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having it? >> its not that simple. they have to come up with some compromise, some sort of plan that can pass the senate and go back to the house of representatives and pass there something that the president could sign that would allow the united states to raise the debt ceiling and avert some sort of financial disaster come tuesday. its not simple at all, so they need to work together. the mainstream, main leadership, democrats and republicans, they need to find a way to come up with...

gabrielle giffords making her first public appearance in houston. well tell you where she was and what her staff is saying on this "american morning." good morning. great to see you on this tuesday. it is june 28th. we start, though, with some very bad news when it comes to the weather. >> thats right. were talking about some flooding in the midwest. floodwaters near two nebraska nuclear plants in nebraska, both sit along the swollen missouri river. the nuclear regulatory commission ...

presidential contenders. a fascinating contest to lead a republican party still in transition stinging from its presidential defeat back in 2008 yet resurgent in congress. now the struggling economy is the biggest issue. as the candidates take aim at president obama tonight, we will also explore their differences and test their priorities as they try to juggle the sometimes-competing priorities of job creation and deficit reduction. the former massachusetts governor mitt romney is by f...

There is enough support out there for a run. its also, insiders tell me, a way for her to test it out on her family, see if theyre okay with the rigors of a campaign, see if theyre going to come together. and a source close to the campaign told me really it was todds idea with sarah but mostly todds idea to push them to join this -- this bus tour around the country and see, you know, if there is support out there for this. >> well, thats a legitimate question, eric ericsson, to see if the family...

Appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested in all that is good about america and to remind ourselves we dont need to fundamentally transform america, we need to restore whats good about america. you can start by doing that right in here. im glad you guys are here. >> now, the non-campaign bus tour has a non-published itinerary, meaning we dont get a schedule in advance. expected here tonight -- there are actually a lot of families waiting for her, but shes apparently in...

Youre here in gettysburg, youve been chasing the bus around the whole time. is this civics 101, sarah palin takes us on a tour of american history, or is this campaign 101? >> well, i think its both. and its definitely the latter. it seems like she is traveling around the country and meeting supporters and seeing really if there is enough support out there for a run. its also, insiders tell me, a way for her to test it out on her family, see if theyre okay with the rigors of a campaign, see if t...

Youve been chasing the bus around the whole time. is this civics 101, sarah palin takes us on a tour of american history, or is this campaign 101? >> well, i think its both. and its definitely the latter. it seems like she is traveling around the country and meeting supporters and seeing really if there is enough support out there for a run. its also, insiders tell me, a way for her to test it out on her family, see if theyre okay with the rigors of a campaign, see if theyre going to come togeth...

If that continues i think it will show that she really will get into the race. >> its a little different. well keep an eye on it even though it keeps some people at home mad at us. we have to do it. shes an important factor. shushannah walsh, eric ericsson, maria cardona, thank you. up next here, the latest from libya. big defections from moammar gadhafis military. loud explosions were heard tonight in tripoli hours after he met with the president of south africa. and there are allegations tha...

Guessing. >> even through the partisan filter of maria, she makes a very important point. that were in -- this part of the state is rural. this is where sarah palin has a lot of support, smalltown rural america. if you go to the eastern part of the state, very important, philadelphia and the suburbs, thats where she has problems from the last campaign. sort of with independent voters and moderate republicans. as someone whos covered her for years, we havent seen much yet on this bus tour, were n...

This is a bus to be able to express to america how much we appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested in all that is good about america and to remind ourselves we dont need to fundamentally transform america, we need to restore whats good about america. you can start by doing that right in here. im glad you guys are here. >> now, the non-campaign bus tour has a non-published itinerary, meaning we dont get a schedule in advance. expected here tonight -- there are actuall...