dressed in a black suit with a black t-shirt underneath and no tie larry dominick sat in court facing he fired a chicago handyman for his family's political ties as well as the fact that he used racial slurs against the hispanic workers >>after firing 43 year-old merced rojas in 2006 a civil suit has now emerged. >>he is seeking an unspecified amount of money ... larry dominick could be called as a witness in the case if he is the question becomes what will the lawyers be allowed to ask them. >>he needs to avoid a future key issues sexual harassment claims and family members on the cicero payroll as well as ethnic slurs made against mr. roh us. >>his ties to organized crime are off-limits he admitted to fraternizing with reputed cicero mob figures. >>larry dominick attorneys deny the racial slur allegations saying that his present his own wife is hispanic ... >>larry dominick and the town want to see the case through because of the defendant's family has been particularly vicious with their publishing operation. >>mayor rahm emanuel announced today that he will push for several new ru

rojas worked as a handyman for larry dominick until fired in 2006 claims that he spoke using racial slurs against hispanics white published spanish-language newspaper critical of larry dominick claiming that they are politically motivated >> vicious publication targeted at people in cicero the town in targeting people personally like my wife and myself with no limit to what it will publish cicero el di newspaper aligned with former cicero president merced rojas betty loren-maltese critical of the cicero administration under larry dominick >> rehabilitated birth parents yolanda miller hooked on crack cocaine and cannot take care for children removed children of their home and put them up for adoption with relatives, now rehabilitated and with a new law backing her miller was able to reunite with four upper grown children claim they never lost face with faith with their mother >> it is ok i am very proud of my mother very proud i never go through anything because i know what we have been through, we are blessed and we are strong and happy >> yolanda miller five more adult children who

french banker dominick strauss-kahn is free from house arrest this morning. prosecutors admit there is trouble with the sexual assault case against the former head of the imf. as randall pinkston reports, there are big questions surrounding the accuser as well. >> reporter: dominick strauss-kahn walked out of court an almost freeman. >> the defendant will be released on his own recognizance. the only restriction is the people will continue to hold his travel documents. >> reporter: the turn around came when prosecutors revealed the hotel maid lied about her whereabouts following the alleged attack. >> that investigation raised concerns about the complaining witness' credibility. >> reporter: prosecutors spelled out other inconsistencies about the accuser in a letter to strauss-kahn's defense attorney. they include lying to get into the united states from her native, guinea. her attorney insists the facts are not changed. >> the victim here made some mistakes. but that doesn't many she is not a rape victim. >> reporter: strauss-kahn's attorneys have insisted w

but dominick, you mentioned education earlier.any chinese citizens absolutely would love to get to america to go to our colleges and universities. they know that we lead the world in college and university levels. but below that, they are doing -- they are kicking thabutt. i went to the beijing 101 middle school. it is basically a high school. it is amazing what they're doing in mandarin and english. tell me about what we can learn about the discipline of the chinese people these of the education. >> you raise a very good point. this is the biggest concern for the u.s. will do not need to worry about china becoming the super power. what we do need to worry about is that the deterioration of public education in united states -- you talk about hopeless and hopelessness. in china come in general, no matter how cool these kids are, by and large, what i have seen -- i took many trips to china, frequently, scene of the poor and rich. what i have seen is that the kids, no matter how poor they are, they have this strong hope that someday

. >>> could be a big about face on the dominick strauss kahn case.was charge with swaumting a new york hotel made. prosecutors thought they had an airtight case but it seems to be leaking big time. looks like the accuser could have a major credibility issue. strauss-kaun is strauss-kahn is released from house arrest. can't travel abroad yet. he doesn't have a passport. the manhattan d a's office says it still has investigating to do. >>> let's go to christine romans this morning. she is standing by. christine, your prediction as to how u.s. stocks are going to do today. >> they're going to open right where they closed on friday and stay that way because markets are closed today this is one of the rare days of the year where you know the markets are going to do. they're going to do nothing because they're closed. >> i tell you you might have thought that the whole last three months, we measure these things in quarters, was lousy. it was a write-off. something happened last week. >> last week was one of -- here's a number for you, ali. 648. that's how

