go and buy it up it's a big difference in the senate east because it's something like a g l d. they can do whatever they want without physical supply so they can actually be using the supply against their own investors versus something like a strata asset management where you know what you've got you can get your gold from silver from at any time if they're totally different in the way they operate let's talk about gold leasing is it possible for this deal due to. their gold how do these put together if at all well gold lace english part of the gold price appreciation scheme scam started you know way back when where banks would borrow go from central banks still the proceeds into the marketplace and use them to run their operations they could do instead of spending way back when six or seven or eight percent to borrow money they could borrow central banks very cheaply and this led into the price suppression scheme which was started by robert rubin and larry lawrence summers former treasury secretaries of the united states so it's gold that has been mobilized to suppress the pri

. >>> mid east breakthrough. senator john kerry brings palestinian peace negotiators back to the table. >>> anthony weiner big campaign setback. will he drop out of the race plus, a massive jewelry heist at a ritzy hotel. one couple's trash turns out to be treasure. and details on kimye's exorbitant bed budget. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, july 29th. >>> very good morning to you. i'm richard lui. it was a tragic weekend for bus travel. the latest incident involving a tour bus in southern italy. the italian tour bus plunged almost 100 feet off a major highway last night. moments before it slammed into several cars slowed by heavy traffic. at least 30 people were killed. two are in critical condition. more details on this weekend's deadly crash involving a church bus in indianapolis. it had about 40 passengers. the driver told police the vehicle's brakes failed before overtu overturning. the church's youth pastor, his pregnant wife and a congregation member were killed in

. >> garrett: i want to get back to the middle east because senator john mccain brought up syria and other issues. when i talk to people at the white house, what they also talk about this is a completely present book we were handed. changes are hour by hour, day by day and very hard to get your arms around. if you intervene you could run a greater risk of making a bigger mistake than this allegation of passivity. how do you respond to this that? >> i think the administration could have a clearer public position about its goals in the region. there's more option than we control everything and dictate events on the ground. >> garrett: how close to do you think they are to absolutely nothing? >> well, you know, this is an incredibly cautious white house and one of the best things i've heard is that they're very good at making sort of clear decisions on clear issues. the really, really difficult decisions they tend to split the difference. and you saw that in syria with arming the rebels, you see that a bit now in egypt the president has a tough statement and i don't know how this happen

senate. >>> overseas, long stalled middle east peace talks resume tonight in the u.s.secretary of state john kerry hosting a working dinner for senior israeli and palestinian negotiators. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler coming back to the negotiating table is a first step in a much traveled often bumpy road. >> reporter: the agreement launches nine months of talks on the hardest issues, borders, israeli security, palestinian refugee rights and jerusalem. >> i know negotiations are going to be tough, but i also know the consequences of not trying could be worse. >> reporter: secretary of state kerry made six trips to the middle east since taking office earlier this year, but he says it was president obama's visit in march that set the stage for renewed peace talks. in a written statement today, mr. obama said the trip, quote, reinforced my belief that peace is both possible and necessary. the palestinians demanded release of more than 100 prisoners serving time for 1980s and '90s attacks on soldiers, women and children. there were bitter p

. >>> mid east breakthrough. senatorings palestinian peace negotiators back to the table. >>> anthony weiner big campaign setback. will he drop out of the race plus, a massive jewelry heist at a ritzy hotel. one couple's trash turns out to be treasure. and details on kimye's exorbitant bed budget. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, july 29th. >>> very good morning to you. i'm richard lui. it was a tragic weekend for bus travel. the latest incid

specifically senator john mccain in driving this agenda to interve in, talking about no-fly zones, intervening as if he is the world's leading authority on u.s. interest in the middle east>> i have a lot of respect for senator mccain, but in this is absolutely wrong. the military said this is not going to work out well. you he seen the example in libya where we did our rebels or we get into a war for the rebels. the same time you saw what happened. they turned around. they're is a cardinal rule in washington. number one, if you have two enemies fighting each other, do not step in the middle of china stoppage. you have the syrian government which is murderous and chemical weapons using and the rebels. now, the predominance strongest group of rels, they be headed up priest. there are other groups that are well meaning and secular and a good dice. but they are going to win, and that is, in fact, the ultimate problem. we may like all rebels, but they won't be predominant. lou: one thing to have failed and wailing efforts at foreign-policy. it is quite another to accumulate the number of outright reversals and failures that this administration has now managed to put forward.

