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traders are reacting to news of a deal. we need to get to jessica yellen whos at the white house now. the president came out a short time ago and said it appears a deal is in the works. not the perfect deal but one that will keep america from going into default. >> thats right, don. i have more information about how it came together. i came from a briefing with senior white house officials who say it happened between 8:10 and 8:20 when the vice president and the president, i should say...

>> we have complete coverage on every angle of the story. whats in the deal, how it came about and how all the various players in this debate are reacting. we are keeping an eye on where traders are reacting to news of a deal. we need to get to jessica yellen our chief white house concerned correspondent the president came out a short time ago and said it appears a deal is in the works. not the perfect deal but one that will keep america from going into default. >> thats right, don. i ...

breaking news everyone. tonight right now in that building over on the senate side according to democrat harry reid who spoke last hour, nothing is going on. the senate is now adjourned. but the clock is still ticking and the government is running out of money to pay the bills at this moment because the debt limit was not raised back in may, the united states treasury has less cash on hand than apple computer. on wednesday the government will have $23 billion in social security checks ...

narrowly passed speaker john boehners version of a debt reduction bill. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try this. to get an agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try this. to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues acro...

ridiculist tonight. breaking news everyone. tonight right now in that building over on the senate side according to democrat harry reid who spoke last hour, nothing is going on. the senate is now adjourned. but the clock is still ticking and the government is running out of money to pay the bills at this moment because the debt limit was not raised back in may, the united states treasury has less cash on hand than apple computer. on wednesday the government will have $23 billion in s...

a string of delays the house narrowly passed speaker john boehners version of a debt reduction bill. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try this. to get an agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try this. to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. and it is time for the administration and...

its the beginning of the end game for negotiations on the federal debt. with pessimism building that leerds will produce a deal and avoid default mitch mcconnell proposed plan c, a contingency, what i like to call the hail mary punt. he set the stage on the senate floor with this pretty rough attack on the president. >> after years of discussions and months of negotiations, i have little question that as long as this president is in the oval office a real solution is probably unattaina...

if there is no deal t president is now warning that more than 70 million elderly americans and veterans might not get their benefit checks. >> i cannot guarantee that those checks will go out on august 3rd if we havent resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it. >> republicans tonight call that a scare tactic. and the president hardly alone in drawing sharp rhetorical lines. from the left, blunt warn thagz the president better not count the vo...

>> reporter: stopping this harvest is important because the price of opium has rizen dramatically. >> reporter: we grow poppy because without it we would go hungry. with the statue of liberty watching from new york harbor, former utah governor, jon huntsman joined the scramble for the office of president. >> were not just choosing new leaders, were choosing whether were to be yesterdays story or tomorrows. everything is at stake. this is the hour when we choose our future. im jon hun...

Might otherwise see in economic policy or foreign policy something in the republican party theyre attracted to? >> yes, i think it can, particularly among upper income and highly educated voters. i think issues like this do toned turn them off. however, most of them for voting for democrats anyway. with independent voters, the republicans have to be careful how they deal with these issues, but at the same time you do still have, when you break it down further to registered voters, likely voters,...