i'm suzanne malveaux. president obama is set to hold a news conference at the top of the hour. white house republicans are locked in a battle over redeucing the deficit and raising the debt ceiling to keep the country in defaulting on its bills. the two sides hold more talks today after negotiations last night ended with still no agreement. >>> good morning. i'm wolf blitzer here in washington. it sefrcertainly is a critical august deadline that's looming. the stakes are incredibly high right now for the economy and all of the political players. suzanne, there is no doubt right now that what happens over these coming hours and days could have a huge impact on every viewer out there as far as the economy is concerned. >> wolf, what's really interesting is that you have this looming deadline august 2nd. a lot of people questioning what that really means. is it going to be as some folks have said, financial armageddon. is it going to be this kind of crisis scenario that some of the democrats are talking about, some of the economic analysts are talking about or is this more politic

suzanne malveaux, you cover the white house. what do you think? >> that's what we were talking about, get those nfl negotiators to get in washington and see if they can do anything. it's like a bad marriage, be more intimate, work it out. >> exactly. talk to each other. >>> it's live from "cnn newsroom," i'm suzanne malveaux. for this tuesday, july 26th, the country's debt limit is one week away. last night, president obama and house speaker john boehner took to the air in duelling speeches and the president acknowledged what so much of us are feeling and that is frustration. >> do you know what people are fed up with most of all? they're fed up with a town where compromise has become a dirty word. >> the truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> as makeshift memorials spring up across norway, police and the public are searching for answers to friday's deadly attacks. the lawyer and suspect, anders breivik, the lawyer said his client is in insane. the susp

suzanne malveaux has someone who knows exactly what that's like and is going to explain. suzanne?>> fred, we have an amazing guest here. dr. mae jemison on "endeavour's" shuttle back in 1992 and she's joining us here live to witness -- you witnessed "atlantis" in the last shuttle take-off. most of us we don't know, we have no clue what it's like, what year experiencing when you're in that shuttle and is about to take off. what goes through your head, your heart at that moment when you're about to lift-off? >> a number of different things. one thing, wow, i'm really excited, it's going to today right? you have a bit of butterflies, excitement, anxiety of how the acid will go. the other piece is, that you're focused on your job. so there's, you know, all of these other parts, little bit of anxiety, i want it to go, i have butterflies but you're focused on your job. it's a mixture of feelings. >> what was it like today to watch "atlantis"? did you have feelings, mixed emotions about this being the last launch? do you have anxiety where the space program goes now? >> i think it's a bi

i am suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed.tle over raising the country's debt limit takes another unexpected twist with six days until the august 2nd deadline. a vote was expected today on a plan by house speaker, john boehner, but that has been postponed until tomorrow at the earliest. and the boehner plan will not cut spending as much as promised. >>> from norway, new pictures of last week's bombing of a government building from a different angle. a camera inside a nearby shop shows the moment of impact. 76 people were killed in the bombing, and a shooting rampage on an island near oslo. survivors are describing the terror. >> something sounded like a gunshot down at the harbor. and we're like who is kidding about the explosion now. somebody is pulling our legs, right? and then we took a couple of steps to the hill, and our guys were running like hell, and they screamed to us, run, run, run. >> the mayor of canakandahar is dead. he was killed by a suicide bomber this morning. the taliban is taking responsibility. this is the

suzanne malveaux, this was your beat. you've covered the white house. you've covered bickering like this before. what do you make of this? >> i've never seen it this bad. we've covered the economic stimulus packages t.a.r.p., health care reform, people are incredibly frustrated when they see what's happening in washington. so this is really unprecedented when you think about it. nobody really knows what's going to happen come tuesday and wednesday of next week. >> so the combination of not knowing what's going to happen and then all the different areas of our lives that it can impact us from our kids going to school, right, to buying a home, to getting a car loan, to our credit cards, all of us talking about that this morning in the morning meeting. >> right. it could make it much harder for us just to live. i mean, in this tough time already for so many people. so it's unbelievable. we just don't know. we're at a point where there is a lot of concern because it is so uncertain. and people are following it, they're talking about it. >> and they'll be do

now fredricka in for suzanne malveaux today. >> that's right. it is morning. this is brunch hour. put it that way. kyra, have a great day. >>> live from studio 7, i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed for this thursday, july 21st. the space shuttle era is over. shortly before the sun came up, "atlantis" came down. >> main gear touched down. >> today's landing marked the end of 30 years of space shuttle flight. 2,300 nasa workers will be laid off within days. almost 6,000 more will lose their jobs in the coming months. nasa's shuttles will go to the museums. >>> homeland security is warning state and local police to keep an eye on private utility companies as well as their power grids and pipelines. officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. >>> and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it

