. >> reporter: senator lamar alexander of tennessee and several other republicans signed on right away. >> there's just so many things about this plan that are going to make sense to fiscal hawks, and i'm one of them. >> reporter: the development helped to drive stocks up by more than 200 points today but it's still unclear whether this unfinished plan can be turned into legislation and pass both houses in time for that august 2 deadline, bob, which is now just two weeks away. >> bob: okay, nancy. thank you. well, this afternoon president obama welcomed this plan from that gang of six senators, calling it a significant step. >> we don't have any more time to engage in symbolic gestures. we don't have any more time to posture. it's time to get down the business of actually solving this problem and i think we now are seeing the potential for a bipartisan consensus around what that would take. >> schieffer: norah o'donnell is our chief white house correspondent. norah, most people thought the administration had given up on that plan, so why this new optimism? >> well, i think the key is t

i return it lack over to lamar. >> thank you, sheriff.e are grateful to the attorneys and staff who put this case on. all of you saw that linda drane-burdick brought together a precision case. jeff ashton plented wonderful scientific evidence. frank george presented a series of complex witnesses, and we owe them a lot. their staff backed them the whole way. in 2008, they provided them this indo i want and we thank them for their work. i want to personally reiterate to juri melic, john allen, eric edwards, the fbi, their laboratory people did work that was not only relevant in each and every case, but excellent. i want to thank special agent nick savage, karen callen and paula wolf, their general council. i want to thank texas equusearch and the thousands of volunteers who searched for caylee marie anthony. the florida department of law enforcement, their laboratories did extremely fine work for all of us, the citizens. we're proud of all of them, and you need to realize that tomorrow, my homicide teams go back to work like they do every d

and i'm lamar. i'm tom hanks' neighbor. and he's a guy who fell on his luck.on hard times and i have, like, a weekly -- daily yard sale -- >> jimmy: really? that's nice. >> in the neighborhood. every day, all the junk out in front of my house. i'm the big man on campus in the neighborhood, it's a cul-de-sac. he has to listen to me and i give him some advice. >> jimmy: we have a clip here. this is a big deal. you depth don't beat this. take a look. the movie is called "larry crowne." >> got anything new? >> this is from the '50s. you don't have any of these. i promise. >> he can't afford them. he lost his job. they let him go. >> oh, larry. >> yeah. >> i'm so sorry. >> better than a job? education. get you some knowledge and you'll be fireproof. >> that's right, larry. never too old to learn. just listen to my husband. he hasn't called a man boss in years. >> yeah, i remember why. >> uncle sam took his half. it's going to be 50 cents for the book. >> they give these away for free. >> they do. i don't. >> jimmy: cedric the entertainer. "larry crowne" opens july

i want you to listen, gloria, senator lamar alexander, he came out and embraced and made it the gang of seven. we'll break down the gang of six later, and we'll talk to two key members, democratic and a republican. and listen to lamar alexander were, again, he's a conservative republican from tennessee and he's saying look at these people who are saying, i get it, we have to do some revenue increases -- >> i mean, senators crapo and coburn and chambliss are three of the most conservative members of the republican caucus and they study something for six months and tell me it's good for the country, as one senator, i support it. >> it means a lotto the former governor and now the senator from tennessee. can they sell it to the house republicans? >> that's a big question. i think what we saw today both from president obama and someone like lamar alexander is this isolation that going on of the house republicans, saying, look, the gang of six got a deal, that's why president obama went out this to say it. mitch mcconnell's got a backup plan. john boehner and i were kind of working togeth

