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kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

far. if we stay true to form, that means we will see a huge rally today. cross your fingers and hold on, folks. also this morning, five nato troops killed in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. coalition troops have killed nearly 200 militants in recent weeks. keeping an eye on afghanistan, of course. keeping an eye on great britain. britains prime minister says london police waited too long to arrest rioters this past weekend. he said that when he was speaking to parliament i...

these folks werent rioting like we have seen the past several days. they were there to clean up. now the problem is that the violence, looting and arson has spread to sever other british cities besides london. also a nationwide manhunt for two brothers and their older sister accused much opening fire on a florida police officer, then robbing a georgia bank. youre seeing the three siblings there and authorities do consider them armed and extremely dangerous. all right. wall street d...

at least for the moment. stocks bounced back in early trading today, after mondays 634-point plunge. right now, dow blue chips are up by 201 points. investors are psyched over todays fed meeting, and theres speculation it might announce a new stimulus. to boost the economy. president obama sits down with treasury secretary timothy geithner. thats happening this afternoon. theyre going to size out the new market turmoil that is fearing -- that is fully feeding fear of double-dip reces...

streak, tiger woods returns to the pga tour. in less than five hours he tees off in the bridgestone invitational. congress celebrated its long overdue deal on the debt crisis by racing out of town for summer recess. lost in that cloud of dust, funding for the faa and thousands of workers who now cant be paid. >> personally, this is devastating. ive spent -- i spend most of my day trying to figure out what -- what can i not ay, what can i pay, where can i get extra cash. were pretty m...

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. heres some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hours opening bell on wall street. the doll plunged 266 points yesterday for its eighth consecutive loss. trial under way for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the ailing hue mark could face execution if convicted in the deaths of anti-government protesters. florida watching tropical storm emily as it approaches the northern caribb...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could s...

could make or break the debt crisis and i know youre saying ive heard this before. but here is the deal today. lawmakers are not mincing words. less than five days to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on government bills. today the house is due to vote on speaker john boehners plan. as his own party holds the majority of votes he is really getting frustrated with the divisions that threaten its passage. in a closed door meeting, boehner actually told the feuding republicans, qu...

folks, its july 27th. welcome to groundhog day. the only movement is closer to the august 2nd deadline. less than six days the federal government could run out of money and default on its bills. next hour on capitol hill, the dooms day scenario is laid out. executives from credit rating agencies will warn lawmakers of the far-reaching impact of a u.s. downgrade. one debt plan, backed by house speaker john boehner, is yanked from a scheduled vote. the congressional budget office says it...

blame. the debt crisis, here you go. the deepening stalemate. president obama reaches out to a new player and the game is you. in norway, breiviks father wish his son would have killed himself rather than slaughter dozens of people. bp has a big turnaround. the company raked in more than $22 billion in profits for the quarter! the debt, minute-by-minute, the nation inches closer to the brink of twault. the countdown less than seven full days before the federal government runs o...