martha: i'm martha maccallum in for mc.ld set to die for lethal injection but police a rare plea from the white house that is turning this into a diplomatic circus. a mexican national that was brought to the united states when he was 1-year-old. sentenced to death for the absolutely brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl back in 1994. but after a decade on death row, the defense attorneys now claim that he did not know was entitled to legal help from the mexican government. kris gutierrez joins us live with more on this. >> a lot of people talking about this one. like it or note's even titled to that legal advice through a 1963 treaty which simply puts. any foreign national in a foreign country has that right. let's take a look at some of the facts. in 2005 the interest in national court of justice says the u.s. is bound by that treaty. but in 2008 the supreme court says only 0 congress can force states to abide by that treaty. congress just last month introduced a bill supporting the treaty but there hasn't been enou

this is "america live," everybody, i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly.ident in just the the last hour saying that spending cuts alone are not the answer to the country's deficit crisis. listen. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to our debt, but both parties have a responsibility to come together and solve the problem and make sure that the american people aren't hurt. on this issue. [applause] because i just want to talk about this for a second because it has a potential impact on everybody here and all the communities you serve. if we don't address the debt that's already on our national credit card, it will leave us unable to invest in things like education, to protect vital programs. so i've already said i'm willing to cut spending that we don't need by historic amounts to reduce our long-term deficit and make sure we can invest in our children's future. i'm willing to take on the rising costs of health care programs like medicare and medicaid to make sure they're strong and secure for future generations. martha: that is the pre

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. as the look winds down to reach the deal by the friday deadline a possible breakthrough in the stalled negotiations is coming b. you have a group of six, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers pictured here raising some hopes that there may be a deal with their own budget bill. with two other plans on the table that seem to have slim chances of passing the house and the senate, could this gang of sex save america from default? that is the question at this hour. the plan, the basics of it it would reduce the deficit by 500 bill kwrorz. the top income tax rates would be lowered to no more than 25%, much lower than the top rate right now of 79.6% we'll have once the bush tax cuts expire. strict true spending cats and conform social security to t secure sol advance see if they've worked this out. >> reporter: there is a very strong sense in the senate that this gang of six proposal may be the way out of this debt impasse that we've been looking at for the past several weeks. this all came toget

the war edition, here they are martha maccallum and steve doocy.her on the war thing you're a pansy, okay. that's a flower. >> i'm a flower? >> yeah. it is war. >> bill: here we go. question number one: before his meltdowns mel gibson made a popular movie about the revolutionary war. that had to hurt. the character was partially based on the real life general francis marion. what was his nickname? >> bill: the answer is c. it was a walt disney thing way back about the swamp fox. question number two: hbo series the pacific won eight emmys for its portrayal of the american campaign against the japanese in world war ii. >> which pacific battle was the deadliest of the entire war with more than 12,000 american troops killed? >> bill: the answer is b, okinawa. take a deep breath. they were all vicious, all of those campaigns, but okinawa was the worst, nobody would surrender. question number three: president obama commemorated memorial day by leaving a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. >> bill: memorial day starred in the 18 60s as a way to honor the c

heather: i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. the tea party-backed plan passing the house in a sometimes fiery, to say the least, vote last night. bill: yeah. that calls for trimming the budget by $110 billion immediately, also a cap on spending, a constitutional amendment for a balanced budget. >> the president has said he wants a balanced approach. well, guess what? he does get a balanced approach. he gets his increase in the debt limit of $2.4 trillion. what we get are real cuts in spending and real reforms in place that'll make sure that this problem never, ever happens again. >> we mean that. the path forward, we think we have one, but it's certainly not complete yet. we're doing our very, very utmost to get this to pass as well as we can. there's no easy solution. bill: so what harry reid is talking about there is from a gang of six senators, a plan hailed by both democrats and some republicans so far, that plan calls for reducing the deficit by $3.7 trillion over ten years, reducing the costs of medicare and medicaid and i

