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at its end. >> rebels firing guns into the air and also waving t tir flags. abcs karen travers join was the latest. >> reporter: there this was a very quiui turn of evenen. rebels gained momentum over the weekend and now say theyre close to topplinin gadhafis regime. six months after the libya revolution began, it looks like his reign is close to an end. under siege in the capital city of tripoli. where rebels are preparing for a final showdown. some neighborhoods are reportedly in reb...

it come too late. this morning stock markets are falling around the world. japan and hong kong down more than 2% because of pessimism over the u.s. economy. >> can anyone in washington turn things around. abcs scott goldberg joins us live with all the fallout. >> reporter: good morning. weve e en reporting that not many people seemed happy with this debt deal. now it looks like financial markets arent very happy either. the asian markets are down today and wall street is struggling ove...

put into perspective by the bombshell moment when gabby giffords walked in to cast her vote. >> an emotioiol time on capitol hill and its not done yet. scott goldberg is live with all the latest. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. we expect them to vote on the debt deal sometime after noon less than 12 hours before the default deadline this after the house passed the deal with the yes vote fromomeone who almost nobody expected to be there. with two minutes l...

the house has passed a plan to avoid economic disaster. now its up to the senate. >> that vote down to the wire as you can see just hours now until the government begins running out of money, but all of that put into perspective by the bombshell moment when gabby giffords walked in to cast her vote. >> an emotional time on capitol hill and its not done yet. scott goldberg is live with all the latest. good morning, scott. >> reporter: g gd morning, rob and tanya. we expect them to vote ...

>> that vote down to the wire as you can see just hours now until the government begins running out of money, but all of that put into perspective by the bombshell moment when gabby giffords walked in to cast her vote. >> an emotional time on capitol hill and its not done yet. scott goldberg is live with all the latest. good morning, scott. >> reporter: g gd morning, rob and tanya. we expect them to vote on the debt deal sometime after noon less than 12 hours before the default deadlin...

few arms in all of this. we have the details from washington. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning. at least four people accepted this deal. president obama, speaker boehner and the leaders of both parties in the senate. the trick now is getting enough support in congress in getting the deal to the presidents desk. the deal is done. now, president obama is trying to calm americas nerves and the worlds financial markets, saying its time to vote. >> it will allow us to avoid de...

deal last night. a deal to continue -- >> top lawmake verse to to twist a few arms in all of this. we have the details from washington. >> reporter: good morning. at least four people accepted this deal. president obama, speaker boehner and the leaders of both parties in the senate. the trick now, is getting enough spovrt in congress in getting the deal to the presidents desk. the deal is done. now, president obama is trying to calm americas nerves and the worlds financial markets, say...

tonight or tomorrow morning. with winds topping 65 miles an hour, as you can imagine, people all along the texas coast are getting ready. >> but believe it or not it is not expected to put a dent in the historic drdrght. parts of the state are 15 inches short of their average rainfall and matt gutman shows how bad it is. >> reporter: these soybean plants would normally be chest high. instead the tracks in the soil here are about waist deep. >> well, just how much rain will don dump on ...

texas coast tonight or tomorrow morning with winds topping 65 miles an hour. as you can imagine, people are along the texas coast are getting ready. >> but believe it or not, it is not expected to put a dent in the historic drought. parts of the state are 15 inches short of their average r rnfall abcs matt gutman shows us how bad it is. >> reporter: these soybean plants would normally be about chest high this time of year. instead, the tracks in the soil here are about waist deep. >> w...

world have the murdoch father and son testimony front and center. rupert murdochs own tabloid "the sun" has a subdued front page with the headline, "the most humble day of my life" quoting rupert murdoch from yesterday. >> the newsmaker making the news. "the daily mirror" has a not so suble foam whacked headline. >> that was an alarming moment during the hours-long questioning by members of parliament. abcs jeffrey kofman shes us how it happened. >> reporter: james murdoch was about to...