wendell with the news lib at the white house. president obama seemed to make clear this fight on taxes is not over from his point. >>reporter: you are right, it moves to the bipartisan congressional committee charged with finding $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction which the president says cannot be done in a fair way through spending cuts alone. that would damage the long-term growth of the united states economy. >> we can't make it tougher for young people to go to college or ask seniors to pay more for health care or ask scientists to give up on promising medical research because we couldn't close a tax shelter for the most fortunate among us. everyone is going to have to chip in. that's only fair. >>reporter: the house and senate will choose six members each, divided between the parties to pass a plan that will require seven votes, so someone or someones are going to have to compromise. >>shepard: where does the family stand? >>reporter: many feel the tea party came out the winner, forcing a democratic white house and senate t

as legitimate so that when you have figures like bill mckibben go in front of the white house or wendell berry another great sort of moral voice occupying the governor's office in kentucky over mountaintop removal and bill and wendell are friends of mine and i've spoken to them about this it there is a feeling of that's all we have left that the mechanism of piecemeal and incremental reform that is the hallmarks of a democracy is broken it doesn't work and it doesn't work precisely because of the issue we mentioned before that there is a pipe bipartisan control. by the corporate state that at this point there is no way in america to vote against the interests of goldman sachs or exxon mobil are christ i want to thank you very much for joining us tonight and i'm correct i think you'll be here on october eighth protesting in washington d.c. to october sixth several states that taping so hopefully will see it and thanks so much. thank you. now still to come a glimmer of hope tonight when it comes to getting cell phone records without a warrant and news this heat. the cia helped new york pol

wendell, what are you hearing from washington? >> gregg, more importantly, what we're hearing from martha's vineyard, where the president is, he has been keeping tabs on the situation in libya from his vacation spot there. his deputy national security adviser, john brennan, is there with him and mr. obama was briefed by his national security advisers, senior national security team, in a telephone conference call late last night. he was scheduled to receive another briefing this morning. even as the president has been under fire for a nato mission that his critics say wasn't proceeding fast enough, his aides have maintained that moammar qaddafi's days are numbered and last night the president released a statement saying in part tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant, the qaddafi regime is showing signs of collapse, the people of libya showing the personal pursuit of dignity and freedom is stronger than the iron fist of a dictator, the president saying qaddafi needs to recognize his rule has come to an end and that he no lon

paramedics had come to check him out and we don't know for what medical condition, but we do know that wendel noyes was taken to the hospital by ambulance and her mother joined him on the side in the ambulance, and we know what kind of week it has been for the family awaiting word. it has been a week since celina cass has disappeared, and they have been cooperating with the investigators and they have been questioned several times throughout the week, and as you mentioned, there are reports coming out now that certainly, activity in and around a dam a half mile away from her home. we are still waiting for official word from new hampshire officials, and that would be the attorney general. he is expected along with the attorney general jane young, and to have a press conference later today to give us more details on that, but certainly, the mood here has shifted. the searchers are starting to come in, and they are not out as much, and definitely an active scene in and along that river where they are focusing all efforts at this time. and in the meantime, the family outside of the home as well a

out of the wendell -- of the window, the green flag shows just how close we are to gaddafi's position. even up here, the threat from sniper fire is constant, just as it is for the fighters down on the street below. what is the situation down there on the square? >> there are many shootings in the square and the gunmen are behind us. >> it got the's forces continued to return fire all afternoon. they are not running away. but the rebels note -- know that if we are here, then the road to tripoli will be open. >> the casualties kept coming, rushed to a field hospital near the front lines. by midafternoon, the death toll was more than 30. the rebels blamed their light weapons for their heavy losses. but they vowed to fight on, determined to advance to tripoli. we have chased bid up the from one hole to another, said mohammed. -- we have chased it out the. another casualty is now being taken away, brought to the hospital in misrata for further treatment. would it have been arriving steadily here for the last few hours. a lot of heavily wooded fighters have been brought in. doctors say this

skied her was everything going gooden going good along with her mother and wendell. >> and what was heranswer, if i may ask? >> and she said good, daddy, everything's okay. i'm doing real good in school. i said make sure. if you have any problems, give me a call. she said okay, you know. >> so nothing in that conversation seemed odd whatsoever to you. she was just fine. >> no. it actually didn't. she didn't -- she didn't act suspicious or anything. she didn't act like anything was going on, you know. she acted like herself. >> have you been in touch with your ex-wife or her stepfather at all? >> no, i haven't. i haven't. i tried to say something to her because they were going to plan a funeral arrangements and i wanted to be part of that. told them i wanted to be part of the funeral arrangements. i am the biological father and i want to be part of something, you know. >> are they allowing you to take part in that arrangement? >> right now i don't know what's going on right now. they're working on that and they're going to see what's going to happen. >> i know the big question is why and

