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points. that continues to fluctuate. coming up in a couple of minutes. ill speak live with the man who ran the governments bank bailout a couple of years ago. by the way, he agrees with the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. dont miss that conversation with him here. i do want to begin with this. the commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces is at dover air force base in delaware right now. president obama is attending the dignified transfer, right there, thats what the militar...

already for so many people. so its unbelievable. we just dont know. were at a point where there is a lot of concern because it is so uncertain. and people are following it, theyre talking about it. >> and theyll be doing that for the next two hours. hope fly well have something by the beginning of next week. live from studio 7, want to get you up to speed for this friday, july 29th. were will thalmost out of time. those words from president obama. the deadline for raising the country...

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...

not to waste their time on a symbolic vote due to happen very soon. im woft blitzer here in "the situation room." >> rupert murdoch says this is the most humble day of his life. a titan of news business, he was called on the carpet before the british parliament today over the phone hacking scandal that shocked and afalled the world. along with a son and former chief executive, murdoch was hammered with questions about alleged crimes that brought down his popular tabloid, "the news of t...

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline theres no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fift...

That so long as i am president, the united states will never tolerate a safe haven for those who aim to kill us. they cannot elude us, nor escape the justice they deserve. >> lieutenant colonel tony shaver, senior fellow, center for advanced studies returns after a tuesday setup and joined by david courtwright from notre dames crock institute for international peace studies, a newly released book "ending obamas war, responsible military withdrawal from afghanistan." tony, did he say anything las...

Got me out of the trenches working with the kids and focussing on the big picture. >> reporter: which she hopes includes six zeros. cnn, new jersey. >> to find out where the jobs are, how to get them, keep them, check out the new cnnmoney.com. theres a ton of features on this. were going in depth this week on cnn. >> christine, by the way, is taking the day off. great piece by her. see her back here monday. he said what? film director kicked out of cannes film festival for some offensive comme...

seeing the release of dominique strauss-kahn. >> thats right. in fact, were waiting for the former imf chief to walk out of jail. a judge agreed to free him on bail yesterday. thats the same day a grand jury indicted him. in order to get out of jail strauss-kahn will post bail of $1 million and a $5 million insurance bond and forced to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and guarded around the clock. >> strauss-kahn had been under suicide watch or has been and could be walking out o...

So we think those are the things that congress needs to be focussing on now. >> you think lit help those groups. ezra, you have been right being this. republicans and democrats putting out competing jobs agenda last week. you are not a big fan of them, shall i say. >> no. the house democrats and center of republicans, note house democrats are in the minority. senate republicans in the minority. only people putting out jobs agendas are those that cant do anything about it. the jobs agenda is they...

Bin laden not long after tora bora a veteran congresswoman was shocked. she didnt remember bush giving up on catching osama bin laden. much of the viewing audience was shocked too judged by comments online. its worth listening to president bush on this point one more time. >> deep in my heart i know the mans on the run if hes alive at all. and i -- you know, who knows if hes hiding in some cave or not. we havent heard from him in a long time. and the idea of focussing on one person is really ind...