no one actually knows what's going to happen on august third not even white house budget director jacob lew is in government exciting especially when it kills me we got a police state updates and i would assume in san francisco or a vault in china groping the t.s.a. that's that's groping groping high them and cops turning to other so on all the joins us with some historical perspective on the debt limit dance and brian miller the now former g.o.p. chairman callan joins us for that story and finally tonight will have the story of world war three as could only be told by you the viewers of adam versus the man. ladies and gentlemen the the fault is nearly upon us obama said a thirty six hour deadline for republicans last thursday but now they've not dismissed it they're ignoring it how do the but doing so do alone but i have to ask with the debt ceiling deadline growing perilously close what exactly are global markets person for. with the debt ceiling deadline growing perilously close global markets are bracing for the unthinkable i use the let me know i will kill you we're going to blow your

debt ceiling talks will be the number one topic on "meet the press" when white house budget direct jacob lew joins david gregory for a one on one. >>> more than 200 people are planning a search today in missouri for the missing mother of 5-year-old triplets. missouri police discovered evidence they believe jacque waller was carrying the night she disappeared. her business cards were found few of miles from where her car was found. cards were planted there, her parents believe. >> this lady goes gets her mail every day, how come that day she happened to find that packet of business cards? because they were placed there for somebody to find. >> police say her husband is now talking to detectives. he was the last person who saw jack i can on june 1st, the night she disappeared. he's a person of in but not a suspect. >>> new developments in the casey anthony story. a day before she's released from a florida jail for one the 25-year-old acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter is now launching new legal action. let's go live now to orlando. what's this legal action we're talking about? >> r

coming up at 1:00 today, an degree use mvple speaking with jacob lew, and talk about what the president is willing to accept. >>> all right. it is shaping up to be a minnesota throwdown. the war of words erupting from former governor tim pawlenty and michele bachmann. here is what pawlenty had to say today on the campaign trail. >> she has a record for saying things. there's a difference difference with talking about things and getting them done. >> let's bring in domenico month narrow. montinaro. >> this is about the ames straw poll coming up in less than three weeks. it's something that's a key first organizational test and really a key nominating state. tim pawlenty has registered in the single digits. michele bachmann has been out front, in faulk even leading some in polls, and he needs to take her down to hope to have some momentum. >> is this just smart politics, ball tim pawlenty has been seen weak in now maybe he's going to try to appear stropg taking on michele bachmann? >> yeah, he just has to be able to finish at least in the top two if iowa. if he doesn't do that, he could b

be sure to join christiane where she sits down with office of management and budget, jacob lew and senateinority whip jon kyl on "this week." >> for a check of the morning top stories, filling in for ron claiborne once again is abc's andrea canning. >> good morning, good morning to you at home. we begin with breaking news and the phone hacking scandal in britain. rebekah brooks has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of corruption. she was charged with hacking in the phones of murder victims. and stars. murdoch's son is under investigation for covering up the hacking scandal. >>> a california man was arrested for allegedly making death threats against senator barbara boxer. police say that her office received a series of threatening voice messages this week. the 47-year-old man is being held on $500,000 on bail. he will be in court on tuesday. >>> a colorado woman could face jail tame after an argument at an airport check point turned nasty. the 61-year-old is accused of groping a female tsa agent at phoenix's international airport. she refused to go through screening and grabbed the ag

. >> i must say, jacob lew just told us the conditions on the balanced budget amendment would requirecuts in medicare and in social security. they have a majority -- the democrats have a majority in the senate. this does not at this moment in its current form sound to me like something that will pass in the senate. then what? >> well, we will negotiate the number of gdp spending is 18%, and the balance budget amendment in the house is going to limit spending of 18% of the gdp, which is the 40-year average. that's subject to being negotiated with republicans and democrats. the super majority to raise taxes is subject to being negotiated. i don't think what is subject to being negotiated is the idea of avoiding a balanced budget, when the president said we don't need one. what rational person could look over the congress in the past 40 years, and there's no plan going to achieve balance in congress unless the constitution is changed to make us do it. i am very willing to raise the debt limit -- >> what happens -- let's just say somehow that there is a balanced budget amendment -- >> you

you heard jacob lew and senator kyl talk about what might happen. where are the talks. >> the single thing is nothing can pass. nothing can pass. not the president's idea. not the republican idea of cut, cap and balance. nothing. and certainly not this plan, the triumph over politics and policy that mitch mcconnell has outlined which basically gives the authority to the president, but allows the republicans to score political points, i see no chance of that passing in the house. >> something has to. >> something has to. i don't know that something will by august 2nd. >> it something doesn't by august 2nd, i think we are in real trouble. and people who say that we are concerned about the deficit, nothing can be worse for the deficit than not raising the debt limit. i mean, you would then have interest rates go up, they compound and the deficit would climb dramatically. how you get to that point of going to default and say you're for deficit reduction doesn't make any sense logically. >> politically, both sides know they have to pass something. politi

and new this morning, white house budget director jacob lew is speaking out against lawmakers who sayeal if the u.s. misses the deadline on raising the debt ceiling. >> i can't explain what motivates people to say those things. i can tell you the facts are the facts. if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we won't be able to pay our bills in august. and that has dire consequences. >> i'm joined now live by nbc news political analyst and former pennsylvania governor ed rendell. governor, thanks for your time this morning. we hear this back and forth about how real the government is facing a default on payments and the debt ceiling on august the 2nd not being raised that's what would happen. what's your perspective? >> well, look, it's interesting to me that some republicans, not all, there are many republicans who recognize the consequences by not raising the debt ceiling, but many of them are saying it's not a problem. and yet they're not listening to the job creators. the republicans always talk about job creators, the job creators, the business people. well, the head of ge, general mot