so, romneycare, andrea, how is that working out for him? >> andrea: not so well.ould point out the exchanges that leavitt was talking about aren't working out very well for utah either. so it's strange he is doing that, but not so strange because i believe he is trying to get his guy -- >> dana: why isn't it working? the people aren't able to see a doctor, the cost keep going up? >> andrea: absolutely. the same thing happening in massachusetts. massachusetts has been a cost containment nightmare and they have been forced to implement price controls. one of the issue is massachusetts had the lowest number of uninsured in the country. right? they had 94% of people who were insured. 6work were not. why not deal with the 6%? romney wanted to be historic. he had had to mandate that everybody go into romneycare. the biggest issue is they didn't have the guts in massachusetts just like president obama to make the penalty for signing up, greater than the actual premium. what you have in massachusetts is a bunch of people are getting sick. they're just signing up when they

andrea, any stitches or scars? >> andrea: i wasn't allowed to go playground.f you want to talk tough. >> dana: uphill, both ways. >> andrea: stick hand in boiling water, dishwasher, clean the tables no excuses. the kids today don't want to do any work. >> bob: bring the gun. >> greg: talk about the bull attacks? candidate for mayor of baltimore is introduced -- it's otis rally. otis rally i think. he wants to put a bullet tax, dollar per bullet if you buy a bullet you pay $1 tax. and says it will reduce violence. >> dana: who in baltimore buys a bullet legally? have you been there? >> greg: no, i stay away. i've seen "the wire." enough for me. >> dana: a nuisance tax. tax on a cat or bullet. >> bob: i thought we resolved this yesterday. n.r.a. would give everyone chihuahuas and save them. the more the bullet tax, less bullets around people won't pay for it. daps right. >> eric: i think there should be bullet subsidy. the only one i'm for. >> andrea: why? >> eric: i'm for is second amendment right to keep and bear arms. if you want a gun -- >> bob: a bullet? >>

>> andrea: oh, boy. follow -- >> he killed all his wives in chicago. >> greg: allegedly. >> kimberly: allegedly. you don't drown in a dry bathtub. >> bob: i know people have. >> kimberly: in a dry bathtub. >> greg: that was last night. >> bob: i seen people do that. >> andrea: you've seen it? >> bob: no. let's move on. i still don't know who the guy is. i thought we were talking about a baseball player. >> andrea: we're happy. >> kimberly: we don't talk about casey anthony until next week. >> bob: never. please. >> kimberly: bob, happy ending. coming up on "the five" are the n.f.l. owners and players making their way to the end zone with lockout negotiations? and later, we'll talk about friends with benefits. it's linked to communist, bob. according to one celebrity, maybe you can name her. trust me, don't want to miss a moment of the discussion when "the five" continues. ♪ ♪ >> bob: it looks like the n.f.l. season and most of the preseason games have been saved. the players union and owners settled on t

>> andrea: i do. >> greg: malfunction of the alarm system. >> andrea: we need you to do a quick changeon of privacy. >> kimberly: it is. >> juan: we will give you more of this and more of bob beckel in his shorts when he comes back on "the five." stay with us. i ate breakfast and got heartburn, third day this week. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then? unless we eat later, then pill later? if i get a snack now, pill now? skip the snack, pill later... late dinner, pl w? aghh i've got heartburn in my head. [ male announcer ] stop the madness of treating frequent heartburn. it's simple with prilosec otc. one ll a day. twenty-four hos. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. >> greg: grover norquist on gitmo. privacy. sometimes privacy is good and sometimes it's bad. i love this idea, a new app called bar space. where you can install cameras in bars and nightclubs and stream video live through a free iphone app so when you are home and want to figure out where you are going you can get on here, find a bar. see if

come down. >> andrea: why?bob: you're yelling at me. >> andrea: poor bob. >> you don't chew nails for breakfast. >> eric: what is going on? >> bob: part of the reason that the democrats are coming down in the medium is they are running in resistance among democrats on real cuts in the social security and medicare, which include by the way, changes in inflation on social security and maybe the age. other thing on the house side, cantor has broken ranks with the tea party people. they're trying to count heads. they have two problems. the far left of the democratic party not willing to go along with the entitlement cut. the far right tea party people are not going with the tax piece in the end they will have a vote and it will be clear by three or four votes in both chambers. >> eric: allow me to say this is the -- we are played for the fools. biggest scam on the american people ever. moody's met today with the g.o.p. freshmen, the tea party. they said don't raise taxes. so all of a sudden moody's meets with them?

