which is why i'm giving a tip of my hat to governor rick scott for writing it. (laughter) you see, to boost his popularity scott courageously posted this pre-written letter of praise for himself that his supporters can sign and forward to florida newspapers. (laughter) now those anti-government tea partiers who elected rick scott can have the government write their letters for them. well, folks, i want to praise rick scott's praise of rick scott so i am posting a pre-written letter on colbertnation.com for you to print out, sign, and send to florida newspapers. don't worry, i'm not putting words in your mouth. i have left blank spaces so you can fill in your real opinions of governor scott. it reads "dear editor, it is my strong belief that rick scott is a (adjective) governor." (laughter) "his letter praising himself makes me want to (verb) up. i (adverb, verb) this great nation and everyone should (action verb) rick scott with a (noun) for an (interjection) full body shave like a naked home rat. sincerely (name, city) " and i'm sure the governor will appreciate

welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour florida governor rick scott turns down a budget a lifeline to help save the lives of thousands of at risk children so is this the best decision for his state is he just trying to round up brownie points from his republican buddies and executed inmates last words call for an end to a trip around the valuable lesson he learned from his victims and tonight still ahead. children in florida are screwed last year republicans in florida leveled a forty three percent cut to their healthy families florida program that provides assistance to expecting parents and newborns in an effort to curb child abuse and neglect as a result of the cut services were dropped to more than thirty five hundred high risk families more than five thousand children but this year governor rick scott was given a lifeline by the federal government to keep the program afloat more than eight million dollars was available to florida to continue visitation services for at risk children as part of the affordable care act but as you would expect from a

. >> we'll talk to republican rick scott, republican governor rick scott, making headlines saying ifongress fails to raise the debt ceiling it will have almost no effect on the financial markets. we'll hear from the florida governor's point of law. >> clearly a minority view. most members of congress say we need to raise the debt ceiling. it's how we do it, under what conditions it's so important. he says you don't need to. >>> as we've seen americans are not with the lawmakers, flooding washington with phone calls and e-mails. our question of the day, what would you like to tell your elected representative. keep it clean. what would you like to tell him or her. >> send us an e-mail, tweet, facebook. >>> the latest on the norway massacre. police detonated a cache of explosives on a farm rented by suspect anders breivik about 100 miles north of oslo. that's where police say he built the fertilizer bomb used in friday's attacks. we're getting a glimpse inside the mind of breivik courtesy of his lawyer. he said his client is surprised he succeeded pulling off his massacre. that he consi

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saying this is where we stand and yet when you look at john case it did that scott walker did that rick scott did that rick snyder did that in your perspective we was consonant ohio florida michigan and now they're all in the tank i mean in all probably in all probability scott walker could be facing a recall election john case it would if they could isn't this suicide for the republicans to have gone so far off the tea party edge well i mean i think that they feel like you have a mandate from the people they ran their be they're being consistent with a platform that they ran on and you know in two years in two thousand and twelve if the people decide that they're not doing what they want to do then they're out of there that's the nature of the house of representatives but i don't think i've recommended that we have the house republicans only have the house right now if their publicans want to make any sort of statement they have to do it through the house maybe the senate will approve it well they have even if you know who had the senate president in a veto it is that. you must have sixty vo

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a few politicians, like governor chris christie, governor rick scott and john kasich in ohio.other governor you may not have heard of and faced angrier protests. this happened in puerto rico two years ago. the houses of union members clashed with police for days. they went in front of the governor's mansion because the governor proposed cuts far bigger than wisconsin but the governor just smiled. they say he had to make cuts because puerto rico's economy was a mess. >> we didn't have enough money to make our first payroll. >> his predecessors had grown the government point that one out of every three workers worked for the state. and the state was generous about giving out contracts. >> they couldn't care. their vendors will raise the prices and they would just buy the contracts. it was not the money. it was the taxpayers' money. >> john: puerto rico was broke. he decided the government would handle money differently. >> we have to handle as if was our money. >> john: new conservative majority the first in puerto rico in 40 years passed law 7 which shrank the state. what did y