prioridad a ciertas deportacionedeportacion controversial medida fue presentada por el republicano lamaro a utilizar esa dis krecreciÓn le quieren qr no a la presidencia si no que no lo puede utilizar. >> prometiÓ con la ayuda de hispanos que el presidente del poder que le da la constituciÓn. >> bueno, nos vamos con cifras kr dramÁticas, al menos 40 personas han muerto en mÉxico como resultado de la lucha contra el narcotrÁfico. >> escala la violencia mientras tanto publican informaciÓn que indican que grupo criminal de los zetas compra armas directamente desde estados unidos. >> >> ¿quÉ tal? enrique. y se habrÍa constituido como una empresa fantasma y luego contrabando por aviÓn. >> segÚn reporte de los ex antes uno de la dea y otro de la cia, dicen que los zetas quieren las armas para cometer actos terroristas hasta el momento no hay reacciones en mÉxico, sobre esta informaciÓn y como ya lo anunciaba otra vez se vivieron batallas sangrientas en las calles mientras tanto se enfrentaron en otra batalla de declaraciones por una telenovela esta es la nota. >> el sonido de la tragedia, de l

obama quiere abusar estado autoridad de frenar deportaciones medÍante su poder dijo el republicano lamarbama mientras quienes manifestaban dieron a el mandatario la fecha de 15 de agosto para que haga uso de su autoridad. >>> 15 de agosto si no responde para esa fecha un millÓn de inmigrantes no van a votar por usted es el mensaje y va a necesitar el millÓn t ser reelegido. en washington mientras hoy la importancia de inmigrantes para la economÍa fue el tema de una audiencia en comitÉ de se nat a la au deng cia empresarios que sdwin depender de profesionales de o trogs paÍses yun to con alcaldes que dicen que sus ciudades le deben el Éxito los extranjeros pagan taxis y se vuelven consumidores y se abren negocios para suplir las necesidades de estas personas y crean oportunidad para otros personas.>>> y por cierto se hablÓ de la importancia de todo tipo de inmigrante des los profesionales mÁs destacados hasta los que ofrecen la mano de obra que ayuda a construir estados unidos. >>> hoy en nueva york se oyeron gritos de abajo la deportaciÓn y arriba la educaciÓn. >>> (gritos y exclamacione

lamar and his wife were in new york for odom's cousin funeral.thoughts and prayers were the young boy's family. and in other entertainment news, it's diva versus diva. bette midler took to twitter over a scene-stealing performance, tweeting i'm not sure lady gaga knows i've performed my mermaid in a wheelchair for millions. she performed a version at sydney's town hall. imitation is the sincerist form of flatry. lady gaga opens up to howard stern. visit otrc.com to see the video. >> still to come, at and t needs to install hundreds of big boxes to change the kind of service it offers in san francisco. but impassioned residents think they're just eye sores. >> and first, how well do our kids know the world? the kind of geography question that's have confused a lot of them. >> then, on abc 7 news at 5:00 seven factors contributing to alzheimer's disease have been identified. most are thicks you can change now to help keep your mind sharp. >> and traffic is slow going. you can see there are low clouds hanging over the bridge as well, we'll be right

. >> el congresista republicano de texas lamar smith quiere atarle las manos a el presidente barack obama trabajo a direcciÓn, tps a nuevos grupos y cancelaciÓn de deportaciÓn, aunque podrÍa tener apoyo la cÁmara baja tiene pocas probabilidades de avanzar en el senado. >> vamos a una pausa. >> tendremos imÁgenes cuadro a cuadro de sospechosos de camionetas hasta el momento en que facundo cabral se monta en el vehÍculo que lo llevaria a la muerte. >> el presidente venezolano hugo chÁvez reza en un servicio religioso por su hecho: la medicina en advil, es la más recomendada por médicos para dolores de articulaciones. más que las medicinas en tylenol... ...o aleve. la medicina en advil es... número uno recomendada por médicos para dolores de articulaciones. no hay mejor alivio que éste. advil. ?@?@ ooyk1zpÑw mccafé frappéivenga!todos. [ señora ] ¿qué rico, no? esta sabroso esto. ♪ frío frío ♪ mccafé ♪ ifrappé! [ guitarrista ] a ver a ver, oye: ♪ mi mccafé tiene crema batida ♪ y esta boca no se queda isin su mocha! -no es raspado. -ino! -no es merengada. -...¿qué es? -ies frappeado! [ locutor

