before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. we ll talk to one politician that says not in my town. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games with an epic journey through the u.k. history. danny boyle was the creative mind behind the $42 million show. what got everyone talking is this skit. boyle used his movie magic to show the queen parachuting into the stadium with actor daniel craig who plays the spy in the franchise but stunt doubles were used. don t worry, the queen was not parachuting in herself. now onto the biggest competition at the olympics today, michael phelps hoping to be the first male swimmer to win the s
millions at stake. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we start in london, where the olympic games are under way right now. a 23-year-old chinese woman nicknamed shooting beauty competing in the 10-meter air rifle competition has won the first gold medal in london. meantime, u.s. swimmer michael phelps will compete against ryan lochte in the 400 individual medley tonight, but phelps narrowly qualified after a slow finish this morning. but it was queen elizabeth who almost certainly stole the show during last night s opening ceremony. take a look. good evening. good evening. the creative mind behind the ceremony, danny boyle, used his movie magic to show the queen teaming up with james bond actor daniel craig. in the scene, stunt doubles, not actually the queen, jumped from a helicopter portraying the two parachuting into the olympic stadium. mitt romney got to see an
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between house hard liners and the gop establishment. by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana is going to join us to explain the mechanics of the deal, the spaks. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. the statement read thg is the real money that will make a real difference in people s lives and i want to thank every american who raised your voice to remind folks in this town what this debate was all about. and to give you an idea of some of the pressure, intense pressure lawmakers were fee