i'm tamron hall, and happy fourth of july to all of you.next, and have a safe and happy fourth of july. are politics at its worst. the republicans have opposed economic reforms at every turn. and now they have a plan that would essentially end medicare for future retirees... slash education... while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. i was just gonna say that! about this flat haircolor! [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy anti-flat, always dimensional. in one simple step, get tones and highlights built into every shade with nice 'n easy. >>> good afternoon, it is friday july 1st, and here is what is happening. sprung rabbit? the case against the french big wig accused of raping a chamber maid near total collapse. the accuser's story and past unp der question, and american criminal justice system under fire. decisions, decisions. >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner says he is staying for now, but sh

also nbc's tom costello is going to be there as well with tamron. but let's start with tamron. mother nature finally cooperating, as i know, huh? >> you know, thomas, i'm taking a deep breath because i think you're right. we are seeing a window here. the excitement is building. as you mentioned, i'm with nbc's tom costello. and tom has in one ear our mission control, if you will, in new york counting us down. he also has nasa and their updates in the other ear. and looking behind me, sxwu pointed this out, tom, nasa may regret not going through with this launch. >> well, because we have, believe it or not, beautiful weather. and seconds ago as you were just giving the intro they gave the go. weather has -- the weather officer here has signed off on this mission. the flight officer has said we are going for launch. and he has said to commander chris ferguson, fergie, godspeed. that is the last time a launch director will ever say "godspeed" to a shuttle commander because this is the last shuttle mission. >> and a little bit about that commander. his nickname is fergie, christoph

back the you, tamron. >> all right. jim, i understand that we have news sound from the prime minister david cameron who cut short his trip in africa today and returning back for the testimony. let's pr ee's play what he has . >> what the government wants to do is what the whole country has to do which is to make sure we sort out this issue. we have a proper police investigation and proper inquiry of what went on at news corp, and "news of the world, and so that the contact between the journalists and the politicians are far more transparent than it is today. >> so, cameron there clearly standing his ground, tamron. you said he was in after in afr he is cutting that trip short, and he is going to have the prime minister answer some of the long list of unanswered questions with his long relationship with news corps, because remember he has seen the executives 15 times in the last ten months. >> and can rupert murdoch say anything before parliament to save his empire? and we will have an update in 20 minutes and see if mur

i'm tamron hall. the "newsnation" is following the literal pressure cooker that is making life miserable and dangerous for nearly 100 million americans. the term heat wave is nothing new, but meteorologists say what is happening over 32 states is a heat dome. today heat being headed into the weekend and that dome is expected to intensify sending temperatures skyrocketing in the mid-atlantic and northeast. already the extreme heat has cost 13 people their lives across the midwest, and health officials are fearing that number may rise. >> i just cool down with a rag. >> we don't like the heat, do we? >> no. >> not many people like the heat. the heat is also causing damage in some states. this is video out of minnesota, and it shows two lanes of interstate that were closed for a short period of time after the scorching temperatures actually caused roads to literally break into pieces. the heat index there rose to as high as 115 degrees. let's go to weather channel's carl parker with more. we can't stress

tamron, the decision is where to go from here. and the trial is over and the jury is not coming back, so will there be another trial? the judge will make that decision in two months and he could say, okay, try again, or he could say because of the double-jeopardy rule, you had your chance and blew it and that is it. that is what he has to decide in two months. >> all right. we will see what happens in two months. thank you very much, pete, on that news regarding roger clemens. >>> another developing story in minnesota where there could be an end in sight to the two-week government shutdown. mark dayton says he will sign on to the republican proposal to raise $1.4 billion by delaying state aid checks to school districts and selling tobacco bonds. dayton says he will agree to the deal if republicans will agree to drop a list of policy changes and plan to reduce the number of state workers by 15%. so far, no comment from the gop leadership in that state. in caving into pressure in the past few hours, media mogul rupert murdoch and hi

>> right, indeed, tamron and new hope given to an idea that many thought had gone to the wayside here on capitol hill, and this morning the gang of six, again, and gang of seven rejoined by tom coleburn and lamar alexander, this idea of $3.75 trillion in deficit reduction with components for both sides. there would be new revenue, but entitlement reform which is something that has been worked on for months and many folks thought it was the last best hope and it got president obama's endorsement and not completely, but he said he is looking more to it, and it will run into two main problems so far that we have heard of. number one is the house representatives, and there is no indication of whether or not the house gop would accept this plan, because it has a revenue-raising aspect to it, and a lot of the republicans see it as a tax increase, and one gop aide said that they understand the cut, cap, balance bill will not go through the united states senate and they don't like the mcconnell/reid compromise to the debt deal, and there a huge appetite for something else out there, and this

