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four hours or so. morgan stanley come out with a global note cutting its global growth forecast and saying the u.s., the world is dangerously close to recession quite frankly and naming a couple of different reasons why they think that global growth will not be as strong as they thought. among them, europes debt problems and also mentioning what they call policy mistakes in the u.s. and also the drama about the debt ceiling. they say, overall, consumer confidence, business confidence, ...

also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. lets talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reids plan. thats the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the even...

there are signs of deep trouble in the house of representatives. speaker john boehner is trying to rally enough votes for the debt crisis. his republicans in the red hold a substantial majority. at least 60 of their members shown here in yellow are affiliated with the tea party. they are pushing against a compromise with the democrats over here. they appear to have risen in revolt, once again. how many? we dont know. the speaker has to bring roughly two-thirds of them into his camp if ...

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...

for those of you too young to remember that is a a 1970s movie. >> i want you to go to the window, stick your head out and yell, im as mad as hell and im not going to take this anymore! >> now that sounds like how a lot of people feel these days. this time, instead of the late actor peter finch, it was president barack obama who will people to take action. >> im asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress...

embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two questions posted on his twitter account. how hot is it getting? >> how about you do the questions, i do the answers and this jackass interrupts me. how about that as the new rule of the game? >> lets catch you up on this stoefrmt on friday...

A terrible message, not only to voters, i think it sends a terrible message to the markets. everybody is saying this is the responsible thing to do, ill say again, i voted against raising the debt ceiling to $5 trillion just, you know, 10, 12, 15 years ago. i was told at the time, that was an irresponsible thing to do. at some point, continuing to raise the debt ceiling without having serious cuts actually becomes the reckless thing to do -- >> doesnt the conversation need start sooner. isnt thi...

Trillion debt limit. >> what happens now? >> we have until the 2nd of august. >> how did that happen? how did you guys buy a couple more months? >> its drama. we had a countdown clock. >> who do you call? god? can you give us a couple more months? >> god cant give it to us, wrong g. >> who gave you a couple more months? >> thats the debt ceiling. im on the sixth congress political committee along with the vice president trying to work out the differences. >> are you guys getting close? >> i thin...

Closely. >> we have been able to call several times a day. everything is fine on the home front. and people even near this country heard about it. and have -- and expressed their concern. many people at home are praying. we are grateful for their prayers. jamie: no discharge date has been set for the 92-year-old graham. the confidante to many presidents. bill: what a life he has lived. nasas countdown clock is ticking. we are only days away from the shuttle launch. their families including congr...

Than the fact that he does have to go down south tonight for a commencement in miami at a college in miami. so, you know, at this point, it appears that -- you know, nasa has always said, look, we are not launching unless the vehicle is safe and ready. thats been the mantra. certainly, since "challenger," certainly since the "columbia" accident. so, it doesnt matter who is here. the vehicle is not going if there are issues that nasa is dealing with. i think were going to get astronaut mike fole ...