his testimony. that depends entirely on the questions you and other members of the committee choose to ask him." so a lot of back and forth there. but the threat, jon, is if mccabe does not receive use immunity the senate judiciary committee he may just when he goes up to capitol hill to to them. >> jon: what a development. keep an eye on that, obviously. the president also is coming out against the media in defense of his wife, john?

>> john: yeah. there has been speculation about the whereabouts and the status of melaniamp after she went to walter reed medical center for the kidney embolization procedure. she was out of public view for more than two weeks but she di attend a gold star families event with the president on monday. she is accompanying him up fema for his annual hurricane briefing later on this afternoon. the president taking a shot at the news media for what he terms rank tweeting this morning that the fake news media has been so unfair and vicious to my wife and our great first lady melania in her recovery from surgery. they reported everything from near death to facelift to left the white house and me for new york or virginia to abuse. all fake. she is doing really well." it will be as far as we know, though, the first time has left the white house complex since returning from walter reed. we will bring you pictures later today. >> jon: john roberts, chief white house correspondent.

thank you. >> melissa: turn back to the andrew mccabe story now. bring in john mccormick for "weekly standard." you for joining u the fact that mccabe wants immunity seems to indicate that he is very nervous about something embarrassing or possibly illegal coming out. is there another explanation? >> that is possible. the other possibility as his lawyers say they are just covering their bases. he is just protecting his clients. they say that there is nothing tohis, the allegations and that they want to protect their client. there is something to the allegations. it comes out of an inspector general's report. this is inspector general appointed by barack obama. so whatever allegations here that president trump has been hostile to mccabe, that is true. but these allegations here, the criminal referral, it comes from an inspector general's report. the inspector general was appointed by president obama. they are rightly worried that something he says here in congressional testimony could be used in a criminal

proceeding. there is also a secondary issue here about a non-disclosure agreement mccabe signed with the f.b.i. his lawyer says hey, you need to settle this with the f.b.i. whets nisclosure agreement is binding or not. chairman grassley says that these are legal non-disclosure agreements because the federal carve-out for congressional oversight. >> melissa: yeah. i mean grassley goes on to say that, you know, it's against federal law for the f.b.i. to muzzle its employees in terms of speaking to congress. not only that, using funds in order to draft or enf n.d.a. is also illegal. it's not the first time he said that, though. does that get traction? >> you know that will be something that will be resolved in the next couple of days. one of interesting questions that could be resolved by the testimony is the fact that mccabe continues to assert there are e-mails that show former director comey was he leaks before they

took place. comey has said he was not aware and it's interesting to get to the bottom of tha able to do that or not is a big outstanding question. >> melissa: comey was under oath when he said he not aware, right? >> i believe so. i know he said it in interviews. i don't recall whether that was also said under oath. >> melissa: i think he said it to congress as well. what would the implication of that be if, in fact -- i mean i know on one hand he will say this guy, the inspector her things. he is lying about this, too. on the other hand, you know, that would be of mccabe. on the other hand, comey himself has changed his story on things in a lot of people's eyes. who do you think would win no, he's lying between the two? >> there are e-mai thill eventually come out. either mccabe or comey will come out looking not very good unless there is a vague reference to something where there was an honest misunderstanding. i don't know. that seems hard to believe. but you need to get to the documents at the end of the

day. whether or not this committee will be able to uncover them. that is unclear. grassley said the committee is open to granting immunity. i would take two-thirds vote among the members of the committee. they just want, as john roberts thoroughly explained there is back and forth about what exactly the scope and the nature of the hearing would entail. >> melissa: interesting. we will stay on top of it. thank you. >> k you. >> jon: right now in washington, d.c., they are commemorating 74 years since nearly 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches at normdy. and really a 50-mile stretch of the french coast. it is the largest amphibious invasion in world history. we are marking 74 years since the d-day invasion today. more events comin up. we will have them for you h onppening now." >> melissa: voters just had their say about the judge behind a highly controversial sentence that is also seen as

an electores ofhe #metoo movement. what they decided to do. plus, capitol hill will be crowded this august after a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell canceled most of the summer recess. what w behind that move? high protein to help get us moving. in just 2 weeks. i'll take that. ensure high protein, with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure®