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tamron. >> thank you, carl, very much. an amazing era of space exploration came to a picture-perfect closure today at the space station in kennedy. >> a ship like no other and its place secured in history and the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time. >> after nearly 13 days in space, the final shuttle came to a smooth landing this morning. "atlantis" was the last shuttle to travel to space and it will rest in a museum at cape canaveral. and a mn who covered every space mission is our friend nbc's jay barbree, and we talked about this a lot when i was there for the launch, and people want to know what is next? what is the focus for nasa as we move ahead? >> well, tamron, we wish you would have been with us today. it was a perfect landing and everybody here regardless of the sad situation of the job losses, they are upbeat about what is coming up, and they expect our hope to get back into space with a commercial spacecraft in 2014, 2015, are relying on the heavy vehicle machine orion which will take them beyond. a

great coverage down there, tamron.great yellow suit in that picture, but i like you better showing off the guns. they look great. thank you, andrea. >> have a good weekend. >> thank you, honey. we will have an update on the space crew "atlantis" and where they are now. >>> and update from the deputy administrator. >>> and plus, what is expected for thu saousands of people who expected to lose their jobs, and we will talk about how what happens in florida will affect the presidential election. >>> and i will talk to ezra klein about the impact of jobs on the president and the hopes of re-election. "newsnation" is moments away. ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ it getsso i takeur skin. one a day men's 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentra

my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "newsnation." hi, tamron.nderstand you are the planking champ of the msnbc. >> i don't know if i'm the champ. >> i am so impressed. >> "newsnation" is challenging you to an official plank-off. that's me planking. a craze all over the internet. miss mitchell, we'll see what you bring to us tomorrow. >> i'll bring it. >> thank you, tamron. >> you are on. >> speaking of bringing it and twitter and all these things, we're bringing it together, the east room of the white house as the president is taking questions from the people who are sending them out via twitter, including speaker of the house john boehner among those who have submitted a question. politico's john allen will join me. this is a live picture. "newsnation" is up in three. adv. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic center recommends the custom-fit orthotic that's best fo

tamron hall is going to stand by, because tamron hall is going to be taking over the coverage. tomorrow, of course, we will have follow-up on all tof the verdict, which ever way it is, and tamron hall takes over right now. tamron? >> thank you, andrea. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, we have a verdict and at 2:15 we will hear the verdict of the casey anthony murder trial. and we have reports from kerry sanders standing outside of the orlando courtroom. and kerry, let me get an update on how the jury deliberated. this is the first few day and as you recalled less than 11 hours, people are stunned, the twitter and facebook and phonelines and people are stunned that we have a verdict in the high-profile case. >> and so we have seven women, and five men who returned to the room, elected a foreman and as you noted in 11 hours according to my math came back with a verdict. when george and cindy anthony were notified, they made their way into the courthouse, and of course, as you can imagine, because of their roles in all of this, the cameras surrounding them and cindy anth

i'm tamron hall. the "newsnation" is following developing news. this hour president obama will start answering questions in his first ever twitter town hall. for the past week twitterers, if you will, have been submitting questions about jobs and the economy using the hashtag askobama. now these tweets are coming from all walks of life, bloggers, political pundits included, even lawmakers. twitter co-founder jack dorsey will moderate the first of its kind town hall and earlier house speaker john boehner tweeted this question. will you take job-destroying tax hikes off the table? that is one of the questions that was submitted there, and the afl-cio union tweeted simply where are the jobs? kay asks what is being done to ensure entry level jobs for recent grads like me are being created alongside jobs for previously employed? now, according to a new mcclatchy maris poll a whopping 75% believe the country is still in a recession. 59% want the government to make debt reduction a priority, even if it means

tamron hall live for us. appreciate it. "news nation" 2:00 p.m. she'll be watching it all for us live again and what happened there and all the reaction from the space shuttle launch. thanks, again. joining us by phone former nasa astronaut. pamela mel roy. you're a rarity yourself. you're one of two female commanders. as we take a look of the space shuttle taking off, i can't help but think with an inspiration it continues to be more many americans and many millions around the world to watch this space shuttle takeoff. >> it's really amazing to see, isn't it, richard? to me one of the big things about the space shuttle is the capacity to carry enough people that we were able to bring a much larger diversity of the face of america into space. and many orcountries too. >> when you saw it take off, what were you thinking having been in space shuttles before, was it an emotional situation for you? >> oh it's very emotional. in fact, it's really a lot easier to be inside the space shuttle because you're busy and you're focused. >> inside? >> you have

