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from bringing home the gold and plenty of chances today. for the women it starts with soccer and then hit the mats for gymnast gymnastics. for the guys, nothing but net and swish. then swimmer michael phelps already a world record holder, but today this is a race like no other. not just going for the gold, hes trying to make history. once again, zain verjee, no pressure for phelps, right? >> no, its just an easy, breezy thing. just a few hours back there in aquatics centre. a name youl...

investigation is looking at a number of scenarios right now but says that the suspect may be luring his victims by posing as a fake cop preying on unsuspecting drivers late in the night. martin savidge has been following all the developments closely for us. lets go ahead an take a look. we put together a map of exactly where the two highway murders occurred. were talking about just three days apart, right? 55 miles away from each other. >> thats correct. >> what do we know about the tw...

Bridge" banner that they wanted to -- there it is. that they wanted to hang up there. but like i said, the protesters and their banner failed to march onto the bridge because according to the "boston herald" at the time police told protesters that the aging structure, the bridge, would buckle if they all walked onto it. point made, right? marching onto the decrepit bridge to point out how decrepit it is is too dangerous because the bridge is so decrepit it might not support the protesters weight...

Herman cain says you can abolish the irs if you enact his 9-9-9 plan because his plan is so simple. now hes adding complications only the irs could enforce. robert reich will join me to discuss the problems with the cain plan and the fantasy in all republican flat tax proposals. and following up on a point made by andrea mitchell in our first segment, how many lives could have been saved in iraq if barack obama had a louder microphone back in 2002? ♪ [ sighs ] [ bird chirps ] [ bird squawks ...

Saying, no, i dont regret it, i didnt know enough at the time to think about -- he can talk about it comfortably. he also went on as a lawyer in boston to handle very important civil rights litigation. so he was probably inspired by that period of time. but it seems to me that people who live through these historical periods can look back on where they were in them and discuss what decisions they made. i think we can go into those conversations without necessarily presuming theres a right or wro...

virginia. and elijah cummings, the former chair of the black caucus and analysis, and chris jeff free lund of digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on marthas vineyard, and thats where he is today. last year he said -- >> a year and a half ago the economy was shrinking rapidly, and the economy is now growing. >> this year he is saying -- >> america will come ...

well, thats it for this edition of "reliable sources." im howard kurtz. were off next sunday when cnn will be providing live coverage of the dedication of the martin luther king memorial on the mall in washington. were back the following week with another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. an august of angst, at the battle of 2012 erode the presidents support. today, the summer slump with obama senior campaign strategist david axelro...

points. that continues to fluctuate. coming up in a couple of minutes. ill speak live with the man who ran the governments bank bailout a couple of years ago. by the way, he agrees with the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. dont miss that conversation with him here. i do want to begin with this. the commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces is at dover air force base in delaware right now. president obama is attending the dignified transfer, right there, thats what the militar...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

reconsiders laying on the table. >> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he...