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maleah is 13, sasha is ten. it is impressive. you know? congress can do the same thing. >> but a republican lawmaker saying the president should practice what he preaches. >> the president has succeeded in playing 76 rounds of golf, he has succeeded in securing exactly zero votes for his budget proposal. martha: my my. with all that back and forth, its no wonder were seeing this stunning number this morning. take a look at this, almost 40 percent of americans say they think the u.s. ec...

barrels of waste stored in above ground tents. theres a stash of 55,000-gallon drums, an estimated 35,000 of them, those barrels contain items contaminated by rid -- radioactive materials. lets take a look at how close the flames are, the flames in the background, the fire now just 12 miles away. adam housley picks up the story from los angeles. what can you tell us? >> reporter: gretchen, giving you the rundown on the fire first, well get more into the actual threat that exists towa...

to 70%. if something does not change very soon, the cbo is warning that the problem could outgrow our ability to fix it. stuart varney of the fox business network joins me now. stu, this report is mind blowing. >> yes, it is. it is. what youre looking at is a rapid and vast expansion of debt with clear danger signals out there. trying to cut through this and talk plainly about it. for example, our debt is now bigger than chinas entire economy. we are, if you spent a million dollars eve...

up with ab offer, so what is your offer to get the cuts, the president basically had so -- to say, thats vice president bidens job, and hes going to pick back up on that on june 9th, and theyre going to start trying to hash out an answer. so you get the sense, and i think a lot of republicans in that room had that sense from the folks that ive talked to, that this was a bit of political theatrics that the president can say im addressing this subject, im engaged on this debate. we need ...

>> kelly: its the largest masses grave ever uncovered and 17 more bodies. is there a civil war going on in mexico? >> heather: we begin with flooding crisis along the sppt river. the army corps of engineers opening two more floodgates on the louisiana spillway bringing the total to four. its to help save major cities like new orleans and baton rouge from flooding. people in small towns and farms living in the path, they are bracesing for the worst. now scrambling for higher ground. ric...

Government isnt getting the job done. you have to expect that the states are going to take action. theyre tax strapped for one thing. theyve got to deal with budgetary issues, this is one of the places thats hitting them. martha: chris, the administration says they have, in fact, been on top of it and that the situation along the border in their mind, as we know, has been talked about a lot, napolitano says its better than ever. christopher, i assume you would agree with that. >> yeah, i mean, t...

This as well, is that the feds havent been doing their jobs and that these people are -- things are crump ling under the mismanagement and that the federal government, if they dont do it weve got to do it ourselves. >> martha, the president is right to bring together some people and both republicans and democrats to come up with a comprehensive plan for immigration reform in this policy. you cant keep demagoguing on t. we cant keep saying we need more and more enforcement. we do need to enforce ...

Passed their own immigration laws, needs to be a federal issue. chris blant joins me and christopher han, former aide to senator chuck schumer and democratic strategist. good to have you here, thank you for being with us. chris, let me start with you. it seems to be a bit at odds, the president saying this has to be a comprehensive federal program, yet it appears that thats not happening. >> well, yeah, thats right. you know, the states are being forced to act because the federal governments tec...

Montgomery county, has rolled out the welcome mat, their costs have gone up, their crime rates have gone up, burden to schools, and court systems -- >> martha: thats a good example, a case study of whats going on in maryland. chris, were going to have to leave it there but i thank you and my apologies to christopher han. weve been having signal problems and we lost him so hes not there to rebutt your last statement, chris plante. thanks to christopher han, well talk more to him next time and int...

we want to go back to the tornado terror. this is what it sounds like when you are faced with a monster half mile wide tornado. watch this. you can hear him breathing as hes shooting this video. it down in tuscaloosa, one of the hafrdess hit areas. this hour i will speak to the man who shot that incredible video. he is coming up on "america live" in a while from now. six states begin the massive cleanup effort. this is what is left in carson city alabama. look at whain prattcounty, al....