i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." for our international viewers, world report is next. in north america, "john king usa" starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf. good evening. tonight's britain's tabloid scandal escalates. two rupert murdoch-owned newspapers obtained and published information about prime minister gordon brown's family and finances. and tensions between the united states and syria, near a boiling point tonight. a government that beats its own people when they march peacefully slow to offer help when the united states embassy sund attack. >>> tonight the united states being unable to pay its bills because it's maxed out its credit line. to get more spending power president obama is trying to broker a deal with congress that would slash $2 trillion in red ink over the next decade. republicans refuse to raise taxes. president obama is left to sound like a nagging parent. no breakthrough at this afternoon's white house session. the president will reconvene the talks tomorrow. let's discuss the stakes and politics with jessica yellin and gloria borger. the sound we

wolf blitzer and i will break down all of it for you and have lawmakers on capitol hill and hear from, 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

joining me now is the host of that show, cnn wolf blitzer. what can we expect.gs going down. >> it looks like they are finally getting some positive developments based on what we heard and you were here, obviously, don, the minority leader in the senate mr. mcconnell, the speaker john boehner were upbeat when they met with reporters about an hour or so ago. behind-the-scenes there are discussions under way. the president once again is directly involved as is the vice president. nancy pelosi, the former speaker, the minority leader in the house going over with harry reid to the white house. they are on phone. they are talking. things are moving in the right direction. and let's hope that this crisis that would be a huge crisis can be averted. we'll have extensive coverage coming in in the next hour. among my guests two key senators very involved and very smart. they've got a lot of experience. mark warner, one of the gang of six, the democratic senator from virginia. also rob portman the new senator from ohio, he served in the bush administration. very well plugg

now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >> happening now, the president and the congressional leadership, they're diving into debt talks for a fourth straight day. this hour, the federal reserve chairman meanwhile is warning that failure to reach a deal will create a major financial crisis for the united states. we're standing by for word of any progress. let's see if it happens. also, u.s. senators call for an investigation of rupert murdoch's media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. who's behind the cash and can the republicans compete? >>> president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. and by all accounts, they're still very far apart.

wolf blitzer, thank you very much. enjoyed your coverage just last hour.e sure you stay with us because we're going to be all over the story throughout the show. democratic senator ben cardin is going to join me at the half-hour for more perspective on these very fluid debt talks. i want you to listen to this -- >> stepped back, pulled my glock 40 and put ten bullet in your [ bleep ]. until you drop. >> that is an ohio police officer caught on tape threatening a motorist. and apparently it's not his first incident caught on camera. we're going to show you the video. it's gone viral. we're going to talk about the case with our legal contributor, holly hughes. you'll hear it, as well. >>> many of you are asking questions. you can reach out to us on twitter or facebook. check out "transparent." ake spee in servicing clients that serve our country. my name is marjorie reyes. i'm a chief warrant officer. i am very grateful and appreciative that quicken loans can offer service members va loans. it was very important for me to be able to close and refinance my ho

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. >>> let's go to washington now for your cnn equals politics update with my colleague, wolf blitzer.efore you get to the ticker, quickly here, i have just noticed on president barack obama's twitter page, i don't know if you've seen this, but whoever it is that's tweeting for him, they're going line by line, tweeting to these different republicans with, and each and every time, at the end of the tweet, it says "hash tag, compromise." social media trying to get compromise done on the debt deal. >> if you were listening to his speech, and i know you were, because you were tweeting earlier, @brookebcnn, that's your handle, right? >> you got it. >> if you were listening right at the very end, he said, you know what, if you agree with me, get in touch with members of congress, call their offices, e-mail them, tweet them. he really wants to put the pressure on other republicans, especially to come around and make some sort of compromise. that was one of the messages he had. he also pointed out that if you take a look objectively at what boehner is proposing in the house, what harry reid is

