and while he didn't go that far, senate majority leader harry reid made it clear he was not a shoulderfor weiner to cry on: senator harry reid (d- nv)/senate majority leader: "i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i m going to say." reporter: "what advice would you give him if he asked you" "call somebody else. (laughter)" congressman weiner has repeatedly said he has no plans to resign. the first couple of the toy universe is at odds over the environment. today activists with greenpeace hanged a banner of a frowning ken doll on the mattel building in l-a county. it says "barbie, it's over. i don t date girls that are into deforestation." greenpeace claims the paper packaging mattel uses comes from indonesian rain forests. 20:14:33 - voice of jarred cobb/activist: "the reason i'm up here is the future of beautiful places like this rain forest in indonesia are at stake so i'm willing to go through a little bit of uncomfortability" today mattel released a statement saying: we are surprised and disappointed they have taken this inflammatory approach. we will continue to assess our pap

senator harry reid. senator mitch mcconnell. separate meetings today at the white house.ou think is likely to happen? >> well, we remember that the republicans for weeks have been saying that the president has to get involved in these budget talks. last week the house -- the house majority leader, the number two republican, eric cantor, pulled out of the budget talks. today the president finally gets involved with the two leaders, the senate, harry reid, and mitch mcconnell, the republican. they're going to have talks at the white house. the talks are obviously about the debt ceiling. are they going to be to raise the debt ceiling a month away from the deadline, august 2nd, or the debt ceiling to be raised, and republicans are saying that nothing is going to happen unless the president begins, and where are they willing to compromise? are republicans willing to compromise in any way, and where are democrats willing to compromise on spending, on medicare cuts? it's not clear that either side made any progress, but now that the president is involved, perhaps something will

harry reid is speaking without speaking, pelosi is speaking, calling for an ethics investigation buty understanding from those who are well in the know is that congressman weiner will listen to anyone with the last name of schumer or clinton and that is it. and we are in the hearing from them. >> and harry reid is speaking his mind which is that, you know, don't come close to me and you are seeing a lot of democrats say the same words which is this is a huge problem and i don't want to be associated with it and our reporter covering it online is articulating to lay out the issues coming out, and the big issue for him is, what he did, put that aside, he may not have broken laws in the ethics committee investigation will determine that but he broke his word. he lied. >> he said he didn't say it and he said it. >> most companies if you lie where you work, that is a fireable offense. and in this instance the congress is looking at this or fellow democrats are looking at it and saying, we dent see a way out. >>shepard: we have not heard from sam houston or clinton. >>guest: that is right

harry reid said this: >> i know congressman weiner. defend him, but i can. i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> what advice would you give him if he asked you? >> call somebody else. [ laughing ] >> sean: call somebody else. >> i'm going to use that at the comedy club. >> sean, this is a tragedy. democrats are running away from him. nancy pelosi has call for the investigation. a bunch of democrats have given the money he gave them back to charity. i hope for his sake he realizes this is untenable. >> sean: does this hurts the party? >> yes. this hurts the party. this hurts democrats. that's what it comes down to. >> i think he should resign. i have a different set of reasons. if you are going to put your wife, your marriage, your job, your career in jeopardy, at least have sex with the women. don't have virtual sex. he had the same pleasure you experience when you play tetrus. it didn't make sense. >> sean: seems he's got real deep problems. >> he's a man, he's a creep. >> sean: we'll just sum it up that way.

senate majority leader harry reid says he cannot defend weiner. a conservative blogger says he has other than more sexually explicit photos of weiner described as x-rated. >>> at the white house last night, a rare state dinner for germany's angela merkel. president obama presented her with the presidential medal of honor. merkel spoke about dreaming of freedom while growing up in communist east germany. a 19-gun salute welcomed her to the white house. germany is trying to negotiate another bailout for guess. >> i am confident that germany's leadership along with other key tactors in europe will help us arrive at a path for greece to return to growth. >> i think each and every one ought to deal with his or her own problems. we have our hands full already with what we need to do. >> reporter: the fair at the house was very formal. the first lady wore an ivory v- neck dress. >>> the wildfire in arizona, now the second large nest that state's history. coming up next, more people are forced from their homes. >>> plus, caught on camera, a vicious attack

