challenge of trying to get to some of these remote areas where people are just stranded and maybe you can t get to them by boat or over land. there s a real challenge they re going to be facing and now it s starting to get dark here and it s starting to rain again. it s hard to believe there could be twice as much before this is all over. brian todd, thank you so much from houston and ed has also spent several hours now on a boat in dickenson, texas. he was there as a dramatic rescue took place. watch. okay. how are you doing, sir? yes. reporter: we were about to leave this neighborhood, there was a woman that her and her elderly parents were stuck inside the home. i m going to put the mike down. we re going to help them try to get into the boat so we can get them out of here. i m going to put the microphone
ranking member elijah cummings objected and then an angry exchange took place. take a look. mr. chairman you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. answer the question what s the big deal? may i ask my question? may i state my statement? you re all free to leave. we ve adjourned, but the gentleman can ask his question. the central republican accusation we re adjourned. close it down. i ve actually been told that these men are pretty good friends, by the way. but they closed his mike down. they did. issa said afterwards he felt he was being slandered. cummings said he felt he had been shut out of the investigation. but like i said the crazy thing there, i think those guys get along in real life. politics, john. i know. you can get alone fine in real life look at us. everybody thinks we get along. we don t get along? all right, this next story gives john shirreffs. i hate this.
reelected. he was three when first sworn i last year. it s a symbolic one. the town has no formal government. gretchen? gretchen: tucker, thanks so much. i m outside on this beautiful day, look who you re looking at. this is called fifth harmony. [ cheering ] the fans have come out. good morning, ladies. good morning. gretchen: great to see you. i need to remember to put the microphone like this cause you re not miked up. you re getting ready to sing later on. you are the group that was put together by simon cowell from the x factor. you all auditioned as solo acts first, right? yes. gretchen: tell me what happened after that. we auditioned as solo and then eliminated in the last round of boot camp and then simon and the judges brought us back to the stage and created fifth harmony. gretchen: let s introduce you. ike going to pass the mike down. okay. i m lauren. hi, i m camillea.
plan to derail romney. is it going to work? and what is it? well, good morning, mika. but first, very excited. one of the biggest additions to politico in five years debuting today, the joe scarborough blog. oh, that s huge. yes. oh, that s a cute cartoon. look at that. yeah. game-changer. it is a game-changer. and as i say in here, i m going to be writing in this blog about zero zero to zero european football ties. what? the picture of him. alternative bands you ve never heard of. things like that. it s going to be great. so you can take that down. well, very good. we look forward to reading that. now tell us about the plans the derail romney by rick santorum. all right. down to business. this rick santorum plan has two aims. one embarrass romney, two, drive newt gingrich out of the race. the santorum theory is that if it s a two-person race, santorum
the washington post e.j. dionne. great table we have. good to be with you. great to have you all around. let s dive right in. yesterday we were on meet the press talking about by the way, tom brokaw s mike s on. he s on deck. we could listen to his we want to save tom from the call to his bookky. anyway, e.j., with business taken care of. i still hear that low baritone voice, take tom s mike down. e.j., let s now after the second attempt move to what we were talking about yesterday and that is something you wrote a column about, contraception and the cost of culture yeah, let me read a section of it, e.j., if i could. what bothers liberal catholics about arguments advanced by some of our liberal friends is the catholic right seems to eager to focus the church s witness to