specifically senator john mccain in driving this agenda to intervene in syria talking about no-fly zones, intervening as if he is the world's leading authority on u.s. interest in the middl east>> i have a lot of respect for senator mccain, but in this he is absolutely wrong. the militarhas said this is not going to work out well. seenhe example of libya where@ we d our rebels, we get into a war for the rebels. the same time you see what happens to the weapo that we gave. they turned around and were used agains us. they're is a cardinal rule in washington. number one, you know, if you have two enemies fighting each other, do not step in the middle and dresd up. you have the syrian government which is a murderous and chemical weapons using and the rebels. the predominance strong this groupre terrorists affiliated. they be headed a catholic priest. ere are others are well aning and secular and good guys, but they're not going to n. that is, in fac, the ultimate problem. we may like our rebels, but they won't -- lou: it is one thing to have failed and waylaid efforts that foreign policy in the middle east it is quite another to accumulate the number of outright reversals and fai

east. >> schieffer: all right. senator, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we'll be back in one minute with our panel of handle lists. >> schieffer: well, it's very busy news day as it were, but if we ever had a panel that could handle it, certainly none better than this one. we're going to talk about all of it, peg knee noonan our friend columnist for the wall center journal. john harris also our friend editor in chief of politico, david sanger, one of my oldest friends chief washington correspondent for the "new york times" and bobby ghosh editor of "time" magazine. friends, what should we talk about here? i mean with all of this, peggy, what's the most important thing here? >> i think probably the story that everybody in america woke up learning this morning this is the zimmerman verdict. funny thing everybody thought, my goodness, the verdict is going to come, everybody will know within 20 seconds. well in fact it had come overnight rather late last night. i think it's a big story, we'll all be talking about it america will be deciding what it thinks abo

senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i want to thank my colleague, the majority leader, for those kind words. mr. president, i was describing the recent trip i took to the middle east and afghanistan with senators cornyn, cochran, sessions, boozman, fischer, and in afghanistan with senators mccain and graham. in turkey and jordan, we heard about the atrocities committed by the assad regime in syria and the flood of refugees pouring into those neighboring countries. in afghanistan, we met with our troops and heard about the slow transition from nato forces to afghan security. in the united arab emirates, we discussed the growing threat of iran throughout the region. and we made a meaningful stop at the regional medical center in germany to visit recently wounded americans and nato partners who sacrificed so much in this long war against terrorism. in the voices of our troops and our diplomats and our allies and our wounded warriors, we heard over and over again a basic question: what will america do? answering this question isn't easy but i believe that finding answers is made more difficult because we do not have any agreed-upon consultative process between the pre

east happens to me, at least before i was a senator. now this isn't to say that the african-american community is naive about the fact that african-american, young men are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system, that they're disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violence. the question for me at least, and i think for a lot of folks is, where do we take this. we need to spend some time in thinking about how do we bolster and reinforce our african- american boys. and this is something that michelle and i talked a lot about. there are a lot of kids out there who need help, who are getting a lot of negative reinforcement. and is there more that we can do to give them a sense that their country cares about them, and values them. and is willing to invest in them. >> reporter: jim, in the end, the president was optimistic. racism hasn't been eliminated, he said, but each new generation is making progress in changing attitudes. as he put it, we should be doing everything we can to encourage the better angels of

senator. she had grown up as part of the east coast establishment which tended to be pro-british and interventionist. because she supported her husband in his isolationism although he and would never convince her this was the right thing to do, she found herself a strange from virtually all for old friends and acquaintances, all the people she had grown up with who looked on lindbergh in her words as the anti christ. all of this took an enormous emotional toll on her. what was particularly painful for her was the split within her own family and this i did not know before i started looking in to getting into research for this book. she was supporting her husband, charles lindbergh and his isolationism, her mother was one of the leading activists for interventionism and her sister constance who was her best friend worked with her husband, aubrey morgan, constance malraux morgan was married to one of the top british propagandists in the u.s. and so charles lindbergh was doing everything he could to prevent the u.s. from getting into the war, his brother-in-law was doing everything he could to get into