alisyn: i'm in for martha maccallum this morning. house republicans get together for a plan similar to the cut, cap and balance bill that died on the senate floor last week. the white house argues politics is playing a major role in this standoff. >> we started this process 7 months ago. here we are 7 months later. we are running out of runway. i never thought they would take it this close to the edge and let politic get in the way of demonstrating that we'll pay our bills on time. >> if you look at at rating agencies, what they have said is the reason they question our economy right now and the lone we may get downgraded because they don't have faith this political system of ours can deal in a serious way with the deficit. bill: is that a fact or is that rhetoric? stuart varney, good morning. you have been up all night watching things overseas. >> reporter: yes, i have. bill: i was told the sky was going to fall. >> reporter: investors do not like what they see. they think d.c. is playing politics with the nation's financial future.

patti ann: i'm in for martha maccallum, and democrats are saying this does not have the 60 votes to pass, but rand paul argues it is the only plan that will work. >> here's the interesting thing is, we're actually proposing to raise the debt ceiling. we hate that fact. we don't want the government to borrow more money. the only reason we've come to this is because it's a compromise if we get a balanced budget. bill: okay. here is what we have in on our fox news polling. public opinion is firmly against raising the debt ceiling. only 35% favor raising it, 60% are against it. doug mckelway's got a busy job on the hill today with a lot to follow. what can we expect? take it a bit slow, doug, good morning. [laughter] >> reporter: i'll try to. all very complex up here. one of the first orders of business in the house is not specifically related to the debt ceiling crisis, but it's going to send a message to the rest of the country about whether or not the house is ready to put its money where its mouth is. the house will begin debating on what's called the legislative branch appropriations ac

welcome, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. bill: who? martha: martha maccallum. great to see you again. martha: great to see you. bill: almost look like each other. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. and you thought the big vote was coming last night and, so were we, it was postponed and, we are four days away from the threat the treasury department says of a potential default on august 2nd, raising the risk of all of the talk of economic catastrophe. and the white house press secretary, jay carney was asked about that late yesterday. >> the measure the speaker of the house put forward, would almost certainly require this -- all of us to go through this again before the end of the year and the most important economic season in the country, and at a time when people don't want to worry about whether or not their interest rates will go up... martha: you heard that from jay carney and we need a deal so people's interest rates will not go up and neil cavuto joins us live, and, look where he is, in the middle of all of the action this morning on capitol hill. he's senior

i'm alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum today. republicans are now scrambling to retool their plan. some house members say speaker boehner aimed far too low. >> i want a solution, not a deal. i don't think this goes far enough. we need more drastic cuts. i can't support it in its current form. >> didn't get the savings we anticipated so we are going back and adjusting it, find more cuts to get the numbers to come out right. >> the commitments are we have a dollar for dollar more in cuts. and there would be no new taxes. so we still have to stay within those parameters. bill: the white house is still calling for compromise. take a look at what happened when jay carney was asked about an obama plan on paper. >> reporter: you have got a plan you say can't go through the senate. and you are saying we want to compromise. what was the point of giving a prime time address to the nation without an obama plan. >> i understand the idea that there is not an idea plan is point number one on the talking points issue by the republican party, i

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. standard and poor's wants to have a meeting with the folks in that building. specifically the freshmen republicans in the house where they will discuss the status of these negotiations and reaching a deal to reduce debt in the nation's capital. the sitdown could have a huge impact on uncle sam's credit score which is so important to the viability of america and it could affect every american who pays interest on anything. hay, doug. >> reporter: this is a remark and turn of events that standard and poor's, the worldwide credit agency. they are going to be meeting with house republican freshmen at 3:00 this afternoon. it's the tea party-backed freshmen who have been sceptical of the significance of that august 2 deadline. they said the u.s. will continue to pay its bills and the social security checks what go out and the military could be funded if that deadline were not met. standard and poor's will likely tell them otherwise. if you run up your credit card and you are unable to pay y

