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allowed to raise the debt ceiling without being held accountable for it by the american people. >> the tea party direction of this congress the last few months has been very, very disconcerting and very unfair to the american people. >> is the tea party really calling the shots? ill ask the people who started it. and the emotional moment everybody is still talking about. tonight -- the astonishing, unexpected return of gabby giffords. ill ask her best friend in congress whats next. >...

for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. ill talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about th...

and the emotional moment everybody is still talking about. tonight, the astonishing, unexpected return of gabby giffords. ill ask her best friend in congress whats next. >> gabby melted everybodys heart last night. >> and glenn beck said he also could be assassinated because of what he wrote in his last book. so whats he written now? ill ask him. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. president obama signs the debt deal. the country dodges a bullet avoiding the frightening spect...

but you wont get away. the video that has everyone talking on this "american morning." good morning. its wednesday, august 3rd. this is "american morning." a lot going on today. we should get right to it. >> yes, we should. >> isnt the debt deal done? >> its not done yet. they have to do the super committee. >> and decide what they will cut, cut food inspectors, education grants, they are going to cut stuff out of education. >> at least some of it is done? >> some of it done. one o...

>> we were on a second short break and heading to the fieldhouse. he collapsed outside the fieldhouse. >> the heat proving to be fatal in georgia. two high school football players collapsed while out practicings under the sun and the heat. they both later died. if you have kids who say, mom, dad, the coach says i have to practice, i have to be out there, maybe in full pads, i want you to listen to the father of one of those high school players who just passed away. >> when your body te...

but "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> speak of washington, we have a busy two hours ahead. randi, thank you very much. hello, everyone. are you ready for this? the debt deal is done, right? not exactly. we still need to see votes happening both in the senate and the house. on the house side, it looks like some democrats could be holding things up. well speak with one of them. we expect to hear from speaker of the house, john boehner this hour. well carry that...

the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. its a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all...

this "american morning.". busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. >> it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. >> it was busy. >> but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. >> tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congre...

increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. >> norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. theres one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and thats because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, a...

were watching the breaking news on the floor of the united states senate right now. were watching and theyre close to a deal. close but not there yet. in the meantime, there are some procedural votes under way on the floor of the united states senate. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. gloria borger, our chief political analyst, is here as well. we have our correspondents standing by on capitol hill...