>> reporter: hi there, contessa. the white house isn't commenting politicsy yet about the moody's suggestion. we expect they will by the end of the day. they're saying the president is pushing to get a big deal done to get the nation back on its proper financial track. we can tell you there are two main plans that are emerging. a public plan and private plan. talk about the public plan, the house is going to vote on that tomorrow. it would cut the deficit, cap spending by about 18% of the nation's gdp and also require congress to pass a balanced budget amendment in order to increase the debt ceiling. so house is going to vote on that tomorrow. it is likely it will pass the house. but it's unlikely it will pass the democratically led senate. the point of this is really to allow republicans to get on the record here and say, look, we would like to see a balanced budget amendment if we're going to increase the debt ceiling might help in terms of compromise later on down the road. that private plan that's being hammered

i'm contessa brewer. see you tomorrow, noon eastern.basic agreement on the debt ceiling needs to be reached in order to get legislation drafted and passed before that deadline. we'll keep you up to date on that. andrea mitchell will have more ahead on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> it's all about the deadline. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports" could the bush tax cuts be the key to crafting a grand bargain on the debt ceiling? plus wall street developing a doomsday plan. what happens if the clock runs out before a deal gets done? >>> over and out. the end of an era at nasa. "andrea mitchell reports" up next. >>> we'll see a few possible showers around chicago, but the heat wave's a huge story. near 100 degree heat peaking today in d.c. to philadelphia, baltimore, possibly new york city and still 100s around dallas. et with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time

i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. we begin with breaking news out of texas, where authorities have arrested an army private assigned to fort campbell, kentucky. officials found bomb-making materials in his hotel room. that arrest came after someone reportedly overheard the private threatening to stage an attack on the army post at fort hood. fort hood was the scene of a deadly shooting attack in november 2009. major nadal hassan is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others. pete williams has the latest from washington now. pete, what do you know about this arrest of the private? >> reporter: right. well, good afternoon. you saw killeen, texas on that map. that's where he was arrested. he's a private first class assigned to fort campbell, but arrested in texas yesterday and according to law enforcement officials, what happened is he went into a gun store in killeen, texas and was asking questions that the gun store owner thought was suspicious. he was also buying smokeless powder which can be used for

>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into some sort of change of what the status quo is right now and that really is both sides digging in quite rigidly on their plans. democrats supporting harry reid's plan the $2.7 trillion cut across the board. republicans in favor of john boehner's plan, with an extension of the debt limit. that's where both sides are still very much. >> kristen, let's talk with you about where the white house goes from here. can they capitalize on this? the people are willing to go online -- i had trouble getting on the house website today maybe not c

i'm contessa brewer.of the casey anthony jurors will remain secret at least until october 25th. the judge is concerned about their safety. the lockerbie bomber was spotted at a rally in libya in support of gadhafi. he was released from a scottish prison nearly two years ago kwhen the prison said at that time he only had three months to live. here he is. >>> egypt's former president mubarak has reportedly not eaten in four days. his doctors say he's lost weight and is weak. mubarak faces a corruption trial next week. >>> walter reed army center closes its doors after 102 years. the operations are moving to a new location in maryland. >>> in the debt debate each side is wanting to paint the other willing to push the nation into a financial crisis rather than moved from their own entrenched position. here's mitch mcconnell. >> i have a question for those senior advisors, what about this legislation is so offensive that you'd rather see the nation default on its obligations than have the president sign it int

i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the news of the world he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee torque the press complaints commission, and of course, perjured himself in a court of law. >> former news of the world ed tore andy coulson was until january cameron's communications director. >> with 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed i would not have offered him the job and i expect that he wouldn't have taken it. >> coulson was arrested this month suspected of corruption in the u.s. voice mail hacking and police bribery scandal. >> you live and you le

