george stephanopoulos, thank you very much. want to remind you, you don't want to miss george this morning, a series of powerhouse roundtables with the biggest brains in the business. bianna, over to you. >>> we'll turn now to the john edwards explosive. his former mistress rielle hunter is about to tell all in a new book. it could impact their daughter quinn. for the very first time, abc's david kerley has more on this story from washington. david, one has to wonder how much edwards knows about what's in this book. >> that's a good question. we know that he's co-parenting. could there be a big bombshell? his efforts to continue to his daughter, we should know soon. an affair with the presidential candidate. pregnancy. a daughter. lot we don't know about john edwards and rielle hunter. hunter's book is called "what really happened." what will it affect the relationship between edwards and his daughter quinn. edwards spoke of his young daughter this week. >> finally my precious quinn. >> reporter: it was the strongest emotional m

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jake tapper is hosting abc's "this week" for george stephanopoulos this weekend.e joins us to talk about it. good morning, jake. >> good morning, bianna. >> well, if the supreme court in fact rules that the president's health care law is not constitutional. what kind of impact will have that on his re-election campaign in. >> mitt romney supported similar legislation in massachusetts. ultimately, you'll see if it overturned it will be a bad week of news stories for president obama, obviously, his signature legislative achievement found unconstitutional. then, comes the story, what replaces health care? we haven't heard much from republicans. and there are popular provisions of this law, including, not allowing insurance companies to deny people with pre-existing conditions. >> the administration saying that they have contingency plans in place >>> another legal battle brewing over the "fast and furious" with mexico. attorney general eric holder, held for contempt for not releasing documents. so, jake, how is this going to play out? >> it's a bitter showdown. right

george stephanopoulos, thank you very much. want to remind everybody, you do not want to miss george this morning. he has a series of powerhouse roundtables with the biggest brains in the business including georges duking it out over the hottest issues of the day. bianna, over to you. >> all right, dan. >>> we'll turn now to the john edwards saga, which is about to get more explosive. his former mistress rielle hunter is about to tell all in a new book. what she reveals could impact his efforts to rehabilitate his image and also have a huge impact on their daughter quinn. he expressed his love for her just last week. for the very first time, abc's david kerley has more on this story from washington. david, one has to wonder how much edwards knows about what's in this book. >> and that's a good question. you know we know that he's co-parenting. the question is, could there be a big bombshell? cold the mistress derail his effort to rehabilitate himself? and his efforts to continue to see his daughter. we should know soon. an affai

george stephanopoulos has a well-deserved morning off. here to discuss this stand-off between the president and the congress, we're joined by the chair of the house oversight committee, darrell issa. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, jake. thank you for having me. >> i have a lot of questions mr. chairman, but first let's take a quick look at ou we got to this point. just like the movie it was named after, it was fast, furious and deadly. the operation, u.s. government agents allowed guns to pour across the border into mexico in an effort to track drug cartels. the problem, they lost track of 2,000 of those guns, including deadly assault rifles and two of those weapons were found at a murder scene of border patrol agent brian terry. >> my son was a person that believed in justice, and he believed in telling the truth. >> reporter: congress, outraged, launched an investigation. but the justice department first denied the program existed. quote, atf makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and pre

. >> andrea: he was asked by george stephanopoulos if it was a tax. he said in numerous interview if it was a tax. that it's not. >> bob: it's not a tax. >> kimberly: is it a tax. >> eric: there are 21 new taxes in this law. 21. $675 billion. >> eric: the idea of taxes people with income over $250,000 for -- >> eric: the point is -- >> kimberly: so it is a tas tax. >> greg: tanning beds. this is a tax on snookie. taxing an american hero. every now and then you get something from the web. from 10 to 15 people. to everybody, it's summing up how you feel. it sums up the moment from yesterday about discovering that this is a tax. this is not a tax. i don't know where this came from. i received this 40 times. doesn't this speak to the way people look at obama? he pulled one over on america. >> kimberly: again. >> bob: i never heard this from you when we talk about obamacare. >> greg: he said it wasn't a tax. >> eric: the bill is this high. 2,500 pages. pelosi said pass it first and then we'll read it. >> greg: they are not really laughing about it. so i do

we'll have much more later on th "this week" with george stephanopoulos.e. >> thank you.

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diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will be here to lead our coverage. point we expect the ruling to come down 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> while most of the attention in washington will be focused on the supreme court. a political battle will be playing out on capitol hill. the house of representatives is expected to find that attorney general eric holder is in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over documents. now president obama has asserted executive privilege to keep the documents secret. republicans say there is no basis. >> beau sides of the aisle have worked out agreements on two major issues affecting millions of americans. there is a deal to find a huge, or fund i should say, a huge overhaul of the nation's transportation system. on top of that a tentative plan to keep student loan interest rates low. it's encouraging news, of course for students as abc's karen travers reports. >> reporter: the class of 2012 left their college campuses with diplomas and massive amounts of student loan debt. >> i have over $100,000 worth of student loans to re

we'll have much more later on th "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> thank you. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. at 8:56.orning people are still waking up in the dark this morning following friday night storms in d.c.. county, 2600rge's power but without county only has 25 homes without power. an overnight fire in mount injured one firefighter. it happened around 3:30 this morning. the firefighter is suffering serious burns. here is the forecast. after a near perfect summer's yesterday, we're starting vein. the same is warmer out there but littleable with very wind. already 83 degrees in arlington cumberland, 63 degrees. around the area, at the day, you skies and down the beach, a perfect start to the day. look for an increasing cloudiness because high pressure started to move out. it will be sticking out there withtill a great day near 90 and look clouds deception and may be showers and a threat of tonight and again tomorrow, a greater likelihood, sunny and maybe tomorrow.rms in the wake of that, tuesday only upper 70's, very low an