you played the clip from harry reid saying he doesn't know what to tell him. the other thing is we look at the other member of congress from new york who got into some serious ethical trouble, congressman rangel, a former chairman of the powerful ways and means committee who had undeclared income, hadn't paid taxes on rental income, all sorts of other things, which is just not -- you can't do that as chairman of ways and means. he was accept sured by his colleagues but he is personally liked by his colleagues. remember that dram mattic moment when the vote in the well of the house, where people would say, i personally like charlie rangel but i'm going to have to vote to censure him. congressman wiener wouldn't have that same thing. there's no one who is willing to stand up to say they personally like him. and when your nee trouble like this you need friend he is. president clinton had friends. >> i get t see, john that is a great point, right? and i think you are entirely right about that, but suspect there something awfully goofy about the way our politics wo

harry reid responded with this assessment. >> i know congressman wiener. i wish there was some what i could defend him but i cannot. >> he admitted to lying about the suggested pictures he was sending the a social media. >> these communications, for the most plays took place before my marriage though some have come a sadly, took place after. to be clear i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships. >> it was nothing like a relationship whatsoever. it was just like, "hey, i think you're hot." >> today nancy pelosi sent a letter to the ethics committee. jay korff abc7 news. >> more on how the congressman who is a married man, targeted women on the impact sexting could have in a marriage. >>> a stohr you will only see here on abc 7 heartbreak after an apparent drug driving crash claimed three lives. a vehicle was struck on indian head highway on sunday. three people killed, one other hurt. we now have the emotional story. >> the family is still trying to come to terms with the loss of three family members. they want their loved ones to be

a source telling our kate bolduan that harry reid is announcing it right now about canceling the julycess as the august 2nd deadline is looming over. >> we should take that responsibility seriously. i'm confident we do. that's why the senate will reconvenient on tuesdr reconvene on tuesday, the day after the fourth. we have work to do. we will be in session next week with the first vote on july 5th, decide what time that will be on july 5th. likely in the afternoon with the traveling on fourth the july. there is so much to do to put americans back to work and cut our deficit and economy back to work and very important we do this. that moment is too important, obstacles too steep and time too short to waste even a moment. i hope my republican colleagues will put politics aside and help congress with the responsibility to the american people. some republicans in congress who say the united states government has less responsibility to pay its bills than struggling families all across our great country. as a default crises approaches, the republicans say stop cutting checks. >> remember t

harry reid was uncomfortable discussing it. we did catch up with him.thony weiner should step down. listen to what he said. >> you didn't say whether you thought congressman anthony weiner should resign. >> i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> what would you say if he asked you? >> call somebody else. >> so weiner is not getting a whole lot of support right now. newspaper editorials in new york are calling on him to resign. we'll see what he decides to do over the next few weeks. right now he's saying he'll cooperate with the investigation and will try to stay in the house of representatives and run for re-election a year from november. >> let's talk about re-election. we know that he had his sights on running for new york city mayor. not necessarily because of redistricting, because he may not even have a district. explain that. >> well, in new york state the population has been going down over the last decade. new york is going to lose two seats in the house of representatives and almost certainly one of those districts that

asked if he should resign, harry reid said this. >> i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him, but i can't. >> asked if weiner were to call him for advice? >> call somebody else. [ laughter ] >> stronger reaction from the republican camp. house majority leader eric cantor said i don't condone the activity and i think he should resign. weiner's refusal to resign and the leadership reluctance to force the issue could make it appear as though the two parties employ different ethical standard. continuconfronted by boehner, wn confronted over house scandals, six republicans resigned almost immediately. >> bret: prosecutors in the john edwards case plan to use his e-mails against him if it goes to trial. edwards was indicted last week encharmings he failed to report nearly $1 million allegedly sent to hide an affair. edwards denies committing a crime. a.p. reports prosecutors have e-mails between edwards and his one-time speech writer indicating the former senator had full knowledge of the payments. and their use. >>> still ahead, the lates

