. >> (♪ ♪) , según el senador mccain la culpado incendios la tienen los indocumentados. >>> y no hayua en el motín de la prisión del rodeo en el descontrol hasta ahora mandan los presos. >>> y hay tantos pero tantos embargos hipotecarios que los tribunales no se dan abasto para procesarlos al ritmo actual tardarían años en tomar algunas casas. >>> este es su noticiero univisión con jorje ramos y maría elena salinas. >>> hola muy buenas noches maría elena está afuera, y comenz amos un triunfo para walmart una tienda muy grande en estados unidos y del mundo. y la corte suprema del justicia de este país dijo que más de un millón de mujeres no pueden demandar de manera colectiva a la empresa por discriminación, si quieren de manera individual y mujer dicen que ganaban menos que los hombre y ahora que va a pasar leos responde pablo sánchez. >>> y la corte suprema de juicio pasó esperanza de mujeres que empleadas por wal-mart al rechazar la demanda que le hubiera costado millones de dólares a la cadena estadounidense más grande de venta. >>> y con su decisión los jueces también sentaron pr

as wildfires rage in arizona, senator john mccain gets blowback for saying illegal immigrants are to blame. >> there's substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. >> thousands are fleeing and almost a million acres are burned. we've got the latest. >>> and the super extra. recognize this guy? chances are, you've seen him before more than once. many times, actually. he's the most prolific extra in movie history. but who is he? >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. one reason eating disorders are so difficult to treat is that patients' troubled feelings about their bodies can be so hard to unravel. and it's all the more difficult when the patient is not an adult or even a high schooler but a young child. and yet a government study covering the years 1999 to 2006 revealed the shocking fact that hospitalizations for eating disorders increased most sharply, by 119%, for children younger than 12 years old. here's andrea canning. >> reporter: this is taylor call, an active 6-year-old pre-k student who lives outside houston. a year a

[laughter] ...perhaps we should just welcome senator john mccain.ator, it's nice to see you again. [laughter] thanks for coming back on the show. >> i'm happy to be here. build the dang fence. >> jon: build the dang fence indeed. senator, some people think in that first clip that we showed that you were blaming illegal immigrants for the wildfire in southern arizona. >> jon, you just don't get that. i never said immigrants started the fire. i just said immigrants start fires. [laughter] >> jon: you did, though, at a press conference about a specific fire, and you did say in your statement, illegal immigrants and these fires, "these." >> yeah, well, there's substantial evidence that these fires were started by illegal alien, which is not what i was saying but it's true anyway and now i'm saying it. [laughter] >> jon: so you are saying... >> no! stop misquoting me. jon, you have to understand something, mexicans start fires. they're fire starters. i saw one eat a plate of habanero peppers and fart blue flames. [laughter] took off like the space shuttl

enter arizona senator john mccain. seeming to be saying that illegal immigrants have a role in some border fires. clayton sandell is in sierra vista, arizona, tonight. >> reporter: touring the largest blaze in arizona history, senator john mccain stepped into his own firestorm. on ktvk-tv, blaming the recent wildfire outbreak on weak security along the u.s./mexico border. >> there is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. >> reporter: mccain suggesting illegal immigrants are setting fires to send signals, keep warm or distract law enforcement. but with illegal immigration such a burning hot controversy in arizona, where fires have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, he was quickly accused of intolerance. >> the sad thing is that the intention was pretty clear, and it was to demonize immigrants and to demonize latinos. >> reporter: we asked state and federal officials for a tally of how many fires have been started by illega

>> joe, let me say first of all john mccain, i am proud to serve with john mccain.. he's made tremendous sacrifices and his service to his country unquestioned. with that being said, i don't have the experience he has. but what i do have like most west virginians is a little common sense, and enough is enough, and if ten years hasn't done it, we spent 443 billion. on track to spend another 485 billion. i don't believe america's purpose was ever to go over and rebuild afghanistan. you have a country that doesn't have infrastructure, don't have an economy, by all accounts has a corrupt government. that's not a country we c can rebuild or should rebuild. >> secretary gates said scaling back engagement with the rest of the world calls our commitment into question being a world super power. are you comfortable in a world where the u.s. is no longer a super power? >> i think in order to be strong, you have to be strong within and take care of your own also. if we're not careful, we can get in a position we can't help the needs of americans. i don't want to get in that pos

