deadline like this and telling them that the cuts will happen regardless, tends to focus the mind and it s likely that they ll come up with something in the end, and that in and of itself as a leadership is demonstrated in the real time, in the real moment. i was going to hate to report this tonight, the president to veto, fox news network will hate to report this the washington examiner and the washington times and most importantly the new york post. let s sue how the president follows it up. see if he gets his cabinet and allies. get durbin, pelosi, where is leon pa net ta on this, the defense department. i want to keep score, who comes out for the president. it s his job to rally them. they should be on the phone to the cabinet members who think they re under the hatch act to be part of his team. howard and joe, thank you for joining us.
leon pa net ta on this, the defense department. i want to keep score, who comes out for the president. it s his job to rally them. they should be on the phone to the cabinet members who think they re under the hatch act to be part of his team. howard and joe, thank you for joining us. coming up, think mitt romney is a flip-flopper who will say anything to win? well now newt gingrich is explaining why he s changed his position on, well let s count, health care, global warming, t.a.r.p. and big shocker, his new opinions are just what conservatives want to hear. how surprising. that s ahead. you re watching hardball only on msnbc. you name it.
sensitive equipment and illegal immigration in the center of arizona history. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the breaking news. political and financial chaos within the european union, sending fresh shock waves through wall street and world financial markets. stocks plunging in new york today on all three indices with the dow tumbling about 400 points amid a growing debt crisis in italy. and the third largest in europe. let s bring in our own financial expert, cnn s erin burnett, the host of erin burnett outfront. the markets taking a major tumble today because of what s happening in italy, is that right? that really is the reason why. europe continuing to not dealing with its problems. right around 388 points to the downside as the final trades come in. what s happening in europe is causing all kinds of problems. general motors came out and said we can t even put out forecasts for what we re going to do in europe and as
that have not been resolved. benefits for spouses and dependents should same sex couples adopt children. what happens in a partner of a same sex military member gets killed or wounded overseas are there going to be rights to visit such a service member in the hospital. those sorts of questions are going to be hammered out over the long term. right now gays and lesbians are happy with getting step one out of the way. we have leon by net ta and mike mullen coming over to see the president today. we expect this will become official business. but we should really think back with mike mullen and his testimony and the way he framed it as a moral issue. we tell the men and women of the military that it is the code of conduct to lie about anything once they re in the military and we re asking them to lie about this fundamental aspect of themselves. it was that testimony that was perhaps the most compelling to the senate. exactly.
details on benefit packages, correct? absolutely. that s one of the key provisions here. already the republicans are moving to block chaplains, military chaplains from marrying same sex couples in states where that might be legal if they re stationed there as mart part of the military operations. there s a lot of open questions that have not been resolved. benefits for spouses and dependents should same sex couples adopt children. what happens in a partner of a same sex military member gets killed or wounded overseas are there going to be rights to visit such a service member in the hospital. those sorts of questions are going to be hammered out over the long term. right now gays and lesbians are happy with getting step one out of the way. we have leon by net ta and mike mullen coming over to see the president today. we expect this will become official business. but we should really think back