almost every senator attend ad meeting overnight to solve the difference over presidential appointees. harry reid is ready to approve the so-called nuclear option and approve the appoint eastlly changing the senate rule book. some of the lawmakers who attended that meeting says that would be a dangerous move and dangerous decision considering how many senators seem to willing to work something out. take a listen. >> i think the majority of the united states senate wants to work something out. short of this nuclear trigger which would establish a precedent that you can change the rules in the middle of the game with a simple majority vote. martha: national correspondent steve centanni joins us now. he is live in washington. so what happens this morning steve? >> reporter: well, martha senate majority leader harry reid will hold a test vote on the nomination of richard cordray to head the consumer financial protection bureau. now if the senate votes to move forward with debate on cordray's nomination, it might indicate some measure proving guess in the wake of that 3.5 hour, late night meeting of nearly the entire senate last night. reid came out of that meeting with only th

east, wouldn't it? >> yes. >> reporter: after the hearing, senator mccain told reporters that he put a hold on dempsey's renominationressive move to put the white house on notice about syria and his desire for u.s. military action there. bret? >> jennifer, thank you. >>> few issues illustrate the divide between the democrats and republicans like climate change. both sides have statics, experts, and forecasts that are ridiculed by the other. here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> boldly predicted to politico that new emissions results for new and existing power plants will be in place before mr. obama leaves office. >> just put in anything you want, alice and wonderland, anything you want. >> any time there's a drought on the weather channel, somebody complains about that. >> they clashed at a senate environment and public works hearing. they debated evidence showing that temperatures have not risen in line with the predictions. >> the temperature rise has slowed despite continued warm decades, record-setting decades, the warming has slowed. it's because the warming has gone into other components of y

east. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee is recognized. mr. corker: i want to go in the appropriate order. i see the chairman of the committee. i'd like five minutes at some point, but do you want to go ahead, senator? mr. menendez: mr. president, what is the parliament procedure? i understand that the opponents of this have 30 minutes, is that correct? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the senator from oklahoma has used five minutes of the time in opposition. mr. menendez: then i ask unanimous consent that as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee i control the balance of the time. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the senator from new jersey is recognized. mr. menendez: mr. president, i -- mr. mccain: how much time is going to be allocated? mr. menendez: it is my intention to consume about eight minutes, approximately, to yield to senator campaign six minutes, senator graham six minutes, and senator corker five minutes. that should take the balance of our time. mr. president, this amendment may b

talking about seniority, talking about median age in the senate and things like that. >>> secretary of state kerry continues in the middle east today. where he tib continues to believe there's new hope for the stalled peace talks. the state department announced kerry is staying an extra day in jordan while president mahmoud abbas meets with palestinian leaders to discuss the idea of just simply resuming negotiations. all of these are about starting negotiations. the details of this proposal are not public. whether abbas could sell any plan to his people is even more unclear. secretary kerry said wednesday the gaps between israelis and palestinians have narrowed, quote, very significantly. while there are signs progress on one front, the situation in other parts of the middle east is not so good. particularly in syria where it continues to deteriorate. front page of "new york times" declares, momentum shifts in syria, bolstering assad's position. think about that. saying that assad is consolidating power in central syria while the rebel movement becomes increasingly fractious and ineffective. secretary kerry met with syrian re

senators mccain and carl levin argued aid should be cut. middle eastxperts disagree. >> under no circumstances would i formally suspend or even letten to suspend publicly aid to egypt. >> the u.s. has given $1.3 billion in aid to the egyptians since 1979 when they made peace with israel. mostly includes f-16 fighter jets and m- abrams tanks. just this week the pentagon confirms it will deliver another four f-16s to egypt's military in august. about half of the $1.3 billion allocated fiscal year 2013 is already in the pipeline. since the removal of president morsi, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia have stepped in pledging nearly $welfare million to the new egyptian government and its military. >> size can't supply 16s and m-1 abram tanks. saudis can not provide expertise the intelligence, training that only the u.s. military can. no. i think that the saudis can do a lot to buy influence in egypt. perhaps even some with the military. but they cannot replace the united states as the single most credible partner that this egyptian military depends

. >> walnut creek police senatorring if three more squatters after being two on a raid in the east bay. investigators say to home is for sale and was empty for a few weeks. the owner came bay and realized the looks were changed. a man came to the door claiming to be leasing the house and the owner went to the police. >> it was vacant and several individuals broke in the evidence and set up a situation where it appears they had a lease agreement and they were squatting essentially. >> police say they ran background checks on the alleged renters and fund they had a history of drugs and illegal weapons possessions and two were arrested, one was armed. >> we are a few hours away from a major announcement of the asiana flight 214 crash at sfo. we have a preview. >> but, first, new money trouble facing the company that provides ambulance service to the south bay and worst case planning underway. >> we have sunshine at walnut creek and more sunshine developing right now to the south. temperatures are from two to five degrees warmer than yesterday with a lost 80's. even a few 90's at concord.

