if he does, obama survivoring the presidential election against all of the money spent against him. the average republican congressman knows in his party. if he were to say, maybe we should show a little flexibility on taxes, he's going to be the target of the super pac. >> steve, senior writer for salon.com and now cohost of msnbc's newest show, the cycle, and it begins on monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. steve, thank you. good luck on the new show. >> thanks. >> if i use the term eurozone, i'm willing to bet your eyes kind of glaze over a little bit. however, there's a eurozone story tonight that makes it compelling and easy to understand. it's an easy goal if you will. there's even video of people cheering and running around. that's coming up. summer in new york state has something different for everyone to love. discover what you love. visit ilovenewyork.com to plan your summer trip now. in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together

a cancer survivor president obama talked about.ng here first of all. >> hello, reverend. it's a pleasure. >> let me ask you. what did the supreme court ruling yesterday mean to you? >> i thought it was a great victory for the whole united states. >> and you wrote the president a letter, and the letter hangs in the oval office. in fact, the white house tweeted out a picture ofç that letter his office yesterday. yohave said, though, that this is not about republican or democrat. in fact, you voted republican, you said. this is about health care. >> right. >> elaborate. that's the letter i'm showing people. elaborate then how you would want to see the country rise above the partisan divide on this and how it's important to deal with this above partisan politics for health care for people like you. >> well, i think people just have to do it. it's a good thing for our country. it's a good thing for individuals. and once people find out what it's going to do for them in particular, i think they'll have a better understanding of why we n

obama is about to tour the devastation. massive wildfires that have now turned deadly. we'll bring you up to speed. plus a chance to talk to theç cancer survivorhealth care. the president said she inspired him to fight every day for reform. >>> and the guy who calls it the hell war. walking 100 miles in 24 hours around los angeles. we'll tell you what his inspiration is. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curveballs. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to get things done. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. if we took the nissan

survivor. barack obama also comes out of dysfunction, and he spent ten years of his life from the time he got toidental college to the time he went up to harvard law school, ten years, really trying to figure himself out. all of the contradictions of race, and of not knowing his father, it's father's day, all of those things, he tried to figure out emotionally, spir spiritu spiritually, racially, and he sort of did it. and that helped get him as an integrated personality to the white house and got him in trouble there. because he figured, if he could resolve all the kribzs of myself, why can't congress? why can't this world? he wasn't ready to deal in that transactional way in which clinton was so terrific at. >> very interesting. >> i think one of the big differences is that clinton had a vulnerability to want to be liked and to be loved. which gives you a natural curse and a gift as a politician. because you draw people towards you magnetically. as you point out in the book, obama's more a participant, observer, of his own life. he's standing outside, perhaps his mother the anthropologist, per

. >> she is the cancer survivor who president obama said inspired him to pass health care reform.xt, she'll share her story with me live. >>> plus, we continue to follow developing news in the george zimmerman case. just within the past couple of hours his bond hearing ended. coming up, why the judge says he can't make a decision on that just yet. >>> news we want to go back to, we take you to colorado. live pick k34ers where air force one touched down. president obama will tour the devastation in the region left behind from the deadly wildfires. another live report coming up right after this. [ sighs ] forget it. [ male announcer ] there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. >>> you know. there's a framed letter that hangs in my office right now. it was sent to me during the health care debate by a womany named natoma canfield. for years she did everything right. bought et insurance, paid prem yums on time. 18 years ago she was diagnosed with cancer and even though she'd been cancer-free moreç tn a decade, her inrance company ke

survivors were on hand for the event. it took place at 6 months after japan bombed pearl harbor. now, the race to the white house. >> president obamat andrews base heading to new york city where he will attend three fund raisers including one at the waldorf-astoria hotel with former president bill clinton. >> met romney has tapped the former governor of utah to lead his transition team. he then became the secretary of health and human services under secretary george bush. >> cleaning up in maryland tonight after 11 confirmed tornadoes touched down during the friday storm. the purple storm tossed around trailers, flipped over cars and trucks, and knocked down trees. two people suffered minor injuries and they are expected to be fine. >> there was one in damascus where jennifer donelan was close to. it was just 1 mile west of relocation when we told her to take shelter. they were small and damage was limited. now things are quiet. take a look at this. rain showers across the map pennsylvania, new york, new jersey. this is responsible for the very cool air coming our direction. this is the time lapse out in damascus. in much prettier

survivors from the wreckage. it's unclear if the pilot was trying to land when it went down. >>> in the race for the white house, supporters of president obamad mitt romney are dueling over jobs tonight. after dismal job figures and an increase in the nation's unemployment rate. brian mooar has this report. >> reporter: this past week brought discouraging jobs numbers. and in an election that's going to be all about the economy, mitt romney's campaign says the buck stops with president obama. >> the problem is this administration and this president policies are hostile to job creators. >> the white house is blaming congress. >> these are the architects of obstruction and now they are complaining about the pace of the recovery. >> in his weekly address, president obama said congress has been sitting on his jobs idea since september. >> there's no excuse for that. not when so many people are still looking for work. not when so many people are still struggling to pay the bills. >> the white house wants to raise taxes on the rich. republicans in congress say no way. and that the president is rinking a $500 billion tax increase for everyone. >> s

