fredricka? >> david arioto, thanks so much from kabul. >>> some fast moving developments today in britain as well. the murdoch phone hacking scandal has claimed its first public official. we'll have much more on that story right after this short break. to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. launch your dreams. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. >>> all right. the murdoch phone hacking scandal has claimed its first public official now. a short time ago, britain's top cop suddenly resigned. his resignation comes on the same day police arrested a top murd murdoch executive. atika shubert, why did the commissioner of britain's metropolitan police suddenly resign? >> well, he said basically that he had done nothing wrong but that there had been such

i'm fredricka whitfield. debt talks are in overdrive as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal on the debt limit today. house speaker john boehner is holding a conference call with house republicans in a half an hour from now. lawmakers want to come up with a plan today to avoid a negative reaction from asia's financial markets which open in about four hours from now. a live report from capitol hill in just two minutes. >>> a historic day for gay couples in new york. hundreds are getting married legally today. this couple, the first in new york city to say their vows. new york passed its marriage equality act last month. a state set up a lottery to handle a crush of requests for marriages today. a live report from new york city in a few minutes. >>> and six people shot dead at this skating rink near dallas, texas. a man opened fire during a family birthday party last night. he killed five members of his wife's family and then himself. four other people were hurt. also, family members. police say a fight between t

. >> reporter: absolutely, without doubt, fredricka. the betty ford center was one of her greatest legacies. it was founded in 1982 after her very public bout and her battle with prescription drugs and addiction to prescription drugs. also an addiction to alcohol. since then, since that time, in all those years, 90,000 people from all over the world, fredricka, have come to the betty ford center. many of them celebrities, very well known, they have come with their families to get help here. and, you know, we talked to some of the residents. they say they're celebrating her life and legacy at the same time, since the fords were such an integral part of the community. they were saddened by the news of her death. >> it was really hard to hear because i had seen her so much. she came by where i worked a lot. and it was really hard because she had such class, she was absolutely one of the most elegant first ladies ever. >> i know icon is an overused term these days, but she truly is one. her vision and her mission for the betty ford center i

. >> fredricka, i'm glad to know it's not just me. it looks a little creepy -- >> that's what the queen said, that it was creepy. there was that suspended dress, veil -- no head. >> like it was levitating in a haunted house. >> i won't take it that far. >> i'm sorry. of course, i would. >> you've changed the vision of it there. >> on that note, it's all yours. >> thanks so much on that happy note. >>> two major stories we're covering today, critical talks on the debt that happening right now at the white house. >>> and the horrifying terror attacks in norway, a bombing and a shooting rampage at a youth camp. we'll have details on the assaults and the suspect in custody. >>> let's begin at the white house where president obama and congressional leaders are holding debt talks at this hour. president obama called the meeting after deficit negotiations came to a screeching halt yesterday. we have live team coverage. cnn's brianna keilar is at the white house. and kate bolduan is on capitol hill. let's begin with you, kate. what's going on

i'm fredricka whitfield. happening right now, a new defense secretary leon panetta landed in afghanistan today. he says since killing osama bin laden the u.s. has al qaeda in his words on the run. his first trip to the war zone comes during his first full week on the job. >>> the dalai lama is in washington, d.c. today, beginning a ten-day spiritual ritual with thousands gathered on the west lawn of the u.s. capital. the leader of tibetan buddhism said the journey to world peace starts with individual peace of mind. >> try to create calm mind, peaceful mind and that creates our own community. that's the way to change society. >> the chinese government is taking a dim view of the dalai lama's visit to washington. it dismissed him as a political exile engaging in tibetan separatist activities under the guise of religion. >>> the final edition of the news of the world is due out in a few hours from now. rupert murdoch is expected to arrive in london to deal with the hacking scandal that forced the paper to shut

fredricka? >> barbara, i wonder as long as there is this kind of lawlessness, i wonder if the only option for international aid groups to try and offer aid to a number of the somalis who are leaving somalia and then going into northern kenya where many of them are starving along the way, if those international aid groups wouldn't just use the cooperation of kenya and then put all of their supplies there so that people won't have to walk so far before they get to a refugee camp? >> right. i mean, what we know is that many of these groups are now coordinating amongst themselves. they're working through the united nations. the world food program of the u.n. trying to get help to all the places that it is needed. and i think you really put your finger on one of the big challenges. they can get the aid into kenya. they can get the aid farther north into ethiopia. right in the middle with somalia, it is so tough because that region is just very, very difficult now. the problem is, nobody really knows