john mccain acusó a quienes viven ahí provocar los incendios del estado. >>> no hay demanda de un millónedio de mujeres contra la cadena wal-mart. jorge reveló hoy sus aspiraciones políticas quiere ser gobernador. >>> le diremos cuáles son las mejores ciudades estadounidenses para criar niños. ( ♪ música ) >>> este es su noticiero univisión edición nocturna con ilia calderón. >>> buenas noches el balneario de acapulco en méxico ha comenzó za comenzado a sentir los embatemb del huracán beatriz. provocando problemas en negocios y calles y avenidas, hacía el noreste del cabo corrientes luego de tocar tierra el ciclón continúe su rumbo por el océano pacífico. y bueno de las lluvias y vientos vamos a los vincendios no sólo a controversia arde en arizona, las declaraciones de john mccain dijo que hay e sdrividencia que muestra que los indocumentados que cruzan por ahí, provocaron estoper los bomberos dicen que no es así. vamos con el informe. >>> miles de galones de agua estanca yen están cayendo sobre este incendio, por su parte 1097 bomberos fo tes raforestales lon en tierra. con más bajas t

thank you senator mccain. i have a couple odds and ends i want to clear up and then we'll do a quick second round. we are go to be try and get this nomination confirmed by the 4th of july. we'll have to be speedy in the markup. >> we'll do it. g ok. good. listening to general mccain. it's different for us. i've never known torture. it's different for someone who has, where senator mccain comes out. i just want the record to be complete on what has happened. the army field manual does not have the force of law. it has the force of order. right now, it has the force of executive order. as i listened to you, the thought that occurred to me was you are bringing direct street smarts from the theater of war to the community. i think we believe that if we win against terrorists, it's going to be because we have good intelligence. you are a different nominee than leon was. leon brought street smarts with respect to the administration, the house and how government works. this was really a unique situation where your ex

and do they really care about the troops you know john mccain does not care about the u.s. military it is a larger so you does god bless him for his military service but he does not care in the least bit what's going on now is part one of my interview with r.c. blogger and military analyst jake tapper tell. but the question of the u.s. led war effort is one that also frequently comes up on the campaign trail over the weekend many of the republican candidates for president gathered in new orleans for the republican leadership conference to talk about their ideas for how to move the country forward among them congressman ron paul the only candidate who has said from day one that the u.s. should not be involved in any of the work for its and we should withdraw our troops and our money from iraq afghanistan and libya now one time this was an idea that was. radical on the fringe even and it's one that must be registering more and more turns out that ron paul won the straw poll there and while it was barely a contest six hundred twelve to the next in line candidate jon huntsman s

senator john mccain will join us in just a moment. but, first, some news since your morning papers. in japan, a new phase in the struggle to contain radiation at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. workers will briefly open the main door to install a cooling system to avert another explosion. it's been three months since the reactor was swamped by that devastating tsunami. here in the states tens of thousand of people are without power as heavy stores battle the region. heavy winds, pounding rain and lightning hit florida, jo and north carolina. >>> and bruce springsteen fans gather to remember longtime band member clarence clemons. the saxophonist died last night after suffering a stroke early in the week. >>> today also mashes a milestone in america's war against libya. it is now 90 days since the united states launched air strikes against moammar gadhafi. president obama authorized that military intervention without congressional approval. under the war powers act he must get official capitol hill sign-off after 09 days of hoss tilts. today is the deadline but the questions rem

and do they really care about the troops you know john mccain. does not care about the u.s. military is the largest so you goes god bless him for his military service but he does not care in the least bit what's going on r.t. blogger a military analyst takes over going to keep you here a little longer and as we move on turn next story of course the question of the u.s. led war effort is one that frequently comes up on the campaign trail now over the weekend many of the republican candidates gathered in new orleans for the republican leadership conference to talk about their ideas for how to move this country forward now among them congressman ron paul the only candidate who has said from day one of the u.s. should not be involved in any of the world for its we should withdraw our troops and the money from iraq afghanistan and libya now one time this was an idea that was considered radical on the fringe but it's one that must be registering more and more turns out ron paul at this event he won the straw poll there he was there any case it was barely a contest he had a six hun

