texas state rep joaquin castro and the actor john leguizamo is with us. starting point begins right now. welcome, everybody, our team with us this morning, dana bash, senior congressional correspondent and danle malloy and ryan liz za, the washington correspondent for the new yorker. how are you holding up, ryan? yeah, both of us, holding up. our starting point this morning is hail to the mom in chief as we heard michelle obama say. first lady firing up the delegates on the first night of the democratic national convention, rousing speech that was political and also very personal. another headliner was the san antonio mayor julian castro, one of the party s rising stars. he s the first latino to ever deliver a democratic keynote address. you see him hugging his twin brother. they look exactly the same. tonight the convention spotlight will shine on former president, bill clinton, he ll be nominating barack obama for a second term. and also it will be important for him to
believe the president s health care law making the overall health care system in the united states worse, not better. they think it is a tremendous risk to the nation s economy. here is congressman paul ryan making the case for repeal. there are 21 tax increases in in law, 12 of which hit people who are low and middle income earners. you remember the line, if you like the health care plan you have, you can keep it? ha. completely not true. reporter: this figures to be a difficult vote for republicans in swing districts where some voters may not think this is a good idea to go after the health care law yet again. it is also expected to be a difficult vote for some democrats in districts where the president s health care law is not popular. we learned at least three democrats will vote for repeal. they are dan boren from oklahoma, larry kissell, from north carolina and mike mcintire from north carolina. kissell and mcintire are two of whom who are expected to have a very difficult
you will be able to keep your health care plan period, end quote. the congressional budget office released a fact that 20 million people are expected to lose their health insurance coverage if this law stands. bill: now the lines are being drawn yet again. new details on democrats possibly joining republicans in this fight. chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel live on the hill. early for us. mike, good morning to you. how many votes will come from democrats? reporter: we re counting heads at this point, bill. we confirmed three for sure so far. we expect that number will likely grow. look at names we confirmed at this point. dan boren, democrat from oklahoma. bill: larry kissell from north carolina and mike mcintire from north carolina. this vote will have very real political impact for democrats in districts where this law is unpopular if they vote against repeal. this may be trouble for them in november. to be fair, it may also have an impact on republicans in swing dist
obamacare, president obama s controversial health care law. lawmakers from both sides trying to make their cases. health care is a right! and it is not a privilege. not just for some people but for all people, we cannot and we will not go back! i think it s important for the electorate to know where their member of congress stands and some people have tried to be too cute on this issue and have kind of waffled back in their district and this is an opportunity to draw a bright line on whether or not you support the law as it s currently written as the supreme court has ruled it constitutional or do you favor repealing it and doing something more in line with getting individuals more in control over their dollars? democrats have criticized the vote as political theater. president obama planning to veto any attempt to repeal obamacare turbulence rocking an american airlines flight from aruba to miami and passengers literally thought they were going to die. everybody is s
schools. i was inspired a few weeks ago by students in one ever kenny gamble s charter schools in philadelphia. right here in houston, is another remarkable success story. the knowledge is power program which has set the standard thanks to the groundbreaking work of the late harriet ball. these charter schools are doing a lot more than closing the achievement gap. they re bringing hope and real opportunity to places where for years there s been none. charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to say about them but as we saw in massachusetts, true reform requires much more than talk. as governor, i vetoed the bill blocking charter schools. but my legislature was 87% democrat and my veto could have easily been overridden. so i joined with with the blackledge slate tiff caucus and their votes helped preserve my veto, which meant that new charter schools, including some in urban neighborhoods, would be opened. [applause] when it comes t