i'm kiran chetry.omans. ali is in florida and there for us covering the morning's shuttle launch. good morning, ali. >> good morning, christine and kiran. i'm a little emotional about it when you showed that archival footage of some of the moments in the shuttle program. it's been 30 years. we're live here at kennedy space center in florida. counting down the hours and minutes until the final launch ever of the space shuttle "atlantis" and the shuttle program. it is scheduled for 11:26 eastern time today. let me show you a few really great pictures of a -- live pictures, a view from the top. few guys in orange suits looking for ice, checking to make sure none of the condensation has turned into ice. they have to check everything. something called a firing room, the place where you think of it as a control room, they're going to determine -- they're going to launch it from there. everybody is there, they're ready to go when it happens. and we've got various other pictures we can show you about them gett

kiran?an lothian, thanks. >>> house speaker john boehner isn't budging under pressure from both sides and the tea party wing of the gop and insisting no tax hikes in any deal. >> the american people will not accept and the house cannot pass a bill that raises taxes on job creators. the house can only pass a debt limit bill that includes spending cuts, larger than the hike in the debt limit, as well as real restraints on future spending. >> all right. 7:10 eastern we're going to talk it to former treasury under secretary jay powell about what's at stake if the federal government can't cover the bills. he says hundreds of thousands of paychecks may be on the line if they're signed by uncle sam. >>> thinking about buying a car, you might want to jump on it. >>> also had it with screaming and crying kids while you eat. no kids allowed anymore. parents are saying, how rude. >> and our question of the day. do you think christian lopez would have been better off not catching derek jeter's home run.

kiran? >> all right. dan lothian at the white house for us, thanks so much. >>> and, of course, as dan was mentioning president obama telling congress and the nation that social security checks could be in jeopardy if the government defaults on its debts. if that debt ceiling is not raised. that brings us to our question of the day. what is the impact of social security checks not going out on august 3rd? >> we want to know what you think. how will it affect you? what do you think will get blamed. will it really happen? send us an e-mail, tweet, let us know on facebook. we'll be reading some of your comments later in the show. >>> coming up next, world cup fever, the u.s. women one game away from a trip to the finals. our resident soccer expert richard roth will be joining us to talk about today's critical matchup with france. >> if you don't rent movies because you don't need to because you have netflix, well you could be getting ready to pay more for your dvds and your streaming rentals. we'll tell you

i'm kiran chetry. a lot going on. let's get you caught up. the end of the line for the "news of the world." the british tabloid shutting down after sunday's edition after new reports that the paper reportedly tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. >>> a deal to raise america's debt ceiling still out of reach. talks continue today with the president warning we have ten days left to get an agreement or risk default on this "american morning." >>> and good monday morning to you. start of another week here on "american morning." it is july 11th. nice to see you back. >> great to see you. >> the shuttle went off on the first try. >> i couldn't believe it. we were all thinking the weather was horrible but it went off. can't get the three of us together a whole lot. christine is off. >> summer vacation. >> no deal on raising the debt ceiling. last night talks at the white house fizzled out. president obama making it clear with 23 days to go before america defaults on its debt, congress has got to agree on

kiran?f the few he'll who stood by tiger woods during the sex scandal. >> now his former caddie is letting it all out after being fired by woods earlier in the week. steve williams didn't go into the why, why he was let go, but didn't hold back about how he felt about that decision. >> extremely disappointed. given the fact that the last months have been a particularly difficult time, woods through a scandal, a new coach, a swing change and the last eight months have been very difficult and i've stuck by him through thick and thin and been incredibly loyal and then, you know, to have this happen. i mean, basically, could you say i've wasted two years of my life. >> well, woods was sidelined at the british open, steve williams took a fill-in job with another golfer. "golf week" says that was the reason for the split. >>> still to come on "american morning," expected to remove one of last obstacle preventing gays from openly serving in the military. new details how the plan will take effect. >

ali, kiran?ancer. >> this has been an exciting time for prostate cancer research. there are several new drugs out there. they do about the same thing and cost about the same amount. take a look at two other ones. for example, there is a drug called jevtanp appear it gives you 2.4 extra months for $136,000. and zytiga for four extra months of life, $66,000 and all in the same neighborhood. >> the average extensions of life when you're the one doing it you're not thinking about the average. you i think you want to be the high end of that. interesting debate. elizabeth, thanks very much. >> thanks. >>> this mother-in-law to be from hell you may have seen this already because it went viral. a letter she sent to her future daughter-in-law tearing her to shreds and gets to it in the e-mail saying here is examples of your lack of manners when you're a guest in another's house do not declare what you will and will not eat unless you're positively allergic to something. >> you do not lie in bed late. >> y

