marcia blackburn and kathy mcmorris-rogers.i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> we learned this week that technically, the recession ended over a year ago. june of 2009. but americans do not live on technicalities. reality is different. in the latest cnn poll, 74% of americans said the economy is in a recession. 61% said president obama's policies have made the economy worse, just 36% said he has made things better. before the president faces voters again, there's time for the economy to turn around, time for him to win back the faithful, but the calendar is running out on capitol hill democrats who are facing dreary predictions and an election just a little over seven weeks away. joining me now from chicago, the majority whip in the u.s. senate, senator dick durbin. thank you so much for joining us, senator, from the beautiful city of chicago, i should add. >> it's great to be with you, candy. thank you. >> the man that you see now out talking at these town hall meetings and to these crowds, is that the same

blackburn, for her comments. you know, history is so important because it teaches us about the future. and we might think this is a 90-year-old piece of history dug up out of the past, that we're just reflecting on. but we all know right now that it wasn't until this last two cycles, three cycles that we had the election of the first woman speaker of the house in the history of this great democracy, arguably one of the most powerful offices in the constitution leading the house of representatives, speaker nancy pelosi, and that one of the first items she had to take on as speaker was the passage of the lilly ledbetter equal pay act. we are talking about 90 years ago, and yet up until this day we are still fighting whether women ought to get equal pay for equal work. this was not in a bill that would have been passed but it just shows you we think we live in times where all of the great battles for history of civil rights are behind us. because they happened back in the 1960's or they happened back in the early 19

woman from tennessee, marsha blackburn is with us -- congresswoman from tennessee, marsha blackburn isddle class americans. frankly, i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. i've been told that i voted for a man who said he was gonna change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. i'm one of those people and i'm waiting sir. i don't feel it yet. >> sean: ouch! >> ouch is right. sean saupbl what did you think? >> i think she -- >> sean: what did you think? >> she is saying what a lot of americans are saying. bill-paying moms sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to make ends meet. they are so frustrated. where are the jobs? nobody can get a raise, advancement. people are so frustrated. obama voters are incredibly disappointed in the way he's performed. >> sean: that's what makes it so interesting. this was an obama supporter, voter who was deeply disappointed. democrats can run on health care, stimulus, debt, deficits, budgets on world affair

how about one from the twins' nick blackburn. no glove needed. knocked the ball down with his leg. playoffs can't start soon enough for the twins. >>> jose lopez had quite a game against the blue jays, his three home runs, bringing his total to 10. the mariners have been waiting for this all season. lop lopez capped off the trifecta with a two-run bomber in the eighth. mariners won it, 6-3. >>> funny moments in the game, ray oswalt hit martin prado. it was about the only contact the braves had all night. in the eighth, ibanez ripped this into the corner. phils won. >>> johnny peralta bare handed the toss and threw it to first. one more time, when you've got a speedster like jared dyson running down the line, you've got to pull off something special to turn two and that's exactly what they did. tigers won it, 4-2. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> which artist has been banned from sesame street before her show even aired? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the ultimate example of one man's trash being anothe

goal down to be wolves barely getting a brace for the coffee the city but held it home to a draw by blackburn blackpool continued a good start to the season with an excellent newcastle spurs and west brom to finish one one chelsea maintain their one hundred percent record against the west ham side who still yet to take up a point in the gold in stoppage time help we're going through with sunderland. now in spain there was a massive shock as the reigning league champions barcelona were humbled to kneel at home to newly promoted killie despite having a star studded lineup including new signing darrick via the cattle and giants were undone by two goals from the visit to strike at nelson valdes elsewhere. gracing south by a goal and they're. back in russia on my jaeger is god got their new k h l season off to a perfect start with a four three win over spartak moscow then make us sick with the times of the visitors is the horse got the point is there an armory that made it so you would think to have a metal nervous because nets would come to win is. trying to needed overtime to beat her rivals met

. >> my name is eleanor blackburn. i have experience as a medical secretary, personal assistant in the fields of brokerage firm, health care and service industries. i can speak and write spanish, french and german fluently. i'm looking for a secretarial, personnel assistant position. thank you very much. >> if you'd like to see your resume on good morning maryland on a wednesday, we'll definitely love, love, love to have your resume. send it to us to bestresumes@wmar.com. we'll put it on the air and on our website. >>> good morning, it's 6:14. we finally pushed the front through, we got ourselves a little clearing overnight. allowing chill to spill back in at 56 in baltimore. 68 in new york, 72 in norfolk, sign of mugginess hanging along the frontal boundary along the coast. as we expected it to stall out east and south of ocean city. rain pushing through richmond, virginia and on down towards raleigh, durham. heavy rain beginning to spill up the piedmont. that will push in our direction. we're battling high pressure,