this is really interesting, fredricka. the president has said before he would veto a short-term extension. but i did just speak with a house republican aide who said the republicans are considering calling the president's bluff on this demand that there not be a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, that there just be one vote to get the debt ceiling raised enough to go beyond the november 2012 election. the amount of money that it would need to be raised for that, fredricka, is well understood to be about $2.5 trillion. but this aide says the republicans are struggling to see any way to get to a significant deficit reduction deal. if they don't buy themselves time, if they don't buy themselves time to work out the details, that would require more than one vote, fred. >> then it seems like there is almost this side issue going on between house speaker boehner and maybe the president that apparently boehner wouldn't even return phone calls from the president, leading up to this morning's meeting. so what were the dynamic

. >> reporter: absolutely, fredricka. when you talk about the former first lady's legacy, without doubt, everyone here will tell you, it is the betty ford center. it is a place that opened in 1982. and since then, fredricka, 90,000 patients and their families have been treated right here. many of them, very well known. >> i'll miss her. i didn't know her, you know. but i did get to spend a few minutes with her and i did get to watch her speak two or three times. i'm glad that i was able to do that. i don't think she even really realized the impact that she had on so many lives. she started her place and she got people there. but sometimes i think that great people, truly great people, don't really even realize how truly great they are. >> reporter: and of course, that was singer stevie nicks of group fleetwood mac. stevie credited betty ford with saving her life. also aerosmith's frontman steven tyler came out and he also said very recently that he was treated here for a drug addiction and said that betty ford actually to

fredricka? >> we'll check back with you on more details of that. thank you so much kate bolduan on capitol hill. >>> for the latest on the negotiations, watch "state of the union" tomorrow, candy crowley's guest tim geithner, secretary of the treasury at the center of the talks from the beginning, 9:00 a.m. eastern sunday morning. >>> perhaps you're traveling this summer. well, depending where you go you could end up paying some hefty tourism taxes. taxes on your hotel, meals, rental car. the global business travel association says those taxes can vary by more than 50% from city to city. here are the three cities with the lowest tourist taxes. interestingly enough, they are all in florida. ft. lauderdale, ft. myers, west palm beach. stay tuned after the break for the three states with the highest tourist taxes. boy, i'm glad we got aflac huh. aflac! oh, i've just got major medical... major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get cash! it's like our saf

fredricka? >> so david, the expectation this court would remain in session until about 6:00 eastern time, just about 55 minutes away, are they still on schedule for that? >> well, after that brief interruption that we had, the judge came back and said it looks like we're going to charge the jury tomorrow. so it's looks like they're going to wrap up with their closing arguments today, let the jury spend the night thinking about it, and then the judge will call them back tomorrow morning and charge them, tell them what they should be thinking about, how they should go about their deliberations and then put it natural their hands as they determine the fate of casey anthony. >> all right, david mattingly, thank you so much in orlando. appreciate that. so let's bring in our legal experts. on the phone from cleveland, avery friedman, and from las vegas richard herman. richard, you first. is the behavior of the attorneys upstaging the closing arguments for today? >> i'll tell you, fred, i've been watch

so for right now, so far, so good, fredricka. but it's early. anything can change over the weekend. >> i don't know, maybe people are just using this as an excuse to say, you know what, a day, maybe two days without getting behind the wheel, period. so they're just going to chill a little bit. sandra endo, thanks so much. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. >>> now to a true gridlock but of a very different kind, in washington, the debate over raising the debt ceiling. there are no face-to-face talks planned this weekend. but judging from the words today of president obama and republican senator oren hatch, the stalemate is far from over. >> i'm willing to somp mize. compromise. i'm willing to do what it takes to solve this problem even if it's not politically popular. and i expect leaders in congress to show that same willingness to compromise. >> washington has consistently demonstrated that it cannot control its urge to spend. that is why the only long-term soluti solution is a balanced budget-approach. >> what happens if ther