. >>> president obama met with senate majority harry reid this morning and is said to meet with senate is republican leader mitch mcconnell this afternoon. mr. obama is steping in after talks with joe biden broke down last week. democrats want to close loopholes. republicans are rejecting tax increases and say they want to focus on cutting spending. the government is set to hit its $14.3 trillion on august 2nd unless congress acts. british researchers studied 11 people who developed diabetes later in life. they were put on a diet of 600 calories a day for eight weeks. the patients averaged 620 calorie as day. and by the end of it, they had lost 33 pounds and had no signs of diabetes. >>> you can get screened for diabetes today. the santa clara health department is offering this at two locations in san jose. the crane center on lindsen until 5:00 p.m. and at a mobile clinic at saint jame's park -- st. james' park. >>> a report says the white house wants u.s. automakers to almost double fuel efficiency. the paper says the obama administration is pushing fuel economy to nearly 56 miles a

no support clearly from harry reid, the we're question asked of harry reid is should he resign and hei'm not here to defend. the next question after that, if he were to ask you for advice, what would you say, and he said i would say call somebody else. scott, what's your response? >> my response is that the answers and responses by senator reid and nancy pelosi, the leaders of the democratic party in congress, are very telling, because they're stopping short of purging their own rank. house ethics manual says that members should comport themselves in a manner that is bee pitting -- bee fitting their office, and they have a leading spokesman for their party who lied for ten days, using his office, using his staff, inviting people like bret baier into his office, to lie to their face, and essentially lie to the world, for ten days, about what he had done wrong. in fact, even in his so called apology yesterday, he lied if when -- lied in that, saying sending the picture to the woman out here in seattle was a joke. well, we all know that wasn't a joke. so nancy pelosi and harry reid are s

i mean, how much does harry reid have in brooklyn? none. if people of your district -- people stand behind you -- i'll go back to you, dana, and people stand behind you despite the crud thrown at you and you throw at yourself here, why not stick it out and say in the long run -- bill clinton stuck it out. he did okay. vitter, somewhat similar situation in louisiana, he is a senator for life. >> it's possible. weiner -- this is a placeholder position for him. he made no secret he wants to run for mayor in 2013. you have to think that is now a pipe dream as well. so, his audience is the people of new york there. are they going to be that flexible? i mean, i'm a new yorker, but i don't think -- i don't think they will tolerate that much. so his whole being in the house was a way to get into gracie mansion. >> you say he stays or leaves dana? >> i think he leaves. >> coming up, weiner answering dozens of questions yesterday. we thought maybe too many, led to too many more questions. now he may have opened up more trouble for himself as we are s

he met with republican and democratic leaders after harry reid punished for an end to tax loopholes.republicans want deep spending cuts. the nation is expected to hit the $14.3 trillion debt limit august 2nd. the debt ceiling must be raised before then to avoid a government default. >>> myspace will lay off more than half of its workforce tomorrow. inside sources say 150 of 400 myspace employees will get pink slips. the company is getting ready for a sale and the deal will be announced on friday. >>> renewed optimism about averting the economic crisis in greece. >>> starting tomorrow it will be against the law to sell or manufacture dockside creeds in the united states. they are blamed for the deaths of -- dropside cribs in the united states. they are blamed for the deaths of 30 children. >>> a new report shows the number of people living with diabetes has tripled over the last 40 years. health and science editor john fowler tells us the main reason why. >> reporter: people tell me they know the family risks and whores are diabetes. >> my whole family is infected with diabetes and my

senate majority harry reid said that if congressman antdny weiner calls for him advice -- he'll say -- >> call somebody else. >> reporter: reid is one of the few democrats who spoke out after weiner admitted that he lyde after sending this lewd photo of himself to a college student >> i don't condone his activity. >> reporter: but weiner said that's up to voters. >> i think the lying part, you know, was more -- was worse than the pictures. >> reporter: a marrist poll found that half of new york voters think he should stay. >> he's using public money and public resources, then it would matter to me. >> reporter: ethics probe could determine if weiner broke house rults. >> we have the responsibility to look in every corner. >> reporter: the conservative blogger who broke the story, says there's one x-rated photo that he won't release >> i don't think i want to put his family through that type of thing. >> reporter: finds out that he could lose his seat anyway, new york is losing two congressional seats. >> tracey potts for us in washington. >>> last night at the white house, it was all

