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Governor of maine blasted president obamas health care plan saying quote, you must buy health insurance or pay the new gestapo, the irs. thats right hitlers secret police during the holocaust. he plater apologized but talking with a local reporter yesterday, he swivelled from backing off his comments to doubling down. >> what im trying to say is that the holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and, frankly, i would never want to see that repeated. maybe the irs is not quite as bad yet. >...

With a local reporter, he swiveled from backing off to doubling down. >> what im trying to say is that the holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and, frankly, i would never want to see that repeated. maybe the irs is not quite as bad yet. >> so youre saying the irs is headed in the direction of the gestapo? do you have a sense of what the gestapo actually did during world war ii? >> yeah they killed a lot of people. >> the irs is heading in the direction of killing a lot of people? >> ...

Why did it get done so quickly? >> im reading into it. >> well get to that dirty little story in a second. first, a brand new look at the race for the white house and now a dead heat with four months until election day. >> our abc news poll just out this morning shows president obama and mitt romney locked in a tie. each at 47%. signs pointing to an epic battle ahead. the poll has some tough news for the president with 63% saying the country is heading in the wrong direction. but interestingly...

Rover called opportunity. >> who knows? youre tired. its all right. you get a pass tonight. >> sorry, mom. >> thank you, pam. a second image shows an impact crater that is 14 miles across actually. "opportunity" was perched on its edge when it caught the view with its own shadow in the foreground. look at that. up close, everything you wanted to know about mars. >> isnt your vacation coming up next month? >> heading there. i want to feel like i am away. heading to mars. >> you do not get a ticke...

A ceasefire, his troops have not left their compound, he says its just too dangerous, and the civil war is getting even worse. as be to that point we have now had the first high-level defection from the military over to the p opposition. and this is the general, he is a good friend of president assad. in fact, his father -- this is the general here -- his father used to be the defense minister. and the one thing that has been very critical for president assad holding on to power is the fact that...

good morning and welcome to "early start." im ali velshi. zoraida is off today. >> i like these hours. >> im eating a hot dog this morning. >> i love that about you, ali velshi. im ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. its the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 peo...

while the air force investigates the deadly crash of an eighth plane. one of these based in charlotte, north carolina. we expect to learn more in a news conference this afternoon. we know that four of the six crew members were killed, including this man, lieutenant colonel mike mckiel who spoke to one of our affiliates on saturday. lizzie oleary with the latest out of washington. whats the latest? >> reporter: latest is that they are investigating the cause of this crash while the othe...

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...

This can be totally avoided and stop if they just provide the documents. >> with that highly unlikely it appears that this is all heading to court. john? >> so that is congressman chaffetzs view. what is the white house saying? >> they are standing by eric holder. ia carney says eric holder will continue his excellent work as attorney general and calls all of this pure politics. on the criminal contempt aspect, carney told reporters today, "its established principle dating back to the administra...

They can find a good job. there will be more people getting coverage though they have preexisting conditions in their past. >> and youre right. people will now begin to pay attention. it was one of those movie football games where the guy throws the incredible block. in this case the guy who dont expect. john roberts blocks the defenders. and all this heading down the sidelines. all the way to the end zone. >> or maybe its one of those football games where somebody grabs the ball and runs in the...