the time when we hear about these deaths. but to think of tony scott, brother of ridley scott, one of the most prominent and successful directors we have jumping off a bridge is almost impossible to contemplate. >> if you have seen "top gun", "crimson tide", you're familiar with his work. he produced a number of films with his brother, including the promethius, "coma" is set to appear next month on a&e. scott's movies as director and producer grossed more than $1.6 billion. robert rodriguez tweeting this, tony scott, great knowing you, buddy, thanks for the inspiration and advice encouragement and decades much great entertainment. a lot of people -- a lot of people very, very saddened by this. let's bring in roger friedman for parade.com. soledad? >> thank you, roger, are you there by phone? >> good morning. >> good morning to you. what a tragedy. >> it's a real tragedy because first of all, the scott brothers were very close and it's a terrible thing for ridley scott. they worked on a lot of projects together and had a company called scott free productions and they produced "the good wife" on tv and doing a lot of tv shows recently. everything they do is a success and that's what raises a lot of questions about what happened here. >> i was going to ask you that. i think that you talk about a family that had been so successful and had done so many projects and in the middle of projects that were successful. was there any history that people knew about or were people completely stunned? >> they were shocked and saddened this morning and there's going to be some kind of explanation whether there's a lot of speculation maybe he had -- was ill in some way and people didn't know it yet. it's amazing to focus on, he made these great films and he went easily from making blo blockbusters like "top gun", "days of thunder", to also making cool films like domino, a wonderful film with kira knightly. and hunger, the first thriller that people talk about. he was planning a "top gun" sequel with tom cruise. and there were -- there were quite a few other things in the offing. he never had a failure. really except "the last boy scout" didn't do well. big stars wanted to work with him over and over again because he was so good. >> what an incredible tragedy and so many questions remain. thanks for being with us, we appreciate your insight. >> let's turn to john berman now. >> news just in, cnn has conf m confirmed a passenger is in custody after a jetblue flight had to be diverted to denver. flight 677 left with 150 passengers. the plane was met by fbi agents and denver police when it landed. charges are pending. no other details about this incident have been released. also, we're just learning britain's prince phillip is out of the hospital. the 91-year-old duke was released after spending five nights for treatment of a bladder infection. this is the third stay in the last several months. he had to miss some of the diamond's jubilee celebrating her 60 days on the throne due to poor health. we have new video of a startling race crash in missouri. five spectators were hurt. a race car crashed into missouri state fair. police say they were watching a charity race near the pitt with when the driver left the track and crashed into them. the battle of the badges races were canceled for the rest of the night. the u.s. coast guard is investigating an accident off the coast of alaska in glacier bay. 76 people were rescued from a vetsle that ran aground and was filling with water. most of the passengers were safely transferred. no serious injuries reported. the republican national convention now one week away and we're learning more this morning about the tone of the romney campaign is hoping to set there. meantime the cover of "newsweek" is saying, hit the road, barack and that's stirring up a few flames. joining us this morning, congressman mike burgess, the chairman of the congressional health care caucus and doctor as well. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. let's talk about -- >> good morning. >> good morning to you. this cover story in "newsweek," i don't know if you had a chance to read it yet. the headline is hit the road barack, that gist is that president obama has not kept his promises. but his gist is there were promises and haven't been kept up and writes this. in his inaugural address, he promised to create a new foundation for growth and promised to build roads and bridges and electric grids and promised to restore science to its rightful place and raise health care's quality and lower cost and transform schools and colleges and universities and meet the demands of a new age. the president's score card on every one of the bold pledges is pitiful. the gist of the entire article is kind of like that. some people would say completely unfair assessment when you look at the numbers inherited at 7.8 unemployment rate, went down to 10 unemployment rate in october of 2009. do you think that's a fair criticism of him, sir? >> well, you know, you go back to the first two years of this administration and y just as a member of the minority here couldn't effect much. you had to wonder, where was the laser like focus that a bill clinton would have put on the economy? we had an administration doing everything under the sun but being concerned about jobs after making those promises in the inaugural address. we watched in the joint economic committee, members of president's team