. >> good day i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. well, the jobs we begin with that surprisingly dismal jobs report along with the rising unemployment rate, private sector jean-bertrand growth has essentially come to a stand still. cnbc senior economics reporter. steve, just what is your take away from these numbers today? >> it was a terrible, terrible report with absolutely no silver lining that anybody could see. one economist used three words to describe the report, he said it was weak, weak and weak. another used two words they were unmitigated disaster. let me just give you some of the numbers. the 18,000 payroll numbers was -- they were expecting 125,000, what was worse, andrea, was they revised back the prior two month and got rid of 100 job in addition to that. part of what's going on is declines in the government workforce at the state and local level something like 39,000 government jobs were lost in the month of june and 48,000 the month before that. >> given those revisions is that a hiccup or the possibility of a double

>> it's good to be with you, andrea. i think where we are right now is congress has to go through the next day. the house is going to have to take up the bill that they know sun acceptable to us and i believe is unacceptable to the senate. then the house and the senate will have to compromise. as the president said last night that's what the american people expect all of us in washington to do. >> an article today about the president's warning said the administration may have made a tra steejic mistake in warning too soon that the market would react negatively. it undercuts the government's negotiations position. is august 2nd real seasoned do you have a risk of sounding as though you're crying wolf because so far nothing's happened, it's been a nonevent on the markets? >> august 2nd is very real. if you look at the markets we never predicted a day when things would change. one thing is clear, if the markets believe that this is not going to get resolved, nobody should feel comfortable that they could live with the conse

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>> you're right, andrea. is every state but two has been in the process of cutting now for a couple of years, and so as we have done so, we have really stretched ourselves about as thinly as we can. now we're hearing ideas coming out of congress that are suggesting quote, a blended rate for medicaid. what we think that's code for is nothing more than more cuts to us. meanwhile, we've got people coming on our caseload in numbers that have never been before because obviously, people are losing their jobs and are without any revenue. so what we did is we wrote to the president, to the members of congress, and said engage, involve the governors. we will help you meet the task at hand but don't just cut us because we're in a fragile state of recovery. we can't just turn away indigent people and not provide them health care, and we cannot trip ourselves back into another recession. if these debt discussions do not result shortly in success, i fear that's going to be the result to our respective states. >> we're hea

you know the situation here, andrea.ing closer and closer to a moment that is critically important to the country. and so there are a lot of talks underway. i think increasingly there is the understanding that just kicking this can down the road another time is not going to work. that doing the kinds of things that are necessary are going to take time. that means there needs to be a downpayment. that also means we're going to need some additional time to do fundamental tax reform. reform of the entitlements to get a package as big as what is required. we cannot be dealing with the package speaker's talking about $850 billion. we've got to have a package of at least $4 trillion at the end of the day. >> senator, if there's progress on these talks -- if there's some progress on these talks should the president sign a short-term deal, a brief extension while this comes together why this tries to gel? >> no. i don't think that's the first preference. that would create more uncertainty in the markets. i don't think that's the

>> hey, andrea. we've declared a severe weather alert day because the potential for severe weather is happening and we'll see it happening later today. out to the far west of us, it will slowly make its way here. let's take a look at the tower cam where you can see outside, it looks hazy. this is the calm before the storm. you look outside, you might see some cloudy conditions. it is muggy. where are the storms happening? don't let that fool you. later this afternoon, it can get pretty tough for a lot of folks, especially during the evening commute. let's take a look at our day planner for today. temperatures around mid-80s by 6:00 with scattered showers and thunderstorms. and then that threat does continue through this evening until 9:00, 10:00 or so. currently, cloudy conditions. 83 degrees. here is a look at the flood watch. the flash flood watch has started now, will go through late tonight, the areas you see shaded in green. we're worried about a lot of rain in a short amount of time which can c

andrea and jessica, over to you. >>> three u.s. senators are spending their independence day in afghanistan. >> they are raising doubts about withdrawing troops from the country. >> the president's plan calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year, and another 23,000 gone by the end next summer. >> i hope that it will work out but it is certainly depriving us of the necessary troops that we need for the second fighting season. >> we don't succeed here, and the taliban come back into power, and we will be attacked again. >> the senators met with avenue -- met with the afghan president last night. the first troops will be coming home later this month with the president's plan. >>> the portapotties are lined up, and the security check points will soon be manned along the national mall. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the festivities in the nation's capital. surae chinn has advice for you. >> reporter: happy 4th of july for you. it's going to be a big celebration. it's quiet now, but you can imagin

>> sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt you, andrea. since we're in the middle of these conversations right now, i just don't think it's in our interest to sort of speculate what our fall-back plan is going to be. no offense. i just don't think it's good to negotiate through the media as we're trying to get significant spending cuts to deal with this issue. there are lots of different fall-back plans that are being offered out there. i assume that there will be a fall-back plan in place. what that's going to be or what we want to agree to, it's not in our interest to say that right now. but i do believe that we will have cooler heads prevail and prevent a default from happening, and i don't think it's a lot to ask for when government spending is going up at a pace we haven't seen since world war ii, to ask to reduce some of that spending. i just don't think that's asking a lot. >> what david brooks wrote last week, interestingly, and certainly some republicans took note of it because david brooks is well known and well respected in repu

>> thank you, andrea. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, we have a verdict and at 2:15 we will hear the verdict of the casey anthony murder trial. and we have reports from kerry sanders standing outside of the orlando courtroom. and kerry, let me get an update on how the jury deliberated. this is the first few day and as you recalled less than 11 hours, people are stunned, the twitter and facebook and phonelines and people are stunned that we have a verdict in the high-profile case. >> and so we have seven women, and five men who returned to the room, elected a foreman and as you noted in 11 hours according to my math came back with a verdict. when george and cindy anthony were notified, they made their way into the courthouse, and of course, as you can imagine, because of their roles in all of this, the cameras surrounding them and cindy anthony angry and pushing and pushing until she got into the courtroom. we can see them now seated in the courtroom and george anthony there, and it is a gut-wrenching experience not

satellite and radar, the big storms that andrea was talking about. big hail, and a lot of trees down. g.w. parkway got hit hard, and thankfully this morning, it's all gone. 60s in the mountains, low to mid-70s around here right now. temperature officially at 74. skies are cloudy this morning with a south westerly wind at 6 miles an hour. a muggy morning with the dew points in the upper 60s. clusters of storms through the front of the ohio valley. headed into the tennessee valley later on and into here. showers and storms to the northwest. we can in the rule this out later this afternoon. slides to the south, mainly to the south of washington. we may see a few to annapolis or washington. we will slide this south and east of us. by 9:00, it's pushing away from us. far better shape. tuesday and wednesday looking good. the next 3 days, temperatures today in the lower 90s. again, a few storms in virginia opposed to maryland. upper 610s to -- 60s and lower 70s. stray storm mainly in the mountains. thursday and friday, back in the 90s. not much of a change

great. >>> welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports."n is co-founder and editor-in-chieff of the "huffington post," and joins me fresh from moderating a panel downstairs on the obama presidency and you ran up the stairs and avoided the applause and the people trying to shake your hand, so thank you for that. >> thank you. >> and what is the state of the obama presidency? downstairs the people here, and certainly represent his base. his more liberal or progressive base, and are people feeling okay or disappointed or want to see more? >> well, the discussion which was with the great harvard professor and jeffrey rosen seemed to suggest that the american dream is in disarray, and over 24 million people unemployed or underemploy and the foreclosures and the kids who graduated from college and can't get jobs, and so they very good at articulating the problems and positioning them in terms of morality and basic american principles, but when it comes to policy, and legislation, he is constantly being outmaneuvered by the republicans, so he give

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chris: andrea, i hear something there that's powerful. it's connecting the regular people, the base of the country, the regular people and their sense of conservative history, their conservative view of history. >> i think you're absolutely right. there's a new pugh poll that says people do not want to see their medicare, social security, i mean, not surprisingly, they don't want to see their benefits cut. they don't want to see tax increases. the majority of people in this country are not willing to do the things that john boehner is now prepared apparently to do, that the president wants us to do, that leadership arguably needs to do to get past this crisis. michele bachmann really has her finger on that pulse. she has put up a new ad in iowa, which says, i will not vote for a debt ceiling. chris: no matter what. >> even if it has all of the cuts that republicans want. she is taking it one step further and she is really in tune with the majority of the people, whether they understand the facts or not. chris: that's iowa. it's the religi

