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Does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, july 9th. a lot goings-on including the death of a hollywood icon. we'll remember the career of oscar winning actor ernest borgnine, plus our continuing video series on the world's worst politicians. how an interview in jordan ended with one man pulling out a gun on live tv. we'll show you how that ends later in the show. first let's get top the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. today the president wi...

Do we think he's going to veto it? >> it's not going to get to his desk because it won't get out of the senate. we could have a government shut down. >> it won't get to his desk because harry reid or somebody said always pocket vetoes everything. republicans passed a slew of bills and harry reid kills them in the senate. >> the republicans -- >> reality for next year, harry reid's going to leave the senate, john boehner's going to leave the house, barack obama's going to be president. if they can't work together, political gamesmanship on both sides. >> it's sad that the senate democrats kill ...

Leverage. they use the existence and the supposed strength of the tea party movement as leverage for the policy positions that they want anyway. don't blame us. we have to answer for these -- we have to answer to these people in the streets. here's the thing, though. democrats could do that as well. democrats could do that and with better reason. there are more of the democratic base in the streets right now than the tea party even at its height. the democrats have not been doing that. why haven't they? republicans push every single numerical advantage they can. democrats give those advantages...

Inconsistency, you guys. and the explanation may be that republicans in washington have constantly cited the tea party as the constituency that they need to answer to. it's almost like they can't be held accountable for their own policy proposals. there are these angry right wing mobs in the streets that must be appeased. republicans use that as leverage. they use the existence and the supposed strength of the tea party movement as leverage for the policy positions that they want anyway. don't blame us. we have to answer for these -- we have to answer to these people in the streets. here's the...

There's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. we're back, as house republicans push for deep spending cuts in the budget, one of the easiest targets of all for them is the arts. a group of right-wing republicans want to cut federal funding for the arts entirely. now, pulling $167 million for the national endowment the for the arts. and the national endowment for the humanities. and, of course, $450 million from ...