especially your age? >> i would say from a personal perspective, living that sort of comfortable life is much more predictable than the life we've been living on the road for the best three weeks. this has been the best three weeks of my life. >> going to neighborhoods i typically wouldn't drive through or spending time with people who i don't typically you know interact with for three weeks at a time has been more of a learning experience than being around people who are so similar to me in college. so -- >> i couldn't recommend it more. >> thank you, amanda and thank you shelby. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. the tour is part of a program called no nonsense socks for america widownates socks to kids in need. if you want to follow their tour or help out, you can visit their website at socks for america.com or go to facebook and search for no nonsense socks for america. you know, we're watching capitol hill right now and the white house tonight as lawmakers continue to try to resolve the debt crisis. the senate was facing a late

night of debate but has just changed its plans. we're also following other news tonight, including two dozen assault rifles stolen from of all places a u.s. military base. you don't see the this every day. a jet plane split in half. the amazing stories of survival straight ahead. [ jon ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster we can find. yeah! [ male announcer ] hurry in to crabfest at red lobster. the only time you can savor three sweet alaskan crab entrees all under $20, like our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake or snow crab and crab butter shrimp. [ jon ] i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe, and i sea food differently. but it's our job to make them say something interesting. so how about this weekend

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>> you should know that what you're doing in washington is affecting everyone on the streets. each -- so many people i talk to every day, including myself. you know, we're really wrestling with the economy. >> americans voicing their concerns about what's going on in washington. breaking news in the debt ceiling debate to tell you about. harry reid has stopped tonight's expected vote on his debt ceiling proposal. the vote is expected sunday afternoon at 1:00 eastern time. mitch mcconnell is negotiating with the white house. democratic leaders met with the president earlier today, as well. also in the nation's capital, teachers rallying against standardized testing. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> they marched to the white house carrying signs with slogans like children are more

important than test scores. and i am not the problem. the group says emphasizing testing takes the focus away from students. actor matt damon also joined in on that rally. federal agents are appealing to the public for information about assault rifles stolen from ft. irwin in california. the atf is offering a $10,000 reward for information on 26 assault rifles and one sniper rifle stolen earlier this month from an army warehouse. one weapon has been recovered and some arrests have been made. dna evidence is taking center stage as young american -- a young american woman appeals for her murder conviction in italy. amanda knox was convicted of killing meredith kercher in 2007 but insists she didn't do it. a forensic expert testified today that no dna was found on the alleged murder weapon. which is a kitchen knife. that contradicts testimony by forensic police experts during her trial. after today's session, the court

adjourned till september 5th. it's hard to believe when you look at this, but the 163 passengers and crew aboard this caribbean airlines plane are okay today. the boeing 737 was unable to stop after it landed at an airport in georgetown, guyana on a flight that originated in new york. the plane careened into a grassy patch and broke in two. several passengers were taken to the hospital with only minor injuries. meet the latest british royal newlyweds. queen elizabeth's granddaughter zara phillips tied the knot with the rugby player mike tindall in edenburg today. prince harry, the mother of the bride were among the guests at the private ceremony. tonight, there is a reception at queen elizabeth's palace in scotland and in something of a royal precedent, zara phillips will keep her surname. a look at a couple of primetime moments for me this past week but they didn't happen here on cnp. clips from my time on comedy

central thanks to jon stewart and stephen colbert coming up next. but first, broke and bills piled high. many americans find themselves facing just that. when people in one wisconsin community are hit with hard times, they've got a unique safety net. he's this week's cnn hero, sal dimicelli the dear abby of the down and out. >> when i go through suburbia america or the small towns, everybody's trying to hold their head up with pride. >> you've been looking for work. >> okay. i know it's tough in a recession. >> i went and sold all my jewelry yesterday. >> these people behind closed doors they tell their neighbors they're fine. they'd sooner go in the house and starve. >> how much do you owe me right now? >> gas bill i owe about $800. >> i find the situation is getting worse. they need food. they need help with their utilities. i mean, this is 2011 in america? we should be helping each other. i'm sal dimiceli.

my mission is to help americans who have fallen on hard times. in a week i'll receive 20 to 30 letter. me and my family do not want to become homeless. >> i want to verify it's genuine and get to them as quickly as possible. >> i know right now it's tough for everybody. we'll be here for you and help you out. i tell them how i grew up in poverty and how i understand. here's $100 for gas. >> i help people with necessities of daily life and at the same time, i get them together to do a budget so they can continue to survive. i brought this for you so i can go get your wedding band back. >> oh, my god. >> i want them to feel free of that pain. >> i'm so happy. >> thank you. >> i want them to feel the compassion that we're trying to share with them, to wrap our arms around them and say come on, i have a little extra strength i want to share with you. let's get you back on your feet.

>> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. and we got onesies! sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not it. just kidding. that's our tide. what's yours? i grew up wearing lots of hand-me-downs.

bell bottoms in the '80s? not pretty. then she found them. she loved them, so i washed them in tide with downy and they're still soft and fresh. right? i'm blogging. really. i'm talking. that's my tide. what's yours?

oh, my god. he's not a differencemaker. he's a vampire. >> this story just got good.

go get 'em, don. >> well, patrick rogers i have to say you're a hero to a lot of people. thank you for coming on. let us know what happens. >> no don, ask him about being a vampire. you see the little teeth right there? those are vampire teeth. he's got the -- let's get him. >> when you're in the news business and you suddenly realize the daily show and the colbert report are showing a clip of you, you cringe and hold your breath and hope they won't mock you too hard. imagine my surprise when i saw this on tuesday night. >> as we explore our new segment, cnn don lemon appears not to care for cnn. cnn i'm concerned. it appears your anchor don lemon may not care very much for the antics of your network, cnf. behold. >> even parts of canada are sinfully hot. >> a little warmer up here than where i'm used to into nothing to joke about this. it is dangerous and as i said,

nothing to joke. >> he is the cato to my green hornet, the dyno girl to my electrowoman. i have no idea who any of these people are except for batman. >> that may be the nicest way i've heard anyone say who writes this [ bleep ]. but the hostage situation that appears to be don lemon's tenure at cnn reached 80s zenith or nader here, i'm going to say both. >> one, two, three. >> oh. >> i got to tell you, i like don lemon a lot but he's going to have to work hard to top that. cnn newsroom begins right now with don lemon. >> good morning. i don't think i'm going to have to work that hard. what the heck was that? >> what do you mean what the heck was that? that was ali velshi's dopple ganger the common egg being knocked into i an glass of water from a toilet paper tube. what is it, your first day in

news, lemon? see, it turns out reporter don lemon prefers reporting. such stories as the uprising in syria, breach of trust in british journalism or even some simple local interest stories. >> she recorded ha video in her front yard because she was concerned about racial profiling and police harassment. do you believe that will this is a systemic problem with rochester police? >> see, that's lemon's comfort zone. but don't worry. i'm sure cnn producers are hard at work trying to fit him into their format with something catchy like don lemon's zesty news bowl. i got one. how about, lemmon harangue. you drive a hard bargain, sir. >> all right. we decided to go with don lemon's zesty news bowl. so a daily show had their fun now i want to show you the rest of the colbert segment involving me right after the break. ere, the planned combination

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okay. so before the break, we showed you part of the daily show segment poking fun of my role here at cnn. the very next night after that aired, it was the colbert report's turn. here's stephen going after me for not asking a guest about his most noticeable trait. >> no, don, ask him about being a vampire. you see the little teeth right there, those are vampire teeth. ask him, ask him.

forget it. i know what to do. come on. let's go. taxi. go. >> and thousands of people milling around, shops open. none of that is happening now. >> sanjay, thank you very much. stay safe out there. much more of the flooding coming up. >> excuse me, excuse me. >> stephen colbert, what are you doing here? >> don, i have a question to ask you. >> i am in in the middle of a broadcast. >> who isn't. hold on, and jay. did you or did you not interview a man who foreclosed on a bank? >> yes. >> did you not notice that he was vampire? >> stephen, i did notice when he starred talking that he had sharp teeth. >> at no point did your journalistic instincts click in and say hey, maybe that's a more interesting story? >> it wasn't about his

lifestyle. it's about a bank. >> excuse me. i didn't realize it was a lifestyle choice. i didn't realize we had to be so sensitive and accepting of vampires. >> why are you being judgment mental? >> you have turned that man into the jackie robinson of vampires. >> that's all i hear. >> that is offensive on a whole lot of levels. >> i do not forgive you. >> you should get out of here. >> i will get out of here. before i go, i want to say this. i truly enjoyed your book "transparent." a candid memoir that the "new york times" calls $24.95. >> comedy central, it was fun. thank you for allowing me into your studio to do that. okay, we're watching capitol hill and the white house tonight as negotiations continue to try to resolve the debt crisis. the senate facing a late night of debate just as has just changed its plans. the latest on efforts to get a deal done and get it soon. it's what you're tweeting about. coming up, my conversation with republican senator rand paul in

