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locality yesterday no team's a novice month allowed to sign but to play as one of the league's men all chris paulis maintaining his focus while the players union and team owners attempt to thresh out an agreement over daft and salary cap issues. you just have to be prepared for anything everybody knows what goes through. the won't you come there want everything good to go for me approachable we're playing the very first. you know i'm trying to get rid. of the world. to go off nowhere k.j. choi has stalled that pennsylvania tying the eighteen thousand national course record in the process that's after a stunning six hundred sixty four effort on friday which included five birdies in six holes. that brilliant straight by fast hitting a great second shot on the ninth hole here in south korea and then was able to tap in for birdie easily after this initial efforts joy eventually reached seven on the for the tournament bought a four man chasing pack lies just two strokes off the pace fellow south korean child we among those putting pressure on the laser at the halfway stage the thirty nine year old in

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our guests, chris, matt, and paul. thank you. the report, if you're interested in reading the 15th annual wireless competition report of the f.c.c. is hyperlinked at c-span.org/ communicators. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> sunday on "washington journal," andrew bouman talks about debt and deaf sis reduction. then bruce cook looks at a proposal to cut federal spending by a flat 1% by federal dollar until 2018. and after that, vicki needham on the u.s.-colombia trade agreement that was reauthorized in 2007, but not the u.s. with details of the pending agreement and the impact on the two countries. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on "newsmakers," jim jordan, chairman of the republican study committee, talks about the budget and debt ceiling negotiations. the republican study committee is a group of more than 175 house republicans formed to advance a conservative social an

. >> i'm paul steinhauser. chris christie is in iowa. mind about running for the president but there to speak about an education summit. but plenty of people will be in the state that votes first in the caucuses and primaries. michele bachmann, tim pawlenty and ran sanatorium all campaigned there. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. reports from amazon, ford and caterpillar and mcdonald's. tuesday, two key reports, one on consumer confidence, and new home sales. and we will look ahead to friday when we see the second quarter gdp and see how much the economy grew during those three months and track it all for you on cnn money. >> i'm carlos diaz. here's what we're watching this week. we'll have the details of a michael jackson tribute concert being put together by his family and will the arnold schwarzenegger/maria shriver split get nasty over support payments? catch "showbiz tonight" tonight weeknights at 11 p.m. eastern on hln. >>> now, a look ahead at the weather and how it will impact travel. jacqui jeras joins me. a couple of regions wi

. >>> plus, chuck schumer, and paul ryan, chris van hollen for the democrats on what's going on on bothe aisle. and we have the end of an era. we talk to a former nasa administrator as america's space shuttle program comes to an end. >>> now to the 2012 presidential race. michele bachmann is out with her first iowa campaign ad. here it is. >> as a sdeendent of generations of iowans, i was born and raised in waterloo. as a mom of five, a foster parent and former tax lawyer, now a small business job creator, i know that we can't keep spending money that we don't have. that's why i fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus. i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> the latest new hampshire polls show bachmann is gaining on romney in the granite state. romney with 35%, bachmann at 12%, getting an eight-point jump from 4% before. but she's still above ron paul as well as giuliani, perry coming in at 4%, pawlenty and palin right behind them. a half million dollar haul -- $18.5 million haul is what romney had in the last quarter but that was short of expectations. mark w

necessarily want to have to go through a, the and and, the. >> host: paul kirby, final question. >> host: is there a concern, chris, at ctia that the commerce department is looking at spectrums of 1.7 gigahertz band. however, the defense department and other agencies are using that spectrum. how concerned are you that it will take too long to free that spectrum up, that it might not be within the ten years that ntia which is the agency looking at that would hope to free that up if it decides it can be? >> guest: sure. i think it's important to note that going forward i'm not aware of, i don't think we're ever going to find any greenfield spectrum, spectrum encumbered in some way. the way we look

this hour, house budget chairman paul ryan and ranking budget committee democrat, chris van the dnc chair and congressman allen west. and feengthe heat. more than 140 million americans now sweating it out in a dangerous heat wave sweeping the nation. >>> touchdown after 30 years. america's space shuttle comes in for its final landing. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell reporting live from washington. lots of talk but no deal. as the senate takes up what is expected to be a pro forma rejection of the house passed balanced budget amendment, house republicans came out against both the gang ofix o the debt limit. with me now, the chair of the budget committee, wisconsin republican paul ryan. what is the latest you are hearing? we know cantor and the speaker, eric cantor and the speaker were at the white house meeting with the president st night. there's talk now, reports from the "new york times" moments ago of a possible coming together between speaker boehner and the president. what are you being briefed on or what do you know is the state of play? >> good afternoon. basically what the state