>> doggedness but also, charlie, i have my issues with six trips to the middle east by the secretary of state, i mean senate lot, i mean, really to the detriment of other parts of the world, but on the other hand i want to say in kerry's defense, you know, success breeds authority, and authority breeds more success. if he could, as secretary of state, get israelis and palestinians back to the table, shows you how low the bar is, not an agreement but get back to the table that kind of success would breed authority he could leverage into other areas. >> rose: the reason i ask is because you and i have both heard him talking with middle eastern people, we want the united states to play a role, we are looking for leadership, we are looking for something. i don't know what. >> here is the problem with that, which is that, you know, when i look become at the middle east that i have covered, you know, all of these 30 plus years there is something that stands out, charlie, the middle east only puts a smile on my face when it starts with -- camp david, started, we came in and difficult an and israeli, oslo, oslo is

east wing of the white house in 1996. she was assigned to then first lady hillary clinton. she was by clinton's side during her years in the senatepresidential campaign trial and at the state department. her rise was fast. her fluency in arabic helped her become one of most trusted advisors in middle east. she was born in michigan to an indian father and pakistani mother. they moved to saudi arabia when she was two. they moved back. clinton said i have one daughter but if i had a second daughter it would be huma. she may be taking a page from her mentor's play book. >> i respect him. i honor what we've been through together. if that's not enough then don't vote for him. >> our next guest says his wife may not be as much of a victim as some people may think. that's coming up. "first day of my life" by bright eyes you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. >>> this decision to stand by your spouse through a public scandal a difficult choice especially when there are kids involved. huma talked about her decision to forgive her husband. >> it was not an easy choice in any way, but i made

tim kaine who said he accompanied five republican senators on a trip to the middle east last week saidentucky said in egypt governments come and go. american taxpayers will be will continue to be stuck with a $1.5 billion bill. let's not spend money on anything ever. the state department said the reason we provided this aid in the past doesn't mean we have support prior to this. but there are security interests in the region. there are security interests for the united states. the president's carney. >> it is about a commitment to the egyptian people and about you know the best way we can achieve our objectives in egypt and the region. >> stephanie: and the formerly mentioned douchetastic senator rand paul. >> we're not supposed to be in favor of supporting military overthrow of democratically-elected government. i'm no fan of the muslim brotherhood. i don't think we should have given them money either. >> okay. >> every once in awhile, he says something -- >> stephanie: like his dad. you're like oh no. >> harry truman told the c.i.a. when they were trying to get him to overthrow the r

high that kenya -- one of america's east africa allies would be a country that the president would choose to visit. >> paul remembers when obama visited in 2006 as a senator. -- opes to meet him again happier if maybe he came even for one hour. >> the white house said that excitement followed the march election is one of the reasons why obama is not visiting. the two are indicted by the international court for crimes against humanity. >> in the same breath, i can also say that the american people are not -- the international policeman for the i.c.c. economic e visit -- interests. china enjoys deep economic ties with tanzania, oil, gas, energy, coal and diamonds. >> they don't want to leave anything to chance. explore any way you can penetrate as much as you can. also to neutralize the chinese influence. >> neutralizing this influence, not just in toons nia, but eastern africa as a whole, is going to be difficult. -- tanzania. the country has invested heavily in infrastructure and tapped significantly into the region's natural resource base. to residents, though, it is more than just about economic interests. it is a history that counts and in hope that an

her own cooking show and being asked about what's going on in the middle east, versus being a candidate for the united states senatend being asked. if she's running her own cooking show and comments on that, yeah, i could see that bleed out to other campaigns. >> but that's what i'm saying. if she's running for office, she would be asked more serious questions. >> that's her view on that question. >> the trick question, if someone asked her where the middle east was. >> on her cooking show. >> if she could figure it out. >> i would like to see a palin/wallace reunion. let's make this happen. >> she has a following and it has endured. >> it would be interesting to see what she does. >> coming up on "morning joe," nbc's political director chuck todd joins us and jean chatzky, we'll talk to the aforementioned scott stringer facing eliot spitzer in that race for new york city comptroller and later actress and tv host aisha tyler. up next harry reid feels sorry for speaker john boehner. jim vandehei tells us why. first bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good morning to you, willie. we haven't had a lot of bad

