among the republicans involved, kelly ayotte, bob corker and lindsey graham. according to graham, it was being filibuster because we don't like the law, that's not a reason to deny the appointment. senator corker reportedly called b.s. on mitch mcconelle who complained he could have brokered a better deal. he took several of his republican colleagues to task to advance the nomination of tom perez to be secretary of labor. >> what i'm saying to my republican colleagues, i don't care what deal you cut, how can you move forward on the nomination when it refuses to comply with a subpoena. >> more now on those student loan rates. they agreed on a deal yesterday to lower the borrowing cost. it will allow undergraduates to borrow at 8.5% this fall. the new plan brings much needed relief. they're not permanent. after the 2015 academic year they'll likely be raised. in the future they'll be determined by stock market. for graduate students the cap will be 9.5%. for parents it will be 10% 5.. >>> lynn cheney descending on the state for her first campaign events yesterda

the republicans have a lot of good spokes wim, kelly ayotte is terrific, marsha blackburn is terrific when they're talking about issues. certainly having these three white liberal men that are behaving badly having them front and center and dominate the headlines is not good for the democrats. >> well, unlike yourself, my friend, apparently the party does think there's meat in this. a spokeswoman for the national republican campaign committee told "the washington post" just today quote, the best tools we have as republicans to recruit women candidates this cycle are those three democrats named bob filner, eliot spitzer, and anthony weiner. democrats called this theory ludicrous. a spokesman for the democratic senate campaign told slate today quote, this whole thing shows that republicans have no idea what the war on women is all about. the voter protecting equal pay, the birth control access, the violence against women act. it's about issues, not cable soap operas in new york city and san diego. john feehery says it's not an opportunity for the republicans to win. and yet all these in

senator kelly ayotte, thank you. bill: baby, it's hot out there. a heat wave keeping a grip on much of the country. there are tens of millions of folks looking for relief. when will that come? good morning. >> a lot of red across the eastern half of the country. high temperatures into the ninth. in new york city yesterday you reached 100 degree. today your reaching 97 degree. st. louis, omaha also reaching the ninth. it will feel like 101 degree in the city of chicago. washington, d.c., 106, new york city it will feel like 105 degree later on into the afternoon hours during the hours you are getting out of work. like bill mentioned we do have relief in store very soon. we have a of swinging through parts of the great lake and the northeast today and tomorrow. look at n city. by saturday you are talking lower 90s. middle 80s by sunday. monday, tuesday you are slightly below average for this time of year. so a big relief coming up. that's associated with this cough that will be firing up showers and storms across the northeast and into saturday. so w

you havesenator john mccain, lindsay graham, kelly ayotte. they're beating drums loudly for military intervention in syria. 70% of the americ people say don't even think about it, mr. president. are they representing the republican party here? what is the deal? >> national security is obviouslsomething that i got to tell you and i've said it before, it no a place as chairman of the party that we dive int a lot but the common thread is that the president isn't leading. his yes isn yes and his no isn't no. he's not decisive on these issues. i got to tell you, when he gets pushed into military tervention or at least weapons or support by a comment made by bill clinton -- >> bill clton said he would be a wuss if he didn't. >> in the ne few days the president came out and said now 're going to dabble into syria. dabbling into anything is problematic. >> one would think that the republican pty and conservatives would stand up for conservative values. >> we're party of freedom. we've always been a party of aa strong national defense. we've always be

just ahead, see what senator kelly ayotte has to say about all of this. >>> manhunt in arkansas for a fugitive considered armed and dangerous after he made a daring escape from jail in broad daylight. it's captured on camera. check it out. trace has more live in our bureau. >> it's not ac ca teraz but a very compelling escape, shannon. sue the guy crawl through. 33-year-old derek estelle is arrested for car theft and robbery. he is in jail and using the phone inmates are allowed to use. he uses the phone, crouches down by the wall, yeah, i'm just sitting here chatting. then he looks over and makes a break for it. goes over a counter. crawls through the welcome window of the booking center. the deputy crawls through behind him. they both run out the door across the parking lot. there's a car, get away car waiting forest still and the door was open. a woman was ready and off they went. you didn't see it on camera there because the deputy tried to stop that car but he couldn't. they sped away. by the way, that window, the welcome window has now been modified to make sure adults cannot sl

you can get kelly ayotte if you get the other four democrats, and there's some modifications to the bill just saying she would seem to be in a position with john mccain wanting to pull her into it, and also those voters are -- >> do you think the president is the person to go to kelly ayotte? >> no. i think the president gets his four democrats, and then john mccain talks to kelly ayotte and says, what do you need to pass this bill? >> the bottom line is i want to make sure that my -- and these are truly my colleagues and my friends on the republican side can find their comfort zone. that's all. to find their comfort zone and make sure they protect -- >> is that's why gabby giffords and her husband are campaigning in red states. >> he is a coach. i think usc should hire joe manchin. >> i'm happy in west virginia. i'll stay here. >> he has learned. >> that's my buddy. >> how's usc going to be this year? you feeling good? >> i hope they do well. they need to do well. it's a tough year. they're still on probation. they've lost a lot of scholarships. it's going to take a good coach to pull t

