i'm debra mckenzie. coming up later for you, there are claims the ex-military commander of the libyan rebels was murdered by men from his own side. >> hello, i'm debra mckenzie. we have breaking news now, as we know that the u.s. senate has rejected the bill to increase the nation's borrowing limit, and we have a news conference. we've got pictures of the setup of that news conference, which you can see on your screens now. nobody there at the moment. we are expecting harry reid, who's leader of the congress. just to bring you up to date, the congress, as i say, has voted against the republican bill, as we expected. the senate was voting against it. lawmakers in fact voted 59-41 against measures to raise the $14 trillion u.s. debt ceiling and allow washington to pay its debts. the bill had earlier been passed by the house of representatives. the deadline for a deal on the debt is tuesday, august 2. well, let's move away from those live pictures of that expected news conference and join marcus george, our