and wendell goler at the white house, leads our coverage, good morning, wendell.use confident it can pass? >> reporter: well, they say, bill, they are confident, but the vice president as you point out, is headed to the house and the senate, later this morning, to make sure, the bill has alienated the wings of both parties, and, even the president says it's not the agreement he really wanted, but, it does avoid default, and it does kick the question of the debt ceiling down the road, past 2012, and, while liberals hate it and tea party members don't care for it, senator john mccain says the tea party was one of the winners of the debate. >> the tea partiers claim a lot of credit but i would say, again, for them to insist we pass a balanced budget amendment, to the constitution with only 1/3 of the government, is not a realistic assessment. but, that doesn't mean we can't do it over time. >> reporter: in a final concession house speaker john boehner, the bill requires a vote on a balanced budget amendment, but it doesn't require it to pass. that would mean 2/3 of t

wendell took a phone call as we walked down here. i would say to you please stand by while we figure out what is going on. jenna: we are watching the virginia tech come pus. w campus. steve, you were talking a little bit about the events of a few years ago, also the timeline here, the warning systems that are in place. we got the first warning around, 9:37 eastern time as far as an alert to the press. it looks like the first warning or report of this reported gunman on campus because around 9:00am eastern time. why don't you walk us through the timeline of the morning up until this point. >> reporter: yeah, this morning it was at 9:37 when we got the word. there was an alert on the website at the university that there were students at a day camp, some children attending a day camp on the campus of this university in blacksburg, virginia. they said they saw a man who was holding something like a gun, it was covered up they continue be sure. they described him as 6 feet tall, light brown hair -- judge i'm sorry to interrupt you again.

wendell willkie had done more since lincoln to make the republican party the party most favorable towards african-american rights. there was a real danger african-americans who voted for roosevelt might switch back to the republican party as they had before 1932 so roosevelt's political advisers were worried about this. roosevelt had some embarrassments in the 1940 campaign. the most odd and significant was stephen hurley, his press secretary's run in with the new york city police officer. fdr was campaigning at madison square garden. the press secretary considered the first modern press secretary was trying to get through a police line at madison square garden. an african-american police officer would not let him for and he got in a wrestling match that ended with early sticking his knee in a policeman's galene . the black newspapers coverthe b this not very favorably. one of the most interesting moments i had doing research in the archives was when i found a memorandum from roosevelt's most trusted political adviser who devised a plan to win black votes. he was going to see to it an afr

wendell goler live. thank you very much.also a republican, orrin hatch say he will vote no on the bill later today in the senate. but does senator hatch's utah colleague, senator mike lee share that same position? he's joining us from the rotunda. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: i think you're going to be voting no on this sugar coated, satan sandwich, too, aren't you? >> those are not my words, but i will vote no. >> steve: why? >> because this is a permanent problem. when we take on all that debt, that's a long-term commitment that will take us decades to pay off. it deserve has long-term solution attached. the only long-term solution to this kind of problem is a balanced budget amendment. we don't have that one in place. so we have no police raising the debt -- place raising the debt limit. >> gretchen: i'm gog ask you the same -- going to ask you the same question. if you knew you were the last vote to make a difference of whether or not this country went into default, would you still vote no? >> yes, i w

wendell. >> reporter: jenna, alan krueger is a labor economist, with a harvard phd, who's been on the staff of princeton university for 25 years. he replaces austan goolsbee in what may be the most thankless job in washington these days, trying to defend on economic recovery that is not as strong as anyone wants it to be. his expertise in labor economics makes him a natural for the post, according to treasury secretary tim geithner, knack, krueger worked for geithner for the first couple of years of the administration, worked on the cash for clunkers program which was enormously popular and here comes the president, right out here in the rose garden now. >> good morning, everybody. this morning, we're continuing to deal with the impact and the aftermath of hurricane irene. as i said yesterday, we're going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm. that's going to continue in the days ahead. it's going take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude, the effects are still being felt across much of the country,

nbc producer said wendell noyas repeatedly got down on the ground just like this lying face first onriveway. he rolled around on the ground and then he would get up and start walking around again. noyas's 11-year-old celina cass was last seen a week ago today sitting at her home computer. i am joined live by investigative crime reporter. >> she lives with her father and mother and neither are speaking about this case. what do you make about this case? this is clearly a very distraught man and understandably so. >> these type of cases makes family act out in various, various ways just like what we saw a little while ago. sometimes they don't speak, they do speak, they lose weight, they gain weight, especially now that we are on the seven-day mark in this case. you can only imagine how this family is feeling right now, especially with some of the leads that are coming in that really aren't leading investigators to the right places. we can only just continue to keep the hope and the faith alive that she will be found alive and well and okay and brought back to her family. >> where are p