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." first, a powerful reminder today, if they don't reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poor's is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes rising, our own jessica yellin learned that leaders plan to meet this hour at the white house. we're learning a good deal more about where the talks stand. kate bolduan has the latest. what do you know? >> both sides, all sides are cautioning and stressing that there is no deal. we are learning that president obama and house speaker john boehner are making a fresh drive to strive for one maybe last effort on this some of the ideas could include $3 trillion in debt reduction. that could include spending cuts of possibly a trillion or more, entitlement reform that could possibly include changing the age eligibility for -- of medicare, and also on the issue of revenues, there's discuss of whether the bush era tax cuts for

wolf blitzer has the preview. aley. >> we had a good interview with him. this is a critical moment. there's only a few days before before the united states potential. we all hope it doesn't happen. potentially couldn't pay all its bills. they'll have to decide which bills to pay, which bills they won't pay. he's still optimistic there will be some sort of deal to avert this kind of disaster, though he did tell me the treasury department is finalizing contingency plans right now, which checks will be written, who will be getting their checks, which vendors, whatever, which checks won't be written, because they won't have enough money. so it's a serious issue, and of course the credit rating agencies are looking at the understanding right now. while he's confident, optimistic at the end there would be an agreement, he's not necessarily able to guarantee the triple a rating will survive. he says the boehner legislation, and we're waiting for it to vote on the house floor. in the next few minutes i think they'll start

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i want to go to wolf blitzer in washington. some people are saying this is really a sideshow, the president coming out here, that the real negotiations, the relevant talks, are happening behind the scenes. >> yeah, there's a lot of people saying that. the 1234 the senate leadership, the republican leadership, the democratic leadership, especially mitch mcconnell, they've got a backup plan that seems to have some traction right now because the main deal doesn't seem to be going very far. but let's get the very latest from our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she's up on capitol hill. just within the last hour the republican leadership came out and they gave their side of the story. >> giving their side of the story. and i'll tell you, some news this morning as they met with their caucus early this morning for quite a long time, wolf, the republican leadership came out to really lay down a marker. and they're kind of laying it out as the republican alternative here in order to get to a path of raising the debt ceiling. t

. >>> wolf blitzer joins us in such a few minutes. first breaking news. we want to get you caught up right now. >>> survivor describing how he avoided the gunman that shot up a youth camp in norway. 85 people died following a bombing in the capital of oslo which claimed seven lives. police have suspect in custody. michael, what's happening now? >> reporter: yeah. i can tell you, we've just heard on local media here that the lawyer for the suspect in this case, his name is anders behring breivik, the lawyer is telling the local television here that the shooting suspect believed that his actions were atrocious, but necessary. that's within the last few minutes. his lawyer saying that he believed his actions were atrocious but necessary. and how atrocious were there? 85 people, most of them kids killed over there on that island, a couple of miles from where i stand right now. behind me is the hotel that's all day been a center for parents of those kids and parents of kids who survived this as well. coming together. they have been having counselling here. a l

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in the meantime special live edition "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. he's following the debt crisis in washington. wolf, take it away. >> thanks very much. happening now, crisis talks over at the white house. washington's top democrats go behind closed doors. are they on the verge of offering a deal to the republicans? on capitol hill, republican leaders now say they are confident and optimistic. their latest prediction, a national default is not going to happen but are democrats singing the same tune? senators appear ready to work late into the night and lawmakers confirm there are right now ongoing talks at the highest levels. but will a deal take shape or could it still fall apart? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". it's been a day of dramatic changes in washington's debt crisis. within the past few hours capitol hill's angry partisanship gave way to serious negotiations, and then to predictions of an agreement within the very near future, one top republican, the

i'm here with wolf blitzer, my colleague. wolf, what is about to happen here? what is the explanation? is it as simple as, sorry, you are republicans, we didn't like the bill. we're democrats, we're not having it? >> it's not that simple. they have to come up with some compromise, some sort of plan that can pass the senate and go back to the house of representatives and pass there something that the president could sign that would allow the united states to raise the debt ceiling and avert some sort of financial disaster come tuesday. it's not simple at all, so they need to work together. the mainstream, main leadership, democrats and republicans, they need to find a way to come up with the bare minimum to get over this hump. it's a huge, huge obstacle, standing in the way of an mechanic recovery, if you will. so the stakes really are enormous. >> what we're waiting for here is senate majority leader harry reid, about to explain why the senate has rejected john boeh r boehner's bill. let's go to jessica yellin while we wait. cnn's chief white house corresponden