dominick strauss, has his bail relaxed as the case against the former imf chief starts to crack. breaking his silence, hugo chavez reveals he is fighting cancer into but but vows to return to this post. party is outnist to prove they are still the power to be reckoned with welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and around the globe. the case against strauss-kahn produced another stunning twist. he is free from house arrest. a judge significantly relaxed the terms of the bail after prosecutors brought doubts about the credibility of the woman accusing him of trying to rape her. >> another turbulent day in the life of dominique strauss-kahn. he was back in court for a hastily scheduled appearance. his loyal wife was there and support. the man accused of raping a hotel made says that the prosecution is mixed. they have doubts about the story. >> the strength of the case has been affected by the substantial credibility issues related to the plaintiff, we are not moving to dismiss. we are consenting to the defendant's -- >> the case still stands, says the judge. he can now travel a

the recent developments in the dominick's strong case to think that that could affect. it. what's happening in france. well i. think i am not fully informed about what's been happening and not a question. what's the new circumstances i'm sure alone in the paris. and the last question please just this is the german t.v. company in eighty. three company made the. t.v. channel in media have a questions for the french prime minister what do you think. i think of the agreement. what do you think of the subject of georgia and the occupation of georgia is it paid any attention. to think about this agreement being implemented by russia. today. and is really discussed only issues. of concern and specifically yes georgia. and the agreements that were concluded in two thousand and eight and in two thousand and nine remain in effect and that they should be observed we support the territorial integrity of georgia and we are against any use of force. in order to achieve that goal we believe that the process of dialogue and discussions that are. ongoing. precisely that a road to a stable

pete dominick host of "stand up with pete dominick" on sirius xm.or of international business at university of maryland. welcome to all of you. certainly a hot topic. pete, let's start with you, what is the problem here? >> essentially the congress set an arbitrary limit on how much the government can bore oechl the united states has more than adequate resources to pay the interest on the debt. it's a small share of federal revenue. on august 2nd we will not default unless the president and secretary choose not to make the payments. >> steve, would you like to weigh in there? what do you think is the problem? >> i think it's much more macrothan that. if this were a movie, it would be a surreal movie. no one is talking about the issue, the major issue is a dramatic lack of growth. that certainly makes it a fiscal problem because we don't have growth. if we had growth of 3, 4, 5%, this would not ab big issue. everybody would be happy. because growth is so low, because unemployment is so high, mp is trying to blame everyone else to stake out grounds. b

now let's look at some stories from around the world this hour to new york where dominick self-starter has been released from house arrest so prosecutors have agreed to waive the bail of a sexual assault case against him a former i.m.f. chief posted six million u.s. dollars assurity ritual that will be returned to him and the release comes after prosecutors raise doubts about the credibility of the housekeeper at the center of the case of she claims to have been raped by strauss kahn in may allegations he denies. google child has undergone lifesaving surgery to remove a tumor the fifty six year old venezuelan president has made his first t.v. appearance since treatment is three weeks ago speaking of his condition he called his recovery slow and careful but certainly expects to make it for recovery government officials and later confirmed that venezuela will continue with its socialist reform program despite charges as health. it's ali and police have arrested a mafia boss in this is silly and sound corleone made famous by the godfather movie trilogy they plan to read our faces charges

chief and special french presidential kinds of the dominick's charles county is facing a new sex assault store this time back in france french journalists tristan but all planes have tended to rape her in two thousand and two on has decided to launch a formal criminal complaint he's overrated been accused of raping a new york hotel maid proceedings all going by the prosecution of his weakened after doubts emerged about being one is critical to see on a false testimony to a grand jury as possible links to drug dealers and money launderers strauss kahn's fellow socialists fear the new sex allegation could ruin any remaining presidential ambitions for my systems treasury secretary under the reagan with gracious and ex wall street journal editor paul craig roberts says he might be the victim of political tricks due to his popularity at home around the world. the french press has reported that strauss guidance for you i would came to the united states. he expected sarkozy to pay some french woman a million euros to bring sex charges against him and he said that was because he was leading the

political sasa nation i think it really is a case of political suicide i really think that on the dominick's trust is out the arjun's of this case it's significant that just on bonds mother who is a fairly important figure in the socialist party and who urged her daughter back in two thousand and three not to say anything about the attack has now come out of the closet and insists that stross khan and his sexual habits in oblong known among socialists along a man did but nobody said anything about them so he may emerge a free man but whether his freedom is going to lead to the at least a year is a completely different story and a number of women in fact are. which is what they call which they called the grand old men of the socialist party are plotting their clapping one another on the park right now because trust khan seems to be on the verge of of being liberated from new york city's judicial system. and coming up later this hour financial analyst max keiser on stage to have a draw a parallel between the pressure woes of greece and the mounting debt of the us the full program is coming out

