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We turn to both religion and science to understand where we're going and neither has all the answers. when we have both, then we have a chance to get at most of the answers. but if we have one or the other, we're going to have massive gaps in our understanding of the whole universe. >> quick question to you on steve's point about creationism. i understand that you can believe in god and the science of evolution. can you specifically believe in creationism and darwin? >> no. >> quick answer. quick question, quick -- >> i think we have to -- >> very di fentive conclusionive note, which i preesh ...

blow. even senator number one goal is to defeat obama, mcconnell thinks it is a long shot. >> if you thought it was good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, i would say odds are still on your side because it is a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it. in the first place. >> senator mcconnell knows that repealing the affordable care act is against the odds. but don't believe for one second that the gop will end their tax. it is only getting started. republican governors are already pushing back at medicaid expansion in their states. widening the progr...

>> toast with water. >> with water. >> just way the founding fathers did it. so as we head into the independence day holiday, we begin with independent voters. now the largest voting group at least according to the pew research center, 64% say they're independent because the two major parties care more about special interests than about average americans. and more than half simply don't trust either the dems or republicans. bigger picture, 27% of all american voters say they don't know who they'll cast their ballot for in november or at least they don't have a strong preference. but ...

back until the weekend. total death toll thought to be about 22 or so. the mayor of d.c. is asking president obama to declare a state of emergency and the crews in washington, d.c. are overwhelmed with work and the cost of the clean up is expected to rise dramatically. we are expecting yet another hot day here in the washington, d.c. area. temperatures in the mid 90s and high temperatures and humidity. that's not unusual in july. the state and the communities are used to having electricity and air conditioning that people escape to. when you have that kind of heat and humidity and no...

we begin with holiday security on this morning before we mark the nation's birthday. >> intelligence officials tell us that no specific threat has been identified ahead of the july 4th holiday. but they say there's continuing concern about plots involving al qaeda's affiliate in yemen. that means anyone attending a big independence day celebration is likely to see stepped-up security, particularly in new york, philadelphia and washington. also this morning, iran's powerful revolutionary guard is conducting major military exercises. it launched several missiles this morning, includi...