wrote a long memo about all the cars. this is an election year. in 2010 there wasn t this kind of outrage perhaps this year things got a little bit more political but in any case it got the ball roll and people much more aware about this and now the mayor has committed his administration to providing updates to the commission every time there is a vehicle purchased about how many cars are in reserve and why. greta: what is the money from? is this from property tax? what is the source of the money that went into buying the cars? well, they put it in the budget every year to kind of replace the cars that they need. i mean for example the police department goes through 8 or 9 patrol car is on average every month just because of wear and tear, crashes and other needs that they have. they budget for a lot of these cars in advance because they know which departments, building, permitting, construction, are going to need cars throughout the year.
manager was talking. wrote a long memo about all the cars. this is an election year. in 2010 there wasn t this kind of outrage perhaps this year things got a little bit more political but in any case it got the ball roll and people much more aware about this and now the mayor has committed his administration to providing updates to the commission every time there is a vehicle purchased about how many cars are in reserve and why. greta: what is the money from? is this from property tax? what is the source of the money that went into buying the cars? well, they put it in the budget every year to kind of replace the cars that they need. i mean for example the police department goes through 8 or 9 patrol car is on average every month just because of wear and tear, c crashes and other needs that they have. they budget for a lot of these cars in advance because they know which departments, building, permitting, construction, are going to need cars throughout the year.
q. and a host of tea party activists. thank you very much. what i would say to the critics of the bill, is that first of all who are they? many critics of the bill are health insurance industry that never wanted to see a bill in the first place. there are people out there. can and don t think that the government should have a role in social security or medicare or any of it but they love medicare. after more than two years of hearings and lawsuits, 26 states are about to have their case heard by the supreme court. florida got the ball roll
delayed. police in texas say a muslim american soldier confessed to plotting an attack on ft. hood just two years after a muslim officer shot to death 13 people on that same base. tropical storm don could hit the south texas coast tonight and drought-stricken farmers are welcoming the prospect of up to 7 inches of rain. we begin with that sobering reality check on the debt crisis and just how daunting the challenge has become. in less than four days, the federal government could run out of money and default on its bills. but on capitol hill, the process has taken a huge step back. house speaker john boehner abruptly delayed a vote on his debt plan because of a revolt within his own party. joe johns is in washington with more on the political battle and ali velshi in new york waiting to see how the markets will react. ali, let s start with you. the new gdp number that just came out moments ago. reporter: this is going to add a whole new wrinkle. we have seen futures tank