countries, the government here is making cutbacks. that s being resisted by many members of the public sector. here in london yesterday, in fact in many cities, about 80 cities around england and wales, we had hundreds of thousands of public sector workers striking. schools were closed because the schools holiday of the summer have not started here about half the schools in england were disrupted because of that. as you say, it s happening all over europe. rebecca, thank you very much. still to come on way too early, first the nfl, now the nba. the league locked out its players yesterday. the rest of us were left to pass the day with baseball, golf and professional wrestling. and steven colbert scores a victory on capitol hill, so what is steven up to here? does he even know? that story and a check on weather when way too early comes right back. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again.
do, which is they re going to attack here in philadelphia. they ll attack. they won t have a plan but they ll attack. the american people are a lot less interested in us attacking each other. they re more interested in us attacking the country s problems. the president and romney both participated in fund-raisers in philadelphia as a critical fund-raising report deadline loomed last night. according to the l.a. times, estimates for the second quarter were $60 million raised for president obama, with romney raise bei raising about $20 million himself. there were some reports out there yesterday on the same day defense secretary gates left that the president could be losing his treasury secretary as well. well, that treasury secretary responded. let s get all up in your business with rebecca meehan
and steven colbert goes to washington. he s now the proud owner of a super pack. so what does one do with his own super pack? we ll hear from mr. colbert. first let s get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. just in overnight, prosecutors in the sexual assault case against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn say the case could be on the verge of collapse as questions about the credibility of the accuser grow. for the latest on this, we bring in cnbc s scott kohn live outside the courthouse in manhatt manhattan. what s going on? reporter: this is a potentially stunning reversal for dominique strauss-kahn. late yesterday afternoon we got word that there would be an unscheduled hearing in the case. he wasn t due back in court until july 18th. then we found out it was about his bail. then the explosive report first in the new york times yesterday that this case, this sexual assault case against him could be on the verge of collapse. the problem t
among musical guests about whether there is a causal relationship between bon jovi s most awesome tunes and the band s symotricous era. first let s get to the news live at 5:0 a.m. here at 30 rock. and we begin with 2012 politics. after months of informal campaigning, mitt romney has officially now announced he s running for president. speaking at a farm in new hampshire yesterday, the former massachusetts governor attacked president obama on the economy saying he is the only republican with the experience to fix the country s problems. barack obama has failed america. when he took office, the economy was in recession and he made it worse. and he made it last longer. these years later, over 16 million americans are out of work. three years later, power closures are still at record levels. three years later, the prices of homes continue to fall. these failing hopes make up president obama s own misery index. it s never been higher. turning around a crisis takes experience
the arizona desert. it s almost like a military operation, hand off to hand off to person to person. reporter: high above the desert, they are the eyes and ears of a powerful and dangerous mexican drug smuggling cartel. operating deep inside the united states. that was mark potter from arizona. hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana are smuggled into the united states from mexico each year. social networking comes to wall street and investors like what they see as linkedin shares more than double. let s take an early look at market. rebecca meehan is live in london for us. linkedin shares soared it at the open, they closed at $94. that sparked some concerns that we could potentially be looking at another tech bubble, a social networking bubble in this instance. all attention now turns to the prospects for facebook anden