come in, lawrence summers and they seemed lost at sea. >> the stimulus passed immediately? that was a big thing. >> the stimulus passed earn what have we found out in the years since then, some of these projects like solyndra where doctors were flowing out the door to people who had no business receiving the money, then obviously when the company couldn't make it, the administration suborder natured loans to venture capitalists which was in direct violation of the law. >> and i think there are firefighters and teachers and police officers whose jobs were kept, would not have had jobs, because of the stimulus? i think we can do an entire two-hour debate on the stimulus. >> but you had things like cash flor clunkers and putting caulk in people's windows that had nothing to do with rebuilding the economy. and these things almost seemed to be payoff for people who supported the president during his 2008 campaign. there were. better ways to go about this doing this. the chairman of the transportation committee begged for more funding to go into infrastrukt stur and got 7% of the stimulus bill. if you're going to borrow money like that, do it for improvements not operational expenses. >> if the stimulus hadn't been passed, what would have happened to the economy? didn't that to a large degree help the economy? you're not going to argue it didn't? >> i don't think that it did. you look at some of the projects that were started during that time and they really did not seem to be designed to improve the economy. the other as speblgt that was unfortunate during those first two years, they spent so mh time, the administration spent so much time trying to link health care to the economy and in ord to get the president's health care law passed. but honestly when you look back at it, this has been one of the things that has inhibited the recovery. it's been a wet blanket on job creation and honestly is still a problem today two and a half years later, billions of dollars -- >> i'm sorry. i want to understand, you're saying the stimulus has been a wet blanket on job creation, you think it slowed -- >> affordable care act was a wet blanket on job creation, the cap and trade bill and financial regular bill, all pushed by the president in the first year and a half of his administration. >> let me talk to you about what we've been talking a lot on medicare. and as a doctor i have to imagine you probably know more or better than your colleagues about the intri catcies on health care. i'll throw out the words, gutted, killed, blood on the hands, ending medicare as we know it. i have to imagine that rhetoric is not useful for people at home. do you think it's possible to have a fact-based conversation about medicare in an election year? >> during an election year, i don't know. historically it has not been, you go back to 1996 when the new republican congress tried to actually talk about some changes to the program and the clinton administration very famously did their mediscare routine -- >> look at 2010, which kind of a reverse similar thing happened but go ahead. >> but -- no just talking strictly in the medicare realm. and now we're to a point in 2012 where we're rapidly approaching the day where there will have to be some significant cuts made. the president acknowledges this by setting up a board that's going to make cuts in medicare where congress will have little impact after the board decided. this is a change people aren't aware of in the president's health care law. this independent payment advisory board, the brain child of tom daschle. wanted to set up the federal reserve for health care. does that sound like a good idea right now? not really. the biggest change, nowou'll have this board to tell people when to get their car and how much care they can have and when they've had enough -- >> then that board as you know, right, will discuss those issues then goes to the president and through congress. this is not a 15-person board that makes up their own decisions, as you know. >> except the deck is stacked and when this board makes their decisions, if the congress corrects the decisions then great, if the congress cannot agree and when has that ever happened before? then the recommendations of the board go straight to the secretary department of health and human services for implementation. it is different from anything we've ever seen before as far as trying to put budgetary controls on spending. >> it sounds like you're saying there will be no conversations about medicare that are not sort of partisan based because it's such a third rail type issue in this election year? >> well, the independent payment advisory board, no conversation at all. the board puts forward its recommendations and congress will have its typical disagreements and the clock will run out and the board recommendatis then get implemented. with again, very little accountability back to the people. the changes that occurred in medicare to date have all been directly -- people can get unelected over their stance on medicare. this board will be relatively insulate from that type of activity. the decree of accountability will be gone and that's the biggest change that no one is talking about now. >> well, i would say it's not the biggest change but one of the major changes on both sides because big changes are coming to medicare, regardless of who you're talking about changing it. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> we'll talk to congressman richard neal from massachusetts and christine o'donnell, i former republican candidate from delaware. she's organizing what she's calling a troublemakers fest. during the rnc next week. still ahead, our get real, a missouri representative under fire this morning after saying that women can't get pregnant when they are raped. we're tracking diana nyad in her final attempt to swim from florida to cuba. we're going live to her boat. we're back in a moment. 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[ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! long zangs swimmer nyad is in day three of her swim. this is her fourth attempt to make the historic crossing and expected to take 60 hours. the operational director of team nyad is traveling in that boat going alongside nyad and joins us by satellite phone. nice to talk to you. how is she holding up? >> she's doing well. she's doing the diana nyad thing. the first night we experienced a lot of jelly fish. they were everywhere. she expected several stingz as did some of our shark team divers. but she did the diana nyad thing and powered through it. yesterday we had an incredibly beautiful day out here. super flat and calm, picturesque and we were all able to see that famous nyad stroke that you all heard about so much. last night we had a great night in terms of jellyfish with almost zero sightings at all. >> when is she expected to get to key west? >> you know, i'm not going to answer that question because this is not an exact science as i know everybody at cnn knows, you've been so gracious following this -- >> we love it. are you kidding me? >> you guys are the best. we really appreciate everything you've done for the team. it's not an exact science. i don't know an exact number but that's -- >> i lost -- >> we'll let everybody know when we'll be getting in. >> we couldn't hear you because your audio dropped out. this is diana nyad fourth attempt. the first back in 1978, two attempts last year and she says this is going to be the last one so we're certainly rooting for her to make it. thanks for being with us. tell diana i said hey when you yell to the water at her. >> team nyad, we say, onward. >> still ahead on "startg point," a u.s. congressman created a firestorm when he said this about rape and pregnancy. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> yeah, there's so many questions on that. what's a legitimate rape? what's he mean by female body shuts that down? it's our get real this morning. our "starting point" team to head in. ben smith and celeste headily and will cain. good morning. but we're imperfs living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're at our best. see how at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? welcome back, everybody, ouch, that hurt. welcome back, everybody. introduce you to our team this morning, ben smith is the editor and chief of buzz feed. celeste hedly, the anchor of your vote 2012 and pbs channel and will cain, a columnist for theblaze.com. >> it really feels like fall, huh? >> not quite ready to let go of summer yet. >> i said it feels like fall, didn't say are you ready to let go of it. our get real is a troubling story. missouri congressman todd akin has killed up a firestorm with his comments in an interview. he was asked if abortion should be allowed when rape results in pregnancy and this was his answer. >> it seems to be first of all from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try that shut that whole thing down. >> what? i mean, really, what? he says he misspoke, yes, he did. the romney campaign distancing himselves from that saying that neither mitt romney nor paul ryan would apose abortion in rape cases. claire mccaskill said his comments are offensive and beyond comprehension. can we play that one more time? it makes no sense. what is legitimate rape? then -- play that one more time. >> it seems to me, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down? >> don't forget it's not true. doctors did not say it's rare for a rape to result in pregnancy, from the first statement, it's not true. >> we will hear about this today on the presidential campaign trail, even know the romney plan put out the statement saying the romney/ryan administration would not oppose in the case of rape. paul ryan has opposed the rape exception in the back. >> but what it does is it brings up these remarks again on the campaign trail. >> to be fair, akin is an extreme conserve tifr. if you look at his voting record and the comments he'd made in the past, this isn't entirely -- the statement is false, i'm not in any way shape or form -- >> that's not fair. the connection between being extreme conservative and the indefineable thing of what a legitimate rape is has no connection. >> you're right. >> this is 2010 all over again, in the sense they were the last guy they wanted to be an easy race or win. they got the tea party base who mitch mcconnell knew this was going to happen -- >> claire mccaskill ran ads which were clearly in support of todd akin because that's who she wanted to face in the general election. >> they'll be dealing with that today. i'm ready to move on. >> soledad is speechless. >> the whole entire things makes no sense. >> makes no sense. >> i wish the interviewer had jumped in and said what the heck is legitimate rape? 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