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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...

negotiations to continue. key elements of the republican establishment are trying to nudge the hard line conservatives to a compromise. defaulting on our debt is not an option. it has real, immediate, and potentially catastrophic consequences. the ratings agency standard and poors sent a team to capitol hill saying not raising the debt ceiling would stain americas credit rating and drive up interest costs for everyone. many house conservatives, though, arent ready to give up and some...

right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic party chairwoman debbie wasserman-shultz joins me to respond to a congressmans rant calling her vile, unprofessional and despicable. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is...

im mitt romney. i believe in america. and im running for president. >> romney made his big announcement on a sunny farm but his speech was heavy on the gloom and doom, a long series of attacks on president obama whom romney repeatedly accused of thinking like a european. were joined now by long time new hampshire conservative activist lafontaine and romney media adviser russ reefer. im going to start with you. you are one of his top campaign strategists. i was interested in the tone of...

taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. its a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omars request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national s...

Samaritan, luke, chapter 10, versus 25-37, begins with a conversation between jesus and a student of religious law. it starts with the legal question and ends with a moral imperative. the student asks jesus, what shall i do to inherit eternal life, and jesus turns the question around and says what is written in the law? and the student who is well versed replies, "thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and all thy mind and thou shalt love t...

hit by this tornado, brown is getting help from volunteers, offering food, sweat, and comfort. brown tells me hes learned something and wants to tell the people of joplin, dont turn down help and dont give up. >> if you cant go anywhere, you always go home. >> wouldnt it have been easier for you to pack it in, say im not going back and startover somewhere. >> would have been a whole lot easier, but i wont let this get me down. >> reporter: a full month after a deadly tornado and so man...

By advisers. theres no -- that israel doesnt see it in its interest and the palestinians dont see it in their interest. thats not what were hearing from palestinians, palestinians in cairo, people on the street, from arab leaders. they say there is not only an incentive from the arab side to have an agreement right now or to start an intense series of negotiations, but that it is an absolute imperative for this entire region not to blow up. all of this energy that has been directed at people lik...

Yesterday. two days ago. not far from our southern border in san antonio, texas. pastor john hagey. a guy never shy about his opinion, gave a sermon about christians being united for israel. it was part of an organized effort in which hundreds of churches devoted part or their whole sunday service for israel. what hate mongers. well unbeknownst to john and the congregation, there was a group of community organizers preparing to disrupt the sermon. he was discussing the moral imperative of standi...

Not have added a job in 30 years? ask todays pressist, entrepreneur henry nothat developed several startups which created, by his estimate, 6,000 new jobs with, yes, new businesses. he is also author of "great again, revitalizing americas entrepreneurial leadership." he also chairs the technology miniaturization firm tesera. the panel still with us. jonathan, mark and matt. hen tricks is obviously a pleasure to have you here. the numbers are right there something like 70% of all the jobs in amer...