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i asked him if he felt the tea party had more -- had made their point and were overreaching by asking for more and not yet coming to a resolution. he answered first with talking points. i asked him to answer my question directly. listen. >> okay, hang on. >> there's much talk about -- >> let's stick to the -- hold on please, be respectful here. can you answer the question? we'll talk about moody's and all of that. >> i'm trying to answer the question. you've interrupted my answer. >> do you feel like you have made your point and now do you think people are going to think that you're overreaching and that maybe you're going to ruin the clout that you already have and the respect that you've gotten? >> here's the problem is i'm not trying to make a point. i'm trying to do what's best for the country and adding 7 to $8 trillion of debt over the next ten years i don't think is good for the country. >> now continue on. you were talking about moody's and our credit rating. >> my point is, my point is that

it's not really just about august 2nd. >> all right. as you heard, there was more after that, i allowed him to finish his point about the u.s. credit rating. later on, in the interview, i asked if the u.s. defaulted by not raising the debt ceiling, who would be to blame? democrats, the president, republicans or the tea party? again, he didn't directly answer my question. i respectfully asked him to do it. >> it was about a 30 minutes ago, i was on the floor and offered to vote for the reid bill. while many in the media. >> hang on one second again. >> you're in the middle of my answer. >> i know but i'm asking you to answer the question. >> here's the point. >> talking points, with all due respect i'm asking you do you feel the public sentiment in washington? >> this isn't a talking point. i'm trying to tell you what we did 30 minutes on the floor. >> i'm not asking you what you did. i'm asking you if you feel how the public feels in washington. you don't have to tell me what you did. are you feeling? do you understand how people feel about this? >> we feel that they want compromise. i'm trying to tell you we're

still trying to compromise and many in the media are trying to depict us as not. the only way i can prove we're trying to compromise is telling you we've offered up on the floor another chance to compromise. i said i'll vote for the entire $2 trillion that the president wants so he can avoid talking about this during his campaigning. >> again, i allowed him to finish his point. i didn't insist on him answering directly just because he's a conservative and a member of the tea party. i implored mark more yell of the national urban league to not give talking points and did the same thing with democratic senator ben cardin. it's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented. it's just being respectful of you the viewer, the voter who deserves direct answers from the people who are fortunate enough to be given a platform on national television to speak directly to the american people. there's breaking news to tell you about the debt ceiling debate. harry reid id has called off tonight's expected vote on his debt ceiling proposal. the vote is now expected sunday

afternoon at 1:00 eastern time. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell is negotiating with the white house and that's where we go now to brianna keilar standing by. what's the latest on these talks? >> it appears that a day of negotiations between the white house and congress specifically vice president joe biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, all of this sort of wrapping up for the evening. it appears people will finally be going to sleep here shortly. but it's interesting because earlier in the day, we heard republicans being positive about a deal being near. and democrats were being pessimistic. we just heard on capitol hill from the senate budget committee chairman kent conrad he said significant progress had been made today. harry roid said i hope a deal can be reached tomorrow. very important the senate postponed the vote.

all eyes were going to be watching a vote on the reid plan in the senate that was expected to fail. that's now been pushed 12 hours and democratic and republican sources telling me, don, that this could be a sign that it would allow reid to add some changes into his bill that could be based off of some sort of deal that couldn't -- that can be struck and just a reminder, the clock's still ticking towards that august 2nd deadline at midnight when the u.s. would become, according to the treasury department, at risk of default if congress doesn't increase the debt ceiling. >> brianna, thank you very much. cnn is dedicated to providing you with up to the minute coverage of the debt crisis. and tomorrow night bringing you a special report beginning at 9:00 eastern, wolf blitzer and i will break down the hurdles and options. get it done. countdown to debt crisis airs tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. wolf blitzer and i will break down all of it for you and have

lawmakers on capitol hill and hear from americans, you everyday americans, as well. if you want to send us an ireport, go to ireport.com. we'll get it on the air for you and hear your side as well as we quickly come to that deadline. i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'll see you back here tomorrow, 6:00, 7:00, 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> tonight on cnn presents, don't teach, don't tell. >> parents have a right to raise their children the way they want to. >> a school district at war over homosexuality. >> he came to me and said mom, a kid at school said that i was going to go to hell because i'm gay. >> into the wild. animals ripped from the wilderness where they belong. >> we're just about 20 feet away from the giant. >> a journey to i an place where one woman's passion is keeping wild animals wild. >> but first, long island's

serial killer. >> that's how we know we're dealing with a monster, a hannibal elector. >> million dollar homes, beautiful beaches. and mysterious murders. >> four of the victims were found in a burlap type material. >> kaj larsen traces the trail of a serial killer still on the loose. >> this is battle on long island. it's an hour's drive away from manhattan and it's known for beautiful million dollar homes and secluded beaches but that same isolation that people come here to seek as of late has been masking a darker element. >> in december, police in long island make a shocking discovery. >> i don't think it's a coincidence that four bodies