. >>> i'm thomas roberts in for tamron hall.tion is following the latest developments out of washington with the debt gridlock. the house reconvenes at the top of the hour. speaker boehner plans to bring the bill to the foor for a vote some time this evening. republican tea party members have been a huge obstacle to speaker boehner so far. we're going to get reaction from one of them. congressman steve king will join me. plus the latest on tropical storm don and its track. will the storm bring some relieve to the extreme drought conditions in texas. all that and much more at the top of the hour. >>> a senior official says the treasury department is now leaning towards keeping contingency plans underwraps as opposed to publicizing them. senate, you've seen what's happened on the house side. the speaker has sweetened the bill in terms of more tea party support, democrats are causllin it a poison pill. >> the problem with the democratic leadership is everything's a nonstarter including a budget. we've gone for two years without a b

coming up on news nation, tamron hall will talk to the memphis city council chairman about all of this> in minnesota the 20-day government shut down that has crippled the state is over. governor mark davis signed a new budget today and officially ended the longest government shut down in this country in more than a decade. the deficit crisis is impacting several individual states like minnesota have been dealing with a lot of problems on their own. virginia used to be unwith of them. but today announced a budget surplus for the second straight year. that announcement coming up in about an hour. we're joined by virginia's governor box mcdonell. congratulations on your surplus? second time in a year? skekd year in a row? >> $311 million revenues. that's right of revenue surplus. when we get to say these numbers in the next couple of weeks it will be more than that. we decided last year in virginia to cut spending back to 2007 levels, not raise taxes. focus on job creation and now we see the revenue's coming in. i think that's the whey to govern. we just finished with a bipartisan budget

. >>> and tamron hall will anchor the news from kennedy space center tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., and you can catch that right here on msnbc. don't go anywhere though, because we are back after this. >>> mark and jennifer bitterman were riding through france when they had a great meal and discovered it was due to a special salt that was used and they brought it back and sold it in the portland store, the meadow, and the word of mouth spread about it, and led to expansion in new york and other cities as well. for more on small businesses watch "your business" sundays at 7:30. if it's true that sharks can sense even a drop of blood from a quarter of a mile away, which razor would you use? ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> still a hd right here on "newsnation." >> e yes, my daughter is gone, but for nate's family, there is tremendous loss, too. >> they were high school sweethearts and now a star football player is accused of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend and we will have the details ahead. >>> and in a few hours texas is scheduled to convict a convicted mexican murderer, and the white house has asked for a delay

i'm thomas roberts sitting in for tamron hall.g the developing standoff on capitol hill over the debt ceiling. six days away from the default, and neither side seems willing to budge. right now house speaker john boehner is frantically trying to tweak his plan to hustle the votes, while issuing a stern warning to members of his own party. earlier today behind closed doors boehner told house republicans to get your [ bleep ] in line behind his bill in response to the growing list of republicans who are coming outç against that plan. senate

it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports," andjoin us tomorrow as thomas roberts is in for tamron thomas. >> well, we are going to be following every development from capitol hill that you heard andrea cillizza talk about. i will have a chance to talk to pat toomey who sits on the budget committee. >>> and more on the gunman of the mass killings in norway and why he launched this attack. "newsnation" is just minutes away. stick around. ca's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and... hey! don't forget me!! honey nut cheerios. make it your favorite too! is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. for the efficient absorption my body needs. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com

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unitedhealthcare. >>> hi, everybody, i'm thomas roberts in for tamron hall today. a done deal yet. "newsnation" following the nail-biting developments taking place on capitol hill. moments ago john boehner announced that the house was taking action to solve the crisis and that there were no gimmicks, no smoke screens in the debt ceiling bill and we are hours away from the house vote on that package. the speaker's day began with hard hardly enough bills to pass the bill, and he has been scrambling to change minds all day long. boehner says that his bill is the best option. >> when the house takes action today, the united states senate has no more excuses for inaction. the bill is not perfect. i have never said it was perfect and nobody in my caucus believes