paul ryan. ranking budget member chris van hollen. >>> plus, from fires to floods to oil spills. natural and man-made disasters wreaking havoc across the country. with us, agriculture secretary tom vilsack. >>> i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail, imposing a $1,000 fine on each count. >> casey anthony will not walk from court today a free woman but she will be released from jail next week for time served and for good behavior. >>> and blastoff or bust? the latest on the "atlantis" launch and the future of the space program with former nasa administrator sean o'keefe. >>> good day. 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 th

cnn's chris welch joins me now from st. paul. good morning to you. and you help us understand just how many people in the state right now are being affected by this shutdown. >> t.j., i'd be surprised if anyone would say they weren't affected, you know, in any way. but first of all, it's the fourth of july weekend and all these state parks and rest stops, they're all closed, and a lot of people are traveling today. that's just a minimal impact on -- with what's going to be happening with this. because you mentioned it in the intro. a lot of serious problems could arise from this. you know, hot lines for seniors, reading for the blind, you know, the list kind of goes on. child care being a big one. child care services, you know, a lot of people are saying -- i spoke to a few with women who said, i may have to put all of my work check into child care now because these state services aren't here. people are going to be feeling this. and it's very early -- iyou kno, this happened yesterday. i think we will really feel the impact of how hard a lot of peop

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we'll ask paul ryan and ranking budget committee member chris van hollen. >>> taking aim at ames.ublican 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 school, but to delay it until the requisite funding is received from the city council. that was done a couple days ago. that's where we are right now. >> are you saying you h

last few minutes we've seen speaker boehner go by, eric cantor, we saw chris van hollen, the top democrat on the budget committee. paul ryan. so it's kind of a place of activity right now. a lot of meetings and discussions going on down the hallway in the speaker's office. >> rose: so where are they in these discussions, do you believe? >> well, i think that we're at a true point of impasse right now. until this vote you ntioned happens tomorrow in the hoe. this cut, cap, and balance plan put forward by the republicans. everybody here knows it's going noere cause it won't pass the senate and even it it passed in the senate there is no way the president would sign it. in fact, they officially issued a vo threat on that today. but republicans want to go through the motion on this. they want to demonstrate that they have 218 ves, more than 21 votes in the house to pass something that would raise the debt ceiling but only by imposing steep cuts to next ye's budget and to budgets over the next ten years and also of course, a balanced budget amendmen so this is kind of a... it's a message vote. it's a message to the white h

tim pawlenty, ron paul, michele bachmann, even governor chris christie who says he's not running areucus state today, and that's where we find steve brown. he's in ames, iowa, keeping an eye on all those running and, i guess, not running. >> reporter: or in some cases almost not running. [laughter] the level of activity has everything to do with the straw poll which comes up on the second saturday of august. it's traditionally an early indicator of which organization, which campaign organization really has the muscle to be able to move people in a caucus-like way that they're going to have to do coming up in february. ron paul's name you probably should watch out for. some of the other iowa campaigns note that paul has been very active but off of the radar. and while most candidates and campaigns try to dumb down expectations saying, oh, we won't do that, well, so that they can exceed expectations, apparently ron paul hasn't gotten that memo. have a listen. >> i wished i could say that i am the front runner, and nobody's ahead of me, and it's a shoo-in. but the truth is that we can d

chris, thanks. >>> michele bachman and her migraine headaches. paul, why is this still a story? >> reporter: still a story for a couple of reasons. the congresswoman from minnesota and presidential candidate yesterday released a letter from her doctor to better explain her migraines. this all started tuesday in a report that highlighted those migraines and that sparked questions about whether she would be fit to serve as physically if she were elected. so they puts out a letter from her doctor yesterday. the attending physician for the u.s. congress. he said overall she is in good general health and he said the migraines occur infrequently of known trigger factors which you're aware of and now how to avoid. here is what happened last night. tim pawlenty, former governor of minnesota, also running for the white house. him and bachmann battling it out. this is what he said last night of michele bachman. it's mostly a side show. nearly in the day he said candidate have to be able to demonstrate they can do all of the job all of the time. looks like maybe he was walking back the com

and joining me tonight to discuss this is chris das of the leadership institute will also be joined by robyn curnow who is leading the second wave of ron paul supporters into the g.o.p. and just in time for ron paul's announcement that he is all for the presidential race and will be returned to congress in two thousand and thirteen win or lose we've got violence in mexico a new facebook contest and a special appearance from our friends at anonymous. only on adam vs the man. how can one grow government impede individual liberty and claim to be conserving anything asking that same question is presidential candidate gary johnson who has taken a stand against the so-called family leader pledge that republican presidential candidates are being asked to sign you know the one that it least alludes to banning porn quote government should not be involved in the bedrooms of consenting adults i have always been a strong advocate of liberty and freedom from unnecessary government intervention into our lives the freedoms that our forefathers fought for in this country are sacred and must be preserved the republican party cannot be sidetracked into discu

