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she shun the media spotlight or will she try to capitalize on her supposed fame? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. lets go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. >> he said it time for law makers...

good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. heres break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down -- that is bringing down parts of rupert murdochs news empire. ill get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say theres big news about the debt ceiling talks. i cant tell you that. theres more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set f...

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline theres no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fift...

this is ali. >> chris seen on a well-deserved vacation. we have a lot going on today. lets get to it. high drama and high stakes over raising americas debt ceiling. we are now just 20 day ace way from the treasury deadline. president obama will meet again today with congressional leaders for the fifth straight day of negotiations that ended abruptly yesterday. republicans saying the president stormed out of the talks. this morning, democratic source is telling cnn president obama shut ...

investigation of rupert murdochs media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. whos behind the cash and can the republicans compete? president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to rai...

rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. lets just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they a...

Left for congress to act ahead of the august 2 deadline, its not clear for senate and democrats to get close to a deal. after meeting with them, the senate leader called it productive and attacked the other side. >> i hope my republican colleagues would put this ahead of politics and join to us create jobs and set aside the desire to please the tea party and defeat president obama. >> reporter: white house officials would not say when mr. obama would hold the next round of talks but the presiden...

campaign. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." but, first, breaking news this hour. congressman anthony weiner flatly denying that he posted a lewd photo on his twitter account but tells me he cant say for sure if the image of a mans underwear is him or not. weiner sat down with me a short while ago up on capitol hill in his office as part of his attempt to move beyond the controversy and his testy exchange with reporters yesterday. heres part one of the interview. >> tha...

>> that was george soros fund manager. >> if you get rid of our spending for two wars that have been unpaid for and tax breaks for the wealthy americans. >> chris: youngsters u want us to pull out o of iraq and afghanistan. >> because you would draw u your responsibilities down, owrp obligations down. >> that is not going to happen by august 2. even president obama is against that. >> i think the responsible thing is that you raise the debt limit and then work on the plan that gets us out of ira...

>> the most important thing that we have to understand i think donna will agree with me until we show that we are willing to be fiscally responsible up here why should we continue to tax americans and continue to take away their most precious resource if we are not going to do the right things up here. >> one of the central issues sending the debt so high is the cost of medicare. today, senate minority leader mip mcconnell says he supports the plan to turn it into a voucher in the future where p...