i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm ali velshi. do we have a lot going on today. british prime minister david cameron is about to get grilled by parliament. the newscorp phone hacking hearing begins in 30 minutes. cameron is expected to face tough questions about what some are calling a cozy relationship with rupert murdoch's media empire. >> go to used of parliament this morning. fireworks yesterday. the consensus, though, is david cameron is not likely to lose his job over this but that he's under enormous pressure right now. >> reporter: he's definitely is. he's got a lot to defend himself today. basically, this is a special day in parliament. they were supposed to go into summer recess but instead they are having this special address by the prime minister here. he's really going to try to prove a point here, that he's is going to underline the phone hacking scandal, say this is how i dealt with it and now we need to move on. here is how he put it when he was in africa for a trip. >> i don't underestimate the

i'm kiran chetry. debt talks getting fiery. tempers flaring. president obama abruptly ending a meeting after trading ultimatums with house majority leader eric cantor. >>> duck and cover. a cnn crew caught in the middle of an all-out battle in lib why. bullets whizzing by tear van. every moment of it caught on tape. we will show it to you on this "american morning." >>> good morning to you. 6:00 on this thursday, july 14. this is ali. >> chris seen on a well-deserved vacation. we have a lot going on today. let's get to it. high drama and high stakes over raising america's debt ceiling. we are now just 20 day ace way from the treasury deadline. president obama will meet again today with congressional leaders for the fifth straight day of negotiations that ended abruptly yesterday. republicans saying the president stormed out of the talks. this morning, democratic source is telling cnn president obama shut down the meeting after house majority leader eric cantor continued to push for a short-term extensi

>> they're all going to get blamed for that, kiran. as you've been saying, six days and counting on the clock, little progress in the negotiations after what was more of a state of the disunion last night, the president and house speaker john boehner brought more talking points than proposals in their competing addresses to the nation and later this morning speaker boehner meeting behind closed doors with weary conservative republicans so sell his plan on the debt ceiling. i talked to or got a quote from a spokesman in boehner's office who tells cnn we are moving forward wednesday with a bill we think the senate can pass and the president should sign. that is an optimistic assessment from the speaker of the house. votes could come wednesday, as early as wednesday, and the boehner plan and dueling proposal harry reid as the president mentioned he does support but it's not clear if there's enough time for the congress to work through these competing plans before august 2nd which means the country would be at risk for default and that cou

. >> i'm kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along the southern coast today. >> and it's happened again, a muslim-american soldier in police custody for allegedly plotting to kill fellow soldiers at ft. hood. a live report from texas on this "american morning." >>> good morning. it is friday, july 29th. this is "american morning." a lot going on to get you caught up today. it's interesting there's a report from credit suisse that says if the u.s. were to default, u.s. stocks would fall 30% over six months to a year showing you just how serious this is for your investments. we're already seeing signs of strain in the financial markets in terms of companies pulling money out of some instruments that could -- showing, you know, trouble in the lending market. >> the big question is, will washington let that happen, and right now that answer is not any clearer than it was yesterday morning. we begin with breaking news, though. this titanic

i'm kiran chetry.hi. let's get right to it. breaking news in the uk phone hacking scandal. cnn learned british police are expanding their investigation and going beyond rupert murdoch's "news of the world" tabloid to include many other newspapers. >> that's been confirmed by the british information commissioners office. richard green is live for news london this morning. when we say beyond "news of the world," is it also beyond news corp.? >> absolutely. what we are finding out is that the investigation is now spreading basically across all of the major british newspapers. so far the investigation is focused on one particular private investigator who was working for "news of the world." they are now looking into a second private investigator and we find he had something like 300 journalist clients at a bunch of different newspapers. >> what -- do we have specifics as to what we think they have done? is it that they are expanding their investigation because they have some clues it may be more widespread

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pushing support for this gang of six plan and it's a big one, kiran. that would include $500 billion in immediate cuts and there would be tax increases approximately to the tune of $1 trillion and it would tackle intij entitlement reform. you're saying doesn't it sound like the grand bargain that president obama was pursuing with speak boehner and was a no-go on the impasse on tax increases? exactly right. this is a big plan and there is something in this plan, i think, for everyone to hate. for republicans insisting no tax increases even on the wealthy and for democrats who are very concerned about medicare cuts, even though the program solvency is threatened. >> brianna keilar, we are watching every single second of this debt deal of the negotiations. we will be talking a lot more in the next couple of hours, next couple of days. >>> minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann getting more attention on the campaign trail. another poll showing she is making inroads with gop voters? >> reporter: she sure is what the polls indicate. yesterday she was in th

