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with middle-class economic anxiety front and center, well, the early gop front runner might want to rethink this line -- governor romney is also exhibit "a" if you need any proof this week matters. saturdays iowa republican straw poll could knock a candidate or two from the race and so democratic activists are now turning up at gop events hoping to rattle the republicans who would be president. >> what are you going to do to strengthen social security, medicare and medicaid without cut...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could s...

to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> well, the vote was scheduled for yesterday, rescheduled for early this evening and then put on hold again so the leadership could wrangle votes. theyre going that literally as we speak. still promising a vote sometime tonight. well be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to "get their asses in line". apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the opposition comi...

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...

john boehner, still a few votes short as he tries to muscle his plan through the house of representatives and send the message to the democrat-controlled senate and the democratic-controlled white house. however, were in limbo tonight as this drama plays out. the speaker in his office with his top deputies. were told pizza brought in a short time ago. theyre trying desperately to round up the last few votes they need to get this vote through the house tonight. the vote has been delayed...

impact nationwide on an all fragile recovery. >> a default and the ripple effect i think would be impactful and representing our consumers, we think that that would be very, very difficult for the american economy to withstand at this point in time in our history. >> thats here at home. then there are global worries. concerns that a default or even a close call here could rattle international markets and international economies like that domino effect back after the big wall street m...

Exchange. but if you cant -- in this fight, in whats going on in washington right now, i think you can sort of say we are all in this together. we are all thundering towards the same cliff at this point. if the u.s. defaults on our debt for the first time in history, it is an economic catastrophe that the economists tell us will put the country back in recession, definitely. it will possibly put the country into a depression. and it conceivably could cause a global financial catastrophe that wil...

effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander in chief. >> dr. sanjay gupta will join us for a reality check. but up first, live action in the house of representatives and how it impacts a search for a deal to keep the government from a default most economist say could derail the already fragile recovery. this hour you see right there live debate. the house is expected by the end of this hour to pass the republican majoritys cut, cap and balance plan. it would cut fede...

Mike emanuel is at the white house of the. >> reporter: we expect him to talk about the jobs numbers. several from the white house said this monthly jobs report is a bump in the road. they brief this is, you shouldnt get too wound up about one months particular jobs numbers. we think the general trajectory of the economy is heading in the right direction but make no mistake about it but they recognize it is disappointing. to make a dent in unemployment numbers you have to create north of 200,000...

>> greta: heres the best of the rest. governor palin visiting more than just famous american sites. she is visiting some famous american people. she met with donald trump at his home at trump tower. quite a crowd gathered to catch her heading into the meeting. she was asked about the donald. >> what do you think of donald trump -- [ inaudible ] >> greta: guess where they ate? hitting up times for some áy >> controversy erupts after a lewd photo appears on anthony weiners twitter account. it pos...