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly.rama unfolding leads to this make or break procedural vote that could product some lawmakers closer to a deal that would strike a bipartisan deal once it gets over to the senate side. now we are moving into what could be fierce debate on the senate floor where you are likely to hear from tea party candidates. so then you will get the final series of votes. and even if it does pass, democrats have been warning on the senate side this deal with be dead on arrival in the senate. and we heard the same thing from jay carney a little while ago. joined now by bret baier. good to have you with us. the ball is rolling. >> reporter: quite a dayton capitol hill. with this vote that just happened moment ago it clears the way for the boehner bill. this was a test vote really but it was the most important because if you don't have a rule, you don't have a bill on the floor. the fact that this passed already shows speaker boehner probably has support to get this final bill, the vote through the house

i'm martha maccallum in for mc. we are have six days left and there is figure no deal.ls say a greek now government may not -- a week from now government may not be able to pay its bills. fox news chief correspondent ed henry is joining us. awed get ready for today's news conference, what's on your mind? >> i think first on everyone mind is first this is a fast in moving situation. there are only two major plans on the table, the republican plan with john boehner and the democratic plan with in the senate. both those plans seem to be in peril. you saw john boehner last night because the congressional bucket office said it was not going to cut as much spending as he thought. because of that he went back to the drawing board. coming up today and work those votes. it's expected to hit the house floor tomorrow. there are starting to be some republican confidence they could pass it in the house. but harry reid said it will be dead on arrival in the other chamber. harry reid's plan had trouble with the congressional budget office as well. and john boehner and other republican

here now the quiz kids fox news anchors martha maccallum playing for anglo. ken moore, new york.nds" guy steve doocy representing nancy from pal meira, virginia. if you would like to win some nifty prizes go to bill o'reilly.com and sign up. free. everything is free here. >> giving it away. >> experts. corruption, corruption. here would he go. monica lewenski scandal ken starr what he said was misconduct. >> no serious objective observer doubts that there was rampant, flagrant abuse of power and a lot of people who should have been commenting on it were stunningly silent. >> since lewenski scandal, currently the president of what college? cards up, please. come on, doocy. >> i know it's in texas. >> just raise the card. baylor. both wrong. i know it's in texas. >> i knew it was in texas, too. >> bill: he was in pepperdine but he transferred over to the baylor bears. question two, we hope you are smarter than maccallum and doocy. karl woodward and enter stein helped expose water break in. they did that with an inside source named deep throat. >> go on the record. but if he would,

i'm martha maccallum in for greta van susteren. now president obama is demanding an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at the white house. he expects all of the leaders to be there. speaker boehner has said he will be there. house minority leader pelosi, harry reid and mitch mcconnell. joining me right now is senator mike lee, a republican from utah. he's the author of the new book freedom agenda. senator, welcome. it is a busy night. nobody starting their weekends yet. what is your reaction to what we just saw? >> well it is disability pog. not terribly surprising this is -- this is one of the things that happens when you try resolve a complex problem that needs input from all members of congress, with only five people. this has failed if the past. we had no assurance it would be more successful this time what is most galling is the fact that we have one legislative proposal that has been moving through congress, passed by the house of representatives, just tuesday night. it came up in the senate today, only to be shutdown by sena

welcome to "america live," i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. as we inch closer to the august the 1nd deadline when the u.s. is suppos supposed to run out of money to pay its bills we are seeing absolutely no progress in washington this afternoon, folks. it's the same headline a different day and the new warning that the risk of america losing its aaa credit rating, which it has had for many, many years is now in fact inevitable, according to some. stewart varney joins me now, he is one of those from fox business network. stewart are you saying that we will lose our credit rating at the level it's at regardless of what happens? >> reporter: no, i am saying that the president's speech last night made a downgrade much more likely. last night was an address to the nation. these addresses to the nation are essentially taking place at historical moments, and they are meant usually to unite us. last night's speech by the president, that was a very decisive speech, it was highly part son, it looked like a re-election campaign speech. he talked about ta