we are joined by chris guttman-mccabe, haven't, and from free press, a think tank policy group that looks at these telecommunications issues, matt wood is the policy director. paul kirby has the next question. >> guest: this doesn't get tension, and one reason this year it does is because of the merger they are considering. groups and companies who opposed merger tried to use the report saying, look, they do not determine effective competition for the second year in a row showing the merger should not be approved, at&t says if shows how many carriers people have choices of, want your views on from the politics standpoint if you think the report will be used by the two sides in the merger proceeding. >> guest: i'm sure people will continue to use it, but more important than what the report says and not to cheapen the report that's important, but more important is the underlying dockets and proceedings that the fcc looks to and what's more important whether the industry is competitive is whether the fcc pushes levers it can to level the playing field and make growth by smaller carriers possible. i think chris' answer on the merger is indicative of the problem they

paul. that was his theory. >> who was that handsome guy interviewing angus? >> bring it on. there you go. >> chrisi thought he would mention chuck. when he said chuck i thought he was going to say, chuck todd. >> yeah, well. >> you bring up a good point. the wall street business tycoon type is going to wear a little less well after every -- you know, the bank bailout and everything we've seen with the economy. a rich guy coming in spending a bunch of his own money because he's interested in office doesn't sell as well. hagel is an interesting idea. you know, the thing, howard touched on it. clearly disaffection. remember in 2010, chuck, people voted for republicans in cons but didn't like him. eve be though they disapproved. there is an idea out there, yes, we want something different. it's just the people underestimate how powerful the two parties are. there are minute things that matter and cost lots of money. getting on ballots in all the states. collecting signatures. that's why you need a rich guy, or gal. i just don't see anybody out there. i don't see -- yes, chuck hagel in theory on paper.

>> paul ryan is very good on this. and chris christie is good on this.s the tone you have to take. i also believe that when you are in the minority, you don't have the hope in the presidency, but you have less ability to communicate broadly to the next generation, but i think that will as we heat up for 2012. >> is it staggering looking at carter, and then reagan in '81 '82. i was 18. i was 18 in 1980. god, everybody, when i went to college, and all of my young friends said, wait, this is easy. you had indecision of jimmy carter in the hostage crisis, verses ronald reagan. there was not a clean break, but i think people thought that's what we were going to get with barack obama. for whatever reason, it has not worked out that way. >> the book is called "american individualism." >> can they do it? i don't know. >> is john a republican? >> john is an independent and not a republican. >> are you sure? >> i am positive. >> after the break, we will bring in congressman james clyburn. keep it right here on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] there's more than on

paul steinhauser has details on this political look ahead. >> hey, fred. iowa is in the spotlight this week. new jersey governor chrisisty there tomorrow. wait a minute. before you start thinking he's changed his mind and decided to run for the white house, hold off a second. he's there to speak on an education summit. plenty of people running for the presidential nomination will be in the state. congresswoman michele bachmann, congressman ron paul, tim pawlenty and former senator rick santorum of pennsylvania all campaign in iowa this week. you know what? that make sense. we're just over three weeks away from a crucial straw poll in the state. texas governor rick perry who seems to be moving closer to jumping into the presidential race speaks at a conservative conference in colorado. fred? gl thanks so much, paul. for the latest political news you know exactly where to go. cnnpolitics.com. >>> all right pap controversy over rob lowe's next movie. he is set to play accused wife killer scott peterson. here is lowe explaining that role. >> this is for the part that i'm playing now. i'm playi ining drew peterson. drew i

congresswoman michelle bachmann and texas congressman ron paul and there is one major noncandidate, in iowa today, and that is new jersey governor chris he, however, still insisting he's not in the race. bill: good question for steve brown, right, live in iowa now, not talking presidential politics. what brings the new jersey governor to iowa, steve? >> reporter: well, actually, it was an invitation by the iowa governor, and, he's putting together a several-day education summit beginning today and months ago, they reached out to christie noting what he had done in terms of trying to change the educational landscape of new jersey and invited him in and of course, despite the fact that christie's answers on whether or not he'd run for the white house, he said, no, no and no. and, he is still probably going to get questions about whether or not there would be some set of circumstances, and certainly there are a number of folks, nationally and in iowa who have visited with him to try to convince him to run but he has not yet. bill: so the two minnesotans in the race now, are trading sharp elbows, bachmann... >> reporter: and tim pawlenty,

