to clean up, shepard, however, there is a whole batch of people from areas of the deep south stretching all the way into the ohio river valley under the threat all day tomorrow and into tomorrow night by saturday, it s done and then we have a few calmer days but we are going to have a very rough day on our hands tomorrow, shep. shepard: rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center in new york. thanks so much. a new twist today in the political slug fest over birth control. the democratic controlled senate today shot down a republic measure that would have left employers and insurers opt out of aspects of the new health care law that they are said to find morally objectionable. as you know, many republic lawmakers have claimed the law violates religious freedoms by requiring birth control coverage even as it goes against somebody s faith. most democrats argue the amendment would have opened the flood gates allowing insurers to opt out paying any medical treatment by citing moral or re
white house refusing to turn over some documents but still promises to cooperate with house lawmakers. this as just released emails raise questions about whether members of the obama administration ignored concerns that they were breaking the law. a house panel grilling treasury officials today on the half billion dollars loan the government gail the solar panelmaker. solyndra went bankrupt last month. and the restructured loan was to pay investors back first and leaving taxpayers on the hook. those newly released emails show troshry officials thought the plan could be illegal. they asked the department of energy to get justice department approval. instead, the doe sent a memo defending the legality of the loan. at that hearing today, that had some republic lawmakers livid. this was a document and it s
middle class. is he using the words of an american icon to pressure republicans to extend the payroll tax cut, even if it means a tax hike on millionaires. so the president traveling to kansas. in fact, a few towns in kansas where a century ago teddy roosevelt gave a peach calling for new nationalism and a square deal for all americans. for this roosevelt was called a radical. he was called a socialist. [ laughter ] even a communist. these these aren t democratic values or republic values. these aren t 1% values or 99% values. they are american values. and we have to reclaim them. [ applause ] shepard: the g.o.p. leaders claim raising taxes on the rich would hurt job creation but some other republic lawmakers argue we should not extend the payroll tax cut no matter how we pay for it. ed henry is live at the white