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having it? >> its not that simple. they have to come up with some compromise, some sort of plan that can pass the senate and go back to the house of representatives and pass there something that the president could sign that would allow the united states to raise the debt ceiling and avert some sort of financial disaster come tuesday. its not simple at all, so they need to work together. the mainstream, main leadership, democrats and republicans, they need to find a way to come up with...

for the first time in the history of our country unless there is a compromise or they accept my bill, were headed for economic disaster. its time for republicans to step forward. theres been some movement today. as i indicated on the floor, i was having a meeting in my office this afternoon with some splun and that fell through. as they were walking into a conference, three republican senators said they were interested in my bill, interested in compromise. they need to step forward. ...

legislation. the proposal i put forward is a compromise. we changed it even more today. we would have changed it even more, but as i indicated on the floor, we had no one to negotiate with. the republican leader said he wouldnt negotiate with me. i dont know whose that is. not mine. >> your pizzas ready. >> it really is a worst possible time to be conducting a filibuster. they are forcing to us wait until tomorrow morning at -- lets see. today is still friday. until sunday morning at ...

lawmakers are in session this afternoon, trying to end a tense political standoff over the debt ceiling. so far, we have only been hearing more contentious remarks from both sides. well take you there live in a moment. many of you are expressing frustration with the debt impasse in washington. and with members of congress who have yet to reach a deficit reduction deal. vernon hill says he wants lawmakers to get the u.s. out of debt or resign. >> the united states of america is about ...

has been recovered. federal investigators are hoping a $10,000 reward will lead them to the weapons or to whom ever may have taken them. the awol private accused of plotting an attack on soldiers stationed at ft. hood in texas is now being held without bond. naser jason abdo was in court yesterday. he was arrested after being tipped off by a gun store clerk. officials say they found bomb-making materials in abdos motel room. they also say abdo admitted he plans to set off bombs at a ...

hands. >> keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. were in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if...

we are going to ask some of the smartest people in washington to explain what is going on tonight. john king, jessica yellin. first, i want to go straight to is that theyre trying to win over some of the undecides of some of the no votes amongst the conservatives in their party. what they were discussing at one point was trying to tweak the bill in order to win over conservatives who are unhappy that the bill didnt go far enough, piers. and what they were talking about doing is making ...

no more tricks. no more accounting gimmicks. no more broken promises. >> tonight, the white house, the right, the left and the clock. countdown to crisis. >> we are four days away from one of the worst financial catastrophes that could face this country. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. chaos on capitol hill tonight. john boehners debt plan is stalled in the house without support from his caucus. this country is moving closer and closer to an almost unthinkable nation...

really arent too terribly far apart and the deal can be done by the august 2nd, tuesday deadline. lets listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. lets listen. >> good morning, everybody. i want to speak about the ongoing and increasingly urgent efforts to avoid default and reduce our deficit. right now, the house of representatives is still trying to pass a bill that the majority of republicans and democrats in the senate have already said they wont vote ...

up support for today, and essentially it would raise the debt ceiling and also save some $917 billion in spending over the course of the next decade, so were keeping an eye on that as always, but first lets get to that developing story for you out of texas. an awol muslim-american soldier has been arrested near ft. hood with what the fbi is saying is a large amount of bomb-making materials. private first class naser abdo is now in custody after a sales clerk at a gun shop alerted polic...