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i have canceled theugust recess. we have a lot of important work to do as a of unprecedented oon. i hope we will greater coopion but everybody anticipate that we will be here as i a today. >> jon: that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's explanation for his decision to call off most of the august to tackle key bills before the f the fiscal year. but the move a will keep vulnerable democrats off the campaign trail right before the november mid-terms. let's talk about the reasoning here with jim kessler, former legislative director for chuck schumer the cofounder of third. and mark lauder former press cretary to mike pence. most americans want the elective represents to --

elected representatives to work as hard as they do and most people don't get to take the month of august off. pplaud t senate will lose most of the august recess? >> well, you work when you go home. not all of it is washington. but i want to say the senate has cast 116 roll call votes thus far this year. that is less than o day that has nothing to do with democratic obstructionism. that is because this is professional thumb-twiddling going on in washington. this is politics. senator mcconnell doesn't want democrats home campaigning which is hard work, important work because there are a lot of democrats in states that donald trump has won. this is a political move. this isn't about getting things done. if it was, the house wouldn't be taking its five-week recess. >> jon: mark, you heard senator mcconnell there saying that this isll about obstruction, that he feels democrats have obstructed important legislation. and he is going to basically hold them in town, hold their

feet to the fire and try to get stuff on capitol hill. >> he is absolutely right. the senate democrats slow-walke for governm that the mitted. there are hundreds of people waiting to go through the confirmation process. also, let's not forget we are nearing the end of the fiscal year by that point. the senate will have to take up the approach ration bills. unlike in the past this president says i am not going to sign any more of the massive omnibus bills with reckless out-of-control spending, which means the senate will have to do its work passing the 13 individual appropriations bills. that will keep them busy in august. >> jon: to your point that the democrats won't on the campaign trail, republicans won't be on the campaign trail either. dot leave them on equal footing? >> it doesn't in the senate because there are ten democrat senators running in the states that donald trump won and only one republican senator running

in the state that hillary clinton won. in the house it' the reverse. a lot of the hou republicans are running in districts that hillary clinton has won and that is why in the house they are going home. i want to sayomething about the judge's nomination. i saw a tweet from donald trump saying they have confirmed more judges than any president in history so somebody is doi some work o judges there. >> jon: jim, your point is that you think that if they do -- >> political move. >> jon: i'm sorry. mark, this is for mark. if they do keep the senate in session through the month of august, they will be able to fix some of the fiscal ills that this country is notorious for, for decades? >> i think they will get a good start on it. but let's face the reality. good policy leads to good politics. every day the democrats are back here in washington havingay they are showing how out of touch they are with the president's agenda and with the agenda of the people that

they represent back home. so when it comes to appropriation bills you know chuck schumer and the democrats in the senate want more spending, which is not going to jivet the voters want back home. if they block more and more confirmations or play games th it, it just shows how out ome.ouch they are with the >> jon: mark, as a even ra, you like keeping -- as a republican, you like to keep the senate in session? >> i do. we need to keep moving forward with the president's agenda and i know how the democrats are going to react. they will show how out of touch they are to make it easier in november for republicans. >> jon: jim, isn't it a chance for the democrats if in fact the american people love the democrat agenda? isn't this a chance for them to show what they want to get done? >> in august, maybe the republicans will the repeal and replace and maybe the democrats will try to do fixes to obamacare. but on the budget appropriation bills it would be great if they got them done but we already have an agreement on t overall

spending on the appropriations bills so there is n wiggle room on how much is going to spent. so that was settled long ago. they already have an agreement on that. mitch mcconnell has the right to do this. he has a right to keep people there. he knows it helps them because democrats want to be back home. let's not pretend, let's not spin it as anything other than that. it's a political move. it's his right to do it but not his right to win the spin on this. >> jon: all right, jim and mark, good discussion. thankou. elissa: a gro senators cautioning president trum not to russian into easing sanctions on north korea ahead of the summit with kim jong un. why they are doubtful the kim regime is serious about getting rid of the nuclear program. plus a wild scene after the police caught one a runaway armored vehicle. wow! how did it end up there? next. hi i'm joan lunden.

