GOP Mocks Obama While Planning Lawsuit; House GOP Suing Obama
BLITZER: We're live here in Jerusalem. We'll have more on the fighting between Israel and Hamas in a few moments. But first we're getting new details about congressional Republicans' plans to actually sue the president of the United States over his use of executive orders. Here's our chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash.</s>DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, Republicans are beginning the process of authorizing the House to sue the president. Passing legislation is intended to show it's not political. But four months before an elections, everything is political. Unusual tweet and all.</s>BASH (voice-over): With this tweet House Republicans take mocking the president to a whole new level. A photo of Obama with a woman that says, "Hey, girl, I'm not interested in photo ops." It is intended to point out the president's hypocrisy when he said this about not visiting illegal children detained in the</s>U.S. OBAMA: I'm not interested in photo ops. I'm interested in solving a problem.</s>BASH: House Republicans may be simply having fun with an Internet meme. "Hey, girl" when even used to make fun of Paul Ryan in 2012. But the congressman in charge of electing House Democrats wasn't laughing, saying no, it's this tweet that says a thousand words, classless, offensive and paid for by taxpayer money. This comes as House Republicans are taking great pains to argue that their big move against the president on another issue this week -- suing him -- is not political but rather a constitutional struggle.</s>REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R), HOUSE SPEAKER: It's not about Republicans versus Democrats. This is about the legislative branch that's being disadvantaged by the executive branch.</s>BASH: For months House Republicans have been working on suing the president for abusing his power, changing laws by executive order without Congress. They considered everything from the environment to immigration but decided to sue only on Obamacare. The president waiving the so-called employer mandate.</s>REP. PETE SESSIONS (R), RULES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: The argument is, it's something that impacts this year 80 million Americans who need to understand whether we're going to follow the law as it is or get to the end and cause chaos with the president arbitrarily waves the law.</s>BASH: But just four months before the midterm elections, Obamacare also happens to be what galvanizes conservative voters more than anything else. (</s>On camera): When you pick the number one political issue for Republicans it looks a little political.</s>REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R), TENNESSEE: Well, I've got to tell you, it's the number one issue in homes. And it is one of the top issues with women. Because they have seen their access to health care cramped.</s>OBAMA: You sue him, impeach him. Really?</s>BASH (voice-over): Democrats across the board dismiss the suit as a transparent stunt.</s>REP. STEVE ISRAEL (D), NEW YORK: This is a political strategy and it's intended to rile up the Republican base to go out in the midterm election and vote. And it's so transparent. Everybody knows that.</s>BASH: Democrats are cashing in on the GOP suit against the president raising money from their base outraged about it and Democrats insists the GOP move will hurt them with voters in swing districts. Independents who are fed with dysfunction in Washington and see this lawsuit as part of it -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Dana Bash, thanks very much. Just ahead live here from Jerusalem, a deadly air war, signs of a looming ground war this region is clearly on edge. I'll share some final thoughts on the latest developments. But first a look at a humanitarian mission back in the United States.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR, NEW DAY (voice-over): Photographer Tim Moxley had an aha moment on Instagram in 2012.</s>TIM MOXLEY, PHOTOGRAPHER: I was noticing that, you know, there were certain photos that told, you know, a bit about people, a story about people's lives in the city.</s>CUOMO: He brainstormed with fellow photographers and they created their own hashtag.</s>MOXLEY: Weloveatl is a hashtag that we started on instagram for asking people to proclaim their love for the city, show a little bit about their lives in the city.</s>CUOMO: They showed some of the photos in an art gallery, when people continued to submit to the hashtag, they came up with a new plan.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had the idea to buy a bread truck and turn it into an art gallery. Kind of a food truck for photography.</s>MOXLEY: We hang the photos in the truck and sell the photos and we donate all the money to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.</s>CUOMO: #weloveatl has helped families across north Georgia.</s>JULIE BRYANT FISHER, ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: We have been fortunate enough to be partner with We Love ATL. And since that time that's brought us more than $7600. So for us at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, that equates to 30,000 meals.</s>CUOMO: Who would have thought a hashtag could do so much good.</s>AARON COURY, #WELOVEATL: We're bringing kind of art and culture and charity together. And we hope that it starts to spread all over the country because we love the idea of celebrating your city. That what we've realized throughout this project.