congressman poe calls this, quote, a forest border and he still has questions whether or not washington really understands what s going on down here. listen here: washington is blissfully ignorant of the problem. washington says it s not a problem, therefore, they ignore it and move on down the road and talk about something else. but it is a problem. it is a national security issue, that the whole country should be aware of. reporter: congressman ted poe says among other things he d like to see more boots on the ground securing our southern border. martha: we ll watch that, kris, thank you very much, kris gutierrez. bill: we are about to see the president s new plan to bring down the decifit. his target is americans making more than $250,000 a year. why republicans say that could hurt more than help. we ll get all that coming up in a moment. martha: plus, the gop is charging that it is a case of crony capitalism. new details emerging in the solyndra and light squared
reporter: last night texas congressman ted poe took us up for a helicopter tour of part of the texas-mexico border. he wanted to see how local, state and federal agencies work together to secure our border. parts of this region are lined with a border fence but not all of it. that s why congressman poe calls this a porous border. he questions whether or not his colleagues in washington really understand the magnitude of the problem down here. listen. washington is blissfully ignorant of the problem. washington says it s not a problem, therefore they ignore it and they move on down the road and talk about something else. but it is a problem, it is a national security issue that the whole country should be aware of. reporter: congressman poe says among other things, megyn he d like to see more boots on the ground to secure our southern border. back to you. megyn: kris gutierrez, thank you. we are learning more about the plane involved in the horrific air show crash in reno, nevada.
generation of republicans in line. and president obama warns, and i m quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. you re looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote was supposed to happen yesterday around this time, but was abruptly postponed when the house speaker john boehner failed to get the 216 votes it needs for passage. meanwhile, with only days left to solve this unprecedented crisis, wall street is already reeling. stocks posted their worst weekly performance in more than a year while the dow fell about 97 points today. this on the heels of a dismal new economic report out today, showing the country s economic growth has now slowed to a crawl. let s go straight to our congressional correspondent, kate ba
of cowards on matters of race. and then there was this, he struck a sour note with many after admitting to not reading the arizona immigration law before criticizing it. texas congressman poe called the congressman called holder out on that without thinking a law was unconstitutional before having read it. so there are a number of instances that we ve documented here with regard to that and we re closely monitoring this house hearing. we are going to bring you any developments as soon as they come out of that. that is the last shot, congressman darrell issa. more on that to come. in the meantime there, are serious new concerns today about the growing national debt crisis. we re now hearing that the u.s. treasury department, listen to this number, will have to borrow some $600 billion, just in the month of august, and if there are any problems, the fallout from that could be a very big deal. here s stuart varney from the fox business network. welcome. it seems like when you hear t
then, yemen, and china. why are we giving money to key? guest: it makes positive sense. it is because it is in this large package for everyone to get the money in the same bill. they owe most of our debt and we are paying them billions on the interest and we continue to give them foreign aid? it is nonsense. and it is one thing congress needs to do to bring in the spending throughout the world. we give money to countries to help educate their children while we have schools being closed in the united states and we need to think of the united states, first, before we start giving away taxpayer money where there is no american and. clayton: always great to see you congressman poe. a top u.s. general accused by this member of congress of fighting the war in afghanistan charlie sheen-style. and a wicked storm spawning