when asked about weiner senator harry reid said this, go. i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i could defend him with but i can. >> [inaudible] should resign. >> i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> what advice would you give him if he asked you? >> call somebody else. >> bill: whoa. so, how much damage has the democratic party sustaining from the weiner situation? >> well, not helping them. in fact, it miss phis me. they had this guy massa from new york. i thought it was instructive had the tickle sessions with staff members. eventually he resigned. it took weeks for it to happen. chris lee, the republican congressman from western new york who is seen with a picture sent through the internet without a shirt on and is he gone within a matter of hours. i don't understand why nancy pelosi didn't say to congressman weiner time for you to go. >> bill: maybe she did. >> this is going to linger on. she should have said it publicly. then it would be impossible for him to say. instead, she has referred this to the ethics committee wh

senate majority leader, harry reid, also in a meeting with the president yesterday.hat one lasting about 30 minutes. he focused on jobs, said without creating more jobs, we can't balance the budget. lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> a massive fire in florida near a tourist hotel and ended vacation plans for dozens. the inferno destroyed the hotel sunday night located near popular amusement parks. flames quickly ripped through the massive complex, reducing it to a charred shell. over 100 firefighters battled the fire until dawn before putting it out. an investigation is expected to begin today. >>> a pilot was forced to turn a crowded florida beach into a landing strip yesterday. the pilot was returning from the bahamas when engine failure forced him to set the aircraft down quickly. the pilot flew over beach goers to make a successful and safe landing in the sand. no one on the ground, including the pilot and his passenger, were injured. >>> finally, in hawaii a maui man has padd

harry reid is a mormon. senator hatch is a mormon. go look at their voting record. serve this country with distinction for a long time and would i vote for harry reid if i lived in nevada, i would send him a check. wouldn't matter to me. wouldn't matter to me if someone else did. i think this is in my mind it should be a nonstarter in anybody's mind. there's record of mormons serving with distinction. >> the other thing is that mormon business people that we know have created a lot of jobs. including his father who i have known for 40 years who is a terrific guy. they come from very good family. they are very, very good at creating jobs. >> that's a good point. jobs is what's so important here. tony, i want to ask you about this abortion pledge making the rounds. there are some who are suggesting that all of this talk again about some of what used to be called wedge issues is taking a little bit of the focus away from the fact that we have a jobs problem and there are still maybe suspect a clear and easy solution out of the jobs problem and so are things like this a

just out of curiosity, harry reid, if they're living in a fantly world, would you still exist? [laughter] well, one thing is clear, one way or another armageddon, here we come. each party says the other is leading us to armageddon. is either of them being slightly hyperbolic? for more we go to the future with samantha bee iv and aasif mandvi, jr.,, jr.,, jr., in washington, d.c. hello, guys. >> hello, jon. >> gleep gloop glop. >> jon: oh, my gosh, is english no longer in use? >> of course it is. i'm just [bleeped] with you. >> jon: you're in the future where republicans did not raise the debt ceiling. are we in trouble in >> not really. republicans got everything they wanted. america declared bankruptcy and in receivership restructured our government and we got this capitalist you open thea. [laughter] >> jon: is this air breathable? >> it stings a little, but the free market will correct it. you know, eventually, for sure. >> jon: assif, tell me about the future that you're living in. >> well, here the democrats successfully raised the debt ceiling and increased taxes without

senate majority leader harry reid said if he called him he would tell him to call someone else.has no plans to step aside. >>> transforming treasure island is one step closer to reality. the board of supervisors approving the plans last night for a massive new neighborhood. the one $23,456,000,000 project will bring residential units, stores and even a school. critics were concerned about traffic and environmental problems but they were outweighed by a lot of supporters. developers hope to break ground sometime next year. >>> two elected officials about to lose their jobs in the east bay. hercules had a special election for a recall vote. more than 80% decided to get rid of mayor joe and ward and councilman donald kuehne. there was also an election in richmond where voters rejected a sales tax proposal. measure d would have raised the sales tax in the city by .5%. and meanwhile, measure c did pass. it advises richmond officials to use any extra sales tax money to pay for services that lost funding due to state budget cuts. >>> new polls show americans extremely worried about the

