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
these pictures show complete devastation, wiped out homes. look at that. you have one frame of one brick home, not even wood home, brick home standing there. everything is completely gone. look across the street you can see a house that is standing that is completely untouched right across the street. it shows how actually discriminating this fire was destroying one home and leaving others untouched. interestingly, too, the lawn in front of that home is green and not charred. the home is completely destroyed. this is coming from a lot of people that were evacuated, the thousands of people evacuated. they are getting the chance to come back. they are being bussed in by the government to take a look at the damage to see if their home was saved or if their home was destroyed or not. let s take a listen in to this video. grab that and extended that out to try to fight the fire out here. so now the remains of the hose and that continues up where they cut down some trees to try t