in mccain's case, was raising the money and burning through it. in gingrich's case, he's not raising the money but he's burn through it. even bob dole had a cycle through the staff. >> ronald reagan. >> so you could almost argue that you don't win unless you throw people overboard but when they leave on a bus, your entire staff leaves on a bus, that's a problem, and in the key states, as well. i was dialing around to try to find people still in the campaign, and they would say, i'm leaving, too. and also newt gingrich has severe hurdles. john mccain had a strong base in new hampshire, he had a fire in his gut. gingrich's problem is his negatives are very high. in a cbs poll this week, his negatives are almost as high among republicans as sarah palin and he's undisciplined and has already had a fight with his own republican party. >> he's not the only person to make an unconventional campaign move this week. the presumed front-runner, mitt romney, announced that he was not going to participate in the iowa straw poll this august. >> that's exactly r

mccain introduced palin as his running mate.during the entire visit, claims palin, who says she had a sneaky suspicion that i might need to watch my back. it adds for cindy mccain, she looks like a queen and holes herself like royalty. i'd never seen people with so much louis vuitton luggage, so many cell phones and so many constant helpers to do hair and makeup. and bristol says she was shocked when cindy offered to be godmother to her unborn baby. i had just met her and i wondered why she wanted any type of guardianship over my child. but the most biting words in the book are reserved for the father of her baby, levi john stons. at first she says i found him exciting, for the first time they slept together she was drunk. i didn't know girlie flavored wine coolers were just as likely to get you drunk as the hard stuff but she paints johnston as a brute. when he found out she was pregnant, she says his response, better be a blank.org boy and when tripoli was born doctors tried to hand levi the scissors to cut the cord but he bac

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that's why they love bachmann and that's why john mccain chose sarah palin for that very reason. i think the tea party still matters. they're going to play a huge role in the primary process. at the end of the day we'll have to see what the voters think about whether romney is going to be enough to drive them to the polls, whether he can make the economic argument. chris: can romney do with george herbert walker did in 1988, when he gave that "read my lips" written speech? can he do something like that to be one of them that night? >> i think whoever is the nominee is going to have to do a lot more for the tea party than promise no new taxes. this is more than herbert walker bush had to deal with. they're making inroads at school boards and city council and legislative levels. they're rewriting the redistricting laws in florida. they're powering the house democrats in their weekly refusal to do anything on the budget. it's a much more powerful force than the one we had. there's a third-party risk if they don't get what they want. chris: the white house won't admit anything, but w

' rights groups have jumped all over mccain accusing him of using illegal imgrants as scapegoats.ere is the question. why are there more u.s. troops on south korea's border than on our own border? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. wolf? >> very tense board. i've been there, jack. i'm anxious to hear what our viewers think. >> south korea also has, what? the third largest standing army in the world and a vibe rants economy. >> facing almost a million south korean troops and 20 or 25,000 u.s. troops in between. something like that. >> and we've had those people there for 50 years. >> correct. >> the south korean economy is probably more vibe rants than ours is and better able to afford their own defense than we are keeping these standing armies scattered around the globe. the sheriff's got a point, you know? he's getting killed by the illegal immigration problem and we've got almost 30,000 soldiers guarding the korean border. >> jack, thank you. >>> cnn is using global resources to expose the trade of exploitation of people around the world. it's called the c

consensus on the hill so for example he got a hard line to toe the one hand we have senator john mccain who came out and said if you only would takes away three or five thousand troops precious. something that would be palatable to him on the other hand you have some nerve lebanon democrat of michigan head of the armed services committee who says fifteen thousand minimum needs to go right there and he's never going to appease those two wings either party and i think you know it's not going into this i think his main message is going to be every day americans especially those democrats who needs to come out and vote from two thousand and twelve and gareth are those everyday americans are ready for this drawdown a search well actually i think the average american is way ahead of the president in terms of in terms of drawdown distrusting of voter ahead of president and i know it's not shocking actually i mean this is this is been coming for a long time we've seen the support for the war continue to trend down for the last year and a half we now see that according to the pew pew poll fifty

there was a lot of distrust inside the mccain/palin campaign, so much so that mccain did few print interviews of course, palin avoided interviews, especially after the katie couric jousting. after the fall, they were frankly told to avoid interviews, especially close to the election. where did we get this phrase, derogatory phrase now, mainstream immediatia. who cooked it up? >> it's not just from the right but from the left. two things simultaneously, the right of the blog os fear and opinionating and reporting that takes place who are part of that movement, look at the paragons -- chris: generational thing, too. >> it's a little bit generational but you also have what they have in their quiver is this notion that at the same time as blogging rose and became important, you had a huge failure as they saw it of the establishment press, on the subject of the iraq war. so they were able to point at things like "the new york times," i'm afraid, "the washington post." all of the tv networks. chris: they're saying it wasn't critical, incisive journalism -- >> right, lap dogs to the establishment an

