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with the countrys debt. >> arthel: new information on what led a texas gun store owner to call the cops on an awol soldier who allegedly plotted another deadly attack at fort hood. >> rick: months after protests pushed our middle east strong man out of office, very few signs of democracy. thousands of protesters are signing off on military rules. >> arthel: we begin with the latest out of the nations capitol, the debt showdown taking center stage, of course, as the clock is ticking dow...

with the countrys debt. >> arthel: new information on what led a texas gun store owner to call the cops on an awol soldier who allegedly plotted another deadly attack at fort hood. >> rick: months after protests pushed our middle east strong man out of office, very few signs of democracy. thousands of protesters are signing off on military rules. >> arthel: we begin with the latest out of the nations capitol, the debt showdown taking center stage, of course, as the clock is ticking dow...

He made headlines in 2009 refusing to deploy to afghanistan. >> i dont want to get deployed because i believe i cant both deploy and be a muslim. >> abdo was facing court-martial on child pornography charges when he went awol from fort campbell, kentucky. they alerted police that he had been actly suspiciously. hasan bought weapons before his alleged shooting spree. they think he planned the attack alone and theyre no longer in danger. >> we today would have been giving you a different briefing....

the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> im kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along the southern coast today. >> and its happened again, a muslim-american soldier in police custody for allegedly plotting to kill fellow soldiers at ft. hood. a live...

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 countrys debt limit now just four days away. and congress and the white house still gridlocked over what to do. the president says there are plenty of ...

tropical storm don could hit the south texas coast tonight and drought-stricken farmers are welcoming the prospect of up to 7 inches of rain. we begin with that sobering reality check on the debt crisis and just how daunting the challenge has become. in less than four days, the federal government could run out of money and default on its bills. but on capitol hill, the process has taken a huge step back. house speaker john boehner abruptly delayed a vote on his debt plan because of a...

deadline. lets listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. lets listen. >> good morning, everybody. i want to speak about the ongoing and increasingly urgent efforts to avoid default and reduce our deficit. right now, the house of representatives is still trying to pass a bill that the majority of republicans and democrats in the senate have already said they wont vote for. its a plan that would force us to relive this crisis in just a few short months, ho...

but free breakfast and you might meet clayton morris. >> if youre lucky. i wont make any promises. friends e-mailed me last night, three doors down, huge fans. >> that could be three drawers down baseed on that guy in the video. he was in his drawers. thats a wake-up call. that guy in his drawers as well as your headlines this morning. he didnt want to kill terrorists in afghanistan perhaps because he wanted to kill americans right here at home. awol soldier may have been inspired by a...

meet the woman whos proud to be called the next paris hilton. happy friday, everyone. welcome to elizabeth vargas on this friday. ready to go back to the 80s. >> not a good time for me with the shoulder pads and the unibrow. >> debbie gibson and tiffany in central park. >> i hadnt yet learned the wonders of tweezing. lets move on, shall we? the music from the 80s was great so fun to have the two of them in central park. well have the latest on that mysterious disappearance of that 11...

long so if youre in the neighborhood, stop by 48th and sixth avenue, not a free concert but free breakfast and you might meet clayton morris. >> if youre lucky. i wont make any promises. friends e-mailed me last night, three doors down, huge fans. >> that could be three drawers down baseed on that guy in the video. he was in his drawers. thats a wake-up call. that guy in his drawers as well as your headlines this morning. he didnt want to kill terrorists in afghanistan perhaps because ...