bloomberg unplugged at the nathan s hot dog wagon. seems he couldn t stomach the puns, like let me be frank. it s going to be a dog fight. and i ll relish it. it s bloomberg like we ve never seen him. also you can see the sparks flying all over the place. it was raining fire down on us. on the frontlines, colorado firefighters taking cnn with them as they fight the fires home by home. the fire chief telling the denver post this morning he knew the fire would happen, that it was a monster ready to awaken and kill. and on this independence day, what s your definition of a hero? our men and women in the military? your mom, your dad? think about it. it s our talk back question of the day. newsroom begins right now. i m carol costello. happy, happy fourth of july. good morning to you. right now, crowds are gathering and parades are gearing up in small towns and big cities across the country. but millions of americans will be missing one holiday tradition this year, fir
out career high 13 assists. knicks had everything going for them, hottest team in the league, jeremy lin is the talk of the nation. they won 100-85. nets were hoping to win over knicks fans, they need to win games first. mike conley off the backboard to rudy gay. tony allen picked off the pass went untouched coast-to-coast for the bucket. grizzlies won it 105-100. nets dropped seven in a row. you have the spurs, san antonio they are flying under the radar. parker scored 34, 14 assists against the raptors. magic and sixers, orlando the most balanced game of the year, six players scoring in double digits, brian anderson led with 27. magic pull a spell on the sixers, 103-87. rockets and thunder, kevin durant gave the lead, houston gets it back with free throws.
be because entitlement is in the eye of the definer. romney basically dispatched rick piry perry by attacking hi going after social security. now he s lumping food stamps in with deficit cutting. we will be back with more on talk of the nation and the future of america and the future of our energy policy. next on now. .
it either. kate baldwin looks ahead. reporter: if it does pass in the house, it has the potential of hitting a huge road block as soon as it gets to the senate. at the same time, that house speaker john boehner s office was putting out this release, the good news about the cost estimate, senate democrats released a letter at almost the same time with 53 signatures on it saying they don t support the plan in the senate and really essentially making clear that it cannot pass. so while all eyes are still on the house to see what happens with john boehner s plan in the house, it has serious problems in the senate if it gets there. you figure the democrats wouldn t be friends, that s just politics but this bill is make something republicans cannibalize each other. we re seeing the difference between republicans who play the game and the new tea party favorites who say the game helped us get into this mess. listen to these two republicans, old school and new school. that. is
ththis is your a.m. wake-up ca. ir ip i m ali velshi fk . let us quickly eat our peas even though it is breakfast. we talk about the debate over the raising of the debt ceiling. if it were a movie, you could call it, dude, where is my compromise? the debate is getting testier and more partisan. president obama told cbs news if lawmakers don t have a deal in place by the august 2nd deadline, holder americans could feel it next month when the social security payments are due. i cannot guarantee those checks go out on august 3rd if we haven t resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it. republican congressman ron paul of texas who is running for president thinks the president is playing the social security card. here is what he said. that just isn t true. because the funds there for social security and these emergencies, the cash flow is good enough for that. if they really needed to, why don t they quit sending the interest rate p