i am going to eliminate every non-essential program i can find, that includes obama care, and i will work to reform and save romney is getting hammered in the wake of that by the naacp. jim acosta is live in houston this morning. good morning. how did it go? well, soledad, whenever you get booed for 15 seconds it is not exactly going well. the romney campaign did send out some of their folk who is do outreach for the campaign with the african-american community to talk to reporters. i was there. they said that they were pleased overall with what he got in terms of applause. he did sort of get a standing ovation at the end of the speech. about half the crowd stood up and plauded. it wasn t all boos for the former governor. soledad, what is sort of interesting is what romney has said after that speech. he went to a fundraiser in montana last night and basically said that he was okay with the reaction that he got. he said in an interview right after the speech on another
all right. let s take a look at the morning papers. the financial times says that manufacturing activity in the united states contracted for the first time in three years. it s another setback for the global economy that is already reeling from the eurozone debt crisis and news of china s economic slowdown. researchers are departing on a new expedition today hoping to put to rest the mystery of amelia earhart, 75 years after she disappeared over the pacific. they will be looking for information near an island where they believe she died as a castaway.
entire professional career covering her as an olympian. that s an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. we re bring you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 eastern. let s get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and it s going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some places, it s going to feel like 115 degrees, particularly in parts of the midwest today. and for millions of people without power, sorry to report this, there is not a whole lot of relief coming your way. at least 19 people now have died in the last week after deadly storms swept through the nation. about 1.7 million people still haven t gotten any power. this is days after the storms went through. many expect possibly it s going to take until friday to get their power restored. take a look at th
all wait to vegas, baby, chasing a long shot and competing for free ivf. we begin with devastation on a historic scale in colorado, and the president is on his way as we speak to survey fire damage after signing a disaster declaration for the state. we re closely monitoring the waldo canyon fire which has become the most destructive fire in the state s history. at least one person was found dead overnight, another is still missing. nearly 17,000 acres scorched. 346 homes gone. 20,000 more threatened. this photo was taken before the fire. look at what the area looks like now. you re looking at the reality for hundreds of families. it was just total shock to see your house pretty much in a fireball. that s our house and it s in flames and i just started crying. there was no way around it. i was never going to go home again, so it s pretty sad. rob marciano on the ground near the waldo canyon fire. rob, how much of this fire have crews been actually able to contain to th
obama for blaming events in europe for what they call the failure of his policy as at home. a web ad entitled head winds those two things are head winds in terms of we ve got head winds. there will continue to be head winds. just like this time last year, facing serious head winds. our economy has been facing serious head winds. megyn: doug mckelway is live at the white house with news on the economy. it s been clear the one crisis that has the potential to do the most harm to the s uts economy right now and the potential to do the most harm to the president s prospects for reelection is the one crisis that the president has the littlest control over. we re talking about the eurozone debt crisis. in repeated comments during today -pts press conference the president demonstrated the u.s. relative impotence in this matter with comments like we re in constant contact, we re trying to be supportive but when all is said and done, the ball is