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take a look at the agenda. >> politicians but cannot agree to move forward. >> they each agreed that their out is the right way out. >> as they suggested, it may be economy by have to mend own.s our efforts as a government be to get the private sector to stand up and leave the economy -- recovery. >> until that happens, millions remain out ofill work. jobs, theerns about is number one issue on capitol hill. >> thank you for joining us. so, the debt ceiling has been again.

still no reconciliation? things are speeding up on capitol hill. president obama met with house republicans and house democrats. meeting with of the republican freshmen to try to convince this needs to get done. wants to gett he within the next month. obama apparently agrees, so we should see a deal this month. some democrats want to raise the debt ceiling. so againstublicans that? they are asking to raise the debt limit. republicans are saying absolutely not. they are not going to raise the until there are serious spending cuts. >> if the united states does the fault, how catastrophic could economy?e >> barre. economists say that it

send the economy into a tailspin. thank you show much. taking a look at the weekend, former chief of the imf is in court in just a few hours. on charges that he sexually assaulted a manhattan hotel maid. under house arrest since bail was granted. president obama met with angela on tuesday for a state dinner. she will talk to the president about uprisings in the middle east. received the freedomtial medal of thursday, charlie sheen returns to court to his custody battle. details of the deal could be week. out this when we continue, honoring the life of a man killed in combat.

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>> psychology hearing is a whoing up for a woman thecked a painting at smithsonian art museum. tried to punch the painting. she has a history of schizophrenia. the painting was not harmed and is back on display. plaxico burris-- will be released tomorrow. he is best known for catching thegame-winning pass in bowl.uper he plans to return to the nfl the lockout is settled. as of this weekend, nbc faces a to its challenge to the olympics games. espn and abc claim exclusive

througho the olympics games.0 summer it could cost of the winning network more than $4 billion. coast, ahead to the west ,acing the defending champions giants, then traveling down four game an against the padres. posting the earthquakes on saturday at rfk. on memorial day, president obama about a local navy seal next to his best friend in the arlington national cemetery.- some people want to pay tribute by naming a road after him. connectorow federal is 1 mile of a stretch two main roads. >> everyone complains about the the road. they hope that that will

after the road is renamed seal from the area killed in combat last september. they said they wanted to do to give back after his death in the local paper. >> he gave his life for his country. >> he does not want just any one. -- any road. he take this one because it runs to three schools. thought that it would be a education for the students here. >> the family says they are touched that a complete stranger their brother in way. they hope it will inspire students to learn more about brandon and the sacrifices that made for his country.

>> i think they will be amazed the kind of person that he was. smith says that he wants to more than dedicate the road. it will be the address of schools on a map. >> he will be writing a letter for county approval next week. at the shape of healthy eating is changing. government officially throughout the food pyramid on thursday and replaced it with a plate. inside of the plate is a small circle for terry. health officials say that the old pyramid was too confusing. an academy award winner is feedhing a campaign to hungry children. to kick off the effort in arlington.

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local football player. football recruiter. thomas was a recruiter for a semi-pro football team. the owner says that crawford team, but out for the make it onto the roster. prince george's county police alcohol and speed were crash that killed people this morning on indian head highway. they said that in eight -- a road and drove off the into a tree. d.c. my oralton, is scheduled to before the washington, d.c. council tomorrow. he claims that money orders were him by the grace and campaign to attack the than fenty, promising -- job if he won at

the election. >> seeing where we were last week, this is your chance to really adjust. is a fairly nice day. as you have outside, it is also nice outside. nothing but clear skies. finally, west of washington, d.c., showers and thunderstorms develop. to 82 degrees was the high. 73 ed reagan national. wind coming up from the south, degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees in alexandria. temperaturea high today. temperatures are cool in over past hour or so.

70 out in fredericksburg. this is what it looked like afternoon hours when sun came out. showers and thunderstorms, northern partthe bay, movingpeake self without having impact on the metro area. high temperatures are going to mild for the overnight. 60's with high pressure moving off of the coast. morris humid air, look at these the south ando west of us. well into the '90s earlier today. 70 degrees.els, that is when it starts to feel uncomfortable. waterrees on tuesday, the

65-68ature is just around degrees. over the next 48 hours you might showers during the afternoon hours. only a 20% chance of seeing anything that all. most of us, sunny skies. here is the forecast. 66 degrees. fairly comfortable outside. tomorrow, back into the 80s. the heat and humidity, could be record- setting. thursday, high round 97. the heat index is approaching 100. your home for everything whether interactive doppler radar interactive extended outlook. coming up, j. r. ewing is inte[ male announcer ]utlook. there's a new ride coming to busch gardens williamsburg --

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