personal returns. >> joining us now live, congressman steve king, a republican from iowa and member of the tea party caucus. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president wants to keep lower taxes for 97% of americans, the treasuries department's office of tax analysis for the tax year 2007, under bush, 3% of all tax returns were for incomes over $250,000. explain the view that obama's proposal would hurt. walk me through it. >> i recall back when the bush tax brackets were first implemented, a decade ago. the argument was how do you give tax breaks to people not paying taxes that's a number approaching or exceeding 50%. the lowest bracket would receive a 50% tax increase if the bush tax brackets were allowed to expire. i think this is just another one of the class pieces the president has done, dividing people along whatever lines he can demographically to -- >> how is that class envy? >> i'm sorry. >> you say this is a class envy play by the president. what do you mean? >> if you demonize the people making over $250,000 and say they aren't paying their fair share. if you ask people what is a fair share, the people over 250 are paying more than the people paying less than 250 think they are. you can always make the argument you want to raise the taxes on somebody else. the president doesn't think he gets a lot of votes out of that group and thinks he gets more energy and more from his base if he just simply targets people making over 250,000. that's where the jobs are created. >> let's look at the polling here. a majority of people would support this proposal of extending tax cuts for all people. increasing taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year. democrats, 83% of them favor it. independents 63% favor it. republicans only 37% favor it. you can see this is where there's a real idealogical difference here. that's something both are playing into in an election year. >> i see this and it begins as a shift within the culture that that poll reflects. that says there are more and more people looking at others saying they shouldn't be making that much money because i'm not. and they don't feel as much guilt about the 72 different means tested welfare programs that we have. if you go back to franklin roosevelt, freedom from want, freedom from fear, they were manufactured freedoms, it's it's almost a government guarantee from a middle income standard of living from programs. i like when americans feel guilt about that and want to step up and carry their fair share of the work. too many americans not contributing to the gross domestic product in the united states today. >> you're saying the president is talking about fair share, saying that people above $250,000 a year should pay what he says is their fair share. are you saying poor people and people in government programs are not paying their fair share, that's that's not fair? >> i don't think that's arguably. if rethey aren't paying income tax, paying property tax and saels tax. if they are not going to work and number approaching 100 million americans of working age not in the workforce that includes the 13 million that are unemployed, some can't do anything about it. something aren't willing. when you add that up, roughly a third of americans of working age are not contributingo the gross domestic product of the united states. >> whose fault is that? because the economy is not giving the opportunities it useded to? >> people are told they aren't required to create opportunities, i've heard that with the people who are occupying wall street. there's that theme there. once you get that into the minds of people that it's not their responsibility, they don't step up to the responsibilities americans have traditionally had. that's a negative to our country and the president promotes these things with our policies. >> let's talk about whether there could be action on taxes anyway before an election because we know that we talked about this fiscal cliff that is looming. if the president is going to say he's 100% committed to only tax -- extending the tax cuts for up to $250,000 a year. could we be at an impasse if republicans are saying, no it's got to be for everyone. >> we are at an impasse until beyond the election. as i'm asked from constituents across the district in the country, i tell them the results of the election in november will determine what happens in the lame duck session after november and before the december 31st expiration of these tax brackets. and i think that's what this is about. it's about the election for the president. it's not about ending his spending spree. this tax increase on those making over $250,000 a year does not do a thing to solve the president's spending problem. it is a spending problem and a problem of a stagnant economy with a burden of obamacare and burden of regulations and uncertainty out there. i'd like to see people making over $250,000 a year make more. they'll create more jobs with that. and republicans and democrats have forgot be to remind the american people that jobs, jobs, jobs, but you pay for those jobs you have to have profit. business will not invest capital, not take the risk that creates jobs if they don't have access to profit and