little to no interest in baseball. . and remembering betty ford. the former first lady s casket leaves california to her final resting place in michigan. good afternoon. we go to the breaking news out of mumbai, india. three explosions have killed at least 17 and injured 81 more. the first terror attack since the attacks three years ago. mumbai s police commissioner says one of the bombs was ied placed inside an umbrella. in washington both parts are gaping the politics of republican senate proposal from mitch mcconnell that would give president obama the authority to raise the debt ceiling without first guaranteeing the spending cuts the house republicans have been demanding. those republicans notably michele bachmann say it s a nonstarter. florida congresswoman deby wasserman schultz is the chair of the democratic national committee and joins us now. thanks for joining us us. first of all, what is your position, the democratic caucus position on this mitch mcconnell pro
under questioning from park police totally uncooperative which raised suspicions. within his backpack were several pacts of substance labeled ammonium nitrate which can be used in explosives. testing indicated it was not ammonium nitrate. there were also notebooks with some notations mentioning al qaeda and taliban. again, there s no indication from any officials we re talking to this melaku has any formal ties to any terrorist organization. at the same time they tracked down his auto, they sent out a bomb squad with reports of a suspicious device in the car. then again that didn t pan out. so right now he s in park police custody. they re trying to figure out exactly what he was up to when he was taken into custody early this morning. one thing we do know is he caused a big traffic jam. thanks for that update. okay, chris. to the white house now, where the vice president says budget negoiators are getting closer to a deal on deficit reduction trying to hone in on some
strength. it is amazing to think that this woman was shot at point-blank range in the head less than six months ago. i think the pictures really capture the congresswoman s resilience and her spirit and her determination. reporter: the pictures were taken last month by a tucson photographer a day after giffords travelled to florida to see her husband, astronaut mark kelly head into space on board the shuttle endeavour. giffords close friend representative deby wasserman schultz spoke to the congresswoman last week. she poke to me in full sentences. initiated in full sentences instead of just responding. she s making remarkable progress. she s working so hard. she s got a long way to go. reporter: but aides have tempered optimism considering the severity of the blaine injury. it s a very slow process. shi suffered an injury that unfortunately leaves 95% of those inflicted with it dead.
discussions about the issue of resignation? there has. i spoke to one democratic aide before i came over here. they said, look, they really do not want representative weiner to be within congress anymore he is so much of a distraction. they feel that his saga, plight, whatever you want to call it is really bringing attention oi way from issues that they sincerely care about. they had their first big win as a party in new york s 26 congressional district a few weeks ago using the issue of medicare. saying save medicare, vote democrat. that was starting to resonate with voters. that message has been completely muddled because of representative weiner. you re hearing things about democrats. they d like for him to get out of here and move along. it s a little bit of a sigh of relief for democrats that he didn t show up for work today. that would have been a media frenzy. no one knows what representative weiner is going to do or when he s going to come back to washington if at a
democratic party comes from this petri dish. deby wasserman schultz will join us next. [ doctor ] here s some health information for people over 50. maybe you don t think you re at risk for heart attack or stroke but if you ve been diagnosed with p.a.d., or have pain or heaviness in your legs, i want to talk to you. you may have heard of poor leg circulation, which could be peripheral artery disease, or p.a.d. with p.a.d., if you have poor circulation in your legs, you may also have poor circulation in your heart