elected to office, and yet they play worse than 3-year-olds. i d fire them all. what would it take to get a deal done? i ll ask the white house and the republicans. plus, what this crisis is already costing you. and adam levine, rock star, maroon 5 front man. he s sold more than 15 million albums. he s conquered tv on his first season of the voice. christina takes things to a whole new level, right? you can level with me. i can t on national television. but tonight his biggest challenge yet. i m getting him to do something you ve never, i mean never seen him do before. this is so dumb. i don t know why i can do it. that is incredible. the amazingly multitalented adam levine. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin tonight with america s debt crisis. it s not just republicans versus democrats. it s now house republicans battling among themselves over speaker boehner s debt plan with days to go until the august 2nd deadline. is there still a r
hour. the details just coming in. an awol muslim american soldier now in custody in texas found with what the fbi is now saying is a large amount of bomb-making material near ft. hood. barbara starr is all over the story and will join nus a few minutes. first, debt debate but no deal. it all comes down to numbers. i don t mean 13-digit numbers with dollar signs in front of them. i mean this number. take a look here. five days until the treasury says it will run out of borrowed money. five hours, give or take, until the house votes on the so-called boehner plan, and it needs 217 votes to pass, and it s a slam dunk, right? wrong. 60 republicans are tea party members that want huge cuts in spending and no hike in the debt ceiling. here is where the big numbers come in. the republican speaker has staked his leadership on the plan to let the treasury borrow $900 billion right away, while cutting $915 billion in future spending. contrast that with the senate plan from majority lead
tea party demanding more cuts in federal spending, a cap on future budgets, and a balanced budget amendment. but at a republican caucus meeting speaker of the house john boehner told everyone in his party, and i quote, get your ass in line. and listen to senator john mccain. what is really amazing about this is that some members are believing that we can pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution in this body with its present reputation, and that is foolish. that is worse than foolish. that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people. to hold out and say we won t agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it s unfair. it s bizarro. and maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. the ground is still shaking in d.c. over this tonight, with no doubt many late-night phone calls going under way right now. we ll cover all of the a
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