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treatments. a doctor got to choose the winner. good medicine or playing god? newsroom starts right now. good morning to you. happy friday. i m carol costello. we begin this hour with two stories sharing a common theme. the inescapable and unrelenting force of nature. well the left, the wildfire gnawing at the edges of colorado springs. today, growing deadlier and bigger. on the right, a record-setting heat wave that will have millions of americans sweltering today. intense heat will blanket most of the country. look at all those 90s and 100s. that s drawing dire health warnings especially for the very young and the very old. our affiliates in kansas city, missouri, say the intense heat wave may be to blame for two deaths there. so be very careful today. nowhere is the heat more a factor, though, than in colorado. the heat coupled with raging wildfires have made it an inferno. this morning, the state is awakening to a bittersweet designation of federal disaster are ....
america. we will begin this hour in greece where the voters have spoken in parliment,le bailout, the leader has two more days to form a coalition government. investors around the world are now relieves that greece has not decided to scrap the euro, ditch the bailouts, but what it has decided is anything but clear, unfortunately. but kristine rollins has been watching europe. let s talk about the election and the impact on us right now. i can t overstate the importance of greece to the american economy. it comes at a time when it looks like growth is softening a bit, and greece is the weakest link in europe, and europe is the biggest destination for our exports. so if greece continues to hurt and has uncertainly, and the questions being asked about the euro continue, then you have a problem. you have europe not buying as much stuff as it used to and that is bad for american jobs. so that s a really important part here. also, what greece avoided by this voiavoided somet ....
zimmerman s wife, shelly, lied at the bond hearing in april about their ability to make bail. here she is that day testifying by phone, first being sworn in, then not telling the truth. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? yes, i do. are you of any financial means where you could assist in those costs? not not that i m aware of. because the judge believed the zimmermans to be strapped for cash, zimmerman was granted a low bail, $150,000 of which he only had to pay $15,000 out of pocket. what mrs. zimmerman did not say is that the couple actually had more than $150,000 in donations in a paypal account. the defendant through ms. zimmerman lied to this court about the amount of money they had. now i would argue to the court that that is an egregious violation in terms of the representations that were made to this court. it was misleading and i don t know what other words to use other than it was a blatant lie ....
wanted to scale it back, handing president obama a very big opening politically. now is not the time to double your interest rates on student loans. michelle and i, we ve been in your shoes. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. americans now owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. student loans. student loans. student loans. let s give those student loans directly to students. can i get an amen? amen! that as a campaign drum beat, mitt romney quickly said he fully supports extending the loan program and house republicans got on board. but the bill they passed today is paid for by eliminating preventative care funding in the health care reform act. house democrats wanted to tax oil companies. that s how they wanted to pay for it. some members, minority leader nancy pelosi and others, also calling the gop funding plan another attack on women. what the majority would do today with taking the funds here ins ....
now is not the time to double your interest rates on student loans. michelle and i, we ve been in your shoes. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. americans now owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. student loans. student loans. student loans. let s give those student loans directly to students. can i get an amen? amen! that as a campaign drum beat, mitt romney quickly said he fully supports extending the loan program and house republicans got on board. but the bill they passed today is paid for by eliminating preventative care funding in the health care reform act. house democrats wanted to tax oil companies. that s how they wanted to pay for it. some members, minority leader nancy pelosi and others, also calling the gop funding plan another attack on women. what the majority would do today with taking the funds here instead of taking it from special interests and closing corporate loopholes was to j ....