. >> did he lie to george stephanopoulos when said it wasn't a tax. >> justice roberts said this was a tax. >> justice roberts, the president came forward and said it was not a tax. did he lie? >> just because justice roberts said it was a tax does not mean it was a tax. >> you are now you saying it wasn't a tax? >> this should have been under the commerce clause. the fact that justice roberts decided to call it something else is up to justice roberts. >> so the democrats, steve, i think are in the position where they have to say either nothing or that it is not a tax. i think justice roberts decision was a disaster. the commerce clause opinion part of it not withstanding. but is that hard for them and can republicans really ride this to victory without a real reform minded replacement that everybody can understand. in because so far we haven't heard a lot of specifics on that. >> well, on the tax issue in particular i think the president looks like he wasn't dealing straight with the american people. he said it absolutely was not a tax and then his own lawyers were arguing in front

for that let's go to george stephanopoulos. the court has spoken affirming the obama health care plan. how does that impact the president going forward in this campaign skm. >> number one, it's a big bullet dodged. imagine if it went the other way today, the supreme court struck down the president signature legislation. you already know the argument mitt romney and the president's opponents would have made. his first three and a half years were a waist. he didn't fix the economy. he didn't get his number one piece of legislation. that has gone away. he avoided that sense op failure. >> did the court help itself here? >> i think so. stfs a narrow ruling that avoided the charge of judicial activism. pretty clearly you think justice roberts doesn't think it's a good idea. it harkened back to his confirmation hears now what seven years ago where he says the job of a justice is simply to be an umpire, set the rules, make sure everybody plays by the rules notch i think he took a step in that direction and could end up by taking the c

she was interviewed live by george stephanopoulos. shes the break-is up painful but edwards still wants to be involved with their daughter quinn, now 4-years-old. >> we are a family as of the end of last week john edwards and you are no longer a couple. >> not at all? >> not at all. >> because of the book? >> for my part it is because i'm no longer interested in hiding. >> hiding what? >> hiding our relationship. >> her tell-all book is being released today. in it she describes intimate details about her affair with edwards. hunter says she still loves edwards today and believes he still loves her, despite their uncertain future. >> national bone marrow donation registry is reporting huge wave of registrations after robin roberts announced she will need a transplant. this morning she stopped by a registration drive held in new york many of her colleagues did the simple swab test to see if they could be a match for somebody else needing a transplant. a ceo says 15,000 people have registered in the past two weeks more than doubling the

she was interviewed live by george stephanopoulos.hes the break-is up painful but edwards still wants to be involved with their daughter quinn, now 4-years-old. >> we are a family as of the end of last week john edwards and you are no longer a couple. >> not at all? >> not at all. >> because of the book? >> for my part it is because i'm no longer interested in hiding. >> hiding what? >> hiding our relationship. >> her tell-all book is being released today. in it she describes intimate details about her affair with edwards. hunter says she still loves edwards today and believes he still loves her, despite their uncertain future. >> national bone marrow donation registry is reporting huge wave of registrations after robin roberts announced she will need a transplant. this morning she stopped by a registration drive held in new york many of her colleagues did the simple swab test to see if they could be a match for somebody else needing a transplant. a ceo says 15,000 people have registered in the past two weeks more than doubling the ex

. >> but abc's george stephanopoulos does not think this will all be much of an issue come election day. >> it also gives him a second chance to sell the popular parts of the plan. and that's what you saw the president doing when he came out to the east room earlier today. now, it also gives mitt romney a second chance to rally those who are really riled up against obama care in 2010. we saw that help the republicans. so, the debate is going to continue. i think it's a net plus, no question, for president obama. i question, though, how much of an issue this will be by election day. >> we will get a lot more analysis from george a little while from now, later on "good morning america." >>> a tragic new turn in the fire zone this morning, as president obama prepares to tour the damage. at least one person has now died. the victim was found in 1 of the 350 homes that burned to the ground in colorado springs. the fire is now the most destructive in colorado history. eclipsing the blaze still burning in the northern part of that state. now, the cost of fighting the fire has already topped $3

