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seems like a success story. next up, hanging together. well take you deep inside the relationship of this odd couple. why castro and chavez will likely be friends till the end. finally, an opportunity to hear from one of the greatest historians writing today. david mccullough gives us perspective on the nations current political problems, president obama, and the american mood. first, here is "my take." watching the extraordinary polarization in washington today, many people have p...

next up, hanging together. well take you deep inside the relationship of this odd couple. why castro and chavez will likely be friends till the end. finally, an opportunity to hear from one of the greatest historians writing today, david mccollough gives us perspective on the nations current political problems, president obama and the american mood. first, here is my take. watching the extraordinary polarization in washington today, many people have pointed the finger at the tea part...

the nations debt ceiling is fueling hopes the government wont run out of money on august 2nd. obama saying the deadline drawing close and congressional leaders need to talk turkey in todays meetings. most of the central heat under a heat alert. some areas feel as hot as 126 degrees. . the taliban blaming u.s. hackers for a text that announced the death of mullah omar. the taliban says, no, he is alive and well. one day after rupert murdoch tried to repel the british assault on hi...

says the reporter who blew the whistle on the uk hacking scandal has been sound dead. his name is john ford, he was found today in his london home. police are calling his death unexplained. this is important because were going to have much more on this story, got a lot of questions for our correspondent in london, well bring that to you coming up. but i want to begin this hour with a warning. i want you to listen to a warning. this is a warning that im about to show you a video of 16 m...

Former head of godfathers pizza, he was here several weeks ago talking about his white house bid and, is speaking again today and peter doocy has the latest. he is focusing on the economy. >> reporter: he is, and he said he thinks we can turn the economy around by giving small businesses a break and hes a beman and he said his career whats been about problem solving, not politics and lowering taxes on the small businesses is the only way to get the economy restarted. >> the engine to our economi...

Group after. you did the best out of everybody. see that focus group? >> yes, i saw it right after i came off stage. i was stunned when frank was doing the results. especially when he was talking to you and basically getting the people to spoken. yes, i did see it. frankly, i was stunned in a positive way. >> sean: i know your success on the radio because im in the radio business. you were the ceo of godfathers pizza. i believe it was within a year or 14 months you brought it out of red and into...

I happen to believe this approach to problem solving would work in government. number one, make sure you are working on the right problem. number two, set the right priorities. in government that means that you put the money where you want priorities to be. number three, surround yourself with the right people. number four, if you do that you will put together the right plans. then you execute. the problem in washington, d.c. is that they dont do that. it is most reactive rather than proactive i...

I happen to believe this approach to problem solving would work in government. number one, make sure you are working on the right problem. number two, set the right priorities. in government that means that you put the money where you want priorities to be. number three, surround yourself with the right people. number four, if you do that you will put together the right plans. then you execute. the problem in washington, d.c. is that they dont do that. it is most reactive rather than proactive i...

The need to refocus on getting back on our feet. and probably a recognition about costs that work their way through the system and a need to first and foremost create jobs and get us back on our feet. >> but do you believe that climate change is caused at least in part by human behavior? >> well, i think the scientific community would suggest that to be the case, and i think in a world like we have we should be deferring to the scientific community and not the political community to make decisio...

Of the poor and the working families. and they highlight some of the accomplishments of the administration from reforming wall street to the health care law to the ledbetter act that gave equal pay to men and women, wolf. >> good report. this controversy will continue. lisa, thanks very much. thats it for me. thanks very much for watching. im wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king, usa" starts right "john king, usa" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thanks, wolf...