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expected to roll out a plan to cut spending by $2.7 trillion while raising the debt by 274 trillion. reids plan would not include tax increases which republicans refuse to consider nor would it touch entitlements. my colleague, dan lothian is watching it all from his post at the white house. dan, what is the presidents position first on raising the debt in installments? >> reporter: he want it is to go through 2012 and there is a sense at the white house and treasury department in part...

Getting help from volunteers offering food, sweat and comfort. brown tells me hes learned something and wants to tell the people of joplin dont turn down help and dont give up. >> if you cant go anywhere, you can always go home. >> reporter: would it have been easier for you just to pack it in and say, im not going back and start over somewhere? >> yeah, it would have been a whole lot easier. it definitely would have been a whole lot easier, but i wont let this get me down. >> reporter: a full m...

rooftops. people were marched to demand the release of political prisoners and the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c. today, but is she ready to roll into the presidential race? the best political team on television is weighing in. im drew griffin. the news starts now. in the headlines tonight president obama went to joplin, missouri, today. it was his first chance to see the unimaginable damage caused by last sundays ef-5 tornado. he spoke at a memorial servic...

Keep the radioactive particles from getting into your lungs, things we saw back in the 50s and 60s with civil defense films, and now were seeing that on the level for the population there in japan. weve heard this from soledad obrien, paying attention to this very closely. they are not panicking. they are very calm, but they are concerned. >> they are concerned. i think i heard someone say duct tape should be everyones best friend. duct tape, keep your windows closed and doors shut if youre in t...

Up on the surface where they are cleaning up the oil thats already up there. >> all right. david matingly, thank you very much. were going to bring into the conversation, cnn producer vivian quo who is here. bp is a little ahead of schedule, is it not? >> it depends on what "ahead of schedule" means. certainly this is a 24/7 operation. they have crews working overnight. all shifts covered. they are a little ahead of schedule in terms of the relief well. they suffered a setback. they had to delay...

Source of that miscommunication. but his pr people with the coast guard saying really the only thing he got wrong was just the sequence of events that all of these things are in place simultaneously and so theyre trying to minimize that gaffe that he put out there. >> david matingly, thank you for keeping us updated. appreciate it. that leak is so deep under water that human hands cant get to it. on top of all of that it is spewing immeasurable amounts of crude. we really dont know how to stop i...

The tide and get back into the bay area behind me and contaminate the waters back there. so that is what they were eager to protect. they were trying to be proactive. they felt like the federal federal government was not acting fast enough. >> david matingly, we appreciate you this morning. thanks so much, david. we showed you the live pictures just a moment ago. it is summertime. a lot of people like to get married on a saturday in the summer. and those two just tied the knot. what makes this...

Hearing from there, she accompanied the president when he was there that had one of the beaches that had tar balls that were showing up. she says she asked the president to reconsider the drilling ban. randolph says the president told her a time-out was necessary. were turning now to david. hello to you n once again. a lot of the people in these areas, certainly the officials, theyve got a battle on their hands with this oil. often tiemsz they have a battle with the government, as well. youre ...