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could make or break the debt crisis and i know youre saying ive heard this before. but here is the deal today. lawmakers are not mincing words. less than five days to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on government bills. today the house is due to vote on speaker john boehners plan. as his own party holds the majority of votes he is really getting frustrated with the divisions that threaten its passage. in a closed door meeting, boehner actually told the feuding republicans, qu...

offer the spending and deficit cuts that republicans thought it would. cnns chief white house correspondent jessica yellin spends the next 18 seconds giving us the big picture. >> reporter: whats happening now is democrats are waiting. theyre just waiting to see what happens with the republicans bill before making their own move in the senate. the big picture here is neither the republicans bill in the house nor the democrats bill in the senate seems to have the votes to get through bo...

veterans group there at pennsylvania avenue being briefed on what could happen to their ranks if the debt ceiling is not raised. also cnn is learning some states making contingency plans. california specifically taking out a temporary $5 billion loan just to help pay its bills in case congress fails to act and turmoil in the credit market makes it difficult to borrow money after august 2nd. take a walk with me. i want to look at what exactly is proposed here. we have two different plan...

on this debate before its too late. and a disturbing new study revealing a widening gap between minorities and the wealthiest americans in the wake of a devastating recession. im wolf blitzer here in the situation room. first to what many say is shaping up to be an economic disaster of nearly unprecedented proportions if congress doesnt break the deadlock and agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling only six days from now. the white house warning today theres no more wiggle room and b...

word. >> the truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> as makeshift memorials spring up across norway, police and the public are searching for answers to fridays deadly attacks. the lawyer and suspect, anders breivik, the lawyer said his client is in insane. the suspects father, who doesnt want to be identified, agrees. >> translator: no, ill never have more contact with him in my darkest momen...

were just getting the information in. that means that the players vote will happen later today in more of a formal setting. training camp could start as early as wednesday now, weve been told. david mattingly has been following this for us. he has been live out of atlanta every day, at least he was last week when those negotiations were taking place. david, did you just get word that something came forward just moments ago? >> reporter: reading and finding out now is that the nfl playe...

live on capitol hill correspondent. youve been following ins and o outs. i want to begin with the one offered in the last hour we heard from senate majority leader harry reid. whats in the latest plan. >> i was realizing this is $2.7 trillion in proposed cuts, brooke, on two sides of a piece of paper. obviously details need to be filled in what they are proposing raise it by this month, cut by this month. the cuts include $1 trillion immediately in discretionary spending. also a lot of...

national tragedy. the leader of norways lutheran church argued against giving interfere. >> translator: our future is still ours. we will not resign. then the evil forces will win. but immediately we feel the fear that other people feel daily. do not let the hearts be gripped by fear. these words may seem a little distant. >> police say the suspect claims to have acted alone. media has identified him as a 38-year-old norwegian. celebrations in new york as gay couples legally tie the ...

>> hes the president. come on out to the lawn of the white house with a microphone and tell us your plan on entitlement reform. and he wont do it because he doesnt have the courage to do it. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >> late into the night, leaders scrambled for a last-minute debt deal, a two-step plan that would raise the debt ceiling through 2011 in exchange for about a trillion dollars in spending cuts. both sides are on board. but the hang-up is a secon...

we have breaking news youll be following and other stuffs. >> thanks so much. see you over the weekend as well. breaking news from studio 7. im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. two explosions have rocked central oslo in the last hour wounding at least eight people. reports from norway say govrt buildings were targeted, one houses the prime ministers office and most of the windows were blown out. reuters reports a mangled car outside one building suggesting a possible car bo...