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good morning to you. it is thursday, august 11 now. this is "american morning." lot going on today. lets get right to it, folks. >> good morning, good morning. so much for comeback. havent seen these kind of wild swings on wall street since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. the dow diving 520 points yesterday. this time fueled by fears or at least triggered by fears. that france is on a verge of a credit downgrade. every day it seems to be something new trying terg sell-off o...

and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling americas national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade americas debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. lets get all the angles. weve just learned the president will be addressing the natio...

The world, right? why cant we do it here in the united states? >> glenn: that is a good question, dolores. why cant we be as good as cuba or venezuela? while the kids ponder that doozie, why not remind them, dolores of your theme for the day. here it is. [ inaudible ] >> republicans hate latinos, okay? republicans hate latinos. >> glenn: what a message of unity and hope. if only we could have been that unifying at 8-28 and not distorting dr. kings message. dolores really has it down. dr. king wo...

Recently back on august 13. it was a great party. everyone was there. hida solis, martin sheen, jodie evans from code pink. she was involved with bill ayers wife, too, on the flotilla thing. oh, and carlos santana. now, there is one other person that was there. i mean, would any party really be complete without van jones? oh, yeah. and there was a taped tribute from president obama, himself. thats great. socialist. leader of the democratic socialist party. in the labor department. who is formall...

Trying to do harm to them as in the case of the rabbi is something you are interested in trying to find a way to do that. you know, will traffic problems work for the rabbi? >> thats the part that jumps out at me. that exchange is taking place, i think august 19. so august 13 is the date of the famous bridget kelly, time for traffic problems in ft. lee. now six days later theyre texting. it comes up again. its a very familiar point of reference for them. it just shows the premeditation that ewen...

Something you are interested in trying to find a way to do that. you know, will traffic problems work for the rabbi? >> thats the part that jumps out at me. that exchange is taking place, i think august 19. so august 13 is the date of the famous bridget kelly, time for traffic problems in ft. lee. now six days later theyre texting. it comes up again. its a very familiar point of reference for them. it just shows the premeditation that ewent into the lane closures. this was something very much on...

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The familys ever had. >> reporter: must be a really tough time for you right now. tell us what youre feeling. >> no, this is great right now. im glad to be talking to you about that its over with. because its really over with. >> reporter: its still really sinking in to the family this is finally over with. initially, they had a low-key approach to try and win his release. after that failed, though, they went more and more public, appearing on television and also pressing their own elected repre...

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