. >>> suzanne malveaux, you're the political guerrero. tell her we need to know right now. get her to fess up. >> we'll get the scoop. >> you always do. >>> i want to get you up to speed for this thursday, july 14th. libyan troops ambush a cnn troop. they were covering a five-hour fire fight and suddenly guns were aimed at them. >> wait. wait. >> bullets kept flying as our team sped away. >> okay. we're leaving this area. there's gunfire all around us and we believe that gadhafi forces are doing a round about movements so we are rushing out of this area. >> this reminds us just how dangerous and desperate the life has become for the libyan people. we're going to talk to ben live from libya later. >>> india police say it is going to take more to pinpoint who is behind the triple bomb blast in mumbai. it killed 18 people. no intelligence is pointing to anything imminent. for now the minister says anything hostile to india is suspect. >>> don't give it another shot. today, the president, congressional leaders have been going back and forth on a debt ceiling increase for about

let's go to suzanne malveaux, live in nolo. >> reporter: it is hot. it's hotter than atlanta.oo. i mean, don, you were here, the energy and the excitement around a lot of these performers and it's interesting too because there's another theme as well, they were talking about transforming your life, we had a political panel, just a couple of hours ago, it was called what matters, and it really was focusing on a lot of the voters and a lot of the people here wondering what matters to the community, so we had president obama's top senior advisor valerie jarrett on stage, we asked her some questions about that, about the economy. we had other white house officials and we had two mayors, we had the mayor of atlanta, kasim reid, he was talking about the pension plan. and we had the mayor of new orleans mitch landrieu. he said this essence celebration is very important but there's things that are going to happen after essence as well. new orleans is coming back, it's unemployment is now 8%, that's less than the national average. >> we saw last year amazingly that our unemployment rat

. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. up to speed for this tuesday, july 12th. >>> calling rupert murdoch to testify about the growing scandal that's engulfed his newsnews empire. senior executives will appear. and parliament also summoned murdoch's son james and former "news of the world" editor rebecca brooks. >>> in london today, the parents of murdered teen milly met political leaders in parliament. salley and bob say the phone hacking investigation nuft look at politician's ties to the media, and dowlers say it fueled this. they were given false hope she was alive. it led to other disclosures of hacking or hacking attempts that reached all the way to the royal throne. >>> well, stocks are treading water today. the dow chips have been moving between positive and negative territory all morning. the dow jones down about 16 points or so. investors are perhaps taking a breather on negotiations over the debt ceiling playing out in washington. >>> president obama says there's a groundhog day feeling at the white house. he a

live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. the man suspected of carrying out friday's deadly bombing in oslo, norway and massacre at a youth camp was in court today. briefly, the judge said anders breivik admitted to the attacks and claimed he had help from two terror cells. that has not yet been confirmed. the judge ordered breivik held for eight weeks in isolation until the next hearing. this scene played out across scandinavia earlier today. people pausing to remember the victims of that attack. as norway mourns we are hearing more from people who risked their lives to save others. our cnn's michael holmes caught up with one of them. >> it's not a huge boat. how many people did you put in here? >> the first round i believe it was 14. >> reporter: 14. >> yes. and then i had to address the oldest one and said you have to stay ashore. i promise i will come back and get you. they respected that. i said, sit down and wait. i went to the mainland. i went back again and they were -- agreed upon sitting there and i just waved to th

the top of the hour and i am suzanne malveaux.lying to the united states from other countries may have to go through extra security. there is a report that says there is new intelligence pointing to a possible new technique that could be used. but the source says no attack appears eminent. >>> casey anthony may walk out of a courthouse tomorrow free to carry on her life. anthony sobbed and hugged her lawyers when jurors found her not guilty in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. jurors did determine she died to the police, but it's unlikely the judge will give her more jail time since she has been in custody for 2 1/2 years. the jurors are not talking about deliberations, but an alternate says prosecutors did not have the physical evidence for a conviction. >> the prosecution did not prove their case. the big question that was not answered is how did caylee die. i think there was probably a lot of discussion, and it was probably a horrific accident that dad and casey covered up, and unfortunately it did snowball and got a

