today the ron paul campaign is using his age as an event to raise money. they are calling it the ron paul money birthday bomb. they are hoping to raise $1.5 million. they point to paul s age as not we saw at the republican debate, when santorum was active about iran, so the campaign believes that congressman paul has a long history that can benefit the country that is more weary and campaign says that the economic spending trillion of dollars on wars won t sit well with voters in this year s election. anthony, thank you. appreciate your time. thanks, craig. appreciate it. for more on ron paul, check out the full article. it s at firstread msnbc.com.
states as a very stable place, certainly our currency has been the world s currency. i think people now are going to question about our ability to order our own affairs. this is harmful to us. it will be much more harmful if we don t have an agreement by august 2nd. you can t have a default. i think this is going to get worked out, but it s hard to predict exactly how. the president may not get everything he wants, he may have to take it in increments, six months at a time, i think that if that s the only thing offered by congress, the president will accept it. martin frost, thanks for weighing in. for the latest on the debt deal negotiations from the nbc political unit head first to firstread.msnbc.com. an investigation under way in eastern china at the site where two high-speed trains collided. saturday a bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that stalled after being struck
question about our ability to order our own affairs. this is harmful to us. it will be much more harmful if we don t have an agreement by august 2nd. you can t have a default. i think this is going to get worked out, but it s hard to predict exactly how. the president may not get everything he wants, he may have to take it in increments, six months at a time, i think that if that s the only thing offered by congress, the president will accept it. martin frost, thanks for weighing in. for the latest on the debt deal negotiations from the nbc political unit head first to firstread.msnbc.com. an investigation under way in eastern china at the site where two high-speed trains collided. saturday a bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that stalled after being struck by lightning. this was the first derailment on the network since the country launched bullet trains in 2007.
iowa. want to see where she is and tim pawlenty, his entire nomination hopes rest on iowa now. interesting to see who s ahead, who s down. of course, this won t be the last poll. we have a long way to go but it s the first bite at the ap toll see who s up and who s down. i know where you re spending your saturday night. going over the numbers. god love you. thanks so much. for the latest political news and analysis from the nbc political unit head to firstread.msnbc.com. you can find love at any age. finding a successor to paul the octopus a few of the stories you may have missed. here we go. say hello to gem germany s new psychic octopus. paul became famous. however he die and his successor is predicting germany will defeat canada in the women s world match cup tomorrow. we ll see.
firstread.msnbc.com. an explosion at a gas station in california. a car crashed into the fuel pumps on friday that sparked a massive explosion and fire ball from one of the pumps there. deputies had been chasing the driver of the car at about 100 miles per hour. the driver and his passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment for leg injuries in that. in manila, texas an investigation of physical abuse of a boy by a day care center worker. she was caught on video throwing the boy onto a table and dragging him away by one arm as he screamed. the mother of the 5-year-old boy is concerned about how long this sort of treatment was going on there. i never thought anything was going on. i truly trusted he was in good care. the day care center says the worker in that video is not there any longer. now to seattle. on friday the barefoot band did it entered a guilty plea. he admitted he committed a