lamar says that delay hurt their case. >> especially a case like this which is a mosaic of prove with no smoking gun and a tiny victim who is reduced by time and the elements to skeletal remains. those remains lacking in any chemical evidence that could be brought forward. this was a dry bones case. very, very difficult to prove. >> reporter: prosecutors say caylee was suffocated with duct tape by a hard-partying mother who wanted to be free while the defense said it was a tragic accidental drowning. but after nearly three years, we still don't know what really happened. >> while we're happy for casey, there are no winners in this case. caylee has passed on far, far too soon. >> reporter: andthony will be sentenced tomorrow. jurors in the case did not talk after the verdict but one alternate juror said the prosecution failed to explain how caylee died. and in the end, that meant the prosecutors didn't prove their case. >> tragic story all the way around. >> so much response to that. thank you. >>> we are far from done with the casey anthony verdict. coming up at 5:30, we'll go live to

we still have lamar odom and khloe kardashian, right? >> no! no! no! no! no! no! no! no! no!> jimmy: guillermo. >> i have to go do something crazy, jimmy. muy crazcrazy! >> jimmy: muy crazy? no!ahh! no! >> hey, watch it! >> just drive, stranger. >> jimmy: so, that's how you do it. [ applause ] it works for landscapers, too. hey, we have a good show for you tonight. blind movie critic jay forry is here with us. we're going to speak with him. we have musicic from theophilus london. and we'll be right back with kyra sedgwick, so stick around. [ male announcer ] when mike rowe heads home, his family knows what to expect. but what mike rowe doesn't know is that his parents have armed themselves with unquilted viva® towels. wow, for me? [ male announcer ] if viva can handle mike rowe's mess, just think what it can do in your home. grab a roll for yourself and grasp the unquilted difference. discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks.

lamar alexander and the president feels that any plan to cut the deficit has to be bipartisan anyway and six the gang of six plan got support from republicans, why should he give tea party republicans in the house when they won't vote to raise the debt ceiling under any circumstances. the president's red line was boehner's push to basically undo the health care reform if the debate over spending fell down. >> what a mess. buddy, what a mess. >> wendalgoalary at the white house. one of the folks who wants to take his job. default right now, it is eventually going to happen and things will be a lot worse. texas congressman ron paul. congressman, a default has all of these horrific images and fears attached to it over done or what? >> i think there are a lot of big problems and we can't ignore it. but the biggest problem is not admit that this country is bankrupt. if you don't admit the true problem you will have the bickering back and forth and will not come up with the answer. when country the size of ours gets to bankruptcy the debt gets default on . adam myth would argue this case .

enfermedades peligrosas, la congresista bárbara ali criticó al promotor de la propuesta, el republicano lamaruna propuesta que beneficiaría miles de personas con empleos en san francisco, con ella los empleados podrían conservar los fondos destinados a su atención médica que no usen durante el año corriente acumulando los año tras año, actualmente la ley establece que tiene una laguna que según el promotor el supervisor david campos lo impide permitiendo al mismo tiempo que las empresas se benefician reclamando estos fondos a fines del año, este plan será sometido la próxima revisión en la junta de supervisores. >> hoy se presentó en el comité reglamento una propuesta para enmendar un programa financiero por la ciudad que le proporcionó de flujo a los desamparados, los partidarios de vivienda justa dicen que miles de personas sin hogar están excluidas del programa conocido como al cuidado no le interesa el dinero, sólo 500 de las más de 6000 personas desamparadas que deambulan por las de san francisco se benefician de este fondo del cual les proporciona una cava donde dormir por las noches. 3