. >>> as senators argue inside the capitol, the temperature outside is expected to hit 97 in washington. heat warnings and advisories are in place for much of the east coast because of the dangerous blast of summer weather. cbs news weather consultant david bernard said it will be hot all week. >> no relief in sight all week until maybe the weekend because the jet stream is to the north, as a result, we have a bubble of hot air over the eastern half of the country. in fact, high temperatures this afternoon are going to be just as bad as they were on monday, even worse in spots. philadelphia, 97 today. 95 in washington. new york, 94. syracuse, 91, and across portions of maine flirting with 90 degrees. now, across texas southwest, we have an area of low pressure that's creating very wet weather with widespread flood watches in effect. yesterday, the high in dallas, 74 degrees, that is the first time since 1997 that we've had a high temperature in the month of july only in the 70s. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> the leader of one of mexico's most vicious drug gangs is under arrest this morning. miguel angel morales is expected of a string of c

east wing of the white house in 1996. she was assigned to then first lady hillary clinton. she was by clinton's side during her years in the senate the presidential campaign trail and at the state department. her rise was fast. her fluency in arabic helped her become one of clinton's most trusted advisers on the middle east. her background is unusual. she was born in michigan to an indian father and pakistani mother. they moved the family to saudi arabia when huma was 2 years old. she grew up in saudi arabia, returning to the u.s. to attend george washington university. at a prewedding celebration for abedin and weiner, clinton said i have one daughter. but if i had a second daughter, it would be huma. now huma may be taking a page from her mentor's playbook. >> i respect him and i honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. and you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him. >> all right, please let us know what you think of this story. pretty incredible day in american politics. >>> still to come, the first shots of the royal baby. a very little boy. william and kate emerge and s

biggest defeat for iran, his patron in the middle east, in a long time and will put pressure on them that i think is the biggest threat today. neil: is senator paul was year and of course, his point of view it is not worth it in one country after another rehab or record to do that with the wrong people then they bite us. even with u.s. flag burnings ? >> a lot of places around the world over the last 25 for 30 years has been and advance of democracy and freedom and that is certainly true in the eastern and central europe with the former soviet union and also asia. neil: i dunno eddie gentlemen way to put it. maybe they are just nuts? they all seem crazy. >> but they are not. but what happened in tunisia and egypt there was an uprising would i would call moderate modernizing young arabs who were sick and tired of the dictators. neil: they turn on the very government they put in power? >> because they concluded and i agree, an election is only one element to have a democracy. is freedom and human rights. neil: maybe for valid reasons it doesn't look good it is the most unusual circumstance but you have to be practical so morsi was becoming a d

. >> senator kerry this morning heralding the long fought achievement of the six trips to the middle east getting negotiators for the israel and palestinian leaders to sit down with each other for the first time in three years. joining me now, state department correspondent for bbc news, and aaron david miller, senior advisor in the past for arab-israeli negotiations at the state department under many administrations. aaron, first to you on what you think the prospects are. we you a the appointment of martin indig, one of your friends to be a special envoy. this is not top level leaders, it is mid level negotiators. what can they accomplish? have they cleared away any underbrush? >> that's where it starts, andrea. the bad news is if you ask me right now is a conflict ending agreement between abbas and netanyahu possible in which the five core issues that drive the israeli-palestinian conflict, border, security of refugees and recognition of israel as the nation state of the jewish people? i would say the odds of achieving that are slim to none. could they, assuming they build a stake in t

weekend for you. 83, 77, east coast, new york city, all the big cities, we'll have to wait until sunday to drop into the 80ed. i it's coming. >>> liz cheney enters the race for the senateming. why many fellow republicans are not happy with the former vice president's daughter. >>> when we come back here, gets cooler. a review of google glass from none other than regis philbin. we'll see you in a few minutes. >> announcer: "way too early" is brought to you by the all new range rover evoke. and didn't know where to start. a contractor before at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors, where i can go ask for personal recommendations. that's the idea. before you have any work done, check angie's list. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i love you, angie. sorry, honey. talked about the cancellation of a space walk due to a leak in a space suit of an astronaut. if you want to sound smart today tell yo

