just a few hours after the big rousing jobs, jobs, jobs speech, republicans went to the house floor to work on what they work on, which is another anti-abortion bill. one they put on an expedited fast track to make sure they could bring it to the floor. the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass the that did not happen. the bill failed. don t let this make you think that republicans are giving up their laser like focus on jobs by which i mean abortion. ahead of yesterday s big anti-abortion vote, that bill sponsor told the hill newspaper that republicans might could maybe bring the bill up again later under regular rules this time so it would only need a simple majority to pass. he said yesterday s defeat was all part of republicans master plan to keep the whole focus of the congress on jobs by, which i mean abortion.
their participation matters. mthd has been a state with real high levels of individual participation, voting, things like that. everybody in montana or elsewhere feels that could be jeopardized given this united decision. if it s not revisited and put some side boards on it. steve bullock, thank you for joining us tonight for the interview. it s good to have you here. thanks for having me, rachel. if the supreme court does decide to hear that case, it s the one way citizens united could be undermined. if the supreme court does decide to hear the case, the oral arguments would likely be in november. what else is going on in november 2012? right now in washington, what s everybody working on? jobs, jobs, jobs. kidding. that s next. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol
fast track to make sure they could bring it to the floor. because of that expedited process, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass, that did not happen so the bill failed, but don t let that make you think republicans are giving up. they laser-like focus on jobs, by which i mean abortion. ahead of yesterday s big anti-abortion vote, that bill sponsor told the hill newspaper that republicans might could maybe bring the bill up again later under regular rules this time so it would only need a simple majority to pass. in fact, he says yesterday s defeat of the big anti-abortion bill was all part of republicans master plan to keep the whole focus of the congress on jobs, by which i mean abortion. as reported in the washington post before the vote yesterday, congressman franks conceded in an interview that his
anti-abortion measure would probably fail, but he said, i think we re doing the right thing by forcing democrats to vote against it. we know it will fail but we like making democrats vote on abortion any way. it just feels good. it passes the time. jobs, jobs, jobs. when republicans took over the house, h.r. 3 was an anti-abortion bill. last year with republicans newly in charge, the house held more votes on abortion bills than it had in a decade. this year, this election year, this jobs, jobs, jobs election year, republicans have just introduced five new, five more anti-abortion bills on top of what they did last year. what is it that you were saying about bull puckey, mr. speaker? why don t they pick up the bills and pass them and help the american people instead of playing politics over there? why don t they? jobs, jobs, jobs. excellent point, sir. and let s see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home depot certified advice to help us expand our palette. .and prices that
career for brian banks who was exonerated of all charges just last week and set free. and take a look at this unbelievable video from a happy hour that took a horrifying turn. a truck, you ll see shortly, plows into the middle of this bar pinning customers in a heap of rubble. amazingly no one was killed. newsroom starts right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. two american tourists on their way to a luxury resort in egypt kidnapped. gunmen pulled them from a car in the sinai sprinkle demanding egyptian officials release a man from jail. authorities have been working feverishly to free those americans and we have good news this morning. just about a half hour ago we learned those tourists were released. our ben wedeman is in cairo to tell us how this went down. hi, ben. reporter: hello, carol. according to the southern sinai governor and senior official there, two americans have been released. they are now in police custody and they are on their way to a ho