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evening here in the nations capital. just to underline the peril facing the united states economy, and the american people, democratic officials familiar with the presidents speech expect him to say the country right now is, quote, in imminent threat of default. with only about one week left for democrats and republicans to agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling. in a speech earlier today, the president alluded to the bitter political grid lock between both sides. >> are we a nation...

>> how donald trump would solve the debt crisis and what he would do to keep america great. and remember the uproar over president obamas birth certificate? >> honestly, im very proud that i was able to bring this to a point. nobody else was. >> ill ask him why he says the race to the 2012 white house will be the nastiest in history, and why the white house pays too much attention to wall street. and a candid conversation with tafis smiley. this is "piers morgan tonight." donald trump ...

he says the 2012 white house will be the last in history. and why the white house itself pays too much attention to wall street. >> if youre looking for the safe choice, you shouldnt look for barack obama. >> well have a conversation with tavis smiley. this is "piers morgan tonight." donald trump says americas economy could be going bad from worse. he joins me tonight on the phone. donald, how are you? >> hello, piers. >> first of all, congratulations on becoming a grandfather again....

>> if youre looking for the safe choice, you shouldnt look for barack obama. >> well have a conversation with tavis smiley. this is "piers morgan tonight." donald trump says americas economy could be going bad from worse. he joins me tonight on the phone. donald, how are you? >> hello, piers. >> first of all, congratulations on becoming a grandfather again. your lovely daughter ivanka and a baby girl ella rose, i understand. >> that is true. were very happy about that. >> tell me, if...

filming this right now. seriously, the ceiling, look. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> these guys made it out alive but four people were killed. we will show you just how bad the damage was. shelling heard from a roof top. street fighting breaks out in the airport in yemens capital. flights canceled and there is new concerns of a coming civil war. google says hundreds of personal g mail accounts have been hacked. they blame a giant fishing operation based in china. the sputtering u.s. ...

And good morning to mr. chaffetz. the deadline was may, then it was july, now its august. whats going to happen here? >> they just keep pickup trucking this! we cant keep doing this. there are those of us that have urgency, we say hey, weve got to deal with this now and make major changes. bill: what are the changes going to be when harry reid says youd have to be, quote, out of your minds not to raise debt limits and youve got others saying listen, john boehners idea is to do the following. for...

Although there is a federal investigation now ford has not issued a recall. president obama will meet with senate democrats this afternoon and with senate republicans on thursday. all ways to discuss how to cut the governments deficit. but last night in new york, one republican demanded trillions in cuts, he wants them now. senior washington editor rick klein explains. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner is escalating the battle over spending before it gets under way in ernest. now there i...

Many different ways, but, the medical ones are the ones which are normally used because they are the clearest and, that is what will happen, and it willen e-be an interesting question to see how long it takes, in the case of padre pio it took three years and we talked to some people who are involved in this and they say in the case of john paul they probably dont want to rush it. it could be three years and could be five, but, certainly, in the people in the crowd today, you didnt get any sense ...

>> does walker want to do this in wisconsin? >> well, in a sense walker already is doing this. now, he may not implement the same sort of law as rick snyder in michigan but governor walker has proposed in his budget to take away the power of local school boards to make decisions with regard to charter schools, to take away the power of town boards, which really cover most of wisconsins land, to set their debt limits, and to really take away most of the authority of local government to make decis...

In wisconsin? >> well, in a sense walker already is doing this. now, he may not implement the same sort of law as rick snyder in michigan but governor walker has proposed in his budget to take away the power of local school boards to make decisions with regard to charter schools, to take away the power of town boards, which really cover most of wisconsins land, to set their debt limits, and to really take away most of the authority of local government to make decisions about labor contracts. so ...