>> every member of the united states senate, both parties, very concerned about this. we got to get this right. i was in the middle eastr the fourth of july. weekend in the persian gulf visiting with wyoming national guard troops. this is an issue that has come up with the commanders and with the men and women in the field. we have to get this right. i've been visiting with senator jill ra brand about it. i want to get it right and we're going to continue to work for a solution. >> it sounds like you're undecided on the bill? >> i haven't signed on as one of the co-sponsors. we are all committed in a bipartisan way to get this right, to make sure this sort of activity does not happen in our military. >> all right, senator john barrasso, republican, from wyoming, who now, you get to play political pundit if you want. we'll have you on to talk about that primary any time you want, senator. thanks very much. we got much more on the cheney challenge on our website, including how this race stacks up against other recent interparty challenges. up next, democratic senator chuck schumer on how the last-minute deal to avoid the

east. we don't know. he is there and he always has a microphone and a camera in front of him. senatorul beating into the pines, introducing the first legissation today to end the and a half billion in aid that we send egypt every year. we are sure there will be plenty of other mccain-fill-in-the- blank bills to irritate as. he wears his first dunce cap of the evening. for our next dunce cap we move to the house where congresswoman nancy pelosi delivered this rented a. >> the audacity to split off the nutrition parts of this bill is so stunning i would say it is one of the worst things you have done, but there is such stiff competition for that honor that i cannot really fully say that. when you take food out of the mouths of babies and you prevent the bill from going forth that addresses our food banks and nutrition needs and the rest for our country, what are you thinking? lou: minority leader policy putting on a terrific performance, don't you think? but congresswoman, what about you? what are you thinking, as you put it? eleven when you do that. what happens -- what is she so upset

east of denver. texas now has one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. it's the bill state senators blocked last month with her one-woman 12 hour filibuster. governor perry called lawmakers back for a special session and they passed it. then today he signed it. critics claim the law includes new restrictions that will force most of the state's abortion clinics to shut down. supporters say it will improve clinic safety and the quality of women's healthcare. people who watch what they eat often don't think about what they are drinking. turns out a long island ice tea can contain more calories than a big mac. yeah, but it's different. never mind. and there is a big push for new labeling on booze and beer. but it's not without controversy and the next time you try to take an elevator, you might want to he seat sign telling you to take the stairs instead. it that is just the mayor instead of one american city gets his way. can you guess which one? instead, man raised a sail. and made "farther" his battle cry. the new ram 1500 -- motor trend's 2013 truck of the year -- the most fuel-effi

in the senate, you have that, you have the race where tom cotton, republican congressman from east arkansas is going to run against embattled democrat mark pryor. and the republicans are putting more seats into play. evan jenkins is going to run against nick joe rahall. so people are coming out to run against these embattled democrats. they have to sit and listen to the president say, we're going to get past republicans, no deal, we're not going to compromise right now, we're going to push forward our agenda. we'll go cliff diving one more time, the republicans will get the blame and then the democrats are going to benefit at midterms. that all sounds good when you're serving the president birthday cake, but when you sit down and you look at what the president's approval ratings are, it doesn't sound so go. >> the approval from the public about obama care, also plummeting. the more that people see and hear about implementing -- i would imagine republican and democrat alike, they're going to hear a lot about those topics. >> charlie cook wrote at national journal about what they're seeing in

all the republicans on the senate health and human services committee, is i understand why you're so careless with our health care, you see all of your consistency lies east of i-5, where the five clinics remain after that bill gets passed, will be none of your consistencies west of i-35, so i guess the lives of their families just don't matter to you. >> and sarah, when i listened to you, it sounded like sitting there all day listening to the senators had a real effect on what you wanted to say once you got up there. >> yeah, basically after 12 hours of hearing not only bad expert witnesses from the authors of the bill, but anti-choice testimony after anti-choice testimony, insulting women. calling us murderers, killers, insinuating that we're promiscuous, without one address to that decorum, i hit my breaking point when a woman that told the extremely moving story of the medically necessary abortion she had to have, for a child who was going to be born with spina bifida. i know two people who adopted those children. it was pointed, painful. i scrapped my original speech and wanted to get to work on research for every person on that committee. >> and you

delst 70 million added by the appropriations committee for an east coast system the pentagon does not want or need. in a june 10 letter to the senate armed services committee chairman, the director of the missile defense defense agency and the commander of the joint command for missile defense unequivocally stated there's no valid military requirement farce an east coast defense site. i ask unanimous consent that it be -- that this letter be submitted for the record. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave. mr. nadler: he told us that he would not use funds for an additional site this year because the pentagon has only begun to study the concept and the pentagon has the funding it needs for the study in 2014. furthermore the technology is unproven at this time. there have been in successful intercept testers in past five dwhreefers system that might be defloined east coast. this is another reason not to rush forward with deployment. at a time of budget deficits and looming sequester funds, we can't afford to spend money on a program which they say does not need and does not work. the pentagon says the current