i'm contessa brewer. at least four people at a memorial service for hamid karzai's assassinated brother. at least 15 people were wounded. >>> children exposed to second-hand smoke may be more likely to have learning or behavioral problems such as adhd. researchers say there could also be other factors. >>> the astronauts aboard the shuttle "atlantis" are getting a day off today to savor the historic experience and eat barbecue grilled chicken, beef brisket, baked beans and apple pie. so american. >>> amazon reportedly will launch a tablet in october to compete with the ipad. it will have a nine-inch screen and use google's android operating system. >>> wall street is putting washington on notice over deadlocked debt talks. moody's and standard and poor's are warning the united states is risking its sterling credit rating if there's no agreement to raise the debt ceiling by august 2nd. melissa francis is here with that. you have all these republican politicians like michele bachmann, steve israel, joe wals

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." it's human nature to get angry, and sometimes emotions boil over. when they do, situations can spiral out of control. in this hour, you'll see people who lash out in frustration, despair and rage. >> oh, hell, yeah. >> it's a scene that would shock any parent. two middle school girls beating each other in front of dozens of their peers. and the whole bloody battle is caught on an iphone camera. >> we want to see more of this. >> one of the girls involved is 13-year-old sierra spencer. she has just switched middle schools in the small suburb of marysville, washington, after being bullied in her own school. at first, it feels like a good fit. >> it was perfectly fine. like i had no problems. i loved it. >> but sierra is bullied in this school, too. sierra's mother, kenice watson is frustrated the problems she thought she had fixed is continuing. >> there's three middle schools and how do they intermingle. and so eventually the issues she was having at the other middle school started kin

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a crash can happen just about anywhere. sometimes the impact is no more than a minor inconvenience. other times it is a life-changing or even a life-ending event. while crashes are often accidents, in our first video, you'll see a one-man wrecking effort that is anything but accidental. june 4th, 2004, an irate man in a bulldozer wreaks havoc on the small town of grandby, colorado. >> the vehicle was going in and out of this, basically, a big concrete warehouse, that was made out of prefab concrete. and what he would do is fall forward until the wall would collapse on top of him and then he would pull backwards and he was just going from one end of the build to the other doing that, causing the building to collapse on itself. >> glen trainor is the former undersheriff of grand county, colorado. when the call first comes in that a bulldozer is on the loose, he isn't overly concerned. but that changes after a report of shots being fired. it turns out this

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." you see a crime unfolding before your very eyes. the law breakers are armed, so what do you do? run for help? call 911? or would you try to stop the bad guys yourself? it's one thing to get involved if you are young and able. but in the story you are about to see, one of the unlikeliest of people says not on my watch. northampton, england. it's a bold and brash robbery in broad daylight as three sledgehammer-wielding thugs wail away at this jewelry store front. and three getaway drivers on mopeds rev their engines. it appears no one can stop these helmeted hooligans from their brazen afternoon heist. that is no one except for super granny. >> i'm exceedingly feisty. i know how to smack your hand if it's in the wrong place. >> reporter: her name is ann timson. and cloaked in red, flying down the street with the greatest of ease, the 71-year-old british granny vigilante decides to take justice into her own hands. beating the armed bandits with the only weapon she has, her handbag. >> it

now this investigation is much broader than just this area, contessa. out across the vermont which is across the river here as well as across the border into canada which is less than a mile here. so a big concern, a massive response as this community continues to struggle with the disappearance of celine na and as investigators try to find out exactly what happened. >> michelle, thank you. >>> a look at the first major tropical storm to threaten the united states coming up. >>> any minute now we'll hear from the white house. president obama is warning that america is in financial crisis. that we'll lose our top credit rating if we default. he says congress has got to come up with a bipartisan solution. >>> and check out a new caught on camera dash cam diaries three. sunday 8:00 p.m. on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ and started earning loads of points. you go