i'm martha maccallum in for greta van susteren. now president obama is demanding an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at the white house. he expects all of the leaders to be there. speaker boehner has said he will be there. house minority leader pelosi, harry reid and mitch mcconnell. joining me right now is senator mike lee, a republican from utah. he's the author of the new book freedom agenda. senator, welcome. it is a busy night. nobody starting their weekends yet. what is your reaction to what we just saw? >> well it is disability pog. not terribly surprising this is -- this is one of the things that happens when you try resolve a complex problem that needs input from all members of congress, with only five people. this has failed if the past. we had no assurance it would be more successful this time what is most galling is the fact that we have one legislative proposal that has been moving through congress, passed by the house of representatives, just tuesday night. it came up in the senate today, only to be shutdown by sena

i'm martha maccallum. studio b with jon scott in for shepard smith starts right now. jon: breaking news in the casey anthony trial, not

courtroom, where co-prosecutor burdick will be taking over closing arguments, i'm patti ann in f martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett, the lead prosecutor reminded the jury what first degree murder means under the law and the accused could still be guilty of murder, under a variety of scenarios. >> some might say, well, maybe, casey but the duct tape on caylee to keep her quiet, maybe she was being loud. maybe she put it onto keep her quiet and, put it o too tight and caylee died by accident, not consistent with what we have here, but, you know, someone could think that, the reason i bring this out is, because if that is what you think happened, that is felony murder. gregg: joey jackson is a criminal defense attorney and ann maran ma remca-- ann maria i a former federal prosecutor. you are sweating, if you are at the defense table. >> yes, mr. ashton addressed the scientist and, what about werner spitz and he says you need to examine the skull and that is protocol and they debunk that, saying it's n i's not protocol that is dangerous and, suggested the dris an unapologetic gee and, and add

martha maccallum stat down with his mother and sister to learn more before this american hero. >> reporter talk about travis, your son and brother who was killed in iraq. now the two of you started this incredible foundation in his name. he was such a handsome young man. tell us dish want everyone to understand about this story. >> well, the type of person he was? he was just a great kid. he was stubborn. he was just a typical kid. but he loved family. he loved his friend an loved doing things for other people. martha: one of the reasons there is this 9/11 hero's run in his name. he did one tour in iraq, then he was about to go back for this second tour and he visited ground zero. >> he visited rescue one in manhattan. he spent the night up there just talking and telling stories about september 11. came back and the guys up there had given him a hat. and he handed the hat to my dad. on the back of the hat it said "9/11 never forget." he said remember this what is we are fighting for. martha: how much dis9/11 have to do with his reasons for fighting in iraq? >> it had a lot to do with it. w

getting started of "america's newsroom," good to have you with us this morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallumg jarrett in for bill hemmer. this is the case elatest in stl- in the series of disagreements and geraldo rivera joins us, from outside the courthouse, jose baez thought he was going to be sandbagged by prosecution rebut witnesses whose opinions he didn't know in advance and that is a rule to disclose those and is that what is really going on here? >> reporter: yes, you know, whether or not there is sincere disquiet in the defense team as to the fact they don't know what these rebuttal witnesses are going to testify to, or not, that is not the issue. the legal issue, gregg, you hit it on the -- the nail on the head, the defense has to get a chance to depose these witnesses ahead of time, and baez, indeed was criticized harshly in open court for trying the same thing, bringing on a witness the prosecution didn't know he was going to bring on, and, you know, without notice, without giving the prosecution a chance to depose them, out front, so the judge really, despite his displeasure, wa

alisyn: i'm alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum. alisyn: many republicans say the cuts don't go far enough. many democrats are also threatening to kill the bill. bill: boehner's plan will cut spending the next 10 years. it will raise the debt limit by 900 billion immediately. report require's a crucial and important day in the tenure of speaker boehner's short tenure as speaker. his bill which is dubbed the budget control act of 2011 will come to the house floor for debate and a vote. last night the house rules committee set up the parameters for how this debate will be conducted. >> i have been through countless increases in the debt ceiling in the three decades i have been privileged to serve here and we have seen increases take place many years before that. never before in the history of the republic have we seen a debt ceiling vote take place with actually is focused on getting at the root cause of why it is that the debt ceiling needs to be increased. >> reporter: this debate will come in two installments. the rule will be deba