survivors of the first one shot down by the syrians. details on an increasingly sticky diplomatic situation. >>> plus jon stewart reviews the performances last week of mitt romney and president obama in front of latino leaders. a little pandering going on. that clip, later in the show. >>> first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. democrats, republicans, progressives, conservatives, cats, dogs, all claiming victory on the supreme court's immigration ruling monday. that threw out much of the state of arizona's controversial law. but kept its most controversial element, the three sections that were struck down required immigrants to carry immigration papers at all times, ban illegal immigrants from trying to find work and require police to arrest people wount warrants. >>> but the section that everyone focuses on, which allows law enforcement officials to ask people stopped by police to show paperwork proving they're in the country legally was upheld by a unanimous 8-00 vote. president obama said in a statement, quote, i am pleased the supreme court has struck down key provisions of arizona's immigration law, at the same time i remain concerned about the practical impact that remaining prov

survivors of the first one shot down by the syrians. details on an increasingly sticky diplomatic situation. >>> plus jon stewart reviews the performances last week of mitt romney and president obamao leaders. a little pandering going on. that clip, later in the show. >>> first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. democrats, republicans, prog

obama girl. the creators would like to show their support for the president's announcement earlier this year. oh my, shaking with feelings. >>> coming up next, surviving cancer. a new report says that the number of cancer survivorsl grow significantly over the next decade. we'll take a look at some of the reasons why coming up at 7:00. >> see you then, lesli. >>> still to come in this half hour of 9news, some changes on the horizon for metro and the people that ride it. what you need to know about rush flex. topper? >>> another fantastic day. temperatures are a little below average, which is a good thing at this time of the year. we'll take you out to show you the numbers. 82 and 68 at national, 85 now and 66 were the averages. record high, 98. you might remember that back in 1994 and the record low set at 63. we'll take you back to history in 1989 on this date, pretty cool stuff. stay tuned. >>> up next, the $10,000 project that is good enough to eat. in fact, is that camo icing? we'll be right back. >>> it was sticky, actually. >> that's the chairman of the joint chief of staff. talking about his time inside a cupcake tanker. and the entire tank is made of cupcakes. on the way to the pentagon to mark the 237th

president clinton a much better survivor dealing with congress and people in a way barack obama is notwo presidents. when it comes to ambition, where did the ambition to become the leader of the free world come from in a young barack obama. >> i think it came from his mother. she didn't have the same type of ambition but inculcated the idea he had to do good, great things with his life, expected great things from him. it was diffuse ambition. it wasn't until he got to chicago and he understood what power meant that he started the ambition to become president. >> you spoke to the president for a period of time. it's interesting. here in the book you take on his auto bag rafe, "dreams of my father." you talk about inconsistencies, talk in greater detail about pot smoking as a young person. letters from former loves. how did he react to all that? >> he's a writer himself. when i first interviewed him, he said, david, your introduction i let him read, it's interesting he called my book fiction. i said, no, mr. president, it's literature. it wasn't i was trying to fact check everything in h

obama is at this moment look now at some other world headlines as many as one hundred people are feared dead after two or crepes rattled north northern afghanistan rescue crews continue to search for survivors after a tremor sparked a massive landslide burying dozens of homes damage has been reported across five percent showed only a few people being polled from the rubble alive when the quake was felt as far away is the capital kabul one hundred and seventy kilometers to the south. you know of west pakistan a commander of anti taliban forces has to revive an attack from a suicide bomber but two of his bodyguards were killed the local tribal leader was in in his car when the explosives were set off two other people were injured in the attack which comes just days after a similar strike killed nineteen on a boss carrying government employees no one has claimed responsibility for either incident. it was former president hosni mubarak is said to be in stable condition after doctors worked to revive him when his heart stopped twice but the country's official news agency denied that mubarak went into a coma as some reports have suggested the eighty four year old health house worsened over the la

obama is at this moment turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe as many as one hundred are feared dead after two earthquakes rattled northern afghanistan rescue crews continue to search for survivors after tremors sparked a massive landslide burying dozens of homes damages been reported across five districts with only a few people being pulled from the rubble alive quake was felt as far away as the capital of the one hundred seventy kilometers south. in northwest pakistan a commander of anti taliban forces survived an attack from a suicide bomber two of his bodyguards were killed the local tribal leader was and is in his car when the explosives went off to other people were injured in the attack that comes just days after a similar strike killed nineteen on a bus carrying government employees know what is claimed responsibility for either incident. egypt's former president hosni mubarak is said to be in stable condition after doctors worked to revive him when his heart stopped twice the country's official news agency denied mubarak went into a coma as some reports suggest that the eighty four year old's health has worsened over. last few days the former leader is now going to cair