and now as we wait for house speaker boehner wren tell has the -- wendell has the latest and gerri will talk about the potential credit downgrade. doug? >>reporter: this will occur rapidly. there is in time to waste not house of representatives as far as the deal and they just wrapped a procedural vote on the compromise bill passing and now to the debate on the bill at 4:15 with a vote on the compromise bill between the hours of 6:00 and 6:30. having said that there is considerable opposition from the republican side who family the cuts do not go far enough. but the defense cuts they feel potentially go too far and a lot of opposition from the left wing of the democratic party including one saying this is a baby that only a mother could love. and another equally critic. >> it lets the republicans off the hook and endangers himself or herself if she has a tough weapon and can be used as a weapon and we provide the cover. >>reporter: passing in the house of representatives is not assured. 23 minutes ago we learned speaker boehner delayed the press conference. the house democratic caucus h

"we have not found the suspect" is what wendell flinch, the police officer on campus said, "no one isy." he could not say specifically how many people, in fact, were stopped and questioned. as for blacksburg, virginia, this is a population of about 42,000 people who live in this city in montgomery county there. to give you a sense of where this is, it's about 80 miles or so from winston-salem, almost 90 miles from greensboro, carolina. and i was just looking through some of the crime rate facts, to give you a sense, if this person ends up to be carrying a weapon, blacksburg's crime levels are lower than virginia's levels and violent instances tend to be lower than virginia's average as well. so, absent the fact that so many of us are familiar with the awful tragedy of april 16, 2007, this is an area that is very safe, certainly much safer than the rest of virginia. and finally, thomas, we should note, obviously, as we heard from the university relations head a short time ago, larry hinker, that we're in a new era, this is also now trending on twitter, with many people saying, everyone

guys, back to you. >> gretchen: wendell, thanks for breaking that down. >> steve: meanwhile, one of the those drastic cuts to defense spending that would be triggered if the recommendations made by that super congressional committee are not adopted by congress. joining us now is the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, arizona republican john mccain. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, steve, peter and gretchen. >> steve: how big are the cows? we're talking about -- cuts, we're talking about over ten years. we're talking about guys over the armed services committee in the house, they have said if they are over $439 billion over ten years, they would have nothing to do with it. >> well, i think they are possibly and i emphasize possibly could be higher than that. but that assumes that this committee is unable to act and come up with a result. i'm confident that the committee will be able to do so. i also believe that there is trade-offs in every agreement. the fact that the president did not get his tax increase, that he can no longer have this line about cor

wendell goler is there with the latest. >> reporter: the president says the momentum against moammarfi has reached a tipping point and tripoli is slipping from his grasp, and the president's focus is shifting from moammar qaddafi to the opposition, the transnational council, mr. obama calling on that group to demonstrate the leadership necessary to get the country through the turmoil by respecting the rights of the libyan people and avoiding civilian casualties. the season of conflict the president says must give way to one of peace. mr. obama has been monitoring events from his vacation site on martha's vineyard. his deputy security adviser john brennan is there with him. here is ban ki moon. >> what we are witnessing is testament to the courage of the libyan people to seek a tpre and democratic future. it is crucial now for the conflict to end with no further loss of life and retribution. >> reporter: egypt today recognized the libyan opposition as the legitimate government as did a bo the council prince in abu dabi. they said it would hoped it would end the violence. hugo chavez o

senior white house wendell goler is live on the north lawn. nice to see you.l this be a close vote, do you think? >> reporter: well, senate majority leader harry reid won't say so. the white house is confident and reid probably wouldn't schedule the vote if he didn't think he had the votes to pass it. there was broad bi-partisan support in the house yesterday. democrats evenly divided, even a majority of the tea party voted in favor of this bill. but utah republican seven mike lee says he will be a no vote today. >> i'll be voting no because this is a permanent problem. when we take on $2.5 trillion in new debt, that is a long-term commitment that will take us decades to pay after. it deserves to have a long term solution massed to this. and that is a balanced budget amendment. we don't have that in place. we don't have any business raising the debt limit to 2 hoeupb 5 trillion dollars. >> reporter: the vote was rarely unanimous, president obama when he was in the senate voted against the debt ceiling. it is not a difficult vote but it is difficult to be the d

oliver wendell holmes sr. looked at her and said you have how many sisters? she said four. all as tall as you? he was a very short man. a lot of anecdotes and descriptions of people. she knew henry david thoreau's character several times. after his death she brings him up as the favorite writer of a young man and boosts him because henry david thoreau had been forgotten. emerson and louisa may alcott tried to keep him in public view throughout their lifetime and eventually he was appreciated but he died with 700 copies of merrimack river in his room because he hadn't sold them. he was quite neglected for years. there's an essay called henry david thoreau called walking which is one of the more famous ones. the companion he is describing has to be louisa. read it and see if you agree. from everything the companion says and what he describes as their conversation it feels like it must be louisa to me. another question? >> what would you say were her biggest regrets? >> she purposely didn't have regrets. she didn't go back that way. there was always a duty to be followed and t