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. a special gathering to tackle america's serious economic problems. key figures from government, business and academia came together this week in chicago for the clinton global might be difference america conference. the event was the brainchild of former president bill clinton. i sat down with him in chicago for a candid interview on the country's debt crisis, the 2012 presidential race, and much more. >> mr. president, thanks very much for joining us. good to be here. first time you've done this as far as the u.s. economy is concerned. normally it's global issues. and i want to get to that, but let's talk about some of the big issues right now. jobs, jobs, jobs. it's a crisis, a game of chicken going on in washington right now between the president, the did democrats on one side, republican leadership on the other side. how big of a deal is this august 2nd deadline for raising the debt ceiling? >> well, because i haven't been in government in a long time, i don't know what options th

wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley and you're in the situation room. >> a lot of pain and not enough gain in the newest snapshot of unemployment in this country. a new report shows 18,000 jobs were created in june. that is so far short of the as many as 125,000 jobs that economists were predicting. the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 9.2%, up from 9.1 that brings the total number of unemployed people in the united states up to a whopping 14.1 million people. here's what president obama said about the numbers. >> today's job report confirms what most americans already know. we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give people the security and opportunity that they deserve. we've added more than 2 million new private-sector jobs over the past 16 months but the recession cost us more than 8 million. and that means that we still have a big hole to fill. >> we're joined now by our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. there's no way to pretty up the report. >> the economy

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> one of the world's biggest media empires in crisis now. rupert murdoch publicly apologizing for serious wrongdoing and is now the front tabloid, the news of the world. the new ad in british newspapers coming days before he and his son are scheduled to face members of parliament. our correspondent brian todd and allan chernoff are standing by. first to london and our senior correspondent don rivers is standing by. are people in london, dan, still as shocked as they were over these past few days? >> reporter: i think so, yeah. i mean, this has been a seismic week in british politics. a week that will be written about for decades to come, i think. just having all of the main political parties that are normally squabbling at each other's throats suddenly united, but they're united because of their contempt and outrage at what rupert murdoch's papers are alleged to have done, whereas they spent the last 20 years assiduously trying to get as close as poss

coming up here in mere minutes, "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. from a big, big meeting at the white house. >> the president of the united states is trying to convince the republican leadership, the house speaker, the house majority leader, john boehner, eric cantor to go along with this more ambitious gang of six proposal for deficit reduction. it includes some tax increases. the conservatives in the mouse, the real tea party advocate, they hate any idea of any tax increases whatsoever. it also includes some tax cuts on medicare -- some cuts in spending for medicare and social security which a lot of liberal democrats hate. so there's going to be a big fight. i don't think the problem, as you know, is in the senate. the problem is really in the house of representatives. so the president has got to convince the republican leadership to go along with this ambitious plan. the white house now making it clear, despite earlier comments from the president he would accept a few days extension, a stop-gap measure to keep these negotiations going beyond au

now to wolf blitzer. >>> al qaeda forces looking to expand their turf in the west. plus an international financeer is now freed from house arrest in new york city. the case against the former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn may be falling apart right now because of very serious questions about his accuser's credibility. and how the idea of fox news may have been hatched in the republican white house. the secret blueprint dug up now from the nixon library archives. i'm wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." >>> exactly two months after osama bin laden was killed, elements of his al qaeda network are joining forces to keep his campaign of terror alive. we're learning about a merger of sorts between al qaeda militants in yemen and neighboring somalia. our pentagon correspondent has some exclusive details. barbara, tell us what you know. >> we've been digging for the last several days and several u.s. officials tell us that indeed they have intelligence that convinces them that al qaeda in yemen and the al qaeda-related group in somalia are joining forces to try an