about to hand it over to fredricka whitfield.ins the weekend, the royal wedding fever, the next chapter is what it's called here. britain's duchess of cambridge and her grandmother-in-law, the queen, took a tour of the royal exhibition at buckingham palace. it's the cake perfectly preserved. look at this. these are the earrings worn by then kate middleton on her wedding day. but then the big thing, the star of the show, the dress. look at that. the super secretive wedding dress. there it is. it's been shown off now. and cnn's aisha is in london for us. >> reporter: it was a wedding meticulously choreographed down to the balcony kiss. from the guest list to the most guarded secret of all -- the dress. sarah burton of alexander mcqueen received the commission of her career, fashioning the ivory and satin wedding ensemble. a skirt made of silk tool and a train measuring nearly three meters. sarah burton earned high marks from the design world. for most of us, the best view of catherine's dress was probably on television. when her dr

>> corn is a major concern, fredricka.or economists at the farming bureau, and he said the timing of the heat wave is terrible, because corn is in the phase where the colonekernels are bei formed, and they can not be top quality. and now, irrigating the crops, and there are two key factors in play here, how long will the heat last and how dry will it get? and aggravating the situation for the corn crops, heavy rains in the spring made growing conditions for farmers, too, so you can see how it could potentially affect corn. >> it has a real ripple affect, doesn't it, because corn has many purposes? >> yeah, it's not just the corn on the cob we need to worry about, and tortilla chips, and corn oil, and even bigger concerns here is the feed for animals. corn happens to be the main ingredient for feed grain, and you add to that, dairy cows produce less milk, and all of these affect the food supply, and if the food supply is hit then prices will take a hit. >> how are the markets right now? >> we don't have any new news on wall

the question now, fredricka, who is going to be the next to fall?ready starting a domino effect. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg you know. >> i'll be speaking to our london bureau. but you're right. domino effect, don't you think? >> absolutely. it's already started. we're at the 10th arrest now. >> yeah. and, i mean, it started back in, you know, early 2000. and now it's just coming to a head. she is still being questioned by police. >>> also we'll talk to the best political team on television about the debt ceiling. michele bachmann's husband, and mitt romney. it all makes sense. and then my interview with this lady. did you see it? the nail lady. her name is mama jazz. 26 inches long. one more inch it would be nine-inch nails times three. 26 inches long. which one is that one? >> this. >> i don't want to get close because i don't want to break them. >> that's right. >> all right, jazz. they call you mama jazz. >> right. >> ok. >> why? >> i asked her why, and she said since she was a child she grew her nails long. she stays at home. i asked

first, alison kosik. >> hi, fredricka.m last year but the report comes with a warning. the decline is because many banks are delaying them to next year. there are one million homes in this situation and the housing market will not recover until the current threat of foreclosures are brought to a management level. felicia? >> thanks, alison. >>> anheuser-busch has filed applications to trademark the signature area codes of 15 u.s. cities. the area codes span the country from philadelphia, miami, and san diego. the move follows a success of chicago-based goose islands 313 urbanly ale. it was named after its city. it's the number two selling beer there in 2009. poppy? >> thanks so much, felicia. a long awaited dog agency opens its doors. the consumer protection bureau will make sure banks are abiding by laws and the new sheriff in washington is without an actual sheriff. the white house has yet to appoint an officer. the white house has yet to make an official appointment. fred? >> thanks so much, ladies. it appears that eliz

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>> fredricka, i am frustrated like everyone else is in america.information has hit fever pitch in washington, uninformed bumper sticker slogans have become accepted fact. things like, we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem and that tax increases could kill our economy, even though there's no evidence that it could. pandering to deficit hawks and fiscal conservatives has overtaken common sense as politicians campaign for a better -- not for a better america, for a better outcome for themselves in the 2012 elections. we've got a special lineup, including bill gross, the world's foremost bond investor. a lot more for you in the hour coming up at 1:00 eastern. >> we'll look forward to that. i know a lot of folks are very hot under the collar on all sides of the aisle over this wondering what is going to happen. and the clock is ticking. thanks so much, ali. we'll check you out top of the hour. >>> so here's a scenario for you. you're arrested by federal officials. should they be able to collect your dna even if it turns out you ar