media sources dominick style can he's currently under house arrest in new york and is charged with seven counts including attempted rape for french nationals and allegations he's due in court later today the bids to get his bail conditions reluctance to. venezuela hugo chavez is given his first televised address since undergoing surgery pupil of the ten june to remove a pelvic abscess will hear later that a second operation had also been carried out to remove this cancerous tumor chavez says he was determined to becomes health issues and is now of course off the recovery. china is the liberation the ninetieth birthday of its ruling communist party which is also the long largest political party in the world top officials have attended a grand so central beijing with panels that gathered to mark the day the organization as a small group of intellectuals but no presides over the world's second largest economy resolutions hard praise the party the cuban swallow but other the corruption could cost them the trust and support of the people. when in just a few minutes you can see our eggs with c

political sasa nation i think it really is a case of political suicide i really think that on the dominick's trust is at the origins of this case it's significant that just don't bang on smother who is a fairly important figure in the socialist party and who urged her daughter back in two thousand and three not to say anything about the attack has now come out of the closet and insists that stross kahn and is sexual habits have been long known among socialists long amanda but nobody said anything about them so he may emerge a free man but whether his freedom is going to lead to the it leaves a is a completely different story and a number of women in fact are appalled that the elephants is which is what they call which they call the grand old men of the socialist party are plotting their class in one another on the back right now because strauss kahn seems to be on the verge of of being liberated from new york city's judicial system. accident at japan's fukushima facility triggered safety fears around the world forcing some countries to think twice about using nuclear energy bar for energy hu

and then also dominick strauss kahn has a really cool chin you. to face charges including attempted rape. the man who was widely tipped to be from sits next president was seen in public for the first time since his arrest on saturday and looking drained strauss kahn is set to plead not guilty to claims he sexually attacked an imprisoned hotel maid so it's a d.m.k. had to deal with the perp walk with being paraded around in front of everybody and now of course the entire case is falling apart now it turns out that the accuser may have been you know this whole thing was a scam it was all for money but one thing that the u.s. media hasn't done compared to the european money the media excuse me is that they haven't mentioned her name out of respect for her do you think about the right thing to do you know i do i agree with that i just do i don't care whether the case against her or against him falls apart as a result of her credibility i think that protecting the possible victims of sexual assault and rape is something really important that most of th

while having his entire body waxed by dominick tricks that's pretty much all we can look forward to what is next congressional testimony you know you create the problem in order to sell your product right so let's look at these final headlines europe is tanking as the words selective default hit the wires that was first thing monday morning the euro tanked gold in euro soared and then out from brussels the meeting in brussels came this tweet from the telegraph the new jargon buzz phrase here in brussels. rather than selective default what does it mean and what the telegraph journalist found was that one earnest commission source says see the standard and poor's definition it means hours or days this temporary default that greece will have another more honest nordic diplomat has just told me no one knows what it means it sounds nice and they want to sound nice again like abilify sounds nice for an anti-psychotic drug yes and the only player in all this that's not fooled of course is gold continuing to hit new all time highs in every currency around the world because the gold vigilantes do

. >>> now that a sexual assault case against him is weakening, should dominick strauss-kahn reenter politics new poll reveals about the feelings of the french. >>> a live look outside. that is the sonoma grade in fremont. no major injuries, accidents to pass along to you. things looking good on this sunday morning. you're watching mornings on 2. >>> good morning to you, bright sunny skies over bay point this morning, already sitting in the low to mid-60s. >>> investigators believe a fire at a premier london hotel started in the basement. that forced 1500 workers and guests to evacuate, including black eyed peas front man, will i am. it spread throughout the 28 story building. fortunately, no one was hurt in that fire. >>> authorities in state line, nevada are investigating the death of a woman when fell from a balcony. the 68-year-old of placerville fell from a 14th floor balcony at the horizon casino resort on friday. her body was discovered by security guards. authorities are trying to figure out if the death was an accident or intentional. >>> jurors could soon be deliberating. i want to