we still have lamar odom and khloe kardashian, right? >> no! no! no! no! no! no! no! no! no!y: guillermo. >> no! i got to go do something crazy, jimmy. muy crazy! >> jimmy: muy crazy? >> no! no! no! no! >> hey, watch it! >> just drive, stranger. >> jimmy: so, that's how you do it. [ applause ] it works for landscapers, too. hey, we have a good show for you tonight. blind movie critic jay forry is here w wh us. we're ghog going to speak to hip. we have music from theophilus london. and we'll be right back with kyra sedgwick, so stick around. [ female announcer ] it's 9 pm. and the chocolate cravings begin... again. ♪ ♪ for nights like these there's special k chocolatey delight cereal. ♪ ♪ so you can get your chocolatey fix... ♪ ♪ ...without undoing your whole day. ♪ ♪ [ barks ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we asked real people right off the street to help us wiwi an experiment for the febreze set & refresh. they agreed. [ facilitator ] take a deep breath. what do you smell? there's a freshness. actually it takes me outdoors. apples and pears. sort of a crisp, fresh feeling. it's a f

we heard lamar alexander saying he's interested but the senate is one thing, david. the house is is something altogether different. >> this is entirely the rub right now, judy. these house republicans who have seemed unwilling to consider anything that has a revenueen... you know, enhancing revenues as a component to the deal. i have been on the phone this afternoon with senior republican leadership aides in the house. this gang of six plan, though it does have increased revenues, is not dead on arrival at all. in fact i think house republicans from my sense of my conversations today might be a little more open to going down this road than that other back-up plan we've been talking about for the last several days, that reed- mcconnell plan. we'll get to that in a moment but in its current form as the gang of six outlined it today, it could not pass the house. we're in the same sort of gridlock. >> woodruff: because of the revenues. >> because they don't like the way the taxes are done. they don't think there are enough medicare cuts in this to satisfy their base. the

alexander has joined in. >> and president obama kind of optimistic and pushing the gang of six/seven with lamarxander coming on board. it show yos new washingts you t there is always a second act. remember when the gang of six imploded when tom coburn said we will not come together with a deal and this is basically what we could say is a grand bargain on this, and we thought that this was the gang of six was dead and bury and lo and behold, they are back in a major way, and still waiting to see what the proposal will be, but the president gave it very much a thumb's up, and expectant waiting on it, so they have to feel good. >> and of course, if all of this collapses, as the president at least can be projecting gai inis he has been projecting that he is the grown-up in the room and reasonable, and that is the whole approach and we want to re-emphasize that our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, and the full poll will be out at 6:30, but the bottom line is that 55% of those questioned say it is a real and serious problem if the debt limit is not raised. >> and you mentioned this, andrea, t

. >> republican senator lamar alexander got more than 300 calls. >> they are saying cut spending, support the balanced budget amendment and get the job done. >> so many people are phoning speaker boehner's office. the shortest wait time is over an hour. >> we appreciate your patience. >> but the calls for compromise -- >> i can understand your frustration. >> are going unheated by lawmakers. >> democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. >> in a televised response to the president last night, speaker boehner said it was mr. obama who wouldn't budge. >> the sad truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. >> with bipartisan talks, all but dead, the two sides railed against each other's plans today. despite the fact that they aren't all that different. both would cut some spending up front without raising any new tax revenue and both would appoint a bipartisan commission to identify future cuts. but the republican plan would allow only a short-term increase in the debt ceiling until those cuts are made. >> it's reasona

. >> se trata del proyecto presentado por lamar smith que tiene por nombre halt act y especÍficamentepasar aÑos en cÁrceles por delitos menores. >> blanca como nos pide que la identifiquemos estÁ a punto de la deportaciÓn por vender paletas en las afueras de una escuela. estuvo en prisiÓn por mÁs de una semana. mientras su hijo permanecÍa con una vecina. >> se me llenaban los pechos de leche y me acordaba de Él. >> blanca no tenÍa delitos mayores y por eso saliÓ en libertad condicional. pero la suerte de gente como ella podrÍa cambiar si la halt act es aprobada en el congreso. >> es una medida muy mala porque le darÍa el poder a las autoridades de inmigraciÓn a retener a detenidos por tiempo indefinido. >> este activista dice que ademÁs va directamente contra el poder que el presidente barak obama tiene de dar cualquier protecciÓn legal a un inmigrante. >> concederles la legalizaciÓn en lugar de la deportaciÓn desde concederles t p s, es decir legalizaciÓn temporal, desde concederles libertad condicionada. >> estÁ previsto que el proyecto de ley mantengamos nuestras comunidades segura