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: senator harry reid, the majority leader, told the newshour the war powers act has no application to the nato-led air strikes in libya and the operation would be over soon. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, senator reid also talked about afghanistan and the budget deal in our newsmaker interview. >> lehrer: then, we look at dissent in saudi arabia, as some women challenge strict male-only driving rules in the islamic kingdom. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you think who is this strange white guy taking me out in the street like this? >> in the beginning, yea

president obama and vice president biden will meet with senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell separately in an attempt to restart debt ceiling talks. last week's negotiations break down over democrats' demands that a deal include measures to raise tax revenue. >>> an asteroid the size of an rv is expected to pass by earth about 7500 miles above the planet, or 30 times closer than the moon. the asteroid will appear as nothing more than a speck to those in north america. experts say it poses no threat. >>> and very happy birthday to actor tobey maguire who turns 36 today. happy birthday. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. >>> tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. after the judge in the casey anthony murder trial abruptly called for a recess over the weekend, could a plea deal be in the works? and the fonz himself, actor henry winkler shares some of the mos

harry reid said last week that we will be gone before -- he will be gone before we know it. he will relocate, gaddafi. a story that does not have a conclusion. >> democrat and house on that at least -- democrats in the house are not at least -- >> oh, no, democrats are on record already apposition -- in opposition. they came again, just 11 votes two weeks ago, of really cutting the legs out. >> it gives the impression of a commander in chief who was indecisive and not sure which way to go. afghanistan is one example. he speaks about it as a war of necessity and talks about the strategic requirements. now all he wants to talk about is getting out. libya, no one even understand what the objective was. and then you have the constitutional issue. the president unilaterally doing this. area of all this is that dennis kucinich, very dovish liberal democrat who is suing over this, the libya war and the non- consultation, acknowledged that the bushes, father and son, had consulted and not approval from congress in advance. >> in decisive, but he did pull the trigger on osama bin lad

today senate democratic leader, harry reid told reporters he is staying out of the fallout from his confession. >> i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him, but i can't. >> whether you thought congressman weiner -- >> i'm not here to defend weiner. >> what do you think he should do? >> that's all i'm going to say. >> weiner is facing an ethics investigation called to by nancy pelosi. >> anyway toe's most punishing air strikes yet. the headquarters of moammar gadhafi and what is his response? hear it for yourself. >> the defiant gadhafi speaking on phone. the state run media and denounces anyway toe and vows to fight to the death. he abruptly ended that call when more nato jets flew overhead. the air strikes damaged several buildings in gadhafi's compound. one person was killed. >> next week, the u.s. open tees off at congressional country club. one of golf's biggest stars will not be here. brett haber is here with the big news on tiger woods today. brett. >> lesli, tiger was hoping to end his nearly two year winless drought, but it will not have happened not here,

who simply want to buck the president on any foreign policy goal, your own leader in the senate, harry reid, said, no, we don't need a war powers approval resolution here. yet you disagree. >> i respect harry reid very much and certainly the president, as you know, but i respectfully disagree. it's true, the war powers act is infringement on president's power as commander in chief, so is the constitution. the president's doing the right thing. what we have here, this would-be butcher of benghazi, gadhafi needs to be stopped, so he doesn't kill innocent people. the president brought together the arab league, the united nations and nato and said, we're going to play a supportive role, no ground troops. we're going to have a limited duration conflict to stop gadhafi. that was the right thing. but i think that the war powers act and constitution make it clear that hostilities by remote control are still hostilitiehos. we are killing with drones what we would otherwise be killing with fighter planes. we are engaged in hostilities in libya. what we should do is act on a timely basis to pass congr

harry reid did the opposite. >> i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him but i can't. >> what advice would you give if he asked you? >> call somebody else. >> call somebody else. the evidence of weiner's honky tonk actions will keep on growing until he steps aside. that was my position last night. it's my position again tonight. this story is going to continue to drip. on monday weiner gave i thought a very weak answer when asked about phone sex. >> did you have phone sex with these women? did you ever have an affair with one of these women? >> i've never as i said in my statement never met any of these women. >> did you have phone sex. >> i never was in the same room with them, never had any physical relationship whatsoever. i am reluctant to, for their privacy and since their names are coming out of characterizing our exchanges except that they were consensual. >> here comes the drip i'm talking about. today a vegas black jack dealer named lisa weis came forward and admitted having a nine-month sexting relations

