no? bundling to save you more. now, that s progressive! call or click today. i m thomas rob the roberts. news from the u.s. supreme court breaking earlier this hour. the high court has blocked an execution in texas. the lethal injection was supposed to be the first to use a new type of drug cocktail, a switch made due to a shortage of the chemical previously used. the japanese government announced new radiation standards for fish today after radioactive iodine was detected in fish caught off the coast last week. this morning sea water near the fukushima nuclear plant was found to contain radiation levels over 7.5 million times the legal limit. this comes as officials are set to dump thousands of tons of radioactive water from the plant to make room for storing the most contaminated liquid. la raunt gbagbo is in talks
there s a deal within reach, but, of course, the next battle is just around the corner. richard, with he just had nick walker from the weather channel on. i should have gone to you for a weather report. where is your umbrella? somewhere above my head and totally uneffective. there s still time for a compromise but that s not the ideal answer for some republicans. john fleming is a republican congressman from louisiana and a member of the tea party caucus. sir, it s nice to have you with us. we ve seen house republican leadership all morning, so what are you hearing from speaker boehner and leader cantor in your meetings about the likelihood of a shutdown? we know the planning is going on, but what is the likelihood? thomas, that would be very difficult to handicap. really the decision is in the hands of the democrats. we passed hr-1 which did cut $61
term radical mentioned in relation to this plan today. so how controversial is this all going to get on the hill? for democrats it s going to be quite controversial, but you have heard a lot of criticism of republicans over the last few months, they don t stand for anything, they re the party of no, they have no solutions. despite what you may think of this doum and dcument and despi fact it radically alters medicare and medicaid, this does have a pathway forward in terms of significant debt reduction just from looking at the numbers of what they ve put into it. that is why it s elicited the praise of folks like joe lieberman from connecticut, an ind independent. he says i don t agree with all of it but at least it s a start. as far as political fodder though, thomas, the thing i find interesting about this and a lot of folks have told me this, 2012, this is the gop budget, this is going to be saddled with the republican nominee for the