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ill get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. ill have more on what hes saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a heros welcome from mans best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. lets get right to it. we begin with liby...

and government officials call rebel claims lies. well have a live report just ahead. take a look at this. were tracking tropical storm irene. theres a chance the storm could affect the u.s. well tell you where its headed. a soccer team scattered for safety after gun shots ring out in mexico, sending crowds ducking for cover. well show you what happened and what sparked it. we begin in libya, and our correspondents this morning say gun battle in tripoli. this video is from another...

theyre advancing toward moammar gadhafis compound. ro ro nato said today fwa daffys regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies any rebel gains and in an audio address on state-run tv, gadhafi vowed to fight to the end. >> reporter: you remember the million marches. i am with you. alongside with you. in this fight. we will not -- were not going to give way or give up. >> a fierce gun battle broke out today near a hotel where many international reporters are staying. cnns ...

seeking the oval office in 2012. i want to tell you who voters are choosing from right now. texas congressman ron paul, businessman herman cain, michele bachmann, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, michigan senator mish mcconnell, mitt romney, former house speaker newt gingrich, former utah governor john huntsman and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. that is definitely a maouthful, its not a caucus. it paid to have people bussed in just to vote. its not very scientific, b...

complicated partisan bickering. the senate went o recess without giving the agency a short-term funding extension. president obama believes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week. the transportation secretary says you have nothing to worry about when you fly. ill be speaking to him later on "american morning." president obama turns 50 today. he qualifies for a free scoop at baskin-robbins. and he got a surprise in chicago ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you...

bank, their equivalent of ben bernanke gave a speech had morning and they said their economic growth is slowing, and traders took it as a note to say things are more serious than we thought. you combine that with the fact that the japanese central bank intervened to prop the yen up, and theres a fear that everybody is doing badly and nobody is there to pick up the slack. basically is that what is happening. money is coming out of the stocks. when you see that happening, it comes out of...

for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. ill talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about th...

>> we were on a second short break and heading to the fieldhouse. he collapsed outside the fieldhouse. >> the heat proving to be fatal in georgia. two high school football players collapsed while out practicings under the sun and the heat. they both later died. if you have kids who say, mom, dad, the coach says i have to practice, i have to be out there, maybe in full pads, i want you to listen to the father of one of those high school players who just passed away. >> when your body te...

up support for today, and essentially it would raise the debt ceiling and also save some $917 billion in spending over the course of the next decade, so were keeping an eye on that as always, but first lets get to that developing story for you out of texas. an awol muslim-american soldier has been arrested near ft. hood with what the fbi is saying is a large amount of bomb-making materials. private first class naser abdo is now in custody after a sales clerk at a gun shop alerted polic...

Republican candidates are calling for an end to the fighting as soon as possible. leading democrats believe the war should end. >> when i voted ten against the invasion of iraq, i voted for the invasion of afghanistan to go after those responsible for 9/11. i didnt vote for the longest war in american history. what we need to do is have enough security on the ground in afghanistan that we can bring our troops home. >> finally secretary gates acknowledged that there are preliminary diplomatic con...