chris coons on legislation to repeal the 1996 defense of marriage act. senator coons focus on discrimination couldn't be more ve relevant of the parents of a school district north of minneapolis-st. pault school district is the largest in the state, with 40,000 students. in the last two years, there have been seven student suicides. school officials and parents disagree over how many of those suicides were a result of gay bullying, but we do know that at least four families say that was the cause of their child's death. we also know the district has a strict neutrality policy, that instructs school staff, quote, in the course of their professional duties to remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation. gay rights groups call it a gag order that keeps teachers from protecting gay, bisexual, and transgendered students. this from a school district that boasts about its character education. a districtwide program that teaches and emphasizes the core values of respect, responsibility, appreciation of diversity, integrity, and compassion. these values are emphasized in all schools and at all grade levels. earlier today, the southern poverty law center and the national center for l

chris, so much. that does it for us for this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" live from the hill. tomorrow on the show, house budget chairman paul joining us, among other guests. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "newsnation." >> hi, andrea, great show. >>> in our next hour, why this heat wave is being called a heat dome. not only is it taking a toll on our bodies but roads and interstates buckling under the pressure of this intense heat. what states will be -- what most of the states will be feeling through the weekend, and when is a heat dome and developing news in the next hour. president obama will meet with republican and democratic leaders yet again on the debt ceiling. we'll have the latest on where the talks stand. plus, you've heard of the tea party. now the tequila party. that is a real political party, and they want to affect the next presidential race. who are the members of this tequila party and why they want us to take them seriously. it's all next on "newsnation." a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. i've been around music my entire life. this is the first alto music i opened when i wa

chris. >> thank you. >> that does it for us. this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we've got a packed show tomorrow. join us, white house communications director, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and congressman pauln joining us. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "newsnation." hi, tamron. i understand you are the planking champ of the msnbc. >> i don't know if i'm the champ. >> i am so impressed. >> "newsnation" is challenging you to an official plank-off. that's me planking. a craze all over the internet. miss mitchell, we'll see what you bring to us tomorrow. >> i'll bring it. >> thank you, tamron. >> you are on. >> speaking of bringing it and twitter and all these things, we're bringing it together, the east room of the white house as the president is taking questions from the people who are sending them out via twitter, including speaker of the house john boehner among those who have submitted a question. politico's john allen will join me. this is a live picture. "newsnation" is up in three. adv. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day

chris guttman-mccabe of the wireless industry, matt wood of free press and paul kirby of "telecommunications reports." gentlemen, thank you. the report, if you're interest inside reading the 15th annual wireless competition report of if t fcc is hyperlinked a at our web site, c-span.org/communicators. .. >> ranking member barney frank >> i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. and the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. >> the debt limit is the legal limit on borrowing by the federal government, and since 1962 has been raced 74 times. the last time in february 2010. learn more and all the process of raising the debt ceiling on line with the c-span video library. search, which, -- watch, clip and shear. it's washington your weight. >> two committees held a joint hearing on the situation in somalia. some of the issues examined by members included famine, terrorism, piracy and government corruption. witnesses included several current and former state department officials including the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for afric

chris van holland. we want to get a pest from the republican side. joining me is republican qongman paulave been sort of an architect even before it was cool among the tea party movement to be talking about getting our financial house in order. you have been doing this for years. the moment is here. the moment is definitely here. critical day at the white house to get this deal done. this morning, everyone wants to know is the white house going to be willing to push for some sort of changes to medicare and social security? what would be palatable to you? what do they need to tell you to get republicans on board for a deal? >> i'm not going to be at that meeting. that is where our elected leaders go. with all due respect, i don't think it's a good idea to negotiate through the media we will or will not exceed or accept. the he coo is we get this debt and deficit under control is the whole point here, right? it's been 800 days, starting tomorrow, since the senate even bothered to pass a duting so congress hasn't been budgeting at all. the only opportunity to get this under control is this

chris christie in iowa. he's visiting the battleground state to help republican congressman steve king's re-election and to attend an education summit. also in iowa today, republican presidential candidates michelle bachmann, tim pawlenty and ron paulaying busy. gretch, over to you. >> countdown is on now. eight days left for lawmakers to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. president obama talking about the importance of getting serious about the national deficit but do the president's words match with his leadership? joining me now this morning is our washington insiders katie pavlich, news editor of "town hall" and david mercer, former national deputy director for the dnp and political strategist. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you, katie, because up until recently, the president didn't seem to be that involved in the debt situation, your thoughts? >> my thoughts, i think it was clear over the weekend the president is more concerned with his re-election campaign than actually getting a deal done. at this point, we have right on time a short term deal is the only thing going to get us through and i think he needs to understand that august 2nd is not when the debt debate is going to end. we have a