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Latest action to ignore personal calls from president obama to send edward snowden home to stand trial rather than giving him asylum is seen as a slap in the face. nbcs david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and a veteran putin watcher. youve seen many summits with past presidents and putin and this is -- to call it a big ego is even an understatement to what putin thinks about himself. just look at the way he recreates. >> right. the projection of his self-image, of him as a leader. it ...

Irene. we agree on energy efficiency. theres a number of folks both sides of the aisle working on that. define the bill around the area where we agree in a substantive and push that and actually make a pledge mot to put on the partisan amendments that apiece our base but get nowhere for us. but theres a lot of rank and file frustration about the stall speed that congress is in. >> i have to say, congressman, that is the understatement of the decade. frustration, the nation has your body at its l...

And then served two tours in korea and then fought in vietnam, where his fighter plane was shot down. he spent ten days evading his captors, was fine finally caught and game john mccains cellmate. and mccain credits bud day for saving his life and today credited him on the floor of the senate. >> to say he lived a full life would be quite an understatement. his was filled with so many extraordinary experiences, adventures, challenges, accomplishments, and with such love, compassion and courage, ...

Fight the gop? >> certainly the white house sees the gop as the main obstacle. the presidents economic plans, things like increasing the minimum wage will never get through the house of representatives thats controlled by the republicans. i think the president is weary. we have three huge fights that will be looming in the fall. the president still hasnt gotten a conference on the budget. they will be dealing with the debt ceiling. theres a group of conservatives who said we will do a government...

Does noted ed adhere to any spe gro group. but you are protecting all of america. thats the message i want to give. this is about an americans right to vote and we in the congress are going to go forward and work on it and fix it in a bipartisan manner. >> joy, what the congresswoman is saying is certainly i think a shot in the arm for those of you who are hoping for action on the iss issue. the fact that there are some republicans that are willing to say this is not a black problem. texas attor...

We need a comprehensive strategy to attack that problem. the president gave his first major economic speech at knox where he pointed out then that we could shape the forces that have been affecting us rather than being affected by them. i think he articulated that vision today and overthe coming weeks hes going to lay out actions he could take on his own since we havent got than much cooperation from congress, ways he can convene employer groups or labor unions, college presidents to keep colleg...

Checking our top stories at 47 minutes past the hour. we are waiting for the birth of the newest member of the british royal family. the great kate wait has intensified, even with news that the duchess of cambridge arrived at londons st. marys hospital in labor overnight. third in line to the throne, regardless of the childs sex. calling it a big seizure. and thats an understatement. the coast guard confiscated $35 million worth of cocaine that was heading to the united states from south ameri...

His first foreign trip. >> theres millions of young catholics. they will be there for world youth day celebrations. what hes trying to do is reenergize catholics. >> here you have the first latin american pope visiting the home continent. give us a sense of what is it like. whats the mood on the ground? >> reporter: well, to say excitement is an understatement. were on copa cabana beach. this will be the first big event on thursday. a million of people are expected to show up. the music sounds m...

Here on the tarmac near the planes left wing. they say her body was in a tire track under a blanket of fire fighting foam. two other teenage girls also died in that crash. four elderly military veterans were held against their will in what police in houston are calling a prison room at somebodys house. after responding to a 911 squall this morning. authorities say they arrived to find the front door of the home nailed completely shut and those men in a converted garage. >> there were lots. they ...

Could we start with the news of the day. what are the homeland security implications to the detroit bankruptcy filing? it may not be as obvious to the average person. >> sure. detroit is a border. its on the border with canada. and theres a lot of traffic there. of course, detroit was the airport in which the infamous underwear bomber was going to land. so anytime you look at detroit you see a potential security vulnerability and with an impact on local police and services there have to be plans...