it is based off of the mccain won in the senate -- off of the mccain one in the senate. need to make sure that no ground troops are used. whether republicans in the house are interested in doing that, i do not know for sure. >> to you think that if he had asked for authorization in libya in march, with they have agreed with it then? >> it is hard to say. the republicans are very focused on one thing now. it happened fairly fast. i think the president and his team were reluctant to get involved in libya. you had the arab league, you had the u.n.. they were very quickly launching this operation and they needed our help. nato expressed its support. from that point of view, they have done a good job explaining it. republicans and house can say, we understand and we feel our voice should be heard, like authorize. just offering criticism. we've -- we support, but we do not like the present process. process.esident's no. are you surprised that gaddafi has held on -- >> are you surprised that gaddafi has allowed as long as he has? how long you think he can hold out? and do you t

i rise today to speak to the mccain amendment. i notice my colleague from arizona was just on the floor, and i wanted to say that i appreciate him offering this amendment and, as with the coburn-feinstein amendment, i support his amendment. i also wanted to make reference to the comments he had made regarding our conflict in libya. i agree with him. these are my words -- that it's bizarre, that the administration has sent over a letter yesterday referring to the fact that we're not involved in hostilities in libya. i mean, it's really totally bizarre when you look at what is going on in the air in libya right now. so i have no idea why mr. coe would have offered this awrgt. i know we're going to have a hearing in foreign relations in the next couple of weeks thankfully to look at this issue. but thirdly i'd like to point out that one of the reasons that we're in this situation right now where congress has not authorized anything is the administration -- i sent a letter to the administration, secretary gates, and secretary clinton,

senator john mccain speculated some may have started by illegal immigrants. >> everything was closed and circumstan circumstantially it was. >> reporter: federal fire officials said there was no evidence to support his claim. in all, the 4.3 million acres that burned this year are already 2 1/2 types the national average for the last 10 years. so why so many fires in so many states? >> well, we're seeing this prolonged drought. we're seeing more fire -- more weather extremes. >> reporter: dry conditions are turning brush into tinder. it's so bad in florida, crews are having to hose down shrubs and grass. and it's not just flames causing chaos. on sunday thick smoke forced texas officials to close interstate 45 for 5 hours. diana alvear, abc news, los angeles. >>> senator mccain will discuss the fires and also his comments when he joins us live on "good morning america." >>> the storm hugging the pacific coast strengthened to winds topping 50 miles an hour. but it's not expected to make landfall. forecasters say b beatriz will gain more strength before turning back out to sea. >> this

and they don't treat him with the scorn john mccain treated ron paul with in 2008.bachmann about that last night about libya, she's on the house intelligence committee. she doesn't think the united states should be involved militarily in libya. here is one of the reasons why. >> what possible vital american interest could we have to empower al qaeda of north africa and libya, the president was absolutely wrong in his decision on that. >> ten years after 9-11, our intelligence is so inadequate that we have no idea what percent of libyan rebels are al qaeda. >> two serious candidates for president in the republican party there saying we don't know who the libyan opposition is. we can't trust there is not al qaeda involved. listen to the last republican nominee, john mccain, who says he knows these people and has no problem with them. >> i do believe that this is a legitimate government, there are concerns about the makeup of it. they are on facebook. you can -- they've got a website. you can see who they are and what they're about. >> does it matter? this is a soul se

pero la forma en que logre el senador mccain ha causado mÁs calor. >> hay evidencia que algunos de esoslegalmente. lo hace para mantenerse tirios y distraer a los agentes de la cia. >> estÁ bajo investigaciÓn y organizaciones que defienden a los inmigrantes dicen que mccain deberÍa tener bases sÓlidas para hablar porque enciende la intolerancia. en arkansas los bomberos luchan incansablemente para que el fuego no destruya las viviendas. en florida se han gastado 300 a tres de bosque. >> en arizona y las llamas se ha controlado en un 38% y las autoridades ha permitido que algunos residentes regresen a sus casas. aÚn hay 12.000 personas desalojadas y miles de viviendas han sido destruidas. >> claudia rodas desde san francisco nos dice que estÁ haciendo la aerolÍnea para resolver un problema que tiene molestos a muchos ligeros. >> trabajando contra reloj laaerolÍnea unitar airlines reprograman vuelos para los pasajeros que se quedaron sin dejar. la mayorÍa bastante molestos porque dicen que la aerolÍnea no les informÓ nunca que estaba sucediendo. >> desde las 6:30 que se supone que tenÍamo

