anyway, cross the aisle and how many will that be? we ll check that out. martha: interesting to watch and how about this: is this the latest weapon in a rising powers arsenal? the country that might be flying this stealth fighter jet, right now. bill: also, honoring the people s document like never before. we are awaiting the first ever reading of the u.s. constitution from the floor of the house. it is history in the making and you will see it, only minutes away. the founding fathers set out to do. we the people in order to form a more perfect union established justice ensure domestic tranquility provide for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity to ordain and establish
a woman, a fourth american in iran and arrested and accused of spying in less than two years. martha: to the border, two separate shootouts on the mexican border, one including two teenagers. details on that coming up next. bill: also they voted for the health care overhaul the first time around, but find out why some democrats may now be looking for a second opinion on the issue. that story is growing by the day. martha: and history, about to happen on capitol hill, the first ever reading of the u.s. constitution on the floor of the house of representatives. hopefully every member of congress has read the constitution but i think that this is a very symbolic showing to the american people and reminder to members of congress that we are a government of laws, not of men, and that this constitution is the foundation for all of our lives. martha: there you go, the man who came one that idea is coming up live in america s newsroom .
two of them diagnosed with autism. right now on the house floor, thele constitution is being read aloud. republicans and democrats are taking turns reading the document in its entirety. also on capitol hill, cnn congressional correspondent brianna keilar, give us an indication how it s going. it looks like it s going rather smoothly? reporter: yes, it s been going for a little over an hour. it has been going smoothly. as we talked about an hour ago, fred when they first got started, reading the constitution, there was a bit of, i guess you could see, a challenge. there were a few democrats who came up and said, hey, let s talk about what kind of constitution are we reading here. are we going to be reading the constitution as amended or is it going to include the original language. original language like the three-fifths clause which was later taken out which said that slaves are equal do three-fifths of a white american. obviously, the point that the democrats were making, is thi
producer that this shows a bit of rustiness, who haven t presided over the house in four years. the talk was over which version of the constitution would be read. the republicans in conceiving this event decided to use an amended version of the constitution, one that does not make reference, for example as the original version did to african-americans as three tpeuftsz of three-fifths of a mo forth. jesse jackson jr. expressed interest in seeing the original versions read so that it would explain to the american people why democrats fight for the things they fight for. in the end the republicans controlling the chamber prevailed, jon and jen a. jon: james rosen thank you. again the reading continues on foxnews.com. jenna: taking you now to speaker boehner holding a bit of a media
everything i do in my day, a friendly remind, ding, goes off, like, call adam out in vegas, have fun! martha: the house of representatives, the congressman s idea to read the constitution on the floor of the house and he s about to introduce this, we are waiting the first-ever, if you can believe it, reading of the u.s. constitution on the house floor. you will hear a lot of familiar phrases and some, detailed explanations, of voting practices, and he s getting it underway and john boehner will be the first to start and will read the preamble which we learned in school and which is helpful to have reread to us and, lots of detailses and we ll start with the legislative branch, article one and that will be a shared read, nancy pelosi will start that off and steny hoyer will do that and back and forth between republican an democrat and republican and democrat as they go through the process and it will be interesting see what we get out of the process.