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is due to meet this hour with house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor. this just a short while after he met with top congressional democrats over at the white house. ours who correspondent dan lothian is standing by. kate baldwin has the latest. kate? >> polling show that americans are looking for compromise to get through this debt crisis. senators in the gang of six say that's exactly what they're offering here with their plan, but there are real questions if they can get enough support in time. now after months of negotiations. the so-called gang of six met once again behind closed doors this time to try to build momentum around their $3.7 trillion debt reduction plan. >> this is the only bipartisan plan that meets the debt reduction targets. >> the proposal would have budget

tomorrow night a cnn special report on the debt crisis, join wolf blitzer and don lemon for a breakdown on the hurdles, options, obstacles, "get it done, countdown to debt crisis" right here on cnn. >>> let's get out of d.c., shall we, and go a few hundred miles south. in another government is dealing with its own debt problems. we're talking about jefferson county, alabama. officials there were ready to file chapter 9 bankruptcy. that would allow them to restructure more than $4 billion in debt. a lot of that debt is from a court-ordered improvement to the county's sewer system. but the bankruptcy deal is now on hold for at least a week as the county tries to work out a settlement with its creditors. >> we will take a look at whatever they propose, if they propose something. they may not propose anything. fine. then it's our move. >> it would have to be close and it cannot involve a double digit rate increase. so we're open for a bankruptcies have always been my last option and we're down to the end of our rope. we have to have a settlement. >> let me explain what this means now. jeffe

now let's go to wolf blitzer. "situation room" starts right now. >>> the political temperature here in washington, now tipping the scales as the white house intensifies both parties over how to solve the debt crisis. fears that a solution won't be reached in time are quickly, quickly potentially, at least, becoming a reality. what is president obama doing right now to end this bitter gridlock? the white house press secretary jay carney will join me just minutes from now. plus, even if congress agrees on a last-minute deal, the country's coveted aaa credit rating could be compromised. the unpresence dented consequences for all of us. and why some lawmakers argue the looming august 2 deadline isn't the armageddon the president says it is. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're only five days away from what could lead to unprecedented default in the united states if the political sparring between our elected officials here in washington doesn't stop. and we can't emphasize enough how devastating the

let's go to wolf blitzer with the latest. wolf, what do you have? >> brooke, thanks very much.ouse of representatives, i know you'll be covering it momentarily. the house speaker has a proposal that he's putting forward to see if they can advance the situation as far as raising the nation's debt ceiling. only one week to go before the u.s. could potentially default on some of its loans, some of its financial obligations. you heard harry reid come out with his plan a little while ago. harry reid's plan, as you pointed out, has no tax increases which is what the republicans want. at the same time, no real cuts in entitlement spending like social security or medicare. i just posted it on our cnn situation room blog. something very interesting. both the president and the speaker, president obama and john boehner, they were both llg -- willing to upset their respective bases. the president willing to have cuts in entitlement spending, medicare, social security, medicaid, change of cost of living index, formulas, for example, what's called means testing a lot of democrats didn't like

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." for our international viewers "world report" is next. in north america, "john king, usa" starts right now. >> thank you, wolf. >>> and thanks for joining us. i'm jessica yellin, john king is off. we've got breaki ining news on eve of the milestone in our country's future. the house of representatives is supposed to vote tomorrow on speaker john boehner's short-term plan to raise the debt limit and cut about a trillion dollars in spending. but just a few minutes ago the speaker announced he plans to rewrite the bill because it does not cut enough spending. cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan joins us now from capitol hill, what is the latest? >> reporter: you know the cbo numbers, the congressional budget office, jessica, this office that scores, gives a cost estimate, for legislation, it's very critical, and this evening it came out the cbo brought out -- gave out its estimate, and it says that the speaker boehner's bill falls short of what its target was. it says that it woul

i am wolf blitzer washington, special coverage continues right now with "piers morgan tonight." >> thank you for chain with us. >> bible start with you, the talk of compromise, it seems cheat me that both of the equivalent of the bay of pigs, who will blink first? >> the president doesn't have to say because he doesn't have a boat. it was a moment to isolate the republican speaker of the house and urge him to try to change pass and find out to compromise. we heard him hawed speaker peter tight and say you work with the president. i am not sure politically that was the best way to help john boehner get words to compromise with some of his hard-line members. my also point out you that the president did not in this speech repeat his veto threat. we heard him repeat he would get a short-term extension on the debt ceiling. he did not do that. i will find out what to read into that. in essence, the president tried to rally the american people to pressure congress into a compromise, and we have seen that hasn't worked. this is unprecedented. no u.s. president has never defaulted. is it conceiva