burdick who said so much during the trial remained silent after the verdict, but state attorney lawson lamard their frustration. >> we're disappointed with the verdict today and surprised. >> reporter: for anthony and her defense team, there seemed to be a sense relief. casy did not murder caylee. it's that simple. >> reporter: their excitement after the decision, tempered they say by the little girl at the center of this tragedy. >> there are no winners in this case. caylee has passed on far, far too soon. >> reporter: it may be the only thing that everyone involved, both inside and outside the courtroom, can agree on here. casey anthony was found guilty on four misdemeanor count of providing false information to law enforcement. sentencing is set for thursday morning with the very real possibility that she could be free by the afternoon. in orlando, i'm jay gray. now back to you. >> the interest in this case has truly been widespread. an nbc employee took this picture on an airman 35,000 feet up and said an audible gasp would be heard from the people who heard the verdict live. to read rea

. >> their boss and state attorney, lawson lamar. >> i never, ever criticize a jury. theirs is the task of deciding what to believe. >> reporter: the lead prosecutor in this case, jeff ashton, announced this will be his last case. he is now retiring. the jurors were given an opportunity to comment. they chose not to. they are, tonight, on their way back home to st. petersburg, florida. about 100 miles from here. they've been sequestered in orlando. cindy and george anthony released a statement from their attorney that reads in part -- while the family may never know what happened to caylee marie anthony they now have closure for this chapter of their life. brian? >> kerry sanders starting us off in orlando, thanks. >>> we're joined here in the studio by our friend from "today on nbc" savannah guthrie, former white house correspondent for us and long-time lawyer as someone that's covered a lot of these trials and you made a point with me earlier today about the law that i found so interesting. it applies directly to what we witnessed. >> so many people are disappointed

in fact, i have other governorse with me today, and i'd like to start off by recognizing senator lamar alexander of the state ofo tennessee.r alexand, whe now, senator alexander, when hey became governor, i know that you had a lot of priorities, you created an environment in which. job creators could thrive. the you created that environment with the spending requirements of your constitution. const i would litike you to tell us hh you did it.k i took your state forward even though you have to balance your budget. >> thanks on the senate floor is with other former governors when debating the health care bill i said to everyone who lttes for about to be sentenceda to serve for governor and actually try to implement it buy let me try to answer your can question briefly so we can hear- from the -other governors. i became governor 30 years ago in the early 80's and interest rates were -- inflation was 20%% hard to imagine and in the early days of the reagannteres administration the had driven uo interest rates to 12% to try to bring inflation wedown, so we hd a terrible time and of course,d

. >> reporter: republican senator lamar alexander got more than 300 calls. >> they're saying cut spending, support the balanced budget amendment, and they're also saying get the job done. >> reporter: so many people are phoning speaker boehner's office this week the shortest wait time is over an hour. >> we appreciate your patience, we're getting a very high volume of calls. >> reporter: but the calls for compromise... >> i can understand your frustration. >> reporter: ...are going unheeded by lawmakers. >> democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. >> reporter: in a televised response to the president last night, speaker boehner said it was mr. obama who wouldn't budge. >> and the sad truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. >> reporter: with bipartisan talks all but dead, the two sides railed against each other's plans today, despite the fact that they're not all that different. both would cut some spending up front without raising any new bx revenue and both would appoint a bip