mccain: i thank you, mr. president. i -- i speak today on a day that appears to be positioned between two very consequential decisions. yesterday, the president announced his plan to draw down u.s. forces in afghanistan, planning to pull out 10,000 troops this year and the remaining 23,000 surge forces by september, 2012. tomorrow, the house of representatives will likely vote on a measure to limit the use of u.s. funding for u.s. military operations in libya to only -- quote -- "nonkinetic activities." in other words, noncombat activities. so that no limited strike mission toss suppress air defenses or predator strikes against qadhafi's forces, which we're doing very little of already. the only military actions for which the commander in chief could commit our armed forces would be supporting missions from search and rescue to aerial refueling to intelligence. that is the provisions in what is very likely to be voted on and passed by the house of representatives tomorrow. now, some may not see a connection between thes

things to watch, senator mccain. mr.ccain: according to "the washington post" this morning editorial, "end of the surge: the mismatch between president obama's strategy and his troop withdrawal timetable," mr. obama's withdrawal decision with no clear basis and strategy increases the risk of failure. the only other issue i would like -- and i think the senator from south carolina is very well qualified to describe it -- i hear over and over again, especially from those who are opposed to this, our involvement in this conflict -- quote -- "the troops are exhausted. the troops are exhausted." and yet general kean this morning on one of the news channel said they're not exhausted. they're exhilarated because they're winning. they know they've sack tpaoeusd so many of -- sacrificed so many of their comrades killed and wounded. they're not exhausted, but they certainly, certainly don't want to come home in defeat, something that i saw a long time ago. mr. graham: that's a very good question. who are these people and what make

firefighters say they don't know what started all of these fires but long-time senator john mccain says he knows how some of them started in his state. illegal immigrants are responsible, he says. also, we'll try to make a father's day a little bit brighter for at least one dad fighting in afghanistan. you'll want to stick around for this. good morning to you all, from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn sunday morning for june 19. >>. happy father's day to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. we want to say a special good morning to our armed forces. thank you for being with us. >>> clarence clemons has died. clemons and his saxophone were the backbone of bruce springsteen's e street band. ♪ "born to run" for you. clemons was by springsteen's side for 40 years. he was the sax of choice for twisted sister, and others, even lady gaga. he was in palm beach florida when he died. bruce springsteen posted this, and i quote, he was my great friend, my partner and with clarence at my side, my band and i were able to tell a story far duper than those simply contained in our mewesing. his

john mccain in 2007, many people considered him down and out. he came back and won the nomination. anything is possible in politics. >> paul, you have seven candidates. who do you think are going to be the strongest candidates and which candidates do you think have the most to prove of all seven? >> reporter: i think the one with the most at stake, i guess you could say, or the most to lose would be mitt romney right now. the former massachusetts governor is making a second bid for the white house. he is perceived to be the frontrunner right now because of his campaigning and his staff. who has the most to game? maybe somebody like rick santorum who is not well known outside of social conservative. it's a good chance for him to be in the spotlight to a national audience. also there, herman cain, the former ceo of godfather's pizza. ron paul, the congressman from texas. you've got former minnesota governor at any titim pawlenty . and michelle bachmann. >> don't forget, you can tune in here monday night, 8:00 p.m. eastern for the republican presidential debate from new hampshire, sev

mccain mccain it. looks the same like trying to play off of some of that you know lots of elections. they're like i don't like are you mark against them where i just know i should vote for you we have to revive it. well let's talk about fox news for a moment if we went on our web site today check out what's the top story on fox news and one of the top stories was that iran is building its secret missiles herb's secret missile installation in venezuela oh just some guy decided to fear monger about that right about that but i just thought of fox news gets away with this stuff i mean i understand it's not the rest of the media's job to sit there for through every ridiculous story found on the fox news website and go and correct it but i mean but there are a lot of americans actually watching really fox news and they really think now that iran is building a secret missile installation in event as well you've got to give me a break now and there are a lot of mainstream media outlets and critics who want to