a few politicians, like governor chris christie, governor rick scott and john kasich in ohio.other governor you may not have heard of and faced angrier protests. this happened in puerto rico two years ago. the houses of union members clashed with police for days. they went in front of the governor's mansion because the governor proposed cuts far bigger than wisconsin but the governor just smiled. they say he had to make cuts because puerto rico's economy was a mess. >> we didn't have enough money to make our first payroll. >> his predecessors had grown the government point that one out of every three workers worked for the state. and the state was generous about giving out contracts. >> they couldn't care. their vendors will raise the prices and they would just buy the contracts. it was not the money. it was the taxpayers' money. >> john: puerto rico was broke. he decided the government would handle money differently. >> we have to handle as if was our money. >> john: new conservative majority the first in puerto rico in 40 years passed law 7 which shrank the state. what did y

we should be drug testing them like rick scott is drug testing those in florida. and i'm sorry. but we should start testing these guys. >> i am sensing a theme, greg. >> i like the theme she is going on. where did you learn that, oxford? >> she learned the way to be successful is to pick on you mercilessly. >> the bill insults will dissolve into jello fighting. >> shall we move on? >> already am. >>> is it hard being adorable? i explain it all in my new book, being adorable is my cross to bear. but first, so who is this guy? nice glasses. he is my new roommate, hans. i sure hope he is good with es chores. -- good with chores. s . >>> he is racist all over his facist. i speak of utah state prisoner and murder suspect curtis algeer seen here gorgeously. he was scheduled to marry a mixed race woman. despite the fact he has a, quote, skinhead tatoo on top of his bald head and swastikas inked all over his person. erika herrera defended her fiancee who has been charged with shooting a prison guard after already being incarcerated over a slew of felonies. explains the half hispanic and

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rick snyder down 25%, rick scott in florida down 20%, kasich down 11%, scott walker in wisconsin down 9%. jan brewers down 8%. are you telling me this doesn't matter to people who have to run? >> it doesn't matter, because it matter no more than a poll today saying that president obama is behind mitt romney a year out from the eye electric? are you going to say my god, it's all over for president obama, because he's trailing mitt romney by four points? no, it's 2011. >> governor rendell, how do you respond to this? >> let's wait and see what the policies do, just like we saw in indiana, and let's have this conference in 3 1/2 years. >> governor rendell. >> i agree with michael about polls far out, three years or even a year out. they don't mean much, but what polls should concern republicans is what the american people are saying on the issues. they don't want this budget to be balanced by cutting only entitlements. they don't want it to be balanced by cutting spending, programs that are helpful to vulnerable americans. they want a mix, a balance of revenue increases by closing off lo

we thought that they had bottomed out when he was tied with rick scott for most unpopular governor in the nation. it turns out the floor is even lower than that. he is still sinking. do you think that's being driven by the anger over the union stripping bill or broader issues? >> it's about the union stripping bill, but also the radical ideology that is being pushed down people's throats in ohio. they just passed a budget that cuts billions of dollars out of education. you combine that about senate bill 5, you're looking at class sizes of 50 or more here in ohio. you're looking at elimination of after school sports and music and arts and gifted programs, unless local school areas raise their property taxes. so you're seeing over and over again a decimation of the middle class. the budget cut, a billion dollars from local governments. what that means is it's going to mean our communities are less safe. local governments are going to have to cut police officers. cut firefighters. or raise local taxes again. this budget was pass the buck budgets, pushing the tough decisions down to the l

rick scott claims it's about voter fraud. as you just heard, it's really about voter suppression.son is urging the justice department to intervene. earlier this year, governor scott signed the legislation that reduced the amount of early voting days from 15 down to 8. you can bet it will affect the poor and working class the most. >> they knocked out what used to be two sundays to vote down to one sunday. you can't tell me that's not going to impact the people's ability to get to the polls. >> the other end of the country. meanwhile, republicans in maine talking -- targeting another typical democratic voting block. the state's gop chair claims that college students who pay out of state tuition rates and vote in maine are committing voter fraud? charlie webster has no proof that these students voted in maine and in their home state. and maine's state law allows students to vote in the district where they go to school. and yet webster is still charging ahead and submitting a list of over 200 names to maine's secretary of state to investigate. announcer ] anan anthis...is the netwo.