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>> jon: a suspect accused of stealing an armored military vehicle is arrested after chase.han a doz police cars chased the vehicle through the streets of richmond yesterday at speeds of about 45 miles per hour. authorities say the driver stole it from a virginia national guard base. he was taken into custody when the chase finally ended near nd city hall. the police have not yet identified therir. >> melissa: a bipartisan group of senators warning president trump not to appease kim jong un just to get him to the negotiating table. this comes less than one week before the president much anticipated meeting with the north korean leader. lawmakers questioning whether the u.s. is already conceding too much to the kim rege.

colorado senator corey gardner saying he is not sure that kim is serious about giving up his nukes. >> our goal in this meeting and the sgapore summit must the complete complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the nuclear of the korean peninsula. we hope that this will result in peace on the peninsula. the singapore summit, all the eyes of the world are on it. >> melissa: joining us now. the former state department senior adviser and both the trump and the george w. bush administrations. thank you for joining us. what do you think of the response you just heard? >> well, i think this stems from a hearing yesterday on capitol hill. senator gardner i think is stating the trump administration's policy which is the complete verifiable, irreversible end to north korea's nuclear weapons program. there are some other senators who are trying to erect high hurdles to hopes of calling whatever comes out of the

summit a failure but gardner is stating the concerns that the white house has had since it took office. >> melissa: yeah. it also strikes you as you hear the back-and-forth from the folks thatf we left them in charge oft there might not be a summit. i heard som say yesay is is a group that would litigate and question their way out of even having the meeting. do you think that is a fair charge? >> i think so. some of these requirements they have put on, which is ironic because the democrats are demanding things that they did not demand of president obama in his negotiations with iran. en to enrichment, no sunset of an agreement, complete removal of the nuclear material, et cetera, et cetera. it's important and i thi is a kf the trump's approach to north korea and his approach to diplomacy to get in usuickerhat involves the leaders. the decision-makers. the only people who can make the decisiogarding north korea d u.s. policy are kim jong un and donald trump. getting to that negotiation quicker is bet

>> melissa: what do you thins app to obviously they want something in return for getting rid of the nuclear weapons if they do it. what would be appropriate? >> i think if basically, if what happens, secretary pompeo thought that he thinks the north koreans might be contemplating a different path. a fundamental changif that is ra aphere nof minds in singapore, korea does real thing gives up real things and then yhave ac sanctions. that is the way north korea begins to integrate with economy. that's different from the other approach to give things that are monetized. basically thees exchange for gettingo table which trump is not going. >> melissa: yeah. ultimately do you think that will be effective? do you think that this approach -- it seems like it's been effective unless it's a hoax. >> it's a coin toss. rump cance the summit atnent when it

looked like north koreans were jerking us around. it could go either way. could be fiveinutes or it couldea to something. you saw in north korea that he sacked the three most senior military advisers ws a sign he is trying to overcome the dissent from the regressive part of his government and he mant to do something real. >> melissa: how long do you think it would possibly take to get -- i know a lot of people are saying kim jong un wants to drag it o through the whole admistration and into the next one. how mh do you think that president trump could speed up the process reasonably? >> it's hard to say but it could say years. it's not as easy as dismantling libya's nuclear program that was a rudimentary uranium based program. you have all the complex and be turned to plutonium 239 for example and all of

material would have to come t. all the ura lccounting. this is a multistep process and i could m sessions. so it could take multiple years. >> melissa: christian whiton, thank you. >> thank you. >> jon: we take you to washington where a ceremony is underway marking the 74th anniversary of the d-day invasion. they are laying a wreath there at the national world war ii memorial. on the mall, the national mall in washington. remembering the almost 9,000 allied soldiers killed or woundedur the iasion along the beaches of normandy. it's the invasion that ultimately turned the tide of the war. pushed back the german invasion of france and led to the allied victory. what an incredible achievement by those greatest generation of americans. who stormed the beaches at normandy to withering german fire. that was 74 years ago today.

>> melissa: all right. hundreds of homes now destroyed since the kilauea volcano started eruptg a month ago. the danger intensifies as lava nears the shore. plus, new revelations about a demoted f.b.i. official. what we are leaing now about per role in the clinn e-mail investigation. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasacongesti, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase.

