you betcha. bobbi and phoebe are gonna throw me a shower. it's gonna be so much fun. the guys are gonna throw for me. i hope you like potato salad. it's chunky style, my favorite. (debbie) you're gonna have a bachelor party? sure, you bet. hey, it's a traditional event, and i am traditional kind of guy. how about this, huh? does this look great or what? it looks awful. well, looks can be deceiving. yeah. not in this case, however. nope, nope, nope, this is definitely the food that prison riots are made of. are we gonna have girls at our party? uh, well, uh... no, it's a stag party, and that means that, uh, does stay home. i'm not talking about does. i'm talking about hookers. oh, those. i don't know. what do you mean? i mean, like, from what i hear, it's a tradition, and you're a traditional guy. come here. come here, you little vixen. i'm gonna tell you something. i'm gonna set you straight about something. women mean nothing to me, and that is why i am so in love with you. do you understand what i'm saying? i need you to promise me. okay, okay, i promise. you got it

mama grizzly, you betcha. >>> and a college-age son went to a campaign rally.romney's rally. the tribune snapped this priceless shot of him reaching over to pose with the candidate. the huntsman camp says, will simply wanted to see another campaign event. he meant nos did respect. to who? his dad or mitt romney? finally, new on the books. it's july 1. that means hundreds of new state laws go into effect. in virginia, dead people can vote. starting today, if someone sends in an absentee ballot and dies before election day, that vote is still good. in maryland, have trouble leaving your dog? good news they are now allowed in restaurants with outdoor tables and patios provided they are on a leash. in new york state, it's mandatory for schools to allow kids to opt out of dissecting frogs in biology. they can watch interactive films. come on now. no dodge ball anymore. you can't get your hands dirty with a frog. you have to learn what the guts of an animal look like. whatever. you have to do the real thing. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business"

thanks so much for being with us tonight if you're already alabama tonight all right outstanding you betcha. are you well you've been you've been making around about having trouble keeping up with you lately and this is a big project that's been in the works that we've been dying to hear about now that we have super pacs now that we can get past some of these. mccain feingold restrictions of the incumbent protection plan we're able to get a little more money moving into the revolution tell us how this is going to work well it's called the revolution pac and it's what's called a super pac which means a bunch of things but one thing it means we can't have any official communication with the campaign but it means that we're not subject to the twenty five hundred dollars per person donation cap we were doing when you said the campaign you mean and the campaign right now ron paul of course that is the campaign ad of it. but that's that's right so it means that the average you know the person who's donating to a presidential campaign like ron paul's is subject to you can donate twenty five hundre

. >> you betcha. >>> the last flight of the space shuttle gave us something we've never seen before. this is the first ever shot taken from space of the shuttle's reentry to the earth's atmosphere. this picture of the shuttle "atlantis" was taken from the international space station. a remarkable image. >>> a first in this year's tour de france. after 21 days of riding the winner was cadel evans. also the oldest winner since world war ii. >>> next up here tonight, helping children get off on the right foot. >>> to find and nurture talent is to give a gift that can change lives. in cuba's capital city, one of that country's brightest stars is doing just that. a dancer giving hope to the children of the barrio. nbc's mark potter has our making a difference report. >> reporter: in a desperately poor havana neighborhood at a crumbling palace once home to the u.s. cavalry during the spanish-american war, there is now music and grace amid dreams of glory in the spotlight. ♪ [ speaking in foreign languag ] language ]. >> reporter: molding those dreams is a member of cuba's artistic royalty.

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mama grizzly, you betcha. >>> and a college-age son went to a campaign rally.he hitch, it was mitt romney's rally. this priceless shot of him reaching over to pose with the candidate. the huntsman camp says, will simply wanted to see another campaign event. he meant nos did respect. to who? his dad or mitt romney? and hundreds of new state las go into effect. july 1st. some of the most noteworthy. in virginia, dead people can vote. starting today, if someone sends in an absentee ballots and then dies before election day that vote is still good. how about that? forget that, chicago. over in maryland, have trouble leaving your dogs? the news, dogs are now allowed in restaurants with outdoor patios and tables, provided they're on a leash. good luck with that. and annapolis, bring your own shoving. starting today in new york state, it's not mandatory for students -- they can opt out of dissecting frogs in biology. they can instead watch interactive films. no dodgeball, can't get your hands dirty with a frog. you've got to learn what the guts of an animal look like.