aston villa to take on blackburn on both respectively spurs entertain walls while still west on start proceedings off on saturday and everton v newcastle the pick of the day's much. elsewhere twice champions league winning coach. for the first time moved from club to country training but the special one says he'll only take charge of the portuguese national team if madrid give him the green light the former chelsea and inter milan manager is wanted for a couple of octobers euro two thousand and twelve qualifiers against denmark and iceland marina was approached by the country's football federation tuesday the two thousand and four european run a shop find themselves in trouble after picking up just a single point from their two opening much as they played in the side pertly coach . last week. preparations to co-host their european championships are being given a boost after a boxing brothers. were named friends of euro two thousand and twelve this week the siblings currently hold four of the five world heavyweight problems between them but seem delighted to step out of the ring on thi

how about one from the twins' nick blackburn. no glove needed. knocked the ball down with his leg. playoffs can't start soon enough for the twins. they're red hot after sweeping the indians. >>> jose lopez had quite a game against the blue jays, hit three home runs, bringing his total to 10. the mariners have been waiting for this all season after he hit 25 last year. third and sixth and capped off the trifecta with a two-run bomb in the eighth. not a bad day at the office. mariners won it, 6-3. >>> funny moments in the game, he lobbed it toward the plate and hit martin prado. it was about the only contact they held them to just one hit. in the eighth, ibanez ripped this into the corner. phils won ten straight after a 1-0 victory. >>> finally, great double play turned in by the tigers. johnny peralta bare handed the toss and threw it to first. it doesn't get much better than that. one more time, when you've got a speedster like jared dyson running down the line, you've got to pull off something special to turn two, and that's exactly what they did. tigers won it, 4-2. that's your e

to break into the top four when they meet west brom as two full of my best and feel up to take on blackburn and baldwin respectably else was detained wolves while stoke west ham stopper said he was off on saturday and everton boss newcastle that's the trick of the day's matches. will stay with football and why is champions league winning coach. for the first time moved from club to country training by the south named special was only take charge of the portuguese national team a frail madrid gave him the green lights where he was approached by the country's football federation on tuesday the former chelsea and in some of the manager is wanted for a couple of euro twenty as well as against download and iceland in october two thousand and four european runners up found themselves in trouble after picking up just want points from the opening matches and this. second carlos queiroz last week. meanwhile sciri players will go ahead with a strike next week and a decision the players' association on friday following a day of negotiations with the clubs the dispute centers on a proposal to limit pla

jack kuf -- off nick blackburn. this is game number 146 for the a's.that's only the 92nd home run of the year. and that second game, nice play to end the game. ellis, pitch hitter, a's win it 3-1. >> bears played football in reno for the first time since 1915. they may not want to go back for another 95 years. cal came in with the nation's number one ranked defense against the wolfpacked offense. shane ran for 200 yards on 20 carries. he scored 3 times including a 50-yarder. wolfpack, tipped quarterback. and grabs the ball, runs free. 55-yard touchdown return. and the tribute to the pistol offense is the quarterback, collin. he threw for two touchdowns and he ran for three more. he could run like a sprinter. renna wins 16-34. first time since 91 cal, 2-1. >>> high school football of the week, featured -- and st. francis in the dark jersey beat los gat os. and cushy losing his helmet but scores a touchdown. will smith to jalen davidson. jalen makes a beeline for the goal line. touchdown for the lanterns. will smith threw 179 yards. los gatos held to thr

jack kuf -- off nick blackburn. this is game number 146 for the a's.t's only the 92nd home run of the year. and that second game, nice play to end the game. ellis, pitch hitter, a's win it 3-1. >> bears played football in reno for the first time since 1915. they may not want to go back for another 95 years. cal came in with the nation's number one ranked defense against the wolfpacked offense. shane ran for 200 yards on 20 carries. he scored 3 times including a 50-yarder. wolfpack, tipped quarterback. and grabs the ball, runs free. 55-yard touchdown return. and the tribute to the pistol offense is the quarterback, collin. he threw for two touchdowns and he ran for three more. he could run like a sprinter. renna wins 16-34. first time since 91 cal, 2-1. >>> high school football of the week, featured -- and st. francis in the dark jersey beat los gat os. and cushy losing his helmet but scores a touchdown. will smith to jalen davidson. jalen makes a beeline for the goal line. touchdown for the lanterns. will smith threw 179 yards. los gatos held to three

i am marcia blackburn. today, we complete one pledge and begin another. many months ago, house republicans committed, we pledged to listen to americans all across this country who were speaking out about better ideas and practical solutions. we kept that pledge and it allows us to make another. they pledged to america starts with a preamble that reminds us that every american citizen is endowed with certain rights from their creator. when our government charts the course that endangers those rights, the people, indeed, the people have a right to demand a new agenda from their government. this pledge recognizes that the problems that the american people face are beyond washington's ability to solve those problems through overspending and hyper- regulation. the great promise and salvation of this country has always been the power of the american people to seek and create solutions. this pledge acknowledges that washington has gotten in the way of those solutions and that washington has made the problems worse. our problem -- our pledge to america is that we