you see senators like john mccain and kelly ayotte. >> let's look to the debt limit. boehner said again this week no increase in the debt limit without an equal or greater amount in spending cuts. when are we going to hit the deadline? i know you're shifting money around. and short of republican surrender, are you going to make a deal to -- how do you avoid going into default? >> chris, to be clear, we hit the debt limit in may. we've been using what are called extraordinary measures since then to pay our bills. and congress needs to do its work. it has to stop looking for what's the last possible moment. no one can predict with complete accuracy. they should get back after their take time off in august and finish their work and get it done so there's no uncertainty about america's ability to pay its bills. i got to tell you -- >> -- to avoid the default with boehner saying there's not to be spending cuts. >> 2011 was the first time in american history you had one side saying it was an option. they have to do their work. they have to pass it. the president has made cl

senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire argued it's more important to work out a long- term arrangement, and not a temporary patch to the problem. >> this is such a complete, typical washington deal. here we just voted on a proposal on the floor and that proposal is a one year fix, only applies to 40% of student loans so we'd be back again next year like groundhog day trying to fix this problem again. >> sreenivasan: after the vote, lawmakers from both sides said they will go back to the negotiating table, to try to work out a deal. a federal judge in new york ruled today that apple conspired with five major publishers to raise the price of electronic books. she ordered a trial on damages in the anti-trust case. apple had refused to settle the civil case, and said it will appeal the judge's finding. the publishers have settled the charges against them, for more than $166 million. on wall street, the dow jones industrial average lost eight points to close at 15,291. the nasdaq rose 16 points to close at 3,520. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and

legislation and they are blumenthal amy klobuchar johnny isakson john tester roy blunt is on his way and kelly ayotte could not make it today. so yesterday we enjoyed a nice big bipartisan breakthrough in the senate as democrats and republicans came together and reach an agreement to allow the presence nominees to go forward. we saw the senate at its best. reasonable people from both parties willing to come together to find common ground. that is how the senate should work and that is the way things get done. that is why i'm very proud to be standing here with another group of colleagues from both sides of the aisle to announce that as a group we will be pushing for tough new media shield bill that will make the department of justice guidelines the law of the land and go even further than the guidelines to ensure the proper balance between national security and freedom of the press. the administration has done the right thing and putting the rules of the road in place to find that balance that our bill will ensure that any of these now or later can't make a u-turn in abandoning these new guidelines.

kelly ayotte. and, a suggestible businessperson. -- successful is this person. -- successful business person. >> one follow-up, you spent $4.7 billion, yet you are you stillstill using an old system, why? >> the money utilized was put into rebuilding infrastructure that is there. to build a new frequency would be more expensive than that. i am not an expert in this field. i know that we have look at it closely. the enormous amount of money necessary -- this is a system that covers 2000 square miles. services of 11,000 emergency personnel. -- it services 11,000 emergency personnel. >> our first approach over the years was to take our different systems. and as that we have regional plans and that all our systems can talk together. interoperability is a huge success story. we spent the late to make them talk to each other. it works. as he would get the possibility of using other bands -- as we look at the possibility of using other bands, we expect that over the next 10-15 years, many of our partners

kelly ayotte. and, a suggestible businessperson. -- successful is this person. -- successful business person. >> one follow-up, you spent $4.7 billion, yet you are still using an old system, why? >> the money utilized was put into rebuilding infrastructure that is there. to build a new frequency would be more expensive than that. i am not an expert in this field. i know that we have look at it closely. the enormous amount of money necessary -- this is a system that covers 2000 square miles. services of 11,000 emergency personnel. -- it services 11,000 emergency personnel. >> our first approach over the years was to take our different systems and as that we have regional plans and that all our systems can talk together. interoperability is a huge success story. we spent the late to make them talk to each other. it works. as he would get the possibility of using other bands, -- as we look at the possibility of using other bands, we expect that over the next 10-15 years, many of our partners will migr

to attorney generals like bookends here but kelly ayotte and it's great to have her here from the hampshire and dr. johnson a successful business person. tom coburn who has had any number of careers that include health care. health care providers successful business person and leader here and i will yield to them -- not for questions. >> chief davis one follow-up. the city of boston spent $4.7 million on interoperable communications. you are still using 400 megahertz. what is the plan and why? >> turn your mic on. >> excuse me senator. the money that was utilized was put into rebuilding the infrastructure that is there. to build on a new 800 frequency infrastructure would be much more expensive than that as i understand it. i am not an expert in this field but i do know that we have looked at it very closely and the enormous amount of money that is necessary, this is a system that covers 2000 square miles and its services 11,000 emergency personnel in that area. >> so are there plans to go to the higher frequency? >> that might the better directed as far as what's happening across the state