patti ann: thanks, i'm in for martha maccallum. the cut, cap and balance plan is approved by the house and is expected to die in necessity. bill: focus moving forward on a proposal from a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of 6, 11 days and counting to a default deadline and juan williams is following every nook and cranny of this. good morning to you. have an english muffin, too, butter, mets into all of these nooks and crannies. >> right now they have come down off of the $4 trillion mark and back to around the $3 trillion mark and that set off all kind of alarms on capitol hill yesterday, the democrats rushing over to the white house and the president, trying to talk them down from total anger and melt down, over the idea that he was going to do something thatt woud raise the eligibility age for medicare and even potentially create a larger premium plan, plan b, that, where people have to have more input, more financial input to become eligible and what we are talking about here, bill, is we have three elements, at pla

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. we just watched three hours of testimony today. rupert murdoch along with his son james and miss brooks, they all answered questions about how reporters for the news of the world * publication hacked phones and paid police to get information. this is an ongoing investigation and as miss brooks just said not all of the facts are out there in an accurate way. the hearing broke up at one point during mr. murdoch's testimony when a protester ran towards him and threw what's believed to be a pie in the face. mr. murdoch's wife wendy, she threw in a punch to defend this man who we understand is a 26-year-old comedian in the u.k. amy kellogg has been tracking this hearing. she joins us live from london. quite an event. >> it's been quite a long day for all of the people involved. now, first all, i want to add to what you said that rebekah brooks who was arrested sunday is under certain legal constraints and her parting words to this committee were that she would like to come back and answer more fully some of the questions once these lega

i'm alisyn camarota in for martha maccallum. casey's parents walked out of the courtroom, some say sending a loud disapproval, but them saying that she believed from the beginning she was innocent. >> casey did not murder caylee. it's that simple. you cannot convict someone until they've had their day in court. >> this is a lesson to those of you who have indulged in media assassination for three years. bill: phil keating has been our man outside the courthouse in orlando, florida. phil, good morning down there. how likely is it that casey anthony walks free this week? >> reporter: it's certainly possible. it's in the realm of possibility that judge belvin perry, jr., tomorrow convenes the sentencing hearing of casey anthony and says time served is good enough, you've been in jail for the most part of three years, you can walk free, but more likely, she'll probably serve another year or two in the orange county jail before she's finally let free, because the 412 days that she was sentenced are eating up most of that three years

welcome to "america live," everybody, i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. so this is a situation of utter chaos unfolding right now in norway's capital city. that powerful be explosion that is said to have put a car on its side in front of the building, potentially the car that had the bomb in it outside government headquarters at the prime minister's office. at least two deaths so far in that explosion. you can see the scene on the streets here. fifteen other people were injured, but those numbers could change as authorities begin to assess the fallout here. that attack came as norway is dealing with a home-grown terror plot linked to al-qaeda. greg burke is streaming live for us from rome with the very latest on this. >> reporter: hi, martha. that's right. you know, more and more news just keeps coming out, the latest is that which you mentioned which certainly does make it look like things were coordinated here. as many as five people shot at a youth camp or a youth meeting, sort of a summer camp thing just outside of oslo. also some reports of suspiciou

. >> good morning, i'm alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum and the jurors really have their workut out for them, since the trial started, in may, jurors heard from dozens of witness and have seen hundreds of pieces of evidence. bill: 400 pieces of evidence now, and the juror room with them now and the defense is trying to paint the anthony family as dysfunctional, even abusive, to casey. and, saying two-year-old caylee can and the's death was an accident, and her grandfather helped cover it up and the prosecution is describing casey anthony as one of the best liar they was ever seen or heard. >> so during an argument where the most well-documented liar ever seen in a courtroom, accuses everybody of perjury, fraud, lying, the irony is rich indeed. as we have come find out, accusing others of lying is classic casey anthony. bill: a former florida prosecutor, mark, how are you doing, down there, live in miami? good morning. >> i'm wonderful, how are you, bill? bill: i'm doing fine, thank you. to questions yet from the jurors. does that surprise you? or that is typical? >> doesn't su