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dominick. >> hello. go ahead, pete. >> hello, don lemon.e think that public officials should have to send their kids to the schools that they're in charge of, but of course elitists like myself don't think public officials, kids should have to hang out with the losers they represent, don. >> that's it? oh, that's just rude. let's move on now. keep the format here. john hudson's campaign manager resigns. newt gingrich had a staff shake-up last month. which gop campaign is in the most trouble at this point. robert? >> john huntsman problem is that he appeals to independent voters, and that automatically disqualifying him from the republican nomination. i think realistically tim pawlenty is in the most trouble. when you attack michele bachmann over migraines, that's an excedrin-making moment. >> dana. >> i think pawlenty is doing incredibly well. i think huntsman doesn't register well with anyone. i don't think he has a pulse. i don't think gary johnson is doing well. gingrich, johnson, huntsman is at the bottom. pawlenty is next unfortunately

case gainst former imf chief dominick strauss-kahn. this just days after he was suddenly released from house arrest. nbc's jeff rossen is with us with more. jeff, good morning. >> willie, good morning to you. he really hit the town this weekend. literally overnight dominick strauss-kahn went from ankle bracelets to freedom. he can go anywhere he wants in the country but yet he remains in new york near the scene of the alleged crime. this morning we're learning more about the case and hotel made sto maid story. within hours of his release, dominick strauss-kahn flashed a smile and took his wife to dinner. the man who sat in a kril at rikers as an accused sexual predator is out and about. chased by the media through city streets he dined at this exclusive upper east side restaurant, reportedly racking up a $700 tab. saturday he reportedly had lunch at the museum of modern art, before returning to his $50,000 a month townhouse. now new details why the case against him may be collapsing. prosecutors say the hotel maid who accused strauss-k

. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5, dominick strauss-kahn is free from house arrest. why the case against him is falling a apartment. >> if there's a warrant out four your arrest, beware, the city is cracking down. that story is next on wj ask, z. >> coming up, >> that story as eyewitness news continues. and a beautiful start to the holiday weekend. will the weather impact your plans? bernadette woods is updating the weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a major break for chief dominic strauss-kahn. tonight prosecutors admit their sexual assault case against him is crumbling. randall pinkston is reporting for wjz. >> reporter: do. vick strauss-kahn walked out of court free from house arrest. >> he will be released in his own recognizance. >> the judge granted his release after prosecutors dug not back of a housekeeper who accused him of sexual assault. >> that investigation raised concerns about the complaining witness's credibility. >> the district attorney's office sent a letter to strauss- kahn's attorney saying the maid misrepresented what she did after the a

to contend with an no delays that through marin county >> the maid accused of being molested by dominicksust, and is speaking publicly. she once the leader to go to jail bear in she never wanted to be in the public eye but questions of her credibility made her come aboard >> hundred of gay couples were married in new york over the weekend. thousands attended rallies protesting lie are saying lawmakers 3 defied that marriage some bay area couples summed it up as two words does the nation wedding. they are tired of waiting for a decision on propagate >> this is clearly gonna take so much longer i want marry him i'm tired of waiting >> i think california will eventually get their we live our lives the way we want bear in >> the unions of same-sex couples that are from california the golden your to get married will not be recognized in california. >> quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues as we're watching the fog we will be right back yÑsÑkékékióç]s]s ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put

there are lawsuits and counter lawsuits in the sex assault case involving former imf chief involving dominickauss-kahn. manhattan prosecutors may soon drop the charges. but his legal battles are not over. a lawyer for a french writer says he filed a complaint in paris. strauss-kahn tried to rape his client several years ago. his attorneys say they will sue the writer for slander. meanwhile, the hotel maid at the center of the manhattan case, filed a libel lawsuit of her own against the new york post today for suggesting she is a prostitute. >>> it is an unlikely place to be victimized. but police say that not one but three churches in vienna were targeted all on the same day. >> i feel very taken advantage of, obviously, it lowers your faith in human beings. >> this woman who does not wish to have her identity revealed says her purse was stolen while attending church. it happened sometime sunday morning here inside the church of the holy comforter in vienna, virginia. she placed her purse inside her office out of plain site and then left without locking the door. >> i was with a bunch of chil

joining me now is cnn contributor, sirius xm radio host pete dominick, cnn political analyst and senior analyst for the tom joyner radio morning show, roland martin and michael harrison. thank you, guys. before i ask what you think of the comments, i want to let our viewers know we have reached out to glenn beck to be on our show today or at least explain why he said what he said yesterday, but we have yet to hear back from him. okay. now, pete, let's start with you. what do you think of glenn beck's comments? >> well, glenn beck is an entertainer. he just made a major transition in his career and whenever he does that, he makes a hitler or nazi reference. some people might argue he's made more hitler references than hitler. of course, that's inaccurate and not true but it was entertaining. that's what he does. he's an entertainer, not unlike howard stern, except for howard's the greatest radio entertainer of all time and everyone knows he's there to entertain. glenn beck, people aren't so sure and they confuse it which is why a lot of people think he's dangerous. the bottom line, there

