but is that the appropriate venue? we ll debate it. sphbland the addiction epidemic. new study shows that 40 million americans are addicted to drugs. hit me again. so what s john stossel s solution? he will tell us. laura: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. laura: hi, everyone. i m laura ingraham in tonight for bill o reilly. thanks for watching us. the obama administration s response to the supreme court ruling on arizona s immigration law. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. so shortly after the decision came down yesterday, homeland security announced that it is suspending its agreements with arizona police over reporting illegal aliens that are found in the state. so while the supreme court upheld police officers right to stop and question subjects regarding immigration status. the feds will not act to report those individuals unless the suspect has a felony record, has previously been removed from th
of the nation watches, washington has blown up into a caustic partisan fight and a showdown is coming over the power of the american president. just tonight, a house committee voted to hold president obama s attorney general, eric holder, in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over documents related to a badly botched sting operation involving guns and drugs in mexico called fast and furious. this contempt vote comes after the obama white house for the first time invoked executive privilege. charges of stonewalling and coverups are flying, the kind of stuff we first learned during the watergate era. for those not following the complexities of it, it just looks like more of our broken politics and vicious fights now out in the open. we begin tonight with capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell who was there to see all of it today. kelly, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. there were emotions and allegations of political motives flying today. house republ
why did senate majority leader harry reid refer to a reporter s inquiry as, quote, a clown question bro. we ll explain that one later in shows. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we start in egypt, where the country s ailing former leader of three decades is reported to be near death this morning adding another layer to a complicated political situation. ousted president hosni mubarak reportedly on life support after receiving after suffering i should say multiple strokes while in prison. the 84-year-old serving a life sentence was transferred from his jail cell to a military hospital where he s been monitored. the news comes as supporters of the muslim brotherhood flooded tahrir square in protest to protest the moves made by military generals that would diminish the power of a new president. the brotherhood claims mohamed morsi won sunday s presidential election but supporters on the other side for mubarak s former prime minister ahmed
today, wednesday, june 20th, don t tell the whole story today, wednesday, june 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. summer doesn t officially start until later this evening but the heat wave in the middle part of the country is moving east and will have people sweating up and down the east coast today. here in new york it s expected to top out somewhere around 95 degrees. cooling centers are being set up in dozens of cities to help people cope with this. here is the real rub, it could be hotter tomorrow. we ll get al s forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. also the suspect accused of a brutal murder in canada has now made his initial court appearance and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. now investigators want to know if he has any possible links to unsolved cases in the un