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on this debate before its too late. and a disturbing new study revealing a widening gap between minorities and the wealthiest americans in the wake of a devastating recession. im wolf blitzer here in the situation room. first to what many say is shaping up to be an economic disaster of nearly unprecedented proportions if congress doesnt break the deadlock and agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling only six days from now. the white house warning today theres no more wiggle room and b...

he cited statistics appealing to bipartisanship and invoked the words of ronald reagan and also acknowledged how sharply divided washington is while trying to channel a bipartisan frustration among americans for what goes on in washington. take a look. >> i realize that a lot of the new members of congress and i dont see eye to eye on many issues. but we were each elected by some of the same americans for some of the same reasons. yes, many want government to start living within its me...

weekend. markets around the world are falling. this will have a direct effect on your 401(k). >> im ali velshi. the norway terror suspect who admits killing 93 on friday is expected to appear in court in the next hour. his lawyers says hell explain himself. little comfort to a grieving nation trying to make sense of a massacre, on this "american morning." good morning. it is monday, july 25th. this is "american morning." a lot going on. lets get you right to it. >> glad youre back. i...

were just getting the information in. that means that the players vote will happen later today in more of a formal setting. training camp could start as early as wednesday now, weve been told. david mattingly has been following this for us. he has been live out of atlanta every day, at least he was last week when those negotiations were taking place. david, did you just get word that something came forward just moments ago? >> reporter: reading and finding out now is that the nfl playe...

this scene played out across scandinavia earlier today. people pausing to remember the victims of that attack. as norway mourns we are hearing more from people who risked their lives to save others. our cnns michael holmes caught up with one of them. >> its not a huge boat. how many people did you put in here? >> the first round i believe it was 14. >> reporter: 14. >> yes. and then i had to address the oldest one and said you have to stay ashore. i promise i will come back and get you...

would walk out of the meeting with the president that he would lead calls two days in a row to try to come up with some other plan and their deadline would be by 8:00 this evening? >> reporter: well, not specifically. you know, thats kind of -- it feels like past history at this point. what theyre trying to do is come up with something that could -- come up with a plan by tomorrow, which is monday, that would give them time to post some type of plan, get a vote on it, and hit that dead...

do. nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think mission number one is to raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. saying theyre going to downgrade you. but they left a bit of an out. if you raise the ceiling but give indication youre on the road to getting a deal, well keep you on credit watch negative but take you off and affirm your aaa rating if you get it done within a couple of months if we se...

seven people. the search continues today for more victims in the rubble of the destroyed buildings. it is the deadliest single attack in europe since the madrid train bombings in 2004. lets go straight to michael holmes there. hes on that island where that summer camp tragedy happened. so, michael, what has been happening there today? >> reporter: were actually a few miles from the island, just sort of over there about four miles away from where im standing. this hotel behind me, fre...

jeanne, first question, is it time to simply say, lets go for the possible in washington? everybody has grand ideas about what they want to do. nobody, nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think the mission of everyone in congress is to absolutely raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. the s&p has been the strongest credit rating agency. they said, were going to downgrade you if you dont come up...

meeting of young people killing ten there. police say the attacks are definitely linked. 19 people are hospitalized with injuries in oslo. no word yet on a motive for the attacks. the other huge story in washington, debt talks have broken down. late this afternoon, house speaker john boehner walked out of negotiations with president obama saying the two could not connect because of their different visions for the country. president obama was the first to respond. >> my expectation wa...