survivor. rob? >>> we are just 156 days from the general election and our new cnn/orc poll shows that the race between president obamaey is now a dead heat. cnn's paul steinhauser is keeping an eye on it and telling us how the candidate reese responded to yesterday's dismal report. >> good morning, rob. it's arguably the most single economic number in politics. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been dealt a harsh indictment. >> the president's republican challenger says he can do a better job on jobs than mr. obama, who acknowledges he still faces stiff economic headwinds. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy's growing again, but it's not growing as fast as we want it to grow. >> so what do you thing? >> jobs are job one for the presidency. >> and americans agree. jobs and the economy remains the top issue on their minds. 52% of people questioned in our new cnn/orc poll say the economy is the most important problem facing the country, far more than anything else and they're looking at who will be better. 31% think thi

survivors. the structure is too unstable to enter. >>> i am marianne rafferty, now back to "huckabee." [ applause ] >> mike: 66% of millennials voted for barack obaman 2008. recent polls show that age group is not a slam-dunk this time for the president. joining us a former deputy public advocate for new york. also ran a democratic see the campaign in 2010 and hopes to make another run for public office in the future. why? i have no idea. good to see you again. >> good to see you too. >> mike: we are going to let some of these millennials ask you questions. since you are a democrat, i hope they really, really go after you. i'm just kidding. peter you have a question? >> this is naomi. >> i recently was a congressional candidate in arizona running to be the youngest democrat woman in congress. my question is regarding something that came up on the campaign traeufplt it was a recent race. we know about the union issues going on in wisconsin and the recall effort. can the democratic party continue to be as loyal to unions with the millennial generation rising up that seems to be more supportive of democrats than republicans? can they challenge the sta

became such a preternatural survivor that it got him to the white house, got him in trouble in the white house, got him out of trouble in the white house. with barack obaman years of his life, really the last third of my book, from the time he got to college from going to harvard, really introspectively trying to resolve all of the contradictions within him. racially, the family, all of that. and he does a pretty good job at it. he becomes a very integrated character in the largest sense of that term. that's what helped propel him to the white house. and he gets there into the miasma of the political system today, and some of that stuff doesn't work anymore. not in the same way. >> here's what i want to do another ten minutes on, which we don't have the time for, which is this notion of dysfunction, which i think is really just complication. i mean, i think every family -- there is no simple family. there is no family where, oh, look, that was the perfect family. he had a flawless upbringing -- >> that's a fallacy. >> i think it's complication and challenge and everyone has different sets of them and seemingly, easy life, rich kids have a whole different

because nobody wants to insure a leukemia survivor, because they say pre-existing condition and we are not doing i. in 2010, bobby got insurance because of obama care. if the supreme court overturns it, the entire law tomorrow, bobby is out of luck. bobby does not have insurance. the insurance companies will not be required to cover him anymore, and again, insurance companies are businesses and not charities and why would you cover someone who is a cancer survivor, because the chances of him getting cancer are there. >> i wonder if that weighs into the court decision, and that would have been a good question for jeffrey. okay. young adults, and remember, you can be on the parents until you are 26, correct. what about young adults? >> so we have gwen the graduate, and gwen is happy, because obama care let her stay on her parents' insurance. she is 25, and allowed the stay on her parents' insurance, and there are 3 million gwens out there who got coverage because of obama care. tomorrow, if the supreme court throws to s out the entire law, is in trouble, and won't have insurance. >> say it is overturned and saying we will cover people like gwen

obama tonight. we will get george's thoughts on the role of political spouses in 2012. what do you think? caller: i m a 78-year-old a survivori will try to be eight as clear as possible. -- be as clear as possible. [unintelligible] i don't think we can put romney in there. we would go to war as we did. he spoke about bombing iran. host: what do you think about ann romney? do you find her likable? caller: yes, only her son said she had no help. that is a false statement. host: an issue we pointed out at the top of the segment. i want to point out an article from "the new york times." host: that is one of the many international issues going on this morning. the other one we wanted to point out is syrian opposition. this is from "the wallstreet journal" this morning. host: you can read more of that story in most of the papers out there and of course "the wallstreet journal." bob, your next and the republican line to talk about the role of political spouses. caller: [unintelligible] i think they were a good team together. michelle obama, her and the president just bucket to these rich people. on that last call, [unintelligible]

obama and defense secretary leon panetta kicked things off with speeches and a defense lawyer gave a speech. >>> hundreds of people are missing after this massive land slide. rescue efforts now underway as survivorsfind their missing loved ones. those tensions are escalating between turkey and syria. turkey promises you hit one of our jets again, you're going to pay. >>> you can keep watching cnn, just hop on your mobile phone. you can watch us on cnn live. >>> close to 100 people injured and so many more missing after this massive land slide buried three different villages in uganda. clearly people are absolutely devastated. this is a mountainous district. it triggered this landslide. survivors are being asked to move to safer locations. the death toll stands at 18, but the number is expected to rise. >>> 86 people died in gun and shelling aattacks. much of the violence around the capital city. opposition groups documented 20 people killed. >>> syria's neighbor to the north says you want to get tough, let's talk tough. turkey says it's prepared to take military action if any syrian military approaches the tu turkish border. it was in international waters when the plane was shot down. any potenti