dollars? jamie colby has found one such town, madison, connecticut, what happened there, jamie, good morning. jamie: bill, good morning to you, at the time that the community voted to take this, what was an airport, at one time, the griswold airport and make it a public space with bird-watching platforms and hiking parks, and things where families could come and enjoy it, they showed up for a single item referendum, in bigger numbers than the presidential election and voted overwhelmingly, by 57%, to turn this not into a housing community which was planned, but into public space. but, now there is a bit of an uproar, there are advocates, in town, community activists that say it is wrong, that that is not what should happen and certainly don t want to pay the price of 9 million and we talked to the first selectman in madison, the equivalent of the mayor here in new england and he strongly disagrees. is anything good, a waste of
brian: we ll see everybody here tomorrow. we re taking attendance. gretchen: have a great weapons. bill: good morning, critical question begins our broadcast today, could the deadline imposed by the white house kill health care reform? the president was adamant saying we need an up or down vote by next week but congress says they need time and that might be or could it be the end of the ballgame? good morning, i m bill hemmer, welcome to america s newsroom . martha: that s a big question we start with, good morning, bill, good morning, everybody, i m martha maccallum, a senior white house official telling fox this is a one-shot deal, adding if the house cannot move the senate version of this bill, it s all over. bill: if that s the case, so with the house, goes health care. major garrett has been doing great reporting on this. rahm emanuel got an earful last night from house democrats. is this deadline issue complicating these talks in getting it done for democrats? re