>> it was a remarkable day in court, contessa.ndependent forensic experts taking the stand explaining of actually how the police, had sloppy police work. they showed slides and video of how they collected pieces of evidence. some that didn't have gloves. other gloves were dirty. one crucial bit of evidence it was a bloody bra clasp that was originally attributed to knox's former boyfriend. you could see in the video it being picked up, dropped on the floor, kicked across the room. it was not retrieved until weeks later. perhaps more important for the knox side sa that the alleged knife which is prosecution introduced in evidence at the beginning of the trial they were claiming that there was dna material from the victim on the blade and dna material from amanda knox on the handle. what these experts said today is there is a profile of knox on the handle. although this knife was discovered in her former boyfriend's apartment. no disearnable dna whatsoever on the knife. pretty much saying that the alleged murder weapon you can throw

contessa brewer here now. >>> just exhausting to go through all these different plans. negotiations surrounding them. >>> there's a revolt right now on twitter over this debt debate in washington. how people are reaching out to lawmakers. and also, why the wealth gap is widening between whites and minorities. and what's behind the angry birds revolution. it's even turning up in classrooms. how is a video game a teaching tool? we'll get to that, next hour. 2 or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ it's a cloud of depression. and although you've been on an antidepressant for at least six weeks, you're frustrated that your depressive symptoms are still with you. seroquel xr, when added to an antidepressant, is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder. for many, taking seroquel xr with an antidepressant was proven more effective than an antidepressant alone for treating unresolved symptoms of depression. talk to your doctor about seroquel xr. then visit seroquelxr.com for a free trial offer. call your doctor if you have unusu

i'm contessa brewer, covering the big news coast to coast.e warning from the u.s. chamber of commerce to congress. compromise or jeopardize our fiscal security. that ticking clock could be a ticking time bomb. the debt deadline is now just 12 days away and washington still has no clear path to an agreement. >> right now there are multiple trains heading toward the station. >> reporter: so many plans, so little time. with an eta of august 2nd

>> braving is an interesting choice of a word i think, contessa. people are out here because they have to. they're going from museum to museum and some people are playing ultimate frisbee. the tourists seem to be moving the slowest. they're not used to the heat. not a lot of people are used to this much heat. a lot of people were out running this morning. this is some very serious heat we're talking about. excessive heat warning until 10:00 in washington, d.c. that's the story up and down the east coast, the mid-atlantic and northeast. tomorrow that excessive heat warning in effect until 8:00. the overnight hours think about this, still very hot. midnight last night many spots were spill right around 90 degrees. this morning we walked out at 4:00 in the morning it was 84. right now it's 99. feels like 114 when you factor in the humidity. the fact that your sweat's not evaporating you're not cooling off. it feels hotter than the thermometer, the thermometer is reading something pretty. 99 is hot. >> since you mentioned it's not cooling off at night,

i'm contessa brewerm. an unsuspecting teen lured to a house of horror while two teenage boys stand as lookouts. the girl is badly beaten. but if that isn't terrifying enough, the attackers videotaped the assault, hoping to post it on the internet for their 15 minutes of fame. well, they got fame all right, and some may even get a jail sentence to go with it. this is what the world saw, 16-year-old victoria lindsey, or tori, as her friends called her, being punched, kicked and cursed at in the home of her friend, mercedes nichols. >> ooh, yeah, baby. ooh, yeah. >> the beating is an ambush. tori had spent a week at nichols' place in lakeland, florida, because she allegedly is having problems at home. so why would mercedes and five other girls turn so viciously on tori? polk county sheriff grady judd. >> this all erupted as a result of our victim supposedly trash talking these other girls on her myspace account and through text messages. >> you can hear one of the girls talking about the myspace messages. >

i'm contessa brewer. covering the news coast to coast. d-day for a deal. white house says an agreement must be worked out today for congress to be able to beat that august 2nd

