Although Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee, jurors convicted her of four counts of lying to detectives, and her attorneys appealed those convictions. Anthony was sentenced to time served for the misdemeanors.

Colbert, whose older sister, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, recently launched a bid for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, promised that his sister is "tough as nails," and is "going to win," according to an aide in the room.

Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, and Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, each said that male athletes who are mediocre in competition against their own gender could game the system by competing against female athletes.

This is our country. We live in it, and we have a right to the kind of country we want. We would not allow the French or the United Nations to rule us, and neither should we allow people who died over two centuries ago and knew nothing of our country as it exists today.

The Republican-led House will next week vote on a bill to raise the debt limit for about three months, giving the House and Senate time to pass a federal budget. If either chamber failed to pass a budget in that timeframe, its members wouldn't get paid under the GOP plan. It's unclear whether the Democratic-led Senate will go along with this plan.