wolf blitzer and i will break down all of the hurdles, and the obstacles to get it done, countdown to the debt crisis. we are not going away from this story and watching capitol hill and the white house where it is going to be a long night at least and we know now that they are going to convene tomorrow at noon and they will vote at 1:00 p.m. eastern. they are packing up to go home, and also at this hour, my conversation with congressman rand paul about the stalemate, and this. >> you need to get two steps back and i will pull my glock and put [ bleep ] in your back. >> and a police officer threatening a motorist and not the first time he has been caught on camera. we will talk about the video that has gone viral with media analyst holly hughes. you can also talk to us on cnn.com/don or four square. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brosta

our wolf blitzer and don lemon breaking down the options. >>> meanwhile, the president has just lost more than 30,000 followers on twitter, i'm talking about here. the president sent out pleas for his twitter followers to tweet their members of congress about the debt ceiling debate. but apparently not everybody liked being flooded with those messages, and according to the website, twittercounter, 33,000 people jumped ship. they jumped from the president's re-election twitter feed after he sent out those tweets. >>> we just heard joe johns mention the markets on monday, they are really hoping to get some kind of a deal done before the markets open on monday. well, it seems like they may be having an impact, this whole crisis, already. because stocks ended their worst weekly showing in more than a year yesterday. argument to the financial data company wilshire, an estimated $700 billion worth of market value was lost. the dow fell 4.2% for the week while the nasdaq dropped nearly 3.6%. >>> and take a look at this. the federal government is looking to solve some of its money problems,

one on woun interview with wolf blitzer, former president clinton talked about whether this is a hard. >> well, i think i know it's a hard deadline in the sense that just letting it happen will have, at the very least, a short term adverse effect on our standing in the world, on our credit, on people thinking we're a grown-up country who know what we are doing. now, how bad the long-term damage is will be determined by how quickly we remedy it, but it's -- since it's never happened before, it's impossible to be absolutely specific, but it's nutty. what you're really saying when you don't raise the debt limit is not you want to balance the budget in the future. it is, i'm sorry, i'm so mad, i can't get my way, i'm not going to pay our past debts and a grown-up country can't do that. we can't afford to do that. >> he went on to say he believes congress will reach some kind of short-term deal. >>> coming up on july fourth weekend expect a year a lot of people singing the national anthem but don't expect our next guest to be one of them. a pastor explains his objection to the star-spangle

wolf blitzer joins us with the latest. washington in more ways than one. >> always hot in washington, especially hot right now. wee getting ready and you've been reporting extensively on this debt ceiling showdown. only a few days left. let's hope they get a deal so all of us can continue on. on our political ticker, one item, i'm blocking about it. i haven't posted it yet, but i'll tell you about it. i just taped an interview with the former pakistani is that pervez musharraf. we spoke about the texas governor rick perry, who may be running for president of the united states. you won't be surprised to hear -- maybe you will be surprised to hear, they met in austin last month. pervez musharraf and rick perry, and per -- pervez musharraf tells me that he's convinced rick perry will run for president. we talked a bit about rick perry, and i think he's going to run for president, too. i haven't met with rick perry. pervez musharraf has, and he thinks he'll run. i've also just taped an interview with janet napolitano. we go in

wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns, and you're in the situation room. >> tears of joys from casey anthony and gasps of surprise. jurors in orlando, florida, clearing anthony of all the most serious counts against her in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. we have a release from the family. while the family may never know what happened to caylee marie anthony, they have closure in this chapter of their life. they will now begin the long process of rebuilding their lives. the family believes the jury made a fair decision based on the evidence presented, the testimony presented, the scientific information presented, and the rules given to them. the family homes that they will be given the time by the media to reflect on this verdict and decide the best way to move forward privately. anthony was found guilty on lesser counts of lying. but now it's very possible this woman who could have faced the death penalty won't face any prison time. standing by to hear the latest reactions and analysis, right no