if more people knew as much about rick scott as they do about casey anthony, florida would be a much> why are so many fascinated by this? >> does it go back to wow, at least imt not that bad of a mom. it's a local news story they grab onto. it's sickening. it's a white girl. chris hayes told another story of another guy put on trial who, you know -- it was amazing. so i feel like the stories of great trial redemptions don't get told, and the nature of the

clinton specifically called out florida governor rick scott -- not my favorite guy out there -- who moved to overturn state policy that allowed ex-felons to vote once finishing probation. he doesn't want them to ever vote. clinton says he changed the policy is those are groups who tend to vote for democratic candidates. we'll be right back. pain relief that works at the site of pain... up to 12 hours. salonpas. >>> welcome back to "hardball." does any republican candidate have the right stuff? that's a great question. i think newt is broke, paw listeny is invisible. romney can't seem to decide which romney he is today. likely republican voters in the primary, mitt romney does lead, followed by michele bachmann coming up, but only to 12. ron paul and rudy at 7%, rick perry, the new kid on the block at 4. pawlenty getting nowhere at 3%. >>> i'm being nice tonight, david corn, i'm always nice to you, writing for mother jones. is this thing gelling the way it usually does? >> of course you do. >> who has a good chance? >> i think romney hats a very good chance. pawlenty has a good chance. >>

in my state our governor, rick scott, is doing everything he can to follow in the steps of what is occurring across the country, to stamp out the gains we worked so hard for and worked many, many years to achieve. governor scott signed the election bill which takes away many of the florida voters' basic rights. it includes numerous hideous items, much like that in the bills' past and other state legislations around the nation to keep african-americans and hispanics from going to the polls or refrain from participating in early voting in the upcoming 2012 election. the new laws passed in florida would make voting more difficult for people who have recently changed residence as well as shorter early voting time from 14 days to six days. it will provide 100 feet -- it goes on and on and on. in addition, it imposes a $50 fine on election supervisors who are late in filing routine reports to the state. you know, after what happened in florida in the 2000 coup d'etat, it's amazing to me that florida would pass such hideous laws. i think it's very important that the justice department weigh in and

rick scott, elected last year in florida -- it was a surprise that he won. he won in a narrow race and since then his poll numbers have plummeted. some of that could be personal style, but it coulde reaction to some of the policies he is putting into place. a lot of republican governors are caing for very draconian cuts. knowure they're listeners a number them have called for chges in collective bargaining for public employees. in wisconsin there's a new republican governor. there will be recall elections this summer targeting some of the republican legislators who supported scott walker's changes in collective bargaining and budget cuts. wisconsin is a battleground state. you are seeing the pendulum swing back and forth. some ways i feel sorry for the politicians, because i'd think the voters -- when you see this kind of movement and this kind of gridlock, that it's -- what it really tells you is there's not a consensus in the country about how to deal with these problems. as a result, you have states like wisconsin and going back and forth between republic

rick scott, elected last year in florida -- it was a surprise that he won.e won in a narrow race and since then his poll numbers have plummeted. some of that could be personal style, but it could be reaction to some of the policies he is putting into place. a lot of republican governors are calling for very draconian cuts. knowure they're listeners a number them have called for changes in collective bargaining for public employees. in wisconsin there's a new republican governor. there will be recall elections this summer targeting some of the republican legislators who supported scott walker's changes in collective bargaining and budget cuts. wisconsin is a battleground state. you are seeing the pendulum swing back and forth. in some ways i feel sorry for the politicians, because i'd think the voters -- when you see this kind of movement and this kind of gridlock, that it's -- what it really tells you is there's not a consensus in the country about how to deal with these problems. as a result, you have states like wisconsin and going back and forth between r

