want to quote from an op-ed piece in "the wall street journal" today written by david rifkin and lee casey, two lawyers whose work i have long admired, and here's what they say, to take us back and perhaps remind us that we fill these seats for a short period of time. we act within a system created by our framers and we do our best. rifkin and casey write today -- "the debt ceiling crisis has prompted predictable media laments about how partisan and dysfunctional our political system has become, but if the process leading to the current deal was a spectacle and a three-ring circus, as someone put it, the show's impressarios are none other than james madison and alexander hamilton. our messily political system is working exactly the way our founders intended it to." then i go toward the end of their op-ed piece. "the key point has been made" -- excuse me. let me start a paragraph ahead. "rarely in our system do the participants, whether in the white house, senate or house, achieve all or even most of their goals in a single political battle. but the key point has been made, few now suggest

want to quote from an op-ed piece in "the wall street journal" today written by david rifkin and lee casey, two lawyers whose work i have long admired, and here's what they say, to take us back and perhaps remind us that we fill these seats for a short period of time. we act within a system created by our framers and we do our best. rifkin and casey write today -- "the debt ceiling crisis has prompted predictable media laments about how partisan and dysfunctional our political system has become, but if the process leading to the current deal was a spectacle and a three-ring circus, as someone put it, the show's impressarios are none other than james madison and alexander hamilton. our messily political system is working exactly the way our founders intended it to." then i go toward the end of their op-ed piece. "the key point has been made" -- excuse me. let me start a paragraph ahead. "rarely in our system do the participants, whether in the white house, senate or house, achieve all or even most of their goals in a single political battle. but the key point has been made, few now suggest

lee. >>> florida state agency in charge of child welfare released a report that blames casey anthony for daughter's death. the report comes nearly a month after a juror found anthony not guilty of killing her 2-year- old daughter caylee. the report from the department of children and family does not say anthony killed her daughter but it concludes the girl died because anthony failed to protect her. >>> a warning tonight about a sweepstakes scam by someone claiming to have connected to north bay police. a port of madero woman says she received a call saying she won a $600,000 prize but needed to send $3,900 to claim it. she was told the member of twin cities police would call to confirm. soon after the woman did receive a call and the police department's number appeared on the caller i. d. the woman called authority and found out it was all bogus. police want to hear from anyone who has received similar calls. >>> imagine being able to send or text a photo or a video directly to a 911 dispatcher. i'm going to tell you when this next generation 911 system could be in use here in the bay a

and as far as contact with casey's family -- >> she's had limited contact with her parents, yes. >> but has she spoken to her brother, leeely. >> reporter: and it remains to be seen if while serving probation she'll have a place to stay with them. for "good morning america," ashleigh banfield, abc news. >>> finally, i had to catch my breath all morning because i knew this story was coming up. a california shoplifter pushed her luck a little too far. she was caught on surveillance tape ripping off a garden supply store. now, she would have gotten away with hundreds of dollars in stolen goods. but then, she decided to enter a store raffle, leaving her name, her address and her phone number leading police right to her front door. you can understand how brilliant of a woman this was. in fact, the store owner said, yeah, a little on the not so bright side. >> a wee bit. >> either that or her subconscious in overdrive saying, yes, i do want to get caught. i do want to get caught. >> find me, please. >> she gave them the info. >>> a little sizzle we hear from you lara spencer? >> really?y? you're feeling it? let's get to it. th