. >> reporter: additionally one of the local affiliates in boston reported that wendell noise has been questioned by police but is not cooperating. the assistant attorney general was asked straight out, hey is there a concern for other children in this area? should they be concerned about a predator on the loose? and her response was they should not have heightened alarm. as the investigation proceeds, we get more information, shannon, we'll bring you it every step of the way. shannon: thanks for keeping us updated. >> reporter: okay. shannon: this is a fox news alert. ugly new charges in the federal battle over billions of dollars and thousands of jobs at the federal aviation administration. lawmakers leaving town for vacation while leaving the faa partially unfunded. more than 4,000 workers have been furloughed. accusations are flying back and forth over who is to blame. now there are new questions on how all of this could affect your safety. peter doocy is live countdown clock with answers. hi, peter. >> hi, shannon. republicans are hostage-takers for sake of busting up unions. that

and in a series of heroic dissenting opinions by oliver wendell holdment and louis -- holmes and louisbrandeis, the supreme court said that, no, you need speech that poses an imminent threat of serious lawless action, and in this context usually that means the publication of troop movements or the death of soldiers. the espionage act itself which is controversial, it's not as if we should accept even its limited requirements, require that you know that you're leaking classified national security information and that you intend to harm the government at the same time. and efforts to invoke this act have just been remarkably unsuccessful. you'll remember the scooter libby leak prosecution, and the reason that scooter libby was prosecuted for false statements rather than for leaking classified information is because it would have been nearly impossible to prove that he knew the information was classified and that he intended to harm the government. more recently, the obama administration disgracefully tried to prosecute an official named drake and recently dropped the prosecution because

criminal investigation, and it really looks more and more like they are focusing on the stepfather, wendellup truck seized and impounded by the police department. it was parked directly in front of the home that he shared with celina and her mom and sister. remember, noise reporters lee was questioned by police and would not cooperate. he was also taken to the hospital on monday after bizarre behavior where he came out and laid on the driveway. i was taken to the hospital at the same time that celina's body was found in the connecticut river about a half mile away from the home. we've reported before that noise has a very troubled past. he threatened to kill a former girlfriend back in 2003. he was ruled unfit to stand trial. he was then committed to a psychiatric hop. celina was last seen in her bedroom, it was 10:00 at night, and she was sitting at her computer, the next morning she was gone. remember, they still have not released a cause of death, because they want to be absolutely sure, and they are awaiting now for the toxicology reports to come back. as soon as her body was found, tho

and in the series of heroic dissenting position by oliver wendell holmes and my hero oliver wendell price. the supreme court said, no, you need speeches that poses an imminent threat of action and the publication of movements. it's controversial it's not if we should accept its limited requirements that require you to know that you're leaking classified national security information and that you intend to harm the government at the same time. and efforts to invoke this act have just been remarkably unsuccessful. you'll remember that scooter libby leak prosecution and the reason scooter libby was prosecuted for false statements because it would have been nearly impossible to prove that he knew the information was classified and that he attempts on the government. more recently the obama administration disgracefully tried to prosecute an individual named drake and they dropped the prosecution because they knew they wouldn't have been able to meet the spunk requirements. and that's where the law draws the line and it's to expand the definition and to allow for the prosecution not only of lea

theater of parker had won every afternoon and she describes oliver wendell holmes sr. at her and said, i hear you have how many sisters are there? she said for and he said and all his tall as you? a very short man, so she does have a lot of antic notes and descriptions of people. she uses thoreau as a character a number of times and in one of her later books long after thoreau was dead, she brings him out as the favorite writer of the young man and kind of boost him. thoreau had been forgotten and really emerson and louisa alcott tried to keep him in public view. throughout their lifetimes and eventually he was appreciated, but he died was something like over 700 copies of the week on the merrimack river in his room because he had not sold them. so, he was quite neglected for years. i think there is an essay by thoreau called walking. it is one of the more famous ones, and i swear the companion he is describing on his walk has to be louisa. read it and see if you agree, but just from everything the companion says and what he describes as their conversation, just feels