>> you betcha. we are rooting for usa.me against brazil may have been one of the most exciting soccer matches in u.s. history. and it's a great celebration of women's sports. and we are happy to be out here and we are going to be rooting for the home team. >> that's great. >> hopefully you will get good crowds and good news out of city hall. so thank you, phil ginsburg, of the san francisco recreation and parks department for joining thus morning. >> thank you. go, usa! >> he is really excited, too, about this. >>> all right. let's take a look at what's coming up on "the early show." erica hill joins from us new york. good morning. >> good morning. how could you not be excited about that match coming up later today? >> i know. >> i'm right there with you. [ laughter ] >>> this morning at the top of the hour we are going to look at security concerns at the nation's airports. there is a report out this morning says that tens of thousands of security breaches have occurred in the past decade in spite of the billions spent on

>> you betcha. >> okay. [laughter] >> good evening, sir. just a question, please. in regard to the writ of habeas corpus, i know that this has been brought up, that the chief justice declared that it was unconstitutional. my question, sir, is how did the legislative overrule the judicial? in my readings it said justice said it was illegal, the highest court in lansing you didn't have a right to do it. and i want to know how lincoln got away with it. >> lincoln got away with it simply by ignoring them. >> that's what the readings had come he ignored them. >> you know, our constitution, this is the thing doctor beamon can address much more than i. they were still in the process of sorting working out the kinks in many respects in 1861. it was not entirely clear what the jurisdiction of the supreme court began. and ended. and lincoln sort of just 70 cited to ignore that ruling. >> in the same vein, a slightly earlier era when chief justice john marshall rendered his decision, anderson judges, after should jackson said marshall rendered his decision, now let's see him

. >> you betcha. thank you very much, bristol.til you hear about how that guy down in the dallas/ft. worth area wound up with that pretty house for $16. >> it's such a good story. i want to do it. i'm going to be looking for a house for $16. >> his neighbors hate it. >> well, it doesn't matter. don't go to the block party but you have a place to stay. >> yeah. but the details. wait. >> how many water slides do you need to be on? >> the problem is no electricity and no running water in that house. >> that's all right. for $16, you can install those things. >> find out what he did to do it and get it in a minute. >> let's get right to your news. a lot to tell you about this developing story. the taliban denying reports this morning that their leader mullah omar is dead. a spokesman for the terror group says outsiders hacked into taliban phones and into their web site. those outside agents sent a fake text message that omar was dead. the taliban also claiming a posting on their own web site says the same thing. they say that was also

our next guest says you betcha. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. instructor. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. >> brian: is he becoming the president of no? president obama's recent move signaled departure from reconciliation on a debt deal. now many are questioning if he's really focused on a financial fix or just his reelection. >> i know the president is worried about his next election. my god, shouldn't he be worried about the country? >> brian: dr. larry sabito joins us this morning. did the president think he would be in this spot? is this the way he, in your mind, game planned this out? >> absolutely not. he didn't see this coming on the debt. he didn't see it coming on the economy. remember, all of his advisors were telling him that the economy would be in full recovery mode about now and that he would be moving into an election year pretty much like bill clinton did, wit

. >> you betcha. a couple of questions for you, ms. quarterman.basically, if you could just go through a little of chronology here. it is my understanding that last august or sometime, the people were a little concerned about the integrity of the pipeline, about the river potentially rising -- not august, but before the incident. -- and consulted with epa, the state -- a pivotal concerned about the integrity of the pipeline and its effects. then, as i read the history, basically, fimsa talked to exxon, and exxon conducted a study and so forth. it turned out that the pipeline was ok. from your perspective, just walk us through the chronology of what happened. >> about october 2010, we were approached by the city of laurel, i believe there public works department, who contacted our inspector. i think they were trying to find among the government agencies whose responsibility it was for pipeline safety. to our office was contacted and they said they were concerned about the silvertip pipeline. i think their concerns related to the south pipeline cros

you takd about everything counts. think about how much of that gdp is banking and that's just trading on wall street and creating paper profits. i betchawe pulled that out there wouldn't be much growth in the u.s. economy at all, and we need substantive growth. making things. dwoefling our own oil and gas. things of that nature. >> sure. >> solving problems. solving health care problems in a fundamental way. if you double the salary of an insurance executive, will that counts in the gdp. we need to create jobs. growth that creates job and then we'll have prosperity. growth 3% in the year, we have real prosperity. >> the barrier to having that prosperity is the special interests. >> jpmorgan and big pharma. >> special interests. they stand in the pockets of a lot of democrats and a lot of republicans who would agree with our rhetoric. saying, yes, dylan, yes, peter, yes krystal, yes, yes. we need to reform the banks, reform -- banks want 40% of my money a bunch from caterpillar, et cetera. any way to have the debate without the strangle hold of the banks and trading pirates? >> i don't think so. in my view, the most important, the most