so, lamar smith, representative out of texas, republican, the chairman, he sends us a letter, he says, we're going to fare it out for you. we're going to send it to the right people. we're going to make them answer your questions. and he is demanding information about policies in place to make sure there is not another garrido. this is good news. >> a team is coming together for jaycee. thank you, chris. and, by the way, chris and i will be back together on saturday with some new footage from the jaycee interview, and his reporting in an encore presentation of our two hours. saturday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and coming up, one thing that could help american jobs. and you just might want to have it. óó so i was the guy who was never going to have the heart attack. i thought i was invincible. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. i'm friend, secret-keeper and playmate. do you think i'd l

eleven very noble and that's because as the co-sponsor of the bill put it a republican from texas lamar smith he said quote every piece of prematurely discarded information could be the footprint of a child predator this bill ensures that the online footprints of predators are not a racist the problem is the information would be available to police investigating the crime and maybe even attorneys working on civil disputes and it's maybe some would be said that the co-author of the patriot act says it goes too far in a dating privacy the co-author of the patriot act really and yesterday we told you also about the amendments act the one built in two thousand eight designed to make warrantless wiretapping legal it doesn't expire until two thousand and twelve. according to reports yesterday senators may have met behind closed doors to try to get it extended why now but tell us what this all means and very real terms of your civil liberties is julian sanchez he's a research fellow at the cato institute he follows all of this now my first question to you and thank you for being here it was a

massacred just because you know didn't you know you mentioned to people and i'd like i'd like to ask lamar a question i mean if intervention the international criminal courts indictments doesn't that undermine what the opposition the rebels the rebels are supposed to do because now they do sweep back and say well let nato take care of it for us ok then they also become puppets of an outside force is that why not for some no that is a theoretical question it's a fair question omar what do you think about that. you know first of all you know why are you set why are we saying that nato is intervening or conduct and aggression in libya they have received their mandate by the un resolution nineteen seventy three i mean by that i would let me just remind you let me remind you of an event that took place in two thousand and eight putin of russia went into georgia and tried to save the georgians and the russians that live in georgia i guess what did you go anywhere and got a mind received a mandate from the u.n. to go in and save lives under the premise that under the pretext or the reality of pro

you one more passage here to you and this one has to deal specifically with julian assigns because lamar was asking manning what happens if somebody comes for you julia sign she actually use his name if he slipped up and manning said he knows very little about me take source protection or seriously lie to me he says which the original mossad interesting and then manning said he won't work with you if you reveal too much about yourself and i did this passage is also really important because we've seen numerous investigations be it by p.b.s. frontline or c.n.n. or they're all trying to find a way to connect manning it to assign a songes repeatedly claim that he does not know who his sources are do you think of this at least helps give some proof to that do you think of this could damage the government's argument at all absolutely. absolutely dishonest has been saying. it frustrates the attempt of the government of our government to link should some kind of conspiratorial relationship with manning so that does not seem to come out of all of these new fuller chat logs and why it is getting a

because, at this point, for example, in 1999, dan quayle and elizabeth dole and lamar alexander were trailing george w. bush and behind them, was the guy who ultimately became bush's principal opponents in the 2000 primaries, john mccain. of air, who at this point was polling like at 3%, but because of the way he organized his campaign and the focus he jumped up. and, this is good news for her and puts her in the lead of the not romney scramble and, puts her in a good place, provided she does well in iowa and does well in new hampshire. bill: to be clear you say polling from history doesn't tell us anything about the future? is that what you are saying? >> it is a weak guide, because, again, elizabeth dole and lamar alexander and they were all out polling john mccain and he did the grassroots organizing that was necessary to -- for him to jump into real contentious, in new hampshire, by beating bush. bill: i've got you. now, as we go back to 2012, what do you make of the migraine story that has developed this past week surrounding michelle bachmann? is that an issue or not? >> well,

