dog striking up a friendship with cubs in a tiger mark in south africa, he keeps a few high own a and jack he will pups in line. he s been with the babies since birth and considers them part of his pack. jenna: what happens when they get bigger? i don t know, maybe he ll play dad. border colleagues are smart dogs. jenna: very smart. the president acknowledges it s quite a tough month so far, only the middle of the month at that. he has negative job numbers and negative news on the economy and that has certainly hurt the white house. our news watch panel looks in at the coverage coming up next hour. plus, an incredible act of bravery caught on tape. look at that car on its side. it s in flames, and a grandmother is trapped inside. we are going to show you what happened next. [ male announcer ] knowing your customers
thanks, jenna. jon: president obama today strongly rejecting claims that his administration leaked national security secrets for political gain. but the charge of loose lips in the white house could create some heat on the campaign trail. our news watch panel looks at the fallout. plus, an important medical update on staff sergeant travis mills. he suffered devastating injuries in an ied explosion in afghanistan. we ve spoken to him before on this program. we have some amazing news on his progress on the road to recovery.
his help, after all, was instrumental in taking down one of the world s most notorious murderers. reporter: the senate has passed a bill cutting aid to pakistan by $33 million, a million for each year of dr. afridi s sentence. congressman king thinks the house will probably follow suit. jon? jon: wendell goarl at the white house, thank you. it is such an important story not only for our intelligence community, but also for our troops in the region and our security in the united states. so why has the media largely given this story a pass? we will hash it out with our news watch panel just ahead. jenna: look forward to that. are you seeing any lower prices at the pump? are you? there are some signs of relief at the start of the summer driving season. as you look over the last month, gas prices on the national average have gone down about 18 cents, the national average is at $3.66. so is that it? is that all? we re not going to see higher
the let s get to our news watch panel about it. with us now, investigative reporter and author judith miller and daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. a lot of people didn t know about this guy, judy, but now that, you know, his contribution to the effort to find osama bin laden has been exposed and now that he s basically paying for the it with life in prison under this pakistani sentence, why don t the u.s. media seem too concerned? well, i think, first of all, it s foreign news, and if you really take a look at what the networks are putting on the news lately, you re not seeing a lot of foreign news stories, jon. you re not seeing egypt, the egyptian elections, the fact that egypt this week was choosing between not only a president, but going in an islamic or secular direction. you haven t seen the slaughter in syria day after day, 30 syrians a day. foreign news is expensive to produce, it s expensive to put on the air, it s hard to get the pictures.
and the news media mid a big deal of it, president obama s support for same-sex marriage. our news watch panel covers the coverage coming up. plus, an american astronaut gets ready to blast off for the international space station hitching a ride on a russian spacecraft. onal constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips .