freedom will not be extinguished in my lifetime, not under my watch. i ll do everything i can and i ll go down swinging. why didn t i think of that? that was tea party mastermind glenn beck throwing red meat to his followers for the fourth of july barbecue. i m sure everybody is going to be talking about the takeover of america after the tea partiers ruling last week. after the supreme court s health care ruling, tea partiers are dusting off the tricorner hats and tea bags. they re planning rallies to protest the president s health care law. tea partiers hope the gatherings are just a kickoff to a long season the rallies. a freedom works organizer told talking points that members should go to their town squares and recruit these people from the parades, from the gatherings, and build a machine. what kind of machine? a group in michigan has started their rally. their machine, a tea party organization, turned their protest into a barbecue in the
boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn t want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that s equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it s roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. and then there s the human toll. two crew members are confirmed dead in the weekend crash of an air tanker in south dakota. cnn affiliates say two other firefighters aboard that c-130 were also killed. one family member spoke to wbtv just before the doomed flight. it s very exciting. i mean, you know, adrenalin is flowing. we re ready to go. hopefully when we get there, we ll be ready
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
everybody on the border on the american side to fights to protect our citizens. heather: on that note i have to wrap it up. thanks for joining us. gregg: we think tony is lovely as well. a strong reaction for a top republican over the bombshell health care ruling. why congressman paul ryan said, quote, john roberts contorted logic and reason and what he is now doing to repeal it. heather: nasa on the brink of another space first? the mission to send astronauts further into space than ever before. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i use the points we earn with our citi thankyou card for a relaxing vacation. sometimes, we go for a ride in the park.
repairs are finished on this building. one example of widespread damage around here although this is one of the hardest hit areas, washington, d.c. today bracing for a very difficult commute. some offices are closed, others are open. people are going to be going through the streets where streetlights are out and they re going to have to treat those at four way stops so there could be gridlock because hundreds and hundreds of street lights are out at major intersections around the d.c. area. back to you guys. weather a real big deal. thanks, steve centanni. let s talk about the health care ruling echoing around the world. we have more background. i haven t seen a time where there s more leaks of more sensitive information. latest coming out of supreme court. which is notorious for not having leaks. apparently when the nine justices get together to initially talk about the cases, there s nobody else in the room. that s one way to stop the leaks coming forward. it appears, eric, that