ira standoff last week with the swat team era is charged with attempted murder of a police officer lamarotte that was charged with attempted murder of a peace officers neighbors called police and a standoff continued. his accomplice also face charges of bank robbery was caught on camera at the wells fargo bank inside of a grocery store you're looking at surveillance video a man came in all, with a gun there not releasing how much money was taken more ahead on the kron 4 morning news its 4:37 a.m. you're watching the kron 4 morning news. >> >> it was a celebration fit for a world champion all team. >> the manager once called them a bunch of misfits let me take a look at some >> this is the first visited the white house since they won the pennant last season >> watching him pitch 11 innings america learned is a good to bet on the skinny ipaguy. >> and then there's the guy with the bear where is taking >> i do finish underneath bryans baird is a tuxedo and a sea captain question and the cleats with his face on them he is also one of the dominant closers >> they presented a pat president wit

he is smelling more and more like lamar alexander in 1996. >> bret: there is anecdotally evidence hes doing well in iowa and up with poll says he is behind michele bachmann there. he somehow surprises and does better than expected in the ames straw poll. >> he has to do that. that is the make-or-break date for him. michele bachmann has been the big surprise of this whole race, how she surged and became for the moment until rick perry decided to get in, all but decided to get in, she became the conservative tea party a terptive to mitt romney. that is the first battle in the republican primary. i think when rick perry gets in there will be a battle between him and michele bachmann who will be the conservative channeler to romney. and, you know, i think michele bachmann is a really compelling candidate for the republican primary electorate. but perry is an 800-pound gor rilla he's got a lot of mup and apparently a great performer. if he dispatches her, then it's a romney-perry battle. >> bret: charles, the story line on governor perry is he was analyzing the mup situation, seeing where

bush was way ahead, behind him were elizabeth dole, lamar alexander and dan quayle. and john mccain was three percentage points in the summer of '99. because of patient groundwork he laid during the summer and fall, he became bush's principal competitor in early 2000. the same could happen this time around and likely to happen, somebody who is doing their homework and building their organization necessary to compete, developing a message that allows them to through we are in the late part of year, early next is going to be the person who ends up being the not romney candidate. >> greta: can you give me an estimate of when it becomes too late to get into the race? >> unless you have been a -- unless you are the governor of a big state like texas or you have been the vice presidential running mate four years ago i think the door is already closed and it is closing fast for people like governor palin and governor perry that's why perry is doing this stuff under the ray garr, -- under the radar but getting ready. he's doing the things necessary to allow himself to get in

. >> lamar alexander. john hogan. >> greta: are you sort inform a special club here? you must all sort of recognize the problem and all come from states that have balanced budget amendments. >> we have comfortable conversations understanding we knew what it took to run or states and have a hard sometimes understanding process. just hunker down. you know what, we can do it when you look at the good of the country. i used to tell both democrats and are republicans we are going to work with what is best for west virginia. i can't basically just kateer to one side or another. if you want to play politics i will give you something to play politics with. this is real serious and itth is serious what we are dealing with, greta. we are talking about the insolvency of the nation and the credit rating. credit rating i know something about because as governor ours had been dismal for far too long at west virginia. our goal was to get the financial house in order and get the credit rating raised. >> greta: something is going to happen and probably not going be something you like.

lamar stander, a former governor. bob corker is seen as somebody who is open to a conversation. roy blunt knows when these things are tough. he's somebody. that would be the second level of folks. you start getting to 12, 13, 14 potential targets of senator reid. >> chuck todd in washington tonight. thanks for your time. don't go anywhere. i'll need you later on. i want to turn to congress nan from new york. he's in studio with me fresh off the train, congressman. i got it right out of washington, d.c. privileged to have you here in the studio. i want to speak specifically about nancy pelosi. do you think she will have the entire democratic caucus ready to go for a compromise, because as we saw today she was pretty fired up in the way she was describing what's going on with boehner. >> it depends on the nature of the compromise. in our caucus today before we agreed to vote for the reid bill, i would say 80% of the people got up and said nothing more to the right than the reid bill. don't move that. that's as far as we're prepared to go. if they have to compromise by making that