but, yes, we have some governors that's shortsighted like my governor, rick scott, of florida, that sent back almost $3 billion. we have 11% unemployment. what was he thinking about? i guess he was thinking about he didn't want to see those people going to work and make barack obama look good even though we have the most congested -- congestion in the area. and our competition is there. if you look at spain, if you look at france, you look at germany, 200 mouths -- 200 miles, 1:15, that is the future of our country. but we have some shortsighted people here. people who only want to see, well, we need to balance the wugget. -- budget. where were you when they was giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires? and you do it over and over again. that's the sad thing. if you put it on the board, put it on the board today, you would have the same vote. you would have the exact same vote. and every opportunity you have to vote you vote to give billionaires and millionaires tax breaks. so you know we started the rail system and we are now the caboose and we don't even use cabooses anymore.

scott. look out. if almost got one in the chop from rick. instead he it clips and he had to leave the game. carlos.hit to right. counter jackson does not make plate here. martinez running hard from first. about if l david comes up throwing out at the plate but martinez gets his hand around the tag. just fan takes ticket even though suzuki not happy. a up in the fifth. that's when things go terribly wrong. miguel pl 2 run bomb to left. detroit opens it up with 6 runs in the frame. and they go on to beat the a's 8-3. scott size more lucky. travis buck not. took a fast ball in the head tonight in the indian twins game. pitcher l beaned the former athletic with a 91 miles per hour fast ball. ball ricochetting off the helmet and in the stands. he was dazed. walked off with some assistance there. the twins won the game 2-1. nfl labor talk kind of like the old slowly i turn step by step. inch by inch. slowly they get close to a de-niagara falls. talks continue. if you are like under 40 and have no idea what i'm talking about. there is going to be some compromise on the lawsuit filed by players like tom br

rick folbaum, thanks. >>> and good thursday morning to you! i'm jon scott. and welcome to you! heather: nice to be here. i'm heather chilledders in for jenna lee, we are in the fox news room, "happening now". high drama over the debt showdown. we've been telling you about this, lawmakers, the president, getting ready to go back at it yet again, a new round of talks on the debt ceiling after what republican aides called the most intense meeting yet. jon: house majority cantor calling president obama agitated during the talks, the president said even ronald reagan wouldn't sit here, according to cantor, the president warned him, don't call my bluff, i'm going to the american people on this. heather: -- heather: then the two-hour sitdown t. just ended when cantor said he suggested a short month long increase in the debt ceiling and that's when he said the president stormed off saying enough is enough and now senate majority leader harry reid wearing in on the action and taking aim at the house majority leader. >> we had negotiations going on here in the room, and he walks out on t

rick. and a good tuesday morning to you, post 4th of july holiday. i'm jon scott. patti ann: and i'm patti ann brown in for jenna lee. we are on verdict watch in the casey anthony murder trial. the jury deliberating for its first full day. the seven women and five men spent six hours discussing the case yesterday. jon: of course they are charged with deciding whether casey anthony, the woman you see there, killed her 2-year-old daughter, or if, as the defense claims, little caylee drowned in the family pool, an accident that snowballed out of control. phil keith live in orlando for us. casey anthony's attorney was not in court this morning. why, phil? >> we don't know. apparently jose baez was running a bit late, as all of the spectators were exiting the courtroom after the judge asked the jurors whether they had headed hiheeded his admonitionst discussed anything about this case after they were released from court last night at 6:00pm. everybody left, the jurors went back into the delib kraeugs room. then jose baez walked by, maybe they got caught in traffic or we

