waves and rip currents. rob marciano is tracking it for us this morning. hot-button issues. taxpayers will be forced to pick up the tab for health care for illegal immigrants. president obama says that s simply not true. is that really the case? we have the truth squad this morning. a bombshell accusation about president bush s white house straight from one of the most senior officials who work there. we re talking about tom ridge. he s out with a new book. in it, he claims the white house pressured him to raise the terror level days before the 2004 presidential election. the suggestion president bush s team was ready to use scare tactics to score political points. we ll talk to jeanne meserve. but first, the back story from our senior white house correspondent, ed henry. reporter: the friday before the 2004 election. only two or three points separated democrat john kerry from president bush. suddenly, a twist. osama bin laden released a shocking new videotape and it