also joining me, pete dominick. 50,000 people from around the world are randomly selected in this lottery year, no special skill or education required. what do you think of this system? is it a good system, a bad system? >> that's a different story altogether. 50,000 people randomly selected in a sea of -- it's just luck. what's the point? >> i don't know if this is common around the world. are we the only country that does it? >> it's rare. most country try to match skills with what the economy needs, this is meant to broaden out -- most of the people who come to this country are sponsored by somebody else. a lot of people are coming from mexico, central america, canada, from other countries. this is a way to diversify that pool. it's a way for some people to get in. but 22,000 people? come on. they should just give these people their green cards. >> depicted from a small subset -- >> the first people who applied -- this is way worse than winning the actual lottery. you won $30 million? that doesn't change your life as much as getting into america. >> and for generations to come, yeah. >

followed her mother's advice not to press charges because then she would only become the girl who dominick strauss kanne tried to rape and her life would be taken over by this whole story. so she decided to stay silent for a while even though she then spoke to french television, we should mention his name which is beat out and then wrote a book basically it was a novel. but making it clear that she had suffered an alleged sexual assault. why now? because she says she wants to take her life over. she wants to be able to be in control. and as long as she has not been able to take that off her chest, then she feels like she won't be able to look forward to whatever comes next in her life. >> right. one of the other things i read about her, she felt with the case in new york that perhaps she'd be taken seriously. you know, i was in france last, i was surprised. i was taken aback at how much this one individual case has almost provoked an identity crisis in france. that this laissez faire, do anything you like if you're powerful man with women, this kind of aspect of french culture that has bee

. >> dominicks ross cons little problems may not be over back in 2003 she was sexually assaulted by strauss-kahn at the time she was talked out of filing charges by her mother. wha the mother now says your regrets not having her daughter file those charges. the prosecutor look at the evidence and we'll see if there is another evidence to bring charges. the lawyer explained is cnn why he waited. >> if we have something to say to at straws, and legally will do it in france and i will be able to do a when my pants leg to my client. >> no matter what happens within a little problems most french people do not want him to run for president. 54 percent of the french would not like to see him run for president. >> carrying out the death penalty early in the united states has got a little bit more difficult. >> the drug company is cracking down on lethal injections. they used the drug in lethal injection execution they wanna make sure the drug is not used in executions. they're signing an agreement not to redistribute the drug. >> a statue of the former president ronald reagan was unveiled in london. tha

. >> kurt dominick and rod kurt, thanks so much. that will wrap things up for us this morning, but the conversation continues online. send an e-mail with your thoughts and questions to yourbottomline@cnn.com. >>> back now to "cnn saturday" for the latest stories making news. have a great day, everyone. >> it is saturday, july 9th. thanks so much for being with us. after six years of struggle, southern sudan is celebrating its independence day today. what is ahead for the new nation? >>> and the wait is over for royal watchers. the duke and duchess of cambridge mix business and pleasure on a three-day trip to california a california. >>> a live picture now from the west lawn of the u.s. capitol where the dalai lama will give a speech on world peace within minutes. we'll bring you there. >>> from the cnn center in atlanta, this is "cnn saturday" morning, i'm susan hendricks sitting for t.j. holmes. >>> we begin with the death of former first lady, betty ford. she was 93 years old. she became first lady in 1974, when her husband, geral

the other story we're following is where a man i stall of bus kossel sketch and a dominick strauss-kahn>> with prosecutors to day concerning his haze breeze sexually assaulted at a hotel maid. >> time now 5:47 a.m. and looks like it did yesterday but will be cooler this afternoon just >> the touch at this will be the key word cooler hues of that low cloud cover the temperatures in the '50s and '60s was lee's son will be the forecast loaded mid-90s partly cloudy this evening a quick look where we see the temperatures right now mid '50s in separate cisco and 0: low 60s in san jose out and escapes 68 in antioch 63 in san jose inland spots will be in the '90s 92 for concord the model 84 of around the bay area low to mid '80s we're also looking for low 90s little cooler along the coast this is a lawyer seven day forecast conditions is a relatively cold temperatures will be in the mid to low 80s a good 10 degree drop. the fog and sea breeze as all in the forecast >> great start for the morning commute it looks great in all the bay area and bridges we do have some the concern approved on somet