a for the republican women, marcia blackburn, kathy mcmorris-rogers, both of them were present when thend of their manifesto of what they'd do if they got in power. so we want to ask them about that and some of the reaction to it. so lots of politics and some governance. >> all right, candy. keep them honest up there, too, will you, when they start to weasel out of these things. thanks, we'll see you at 9:00 great. keep it here for "state of the union." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really was abe lincoln honest? mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really host: is having a snowball fight with pitching great randy johnson a bad idea? man: yeah, i'm thinking maybe this was a bad idea. long summer days, and not enough sleep. what i wouldn't do for a do-over. [ female announcer ] neutr

as well as republican marsha blackburn.gain, they begin airing at noon eastern with meet the press. 1:00, "this week." "fox news sunday clothes close at 2:00. "face the nation" at 3:00. "state of the union" at 4:00. listen to them on c-span radio or online at c-spanradio.org. >> this weekend on "book tv," theoretical physicist and author, michio kaku. join our 3 our conversation with your calls and could messages, on c-span 2's "book tv." >> you do not get to choose the moment when the opportunity to shape the country comes your way. all that you get to choose is what you do when your best. >> the british prime minister defends his decision to form a coalition government tonight at 9:00 on c-span. >> for all of the people in the book, there are many mistakes they might have made in their lives. >> between 1915 and 1970, nearly 6 million african- americans migrated from the south. at 8:00 on a "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next 45 minutes we want to focus on legislation that could potentially protec

they want to tell the country what's best for them to do and people like myself and martha blackburn, michael burgess, the house republican leadership, we think it's wrong. martha: you're saying they're not environmentally better. >> no. the cfl bulb has got mercury in it, and epa has put out regulations that if you break a light bulb, you have this very complicated -- you've got to put gloves on, you almost have to call a hazard materials team out to your house have you a broken light bulb. martha: the epa recommends if you break a lit bulb in your house, clear the room for 15 minutes, right? >> try that with a toddler. martha: but has it ever been a situation where one of these bulbs broke and somebody was harmed but it -- by it? >> the answer is there probably has been. i don't have a specific instance of that. but i'm sure, if that's the only thing you can buy, you'll begin to see people showing nup emergency rooms with mercury poisoning. martha: good grief. it does seem like an infringement on your right to buy whatever kind of light bulb you want, not to mention that most people

here's how congresswoman marsha blackburn put it. >> the great promise end salvation of this country has always been the power of the american people to seek and create solutions. this pledge acknowledges that washington has gotten in the way of those solutions and that washington has made the problems worse. >> so today, they laid out the road map for turning those things around, jon. >> jon: i know that in the past democrats have always said that republicans don't have a lot of ideas, especially for the economic situation. did they put anything forward today? >> they did. you know, first they talked about the fact that hey, when republicans were in charge of the house, they did things wrong, there were issues with spending and other things but now they say it's time for everybody to get back on track, they want to go to prestimulus spending levels, they want to reign in government and with the things done with health care and all kinds of things, representative herling discussed that. take a listen. >> we will have discretionary spending, we would go to the first house without a bu

. -- and marsha blackburn, another great member of congress have asked that question, and to my understand having not received any answer. by what authority is this done? i may be the only voice talking here tonight but every country ought to have somebody, every straight ought to have somebody standing up and asking these questions because the only, only supreme authority other than god almighty is this constitution of the united states in this document and the offshoots of this document lie the powers of the people who serve up here in washington, d.c. and around the country. this is serious stuff we're talking about the rule of law. this is stuff we ought to worry about. finally, i want to say that the sad thing being reported in some of these newspaper articles that this is the third -- this is deferred action. which really concerned me for those of us who have been trying to actually come up with the real solutions, to be fair and yet be just to all americans. just have possibly one of the tools that could have been used by this congress, established by the written document called the

representative marsha blackburn of tennessee suggestless i have the wrong word for the republican baseays is not enraged, but livid. >> the enraged versus the exhausted. >> "what i saw at the revolution," read it. >>> coming up deputy prime minister of the uk nick clegg will be on the set. and up next, the huffington's post es rah klein. and chuck todd. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> good morning everyone. record heat expected today. it's going to be ridiculously hot. yesterday, 93 in dvmt record high in new york city at 89. we'll be close, probably just a little shy. the rest of the country, still very hot in the southeast. the cold front, though, is going to sit down right by the chicago area. that's why you're only going to be 69. that cool air, ever so slowly will continue to move from the midwest to the east on saturday. and then by the time we get to sunday, that's when it's really going to cool off. look at atlanta. this is way, way, way overdue. 79 degrees. a chance of rain around. it's been one of the hottest summers ever in the southeast. the drough