now to wolf blitzer. "situation room" starts right now. >> thanks very much, brook. >>> two weeks before the united states may plunge into financial crisis. plu, media mogul rupert murdoch is just hours away from being grilled and lambasteds by british law makers and now a whistleblower in the growing phone hackl scandal reportedly is dead. and a 77-year-old man defends his home and family from an intruder with a gun. stand by for the dramatic story. that's even more compelling because -- get this -- he's a member of the united states congress. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the u.s. defaulting on its debt for the first time in history? we can't state it enough, this has enormous consequences for all of us, and time is quickly running out to prevent what the president calls armageddon. let's check in with kate baldwin. she's standing by with the latest. where do the negotiations stand right now? >> the two top republicans in the house. no official readout from the white house, but p

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. let's go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. >> he said it' time for law makers from both parties to make tough choices. he says he's been willing to put entitlement programs on the table, but even so, there's no deal tonight. and some republicans are saying it's time for the president to put his own plan on the table, not make another speech. president obama still thinks the so-called big deal option is the right deal. >> what's important is that even as we raise the debt ceiling, we also solve the problem of underlying debts and deficits. i'm glad congressional leaders don't want to default, but i think the american people expect more than that. they expect us to solve thi

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the federal debt is soaring high or above the limit almost by the second. and president obama is vowing to hold daily negotiations to raise the ceiling if that's what it takes. another round of talks broke up just a little while ago without repeat any break through. with 22 days left the president says he won't accept the stop gap plan to prevent america from defaulting on its debts. he used a news conference this morning to challenge both parties and to lay down some markers. >> i will not sign a 30-day or a 60-day or a 90-day extension. that's just not an acceptable approach. and if we think it's going to be hard, if we think it's hard now, imagine how these guys are going to be thinking six months from now in the middle of election season when they're all up. it's not going to get easier. it's going to get harder. so we might as well do it now. pull off the band-aid. eat our peas. >> all right, let's bring in our congressional correspondent, kate baldwin. we heard from the house sp

almost tyke for the sit room with wolf blitzer. >> we're going to check in with ben wedeman to see what's going on this day after that dramatic shot. mary rogers, or photographer there, that was a scary, close call, t.j., as you know. we'll have all of that news, what's happening with rupert murdoch's empire, the fbi as you know, launching a formal investigation, initial probe into any of the allegations that some of the 9/11 victims and their families had their phones hacked, if you will. also a special interview with the chairman of is the house budget committee, paul ryan, on what's going on with the debt ceiling negotiations. and even as we speak, the negotiations are under way over at the white house. another day of talks, the stakes, t.j., enormous right now. we're all over that story as well. >> wolf blitzer, we will see you here in about seven minutes. thanks so much. >>> we were showing you video of a guy who was in a bit of a situation. went to work today and got stuck a few stories up. he was a window washer who had to b

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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. for our international viewer, world report is next. in north america, john king usa starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. tonight syria kills more of it citizens just because they want political reforms. plus a new study says all that information you can find on the internet comes at a steep price. and we don't mean money. but first up, a fight that is about money. your money. and as we learned again today, it's about politics, too. at issue, whether big spending cuts should be locked in before the government is allowed to borrow more money to pay it bills. president obama held his second news conference in a week tells you the biggest headline. there is no deal. so the politicians from the president on down are trying to prove they're the one most looking out for you. >> it would be very helpful for us to be able to say to the american people our fiscal house is in order. >> the president wassed a today month that it's impossible to get a deal unless and until the republicans agree to raise some taxes. in turn, republicans say

now, wolf blitzer, "situation room" starts right now. wolf? >> brooke, thanks very much. >>> happening now, breaking news. that critical house vote on the republican debt plan back, it's back on right now, almost 24 hours after a huge rift in the party brought it to a screeching halt. do the republicans now have the 216 votes needed to pass? we're only moments away from the vote and when it happens, we'll bring it to you live right here in "the situation room". >>> plus, it's arguably his most defining moment as the house speaker. john boehner now desperately struggling to prove he has what it takes to keep a new generation of republicans in line. >>> and president obama warns, and i'm quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> you're looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote w

