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The eric holder situation, just a big day on capitol hill. in other news also this morning, attorney general eric holder held in contempt. americas top law enforcement official on the losing end of an historic unprecedented vote by the u.s. house. also this morning, it is really getting hot, hot, hot. not talking about the weather. whats that? so take off all your -- clothes. the muscular men of "magic mike" hit the theaters this weekend all part of a steamy summer of lust. >> focus, paula! ...

We have showers in northern new england. also in south florida as well. thunderstorms around chicago. green bay and detroit. also some rain later from seattle to portland. >> 70s in the pacific northwest. triple digits again in the fire zone in colorado. mostly 90s from the midwest to the east coast. well, this next one is a very special story. one that has been decades in the making. most would agree, long, long overdue. from capitol hill, where hundreds of african-american marines who served...

Flames. gregg: an amazing situation, alicia acuna, thank you very much. jenna: new development in the "fast and furious" showdown in capitol hill. our senior producer is reporting as many as 20 democratic members of the house will join republicans to vote yes to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. he is accused withholding critical information on the gun running program. our next guest will vote no on the contempt that he has taken to the editorial pages, saying that the i...

whether or not police questions peoples immigration status based on reasonable suspicion. joining us to talk about immigration ruling and what it means is our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and white house correspondent jessica yellin. jeffrey, please start off by saying what the court accepted and rejected. >> well, the heart of the case is about state power versus federal power. immigration is an area that is traditionally one where the federal government exercises most of the p...

We go live to cairo, egypt. leyland this, win by morsi and the muslim brotherhood. what can we expect? >> reporter: eric, suffice it to say, this changes everything. that is not an understatement. mohammed morsi was once a political prisoner, held by hosni mubarak as a member of the muslim brotherhood, an outlawed organization. he is now the president-elect of this country in a democratic election. his supporters have been in tahrir square for three days, plus the muslim brotherhood and the anot...

>> yes, maam. >> eric: we are back with you, following the event in tahrir square, history made in egypt as an official of the muslim brotherhood, the hard-line islamist group has won the presidency,s are mohammed morsi, a former california state professor, he taught at northridge. he has been lected with just over 51% of the vote. thousands are there. and we have a reporter in the middle of it. leyland? >> reporter: good evening, eric. it is not thousands, tens of thousands and perhaps a hundre...

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here we go. its the first full day of jury deliberations in the jerry sandusky day. i do mean full. 48 counts that they are considering. and that is not counting the bombshell claim from one of sanduskys own sons. and in philadelphia, the 13th day of deliberations in the 13th week of a sex abuse trial of two people belonging to the catholic church. priests, one an alleged monster, the other an alleged enabler. and we are also in orlando where hispanic voters are about to hear from marc...

>> yeah. i dont know if thats certain. obviously the suggestion right now that theres a request for some sort of executive privilege as was stated by chairman issa, the last that i knew there was still no formal notification from the attorney general that it was being invoked. only information that they would. we have had opening statements from each of the members which is effectively rehashing a lot of where weve been before and the real question now is whether we will proceed to a vote in lig...

plus -- anger and rage. heckling in the battle ground states. mitt romney this morning saying he doesnt believe in his words unilateral disarmament. so is staged heckling here to stay? groped at the gate, but the tables are turned. this time its the tsa supervisor getting the enhanced patdown. the twist, the passenger is actually a former tsa agent. and swimming sensation, shes london bound for the paralympics. she has broken two world records, and she is just 17. already a hero in...