zbld day, i'm andrea mitchell live on capitol hill today. the president is going to hold a white house meeting with democratic leaders less than two hours from now. this after a gang of six made an 11th hour pitch to save budget talks. senate leaders say it may be too little too late. with us senators. thanks so much. a number of republicans have now come on board and endorsed the idea of some revenue measures, some of the proposals the ideas in the gng of six as a starting point. lamar alexander came on board. what say of you? >> i'm concerned about this approach. i'm concerned at several levels. one, it looks like -- it's hard to understand because there's a little bit of a lack of spes fitsity still. there's no legislative language. it looks like what could be a pretty big tax increase. the spending cuts i think are highly uncertain. it instructs the various committees of the senate and the house to come up with these spending cuts. we have no assurance that they will do that. we have no idea how they'll do that. then we asked the senate

for the captain's wife andrea, it was frightening.was pointed at her husband's head. captain phillips, the tension and the heat made it nearly unbearable. >> but the deadline to kill a crew member passed without shots fired. and the pirates were beside themselves, trying to find the other crew members. >> like a ghost ship at this point. >> that's exactly right. they started to get a little hingy. where is the crew? >> frustrated, a pirate the captain called the leader left the gunman and hostages on the bridge and took the captain to look for the crew members who were hiding. >> he was unarmed both times. >> you go wrth an unarmed pirate below decks. any thought once you get below decks to just clock him? >> it would have been no problem at all. i could have done just that. >> why did not you had. >> i have two men and three men on the bridge. it does nothing. it doesn't solve my problem. >> the power cut off, the captain escorted the leader through darkened passage ways. up ladders work into offices. >> i'm walk around making loud n

jessica, andrea?this morning, hundreds of people in arlington are still wait for the lights to come back on. >> they lost power in sunday night's round of thunderstorms. the storms knocked out a lot of trees and power lines in north arlington. you're looking at live pictures of one of the neighborhoods along glebe road and old dominion drive. dominion power tells us the workers are waiting on crews from vdot. they have to wait for the trees to be cleared before they can get the power back on. they hope to have everyone back on by this afternoon. >> montgomery county police have arrested a driver after an suf crashed into a home. it happened very early this morning in aspen hill. 9news now reporter surae chinn joins us live from the scene with more. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. festivities on the 4 july may have been a little too much for one driver. police say someone, a woman, who was under the influence of alcohol came speeding down this road right through the backyard of the avery home in

>> it would be the clean one, andrea. it wouldn't have other things attached to it that other democrats thought there were political poison pills put in there by republicans. when you talk to folks around capitol hill they think there's a strong appetite for a clean way. you remember back in the '90s, had there been one vote it would have passed the senate. they come close before they think there's appetite for it to try to run it again. >> we want to explain to our viewers that the president is speaking at la razza. we will have more on that throughout the rest of the day and throughout this hour. the pool feed and it is an organization of all the networks, all the television networks who cover the president there is some technical problem there. there's nothing editorial about it. we've had a technical problem with what is being put out from the white house coverage plan today. continuing luke russert, you've been covering this allç weeken and for the last couple of weeks. as you see the two sides shaping up, it's clea

andrea mitchell, who, of course, will be with her program at 1:00 this afternoon.resident of the united states reinserting himself at this critical time, trying to avoid default with the clock ticking. looks now, at least by this initial report, after failing last night, john boehner may actually bring a house bill to the floor, but we have the head on the senate side, harry reid, saying he's calling for cloture. the reid bill is moving forward. will they be able to come together and find compromise? our coverage continues. we'll take you to the white house, have more, right after this short break. will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and your business? a network that can evolve and grow to protect your human network. jeff, lunch! uh-huh. jeff! honey, i can't walk any faster. [ female announcer ] oscar mayer deli fresh turkey comes in a clear pack... [ cellphone beeps ] [ jeff ] ooh. thanks hun! [ female announcer ] ...so the fre