we are going back to that shot, kiran, of pety. let's go to pety. let's get another shot of pety there. pety will make us laugh! yes. pety, there he is! give us a shout-out. >> our floor director and great crew here. >> pety said to me he is going to learn to e-mail! just so he can keep in touch with me. you know what an honor that is. >> kiran, you know that's why i went there, because pety adds so much joy for you guys and he has made you laugh and being a big part of making the mornings special for you. we want to leave on an updetroit note. good luck to you, kiran. it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. on the west coast. i'm kyra phillips. >>> a race against the debt deadline. a revolt among house republicans forces a critical vote to be delayed. police in texas say a muslim american soldier confessed to plotting an attack on ft. hood just two years after a muslim officer shot to death 13 people on that same base. >>> tropical storm don could hit the south texas coast tonight and drought-stricken farmers are welcoming the prospect of up

government at the moment is more sustaining the occupation and more sustaining the settlement rather than kiran for the majority of the population who actually opposed that the lands and oppose occupation and israel proper so that the problem here though is a still many israelis have not been able to make that connection and the more and the sooner israelis make that connection realize that the accusation affects their daily life affects the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses in israel i think you will see a real revolution in israel more than a yes part since the indian government announced president rights to education that was aimed at stamping out in mr c. in that country economically fight the concept was to provide compulsory and free education for children aged six to fourteen i've. discovered reform is facing tough challenges. it's dawn in india's capital city of new delhi an eight year old cushy just getting ready for school while there are nearly two hundred million elementary school children like coaching in india only half

government and the money is more sustaining the occupation more sustaining the settlements rather than kiran for the majority of the population who actually opposed to the lands and oppose a patient and israel proper that the problem here though is a still many israelis have not been able to make that connection and the more and the sooner israelis make the connection realize that the exhibition affects their daily life affects that the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses and israel i think you will see a real revolution in israel. full coverage of all it's all stories available to see these stories go to clicks me tonight a huge loss to the cold night in ukraine sees seventeen killed gnawing on a still thought we tried to call me from the ground tonight it is an unfolding disaster we're covering it all online for you also got this online as well. it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's body called sitting in the only true eastern sent to provide your security but who's going to like that know the russians nato envo

i'm kiran chetry. let's get you caught up on what's happening. the jury says casey anthony is a liar, but not a murderer. we'll have reaction this morning to the stunning verdict from lawyers on both sides. our legal experts, as well as an alternate juror who says his colleaguing got it right. >> good morning. i'm christine romans. new developments in another high-profile case attorneys for dominique strauss-kahn preparing to meet with prosecutors today. we're live with new details. >> 27 days until "d" day, "d" stands for default. president obama is taking new steps to try to broker a deal. we're live at the white house on this "american morning." >>> welcome, glad you're with us this morning. it is wednesday, july 6th. i'm sure like you all, like the rest of the country, we were riveted yesterday, 2:15 was the time that verdict came in, not guilty in the casey anthony trial. >> i heard that there were people in the streets who don't even follow the stuff and stopped and went to the first place for tv. >> i was at the dentist and the place stopp

kiran is off enjoying it. >> breaking news right now. a small boat carrying mostly americans sank off of mexico's baja, california, peninsula. officials say 44 people were on the boat when it left the port of san felipe. we're told the boat hit rough weather and sank almost immediately. 37 of the passengers are safe and back on dry land. there are reports of at least one person having died. the u.s. navy is sending a helicopter to help with the rescue effort. we'll continue to monitor the story and bring you the latest developments throughout the morning. >>> meantime the casey anthony case could go to the jury today after heated, emotional and powerful closing arguments in the murder trial. prosecution describing the clash between the life they say casey wanted and the life she had. >>> the defense using the jury or urging the jury to base their verdict on evidence rather than emotion. cnn's david mattingly joins us live outside the courthouse in orlando, florida. they're not under way yet, david, but what's the order of business today?

christine is off today and kiran is off today. >> that's right.en helping out today. lots going on this morning. let's get right to it. >>> we begin with president obama pressing the pause button as you mentioned on that debt ceiling debate. everybody take to your corners, we have to figure this out. here are the headlines. 19 days left before the u.s. hilgtss the deadline which would trigger at least a partial default. president obama is scheduled to address the nation at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. there are no talks planned today after five meetings in five days, congressional leaders have been told to talk to their colleagues to try to figure out how to move the process forward and do it fast. the president is prepared to reconvene negotiations tomorrow and while nobody is sounding very hopeful about any deal, there is a compromise that's in the works. >> here's how that works. the senate's two top leaders, democrat harry reid and republican mitch mcconnell are working on a fallback plan that would give the president enhanced authority to raise t

