together in an independence day weekend panel of experts to look ahead at the republican feel add all those money reports and everything else and the president s chances of re-election and the nba lockout added to in the l lockout. is it possible? a fall and winter with no football and basketball because these millionaires and billionaires really can t agree on thousand divide billions of dollars. finally, what s wrong with this picture? nothing, if you re mitt romney. one candidate s son is posing with him. here s a hint. it s not romney s son, but it s the son of another presidential candidate. we ll have it all on the sideshow. steve israel, chairman of the dccc and a democrat from new york and joins me now. congressman israel, i want to talk about where we are in these debt talks. it seems to me i ve talked with democrats involved in it. they say they got close to an agreement on $1.5 trillion. reports republicans were up to