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sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamronall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers are trying to come to a compromise. now in order to prevent default which is seven days away, what happens if america's credit rating is ultimately downgraded. >>> and david wu says he is resigning from office amid a sex scandal, but not immediately, and we will have details on "newsnation" up next. 3q double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. but afraid you can't afford it? well, look how much insurance many people can get through selectquote for less than a dollar a day. selectquote found, rich, 37, a $500,000 policy for under $18 a month. even though dave, 43, takes meds to control his blood pressure, selectquote got him a $500,000 policy for under $28 a month. ellen, 47, got a $250,0

with thanks to all of my friends and colleagues here in aspen, a look next to "newsnation" with tamronu did a great job there this week. and now, a law that is controversial that went into effect in kansas and they are set to go before a federal judge in hours. advocates say that the new requirements are meant to keep all women from getting abortions in kansas. and the governor says that the law is about patient safety, and the alleged drunk driver in houston killed a pedestrian and then drove around with the person's body in the car's windshield and that man is set to go before a judge within the hour. we will have an update for you and "newsnation" is back in three. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...add a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn't it time you talked to your doctor about viagra? 20 million men already

. >>> i'm tamron hall, coming up on news nation, hermann cain is under fire for his answer to this question- >> you're saying any community if they want to ban a mosque. >> yes, they have the light to do that. >> while cain is not the front runner he's had a lot of support tn the campaign trail is this his strategy for upstaging congresswoman michele bachmann. too good to be true, sears mistakingly marked the price of the new ipad 2 for $69. it usually starts at $500. hundreds of people bought it at the $69 price. now sears is cancelling all of those orders. should sears honor the price it advertised? >>> new concerns today about the link between brain injuries and dementia. a government led study of nearly 300 thousand american veterans and football players find that those who had suffered mild brain injuries, even concussions were twice as likely to develop dementias later in life. >>> our military men and women have found an advocate in actor gary sinise. better known to some of the troops as lieutenant dan. after playing that compelling role in "forest gump", sinise took that name and r

good to have you with me today, i'm thomas roberts sitting in for tamron hall, and the "newsnation" following the intense debt divide is called a catastrophic default seven days away and right now democratic and republican leaders are bashing each other's dueling plans to solve the debt ceiling crisis. the gop's solution is to raise the debt limit now, and the dems have it last until 2013, after the presidential election. >> if the republicans continue to oppose a reasonable proposal that i e brought here to the floor last night and vote on in the senate soon, it is by political reasons driven by the ideological tea party. >> we have a bill that is a reasonable approach, and negotiated with the senate leadership that really is common sense. >> from the hill to the white house, and with we have team coverage with all of the angles of this developing story with msnbc's kelly o'donnell, and kristen welker. i want to start with kelly. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell now saying he supports boehner's plan, and what does that mean for the reid plan? >> well, one of the things that we have bee

and tamron hall has "newsnation" coming up. >> yes, we are following many stories.a holds another round table talk with the congressional leaders after yesterday's meeting reached areach reached a boiling point, and house majority leader harry reid said that cantor acted immature and should not be involved in the talks. >>> and it is the second day of testimony in roger clemens' perjury trial, but the judge has declared a mistrial. what is happening with the rocket? [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your art

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tamron. >> yeah, kerry, and you are right to point that out as savannah has said as well, it is one thing when you are watching this at home, and it is another when you have the responsibility of determining if someone faces the death penalty, and in that, that is the great thing obviously that we keep saying about this country is our system and how we judge one another in the courtroomcourtrooms, but ke is this case so fascinating to people? you have been on the ground in orlando, and what are some of the things that you were hearing that caused this tome liter lit get into fistfights to try to get one of the 50 seats in the courtroom. >> fistfights out side of the courtroom and people from around the world, and people there germany and japan that it was captivating them as much as our country, and why? because here you have a 22-year-old woman when this happen and now 25-year-old woman, and a 2-year-old little girl who was just beginning to speak and her life was ahead of her and then this just really inexplicable 31-day period. she is gone and her mother says nothing for 31 days. anybo