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Are paying the new taxes, seniors are figuring out, its $200 billion in new medicare taxes for seniors. plus, $575 billion is being pulled from medicare. they are really going to take it on the chin on obamacare. they are very upset. but you look at literally millions of people who are about to lose their employer-sponsored health care. if you like your health insurance, you can keep t. no dice. it is not going to happen. people are seeing through it. thats why the people who are revved up are t...

Meet with flood victims and some of the states first responders. >> meantime the mississippi river still on the rise and in vicksburg, the flood waters forcing more road closures, homes in the area, getting swamped. dang springer is live at the flood gates in downtown vicksburg. how high is the water in vicksburg today, dan tion and when is it expected to crest? >> reporter: jon, its still rising slowly here, the number is 56.7 feet here in vicksburg, expected to crest at 57.5 on thursday. now, ...

Why? how does that work? >> first of all, people have options to move out of the state if they think the taxation levels are too onerous. they have options to move out of the state, which is what i did. the last thing you want to do is push people that have the ability to invest and create jobs and be philanthropic, you dont want to drive them out of the state. i think what they did was good and its about time. >> brian: and listen how this breaks down. if you look at the revenue right now made ...

For the board and relationship with ceos at hewlett-packard. >> thats true. but they sell the most pcs of any company in america. >> all right. steve liesman, cnbc senior economic reporter. thank you very much. trivia time. what member of congress once worked as an accountant for george w. bush? the answer, texass mike conaway. just in case you didnt notice, today is august 9, 2010. this is not a reference to nixons resignation. todays date is 8/9/10. at 12:34 and 56.7 seconds newsroom roit ...

So even in a part of the usa accustomed to extreme heat and heat waves, this is a particularly difficult and indeed extraordinary situation. death valley, california on friday recorded a high of 54.1; celsius, 130 fahrenheit, matching a temperature recorded in august last year which some argue is the highest temperature reliably recorded on earth, but the official record at death valley actually goes back to 1913 at 56.7 degrees celsius. now, whilst not expected to threaten that this weekend, we...