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lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? >> the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. theyve heard a lot of things that didnt happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than anyone thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever th...

thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bulls-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and lets begin with word of a new endorsement were hearing about this morning. >> reporter: thats right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark...

good morning. im ali velshi joining us live from new york. lets start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. theyve killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. lets go right to cnns chris welch. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came fr...

Now look at the tick tock of the entire day. the president, this morning at the event with the chamber of commerce and afl-cio calling for passage of a couple bills, some extensions of a couple bills in order to not harm is the economy deal with some job issues, he talked about the political gamesmanship must end, and then we proceeded to have a six-hour back and forth of political gamesmanship here. apparently what happened is when the white house made this request of speaker boehner and senate...

Night. >> it was kind of interesting, when you now look at the ticktock of the entire day. the president this morning at the event with the chamber of commerce and afl-cio calling for passage of a couple bills, some extensions of a couple bills in order to not harm is the economy deal with some job issues, he talked about the political gamesmanship must end, and then we proceeded to have a six-hour back and forth of political gamesmanship here. apparently what happened is when the white house ma...

more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? >> reporter: its hard to...

of congress packed up and went on vacation. so now 4,000 faa workers are not being paid. tens of thousands of others involved in airport construction and maintenance are also off t job. and some $25 million are being lost every day in taxes because there is no one there to collect. that is more revenue lost in one hour than you will probably pay in your lifetime because congress members cannot reach an agreement agreement. weill tear into this developing dispute in just a moment, but h...

but you wont get away. the video that has everyone talking on this "american morning." good morning. its wednesday, august 3rd. this is "american morning." a lot going on today. we should get right to it. >> yes, we should. >> isnt the debt deal done? >> its not done yet. they have to do the super committee. >> and decide what they will cut, cut food inspectors, education grants, they are going to cut stuff out of education. >> at least some of it is done? >> some of it done. one o...

matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what weve been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehners court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in 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 to come to an agreement to aver...

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...