msnbc's contessa brewer joins me now, you're coming in at the top of the hour to take over and watch the testimony taking place just as the last member of parliament the woman on the left was asking questions of james murdoch and then this erupts. so from what we see we don't have clarification just yet, contessa from your vantage point, it looks like he had some type of tin with what may have been shaving cream or whipped cream. >> we're just being told a white substance. we saw that picture of the protester after he'd been taken into police custody. the protester himself has covering his face and shoulders and neck, there he is behind the glass. we can see him his arms now cuffed behind his back in custody of police. it does seem like we've been told that rupert murdoch did get some of that white substance on him. as you mention here wendy deng jumped up to defend her husband. we saw an arm swat there many the video. the thing is we've been watching this testimony for the last few hours here. it's been compelling testimony in and of itself, thomas. and then this has been the attent

i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast.watching right now relentless heat and humidity that is slamming at least 17 states in the nation with heat advisories and warnings from texas to michigan. a look at lake

outrageous comfort, all-day long. >>> good friday, everybody, i'm contessa brewer. watching right now, fast moving developments in the showdown other the debt. there are now just four days until the nation goes to the august 2nd debt deadline. this morning president obama pushed congress to find some sort of compromise. >> what's clear now is that any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. it must have the support of both parties that were sent here to represent the american people. >> right now house speaker john boehner's frantically trying to tweet his stalled bill to get support from conservatives to get it through the house. >> time is presently short and that is an understatement. >> senator majority leader harry reid's tired of waiting. >> i would ask my friends, my republican friends break away from this thing going on in the house of representatives. >> so today reid's going it alone moving forward with his debt plan. it cuts more than $2 trillion in federal spending and extends the

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contessa brewer is going to pick things up for the next hour. >> it is a story of tragic dimensions.ttle boy to aç hit and run driver. now the twist, she could spend more time behind bars than he did because she was crossing the street outside of a crosswalk. she joins me next to talk about it. >>> did a minnesota school's neutrality policy allow gay bullying? that's the question and a mother who lost her young son to what she says bullying to led to a suicide. she joins me to talk about it. and nancy pelosi calling now for an ethics investigation into the oregon congressman who's smack-dab in the middle of a sex scandal. it's all ahead on msnbc. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ announcer ] who could resist the call... of america's number-one puppy food brand? with dha and essential nutrients also found in mother's milk. purina puppy chow. >>> the big story we're watching right now, duelling debt plans. today john boehner is going rogue. and democrats say good luck with that. >> more changes, but no deal. on one side of the debt

she tells my colleague contessa brewer she was shocked by the charges. >> i heard that it could happens beforehand and someone said this happened to someone else and they charged her. even then i did not think they would charge me. >> i just hope that she has a lot of compassion, and that she is a mother herself, and do the heroic thing and let my niece continue to stay with her other two children, because they need their mother. >> well, in a statement, the georgia solicitor general's office will say quote because the case is pending and until the court has ruled, ethical rules do not allow me to comment about the case. neighbors say that raquel and others have repeatedly complained about the lack of a crosswalk and how difficult it is to get to the busstop. so what is your opinion about this? should a woman who is convicted of jaywalking in a crosswalk and present as her son is killed by a drunk driver serve more time in prison. >>> and coming up, a man who lunged at his wife's killer while he taunted him, 11% of you said, yes he should be facing contempt charges, but 89% of you said

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sergeant vaughn also left behind his wife, con sess -- contessa w. vaughn and a brother and sister. i want to thank my colleagues in the mississippi delegation and in congress for their support of h.r. 2213 and for renaming the facility of the united states postal service located at 801 west eastport street as the sergeant jason w. vaughn post office. we can't bring back a husband or a son but this honors his sacrifice. it will serve as a reminder to the people of this county that freedom is not free. mr. speaker, i urge passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma continues to reserve. mr. lankford: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: i join my colleague from the house committee on oversight and government reform in supporting consideration of h.r. 2213 which would rename the united states postal service facility located at 801 west eastport street in iuka, mississippi, as the sergeant jason w. vaughn