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The liberal according to the right wingers, its amazing to me. >> its a movement of like-minded souls, all of whom love obama. and that andrew sullivan thing is a great example. every other mainstream reporter on the gay marriage, all this evolution stuff -- they didnt even mention -- >> andrew sullivan is a conservative. >> hes not a conservative if he loves obama. >> how dare he love obama. >> conservatives can say anybody who loves obama that much is not a conservative the way conservative is...

Watch what happens with the economy here. nice to have you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. jon: some developments involving that famed marching 100 band from florida a&m university. the schools president, james ammons, says he is suspending the entire band program that has entertained so many millions of people on television and elsewhere, suspending it until 2013. as you know, one of the bandleaders was, was beaten to death in what appears to be a hazing incident. it has led t...

The smoke is coming to these homes and like you said, already one home has been destroyed and it is, i mean 100 yards away from a lot of other homes some there is a huge risk here this morning. fire crews back out there. they got back out there. they watched all night t doubled in size from 300 acres to 600 acres. they started fighting it again this morning. jenna: well continue to watch the developing story. alexis vance, from kfaz. thanks for joining us today. more on the fires in arizona as w...

Going to stay open. well keep you updated more on this. jon: brand new stories coming up next hour. spy drones used in the war zone, now they could be coming to the skies over your neighborhood. is that a little unsettling? were live with the story. also baseball great roger clemens getting some bad news at his perjury trial. what the judge just ruled. how it could affect the case against him. well go in depth. plus developments in the search for a missing fbi agent. the hunt is taking on ne...

2010 when we had congressional elections we had a huge wave of incoming republicans especially those with tea party support. they were elect if i havely elected to cut spending and reduce the deficit, right? >> thats right. what we have going on we have two parties with drastically different visions for government and that shows up not only in the legislation but also in, again, the tea party freshman, they feel like they were elected to stop president obama and the democrats agenda and not to c...

Needs to come up with for or against on its own. jon? jon: jury has a lot to sort out. thats for sure. jonathan serrie, thank you. >> reporter: indeed. jenna: new questions about what congress is really doing on capitol hill. members are turning out a whole bunch of bills but some are now saying those bills are about generating fund-raising pitches and campaign attack ads than actually helping the country. jon: what is congress doing or not doing? plus a suspicious diagram taken inside a test ch...

Jon: congress is hard at work churning out plenty of bills but very few of them will become law this election year. both parties accused of crafting legislation just to make the other side look bad come novembers election. with democrats and republicans both focused on fighting for control of congress, can they actually get anything done before november? lets talk about it with tom beavin the executive editor at "real clear politics".com. or reel clear politics i should say. tom, thanks for bein...

Credibility at this point. jon: rachel, hes not charged, though with injecting hgh or any of that stuff. hes charged with lying to congress. >> right. yeah, no, exactly. but the thing that is going to bottom line here is whether or not he did do this. and mcnamee is going to need to come up with information that supports the prosecution in this case. jurors have been sleeping in the jury box in this case. theyve been getting put to sleep. and judge walton specifically said, youve got to move thi...

Maine and maryland. obamas first stop after endorsing gay marriage last week was right here in seattle where gay and lesbian supporters were out in force with their signs. campaign officials believe the president has energized young people and will sway some black and suburban voters. >> it has a boost because hes a strong, popular figure. he articulated his journey on this in ways that voters in washington are going to have to go through adjourn knee too. >> reporter: the vote is on a referendu...

Are being equally provocative. we are talking about it so i guess theyve done their job, right? jon: i guess so. andrew sullivan did use that term. ill get jims reaction on the other side. >> i was steeled. i said i dont care, hes going to disappoint us again. and then i sat down and watched our president tell me that i am his equal. that im no longer outside, im fully part of this family. and to hear the president, who is in some ways a father figure speak to that, the tears came down like w-pl...