wolf blitzer and i will break down all the hurdles and options as we near the deadline for reaching a deal. get it done. countdown to debt crisis, tomorrow night right here on cnn. we're not going far away from the story. we're watching capitol hill and the white house where it is going to be a very long night at least, and we know now that they're going to convene tomorrow. at noon and they're going to vote at 1:00 p.m. eastern. they're packing up now and getting ready to go home. also ahead this hour, my conversation with rand paul, republican senator, about the debt stalemate. plus, i want you to listen this. >> some two steps back, pulled my glock 40 and just ten bullets in your [ bleep ]. >> al ohio police officer is caught on tape threatening a motorist. we'll show you the video that's gone viral and talk about the case with legal contributor holly hughes. many of you are asking for information through social media. we're back in a moment. over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to gene

politicians speaking of which we heard from white house chief of staff they lead today speaking to wolf blitzer. so what you're saying is the president did present a plan to the speaker john boehner but he didn't going public we don't know if the speaker and the president had agreed and then the thought of a negotiation do not happen in public. they don't happen in public i'll surprise surprise when the american people are getting ripped off for the sake of america's banks or class yeah we're not going to get the details but because the down continues and we'll be following it all the way to the deadline next tuesday right here on adam vs the man joining us now is a hero of the movement for monetary reform was last name is not paul filmmaker and documentarian bill still producer of the money masters and more recently the secret of oz in one thousand nine hundred six the money masters was released accurately predicting the economic calamity is now facing america a film still relevant to this day and popular amongst students of monetary policy is in his two thousand and ten film the secret of whi

frisk i think i mean you know fox news has has always had that type of you know celebrity girl or wolf blitzer made his name. but then my father would be in wearing a tough guy you know vast you know there's there's always been a lot of this yes i think there's more in t.v. news in cable news to make celebrities out of people but this isn't the most nefarious aspect of it that's more of a reflection sadly on what our star society ingests and frankly i'm got cheaper and easier for the networks to do i mean rather than actually going out and doing real reporting and real journalism if you can don't you're host in a vat of mud and that that helps with your ratings it's easier to do it there you go got to go get myself and not to get more people to watch the direction this is going and i will i will retreat that picture all right well that was sam seder thank you so much as i want to see what really happens with that feature of news in this country that was the majority report bank of england. now from media war through actual war with today the u.s. led nato coalition in afghanistan handed over c

have seen this kind of thing i mean you know fox news has always had that type of celebrity girly wolf blitzer made his name. chloe i mean wearing a tough guy that you know there's there's always been a lot of this yes i think there's more in t.v. news in cable news to make celebrities out of people but this isn't the most nefarious aspect of it that's more of a reflection sadly. on what arse our society ingests and frankly what's cheaper and easier for the networks to do i mean rather than actually going out and doing real reporting in real journalism if you can don't your host in a vat of mud and that helps with your ratings it's easier to do it there you go i got myself in mind to get more people to watch the action this is going on and i will i will retrieve that picture all right well that was fanfare thank you so much as i want to see what really happens with that future of news in this country that with house majority report thanks for being with us and now this next story blends our mabel and the president desk through a complex and military industrial complex and have one big complex

. >> let's go to wolf blitzer in washingt washington. wolf, what do you have? much. one thing we're going to do later today, there's a chunk of the interview i did this week in chicago with former president bill clinton that hasn't aired yet. we're going to run that whole exchange because it's a good one on this accusation that a lot of republicans make against president obama that he's engaged in class warfare when he says he would like to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. president clinton feels very strongly on this issue and he insists it is not class warfare because the richest americans have done so well over the past 20, 30 years compared to other americans. and he goes through this whole experience that he had when he was in his first term when he did raise taxes, went up to 39.6%, the highest income bracket for the wealthiest americans during the bush administration went down to 35%. obama would like to see it go back up to that clinton level, 39.6%. it's a good exchange. i want our viewers to watch it. that's going to air today in our 6:00 p.m.