i'm fredricka whitfield. just two hours from now president obama and congressional leaders meet at the white house. they'll try to get derailed deficit talks back on track. republicans broke off negotiations yesterday saying the administration's insistence on including tax hikes in any plan is not acceptable. straight ahead, a live report from the white house on the showdown and how its outcome could affect you. >>> the u.s. is withholding $800 million in aid to pakistan. president obama's chief of staff confirmed the move today. william daily says pakistan has, quote, taken some steps that have given us reason to pause, end quote. the pakistani military tells cnn it has not been officially informed that aid from washington is being wit held. >>> with the final edition of britain's popular tabloid "news of the world" on the stands, rupert murdoch is hoping to limit the damage to his media empire. murdoch arrived in london today. his company's british subsidiary closed yours truly news of the world" after repo

fredricka and i were looking.ht now. >> that is crazy. >> i know. it's hard to watch. >> it is. and yet we watch. just why people go out there and run. you have a great day, susan. thanks so much. >>> meantime, a very somber morning. lots of reaction pouring in to the death of former first lady betty ford. in a statement last hour, her four children said the former first lady died peacefully at the eisenhower medical center in california. they recalled her love, candor, devotion and laughter. ford was thrust into the limelight when her husband, gerald ford, became president in 1974 after richard nixon resigned. she was known for her candor on issues like abortion, equal rights and her own battles with breast cancer and addiction to alcohol and pain medication. upon learning of her death, president barack obama released this statement which reads in part, today, we take comfort in the knowledge that betty and her husband, former president gerald ford, are together once more. michelle and i send our thoughts and pra

guess the future showing up a little bit early someone sent me a message about a platform called fredricka and it's pretty intuitive compass is all of the big preexisting sites and aggregates everything into a social stream best of all this is private or as public as you once it's a b. and they are going to try to lay claim to your content with despicable ip laws and tricky legally the most important feature though of course is that there is a dislike button what do you know someone is finally responding to market demand don't you just love the internet i can't give the fencer cannot work a proper detailed review just yet but check it out at project dot fredricka friends of the friend because dot com and let me know you think facebook your days may just be numbered and now some news from anonymous. in the past two weeks there have been several attempts made to disparage anonymous we have been branded as terrorists and traitors forces of evil this forces us to ask you a question which is the greater evil an organization that coerces its members with force and feels the need to steal from th

. >> hey, fredricka. so manufacturers aren't just raising car prices these days.fering fewer incentives. edmonds.com says incentives were down almost 20% in june compared to the same time last year. that, would out to an average of about 2,000 extra that you spend on your car. so before you we begin looking for new wheels, cnn's peter valdez recommends finding out what the car you have is worth now. be honest about your car's condition. the website will tell you how much you could get, if you sold the car yourself, and you can use that to figure out if a dealer's offer for your trade-in is a realistic one. >> what about your new car? how can the internet apparently help? >> well, do your homework. when you walk into a dealership, be prepared. peter valdez says you should know which model you want and why. go to sites like edmonds.com, kvb.com and aol autos. they give information on fearings like fuel economy and power and these sites tell you real world prices as well as sticker prices. once you've narrowed down your search to three choices, it's time to take a dr

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hello, i'm fredricka whitfield.let's get you up to speed now. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. >> all three engines up and burning. 2, 1, 0, lift-off. the final lift-off of "atlantis" on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. >> nasa launches its 135th and final space shuttle mission. just a half hour ago. "atlantis" soared into orbit one last spine-tingling time. bad weather had threatened the launch. the shuttle program ending after 30 year, due to costs and the age of the orbiters. >>> today's report on unemployment is much worse than anyone expected. the u.s. labor department says the economy added just 18,000 jobs in june. it takes 300,000 new jobs a month to put a significant dent in unemployment. june's meager showing pushed the jobless rate up a notch to 9.2%. >> today's job report confirms what most americans already flow know, we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do give people security and opportunity that they deserve. we've added more than 2 million new private sector jo

