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understand this financial crisis was the worst since the great depression, but ultimately they say, look, hes the president. we think he has good intentions, but were impatient and we want to see things move faster. i understand that. im sympathetic to it. well keep on putting forward ideas that will be good for the country. were going to need a partner from congress. on the other side of the political spectrum, listen to what governor rick perry said in iowa and hes not backing off....

and 13.9 million people are still out of work. we just cant seem to catch a break. don pack is features editor for "the atlantic" and wrote "can the middle class be saved?" don, whats the answer, can it? >> the middle class can be saved but we need to take a wide array of aggressive action to save it, i think. its interesting the middle class itself has in many ways been downgraded in this recession. the housing bubble amassed a host of problems. the middle class has been slowly hallow...

deal would save the u.s. credit rating. im gloria borger in for candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." were just an hour away from a vote in the senate on a democratic plan to raise the debt limit, but the real action is between the president and the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. i spoke with him earlier, and he was optimistic about getting a deal. let me get right to it. can you announce this morning that a plan has been reached, theres a deal? >> were very close...

the end of next year, beyond the election, with cuts and spending caps also on the table, house speaker john boehner wants all house members to weigh in. so he plans to hold a conference call with many of them sometime today. so weve got up to the minute coverage of whats happening in washington. cnns kate bolduan is on capitol hill. dan lothian is at the white house. first to you, kate, senate leaders in both parties keep saying that they are, quote, very close to a deal. what more do...

bipartisan plan would increase the debt limit through the end of next year, beyond the election. cuts and spending caps are still on the table. and house speaker john boehner apparently is planning a conference call sometime soon with house members. so we have up to the minute coverage of whats happening in washington. cnns kate bolduan is on capitol hill. dan lothian at the white house. lets begin with you, kate. senate leaders in both parties say they are, quote, very close to a deal...

quite bizarre. people like breivik are trying to resurrect the idea of a modern day crusade, a real clash of civilizations against what they see as islamic invasion of europe. in fact, muslims make up only 3% of europes population and thats likely to rise to between 5 and 8% by 2025 and level out at that point. but that doesnt change the reality of the anger, hatred and the violence. ironically, in breiviks nostalgic view of the medieval world, it resembles nothing so much as al qaeda,...

generation of republicans in line. and president obama warns, and im quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." youre looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote was supposed to happen yesterday around this time, but was ab...

blame. the debt crisis, here you go. the deepening stalemate. president obama reaches out to a new player and the game is you. in norway, breiviks father wish his son would have killed himself rather than slaughter dozens of people. bp has a big turnaround. the company raked in more than $22 billion in profits for the quarter! the debt, minute-by-minute, the nation inches closer to the brink of twault. the countdown less than seven full days before the federal government runs o...

opportunity to do something big. we have a chance to stabilize americas finances for a decade, for 15 years or 20 years. if were willing to seize the moment. what that would require would be some shared sacrifice and a balanced approach that says were going to make significant cuts in domestic spending. and i have already said im willing to take down domestic spending to the lowest percentage of our overall economy since dwight eisenhower. it also requires cuts in defense spending. and...