. >> time to bring in george stephanopoulos. bottom line, here, george, what does this really mean?> bad news for the democrats, bad night for the white house, but not fatal. i think scott walker was right, what happens now is that wisconsin, a solid blue state, the last republican to win wisconsin, ronald reagan in 1984. now it's in play, at least for a few weeks. if wisconsin flips and goes republican, mitt romney has many more path to 270. barack obama has very few. >> what kind of tremors is this sending through the white house? >> they saw it coming and turned it into a battleground before this happened, but here's what they have to focus on. it was in the piece. blue collar men. 67% of them went to scott walker in this election. democrats have to do much better with those voters not only in wisconsin, but in ohio, and michigan, and pennsylvania, to secure this race. >> the big wake-up call is about blue collar men. >> that's right. >> okay. what it meant. thanks so much. >>> now we turn to your money and a bout on wall street, the single biggest one-day rally all year. the dow

with diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos, at 10:00 a.m. stay tuned for that. >>> most of the attention in washington will be focused on the supreme court. a political battle will be playing out on capitol hill. a house committee is expected to find that eric holder is in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over the documents relating to the "fast and furious" gun tracking program. >>> and both sides on the hill have agreed to keep student loan interest rates at their current level. the rates were scheduled to double over the weekend. the plan will be folded into a bill to fund a major overhaul of the transportation system. >>> bipartisanship was on display at the congressional picnic. both sides and their families gathered on the white house for a feast of sorts. the president made a special to thank the families and children for the sacrifices they make. >>> time for the weather across the nation. as we mentioned, the heat is on from the rockies all the way to the east coast. showers in northern new england and south florida. thunde

i'm diane sawyer with george stephanopoulos in new york. the president is about to walk out into the rose garden at the white house, and this is big. after he makes his announcement, 800,000 young people in this country will no longer live in fear that they will be deported simply because their parents brought them here illegally, and hispanics are joining across the country. >> it will apply to young people who were born here or got here before the age of 16. they have to be under the age of 30, and lived here in the united states continuously for the last five years. you either have to be in school, a high school graduate or serving the military and have clean criminal records. as you said, about 800,000 people. >> the president is basically saying he is not going to deport them now. but doing it on his own in a way. the dream act was before congress, but could not pass. >> it's been blocking congress. the president's already gotten criticism of the dream act, including the chairman of the committee, peter king. he said the administration

then george stephanopoulos went to g.m.a.. was that your move? jet stream may was my move.n going... >> rose: did you want him to do that because you wanted him to get experience because it was sort of the natural progression to becoming an abc news... world news anchor or some other reason? >> first6 a fib program because diane was moving off to go to "world news" because charlie announced his retirement somewhat prematurely. so i needed a great anchor and i looked around to see who i thought the best anchor we had was and it was george. george is somebody i had gone to at the beginning of my tenure when he was not full time at abc news and7zow persuaded them to e on board and become a journalist and an anchor and i pushed him hard on g.m.a. because i needed him but also because... i said look, bucknumer be one in washington for the rest of your life and that's a great job,tjkl that's terrific. >> rose: yes, yes. (laughs) >> but this is a bigger stage and this is an opportunity for you and frankly, george, i know if you go to "good morning ameri

he bristled when abc's george stephanopoulos, said the mandate was, basically, a tax. >> no. that's not true, george. for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. what it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in america, just about, has to get auto insurance. nobody considers that a tax increase. >> what did the other justices, particularly john roberts, conservative allies, think about his tax argument? >> i will say this about what the president said. the supreme court basically says it doesn't matter what congress called it, you look at how it functionally acts and it's a tax. the i.r.s. collects it, you report it on your tax form, it's stuck in the part of the federal law with the tax laws in it. what the conservatives say is that basically that congress deliberately rejected it as a tax. that's their claim. there's a contrary argument that congress debated whether it was a tax and said it was but the conservat

. >>> now time to bring in abc's good morning america george stephanopoulos. we know all this week the pressure been building on the president. his friends, not his critics, his friends said come out with guns blazing. >> they were happy. they wanted the president stop trying to convince they're a lot better off than they were four years ago. they think it's a losing argument. they want him to draw this sharp contrast with mitt romney and they believed he did that today with his argument that basically whatever you think happened up until now, things will be a lot worse for all of you, especially the middle class, if you elect mitt romney. >> what is looking to happen now in each camp. >> from the romney campaign is continuing to just frame this election about are you better off now than erp four years ago. the obama campaign smoke romney out on his plan, come out and say exactly how make up that hole in the deficit the president is talking about where the spending cuts come from. right now the romney campaign is holding firm. the obama campaign we have a long

diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will anchor that from new york. ic keep your tv here to watch it. >>> another big story in washington, d.c. today we're going to closely be watching. today members of the house of at the present timive wills -- representatives will vote on whether they think attorney general eric holder should be held in contempt of congress. gop lawmakers want them to turn over documented related to the fast and furious decision. >>> maryland live casino in hanover opened back on june 6th and today, there's going to be a discussion on how things are going so far. a meeting will be held at the arundel mills community room at 7:00 this evening. participants will be focusing on the impact and the sales over the last couple of weeks. we'll let you know how it goes. >>> three minutes after 6:00 right now. if you live in baltimore get ready to pay more or your water bill. once again the city is raising their rates so abc2 news' sherrie johnson joins us this morning to explain why and what this is all about. >> reporter: megan some new in