to tell you about. terror arrests. the second major bust in just two days. new concerns and new questions this morning. are the olympics being targeted? plus this. it s really funny that pepco is actually trying to save face now. about five to six trucks came with anywhere from six to eight different people. the whole process took 38 minutes. power problem solved. a family in maryland desperate for help finally becomes a priority for the power company. this morning, their lights are on and the danger is gone. and the newsroom begins right now. good morning, everyone. i m don lemon. carol is off today. we ll begin this hour with a new measure of the economy and new ammunition thrown into the presidential race. just minutes ago, we learned unemployment is still bogged down at a dismal 8.2%. 80,000 jobs were created. that s less than expected. it s one of the last monthly reports we should tell you before the november election. and this morning, both the obama and romney
the house of representatives has already scheduled a vote to repeal health care reform next week. and senate republicans have pledged to repeal it if they take back the senate this fall. the conservative base is firmly aligned against the health care law. mitt romney is campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace. just look at the sign on his podium. over the weekend, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was dismissive when he was asked, what happens after repeal? what would his party do about the 30 million uninsured americans? that is not the issue. the question is how can you go step by step to improve the american health care system? it s already the finest health care system in the world. you don t think that 30 million what our friends you don t think that s an issue? let me tell you what we re not going to do. we re not going to turn the american health care system into a western european system. we get it. we know what you re not going to do. we kn
in a corner over health care. the supreme court battle may be over. but has the political and policy war just begun? the house of representatives has already scheduled a vote to repeal health care reform next week. and senate republicans have pledged to repeal it if they take back the senate this fall. the conservative base is firmly aligned against the health care law. mitt romney is campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace. just look at the sign on his podium. over the weekend, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was dismissive when he was asked, what happens after repeal? what would his party do about the 30 million uninsured americans? that is not the issue. the question is how can you go step by step to improve the american health care system? it s already the finest health care system in the world. you don t think that 30 million what our friends you don t think that s an issue? let me tell you what we re not going to do. we re not going to turn th
in a corner over health care. the supreme court battle may be over. but has the political and policy war just begun? the house of representatives has already scheduled a vote to repeal health care reform next week. and senate republicans have pledged to repeal it if they take back the senate this fall. the conservative base is firmly aligned against the health care law. mitt romney is campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace. just look at the sign on his podium. over the weekend, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was dismissive when he was asked, what happens after repeal? what would his party do about the 30 million uninsured americans? that is not the issue. the question is how can you go step by step to improve the american health care system? it s already the finest health care system in the world. you don t think that 30 million what our friends you don t think that s an issue? let me tell you what we re not going to do. we re not going to turn th
right places, has gone to the factory towns of wisconsin s eastern shore along lake michigan. those are traditional, blue collar and very overwhelmingly catholic areas where he thought he would make a real break through. he cap pained hard with the burgeoning religious right in wisconsin. to be honest, he hit the ground well. went bowling in sheboygan, or fond du lac and hit three strikes. people said this guy, doing it right. the problem is that mitt romney really recognized the threat of wisconsin. wisconsin is a maverick state. tends to vote renegade. romney went in with huge amounts of money and he veered hard to the rate ight in wisconsin. ryan, romney, campaigning together the last couple of days, and he really went