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>> melissa: hawaii facing its most destructive day since the kilauea volcano began erupting on the big island last month. hundreds more homes were destroyed overnight. state officials are working hard to coordinate evacuation efforts. >> the eruption continues. we are monitoring activity. operations are still ongoing as far as watching vulnerable communities tant roads out there. assisting folks in he covering what they -- recovering whatever they can. >> melissa: we are joined now from hawaii. what is it like there now? >> this is incredible to see how fast the devastation here on the big island can change so far. we are hearing about the numb oomes destroyed tripled. they are warning that the volcano is not over yet.

this tells a story of how fast the situation is changing. you can see lava approaching the bay in the first one. that is from sunday. two days later, just yesterday it's now full of lava. it's literally changing the coastline of hawaii. hundreds of homes destroyed but man tho who evuated are not sure if they're among those who lost everything. >> it's heart-breaking because we built our dream home there. now everything is brown and dead now. the gates are starting to sag. the mostive fissure. the lava fountains are in the air t push out the hottest lava recorded on earth. lava.uare miles are covered nation hee andhe hawai severaleeks worth of work to tell people to prerare and evacuate. as a result -- prepare and evacuate. we are getting reports of only

one injury in the eruption and no reported deaths. >> melissa: all right. thank you for that report. stay safe. >> jo fox new alert. fox news is learning demoted f.b.i. agent peter strozk may have had a larger role in the clinton and russia investigation than previously known. this is as republicans press top f.b.i. officials for more information about the probe. let's bring in ari fleischer, the former press secretary for george w. bush and fox news contributor. peter strozk was dumped from theller investigation team when it turned out he had a romantic relationship with another person who worked at the f.b.i. e didn't play a hugestion role in either investigation. now we're finding out he was fairly central to the e-mail prnd russia

investigation. ari? >> that is one of the reasons i think that bob mueller got of him. he gotend put down under the personnel desk at the f.b.i. we need to figure this out. that is my bottom line. it's so hard to know all the facts of this, particularly through the congressional investigation. the inspector general at the f.b.i. is the one we are waiting f he will have the full report of what went right and wrong in the hillary clinton. i suspect it's a bad hair day for peter strozk when it happens. >> jon: strozk, we know that james comey who was then the director of the f.b.i. was drafting his controversial statement -- it came out in may -- when he exonerated hillary clinton and called her extremely careless, rather than reckless. he tone down the language of the speech but did so before he even spoke to hillary clinton and peter strozk was all part of the investigation.

>> yeah, look, i go into this pretty much as an institutionalist. i like to believe in the f.b.i. what is alternative to think after a review they got it wrong. do with that? the more you read you have to wonder if there was ever a rious investigation into hillary clinton. one of the e-mails that come out from peter strozk and his lover was an e-mail saying that we all know that hillary clinton is it no going to get indicted. that was something that was months before the conclusion was reached. you have to scratch your head at the manner which the b. investigated hillary, exonerated hillary and the manner that james comey took it upon himself to make the report instead of letting the department of justice decide whether or not to indict hillary clinton. everything about it seems suspect now. i'm glad the i.g. is looking into it. it's really the only fair way to get to the bottom of these things.

we just have to wait to see what he says. >> jon: guy who had your job, josh ernest made the announcement from the obama administration that hillary clinton was not a target of an f.b.i. investigation. that caused peter strozk to write a note to his then mistress saying that white house can do whatever it wants. but there is a line they need noninterference.ard to he seemed to be disappointed in what josh ernest had said because he felt the white house was maybe portraying its hand. l, not only that, jon, but remember, president obama himself came out and said he didn't think hillary violated any laws, that hillary didn't do anything wrong with the e-mail. if barack obama were donal trump, the wte hou press corps would have pounded him for that statement. but they just kind of dutifully mentioned it and moved on to another story. and this is part of the double standard you see in the way

the press treated no scandal in the obama administration and the press accept versus how they cover trump. it should have been a scandal when the president put his finger on scale of justice. >> jon: you say that congress doesn't seem in your view to hav a chance of investigating this. or do you think the i.g. should come out first and congss buildn that? >> i think if you look at the experience of the investigations over so many years there is so much noise and blame opposed to fact finding. harder to knohat took ace tha what it is from a quiet, private i.g. investigation where he is diligently doing his work. part of the problem is the partisan politics are so bad and they are not good investigators. that you get each side to take shots at one another and you don't know as a civilian, as a