drew griffin in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. >> brutal.ten pounds today. it's crazy. >> we are sweltering and we're just asking for some relief here. houston is hot as blazes. stay put. stay cool. >> from houston to minneapolis, blistering heat and extraordinary humidity. feels like 117 degrees across the u.s. the dangerous hot air will slowly spread to the eastern seaboard, and that will happen later this week. >>> the scandal in rupert media's empire. the tabloid editor rebekah brooks still plans to testify before parliament today. rupert murdoch and his son james are expected to appear as well. >>> a change of u.s. command in afghanistan. general david petraeus leaving to become cia director handed command to the afghan war to allen. >>> typhoon on pace to strike japan tomorrow. the intense storm is forecasts to strike well south of few kau shaema, but the plant's owners are taking no chances. >>> paramedics injured when the stage collapsed. a sudden thunderstorm blew the stage down, and three people hurt when that happened. >>> if the

. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed. three bombs exploded in capitol city mumbai. that is a city still on edge after terrorist attacks in 2008. the explosions killed at least 8 people and wounded at least 70. one blast targeted the upper house area but unclear at this time. it was just three years agatha hotels and other sites killed almost 7,000 people. mallika kapur joins us live from mumbai. first of all, tell us, i know there was a lot of people during rush hour. what do we know about this? what are you seeing? >> reporter: the explosions took place in three areas, three very, very busy commercial areas. they took place a little over an hour ago, three of them within 15 minutes of each other. we have heard from the prime minister just a few minutes ago, and he has confirmed there were three improvised devices used, and those are the ones that set off the blasts. before that was, they were still not sure what had caused the blasts. there was lots of speculation. but they say they were improvised devices that were used

top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux. up to speed, we have breaking news, the british newspaper "news of the world" is shutting down. sunday's paper will be the last. the tabloid has faced intense scrutiny this week over a phone-hacking scandal, most recently the paper hacked the voicemail of a kidnapped teenager who turned up dead. reports also say the "news of the world" hacked relatives of terror victim and war dead. that prompted advertisers to start fleeing, drove newscorp stock down. it's part of ruper murdock's media empire, including fox news and "wall street journal." dan rivers joins us live from london with more. essentially how did it get to this point, where they said, you know what? we've got to shut this thing down. >> i think the news of the world was becoming a toxic brand. they had to do something to stem the flow of advertising away from news international. it is an incredible development. it must be said. it's only 457d in the last 10 or 15 minutes or so. james murdock, who is the deputy chief operatin

i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. two explosions have rocked central oslo in the last hour wounding at least eight people. reports from norway say govrt buildings were targeted, one houses the prime minister's office and most of the windows were blown out. reuters reports a mangled car outside one building suggesting a possible car bomb. reuters reports the prime minister is safe. cnn is following the developments for you from london. what more do we know about how this happened and why? >> reporter: the information is still trickling in from oslo at this point. the police have issued a stam saying that there are deaths and injuries. that's all they're saying right now. they're not saying what may have caused this explosion or explosions at this time. according to the state television, the norwegian state television one person is confirmed dead. that is unconfirmed by cnn independently, but according to norwegian state television, one person is dead. some eight are injured including two or three with serious wounds. l

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. >> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. >>> the case against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn may be falling apart. he has a quickly called court hearing. that is happening in 30 minutes. sources say prosecutors will outline significant credibility issues with strauss-kahn's accuser, a maid claims that strauss-kahn sexually assaulted her six weeks ago in his new york hotel suite. >> even with dna evidence, the prosecution is considering dropping the case. that shows how bad her credibility may be, that even with dna evidence, they may not be able to bring this case. it's a shocking, shocking development. >>> a big surprise in the casey anthony trial. prosecutors in orlando plan to call rebuttal witnesses today but instead, the judge called an indefinite recess, putting the trial on hold. that is because defense team has to take the deposition of one of the state's rebuttal witnesses. closing arguments set for tomorrow are now in doubt. >>> minnesota state government is closed for business today. the governor and lawmakers, they failed to close a $5 billion budget gap by the de

i'm suzanne malveaux.ors who will decide casey anthony's guilt or innocence are in their second day of deliberations today. prosecutors say anthony killed her daughter caylee so she could live a party lifestyle. anthony's defense says the girl accidentally drowned in the family's pool. a body language expert has been in the courtroom, her eyes trained on the seven women and five men who make up the jury. >> i have been watching for the last two months and what i have identified is that we really have seven jurors that are more pro prosecution. i established their behavior, the body language, what they're noting was important on their book and i was able to compile that information, find out who are more pro state versus the defense. we have a couple also neutral jurors so that really, when they get into deliberations, can go one way or the other. >> a paris lawyer says he will file a new criminal complaint against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn today. prosecutors plan to review it to determine whe