confidence that the government is not -- >> there's certainly this certainty issue when you have a fiscal cliff in congress and can't really do anything in an election year that adds to uncertainty as well. steve king, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up in 20 minutes, we'll talk to lloyd doggett, a senior member of the house ways and means committee and later jason chaffetz will join us live. let's go to ali velshi. a record heat wave fading and floodwaters are rising, flash floods in the mid-atlantic, stranding 30 cars on the interstate in north carolina. the government says the past 12 months were the hottest ever on record in the mainland u.s. and that's not even countg july, more than 2,000 heat records alone broken or tied so far this month. for more on that, let's go to meteorologist alexandra steele in the weather center. >> good morning, ali. the preponderance of those were east of the mississippi river. look at these records, 113 in vegas, 108 in boise, 99 in reno, didn't seem that great but it was a record. here's where the heat will be on. departures, that's what the numbers are in red, six or seven degrees above average. 101 in reen no, boise, 102. 14 degrees above average. in spokane, 92. it's pretty cool out there typically, 15 degrees above average. the heat is on. what's happeningn the southeast, along the eastern seaboard, the cold front that moved through brought the temperatures down which was nice, took us out of the 100s but now this front has become stationary and with all of that moisture in the air, that lifting mechanism of the front, the unstable air and heating of the atmosphere, it's allowing for showers and storms to roll and train over this front. so yesterday a lot of flooding in north carolina, 3 inches. today expect another 1 to 2 inches of rain. that's the story but you'll notice the front move through cool things down. boston, 81, new york, 86. no 100s. good news, kansas city, 92. 15 degrees cooler than you've been. feels nicer but we've got the flood threat in the mid-atlantic today. >> we'll keep a close eye own it with you. a power struggle in egypt between newly elected president mohamed morsi and the military is taking another step. egypt's parliament reconvened hours ago in a gesture of defiance against the country's military rulers who had dissolved the legislature. lawmakers were in session for less than an hour after morsi decided to override the military. his party, the muslim brotherhood has called for a million man protest march in support of morsi's decision. and russia is suddenly distancing itself from syria. that could spell trouble for syrian president bashar al assad, the deputies foreign minister would welcome a chance for a meeting of world powers to stop the violence. the russians have agreed to stop delivering new weapons to syria, as long as the country remains unstable. russia's foreign minister pledged not to deliver 300 fighter jets despite having a signed contract with the syrian government. a makeshift memorial to slain teenager trayvon martin has been dismantled but all items have been preserved and moved to a museum in sanford, florida. the city consulted with martin's family before moving the items from the entrance of the subdivision where he was shot. prince putting on a show, detroit tiger prince fielder won the hole one derby last night which will host the major league all-star game tonight. justin verlander for the american league. the team that wins get the home team advantage in the world series. that's it. back to you. >> i have another sports story, bush league, a parents brawl at the little league tournament. they interrupt trophy time. that's our get real this morning. bad news for tourists, 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out of the unitedingdom. that was a surprise. so that's pushing markets higher this morning. most americans make more than their parents did but not all moving up the economic ladder in a new pugh report that looked at economic mobility and income inequality. the study found family wealth rose 27% in a generation in the top fifth of the economic ladder and sunk a whopping 63% on the bottom wrung. as you know, that is the intractable economic problem of our time, greater disparity between what people herein and how much they have. >> and the politics around what causes it and whether it should be fixed. the washington monument won't be open to advise tors any time soon. it's expected to remain closed to the public for another year. the monday ult has been closed since last august when a magnitude 5.8 earthquake cracked five marble panels near the top. the repairs require huge scaffolding around the building, normally 700,000 visitors go to the top every year. good morning, you've got the beautiful picture behind you of something that is really -- i mean every eighth grade class in america saves money to see the washington monument and climb up there. what did you find out about the extent of the damage? what do you know now you didn't know last august in the days after the earthquake? >> well, good morning, it's a beautiful day here and we did find -- we did a very extensive analysis of every crack and every stone in the monument. and