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>> in 2004, that summer, i was down here doing a sunday program and lightning struck my home and destroyed a significant portion of it. and you got my wife out. in addition to my wife, you got my second best love out of the house, my 67 corvette. so thank you, all. and so i owe you. when i say i owe you, i mean i owe you. >> the vice president really does have strong feelings about his corvette. in a 2011 interview with "car and driver" magazine he said, "i still have my 1967 goodwood-green corv...

Cicadas. you know those really loud creepy looking insects that reemerge enmass 17 years or so? well, this is set to be one of those years here on the east coast and our friends at "mother jones" found the insects have actually made a mark in politics over the years. in june of 1987, president reagan name dropped them in a radio address against government spending. "like the cicadas, the big spenders are hatching out again and threatening to overrun congress." in the same address, reagan asked p...

The oncoming swarm of cicadas. "the obama administration currently has no plan to suppress the cicada invasion." finally, what do our tastes in music say about our political views? some results from ppp. for favorite music genre, democrats like classical music while the top pick for republicans, country. now to the favorite member of the beatles. democrats chose john lennon over paul mccartney 39%-36%. it was the opposite for republicans, but by a wider margin. 49% for mccartney. 15% for lenno...

A solar powered airplane is traveling across the country without using a drop of fuel. it landed in phoenix saturday after takeoff from san francisco on the first leg of its journey. the solar impulse is considered the worlds most advanced sun-powered plane. next stop, dallas. final stop, new york city. every 17 years just like clockwork, its time for the reemergence of the cicadas. appearing above ground by the billions from georgia to upstate new york this spring. ah, theyre louder than that...

Luck. theyre back. those giant orange bug-eyed winged creatures that sing. in just a few weeks states from connecticut to north carolina, watch out. youll be swarming with cicadas. >> when some part of the country almost any given year there is a brood of cicadas. >> michael raupp is a professor of entomology at the university of maryland. basically he studies bugs. how many cicadas are we talking here? >> were talking about a boatload. there could be as many as a billion cicadas per square mile...

Sometimes i just like to eat them raw. its just like eating a soft shell crab. and when you eat a soft shelled cicada its got a delicate, nutty flavor. a buttery texture. and hints of the tannans from the oak trees they fed on for 17 years what kind of wine do you recommend? >> i recommend a merlot would be perfect. >> reporter: but for the bug fearing when the cicadas arrive, dont you worry. they dont sting or bite. i dont know about the eating it, jake. but if you really hate them, this is the...

Literally. this story is buried. we dont know when or where it will happen but sometime soon billions of cicadas will swarm the east coast. these creepy crawley noise makers will make their way from deep underground in a phenomenon only hitchcock could appreciate. "the leads" erin mcpike is here with more of who could bear the brunt of the cicada brood. i hate these bugs. >> i thought it was an old wives tale that they came into our lives every 17 years but its not. its just that there are diffe...

Here is a giant sex and death party. >> it is. the sex first the death later. >> reporter: one would hope. >> yeah. its not always the case but thats a bad day. the males will get up there. theyll get eyeball to eyeball with the women. its going to be about birth. its going to be about romance and love and sex. and its going to be about death. for bug geeks like myself this is our super bowl. >> reporter: and the last time we saw an infestation like this? >> oh, my god. it was fantasmagorical. p...

Mitt vs. mitt. >> i will preserve and protect a womans right to choose, the right next step is to see if roe v. wade overturns. >> two mitts willing to say anything. >> the last thing the white house wants is to have to run against mitt romney anthony saul in a statement. so, instead of focusing on the economy and creating jobs. democrats. there you are. focused on tearing down mitt romney. the is cicadas that we call political ads have returned. >> shepard: technical glitches have as well too. ...

why congress may have breathing room when it comes to raising the debt ceiling on this "american morning." and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, july 27th. this is "american morning." a lot going on today. lets get to it. >> it does feel like dueling bangoes, doesnt it? when you hear both sides of the debate theyre dug in but insist theyre right. >> and a growing number of americans want them not to be. >> they all say god bless america. how we get there is the question. >> tw...