choice did not win or you want to check out the runners up, i will have the link to them on suzanne malveaux's facebook page, at facebook.com/suzannecnn. >>> if you think the british press is rough and tumble, you have to love parliament. welcome to an uncommon session of the house of commons where the phone hacking scandal began years ago in a now defunct tabloid, and imagine if the u.s. president had to stand in front of congress and defend his hiring of a newspaper man suspected of scandal. koulson quit the job in january, and was arrested last month. now, the prime minister is now in the mood to apologize. >> what the public expect is not pedestriany political point scoring, but -- [ jeering ] what they want is to solve the issue out once and for all, and it's in that spirit i commend this comment to the house. >> just yesterday rupert murdoch, his son james, and top british executive for news corp, rebekah brooks, were in front of the committee. of course, there's the prime minister, david cameron facing the single biggest crisis in his 15 months as prime minister. we have been watching t

. >>> hello again, i'm fredricka whitfield live in studio 7 in for suzanne malveaux.ay, july 20th, a report out of britain's parliament today comes down hard on london's police and news of the world"

or watch suzanne malveaux starting right now. >>> live from studio 7, want to get you up to speed for this thursday, july 28th. from the white house to capitol hill, we're watching every move in the debt debate. a white house briefing is set to begin any minute and the house votes today on speaker boehner's debt plan. the big question, whether or not boehner can sway enough republicans to push that bill through. when he arrived this morning, he seemed like he was ready for anything. >> zipadoda day. >>> we're watching wall street after the dow fell almost 200 points yesterday. stocks have been up and down today. investors saw first time claims for unemployment drop below 400,000, but they're still anxious over the debt standoff. right now the dow jones is up 29 points. ground zero workers are furious over a decision by the government not to cover cancer treatment for responders who got sick after 9/11. last night at a town hall in new york, from us at a tiustrated cs sounded off about what happened to them after the dust settled. >> i want to show you something. sometimes i have to ea

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. >>> at the top of the hour, i am suzanne malveaux. for the second time this week president obama took his case for a long-term budget fix to the american people, but a deal remains out of week after a week of daily negotiations. the immediate concern is the debt ceiling, the government's ability to borrow money runs out august 2nd, unless congress races the limit, and that means washington will not be able to pay its bills. >> all the leaders have a desire that the united states does not default. that is a good thing. i think we should not even be this close to a deadline. >> senate leaders from both parties are working on a backup plan to increase the debt ceiling without any corresponding tax increases. conservatives are insisting on deep cuts in spending. >>> rebecca brooks quit her corporate job at rupert murdoch's bureau today. she has denied that she knew there were being phone hacks. her statement said i want to reiterate how sorry i am for what we know now to have taken place. >>> the pentagon says a rogue nation stole thousan

suzanne malveaux is here. the president made it clear he will not sign any short term stop gap measures, and not even a 120-day deal. he also said he fully expect some sort of deal by august 2nd, although it's obvious there are enormous problems getting to the august 2nd deadline. >> i thought it was notable the last question where the president addressed the american people, that it was tough time for folks but harder for those that have less. what does the debate mean when it comes to them? he outlined it as a problem that has to be resolved by august second before you can deal with the practical matters, like how do you get jobs and put people back to work. i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent. jessica, i thought the last question was great, are we going to see you again tomorrow. that is the question. what is next here, the president drew a line in the sand saying, as wolfe mentioned, he is not going to sign any short-term measure, and wants the grand deal on the table and it's questionab

. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux.president obama holds a news conference at the top of the hour on the deadlock over raising the debt ceiling. after days of tense talks and political back and forth, the week is ending pretty much the same way it started, with stalled negotiations and a presidential news conference. only now the situation is even more critical. >> the stakes certainly are enormous, suzanne. i'm wolf blitzer here in washington. and as we await the president's news conference, we'll update you on where things stand right now, what the debt ceiling debate means for the country, the economy, and for your personal finances. >> well, no new talks are planned today between the white house and congressional leaders after five meetings in five days. they're trying to come up with a deal that raises the debt ceiling to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its bills while also trimming the deficit. the treasury secretary warns of financial disaster if there is no deal by august 2nd. now, the president says he want