i don't think we found out the damage is that much worse but we have a detailed analysis and we're putting a contract out to start the work this fall. >> tell me what will that beautiful -- that beautiful monument look like for the next year or so as you're doing that work? it will be covered in scaffolding and what will you be doing? >> it will be unfortunately covered in scaffolding all the way around it. and we'll be doing extensive repairs. the challenge to the product is so much of the damage is at the very highest levels of the monument, which is why we require the scaffolding. and we have about nine large panels, some of them weighing 2,000 pounds or more that have cracks in them. we have about 50 stones that need to be repaired and multiple other cracks that will need to be repaired during the extensive repairs. >> during the repairs you have to be careful for accidental damage as well. parts of this monument are 128 years old. >> absolutely. it truly is a monumental task. this is certainly an icon, not only of washington but of our entire nation and so that's why we've done this very met tick house analysis and i have experts around the united states working on the project. we don't want the monument to be closed one day longer than it needs to be but we also have to make sure we repair it correctly so it will be here for all time. >> how do we safeguard against another earthquake, it was so odd for it to hit this part of the east coast. i guess it could happen again. >> it could. we did have an earthquake over 100 years ago but it's really quite unusual occurrence. we don't anticipate it happening again soon. but nonetheless, that's the reason why we need to make these important repairs. >> bob vogle with a beautiful picture behind you, a monument, literally and figuratively task ahead of you. thank you. a fight breaks out at the little league game but poor sports aren't the kids. they are not the problem here. that's our get real and our starting point team is heading in to talk about this and more, abby huntsman and will cain, this is from abby's playlist, maroon 5. [ female announcer ] the coffee house. the lines, the cost, the hassle. ♪ express yourself [ female announcer ] why not try coffee-mate? with over 25 delicious flavors for a fraction of the cost of the coffee house. add your flavor, with coffee-mate, from nestle. a quick look at the head lipz, team usa goalkeeper hope solo getting a way with a warning after a positive drug test. the anti-doping agency says solo tested positive for a due receiptic drug which does not have to result in a suspension. a federal judge throwing out lance armstrong's lawsuit the same day it was filed. he was trying to block the u.s. doping agency from punishing him for alleged doping violations. the new york yankees made at mr. october, according to the new york post. they have told reggie jackson to stay away from the team after he made comments that rodriguez's numbers are taintsed because of his use of persecuformance enha drugs. speaking of teams, the starting point team, abby huntsman, ryan lizza and will cain, columnist for the blaze.com. >> dope free the three of us. >> as far as i know, are you willing to say so in front of a grand jury. >> adder all, whatever it takes. >> this is supposed to be a fun evening in a little league game in georgia, the northern little le league defeated the all-stars, a fight breaks out, not between the children, between adults. people in their 30s, the 36-year-old brother of the coach asked charles davidson, a 38-year-old father to turn down his music, davidson was playing all i do is win, the auburn university rally song. he and king started to talk about a player and the verbal fight got physical, lots of pro fanties and the two were arrested and one charge of disorderly conduct and due in court august 16th. one of the league's administrator called it the most disgusting thing he has seen in little league. >> is it the most disgusting thing in little league? i feel there's one at least once a year. >> doping among the children would be worse. >> this has to do with the parents. it's embarrassing. >> the fans and parents just get -- it's like a jets game or eagles game. >> both sides bring their own theme musics for the team and play the theme music between innings and there was a dispute over music. >> your oldest is 5. >> how old is yours? >> 6. this might be something in you that comes out once you child goes in competitive games. mine is not there yet. >> a warning for the other time. >> i'm just saying. >> there we go. my kd is not there yet. ahead on "starting point," an alert about tainted lettuce in our a.m. house call. plus, want to live longer? we have a simple idea for you. researchers say this can add two years to your life right now. stick around and we'll add two years to your life. why jeb bush may not be in the running on romney's number two list. this is my playlist. had always called oregon home.i until i got a job in the big apple. adjusting to city life was hard for me. and becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but we had each other and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! 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