i think he's actually speaking, fredric fredricka. let's listen in for a second. >> be fairly quick. there has been a number of conversations as i walk in here about the letter i got from 43 republicans today. it is pretty interesting that the 43 republicans, a number of whom are in contact with me and others, one person who signed that letter has met with one of my democratic senators and that democratic senator has met with chairman of the budget committee and so there are things going on. i don't know what the 43 letters was meant to be, whether the stalling, i don't understand. but we have 43 people on this letter, republicans, and a number of them have already agreed to work with us. whether it bears fruit, we will see. now, we have -- people should understand what this is all about. the only game in town, the only one left standing is the one on the floor at the end of the day. we have the ability to change that still today before the 12:00 hour passes, we can still do this. we can still change this. if my republican colleagues

you have to fredricka is one of the most local codes are the sixty's a time by small freedoms allowed by the soviet communist party many of us versus what i revelation to people had been fed stalinists propaganda for now you get these trends in much of us time lecturing in the united states what is being a modern culture we'll hear about it from the poet himself today i'm struck. schenkel stands as one of the most well known contemporary russian poets the world's best universities welcome the lecturing poet and nobel prize nominee but every year on his birthday. to moscow to reach his poll from from the stage of one of the law school university this is the place where half a century ago he read his freedom loving versus and what was a severely restricted country. courtesy of the shrinker and a welcome to spotlight it's an order to have you here in our studio. well every. country i will i will i will spend the next twenty six minutes by trying to spoil it. for every eighteenth of july every every day so every year when you sell it. richard burr day you come to the moscow is probably te

fredricka whitfield who' who's @fwhitfield. >> oh, yeah, i forget. that's so much to do.layer. i'm trying. believe me, i'm trying. but i am a slow poke. >> don't tweet her. it's a strain. >> go ahead and tweet me. it will help me. >> we'll see you in just a few minutes. >>> i know you fly a lot, a lot of people get on the planes and you hear crying babies sometimes who can bother people. you have people hogging the seats, maybe hogging the armrests. some people want to talk to you and you don't want to talk to them. a lot of this can drive you crazy. we can help you make it through that commercial flight. proper etiquette. what do you do with these folks on the plane? >> be kind. come on, you're not alone. >> stop it, fredricka. we're right back, folks. and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something yo

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. here's a check of our top stories.news out of egypt this hour. egyptian state television is reporting that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has lapsed into a coma. this comes after months of ill health. egyptian state-run television quotes mubarak's attorney as saying the former president is in a full coma after his health suddenly deteriorated. >>> a top executive in the rupert murdoch media empire was arrested in london today. rebekah brooks was once the editor of murdoch's london-based tabloid "news of the world." she was taken into custody in connection with a phone hacking and police bribery scandal. >>> and casey anthony in this country is out of jail and out of sight. she walked out of the front door minutes after midnight at the jail in orlando there. her lawyer beside her, because of safety concerns. no one is saying where she is now or where she may go next. >>> join me for nor news rat at top of the hour. >>> this week, the american administration confronts a middle east where events are heating up on

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield. here's an update of some of the top stories we're following.resident obama and a bipartisan group of congressional leaders will meet at the white house tonight. they will try to get the derailed deficit talks back on track. negotiations broke down yesterday over republicans' refusal to consider tax hikes as part of the plan. and the final edition of "the news of the world" was published today. the 168-year-old british newspaper has been closed after outrage over a report that it hacked the phones of a missing teenager and politicians. owner rupert murdoch arrived in london today in a bid to limit damage to the rest of his media empire. >>> and the shuttle "atlantis" arrives at the international space station one last time a short time ago. the astronauts were welcomed aboard by the station's current crew. they have brought along a year's worth of supplies, and it's going to take them about a week to unload all of it. >>> join me for more news at the top of the hour. back to "fareed zakaria: gps" in a moment. >> okay. put your thinking caps on f