senator john mccain ran just four years ago. and he's telling our christiane amanpour what he believes about fellow republicans and going beyond partisan politics. and he's concerned about our stamp on foreign policy. >> are you concerned, though, about the message we're hearing? you talked about the partisanship. what's going on in congress. >> i was more concerned about what the candidates in new hampshire, the other night, said. this is isolationism. there's always been an isolation restrain in the republican party. the pat buchanan wing of our party. but now, it seems to have moved more center stage, so to speak. >> and so, i want to bring in christiane amanpour, anchor of "this week." she's in washington, preparing for tomorrow morning's program. christiane, always great to see you. the senator not holding back there. talking about the buchanan wing of the party. isolationism taking center stage. what really bothers him about all this? >> well, he was very concerned about it coming to center stage, as he said. he said to me

. >>> meanwhile, arizona's senator john mccain is trying to extinguish a political inferno after saying this weekend there was, quote, substantial evidence that those crossing the border illegally were partly responsible for arizona's fires. yesterday he defended those comments saying in a joint statement with two fellow republicans that a senior forest service official told him some fires in arizona are caused by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. while officials say three major blazes are the result of human activity, whether illegal i immigrants were involved is unknown. >>> here's a look at other stories making news. storm chasers in nebraska had a very busy monday. several tornadoes across the state caused the public to clear the streets and even emptied the stands at the college world series. damage discovered in the wake of the violent storms included overturned rail cars, toppled power lines and uprooted trees, though thankfully no serious injuries have been reported. >>> a tennessee deputy's first night run-in with a black bear was recorded on dash cam. the bear cub ran ont

do you sense, as senator mccain does, that there is an isolationist trend inside the republican party? >> well, i think confusion has led to the events of this week. i would argue this should be one of the most embarrassing moments going into this week. the fact they had republicans and democrats all over the map on something that i believe that the president has shown leadership, presented his case, and i believe that there are national security interests in libya and in a very limited, defined role there are things that we better be concerned about. they have weapons systems and other things. so i think what happened, candy, is is that lack of leadership, that lack of explanation, his believing he doesn't have to come to congress, led to only eight republicans and a host of democrats in a very confusing message with should we cut off funds or shouldn't we cut off funds. he could have avoided all of that with some leadership. >> let me call you on something here, and that is you say you see politics at play with the president having these surge troops pull out right before the electi

john mccain was defeated by barack obama for the presidency they have interests in libya and the u.s. should be leading rather than following and john mccain would like to see greater military involvement. >> what does the white house say tonight about what the republicans are saying? >> the white house, like previous white houses does not think that the war powers resolution is binding. it will not go and is congress for formal authorization but barack obama's people point out that it notified congress. they say there has been a series of hearings and private briefings to lawmakers about it and say by sunday the white house will provide a detailed legal justification as required by the republicans in congress but will stop short of asking for congress' permission. clashes have continued between rebel fighters in burma. more than 2,000 others displaced during four days of vinals. the fighting near the border is some of the worst seen in burma since last year's election. police say they have arrested a militant suspected of involvement in the bombing attacks of 2002. it is alleged he f

mccain says he backs military action in libya and is adamant that the u.s.nue. >>> music fans are mourning the loss of clarence clemons today. the saxophonist was bruce springsteen's side kick for almost 40 years. he was influential in establishing the sound of the e street band. at 6'4", clemons towered on stage. he died from complications of a stroke he suffered last week. clemons was 69. >>> in other news, tomorrow, new york could become the newest state to legalize same-sex marriage. the state assembly approved the measure last week. the republican controlled senate is expected to take a crack at it before it goes on recess. the measure will likely face a tougher battle amongst the conservative lawmakers. same-sex marriages are currently legal in the district of columbia and five states, including massachusetts, connecticut, iowa, vermont and new hampshire. >>> many same-sex couples, as you can imagine, are hoping the bill will pass. that includes a new york couple who has been together for more than 60 years. they're sharing their story with our alison

happens to be absolutely loving right now it seems like john mccain is kind of shaking in his booth at the idea that someone new is coming in who might have this record of cutting and we even have a clip here of what john mccain had to say earlier let's take a look at that. gates has been sounding the alarm against misguided and excessive reductions in defense spending that cut into. i could not agree with you more defense spending is not what is sinking this country into a fiscal crisis and if the congress and the president act on that flawed assumption they will create a situation that is truly an affordable and decline of u.s. military power. you know i think that a lot of americans are starting to disagree with that notion that defense spending has nothing to do with america's fiscal crisis there's a new pew research poll actually out there and you know what i mean obviously public opinion they often one one thing or say that they want cuts then they don't want medicare or any of their domestic programs cut but when it comes to the opinion they think the defense spending is or e