. >>> i'm andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports" debt deadlock., what is it going to take to get past the impasse? we'll ask paul ryan and ranking budget committee member chris van hollen. >>> taking aim at ames. in the race for the republican nomination, tim pawlenty goes on the attack. plus the democratic women of capitol hill take a stand, rallying behind dnc chairwoman debbie wassermann-schultz. see you in 15 minutes on "andrea mitchell reports." join us. >>> teachers in memphis are due back at work in less than two weeks but the school board there voted to delay the start of the new school year indefinitely. they're holding the school year hostage until the city pays what it owes the district. dr. kenneth whalen is with the memphis city school board of commissioners. doctor, explain the logic behind delaying classes. >> hi, contessa. the logic is pretty clear. you can't get blood out of a turnip. the school board is being forced to try to operate without adequate funding. the board voted eight to one to delay the start of school, not cancel s

andrea? >> thank you, olga. >> in sports, here's hoping the nationals can beat the cubs tonight and do it for producer dan's mom, kathy. it is her birthday today. happy birthday, producer dan's mom. she's a huge fan. >> nats have won nine of their last 15 games. each of those wins has come by either one run or in extra innings. >> last night was no different. nats hosting the chicago cubs first lady michelle obama was there taking hand in the first pitch festivities. she was there to honor military families at the game. the nats got all of the offense they needed in the bottom of the first. ryan zimmerman scored. d.c. led 3-0 just after one inning and ross detwiler went 5 1/3 giving up two runs on five hits. the bullpen gave up three hits after that and the nats beat the cubs 3-2. >> the washington castles visit philadelphia freedom tonight. d.c.'s season is off to a good start. the castles had a capacity crowd for the debut of its new stadium along the southwest waterfront. venus williams an

now, over to andrea and mike. >> thank you, angie. we have a couple of commuter alerts for you about parking. after tomorrow, commuters will no longer be able to park at the first baptist church of woodbridge. the church has been leasing 370 spaces since february. when potomac mills mall eliminated approximately 750 spaces. starting monday, there will be more spaces available at the existing lake ridge commuter lot on miniville road. >> bethesda will be saying gob a parking lot this small. capital crescent, woodmont avenue, gone in november. that's the lot across from the barnes & noble there on bethesda row. montgomery county officials awarded the developer the right to build two mixed use retail buildings in its place. about 1400 parking spaces will be built there. it is an underground parking garage. that won't be completed for about two years though. >> casey anthony is back in court today but she could walk out a free woman. >> plus, it appears researchers have discovered the key to making sunburns less painful. >>> at 5:41, let'

the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9. the 1957 earthquake was 5.7 on the san andreas. the loma prieta was 7.1. it was so far with it we got a little effects of it. that is the overview of the geology. >> i would like to setup a wonderful old chart of san francisco from the 1850's and 1860's. let's look at this northeast corner of the city. it is really interesting. i am sure that frank has a lot to say about it. the thing i find absolutely surprising about this is that there is this large area called mission bay. out in the middle of the bay is mission rock. many of you have been to mission rock resort. this is part of the shore line now. look how far off shore it was in the 1

certainly an important figure, andrea. >> a major figure. a polish immigrant, 16 years old after world war ii, comes and becomes head of the joint chiefs and really helped with the balkans war. one other quick point. why do we have a debt ceiling? we're the only major industrial country that does. let's just get rid of the thing, as people are saying. only denmark. >> we may have time to take that issue up when we come back next week. thank you all for a thoughtful discussion this morning. >>> before with we go, on monday we announced an exciting new partnership with facebook. we're going to be teaming up for an innovative and interactive debate that i'll be moderating the sunday before the new hampshire republican primary. and as the saying goes, all politics are local. but in this case, all politics are social. that's why we need you to be involved. so, be sure to visit our facebook page now, where you can suggest questions and your ideas for the debate and check back as the date approaches for some other innovative ways you can participat

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we are expecting president obama will come into the briefing room at any moment. there is the president. let's go to the briefing room. >> all the congressional leaders from both chambers, from both parties, and i have to say that i thought it was a very constructive meeting. people were frank. we discussed the various options available to us. everybody reconfirmed the importance of completing our work and raising the debt limit ceiling so that the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not impaired. what we decided was that staffs as well as leadership will be working during the weekend and that i will reconvene congressional leaders here on sunday with the expectation that at that point, the parties will at least know where each other's bottom lines are, and will hopefully then be in a position to start engaging in the hard bargaining that's necessary to get a deal done. i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to, and the parties ar

