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We turn to both religion and science to understand where were going and neither has all the answers. when we have both, then we have a chance to get at most of the answers. but if we have one or the other, were going to have massive gaps in our understanding of the whole universe. >> quick question to you on steves point about creationism. i understand that you can believe in god and the science of evolution. can you specifically believe in creationism and darwin? >> no. >> quick answer. quick q...

blow. even senator number one goal is to defeat obama, mcconnell thinks it is a long shot. >> if you thought it was good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, i would say odds are still on your side because it is a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it. in the first place. >> senator mcconnell knows that repealing the affordable care act is against the odds. but dont believe for one second that the gop will end their tax. it is only getting started. repu...

>> toast with water. >> with water. >> just way the founding fathers did it. so as we head into the independence day holiday, we begin with independent voters. now the largest voting group at least according to the pew research center, 64% say theyre independent because the two major parties care more about special interests than about average americans. and more than half simply dont trust either the dems or republicans. bigger picture, 27% of all american voters say they dont know wh...

back until the weekend. total death toll thought to be about 22 or so. the mayor of d.c. is asking president obama to declare a state of emergency and the crews in washington, d.c. are overwhelmed with work and the cost of the clean up is expected to rise dramatically. we are expecting yet another hot day here in the washington, d.c. area. temperatures in the mid 90s and high temperatures and humidity. thats not unusual in july. the state and the communities are used to having electric...

we begin with holiday security on this morning before we mark the nations birthday. >> intelligence officials tell us that no specific threat has been identified ahead of the july 4th holiday. but they say theres continuing concern about plots involving al qaedas affiliate in yemen. that means anyone attending a big independence day celebration is likely to see stepped-up security, particularly in new york, philadelphia and washington. also this morning, irans powerful revolutionary ...

heat and the advisories from minneapolis to cincinnati and some spots without power. what this map means is those areas will see the heat and humidity push that feels like temperature above 100 degrees and maybe some spots 115. this is the problem. high pressure dominating and not moving. you have kansas city and des moines just on the thermometer hiding 100 or above. st. louis at 104. chicago will be pushing the mid-and upper 90s and into thursday, 103 in kansas and dodge city at 102....

to the sports section or that sort of thing. the style section. they dont start with whats going on with bain capital and this and that and all the littl machinations of the races. the information is coming through the window in the form of a debate or something, right? >> no, i think theres sort of an important thing to keep in mind here when we start talking about independents. because some of those statistics we say, wow, theres a giant pool of voters out there untethered from the t...

this is a disaster. but it is a man-made disaster. americans will suffer because the gop cant stop playing partisan politics. jinx me is congresswoman edwards, democrat from maryland. joan walsh, editor-at-large for salon.com. and msnbc political analyst. first thing, both of you -- thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me start with you. do you think that the gop is playing politics by refusing to implement parts of the law? >> well, i mean, they ...

im sunny hostin, in for paula faris. >> and im rob nelson. we begin with holiday security on this morning before we mark the nations birthday. >> intelligence officials tell us that no specific threat has been identified ahead of the july 4th holiday. but they say theres continuing concern about plots involving al qaedas affiliate in yemen. that means anyone attending a big independence day celebration is likely to see stepped-up security, particularly in new york, philadelphia and was...

step by step to improve the american health care system. it is already the finest health care system in the world. >> but you dont think -- >> what our president -- >> you dont think 30 million people uninsured is not an issue? >> were not going to turn the health care system into a western european health care system. >> what country is mcconnell living in what planet even? over 30 million americans living without insurance is not the issue? in this country, the richest country in the...