i hope in the senate we can pass a kerry-mccain resolution.ther year. >> it gives a certain -- gives approval for the limited kenyan operation. no ground troops, no intention to put ground troops in. we're supporting nato. we're doing that because there are two u.n. -- there's an arab league revolution. this is an unusual moment where the arab league, the united states, the european community, are all committed to trying to get rid of gadhafi. >> is this the right fight, are we still there? should we get them out sooner. >> no one wants to get rid of power. you expect the united nations resolutions that the security council vote was taking with the abstention of india, the u.s., china, and germany. this was not the ub saying this is a great thing to do. the president did not come to the congress. the reason he knew this going in defied historical precedent. we weren't under attack, under imminent attack, we weren't honoring treaty agreements. we weren't rescuing americans. this is a serious precedent here. on the oh, we need to be clear that o

wildfires across arizona, and john mccain blaming illegal immigrants for starting them. >>> if you ever bought a ticket to see springsteen, you have seen this man, too. we say good-bye. this is "cnn sunday morning." >>> we start this morning talking about explosions in need yoe. a government spokesman called the spokesman, quote, murder. i asked him what happened. >> weep have had a lot of propaganda from accusations from the gadhafi regime for the last few weeks. we are looking at the matter carefully, and nato was operating in tripoli last night. we identified a missile being used and we had to take that out because it was putting a huge risk on the civilians in the area. let's be clear. you can reduce risks in every day possible, but never make them zero in a campaign. >> well, it just can't get any worst. that's what one fire official is saying about a fire in southern arizona. the monument fire has burned 20 acres. it's the nation's one number priority. some residents have evacuated but have not lost hope. >> the land is still mine. so nobody can take that away from me. but i will

look at john mccain. you have to get up with the times. host: what about the diplomatic fallout of going into these countries and attacking without letting them know? caller: i do not care. it does not matter. corporate america needs the protection. we need to be around the world. that is why they hate us to begin with. if they do get radicalized, then our people, our cia and intelligent people, should take them out. i do not really care. host: let's hear from a republican. bob in tennessee. bob, go ahead. caller: ok. yes, i would like to say i yes, i would like to say i believe in our generals and i believe what they say. i believe the pressure is enhanced right now. the pressure is against them with obama and the people around them. right now, i believe, with the way they are running our economy -- craziness. we have to stop spending money that we do not have to give to -- things that have no needs. if we have no country, just like no borders. host: this is "the washington post." it says -- host: a little bit about the afghani president,

i want to go back to the line that senator mccain was addressing on afghanistan. regarding the troop withdrawals, i think it is clear that any operational perspective that the withdrawal makes no sense. it may make sense from a domestic political perspective. may make some level of sense in terms of waking up the afghans. the fact that we will not be there forever and that that they have to set up to the plight but i am concerned that a significant withdrawal of u.s. forces will reverse the progress that we made in afghanistan and that the afghans have made. i am glad to see you say you support a response will conditions-based withdrawal. however, i would prefer their to be no withdrawal until it is clear that the gains we have made will not be reversed. my question for you is as we withdraw troops from afghanistan, if it becomes clear from an operational perspective that the withdrawal is negatively affecting progress and stability, will you advise the president that the withdrawal should be stopped and, if necessary, additional u.s. forces be sent back to afghan

it almost worked for mccain in 2000 that john mccain is john mccain pretty as a war hero and served in the senate at that point for 18 years -- was a leader in certain issues. but he was unquestionably a senior an important senator. i am not sure you can say that about gov. huntsman, one term as governor of utah. not sure you could point out what distinctive things he did as ambassador to china. again, i am for him getting into the race and making his case. but if you ask me right now it strikes me as an awful lot of -- and not much substance. host: john mccain weighing in over the weekend. but let me ask about your words -- reagan was right. you look ahead to 2012. you conclude -- ronald reagan's unapologetic defense of america's strength is as timely as two decades ago and you pose this question -- which republican candidate will make a name for himself or herself by delivering a suitably updated version of this message? guest: the debate monday night which some people over interpreted in some ways, there was a certain backing off from what i would say reagan-bush division asserted i