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another bleeping rant on a citizen. >> ill kill every one of you mother [ bleep ]. >> theres more where that came from. now the citizens fight back. >> as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. >> what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. >> im in the middle of a broadcast. >> who isnt, sanjay. >> ill explain that and more in the news right now. >> good evening, im don lemon. u.s. senators are on ...

from. now the citizens fight back. >> as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. >> what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. >> im in the middle of a broadcast. >> yeah, who isnt? yeah, hold on, sanjay. >> ill explain that and more in the news tonight. goodve evening, everyone, im don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nations debt ceiling has lawmaker...

Of course, cut, cap, and balance is going to go down, probably tomorrow. senate majority leader harry reid plans to bring it to a vote tomorrow, so senate republicans can vote for something cruel and erroneous before mitch mcconnell will ask some of them to vote for something more reasonable that actually gets the debt ceiling raised in the process. that of course is the fallback position that boehner is referring to and that senator mcconnell proposed last week. both harry reid and mcconnell ha...

one republican plan gets a firm smackdown in the u.s. senate. and some surprising new movement in the republican presidential race. were going to tell you whos suddenly making a strong impression on potential voters. im wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the breaking news this hour, a city known for peace making is reeling in terror. norwegian leaders holding a crisis meeting tonight after a deadly bomb attack in oslo and the shooting at a labor party youth camp outside the norwegia...

>> do you accept that ultimately, you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run -- and then maybe the people they trusted. >> the murdochs did their best to distance themselves from the worst allegations, but the question still remains what exactly did they know? and what actions did they condone? one lawmaker thinks they know more than they let on. >> are you familiar with the term willful blindnes...

Most vulnerable in our society, we should not be asking them to make sacrifices were not asking the most fortunate in our society to make as well. so i am still pushing for us to achieve a big deal. but what i also said to the group is, if we cant do the biggest deal possible, then lets still be ambitious. lets still try to at least get a down payment on deficit reduction. and that we can actually accomplish without huge changes in revenue or significant changes in entitlements, but we could sti...

opportunity to do something big. we have a chance to stabilize americas finances for a decade, for 15 years or 20 years. if were willing to seize the moment. what that would require would be some shared sacrifice and a balanced approach that says were going to make significant cuts in domestic spending. and i have already said im willing to take down domestic spending to the lowest percentage of our overall economy since dwight eisenhower. it also requires cuts in defense spending. and...

Overhaul hitting the legal speed bump and it may only get bigger. a federal judge ruling yesterday that virginia can move forward with their lawsuit over health care. and other states are planning similar lawsuits. we are right now joined by ken, attorney general of the commonwealth of virginia and bill mccullum, the attorney general of florida. good morning, guys. thanks for joining us today. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> ken, lets start with you. congratulations, you won round one again...

Perceived as sort of a bailout backup fund. >> because the banks pay into that fund. >> the banks, not the taxpayers but there is a sense it would give almost a fallback position, if you know its there then it might. >> its okay to fail. >> real quick. what is the truth? is this a bipartisan product? theyve been at it more more than a year. there were some bipartisan negotiations. >> democrats would say weve negotiated enough now. lets get it to the floor. weve heard that. >> kelly odonnell, tha...

Secondly, youve got a candidate out there named mitt romney. mitt romney pushed through the biggest health care plan in the world up in massachusetts on which this bill was based. hes now leading in the polls to be your nominee to run against barack obama. how can you run a guy as your chief spear-carrier, your chief champion who has done already what barack obama has done and you say hes a socialist? im just asking. >> ill let governor -- romneys not the nominee of our party. but i think if he ...