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they might turn out to represent >>> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. here's a check of the top stories. >>> hundreds of norwegians attended a memorial service at the oslo cathedral today for victims of friday's bloody twin attacks. at least 93 people died in a bombing in downtown oslo, and a mass shooting at a nearby youth camp. the suspect has been identified as a 32-year-old norwegian. police say he told them he acted alone. >>> back in the u.s., house speaker john boehner is holding a conference call with all house republicans three hours from now. he is expected to discuss a deal to raise the debt ceiling. lawmakers want to agree to a plan before 8:00 tonight when asia's financial markets open. >>> a historic day for gay couples in new york. hundreds of them are getting married legally today. new york passed its marriage equality act last month. the state set up a lottery to handle a crush of requests for marriages today. that couple right there are the first to marry today. join me for more news at the top of the hour. "fareed zakaria: gps" contin

i'm fredricka whitfield. we're keeping an eye on the u.s. senate and house chambers where lawmakers are in session this afternoon, trying to end a tense political standoff over the debt ceiling. so far, we have only been hearing more contentious remarks from both sides. we'll take you there live in a moment. >>> many of you are expressing frustration with the debt impasse in washington. and with members of congress who have yet to reach a deficit reduction deal. vernon hill says he wants lawmakers to get the u.s. out of debt or resign. >> the united states of america is about to go broke. we're about to lose our credit ratings. the people of the world are looking at us and wondering what the hell is going on with the greatest nation in the world. >> if you want to share your video on the debt showdown, logon to cnn.com/ireport. >>> along the texas coast, a lot of disappointment after what was once tropical storm don making landfall. it came ashore as a tropical depression. but it wasn't the rainmaker folks were hoping for. much of texas is i

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i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> no one knows for sure what would happen if we don't raise the debt ceiling in time. but we've all heard the adjectives, catastrophic, calamitous, financial armageddon. welcome to "your money." i'm tom foreman. ali velshi is off this week. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is august 2nd and we're left without a viable plan through all this talk, although there are some signs of a potential deal. ben white is a wall street correspondent for politico, ken rogoff joins us and jeanne s sahadi joins us as well. jeanne, first question, is it time to simply say, let's go for the possible in washington? everybody has grand ideas about what they want to do. nobody, nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think the mission of everyone in congress is to absolutely raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. the s&p has been the strongest credit rating agency. they said, we'r

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> less than one month until we reach the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling. we've been here before but not quite this close to default. welcome to "your money." i'm christine romans. ali velshi is off this week. so what could change for you in an eventual debt ceiling deal? three huge issues to watch will be tax increases paired with possible cuts to social security and medicare as part of what could be $4 trillion in proposed debt reduction? jeanne sahadi joins us. >> they say we have to raise taxes on the wealthy and close corporate tax loopholes. the republicans say, no. we're not going to be raising taxes in the wake of the jobs report. democrats say, we're not going to be on board with any cuts to social security or medicare. we want those to be dealt with separately in the same way that republicans want to deal with taxes separately. democrats say, we're not cutting social security and medicare. and this week, they got very upset when

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> no one can say for certain what would happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. but the consequences are likely to be severe. welcome to "your money." i'm ali velshi. august 2nd is the day the treasury department says it will no longer be able to pay all of our nation's bills. and the united states will default on its debt. republicans are going to vote on their own plan this week, complete with spending cuts. but president obama says he won't support deep cuts without increases in taxes. >> if you're trying to get to $2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and is not going to be something that i would support. >> david gergen is cnn's senior political analyst. david, there was a time when republican house speaker john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change america's unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do you

. >>> okay, folks, fredricka whitfield is fired up this morning. the good energy -- >> we have a great day ahead, right? >> it has been a good morning. >> even if you're in the southern california area and you're in l.a. and worried about the whole carmageddon thing -- >> did you see the streets. it looked like everybody decided to stay off the streets. >> but it's early. folks have their day planned, as do we. there it is right there. >> this is a live picture for us? wow. >> great construction taking place on mulholland bridge. we're keeping an eye on it all morning long. our legal guys, we always love avery and richard. you suspect your spouse is cheating. >> don't do this to me this morning. >> i won't do that because i love marley. someone else, that might be happening. is it okay if you put a gps, hire a private investigator and they use a gps to track that person? >> so you put it on your spouse, in the car, in the purse -- can you do that? >> well, avery and richard are going to weigh in on whether that is okay because it's a legal case rig