. >> i'm kiran chetry. on main street frustration is boiling over.ongressional phones ringing nonstop, websites are crashing as americans give lawmakers a piece of their mind. >> i'm ali velshi. is august 2nd really d-day? why congress may have breathing room when it comes to raising the debt ceiling on this "american morning." >>> and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, july 27th. this is "american morning." a lot going on today. let's get to it. >> it does feel like dueling bangoes, doesn't it? when you hear both sides of the debate they're dug in but insist they're right. >> and a growing number of americans want them not to be. >> they all say god bless america. how we get there is the question. >> two maker developments in the debt crisis, following minute by minute here. six days until the deadline and house speaker john boehner's plan is coming under fire from members of his own party. he's going back to the drawing board because the numbers don't add up. today's vote has been postponed and in just a few hours, house republicans will meet

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i'm kiran chetry. in just hours, rupert murdoch will face parliament. we're live in london. >> no break in the debt ceiling talks but the white house insists that backstage progress is being made to reach a deal before the august 2nd default deadline on this "american morning." >>> good morning to you. thank you for being with us. 6:00 a.m. in new york this morning. tuesday, july 19th. i was hearing that in parts of iowa the heat index felt like 130 yesterday. it's been brutal out there. >> even this morning on the east coast, it felt different. it felt hotter. we'll be covering that. >>> we're watching that and millions are watching with a worldwide media empire hanging in the balance rupert murdoch is just hours away from facing his defining moment. in less than four hours, murdoch, his son and former top newspaper executive will appear before the british parliament. >> they will be asked what they knew about this phone hacking scandal that's growing wider by the day. it's threatening to take down news corp and perhaps murdoch himself. >> and the ques

i'm kiran chetry along with ali velshi.day off. >>> the head of scotland yard, london's police agency to the list of casualties in the uk hacking scandal. sir paul stevenson has stepped down. >> some of his officers are accused of taking bribes from rupert murdoch's reporters. any idea what sir stevenson's exact involvement was in this scandal? >> reporter: another incredible development, yeah. the most senior policeman in britain, sir paul stevenson has resigned, shocking development on day after day of incredible revelations. there were all these accusations of policemen having taken bribes from journalists working for rupert murdoch's newspaper. on top of of that, allegation that a former news of the world deputy editor neil wallace had a contract for sort of of doing pr for the police force which, in itself, ruffouguffled a lot of feathers and then yesterday sir paul stevenson, it emerged, received thousands of dollars in hospitality at a health resort hotel. and the person that represented that hotel was the same guy,

kiran is off. >> congress is in session. jury deliberations resume this morning in the casey anthony murder trial. the jury failed to reach a verdict after nearly six hours of deliberations yesterday. but first, prosecutors delivered the final blow during closing arguments calling casey a, quote, pathological liar and questioning who had the most to gain by caylee anthony's death. david mattingly joins us live from orlando. david? >> reporter: good morning, the prosecution had the last word yesterday before the case went to the jury and they made it count. >> anthony said he would trade places with his daughter in a second. >> your honor -- >> just minutes before this sad and tragic case was put in the hands of the jury, it looked like casey anthony had heard enough. the prosecution painted her as a party girl whose child got in the way and had to go. not as the defense claims a loving mother whose little girl accidentally drowned in the family pool. >> no conceivable reason why anybody would put duct tape on the face of a d

kiran?my number flashed on the screen. >> you had to change your number after that, i remember that. >> i did. >> happens to us all. >> take care. >> good to see you. >>> coming up at 8:30, jeff ashton will join us live 37 the lead prosecutor in the casey anthony trial. get his take on what he thought about the jurors said. i don't believe she is innocent but the case wasn't proven. also some interesting comments from jose baez, casey anthony's attorney, what her life might be like now. hear from the prosecutor coming up. >>> who are the highest paid actresses in hollywood? i say actresses because the highest paid is a tie. show you who is raking it in. >>> new iphone, apple unveils its latest and greatest cell phone this fall, we're told. 23 minutes after the hour. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the i

kiran is off. let's get to it. >> that's right.he price you're going to pay because president obama and republicans are unable to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. this morning as the clock ticks down to the deadline, just eight days away now, investors taken notice, markets are mostly down in europe where trading is under way, closed down in asia and this will have a direct effect on your 401(k) and ira. dan lothian live at the white house. >> what's going on with the two sides? are there negotiations going on behind the scenes? >> yes. the talks do continue. as you know there were talks over the weekend, but no compromise at all. the hope was they could reach some kind of agreement in order to settle not only the global markets but markets here domestically. but that didn't happen. senate majority leader harry reid is pushing a plan that would extend the debt limit through 2012, and have about $2.7 trillion in cuts. on the republican side house speaker john boehner looking for some sort of a two-step process that wo