i m carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and what s become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say they ll show support for chick-fil-a s coo dan cathy and his stand against same-sex marriage. that includes evangelicals, including the reverend billy graham, who s in poor health. a staffer will deliver chick-fil-a to his home. george, good morning. reporter: carol, good morning. according to chick-fil-a, today will be business as usual. the company does not officially support this idea that was sparked by a once republican presidential candidate mike huckabee. nor will it support the national same-sex kiss day that is expected to happen on friday. but when you look at huckaby s facebook page, the page he created to ask people to sign up and support chick-fil-a today, you find that more than half a million people will be showing up to these different stores to show their support. that s what we expect
and may be in her system from the doctors to the pharmacies that provided them. sus dan candiotti has more about the funeral preparations. don, let s start with you. how are they examining those prescription drugs? they have subpoenaed several pharmacies and several doctors from the prescription medications found in whitney houston s hotel suite. they are doing that because they want to know exactly what was in her system. they are trying to trace the doctors and the pharmacies. one thing as they say would possibly lead to another, they are speaking to doctors here on the west coast in california and also on the east coast. one thing leads to another in this sense. if you go to a doctor, he may be an ear, nose, and throat specialist and he s saying, you may have a problem with your teeth. i m using that as an example. so one doctor may have recommended another doctor. so they are trying to get to the bottom of it to see if all of the prescriptions were on the up and up and
the paul roll tax holiday. at the same time we cannot forget that long term unemployment in this country is very veshgs high, and we also need to make sure we don t cut drastically the reimbursement rate. i have to say i thought it was a bigger number now that we re winding down in iraq and afghanistan. i thought it was maybe six or seven trillion in instead of four. when you say that number, what was your reaction? ed, remember, the president s budget is essentially a recommendation to congress. that s all it is. we ve got to go from here. i agree with you. i i think with an infrastructure crumbling with the potential to create millions of decent paying jobs, roads, bridges, rebuilding the rail salmonella, we should make a hef investment. i think the president put money
clearly i m not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday, but the middle class needs a tax break but at the same time we cannot forget that long term unemployment in this country is very, very high, and we also need to make sure we don t cut drastically the reimbursement rate for doctors who serve medicare patients. back to the budget for a moment, i have to say i thought it would have been a bigger number now that we will be winding down. i thought it would be six or seven trillion instead of four. when you saw that number, what was your reaction? the president s budget is a recommendation to congress, that is all it. we have to go from here and i agree with you, i think with the infrastructure that is crumbling, potential to create over a period of time millions of decent paying jobs, roads, bridges, rebuilding the rail system, water systems, et cetera, we should make a very very heavy investment and i think the president has put money in energy conservation and
clearly i m not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday, but the middle class needs a tax break but at the same time we cannot forget that long term unemployment in this country is very, very high, and we also need to make sure we don t cut drastically the reimbursement rate for doctors who serve medicare patients. back to the budget for a moment, i have to say i thought it would have been a bigger number now that we will be winding down. i thought it would be six or seven trillion instead of four. when you saw that number, what was your reaction? the president s budget is a recommendation to congress, that is all it. we have to go from here and i agree with you, i think with the infrastructure that is crumbling, potential to create over a period of time millions of decent paying jobs, roads, bridges, rebuilding the rail system, water systems, et cetera, we should make a very very heavy investment and i think the president has put