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They have to appoint somebody who cannot run for the position. thats what hes doing today. will it be vickie kennedy, barney frank, will it be somebody that washington doesnt know? but that duval does? coming up, the stock market was pubbing near all-time highs. how will wall street react to the news that the economy shrank last quarter? plus were live in cairo where violence rages for a seventh straight day. the political paralysis cos end up forcing the military to take back control from the p...

Vote matters. >> president obama is going to -- i think president obama will have the best performance in terms of the turnout in the election in the overall hispanic community and in the cuban-american community, because he has invested in the things that matter. education, health care, making sure that we can continue to turn the economy around. >> but policy toured toward the island of cuba is a voting issue. is that a problem in the community? >> unbalanced because of the policies that presi...

National correspondent steve centanni live with more. how is congressman ryan attempting to win over all those important florida voters? >> hes calling for more space exploration, which is a threatened industry in florida, appealing to older voters, and hes continuing to take aim at president obama in the meantime. ryans first stop, miami, first today. then he later moved to orlando. polls show president obama leading by five points in florida, but ryan came out swinging. he went after the presi...

Are put in place to protect our government. my constituents, they want to know that the individuals that are in those places are making the decisions that are going to protect america and american citizens. >> we will leave it there. the republican from tennessee, thanks for coming in. next, down to the wire on the hill as we told you. congress has less than a week to act before the student loan rates double. everybody is on the same page, wanting the same out come, but betting on the vetting. a...

this will be a topic of heated debate here in the city of new orleans. sean payton has been a beloved figure ever since the saints won the super bowl after the 2009 season in the years after hurricane katrina. sean payton and quarterback drew brees, you know, were the faces of this team and in the city for a team that had done so much to kind of bring this city out of the doldrums here. so the punishment against him, i think, will be a hot topic of debate here in the city. >> a lot of ...

Big cuts in federal spending and then he is going to do base broadening but the base broadening only in the context of a big marginal tax cut, big reductions in federal spending, and then only with regard to upper income taxpayers. he said look. all the deductions are on the table. its pretty specific and far more honest and up front than anybody else has gotten. >> all right. former republican senator jim talent from missouri. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks, chuck. >> the dow drop...

>> ted rowlands was inside the courtroom when that audio was played. ted, it was stunning to hear. i cant imagine what the reaction was like inside the courtroom where michael jacks jacksons family was attending. >> reporter: to be honest, drew, i was not inside the courtroom during that audio, but i think anybody who heard it was shocked. and the prosecutors used it for one reason, to show that dr. conrad murray knew what he was doing to michael jackson, knew the drugs he was administ...

complicated partisan bickering. the senate went o recess without giving the agency a short-term funding extension. president obama believes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week. the transportation secretary says you have nothing to worry about when you fly. ill be speaking to him later on "american morning." president obama turns 50 today. he qualifies for a free scoop at baskin-robbins. and he got a surprise in chicago ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you...

put forward by a bipartisan senate group named the gang of six. most liberals dont like the gang of six approach because it would make cuts to social security and medicare. >> we are an anti-gang group. we are -- were trying to suppress the growth of gangs. we think that it is not healthy for washington. most conservatives complain it doesnt cut spending enough and raises taxes too much. >> the gang of six is a five pages of sort of talking points. its not an actual plan. >> but the ...

First today, coming up pretty fast less than two months away. and first potential candidate dipping his toes into the presidential pool. newt gingrich filing his campaign form with the irs. and in south carolina, primary is less than a year away and a clear front-runner way ahead of the pack. with his popularity with voters carry over to other republicans? lets bring in our political panel, the senior vice president of vox global and aide to the house leadership and adam goldberg, former associa...