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gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. thats what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of whe...

Off people. its kind of a case of priorities and i would think that an expensive conference like this would not have as high a priority as maybe taking care of other things when you dont have the money to do it. >> a couple things struck me about the letter. number one is the chief judge writes in part, as you know, circuit crveses are authorized by law. that is indeed true. what he doesnt put in this letter, and i thought it was significant, i went back and looked at the law, it says the chief ...

These are these conferences that, first of all, some lawyers get invited, so its a tad bit like popularity contest, i guess if i can be a cynic. would you agree with me? >> judges invite private practitioners who are honored to be invited. >> greta: and then the lawyers who dongo to some meetings get continuing legal education credits, but theres no indication, or at least the chief judge doesnt say theres any attendance taken at these meetings before their afternoon or late afternoon recreation...

Off people. its kind of a case of priorities and i would think that an expensive conference like this would not have as high a priority as maybe taking care of other things when you dont have the money to do it. >> a couple things struck me about the letter. number one is the chief judge writes in part, as you know, circuit crveses are authorized by law. that is indeed true. what he doesnt put in this letter, and i thought it was significant, i went back and looked at the law, it says the chief ...

These are these conferences that, first of all, some lawyers get invited, so its a tad bit like popularity contest, i guess if i can be a cynic. would you agree with me? >> judges invite private practitioners who are honored to be invited. >> greta: and then the lawyers who dongo to some meetings get continuing legal education credits, but theres no indication, or at least the chief judge doesnt say theres any attendance taken at these meetings before their afternoon or late afternoon recreation...

Queen who bashed his pageant. our legal panel weighs in. jon: a fox news extreme weather alert now. at least one tornado touches down in the denver area, the same storm system also bringing drenching rain and hail the size of golf balls. lightning strikes in the area also hit several homes setting them on fire and frying electrical circuits, leaving many people without power. fortunately no reports of injuries. the forecasters are warning about the possibility of flash flooding. jenne: in parts ...

i want to bring in mark preston to talk about with what all of this means. i guess in a way mark, we knew that things were partisan. thats not surprising. but if you look at how pew researchers measure this, 48 different ways of measuring how we feel about politics over the years, and they find that were more divided than ever. almost double over the past 25 years. why? >> you know suzanne, talk about a comprehensive study that pew has done now, you know, theres a lot of reasons. and w...

winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to "early start," im sor ride da sam lynn. >> im ashley banfield. were bringing you the news from a to z. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. were just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airlines director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeri...

new england area, the first circuit court of appeals, and they cover basically, you know, maine, vermont, new hampshire, puerto rico, believe it or not, and massachusetts. so this ruling is binding only on that area of the united states, the federal courts that cover that area of the united states. its a very, very important precedent that will be looked at by courts around the united states and there are at least seven other lawsuits pending, challenging the doma act. this is a very i...

Issas committee, you are learning about things you dont want to learn about. sunlight will clear up a lot of this. for the judges, four times in 10 years? ninth circuit, as you know, is one of the most overturned judicial decisions of all circuits. they need to overturn this decision as well. >> greta: i suspect that there are other circuits that are equally as frivolous with the conventions and they are quite lush. as i said fthey wanted to meet and talk business, they could go to the public hi...