i posed that question to rod kurtz, the executive editor of aol small business, and pete dominick, hoststand-up. >> the worst boss is the boss who growing up had no kind of power, no kind of leadership, he was never even the captain for the kickball team in gym class. >> kept getting picked on. >> i was that kid. and you get that job, you get that power, and then you tend to abuse it, you tend to over -- you know, overboss, and take that, you know, that control and really, really manipulate with it. >> or sometimes bosses are bosses because they have results somehow in the company, you know, they get results, but they're just bad people. so as long as their numbers are good and they're coming in 15% below budget all the time on their expenses and delivering somewhere else, they just last forever. >> and how many times have we heard the term failing up, especially among middle managers. >> i thought that was a management philosophy. >> they put good numbers on paper, often at their employees' expenses and they work their way up. i'm sure it's a favorite of yours, "office space." >> it re

the rest of this is nothing but hocus-pocus and on to we go, our friend dominick strauss-kahn, the accusedist, former heir to the presidency, as it were or heir to the candidacy for presidency in france. released today from his house arrest in lower manhattan on news that while dominique strauss-kahn may still be indicted as a rapist, as an accused rapist, his accuser is now indicted as an individual of diminished character. toure, the implications here, doesn't seem to be there's a debate about whether they sex. >> there's evidence to say, clearly, that they did have sex, but she's no longer the -- >> our friend said we entered the situation she was a saint. he was a -- she's no longer a saint. >> he's still a creep. >> still think something happened but don't know what. she's no longer the perfect witness. the saddest thing about this is that rape is an underreported crime. not an overreported crime. badly underreported crime and this just goes further to a culture of, maybe i shouldn't say anything, because if i get attacked an who know what's will lap to me when i come forward and say

if this latest twist is true, experts say dominick strauss-kahn could be released from house arrest ashe case is on the verge of collapse. >> the maid is from guinea. she lied on her asylum application claiming she was raped in the past. and now admits, it was all made up. according to the times, she may have ties drug dealing and money laundering. the paper reports within a day of her alleged assault, she spoke with an accused drug dealer and discussed the possible benefits of charges against strauss-kahn. that conversation was record. and the times speaks man was among several people who deposited $100,000 cash in her bank account. >> the blows to her credibility now make her, or may make her an untenable witness, according to many of the people we talked to. >> the lawyer who represented the maid appeared last month on "today." >> she has been in a whirlwind since this has taken place. >> this is a woman who is a rape victim. the victim. a physical assault who since this has taken place and since she reported it to security at the hotel has not had a moment of peace. >> reporter: po

questions, 20 seconds on the clock and playing today, democratic strategist maria cardonzez, pete dominicking. should obama follow that advice or take a softer approach. >> you know, when bill clinton was president, he lost the congress because of his policy and then he had to play ball with republicans. we got the balanced budget, a surplus and welfare reform because he did work with republicans. i can only think that the advice he's giving obama is so president obama will lose. >> maria. >> it was the president who prided over the largest economic expansion in history, created 22 million jobs and he actually worked for the middle class and it worked for him, as well, i do think that obama is going to take his advice because it's advice based on fairness and that's what the american people want, where you spread the pain equally. >> kyra, president obama has been the king of compromise. way too much for his progressive and liberal base. on every major piece of legislation, he's made huge compromises. he blings so much, his presidential portrait should look like this. on the stimulus plan,

on the team, the select prestigious team is sirius xm radio host pete dominick and kat kinsman.ld be banned? >> if you like i have been in the splash zone while a cardiac surgeon is trying to keep down his 12th matza ball you are never going to want to participate in one of these as long as you live. >> what's the harm? >> i can't imagine what the harm could be. how dare you ask should they be banned. this is american exceptionalism, eating 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. it's like giving the middle finger to the third world. look how much food we have? >> do you think the ama has no real sense of humor when it comes to this? are they taking this sport too seriously? it's not as if this is anything new. you go back to the ye olde pie eating contest at the fair. it's just injecting a little bit of showmanship. i think once a year it's okay. >> exactly. those of us not competitive eating we like to call it thanksgiving, when you have to sit back on the couch and let the world pass you by. in a new study from the website tripadviser asked about what people thought of skimping clothing o