. >> state attorney lawson lamar speaking today after a jury found casey anthony not guilty of any of the murder charges against her. the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of giving false information to the police. and in fact, one of the most fascinating aspects of this entire case was the elaborate web of lies that casey spun. now, the defense freely admitted casey just made up dates, facts, places, even people. here's a look at some of those lies. >> when casey anthony's lie can no longer stand, casey anthony comes up with a new -- a bigger -- and a better lie. >> we're tired of the lies. no more lies. what happened to caylee? >> i don't know. >> you do know. what happened to caylee? >> i don't know where she is. that is the god honest truth. >> i can feel it, mom. i know she's still okay. we're going to get our little girl back. and she's going to be just as she was. >> in order to lie with this degree of conviction, you kind of on some level have to really believe what you're saying. >> where should i focus a search search -- >> places that are familiar to us, to our

lamar smith has legislation introducing congress called -- to take the discretionary power away from's how much he has it. >> bill: let's be realistic luis, the reason i like you as a congressman, you and i disagree on a lot of things, but your beliefs are heart-felt. you really believe them. you don't have any political -- you are not pandering. this is what you believe. i respect that but, president obama knows if he takes your view, if he tries to circumvent the congress. even in a cause that you feel is just, is he going to lose votes. it's going to hurt him. and he is all about getting reelected. >> okay. so, national council of la raza three years ago, right? three years ago he comes and mccain is there, too. and he says there are children who arrive home to find their parents missing. there are children that are torn from their mother's arms. there are ice agents committing raids and they have no access to legal council. all these things are wrong and it's time for a change. that's president barack obama candidate. all i'm trying to do is have some consistency between the cand

. >> lamar alexander. john hogan. >> greta: are you sort inform a special club here?f recognize the problem and all come from states that have balanced budget amendments. >> we have comfortable conversations understanding we knew what it took to run or states and have a hard sometimes understanding process. just hunker down. you know what, we can do it when you look at the good of the country. i used to tell both democrats and are republicans we are going to work with what is best for west virginia. i can't basically just kateer to one side or another. if you want to play politics i will give you something to play politics with. this is real serious and itth is serious what we are dealing with, greta. we are talking about the insolvency of the nation and the credit rating. credit rating i know something about because as governor ours had been dismal for far too long at west virginia. our goal was to get the financial house in order and get the credit rating raised. >> greta: something is going to happen and probably not going be something you like. and worse from what

. >>> police identified the suspect as 18-year-old lamar the mock of union city. he's charged with attempted murder of a police officer, a fault with a firearm, and child endangerment. christopher gains is being held on an unrelated warrant. however, he's the subject of the investigation for the residential burglary as well. >>> a four letter word with incongruous police. not guilty of five charges including the battery for lost your officers asked for his name when he was parked in san francisco bayview. they didn't believe his ripoll -- his reply. >> they didn't believe his name was chris christopher. interesting. a busy stretch of highway 101 is close tonight. a traffic alert for you. both northbound and southbound 101 between capitol expressway. it will be shut down for road work from midnight until 5:30 tomorrow morning. the work started three days ago. >>> hundreds of gay lesbian couples heading to new york. today marks the first day that they can legally tie the knot in new york are you. >> gay-rights activists are out there. katie lambert and cheryl wrote

lamar alexander had to drop out after ames. if you're tim pawlenty, why drop out?se just stay in -- if you can pay the bills -- >> just hang on. >> the john kerry scenario in '04 and the john mccain scenario in '08 proves if you hang in there things can happen. >> i've got to go to a shameless plug. pete, i'll let you go first. >> indiana republican party out with a new website, demdictionary.com. exposes some of these rhetorical phrases democrats like to use to confuse voters. >> chris cillizza. >> i am in search of the best state-based political blogs in every state -- >> i want them twitter -- twitter handles. >> washingtonpost.com/thefix, post all of them and i will put twitter handles. >> my colleague alex burns, haberman new blog on politico.com. >> it is a good one. but i can tell you the one guy i'm reading all weeks, david rogers, baby. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." have a great weekend. it's a working weekend for a lot of peopling watching. we'll see you right here on monday to see what happens. coming up next on msnbc, "jansing & co.