bloomberg unplugged at the nathan s hot dog wagon. seems he couldn t stomach the puns, like let me be frank. it s going to be a dog fight. and i ll relish it. it s bloomberg like we ve never seen him. also you can see the sparks flying all over the place. it was raining fire down on us. on the frontlines, colorado firefighters taking cnn with them as they fight the fires home by home. the fire chief telling the denver post this morning he knew the fire would happen, that it was a monster ready to awaken and kill. and on this independence day, what s your definition of a hero? our men and women in the military? your mom, your dad? think about it. it s our talk back question of the day. newsroom begins right now. i m carol costello. happy, happy fourth of july. good morning to you. right now, crowds are gathering and parades are gearing up in small towns and big cities across the country. but millions of americans will be missing one holiday tradition this year, fir
start over again. life is tough. but i suffer with you. i suffered the cross. i suffered the passion. and now, together, we can be resurrected with the simple act of forgiveness, repentance and that s very good news. jamie: i bring up that chance meeting in rome many years ago because there is a mig 95 sense in the vatican city with the pope coming to the window and giving his message today, which included syria. his message was peace, how important is it to be there to experience that? why do so many pilgrims flock to there and to jerusalem? i lived in rome nine years and i was with cardinal dolan in jerusalem. so i have been blessed to have that opportunity. but whether you have or not, whether you are catholic or not, we all can say that peace, the message that the pope gave after his celebration today, is something that resonates with the soul. and that each in our own lives,
in the area known as downtown canal. that area is popular, a popular drinking spot for the celebration today. so far no reports of any arrests or any suspects. an algae research company plant in gilbert, arizona is getting a property taxes on a 40 million dollar piece of land. under a tax break used around the area worth an estimated 2 billion dollars. the company only employs 70 people trying to find a way to get algae in cars. and looks like romney could win more delegates in puerto rico, he entered the puerto rican lottery without knowing it. happened when he was shopping for fruit during a campaign stop at a local market and it s one of 200 stores on the island that automatically provides lotto numbers with the receipt and romney now in the running for $1,000 and a
martha: demonstrators surrounded a restaurant where prime minister gilard was marking national day. the protesters say the holiday represents so-called invasion of australia by british settlers in their opinion. they re still pretty angry. the prime minister leaves as security guards rush to the safety. they celebrated another celebration today. that was dangerous situation. bill: it was. we are about to borrow more money than we ever have. the senate about to vote down a house resolution raising debt ceiling. they will raise the debt ceiling paving the way for the feds to borrow even more money. south dakota senator john thune is chairman of the senate republican conference and on the senate budget committee. good morning to you. good morning, bill. bill: this debt ceiling vote is the last vote, on this matter before americans vote next november. will be pushed to december possibly on that.
colonialism might live on with some people. it might be old news to you, but it lives on with some people. the old hatred of jews lives on as well. did you know what nakba day is? i didn t. i m learning all kinds of stuff about israel. it had no idea. nakba day. the day of catastrophe. that s what nakba means. day of catastrophe. palestinians celebrate israeli independence day as nakba day. it s celebrated like this. this is how they celebrated nakba day. in surrounding countries, like july 4 upside down. a celebration today, but the television station caught a sweet woman talking independence day for israel, otherwise known as nakba day. listen to what she says. watch.