rick eleven ven that will. and he is a pile of goo that lines cages at the zoo. good to see you, pinch. >> today in critics picks, al scott explored the themes that arise in the 1985 sci-fi comeed duck dash comedic masterpiece "back to the future." the appropriate question is not where the hell is he, but when the hell is he? einstein is the world's first time traveler. >> that was impressive. >> you are pretty impressive. >> do you do any other impressions? >> no, but a lot want a two-shot. that's tv terms when you and i are on the camera at the exact same time. >> now we will move them away. >>> so, should animals grown in labs have sexy human abs? it could happen i hope. british scientists have them there. they have been secretly create creating more than 150 embryos, but is their research noble or terrifying or noble or terrifying or noble or terrifying. a committee of fans are warning of a planet of the apes scenario where work on the hybrid creatures goes too far. said one lord alton, quote, it can never be justifiable. it is grotesque. if only you allow us to do this, we will find every -- find a cure for every ill

jon: rick folbaum, thank you >>> and good morning to you on this thursday, i'm jon scott. and we welcome a familiar face to "happening now". alisyn: thank you, great to see you, great to work with you today, i'm alisyn camarota in for jenna lee, we're here in the fox news room for "happening now". casey anthony is not a free woman yet, the one-time accused child killer could walk out of jail two months from now, this comes after casey not a -- got a not guilty verdict and today she just learned her sentence on the lesser charges of lying to investigators. >> i sentence you to one year in the orange county jail, imposing a $1000 fine on each count, all four counts to run consecutive to each other, giving you credit for the time that you have previously served. >> file keating is live in orlando. has the court issued, phil, a specific timeline yet for when casey anthony does get out of jail -- get her get out of the jail card? >> the court has yet to do that. judge belvin perry did mention maybe in an hour or so he and the attorneys could come up with the right formula and f

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rick. >>> we certainly have a lot of developments to get to today, hi, everybody, we're so glad your -- you're with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. new developments in the drama that grips capitol hill and the white house. dueling plans are out now on raising the limit to our nation's credit card and reducing the deficit. wendall goler, our senior foreign affairs correspondent, is live on the north lawn. wendall? >> reporter: jon, starting today house republicans will begin trying to sell their proposal to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling to democrats, and if they don't, democrats in the senate will then try and sell their plan to republicans. the chairman of the president's national economic council says mr. obama's address to the nation last night was a warning that democrats and republicans aren't even close. >> what the president was trying to do was let people know that we really are at a stalemate, that we have, that nothing is coming out of congress that is likely to pass be both houses and that this is a time where we as a country have to come together and have compromise and have bipartisanship. >> reporter: s

rick. thank you very much. >>> covering the news from around the world and back here at home, hi, everybody, we're so glad you're with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. "happening now," capitol hill gridlock just days before a default deadline. right now there is no bipartisan teal on the table and no vote today on house speaker john boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling. august 2nd is just six short days away, and that leaves the very real prospect of default or a credit downgrade. can washington make a deal? wendall goler, our senior thousands foreign affairs correspondent be live on the north lawn for us now. >> reporter: more tough news today from the congressional budget office which says both of the leading plans from republicans and democrats to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling fall short of what their authors claim. senate majority leader harry reid's plan would actually cut half a trillion less from the deficit than he says it would, house speaker john boehner's plan falls about $350 billion short. boehner has canceled plans for a vote on his proposal today and gone back to the drawing board, and since he has promised to cut th

rick van winkle," thomas macaulay, who is famous work was the history of england from james the second. american novelist nathaniel hawthorne, who published a book with a scarlet letter," in 1950. and sir walter scottose works included idaho, rob roy, and a lady of the lake. standing in front of the building in the evening, you can see the bus back lit from the lights in the great hall. and from the inside, the western evening sky of washington, as well as the washington monument serve as the backdrop. >> congress has always needed information. when they were in philadelphia and new york, there were libraries that they could go to. philadelphia had wonderful collections. but when they got to washington, d.c. in 1800, there were tobacco fields here. no libraries, no urban life. they still needed information. what they needed to do was create a library. the actual creation came in a bill signed by president john adams. the first books were ordered from england. >> when the capital expanded in the 18 20s, when they built the rotunda, they built the library of congress along the entire west front of the capital between the senate and house chambers. so for many years, throughout most of the 19th centur