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>> high stakes budget negotiations as the clock ticks toward the shutdown deadline. top republicans propose kicking the can down the road one more time. the final push to get a budget deal is next. plus, its that time of year again. chucks latest 2012 battleground map. but first, the white house soup of the day. we have to go to france for this. the map would have to go to europe. french onion being served at the white house mess today. >> you can never criticize a soup. >> thats covered in ch...

The clock ticks and urgency grows in the japan nuclear crisis and they will pour water over the overheating reactor at the damaged plant. this amphetamine has not seemed to work so far. what is the best and worst case scenario? cnn contributor jim walsh walks us through some possible outcome. should we start with the best possible outcome? i think we should. >> yes. my best possible outcome things dont get worse, we are able to stabilize the situation and slowly ratchet it down over time. two pr...

And we begin this morning with a country in crisis, in japan this morning, rescuers are searching for signs of life beneath the rubble as the clock ticks in the wake of fridays epic disaster. japanese please say theyve recovered another 1,000 bodies that washed ashore along the miyagi coast, rising a mounting death toll that is believed to be above 10,000, nbcs kristen dahlgren joins us from tokyo with more. >> reporter: there have been more than 300 aftershocks registered here there were new wa...

Villages where there have been no security presence, a new effort is expanding. the afghan local police whose members are selected by village elders and trained by u.s. special forces. to be the first line of defense against any returning taliban. >> the afghan local police expand in the rural areas, it then brings the governmentnance and development that the people need. >> bret: as the clock ticks to 2014, u.s. commanders say they take one day at a time. building the afghan security force to p...

Villages where there have been no security presence, a new effort is expanding. the afghan local police whose members are selected by village elders and trained by u.s. special forces. to be the first line of defense against any returning taliban. >> the afghan local police expand in the rural areas, it then brings the governmentnance and development that the people need. >> bret: as the clock ticks to 2014, u.s. commanders say they take one day at a time. building the afghan security force to p...

A decision on the wire fraud charges. trial watchers speculate thats what theyre doing now. >> if you look at the demographic make-up of the jury, they are processed oriented occupation and background. so they are likely wanting to go through carefully. >> they are expected to go through the charges and the infamous vulgar phone tap. lead council for robert blagojevich believes it will only lead them to an impasse. >> you believe its going to be hung jury? >> yes. >> as the clock ticks, the lega...

Obligated to attempt to reach a decision on the wire fraud charges. trial watchers speculate thats what theyre doing now. >> if you look at the demographic make-up of the jury, they are processed oriented occupation and background. so they are likely wanting to go through carefully. >> they are expected to go through the charges and the infamous vulgar phone tap. lead council for robert blagojevich believes it will only lead them to an impasse. >> you believe its going to be hung jury? >> yes. >...

On wall street has pushed things so far down the line. its very hard with the elections coming to get anything big done. then they are off. the longer that clock ticks, there has been a small ricketry running the clock down. >> because it is an election year. when is the last time you heard the president say he might filibuster a war funding bill. >> you know what? one of the crazy ideas i heard is no recess in august. >> i know. >> i think they need to go home and talk to their constituents. >>...

Congresswoman, the party leadership is freeing you to vote what the people in your district actually want. what an idea! >> reporter: its a classic concept that comes into play only during election year midterms with massively important legislative votes that could affect their ability to get reelected, and the way it plays out on the floor, the last few minutes, as the votes are actually being tallied, well see on the screen it will show the votes and who is not voted and who voted and which wa...

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