moving fast when you start seeing same-sex couples tie the knot in utah. that s right, the same state that put tea party favorite mike lee in the u.s. senate and the same state that hasn t voted for a democrat for president since 1964 in lyndon johnson. that same deeply red state is at least for the moment the 18th in which in the nation where gay marriage is happening now. joining us now from our chicago bureau is wayne bessen, founder of the lgbt rights group, and igor volski, think progress.org. so wayne, utah. did you ever think you would see the day when same-sex couples would get married in utah? yes, i did. but i thought i would be older than i am. this is amazing. and the symbolic value alone is going to go miles for us. the writing is on the wall. it s almost like one of those old new york subway train cars.
the woodwork. live coverage of operation turkey freedom. did you spot weld this, mom? that is just pathetic. and there s more. this is a sham from beginning to end. i have my critics, obviously. it s the worst deal since munich. munich is a stupid analogy. is it me or do the president s comments sound eerily similar to what envelope chamberlain said back in 1938. this is sort of like winston churchill. we re not talking about czechoslovakia in 1938. only a fool goes to war if he or she doesn t have to. it s always going to be messy. let s get right to our panel. joining us now, democratic strategist, angela rye. y gore voluntarily ski of think progress.org and josh barrow. listening to that montage, the difference between now and 2003 is that the public is four square on the side of liberal internationalists this time.
yesterday, senator dianne discussed it. it will limit or prevent contractors from handling highly classified technical data. and we will do some other things. let s see sf f something actually gets done. let s bring in our guests. haze brown is a national security reporter for think progress.org. thank you for your time this afternoon. i want to start with you. you worked as a contractor for the department of homeland security for a time. help us understand how it is that we got from the nsa using about 140 private vendors in 2001 which grew to about 6,000 by 2006. so hike your colleague rachel maddow said in her book drift, it started under the reagan administration in terms of
congressman paul ryan both receiving sort of a lukewarm reaction according to the most recent washington post/abc news poll . it finds 4% of those asked have a favorable impression of vice president biden. 43% say unfavorable. same poll finds 41% of those asked have a favorable impression of congressman ryan. 37% answered unfavorable. talk about it with the editor-in-chief of think progress.org. he is vice president of communications for the center for american progress and worked for hillary clinton during the 2008 campaign. matthew continent at this is editor of the washington free beacon and a contributing editor for the weekly standard. welcome to both of you. it is kind of a wash on both candidates. their numbers, judd, pretty equal in terms of favorable or unfavorable. is either one these men going to drive voters to the polls? at end of the day in november people will be voting for barack obama or
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