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all wait to vegas, baby, chasing a long shot and competing for free ivf. we begin with devastation on a historic scale in colorado, and the president is on his way as we speak to survey fire damage after signing a disaster declaration for the state. were closely monitoring the waldo canyon fire which has become the most destructive fire in the states history. at least one person was found dead overnight, another is still missing. nearly 17,000 acres scorched. 346 homes gone. 20,000 m...

Growth in america. it is the single biggest way, its the best way to solve our debt problems, our unemployment problems, now the debate is about how we generate growth. and the reason why i oppose tax increases is because i think they hurt growth. i think its destructive to growth. but i think if we do tax reform, which would involve flattening the tax code, getting rid of certain exemptions that are in place today, you can do that in a revenue neutral way in the first year but that would genera...

International disputes in the region. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. we look at other stories topping the news. lockheed martin is warning of massive layoffs if $500 billion in automatic pentagon budget cuts take effect in january as kurnltly scheduled. lockheed is the pentagons largest supplier. according to reports lockheed could be forces to lay off 10% of the current work force if nears 145,000 and those pink slips go out right before election day. stocks sharply lower on concerns of ...

Closing tax loopholes, any new revenue thats come into the government, would you use any of that, to pay down the debt? >> no one is in dispute that we need more revenue. the question is how do you generate? and thats the fault -- >> my question is, would you use any of it to pay down the debt? >> i would use revenue from growth. when you talk about -- >> that wasnt my question. any closing loopholes, because you know what im getting at, which is this idea of the tax pledge. you consider this ra...

>> but i reject the premise of that. i think thats a false choice. >> other republicans in the senate dont think its a false choice. >> i think its a false choice and heres why. i think the issue here is growth. thats a good thing that i think both parties are about. we know what this election is partially about, both parties agree that what we need is growth in america. it is the single biggest way, its the best way to solve our debt problems, our unemployment problems, now the debate is about ...

of mexican origin. 14% puerto rico and 5% cuban. in florida, cubans are 32%. puerto ricans 28% and mexicans 9%. president obama speaks to latino officials here this hour. president has a wide lead over mitt romney among latino voters. whats he plan to do? shore up the support, bring in juan carlos lopez to talk a little bit about that and jessica yellin, inside where president obama will be speaking shortly. jessica, i want to start off with you. yesterday we heard from mitt romney. he...

one town being described as an island. well talk with the mayor of duluth straight ahead. sandusky bombshell. an adopted son of the penn state coach claims he too was molested by his father, and hes offering to testify. will new charges be filed? were live at the courthouse. plus -- >> oh, my god. youre so fat. >> karen, youre fat. >> southwest airlines reached out to us today. theyd like to send you and nine people to disneyland in california. >> youve got to be kidding me. >> the...

good morning, were happy youre with us this morning. welcome to "early start", im zoraida sambolin. >> were bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legen...

Groups, theyve actually made the koch brothers who had this group americans for prosperity and others higher profile than sheldon adelson. >> right. >> right now. but, you know, it is something where people want in this era, where the names can be transparent, people want folks to know whos giving money, whos writing big campaign checks, things like that. and so it is something that will come on. i will say on the george soros he so far from a lot of the numbers ive seen has pretty much stayed o...

Breathing a sigh sigh of relief after the sunday election in greece. we have whats moving your money. looks like staying in the european union is greece but this is not like a long-term solution. right? whats the impact? >> absolutely. hi, chris. well the impact may not as profound many thought. while its a win for the center right democracy and easing fears of the sudden exit of the euro. greece may have issues paying this summer. so its far from out of the woods at this point. italy and spain ...