he has dual citizenship. it not like he needs to worry about that. ted cruz s focus is not on diplomacy with ottawa. dual citizenship between israel and the united states would he be renouncing that? that wouldn t be good politics. next segment. there you go. all right. are we destined to be fighting over fiscal issues forever. deep dive, upcoming budget battles in washington and whether we re heading for another fiscal cliff. one of the smartest guys on budget you can possibly get on this issue, i promise. somebody you don t see enough. watching the daily rundown on msnbc. [ male announcer ] if you ve run out of tissues and considered other things.
army for specifics on this matter. 72 of the 187 american troops killed in afghanistan so far this year were victims of ied s. among the reasons the house over sight committee is likely to open an investigation in a matter of days. the obama administration may be backing off the president s promise services to troops that return home would not suffer from mandatory defense cuts. shannon bream is here with more on that. speaking before the veterans of foreign wars monday the president made his position clear, no see questions transportation to benefits or healthcare. your veterans benefits are exempt from sequestration. because events aproppations is the law of the land it s protected from the budget battles in washington.
veterans across the state were getting the benefits they had earned. when i was the u.s. senate we worked together to spotlight the tragedy of homelessness among veterans and the need to end it. as president i welcomed jimmy and your leadership to the oval office to hear directly from you. and i have been [ applause ] i ve been honored to have you by my side when i signed advance appropriations to protect veterans health care from the budget battles in washington. [ applause ] when i when i signed legislation to give new support to veterans and their caregivers and most recently when i proposed new initiatives to make sure the private sector is hiring our talented veterans. so, american legion i thank you for your partnership.
ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, i m suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris christie says that nine new jersey rivers have surged to record flood levels, but thankfully, they are receding now. he says only one, the passaic has not crested. the number of people killed now by irene and the aftermath rose to 38 today across 11 states. i want to get the latest on the emergency rescues in paterson, new jersey, where we are taking a look, a dramatic look of pictures throughout the morning and on the phone is sergeant alex popoff of the paterson police department, and we unde
very disappointing. we re going have to leave it. more of this debate ahead for sure. thank you both very much. coming next budget battles in washington and in state capitals across the country. we ve been talking about all eyes on wisconsin this week as protesters protested and state legislators walked out. will other states now follow? the president came under fire from republicans for not being bold enough in his own budget. is the budget blueprint a failure of leadership or a political power play? our roundtable weighs in. former michigan governor, jennifer granholm, former congressman harold ford, ed gillispie and cnbc s rick santelli. you go next if you had a