journalist what all the facts are. the i.g. can give us that better than anybody. some republicans think you need a special counsel to investigate because there were other facts that the state department that the other government agencies might have that f.b.i. inspector general cannot get access to. i want to wait to see what the i.g. has. >> jon: the president has charged that the f.b.i. planted a spy inside his campaign. do you think it goes that far? >> this is important. when did the investigation of donald trump's campaign begin? who authorized it? did president obama know about it? did he authorize it? it depends what side of the investigation you are on. if you are on the receiving end, they are spying. if you're on the government end you call it using . they areh accurate. but we know the informant, we seem tnow informants were used prior to the opening of the f.b.i. investigation. jon, from my time in government, i cannot imagine the f.b.i. putting informants in an opposing presidential

campaign without clearance from the white house. i can't imagine the white house doing it without the president's say-so. you have to learn the facts. rel that is relevant -- that is relevant. >> jon: scary stuff. ari fleischer, thank you. >> melissa: strong finished for tru-backed candidate in deep blue state. jim cox winning the spot for the california's governor race so can republicans avert a blue wave in the golden state come november? i've always been about what's next. i'm still giving it my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. your doctor tells you to,ng s as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke.

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>> melissa: now to the lesson learned from the california primary. john cox won a spot on the ballot in the governor's race setting up a face-off with democrat gavin newsom. cox's strong finish raising hopes for the g.o.p. in a state democrats hoped would put them back in control of the house in november.

but mccarthy says resavenm in >> seven month in the last 50 years unemployment was below 4%. we did that for the last two months. if you look at starting asmal be highest level that people think the opportunity is now. >> melissa: joins you now is larry sabado. thank you for joining us. what do you think of what kevin mccarthy said there? >> well, look, that is what the republicans will use along th the tax cut bill to tell is candidates. california is a blue state. you don't need a blue wave for california to vote democratic. you know the slogan, "politics makes for strange bedfellows." two people above all that wanted cox to get the second slot for california governor. president trump who wanted to draw out more republicans in november by having a republican at the top of the

ticket. and gavin newsom, the mocratic lieutant governor who won the other slot for governor. he was worri about rning against another democrat who might actually beat him in november he wanted a republican to run against. last night, both parties got what they wanted. that is a good thing. >> melissa: this is the one me everye is claiming a victory and it's accurate. >> yes. >> melissa: do you think cox has a chance to win the state? >> i think we learned after w thehat anybody who is on urces and i think cox certainly has resources -- has a chance to win. i'm sure he would agree that california is a tough, tough, tough state for a republican to win. now you know strange things happen. maybe something strange will happen. but you assume in the beginning democrats will do well in california. >> melissa: did he have a stronger night than you expected, cox? >> yes, he did. he clearly got the second slot. a lot of the top two races you

end up with the second person competing by 1,000 votes or 2,000 votes with another candidate. he ver clearly and squarely placed second. that is a good jumping off point for the general election. >> melissa: if you look at the numbers with dianne feinstein and she took the top spot with 43% of the vote. kevin de leon far left of feinstein came in second. he only had 10% of the vote. a huge gap there. and the difference between him and the republican that came in thirdy 2%. does that speak to how strong that dianne feinstein has been in the state? >> i think it is a bit of both but more the latter. dianne feinstein is providing alternate definition of optimism. running for six-year term as 85 years old. that is great.

we wish her good health for a long time. she is very, very strong. interestingly the other candidate i far to the ft i'l you right now because you only have two choices. you only have two choices. feinstein and kevin de leon. i bet a good number of republicans will vote for dianne feinstein because they don't want kevin de leon. >> melissa: that is interesting. so we saw california and the state legislature they lost the super majority. do you make anything of that? >> well, there is a significant thing there. the agenda for the legislature is sparse to say the least for the rest of the year. but there is something significant there. why did the state senator lose? >> melissa: yeah. >> why was he recalled? he w recalled because he voted for that recent gas stags increase. i think it was 12 cents a gallon. a substantial increase. voters don't like that. i'm sure coxther

republicansandidate will seize on in california. >> melissa: that is weird we have to be taught again that voters don't want to be taxed to death. it's shocking. not. >> it's fundamental but we lose sight of the fundamentals frequently. >> melissa: thank you for your insight. uroke it down for us fantastically. thank y. >> thank you. >> jon: could it be the city of the future? the community soon to be home to hundreds of people that powered completely by solar energy. well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-ck... that's when you know, it's half-washed.

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