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>>> good day i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we begin with the budget show down and white house hopes for a possible deal even as senate leaders are digging in on the big sticking point of taxes ahead of tomorrow's white house summit. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown." chuck, we've heard a lot from republicans. today at the bloomberg breakfast it was said that any tax measures had to be revenue positive over the long run that could be ten years out. eventually have to contribute toward deficit reduction. that is not what republican senator john cornyn was saying exactly the opposite what he said on our show yesterday that it has to be revenue neutral. how does the president hope to bridge this devoid? >> reporter: well, you know, they have an interesting tactic here. they believe and frankly behind the scenes so do house republicans believe it will be easier to sell a larger deal that has some things in it that nobody's crazy about on certain sides. whether some trims to entitlem

i am joined now by andrea mitchell, the anchor of "andrea mitchell reports," one of the grand poohba s in the washington bureau. >> this is a meltdown beyond meltdowns. they're taking attendance but it is really a delaying tactic until they've got everything in place and they're ready to go to the floor and they know exactly what the routine will be, then it will be pro forma. but behind the scenes they are lining everything up and dotting the "is" and crossing the "ts." >> i poke to someone on the democratic side and they said the sooner we get this vote done, the better. they are worried how this could get picked apart in the next 48 hours and suddenly create problems getting this through the house. >> the worst thing for them is forecaucus members, angry dissident caucus members on both sides in both wings to be talking amongst themselves because they are so angry, so disappointed, and the leaders have to get to them before their colleagues get to them and their constituents get to them. i think actually their constituents want anything to be done and want this over with but their

host of msnbc's "andrea mitchell reports."drea -- >> hi, martin. >> all of us who work on the network, of all of us, you know the congress better than anyone, and have you seen this kind of intransience or deadlock over a budget? >> well, they have felt that the other side have gotten us into $14 trillion in debt, and they don't believe the warnings that we have been reporting. i interviewed alice rivlin who is the former vice chair of the fed and comes from a democratic background and from the bill clinton white house and worked in partisan and bipartisan offices, and she says it is a self-inflicted wound. there is no reason for the sovereign debt of the united states to be at risk in this way. certainly the treasury secretary and the fed chair have been making these arguments, and you can argue that one comes from a political context being partç the cabinet. they do not believe the credible warnings they have been getting and the other side of the fence is that everyone sees political advantage, democrats and republicans, a

i'm andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," on 11 days to go.w details on the emerging debt deal. we'll go behind the scenes with two members of the gang of six, senators kent conrad and mark warner. police congressman barney frank on what he thinks of the deal. and today's historic move towards ending don't ask, don't tell. >>> we talk to kristin davis joining us about the tragedy unfolding in the horn of africa. ten million people starve manager the word's worst food crisis in years. we'll see you in 15 minutes on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> michele bachmann surged to the head of the presidential pack could be running into some potential road blocks. today an influential republican fundraiser gave her a thumbs down. he said bachmann just doesn't have the executive experience to be president. earlier this week bachmann faced questions about her physical fitness for the office. the daily caller reports she suffers from possibly debilitating migraines. bachmann's team responded with a note from the congressional held team clipping her fit. >>

. >>> hi i'm andrea mitchell.l reports," president obama summons lawmakers to the white house for a deficit summit tomorrow. will they hammer out a compromise or keep hammering each other. plus, it's twitter time at the white house today. while politicians are trading barbs in 140 characters or less. the white house gets ready for an audience of you guessed it, 140 people. >>> and the real facts are starting to seep out about that oil spill in montana. "andrea mitchell reports" coming up next in 15 minutes. >>> prosecutors had the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that casey anthony killed her daughter. but was it unreasonable certainty that convicted casey in the court of public opinion? >> the information that we got made her seem guilty. >> i personally was convinced as a mom that how could she have done what she did or didn't do regardless, but for that whole month that that child was missing. >> i think that jose baez did a poor job and in the end somehow he was able to convince the jury that there

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>>> all right, thank you andrea, making news now at 5:51. a nigerian born man is set to appear in los angeles federal court today on charges-a stowaway on a plane. he's accused of sneaking on to a plane from new york to los angeles last week without a valid boarding pass or government issued id. >>> people in mexico sought shelter from tropical storm arlene. the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. arlene dumped lots of rain on the area causing serious flooding and bringing down frees. now authorities are on alert for possible mudslides. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are waking up in canada this morning. prince william and his wife catherine arrived in ottawa yesterday. they attended a couple of events there and will visit seven cities in nine days including a stop in los angeles next week. >>> 5:53. time to take a look at the question of the morning -- well, here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page, eric johnson wrote -- >> just log on to wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we