elected officials are saying, that there s going to be some kind of negative impact. contes contessa, whenever you have a unit or a team that prizes honesty, integrity, that supports all families, not just straight families, but all families, you have an increase in cohesion. you have an increase in community. you have an increase in the strength of an organization. repealing don t ask, don t tell is going to do nothing but strengthen our communities and our families and our country. let me ask you, and some of the e-mails i get that do not support the repeal of don t ask, don t tell from former or current military members, this is the argument they make. i want you to address this since you served in the military. they say, what happens when a gay military member hits on a straight military member and then the gay military member gets punched in the face? does that happen? do gay soldiers hit on straight
russert is in washington with more. first, ben quayle was scheduled to come and canceled because he said he had some scheduling issues that came up. really? yes. wow. we re hoping to get him back tomorrow. thank you, indeed. it s an unbelievable story here, contessa, plipt co s what s the big deal? kudos to casey hunt of politico, did he possibly post on a website dirty scottsdale, the dirty.com, a lot of things in night clubs can be deemed derogatory towards women. at first he denied he had anything to do with it, and said he was simply trying to drive traffic. it was alleged he posted under the name barack landers, if you re familiar with boogie
another 1,500 border patrol agents and other officials. this weekend the tea party in arizona wants to express its support for arizona s controversial immigration law. they ll get the support of people like sheriff joe arpaio and jd hayworth, the senate hopeful who hopes to take john mccain s senate seat away from him in the former republican congressman challenging senator mccain joins me now. good to see you, sir. contessa, great to be with you. you re heading to the border this weekend with this big group. what are you hoping to accomplish on illegal immigration? contessa, obviously when we get the people together, we are able to really represent and manifest our frustration at washington s inaction, and the fact that arizona essentially with senate bill 1070 took what i offered at the federal level five years ago, the enforcement first act and tried to apply it here in the state and obviously you have the irony and i believe
been under way for a long time, two iraqi security forces, but five months after elections there is no government in this country so a lot of iraqis are asking how can combat troops pull out and not leave a government behind? contessa? richard, thank you. today marks the first day of the fasting month of ramadan for the muslim world and it is normally a time of celebration and socializing. in our world view today, ramadan in pakistan is marked by flooding and misery and death. the u.s. is providing emergency help for as many as 7 million people hit by the worst flooding in a generation. a navy ship with 19 helicopters and 100 marines is heading toward pakistan s southern coast, expected to begin relief flights as soon as weather permits. about 1,500 people are dead after two weeks of floods. mechanic khan soldiers sealsed more than $1 million of cash, 220 kilos of marijuana and almost two kilos of cocaine in a huge bust in monterrey.
profit of $1.3 billion in the last quarter, had two quarters. of growth and now we re seeing the ceo is resigning, so how is that likely to affect what gm is going through? ed whitacre is the ceo who is stepping down right now, not totally unexpected. the timing was surprising, someone who said that he was going to be in for the company to become profitable again, they ve seen two quarters, he feels like the company s improved a lot and ready to step down. they re bringing in a board member as the ceo as they get ready to do the ipo and put the shares on the market, lets the government exit the company. the company is making a lot of progress right now. it looks positive but all they ve really done is figured out how to make money selling fewer cars. critics say they need to figure out how to sell more cars. all right, melissa francis, thank you, my friend. see you later, contessa. new polling from nbc news and the wall street journal not a pretty picture for the