i want to be back at school with my friends. i want to be outside playing. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. alisyn: good morning, it is sunday, july 15, i m alisyn camerota. president obama says he s running to fight for the middle class. president barack obama: so we don t need more trickle-down economics. i believe in a middle-out economics. a bottom-up economics. alisyn: one democratic heavy weight says ordinary americans are in trouble. dave: teachers across the country forced to take pay freezes, some even losing their jobs. so, why are teachers union bosses raking in the dough, making in some cases half a million dollars a year. clayton: plus a group of
later after i cook, i ll put my dishes in the tub. would you pay $2,000 a month for 300 square feet? that s what new york city is hoping. we ll explain. it is sunday, july 15. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. glad you re with us. we start this morning in egypt and the developments in the kidnapping of two americans. one is reverend michelle lewis, the reverend of the free pentecostal church of god in dorchester. his family says he was on a missionary trip when his tour bus was stopped in the sinai peninsula. his family as well as a member of his congregation spoke about the incident and their wishes for his safe return. we don t hear any more information than what we hear in the news and what you guys are hearing. we re in good spirits because we know the god that we serve is in control of the matter. the only concern that we have at the moment is that he is diabetic. the longer they hold him, i want to assume that it s not going to work in his favor. there