senate, too. lindsey graham is being called by tea party challenger -- graham is a community organizer for the muslim brotherhood in the middle eastabout have your -- >> i think with mccain he likes this impulsiveness, he likes his ego being stroked. but the sequester cuts, half of them come out of the defense budget. idea when the sequester was conceived was that it was supposed to be so terrible for both the right and the left that it could never be allowed to become law. then the compromise was struck, was no, nobody can come up with anything they like better so we'll let it become law and that's acceptable to a lot of people on the hill but it is really unacceptable to john mccain. both he and the president would really like to come up with a deal to replace the sequester and it's given him an incentive to cozy up to democrats. and work with some people like lindsey graham. >> which "cozy up," we mean talk to. i think we allow ourselves to be hijacked by this narrative that you are cozying up to narratives if you are talking to the white house about matters of national import. >> it is not just talking. the end game for mccain

east cleveland police found one body july 19th when a caller reported a foul smell coming from a garage. two more bodies were found the next day. >> former first lady, senatorretary of state hillary clinton has not even said she is running for president yet. but hillary-dot-com has raised more than one=million dollars since march. it's also signed up half a million facebook supporters. clinton has another half million through other facebook sites. a marist mcclatchy poll this week gives her an overwhelming lead over potential democratic rivals ranging from vice president joe biden to maryland governor martin o'malley. in fact all of her rivals have said if clinton runs, they will not oppose her. >> a deal that gives college students and their parents lower interest rates for loans is heading toward its final vote. the house is expected today to take up a bipartisan compromise that link student loan interest rates to the financial markets. borrowers would see lower rates for classes this year than last-- although the costs are expected to climb in the coming years. undergraduates this fall would borrow at a three- point-nine interest rate. the rates would be

east line. eun? >>> today we are bringing you the latest in a political showdown on the hill. democrats are threatening to change the senateules for presidential nominations. to give you some idea of how serious this is, it's known as the nuclear option. let's go live to nbc's brian mooar now on capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, eun. just a couple hours away from that epic clash if, in fact, it is one. let's go back to last night when the senators got together behind closed doors in the old senate chamber, ornature, full of history, but no cameras. a chance for all senators to get together and speak their minds. at the end of the day when they walked out, they said there was no movement. so if republicans continued their filibuster, president bush's nominees -- president obama's nominees today, the democrats say they're going to go ahead with these so-called nuclear option instead of the 60-vote threshold to get somebody to a vote, they're going to drop it down to a simple majority of 51. the chances -- if any of this sounds familiar, and the reason i mentioned president bush is because republicans thr

senate next week. we will talk about the andementation of obamacare perspective on the latest on egypt and the middle eastm a former ambassador who served as a middle east adviser to president carter. that is all tomorrow morning. thank you for joining us on "washington journal." enjoy the rest of your weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] , some >> today on c-span of the house and senate homeland security hearings on the boston marathon bombing followed by the special inspector general for iraq reconstruction. the they house homeland security committee hears testimony from rudy giuliani on the boston marathon bombings. witnesses also include a national counterterrorism center former direct or and a georgetown university professor. this portion of the hearing is one hour. >>

east. a lot of other sources, not least of which is the iraan support for terrorism and pursuit of clear weapons which the present pace inadequate attention to. lou: your reaction to senatorn today. i mean, he wasroeating the general dempsey. the joint chis chairman. we have not seen that. here is a military man acting with outright contempt as he addressed the general. what to you make of it? >> i think this goes obviously to the question of arming syria and opposion. g and a peak the obvious direction is syria, the government. it is doing better. even more importantly opposition isommittin fratricide. the terrorists are attacking the elements you could consider as possible. and if the opposition continues to fragment, he will walk the victor. lou: t think u.s. senators to walk like that? tough talk like that? >> n the answer to that is no. i tnk all of washington could do for a little bit of civility. theresident talks about a does not practice it. i think we should trynd disagree on policy and not personality. that is my idealistic view. lou: i agree with you. i don't know. sometimes i can -- that can masquerade as something else. i do think respect to be highly in ord