robert zimmerman, talk show host pete dominick and dana loesch. first ones at our friends. has michele bachmann replaced palin in the tea party's heart? what do you think? robert? >> well, kira, fortunately, the tea party has a very big heart. there's plenty of room for sarah palin, michele bachmann, newt gingrich and many others. that's like valentine's day every day. >> i think there's absolutely enough room for both women. i still don't think palin is going to be running for president. i think she's looking to be more of a king maker. i think the tea party loves anyone who loves limited government. >> pete? >> kira, i disagree with robert. i don't think they have a big heart. based on the budgets that they support, i'm not sure they have a heart. but polls show that both bachmann and palin would be drawing from the exact same pool of voters. i think they would split that. i disagree with dana too. we know palin is not running. we can stop talking her. >> he's making a prediction there. maybe we should make a bet on that. >> treasury secretary t

playing together is maria cardona, pete dominick and cnn contributor and talk show radio host dana loschrren buffett and bill gates sitting down with president obama. what kind of advice should they give the president to solve the debt impasse. dana? >> have the senate democrats come up with a balanced budget amendment or come up with specific cuts that they can make in these debt talks. that's one of the things that we're missing. realistic, big-time cuts that were actually going to have a difference aside from the piddly 2 trillion, where only in d.c. would 2 trillion sound like a nothing amount. >> maria. >> i think what they'll do, kyra, is continue to urge this president to stand strong on wanting to keep tax revenues, new revenues into whatever deal. they have been saying for many, many, many years that they are -- that people like them can and should be paying more because any deal needs to be fair and balanced. most americans agree with that. >> pete. >> well, maybe bill gates could tell the president how to design a revolutionary new operating system to dominate all computers. s

maria cardona, talk show host pete dominick and talk radio host dana loesch., michele bachmann says migraines will not get in her way as president. reagan had cancer operations, kennedy was said to have malaria. why should her migraines matter? dana. >> i don't think that they should. i think that this piece that's kind of circulating is nothing more than research trying to masquerade as journalism. she controls it with taking aspirin. there's a bunch of uncited sources. it's drama for drama's sake. >> maria? >> i do think she needs to come clean how her condition affects her ability to do her job because clearly it has affected her ability to do her job. more than migraines i think what should scare every american is her brain and the political philosophies and public policies and ideas she would pursue. that should be scarier to any american than any migraine. >> i think i'm scared to hear what pete's going to say. >> well, first of all, michele bachmann could help out millions of american who's suffer from migraines by telling them what medicine she's using

dominick brown scores from second. the throwdown time, that's the only run of the game. philly, the best team in baseball, win 1-0. >>> a rough start to the tour de france this weekend. watch what happens when a spectator gets too close to the action. need you to stand just back off of the road, folks. cyclist gets clipped and takes out everybody around him. these things have a chain reaction effect. dozens of racers end up tangled on the ground in a massive pileup all because of the one spectator. >> what did the person do? >> just wandering out in front of the tour de france. how could he have known. only 300 bicycles coming his way. but yesterday, the first american rider wins a tour stage on the fourth of july. >> someone tried to do that in my daughter's track meet. >> run on the track. >> like a crazy person. >> he was just standing there. >> what did he do? >> i horrified everybody. but he got out of the way. >> have mika as your mom at a track meet screaming. >>> jim clyburn and next, the must-read opinion pages. richard cohen said the republican party should be

. >>> up next, actor dominick cooper fills us in on his chilling double role on the silver screen. >>s a far cry from his new role in "the devil's devil" where he plays a character related to saddam hussein in the late '80s. take a look. >> no, no, no! how was that? >> excellent. >> wow. dominic, "the devil's double." >> but it's an actor's dream, isn't it? where you get a role like this? aanightmare -- technologically. >> it is a dream nd that's what was so compelling about the story. or about the fact that this reel man had to do this. front, who was just ripped from what he was doing. >> and his family. >> but, yeah, for me, trying to separate and to find them oth. it was essentially so exciting. if you for a minute as an audiencc member don't knowwwho you're watching and the whole thing forces people to think. >> this is a true story. there was a book about it. and latif himself was oo the set kind of watching his life unfold. what was that llke for you, knowing he was there? >> it was difficult, i met him in the beginning and the links about the who he was and the experience he h