we're told senate democratic leader harry reid is considering that request. >> pelley: thanks, chip. republicans say they won't agree to raise the debt limit until $2.5 trillion is cut from the federal budget deficit over the next ten years. negotiations are stuck over whether a deal would include tax increases, as the president insists, or rely on spending cuts as republicans demand. nancy cordes is at the capitol. nancy, today the president said the republican position is unsustainable. did he convince any republicans? >> reporter: not in the slightest, scott. if anything, they are digging their heels in even deeper. they insist that their members in the house and senate will not vote for any package that includes one iota of tax increases, and they say it's the president, not them, who is holding this deal up by refusing to acknowledge that reality. here's how senator orrin hatch of utah described the mood among republicans to us this afternoon. >> we know that if we increase taxes, this bunch of democrats in washington will spend every dime of it without cutting back on the thing

this coming monday the president and vice president will meet are harry reid and mitch mcconnell. let's go to candy crowley. first, explain this to me. you have kyl and cantor bailing on these talks. was this just a throwing up of hands for show because these men ultimately know a deal will get done, or is this truly in jeopardy? >> this is ratcheting up the pressure. everything on capitol hill is always in jeopardy until they fix it. here is the truth of it. congress expands to the amount of time it has. they have been told august 2nd is when we're going to have to start defaulting. now, there are a number of republicans who actually don't believe the u.s. will default on its debt, that it will find ways to pay for it. nonetheless, take august 2nd. it's an eternity between now and august 2nd. they have to write a bill and it will take time. no nonetheless. you're now at the point of political pressure, and as a pressure point both on the president i might add probably on speaker boehner, cantor walked out and said, look, you know. tax increases in any form are not acceptable to u

senator majority leader harry reid refused to defend weiner. >> i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him, but i can't. >> weiner spent yesterday huddling with his staff. several democrats say they'll return money weiner donated to their campaign. >>> and speaking of politics, in las vegas it is all in the family. carolyn goodman won the mayoral race last night with 61% of the vote. she replaces her husband, oscar, who was prevented from running again by term limits. he campaigned almost nonstop for his wife. >>> just ahead on the morning news, the airport checkpoint of the future. >>> plus nintendo unveils the latest game console to make you say wii! this is the "cbs morning news." wii! this is the "cbs morning news." fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. this flat-out delicious -- the new $3 flatbread breakfast combo. [ moos ] a toa

. >> those words from harry reid.y's "new york times" reports that minority leader, nancy pelosi, is upset with weiner. when she tried to discuss his resignation, he was adamant he would keep his seat. >>> police in indiana say they fear a missing college student has been the victim of foul play. lauren spierer left a friend's house friday and hasn't been seen since. the disappearance has been a jolt to the college town, which students considered to be safe. >> you don't expect something like that to happen around here in bloomington. it's such a friendly atmosphere. you don't expect things like this to happen. it's crazy. >> back here in her new york hometown, friends and family prayed for lauren's safe return. and we'll talk to her anguished parents coming up later on "good morning america." >>> searches resume for body near a long island beach. investigators scoured the area yesterday. ten sets of human remains have been found since december, possibly victims of more than one serial killer. >>> a college golfer fro

he asked senate majority leader harry reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell to separate discussions on monday. and rising commodities prices have coca-cola raising drink prices. the company said prices will go up by 3% to 4% late next month. still ahead, hewlett packard tries again to get into the tablet computer market and how the holidays are stacking up for the consumer electronics business. >> tom: google says uncle sam has it under the microscope in a blog posting today, the web search giant acknowledged receiving notice yesterday the federal trade commission has begun a formal investigation into its business. the inquiry centers around google's dominance of the internet search market. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: google famously says it's code of conduct is "don't be evil." now the federal trade commission is investigating whether the search giant lives up to that promise. google controls 65% of the search engine market and the question anti-trust expert robert lande says will be how google uses that power. >> if you think you are getting a good search, but it's leading