ballots, they can absolutely have an effect and i think they will and i think they ll help republicans. turner & hooch be damned. one persistent fear you hear from liberals is citizens united altered the balance between the parties in a permanent way, corporate money will give republicans a structural advantage that will never be overcome. more likely, the boom in outside money will prove to be cyclical with the momentum swinging toward whoever feels shut out and persecuted at the moment. what do you make of that? i think both of his points are wrong. i think, in fact, the superpac money can make a big difference. as you just said. a state by state basis in the race. we re talking about the biggest sums of money ever coming from individual forces in million-dollar checks. with the least transparency that we ve ever had about who s giving it and how it s being spent. so that s alarming just in and of itself. i think in terms of the balance of power, there s no question that wall str
boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn t want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that s equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it s roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. and then there s the human toll. two crew members are confirmed dead in the weekend crash of an air tanker in south dakota. cnn affiliates say two other firefighters aboard that c-130 were also killed. one family member spoke to wbtv just before the doomed flight. it s very exciting. i mean, you know, adrenalin is flowing. we re ready to go. hopefully when we get there, we ll be ready
health care plan. what governor romney s former presidential rival called obamany care for its similarities to the governor s law. governor romney has been running away from his critics as fast as he can, saying it should no longer be held up as a model. it s another little known piece of his law that s giving him the biggest headache today, one that says any residents of massachusetts is entitled if they need it, to state subsidized health care, regardless of their immigration status. mitt romney is the one who tore into texas governor rick perry s statewide program to educate young people, even illegal immigrants. you talk about magnets. you put in place a magnet to draw illegals to this state which was giving $100,000 in tuition credit to illegals that come to this country, then you have the big states of illegal immigrants are california and florida. over the last ten years they ve had no increase in illegal immigration. texas has had 60% increase in illegal immigrant
senator edward kennedy. senator? the one he touted at the time, and remember, it was only five years ago, as a model for the rest of the country. i think there are a number of features in the massachusetts plan that could inform washington on ways to improve health care for all americans. the one crafted with the help of m.i.t. s jonathan gruber and one that helped president obama craft what some call obama-care. and what they now coin obomney care. he s now running away from it as fast as he can, say his critics. no longer saying it should be held up. but it s another little known piece of his law that s giving him the biggest headache today. one that says any resident of massachusetts is entitled if they need it to state subsidized health care regardless of their immigration status. mitt romney said in the debate tore into rick perry s statewide program to educate young people even illegal immigrants. you talk about magnets. you put in place a magnet to draw illegal
the one he touted at the time was a model for the national health care plan. what governor romney s former presidential rival called obamany care for its similarities to the governor s law. governor romney has been running away from his critics as fast as he can, saying it should no longer be held up as a model. it s another little known piece of his law that s giving him the biggest headache today, one that says any residents of massachusetts is entitled if they need it, to state subsid e subsidized health care, regardless of their immigration status. mitt romney is the one who tore into texas governor rick perry s statewide program to educate young people, even illegal immigrants. you talk about magnets. you put in place a magnet to draw illegals to this state which was giving $100,000 in tuition credit to illegals that come to this country, then you have the big states of illegal immigrants are california and florida. over the last ten years they ve had no increase i